The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-02-20

ia. Englehardt made business
trip to st. Paul Monday.
George B. Hughes was in st. Paul
and Minneapolis over Wednesday
last.
Mrs. John Lauterbach was Mon
days passenger on the Northwestern
bound for New Ulm on visit.
Editor Hill of the Morton Enter
prise spent few minutes in The GA
zErrE Office last Wednesday evening.
S. R Mitchell, special agent for the
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. of
Hartford, was in the city during the
past week.
&C. Kenney is taking in the Pho
tographers' Convention at Minneapol
is this week. His partner, Mr.. Brewer,
is in charge during his absence.
Mrs. Niles of Helena, Mont, sister
of Miss Eva Mcconnell, formerly a
clerk for H. G. Ackmann, came back
last week for a two-months' visit with
her parents at Birch Cooley.
Lincoln and Washington's birth
days will be recognized by special
services in the NJ. E. church next Sun
day evening. Essays will be read and
special music rendered. All are in
vited.
Harry Stewart, well-known here,
was arrested in Mankato one day last
week on the charge of gambling.
Others we're arrested with him. They
were held for preliminary examina
ton under $3.50 bail.
Emil Kuenzli, of the firm of Kuenz-
Ii & Luscher of this city, is now also a
member of the firm of Kuenzh &
Dreyer at North Redwood, Emil and
Rufus Dreyer having recently pur-
chased the stock of E. H. Gosper, who
is now in Arkansaw on a homeseekers'
excursion.
DR.. Ct. R. Pease returned from Chi
cago, where he has been taking a six
weeks post graduate course at Rush.
last Friday. Mrs. Pease returned with
him. While in Chicago Mr.. and Mrs.
Pease were frequent visitors at the
homes of j. F. Skinner and G. R. Tan
ner, and they report both them and
their wives satisfied with their present
homes.
The High School is trying to
make arrangements for the appear
ance of the Remenyi. Grand Concert
Co. to appear in this city. The School
is looking for subscriptions for tick
cts. Remenyi is one of the crack
violinists of the world. He has with
him the celebrated soprano Miss Pau
line Stein, the solo pianist Mile Louise
Roman and Eugene E. Davis baritone
and accompanist.
Col. Frank Waters of Morton has
been obliged to take trip South on
account of his health. During the
past several years Col. Waters has
been working necessarily almost eight.
cen hours day in successfully at
tempting to build up large milling
trade at Morton with the result as an.
nounced above that he has gone south
on the advice of his physicians for q
much needed rest.
According to the financial statement
of Renville county for the year end
ing Dec. 20, 1896, the county had ne
liabilities whatever at that time. The
resources of the county amount t.
$65, 1926, of which the county build.
ings and grounds only amount te
81 ,OOO. The poor farm is valued a
$4,000, and the cash in the treasury
on that date was $lO,O27.65. The tax
able valuation of the county for 1885,
is real property 1894, 799 and per
sonal property $869,49O.
George Brown has an alligator.
friend residing in Florida caught thu
little fellow in the tropics some time
ago and thinking that it would be al
attraction for George made the latter
a present of the animal. He is KEEP
in glass case, partly filled with wa
ter and gravel, and during these colo
days is kept very close to the fire. HI
is only few inches long, but as "Jim
my" Brown says, che will be big by
and by" He is said to be of the spe
cies that grow to an enormous size.
E. M. Broughton, a brother of T
D. Broughton of this city, died at his