The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-04-16

M. 81. Bergen of LeSueur has been
visiting his brother, U. 81. Bergen OF
this city, during the past week.
Attorney G. A. Hagberg of St. Paul
was in the city over Thursday and
Friday last, attending to the details
of mortgage foreclosure sale.
Supt. S. j. Race attended the dedi-
cation of the Sleepy Eye public school
last Friday evening. Mr.. Race de-
livered an address at the dedication.
W. F. Dickinson left for st. Cloud
Wednesday of last week. He has
been attending to matters connected
with the Minnesota Masonic Board OF
Custodians.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Skinner leave
for the Ozark Mountains, Missouri,
this week. Mr.. Skinner hopes to re-
gain his health in the Missouri noun
tains before returning.
The party that exchanged hats at
Masonic Hall Wednesday evening,
April 9Th, can have much better and
larger hat by exchanging with W. A.
Hauck at Francois & Schmahls store.
w. Mercer and j. L. Forsyth of st.
James we're at Hotel Francois last
Thursday evening. The two gentle
men were driving through from Muir
dock, Swift county, to their home in
St. James.
Fred L. Warner received letter
from Ed. Gutterson at st. Paul Thurs
day to the effect that he had been
made the father of new 11-pound
girl. Mrs. Gutterson was formerly
Miss Minnie Mcmillan.
Horace Jones is training his hound
for the coursing event to occur under
the management of Minneapolis par
ties in a short time. Dog fanciers say
that the hound owned by Horace is
likely to be a winner, if properly
trained.
County roads are in frightful con-
dition. 1t is impossible to haul a
load of any kind of material to and
from town over them and it is almost
impossible for team attached to an
empty lumber wagon to get over
them. The wheels, in some cases,
sink clear down to the axes in the
mud. Only in few places can a
team 60 faster than a walk.
A caravan of prairie schooners,
drawn by IA teams of horses, passed
through this city Thursday noon en-
route from Worth county, Iowa, to
Murdoch, Swift county, this State.
There were seven families in the car
AVIAN, all of them named Smith, the
heads of the families being brothers.
They claimed that they we're tired of
Iowa and believed that this section of
Minnesota offered them better induce
ments. They stated that they had
encountered muddy roads during all
of their travelling.
The Standard Oil Co.'s wagon at
this station had an all night siege
just south of Gilfllan Siding, while
attempting to go from this station to
Morgan for the purpose of delivering
oil last Friday. Agent Ferris sent
John Vale and G.. Butler, with their
two teams attached to the wagon, to
Morgan for the purpose of delivering
the oil. Upon reaching Gilfllan Sid
ing the oil wagon got stuck in the
mud and the two teams were unable
to pull it out. The wagon remained
in the mud over night and it was not
until Saturday morning that the wag-
on was rescued and the oil delivered,
No intimation of the new time table
on the Northwestern road has been re-
ceived here. The New Ulm News of
last week says that "the new time
card on the G. & N. w. railroad, which
it is now believed will go into effect
on the 18th, can be definitely an
nounced. The morning train from St.
Paul and Chicago will depart at $40
instead of 6:55, and the afternoon
train for the same cities will depart
at 3:15 instead of 2:1O. The after
noon train from st. Paul and Chicago
will arrive at 2:15 instead of 4:28, and
thu night train from the same cities
will arrive at 8 instead of IL o'clock
There will also be Sunday train
East and West, which will carry the
nails"
Mrs. A. F. Smith and daughters OIL