The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-02-11

Did you ever try Rocky Mountain
Tea? AT Hitchock's.
w. E. Baker was in st. Paul and
Minneapolis last week, returning home
on Saturday.
The st. Agnes Guild was entertained
by Mrs. H. S. Baldwin yesterday after
noon and evening.
John Whittet has been appointed
wholesale agent Of the Val Blatz Brew
ing Co. at this place.
Our new Mackintoshes are just in.
They are perfect beauties, and what is
best of all they are lots cheaper than
last year, at J. r. Wolff & Co.'S.
George Boeckler was in the city
Tuesday. He states that the grain
grown on his farm last year has not
yet passed through the threshing ma
chine.
Attorney A. G. Dolliff has been at
tending to legal business in Renville
during the past few days, going over to
that town on Monday and returning
yesterday.
AS soon as the laws Of Minnesota are
in proper form GAZETTE subscribers
will be notified, SO that they can call
and get copy free of charge. The work
of printing them is considerable more
than at first anticipated.
Ex-Landlord J. A. Engelhart has
not yet decided as to what his future
business will be. He has received a
proposition to go into certain business
here, but he is seriously considering
proposition to buy wheat on the Great
Northern, north Of Willmar.
Clerk of Court Warner has been COM
missioned by the general land office to
take testimony in contest of William
Wolverton against William C. White,
involving an SO-acre homestead entry
in New Avon. The entry was made
on Aug. IA, 1887. The testimony will
be taken commencing at ten o'clock on
March 22d.
Representative Fosness of the Chip
pewa district has introduced bill de-
taching Redwood county from the
ninth judicial district and Big Stone
county from the sixteenth, and attach
ing the two to the twelfth district, and
giving the latter two judges. This bill
has been referred to the members of the
counties interested.
G.. e. Lamberton's omnibus broke
down while being hauled up the hill,
loaded with three or four passengers,
last Monday evening. The omnibus
was on light pair of runners, and
while passing over rut the rear rum
ner on the left hand side turned in and
under the bus. Driver Welch hauled
his passengers up in a bob sleigh.
What promised to be a genuine snow
storm started in early Tuesday morn.
ing, with light sprinkling of snow
and the wind from the southeast. II
showed all day, at times unusually
hard while at other times the fall was
, light. Enough snow has already falleI
this winter to exceed the fall of any
previous winter extending back to the
fall following and including the Oct
ODER blizzard in 1881.
In Saturdays report of pensions
granted it is announced that the pen
, sion of DR.. A. G. Douglass of Belview
, deceased, has been restored, reissues
and increased and that Mary E. Doug
lass of Belview was also granted an or
I iginal widows pension. DR.. Douglas
> died at Belview some time ago, ant
. since his death his family has been re
, siding in Echo. The pension will b.
$ quite comfort to them.
The agent of the Lewis Publishin!
$ Co. arrived in the city yesterday 70
r the purpose of commencing the deliv
p cry of the book on Southwestern Min
t nesota. giving a history of the latter to
t gether with biographical sketches of
| large number of citizens, The book j
0 unusually neatly printed, handsomel,
: bound and contains the best of engrav
, ings. The books were all sold on sub
e scription.
t Bills have been received here an
. nouncing the presentation of 9TH
), Deacon at the Morton opera house b,
/ the Amateur Dramatic club of tina
. place. The entertainment is to be Civ
e Ell Friday evening, Feb. 26, and will b
/ for the benefit of the Morton Camp O
Y Modern Woodmen of America. Th
gentlemen and ladies cast for the occa
, sion are S. w. Tredway, Harry Hent
e on, Herbert Birum, L. B. Brown
| Charles l.. Double, r. II. c. Human
! Mesdames Thomas Knighton, Franl
: Waters. Charles Double, Fred Orth
q and the Misses Myrtle MCGOWAN ant
!: Beulah knighton. Some new ane
catebv SopuS will hn introduced dIriDt