The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-03-12

y. u. johnson IS now studying law
in the Office of Baldwin, Harriott &
Patterson.
Mrs. Jacob Drischel left Tuesday
for Minneapolis to enter a hospital
where she is to receive medical treat
ment for cancer.
Attorney Bowers informs The GA
zETrE that Mrs. Ida Smith has COM
menced an action against the Citizens
Bank and stockholders to enforce the
stockholders liability act.
The two large and hitherto compel
ing general mercantile firms of H. M.
Noack and R. H. Kempton at Morton
have consolidated under the name of
the Morton Mercantile Company.
Henry Lance returned last Thurs
day evening from Wisconsin, where
he was called by a telegram announc-
ing the serious illness of his mother.
Henry stated that his mother was i'm
proving.
Ed. Pratt returned Wednesday
from three.weeks' visit with his par
ents and friends at Waterville last
Wednesday. Ed saw number of old
Redwoodites at Waterville, among
them E. E. Case.
just before going to press this
week THEl GAZETTE received a letter
from Rev. H. Beer. He was at Te-
koa, Washington, at the time of writ
ing the same and concludes his letter
by saying that 81 think my next letter
to you will be from Alaska, but pos
sibly from Tacoma"
E. NJ. Delameter, State Organizer of
the Sons of Veterans, has been in this
city during the past few days attempt
ing to organize camp of the Sons of
Veterans. Mr. Delameter resides at
Princeton. Several attempts were made
during the past two years to organ
ize camp here, but all of them were
abandoned.
There will be a debate on Friday
evening, March 9th, between Attor-
ney w. J. Mcleod and A. D. Stewart
The question is "Resolved, that Con-
gress should enact law providing for
the free aud unlimited coinage of sill
yer at 16 to l." Mr.. Stewart will take
the affirmative and Mr.. Mcleod the
negative. The debate will occur al
the opera house.
| Morton Enterprise: The children
of Charles Buholtz, north of town
found grape and canister shell ne al
their place. 1t is about mile from the
Birch Cooley corral where the famous
battle;was fought. It is thought tc
have been fired by the artillery of Col
, | McPhail who came to their assistance
The shell weighs about five pound
and is partly filed with grape shot,
dozen of them being loose. It is in
deed a valuable find and is on exhibi
ton at the Bank of Morton.
:. At the meeting of the school boar'
Monday night it was voted to give tn
pupils vacation of one week, afte
tomorrow. This will be the usua
spring vacation. After the expiration
, Of the vacation ten weeks term @
school will commence and will finis
the year. The Board, in taking tn
above action, had in view the increas
ing of the apportionment from tn
State and parents should see to it tina
all of their children attend the first 4
days of the spring term, at least.
On Monday W. H. Allen, genera
agent of the Sioux City Engine & Iro
Works, sold the largest sized Peel
well-auger manufactured to Charlie
Benzing of Bird Island, who paid MI
Allen spot cash for the machine. L
the present condition of the country
with wells going dry all over, Their
appears to be great deal more none
, in we'll digging than in other pursuits
. The Pech wel-auger is known wher
: ever it has been used, to be the bes
manufactured, and Mr.. Allen intro
duces and sells it on it's merits alone
During the past year he has sold
large number of them in this sectio
of the State.
VIM. Crouley hands The GAZETTE
, copy of the Seattle Post Intelligence
containing an article on the Alaska
gold fields. defining who the gol'
, seekers should be, narrating the hard
ships in getting to the gold fields, tn
cost of an outfit, provisions, ect. Th