The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-07-23

was visiting among the boys over sun
day.
Mrs. H. N. Bell will entertain the
Cycle of the Presbyterian church to
morrow afternoon. Gentlemen are in.
vited to tea.
DIR. R. P. Miller and wife of Mime
apolis, drove through this city Satur
day, stopping at Hotel Francois FOL
dinner. They were enroute home.
Frank Warner, Jr., of Buffalo Lake,
editor of the News Of that place, and
also travelling agent for the threshing
machine company, was in the city over
Saturday.
There was croquet party on the
grounds belonging to Lincoln Hiatt, re-
siding east of this city, last Friday ev.
ening. About twenty-five were present,
and all report a good time.
Lake Benton News: Col. McPhail
drove over from Alta Vista Tuesday, q
distance of IS miles, arriving at II
o'clock a. m. The Colonel says be
"drove centennial horse foaled in
1776."
E. B. Preston and family returned
from Wisconsin last Wednesday and
will spend the remainder of the sum-
mer and fall on their farm east of town.
E. B. states that he is pleased to get
no cl into this cOl1Otrv
The Misses Frances Everett, Alice
Bigham, Addie Bigham, Myrtle Coop
er and Dora Wolff, and Chas. Johnson
will attend the Marshall district Y. P.
S. G. E. convention to be held at
Sleepy Eye commencing tomorrow ev-
ening and continuing over Sunday.
Rev. John Sinclair will also be in at
tendance.
The kids about town went to Morton
last Saturday where they played ball
with a nine of kids from Beaver Falls.
1t was an exciting game from post to
finish and it required eleven innings to
settle the game. Beaver kids won out
by score of II to 10. The battery for
the local kids was George Bager and
Robert McClintock and Robert Cooper.
H. S. Baldwin had his left hand bad
ly burned last Saturday afternoon.
The piston road to his mower was be-
ing repaired at the blacksmith shop. 1t
was put on to the mower when red hot.
Before it cooled off Horace took hold of
the rod. The sizzling was instantaneous
and before Horace dropped the hot iron
the palm of the hand was burned al
most to black crisp.
John O'Hara and family, who left
here several weeks ago for the northern
part of the State, are now settled at
Melrose, the new division town on the
Great Northern railroad, located just
west of St. Cloud. John writes back
that he, as well as his boys, secured
employment at Melrose as soon as they
landed there, and that, he has COM
menced the erection of residence
with the expectation of making that
town his future home.
A street fakir entertained large
crowd in front of Hotel Francois on
Friday evening of last week. His en-
tertainment consisted of clever balanc-
ing feats, eating glass, and running a
pin through his cheeks. The glass
eating feat and the running of a pin
through his cheeks were the blood
curdling acts, and the crowd paid lib
orally for the amusement. During the
process of the pin act blood flowed free
ly from the cheeks of the self-torturer.
Auditor Shannon of the VanDusen
Co. left for Minneapolis Saturday, in
company with Adjuster Jones Of the
Shrove non-bOard insurance agency.
Mr.. Shannon could give no satisfactory
reply to the question of rebuilding the
elevator here before he left. 1t is prob
able that the company officers will talk
the matter over and decide some time
this week. Before leaving the Auditor
placed w. r. Caswell in charge of the
companys coal business at this place,
the auditor deciding to continue the
coal business even though the elevator
may not be rebuilt.
A. H. Moon and family returned
from the numbering districts of Wiscon-
sin last Friday. They will remain
here, which place Armanus still calls
his home, until late in the fall, Amman
us running the threshing machine this
fall. He states that his father will re-
main at the logging camp continually.
The latter is engaged in hauling logs to
the saw mill and has about four weeks
hauling, after which he will construct
roads into the timber for next winters
chopping and hauling. Armanus
thinks that there is no place like Red
wood Falls and wants to consider this
as his home for all time.
The st. Louis & Northwestern roads
appear to be in a bitter fight at New