The Redwood gazette., 1896-03-19

Al Ihelrlng lett MONDAY 1Or spring
field to visit with his sister.
E. D. French returned from the G..
A. R. meeting in Minneapolis last Sat-
urday.
E. B. Hale left for Sioux City
Tuesday evening. Mr.. Hale will
probably canvass New Mexico and
Colorado for life insurance this year.
All members of the w. R. G. are
earnestly requested to be present at
the next meeting, March oath, prompt
ly at 2 p. m. Important business to
be transacted.
The proposed discussion on March
9th of the free coinage question, of
which mention has already been made
in this paper, has been indefinitely
postponed, owing to the fact that later
in the season political arguments will
be more in vogue.
The Democratic State Convention
will meet in St. Paul for the purpose
of selecting delegates to the National
convention on June 18th. 1t will be
composed of S33 delegates. Redwood
county is entitled to six of that num-
ber and Brown county ten.
E. N. Hosmer writes The GAZETTE
from Lamberton that the creamery
there is doing nicely. He says that it
will pay about 20 cents per cwt. for
February deliveries, and that after
March 1st persons will be paid for
their butter fat, instead of by weight.
Miss Mae Sims came up from ST..
Paul last Saturday evening and is
again occupying her position as mil
liner and trimmer at Wolff & Co.'S.
The millinery stock of the latter firm
is quite extensively particularly in so
far as spring goods are concerned, and
Miss Sims has thoroughly acquainted
herself with the latest fashions.
Miss Emily Wabasha, the 17-year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Waba-
sha residing at the Sioux Agency,
died Sunday evening, March 18th.
She was an expert in lace-making, and
also had considerable musical talent.
The cause of her death was pneu-
monia and the funeral, largely at
tended, was held in the Mission
church at the Agency Tuesday after
noon.
MsW.s Knox has bought the build
ing.and,stock of dry goods of E. N.
Swan, at North Redwood. Mr.. Swan
will move to Boyd, but not until Mr..
Gosper returns or appoints successor
in the post office. Mr.. Knox comes
we'll recommended. Mr.. Swan does
not go to new place, as Boyd has
been his home for number of years.
He dislikes to go SO far from Red
wood and the fraternity.
The Spokane Spokesman Review
of Monday, March 9, contains col
umn report of a sermon delivered at
All Saints and Trinity churches in
that city by Rev. H. Beer, formerly
of this city, who sailed yesterday from
Tacoma, to Juneau, Alaska. The ser.
mon was on Alaska, and what Mr.
Beer expects to find and accomplish
there. It was similar to his farewell
sermon in this city.
Congressman McCleary introduced
a bill in the lower house of Congress
on March 9Th looking towards the do
nation of condemned cannon and
some shells to John S. Marsh Post
No. SIS, of this city. The bill, if passed,
will direct the Secretary of War to
donate to the Post, for the decoration
of the burial lot for the dead Of said
Post in this city, condemned cannon
and such number of shells as are nee
essary to build a small pyramid. The
whole is to be transported to the
cemetery without expense to the
United States.
VIM. Crouley informs The GAZETTE
that his crop of honey for last season
was more than half short. He has
sixty colonies of bees and he figures
that each colony should produce SO
pounds of honey, or a total of 5000
pounds. He only harvested 1000
pounds. He attributes the shortage
to a failure of the blossoms and to the
excessive heat. The fact that the
Eastwood honey was short crop was
due to the large number of worms on
every Eastwood tree destroying the
bud and preventing the bee from
gathering the sap. Mr.. Crouley is of