The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-11-05
The Mite Society of the Presbyterian

The Mite Society of the Presbyterian
church will meet tomorrow afternoon
with Mrs. Dwight Bissell. Supper at
six o'clock and gentlemen are invited.
The county Jail had seven inmates
last week, the greater portion of the
number being from Renville county,
and taken to Beaver Falls for trial the
same day that court opened.
John O'Hara, ST., who is now with
his family at Melrose, this State, was
in the city during the latter part of last
week, looking up matters in which he
is interested, and also to care for John,
Jr., who was threatened with an attack
of typhoid fever.
The Springfield Advance states that
Frank Jaehn, the contractor we'll
known around this city, has his solid
brick house well along in that city.
The Advance states the house is ele-
CANT and tasty and that Mr.. Jaehn
wonders why more people do not use
brick when they build.
Mrs. VIII. Webster will return home
next Saturday. Mrs. Webster has been
receiving treatment for a cancer in
a Minneapolis hospital. She has in
formed her husband that the physi-
clans have been successful in their at
tempt to remove the same and that she
will return home entirely cured Of the
disease.
Ferdinand Becker, prominent
young farmer of Flora township, was
married to Miss Minnie Lueck, daugh-
ter of Postmaster Lueck of Flora, on
Thursday afternoon of last week. A
large number Of people were present at
the ceremony and the festivities that
followed The latter continued until
Sunday.
Teachers of Redwood county will
please remember that the North Side
section of Reading Circle meets in High
School, this city, Nov. eth, at 1:3O p.
m. South side section meets at Lam
berton, at the schoolhouse, Nov. IA, at
l 80 .. m. Members will please be
present. BY request of county super
intendent of schools.
The first genuine touch of winter
made it's appearance here last Friday
afternoon, shortly after the people OF
the city were apprised of the fact that
blizzard the night before had stopped
all trains in Nebraska. Following the
rain of Thursday and Friday came 8
sleeting snow and during the night
half an inch of snow fell and danced t(
the tune Of strong northwest wind.
The total enrolment of the Redwood
Falls school at the close of school las
Monday evening was 81. Ofthis mum
Der 40 We're enrolled in the primary
grade, SO in the second primary grade
40 in the second grade, 80 in the thirt
grade, "a in the fourth grade, As in thu
fifth grade, AZ in the sixth grade, 80 il
the seventh grade, "a in the eight
grade, Al in the ninth grade and Al il
the high school.
Wood has been a scarce article in tn
city during the past week. Two cal
loads received last Friday all disap
peared shortly after it reached here an,
on Monday there was no hard mapl
wood offered for sale. A few cords 0
soft wood alone were on the market. 1
appears that it is very difficdlt to &c
wood out of the woods owing to tn
f railroad companies having all of thei
cars in use for the transportation O
wheat and other produce.
!, A visit to the broom factory of J. n
Barnes last Monday showed that gen
tleman thoroughly equipped for turn
ing out first-class brooms. He has al
r the machinery and material necessar
for the purpose. Mr.. Barnes states tina
he finds a ready sale for all the broom
that he can make and that he is in
) position to turn out about "a per day
He is of the opinion that Redwood
Falls could nurse many more industrie
of his kind to good advantage.
On Monday THE GAZETTE received
card announcing the marriage of Ed
ward F. Collins and Mira Abbott. Th
cards contain the following additional
matter: "Married: Saturday evening
October the thirty-first, eighteen hun
dred and ninety-six. Redwood Falls
Mimi. At Home after November fiji
tenth, Renville, Mimi" AS befor
stated the wedding occurred in Rem
vile, on account of the bad roads be
tween Redwood and Renville on Sal
urday.
From the summary of weather con
ditions in September in this State, jus
published by authority of the U. S. de
partment of agriculture it is learne,
that the monthly barometric pressur
was 3O.O3 inches. The average temper
ature from the records of IS towns wa
81 degrees. The average rainfall from
tbo rooor1c Of 6S ctotinpc woo . 40 in nj