The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-07-29

i Mrs. y. CummlnS IS WISHING with
her daughter at Worthington.
DR.. F. N. Ludcke of Amboy is Wis
iting with the family of Dwight Bis
sell.
Mr.. Burmeister of the electric light
! ing system, states that he will have
the Edison incandescent lights instead
OF those now in use in a very short
time. The latter are thought not to
be as good as the former, owing 10
the spring joints. The Edison either
locks by pin or works by screw and is
much more stationary when set. The
arc lights for this system have already
been shipped and will be here in
few days.
AT the last meeting of the county
commissioners it was decided to ap-
propriate $4OO for the connection of
the court house with the city sewer
system, and also for the placing of
three or more closets and several ur-
inals in the court house basement,
which is also to be cemented. The
work of retinning the roof is being
done by local timers. The spouting
facilities of the court house will also
be increased.
The wedding ceremony of Mr.. Will
Root and Miss Anna Anderson, re-
ferred to in the last issue of this pa
per, was performed at the brides
home by Rev. Phillips of Morton. At
about half past ten the bride and
groom, unattended, took their places
in a corner of the parlor, under for
| al festoon, with flowers behind and on
both sides of them. The bride was
becomingly attired in dress of cream
henrietta, trimmed with ribbon and
lace and ornamented by a spray of
myrtle. The ceremony was followed
by the usual congratulations. A
sumptuous dinner was then served on
the lawn in an arbor constructed for
the purpose. About seventy invited
guests partook of the dinner. Mr..
and Mrs. Root took up their abode in
their new home on farm about
three and a half miles northeast of
Morgan. They we're favorites in their
community and we're the recipients of
many useful and costly presents.
NJ. Martinez of the manufacturing
house of Martinez & Co., Pensacola,
Florida, was in the city last Friday
and Saturday disposing of several
thousand cigars which be claims got
lost in consigning. Mr.. Martinez is a
native born Cuban, but is now a ma
turalized citizen of the United States
} His mother and one sister are still re
siding 20 miles east of Havana. His
grandfather is general in the Span
ish army, and the grandson and grand
parent differ to the extent that the
latter is strong Cuban sympathizel
while the former is devout Spaniard
r Mr.. Martinez states that war on the
: Island is horrible, as is war where it is
not onl y made upon men but upon
=, women and children, and where young
Cuban girls are outraged by the Span
ish soldiers. He says that when ar
| American citizen is arrested he il
3 bound and gagged and many Ameri
cans murdered without the American
4 consulates ever hearing of it. II an
, almost ashamed to call myself al
3 American" said Mr.. Martinez, "be
l.. cause the American government doe.
$ not care for its citizens in Cuba. Ar
: Englishman there is respected but al
: American is called a dog and if ht
5 replies he is thrown in prison."
The Superior Nebraska Journal, ha.
the following talk of business mar
$ with farmer: "No," said the hard
, ware man to the farmer, as he tied ur
, the package of nails in the paper, "as
you say, people talk about the low
price of what they sell, and don't say
a word about the low price of what
they buy. Take those nails, now
r What do you suppose those nails
:, wonld cost you ten years ago? Jus,
about six cents pound, and now you
: can take the lot of better goods at
S. cents and the extra wrapper thrown in
: That's not much, you say. Not SC
!; much on little lot of nails, perhaps
but 10 cents isn't much on the bushe]
> of potatoes you brought in just now
and that's all the difference in price
: from ten years ago, and yet you grum-
7 bic at the low price. It's not the pound