The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-05-28

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Mrs. Darling Welsh visited in
Sleepy Eye Monday and Tuesday.
w. P. Huntington returned from
Minnehaha last Thursday afternoon.
Caleb Hollenbeck left Monday for
New York State, where he will visit
for several weeks.
School closes next Friday for the
summer vacation. The pupils are all
loaded with examination questions
and papers.
G. E. l. Foster, ice-president and
general manager of the Universal
Mutual Accident Insurance company
OF Duluth, is in this city.
Mrs. Della Whitney Norton, the
Christian Science healer and teacher
of Minneapolis, is the guest of Mrs.
j. A. Engelhart, at Hotel Francois.
Hon. G. D. Gilfillan of Gilfillan Sid
ing called on County Treasurer Lam
kard last Saturday morning. Before
he left the court house he paid in
nearly $1,000 for taxes on his land in
Paxton township
Jacob Rooms of New Auburn, MINI. .,
arrived here last Friday for the pur-
pose of working his farm in Westline
during the coming summer. Mr..
Rooms expects to have 100 acres under
cultivation this year.
A. Benham of Red Wing has been
in Redwood Falls looking up his land
interests during the past week. Mr..
Benham recently had his hand badly
injured and he is just recovering from
the effects of the injury.
Rev. R. G. Crosse returned from the
general Methodist conference at Cleve-
land last Friday evening. Mr.. Crosse
states that the conference was exciting
at times and all times interesting.
He also reports that Presiding Elder
Jennings of this district was elected
book agent for the general conference,
with headquarters at Chicago, at a
salary of $4,000 year. There we're
nearly 100 candidates for the position
but Mr.. Jennings captured it, receiv-
ing over 300 out of the 500 or more
votes cast. The selection of Mr.. Jen-
nings for that position left vacancy
in the presiding eldership of this dis
trict. This has been offered to Mr..
Grose but he has declined the same.
1t is probable that Rev. w. S. Coch-
rane of Tracy will be appointed to the
position.
Redwood Council, Northwestern
Legion of Honor, was organized in
G. A. R. hall last Monday evening by
G. NJ. Bigelow, deputy grand COM
mander of the Legion of Honor in
this State. The council started off
with membership of twenty-five, a
remarkable showing, considering that
Mr.. Bigelow has only been working
up the order around this city for a
week. The following officers we're
elected and installed: DR.. A. B.
Halves commander, Charles E. Lam
berton vice-commander, R. S. Pickett
past commander, George B. Hughes
orator, George S. Richardson of North
Redwood chaplain, E. w. Drake
guide, Fred L. Warner secretary, Ere
man G. Olson collector and treasurer,
Myron w. Knox warden, G.. R. Pryor
sentry, Fred L. Warner, George B.
Hughes, George S. Richardson, trust
ees, Drs. Halves and Pease medical
examiners. The charter is still opened.
The next meeting will be held Satur-
day evening when the work will be ex-
emplifed aud new members initiated.
1t is purely fraternai insurance Or
der where ladies and gentlemen from
l6 to Is years will be admitted. The
Legion gives the cheapest insurance
and insures persons who are not &C.
copied by other orders.
The general summary of the week
Iy crop bulletin for the week ending
May 18th. is as follows: The past
week has been one of frequent rains,
some sections of the State having ex-
perienced six consecutive rainy days
beginning last Tuesday. The result
of SO much rain has been to greatly
retard farm work, many farmers not
being able to get on to their fields at
all, while in the Red River Valley
four days work was reported for the
week. Wheat seeding is nearly COM
pleted south of Clay county, and
north of that county it is abOnt half