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

H. w. Deike of Faribault was in the
city visiting with H. G. Ackmann dur.
ing the past week.
R. G. Henry of Fargo, was in town
visiting with DIR. Pease during the past
week. Mrs. Henry, who was Mabel
March, has been here for several weeks
past.
Marshall defeated the Echo team in
game of base ball played in the form
er town last Friday by score of te
5. The game was exciting from the
start to the finish and the batteries die
great work.
Arthur Jackson and Miss Carrie Sper
Der of Wood Lake were married in this
city last Wednesday. julius Sperbe1
of Wells, a brother of the bride and
well-known here, came up to attend
the ceremony.
Austin defeated Owatonna Thursday
in game of base ball by score of Ii
to 8. The battery for Austin was Dick.
son and Partridge, the former being the
old pitcher Of the Redwood team, who
is now in the regular employ of the
Owatonna base ball association.
Several local sportsmen appear to be
violating the law regarding the shoot
ing of prairie chickens and newspa.
per man of this city, well-known fol
his sporting proclivities, was threatened
with arrest last week, after "bagging''
couple of chickens. The matter has
been hushed up, however, and unless
the State game warden appears on the
scene to investigate the charge nothing
further is likely to be heard of the
matter.
Ringing Brothers 1S-foot giraffe
died at Spencer, Iowa, one day last
week, of Bright's disease. The animal
was valued at $4,000 and was said to
be the only one in America. The body
has been presented to the Field Column
bian Museum of Chicago. The Ring
lings have already purchased another
fine animal to take the place of this
one, and it will be with the show just
as soon as it can reach this country
from it's native land.
Secretary Dornberg of the creamery
association had his buggy demolished
in runaway accident one day last
week. The secretary drove to the resi-
dence of Andrew Stewart for the pur-
pose Of having Andrew sign the cream
cry checks for patrons. His horse was
tied to hitching post near the Stewart
residence. The flies were very bad at
that point, and they worried the ami
NAL so that she broke the hitching
strap and ran away. Several spokes
and other parts of the buggy We're
missing or broken before the animal
stopped running.
Fred A. Wyman of Underwood town.
ship was in the city Saturday. He
states that the barley and oats harvest
in his section will be unusually large
The wheat, he stated, was not looking
well, many fields suffering from blight
and rust. Mr.. Wyman purchased,
while here, the four-year-old Polled
Angus Aberdeen bull Paxton 142O6 of
Dickinson & Tyson of the Glendale
Farm. Paxton was sired by Peerless
Knight, dam Pride of Grundy. John
Cumming has two-year-old heifer
sired by Paxton, which he claims,
gives remarkable flow of milk.
The marriage of Gustav Corbock, a
well-known young farmer Of Johnson
vile township, to Miss Lena Schleis-
sner, daughter of an old Johnsonville
farmer, occurred at the German Luther
an church in that township last Thurs
day afternoon. The bride wore a neat
bridal gown. After the ceremony,
which was witnessed by large crowd
of friends and relatives, the couple
drove to the residence of the brides
parents, where reception and we'd
ding dance occurred. The latter lasted
until late Friday morning. The newly
welded couple were the recipients of a
large number Of useful and costly gifts
The Commercial Hotel closed it's
doors last Friday morning. RS. Pick
EFT, who has been conducting the insti-
tuition for several months past, stated
that his reason for closing, was simply
because he was unable to make the no.
tel pay. He spoke rather bitterly to-
wards local residents taking boarders
on various occasions and thus opposing
the hotel interests. Mr.. Pickett stated
that he had no difficulty with S. E..
Bailey, the owner. He moved his fam
lily to his Mill street residence on the
same day that he closed the hotel. S.
E. Bailey went to St. Paul on the day
previous for the purpose of considering
propositions of several parties for the
leasing of the hotel. Mr.. Bailey drove
his trotting colt across the country.