The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-06-04

Mrs. =. Blankenburg of Springfield
has been visiting with her mother, Mrs.
ii. Theiring, during the past week.
The Misses Florence Patten, Flossie
| White and Laura Mcconnell of Morton
were visiting friends in this CITY last
Saturday.
M. w. Fullen, pastor of the Christian
church of this city will occupy the res
idence of Geo. Backer on Mill street
| after June 10th.
0. L. Dornberg is attending the Fed
eral court at Winona this week, he hav-
ing been subpoaened as a grand juror
for that occasion.
Emily A. Wilson of this city gradu-
ated from the elementary course of the
| Mankato Normal school last Friday.
Miss Wilson was one of class of IS to
receive diplomas.
Miss Esther Jorgenson, at one time
teacher in the primary department of
our public schools, was visiting with her
sister Dagmar Jorgenson of this city
curing the past week.
EX-Sheriff Blethen was seen in St.
Paul last Monday. Mr.. Blethen has
been engaged in shipping horses into
the Red Lake country and it is under
stood that he has made success of the
business up to date.
George Backer has gone to Tracy,
where he has found employment in the
large Touring mill of that place, in
which d. r. Caswell is also employed
Mr.. Backer will move his family to
Tracy in few weeks. He offers his
brick residence on Mill street for sale
The congregation of the Catholic
church of this city, has purchased
lumber and other material for thee
ion of an addition to the church, the
foundation of which has already been
laid. The addition is necessary on ac-
count of the large increase in the cOngre-
cation of the church during the past
year
Nlesdames Irene Marsh, F. f. Ham,
mer, J. f. Moon, j. w. Ferris and G.
w. Ellison will leave for st. Paul next
Monday for the purpose of representing
Crystal Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah,
of this city, at the assembly of Rebekahs
to meet in that city on June 10th.
Mrs. f. f. Hammer is delegate of
Crystal Lodge. Mrs Marsh resides in
Renville county and Mrs. Ellison at
Evan
The case of S. d. Peterson VS.. the
Western Union Telegraph Co., case
growing out of the transmission of the
'Slippery Sam, Your Name is Pants
special, during the 1893 session of the
legislature was on before the Supreme
CouA at st. Paul on Thursday of last
week. The case was before that body
on an appeal from a verdict of Brown
county jury giving Mr.. Peterson S., 800
damages by reason of the transmission
of the message. The Telegraph Co.
wants the verdict reversed in it's favor
or reduced to merely nominal one.
A. d. Stewart was in Chicago during
the early portion of last week. Mr..
Stewart sold several loads of cattle in
the Chicago markets, all of which
were fattened in this county. Andrew
was to have returned home Thursday
evening but he failed to make railroad
connections and as a result did not arrive
here until four o'clock Friday afternoon
He regretfully missed both speeches
made by S. NJ Owen as we'll as the
county convention to name delegates to
the congressional convention, and the
principal portion of the Populistic
picnic.
US. Grants name appeared in a case
on trial in Mankato last week. Joseph
Sorg had sued one Geo. w. Allyn for
900, alleged Islander, in connection
with certain statements made by the
latter charging Sorg with counterfeiting
government money. While the case
was being tried sufficient evidence was
brought out to cause the arrest of Sorg
on the charge, and he is now in the
custody of the Federal government
awaiting Indictment His case against
Allyn was dismissed. Capt. Walsh of
the secret service, says that he does not
think that Sorg passed much of the
counterfeit money, but that the two
others of the gang, "U. S. Grant, who
escaped from the Jail at New Ulm while
under sentence of seven years to Still
water, and man described as 'Blinkey'
in letters written by Sorg, and in AL
lyn's possession" were the principal
counterfeiters and passers of the money
Walsh claims that "Blinkeyn lives in
Redwood Falls.
The baccalaureate sermon was
preached to the Redwood Falls High
School graduating class last Sunday ev-
ening i'll the Presbyterian church, Rev.
John Sinclair delivering the sermon.
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