The Redwood gazette., 1896-03-19

a large supply OF seed grain notes
at The GAZETTE Office.
q. W. Mcmillan made business
trip to Sleepy Eye on Saturday.
Miss Alice Studley of st. Peter is
visiting with Mrs. Charles E. Lamber-
ton.
Miss Dagmar Jorgenson is visiting
with her sister Esther, who is teaching
school south of Echo.
Mrs. Jacob Drischel returned from
Minneapolis last Thursday. A ply
sician pronounced her case incurable.
Mrs. H. G.. Hays of Sleepy Eye
passed through here Thursday en-
route for Montevideo, where she will
visit with relatives.
Thos. H. Lutz, teacher in the
schools at Zumbro Falls, has been
visiting friends and relatives in and
around this city during the past week.
The firm of Schmahl & Co.. drug
gists, have dissolved, A. G. Schmahl
retiring from the same. In the future
F., Otto Schmahl will conduct the bust
ness in his own name.
Tuesday was St. Patrick's Day. Ser
vices were held at the Catholic church
in the morning by Rev. Fir. Wonder
lage. A large crowd was in attend
ance. The wearers of the green were
numerous on our streets all day long
Commissioner Leo Aftermath and
wife. son and daughter, we're in from
Willow Lake Monday. Emil Alter
matt was wearing an overcoat made
by his father from the hide Of Gal
loway steer. The coat was stylish and
well-made.
W. F. Dickinson is absent in Mar
shall this week. He is holding what
is known as a Masonic school of in
struction in that city. The school is
made up of prominent Masonic Off
cials at Marshall, Candy, Granite
Falls and other surrounding towns.
Mr.. Dickinson is one of the State GUS
todians of the work.
The Peanut social at the Presby-
terian church last Friday evening was
largely attended. The entertainment
was novel one and was both inter
esting and amusing. The participants
in the programme were Myrtle Coop
er, NV R. Hunter, S. Pollard, G. G.
johnson, and Mesdames Hunter, Pol
lard, Johnson, Patterson, Kenney, A
B. Hawes and Cooper. Ruby Curtis,
Give Aiken, Bennie Cook, Lloyd Nc
Gettrick, Matte Everett and Zelma
Thune participated in the peanut
song.
The pleasant home of T. H. King, a
few miles west of this city, was the
scene of merry crowd of young peo.
pie last Friday evening, the occasion
being leap year party given for the
benefit of the Christian church of this
city. A large crowd was present, sew
eral from this city being among the
number. Games and singing were
INDUCED in until late hour when re-
freshments of ice cream and cake were
served. Mr.. Thornquest, formerly
pastor of the church, was present anc
assisted materially in making the af
fair success from social standpoint
The New Ulm & Southwestern R'y
Co., the new branch of the St. Louis
running from Winthrop into New
Ulm, is haying some trouble in get.
ting into the latter city. A farmer
named Fritsche has commenced suit
against the company, asking that
aside from the amount to be granted
by the appraisal commissioners fo1
the road running across his land, he
be allowed $1,000 damages for tres
pass upon his farm, and praying fol
an injunction restraining the company
from cutting down trees not on the
right-of-way.
According to the Enterprise Thos
@. Keefe, who was found dead in bis
bed in Hotel st. James of Duluth
was resident of Birch Couliee town
ship. Keefe was found dead on
Thursday of last week. It appears
that he has been at work in the woods
near Two Harbors the past winter
was on his return home and stopped
at the st. James Hotel in Duluth
Not making his appearance some ol
the help peered over the transom and
saw his lifeless body. A gas jet was
turned on and not lighted, explaining