The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-06

Il 81
Hans Mo, the Sleepy Eye banker,
was in the city on legal business last
Monday.
i Miss Addie Bigham left for her
school near Lamberton over the North
western Saturday.
The Redwood Falls high school
alumni banquet will be held at Hotel
Francois on Friday evening, June
[llth.
H. A. Baldwin left for Waseca yes
terday for the purpose of booming the
G. A. r. encampment at that point
and intervening places and to attend
to other business matters.
DR.. H. j. Fountain will leave for
the northern portion of the State next
week for the purpose of carrying on
the show and medicine business. DR..
Fountain has reduced his expenses
aud still has good show and thinks
that his trip will be successful one.
"Dick" Beach, delivery man for
Southwick & Angel, appeared inside
of q brand new and neat delivery wa
gon last Monday. The wagon was
built especially for that firm, has q
covered top and is neatly arranged for
the purpose for which it will be used.
T. r. Hughes of the Nickel Plate
leaves for Minneapolis to-day for the
purpose of attending a meeting of the
Ancient andlArabic Order of the No
bles of the Mystic Shrine. Several
candidates will be conducted across
the burning,deserts and camels milk
will be served at various GASES.
St. Peter Tribune: The district G..
A. R. encampment which assemblies
at Redwood Falls in June, is to be a
complete affair, and the citizens of
that place will spare no pains to make
, the veterans visit not only entertain
ing but pleasant. Comrades far and
, near, who can do so, should attend the
: encampment at Redwood.
The foundation for Thompson &
Mead's annex on Third street is com
pleted and work on the superstructure
7 has commenced. The annex will be a
one story building 30x6O feet, con-
, structed with the view of adding q
5 second story in the future. The front
> will be of brick tin. The building
! will be used as a machine display
< room, and the present building will
. be used for the harness department
7 and for displaying articles in connec-
! ton with the machine business.
w. r. Caswell was the victim oil
( three accidents Saturday. In the
morning jar of butter fell and land
! ed on one of his feet, causing him to
f limp and lose ordinary control of the
| same for week or more. An hour OF
' two later the reach on his ice wagon
: broke, and later. still he chisled one o
: his hands while attempting to chise
: down piece of ice so as to get it into
| a refrigerator. The alderman remarks
: that it is necessary to meet with these
: accidents at the commencement Of
every ice season.
9 Two good billiard contests occurred
t at R. D. Whites billiard hall las1
;. Thursday evening. E. A. Morley O
: Chicago offered to play finger billiards
f against three OF the best billiard play
t ers in town, the latter to use cues
/ The three men selected for the pur
Q pose we're E. j. Bunce, John Fish anc
/ James E. Sheperd Mr.. Morley wor
|. the game by score of 200 to SO TO,
: the three. After this contest Mr.
/ Morley played them at cue billiard.
a and they defeated him by score o.
!, 81 to IL. A big crowd was present t.
: witness the exhibition.
t Judge Bowers is considerably pleased
: over the appointment of w. j. Cal
houn of Illinois as the special com
I missioner of the United States to be
: present at the examination into thu
7 murder of DR.. Ruiz, a naturalizec
l American citizen. in a Cuban prison
. The murder was at the instigation oil
/ a Spanish officer named Fonsdivella
4 and was the most inhuman murder on
l record. It was with Mr.. Calhoun that
!, Judge Bowers studied law while re-
, siding in Illinois and before he came
) to Redwood Falls. Mr.. Calhoun was
, the original Mckinley boomer in Hi
! nois and was prominently mentioned
! for United States Senator during the
> contest in Illinois last winter.
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