The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-11-26

Berkshire boars for sale; also, one
Poland China, by Thos. Dennistoun,
Redwood Falls. 14-2t
Miss Ella Anderson of Jackson has
been in the city during the past week
canvassing for directory of Redwood
county.
James Larson of Johnsonville, repre-
sentative-elect for Redwood county,
was in the city during the latter part of
last week.
Miss Alice Pryor and Robert Pryor
are visiting with Prof. Leonard H.
Pryor at Montrose, this State, where
the latter is principal of the schools.
S. T. Bunch, at one time furniture
dealer of this city, now a travelling
salesman for Chicago furniture
house, spent Sunday at Hotel Francois.
V. B. Seward came down from Mar
shall last Thursday, expecting that a
case, in which he was interested, would
be called before court adjourned He
returned home Friday afternoon.
The ladies of the w. G. T. u, to-
gether with other interested parties,
held meeting last Wednesday even
ing for the purpose of taking aggressive
steps to bring about the refusal of Ii
cense in this city after Jan. Goth next.
Committees, etc., were appointed for
the purpose.
Sheriff Mead, Deputy Sheriff Everett
and Representative-elect James Larson,
in charge of the three prisoners who
plead guilty to robbery and larceny at
the last term of court, and who were
sentenced to Saltwater on the reforma-
tory plan, left over the Northwestern
for Saltwater and st. Paul last Mon
day.
Sleepy Eye Dispatch: The Metho-
dists will not hold any more services in
town until more convenient place of
worship is secured. Rev. E. r. Houck
of Redwood Falls will preach at Prairie
Star next Sabbath at the usual hour.
Rev. Leazer goes to Pipestone to assist
in revival meetings and will be absent
about two weeks.
The Springfield people have decided
to abolish the gasoline power for oper-
ating the electric lighting plant of that
town, substituting the same with steam,
not to cost over $1,000. A committee
of the council has already left Spring
field to buy the steam apparatus. 1t
was claimed that the gasoline engines
failed to give as steady a power as the
occasion required, and that as a result
the lights were fluttering more or less
during the entire night.
Mrs. Dooner, mother of Michael
Dooner, at one time commissioner
from the Second district, and late fu-
sion candidate for sheriff, died at her
home in Willow Lake, after a short ill
ness on Tuesday of last week. She was
about IS years of age, and leaves six
children, five boys and one daughter,
the latter Mrs. M. H. Gamble of
Springfield, to mourn her loss. The
funeral occurred last Thursday, and
was one of the largest ever held in that
section of the county, where the de-
ceased and her children are held in
high esteem.
A SANDER case"w adjusted out of
court one day last week. A lawyer,
with a peanut practice, took case
from a farmer out in Three Lakes
against another farmer, neighbor, in
which the first farmer asked for S., 900
damages on account of his neighbor
calling him thief etc. After the COM
plants were served Baldwin, Harriott
& Patterson, attorneys for the defense,
rendered the plaintiff a judgment of
S.. A few days after the tender was
made the peanut attorney came around
and accepted the judgment. The
amount was paid over and thus ended
the $1,000 libel suit.
Sheldon IN. d. Enterprise: Last
Monday evening number of our town
people assembled at the depot to say
goodbye and God-speed to James Bur-
CESS and family. who were leaving
Sheldon for their new home at Red
wood Falls, MINI. Mr.. Burgess has re-
sided in Sheldon for several years, the
last three of which as landlord of the
Grand Pacific Hotel and has made
many friends by his upright and gen.
tlemanly conduct, while his estimable
wife will be sadly missed by the Shell
don people with whom she was favor
lite. Mr.. Burgess has leased a hotel at
Redwood Falls, of which town he gives
glowing description, and, no matter
what kind of a town it may be, it will
be none the worse for having Jim as
one of it's citizens.
Miss Carrie Holbrook, who has been
secretary of the Christian Endeavor of
this State for a number of wears began