The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-09-03

Ole Hanson and wife of Granite Falls
were in the city for few hours last
Saturday.
Prof. Clara A. Nelson and Harriet S.
Beecher were Northwestern passengers
enroute for ST. Paul Tuesday.
County Attorney Clague and Justice
George B. Holden drove over from
Lamberton Monday and We're registered
at Hotel Francois.
The silver club held a meeting last
Friday evening. The 80 members pres
ent listened to short speeches from U.
G. Truax, w. J. Mcleod and others.
Mrs. J. n: Little and daughter, who
have been visiting Mrs. H. S. Baldwin
during the past summer, returned to
their home in the Sawdust City this
week.
w. r. Houck threshed last week. A
ten-acre tract Of wheat averaged over
20 bushels per acre. Another tract av-
eraged only Is while still another went
over 20 bushels. His barley averaged
so bushels per acre and his oats 49,
S. B. Marvin reports that light
frost one night last week destroyed a
portion of his buckwheat crop. The
frost was just heavy enough to cover
the upper portion Of the buckwheat,
according to the gentleman's state
ment.
The St. Veronica's Guild of the Epis-
copal church will serve meals during
the second and third days of the coun-
ty fair in the building recently vacated
by the Huntington grocery. In con-
nection with this there will also be a
flower show, at which plants and cut
flowers will be offered for sale.
Frank Fuller was engineering on the
Redwood branch Of the Northwestern
during the past week, Engineer Carroll
having been granted leave of absence,
a portion Of which he will spend in the
Twin Cities. Engineer Fuller was fire.
wood branch several years ago.
The cut Oh subscription rates made
by THE GAZETTE on Aug. Goth is bear
ing magnificent fruit. New subscrib-
ers are coming in rapidly while many
more announce that with the sale of
their first wheat they will have THE
GAZETTE come to their homes. The 81
per year rate is the popular rate and is
catching on in just the manner in
tended.
This section of the country expert
enced some exceptionally hot weather
during Thursday, Friday and Saturday
of last week. The thermometer, at
times, was almost as low as it was dur
ing the hot weather of early August.
The heat was made all the more intense
by strong and hot south wind blow
ing over the section. Corn was badly
dried up on account of the excessive
heat.
John Black and Mat. Detring were in
the city buying wool Saturday. The
two gentlemen registered at Hotel
Francois as being from Melbourne,
The former is from Spring
field, this State, and the latter is from
Sprin gfeld, Illinois. The latter is in
terested in extensive wooden industries
in the east. Both gentlemen have been
in Australia, according to their state
ments They We're there year or more
ago buying wool.
Thomas E. Mulligan, the owner of
the one-story brick block next to the
postoffice, in which the millinery store
was located for many years, was in the
city Friday and Saturday, attempting
to rent the building to Thos. Gullick
for restaurant purposes. Mr.. Mulligan
has been spending the summer at Ka-
sofa, where he is extensively interested
in the stone quarries. He stated that
if the election was held two weeks ago
it would have been close vote between
the Republican and Democratic candi-
dates but that as time passes by the
Republicans are becoming more num-
erous and he has no fear Of the result
in November.
The Prohibition Congressional con-
vention for the Second Congressional
district has been called to convene at
Mankato on Sept. 18th, 1896, for the
purpose Of nominating candidate for
congress and transacting other bust
ness. The party as party seems to be
extinct in this county, no convention
having been held up to the present
time this year. Jasper Stegner, one of
the leading lights in the Prohibition
work two years ago and secretary of
the county committee sent in his resig-
nation to that committee some time ago
in order that he might avail himself of
the opportunity to join the ranks Of the
free silver adherents.
Last week The GAZETTE stated that
Mrs. Rust..had returned to the Old Bay