The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-08-05

wired throughout for electric lights.
j Q. Z. Dornberg last week sold the
west half Of the southeast quarter and
the east half of the southwest quarter
of section Is, Vesta township, to JOS
eph Hacker OF New Ulm, for $3.50.
John Mead, youngest son but one
of G. W. Mead, stepped on to a rusty
nail in the residence yard last Mon
day evening. The nail nearly pene-
trated the foot and made very pain
full wound.
j Mrs. Eliza A. Sears, mother of Rich
ard W. Sears of Sears, Roebuck & Co.,
Chicago, formerly of North Redwood,
was visiting with friends in the latter
place last week. Mrs. Sears resides in
Minneapolis. She returned home
Tuesday.
Peter Lloyd, ex-county treasurer of
Blue Earth county, was in the city last
week attending to matters in connec-
ton with his farm west of here. With
him came Steve Thorne, clerk of court
of Blue Earth county, who, while here,
purchased quarter section of land in
Vesta township, making him the own
or OF 200 acres in all in that township.
We are pleased to note that SO many
students will attend the Mankato
Commercial College the coming year.
Thorough instruction and honest deal
ing have won an enviable reputation
for the school. Their actual business
from the start makes the work pleas
ing, interesting and easy. Special at
tention is also given to the English
branches. Their fall term opens Sept.
LIST.
A report reached town Tuesday to
J the effect that little child of John
Nash, residing in the town OF Under
wood. had her tongue cut off in some
unknown way during the past week
} Owing to the childs inability to tall
} and owing to her having been alone al
the time of the accident the details oil
how it occurred will not be known fol-
} some time. The piece was sewed on
and the report is that the child is do.
ing we'll.
G. E. Dickinson and wife returned
/ from their bridal tour last Friday af
ternoon and are now at home in OAK
Terrace. Mr.. Dickinson states that
the best sign of returning prosperity
he has yet seen was at Grand Rapids
| where the big furniture establishments
9 are located. He visited several of the
l establishments and the superintend
ent of the largest one stated that uI
to within a short time the factory was
) running on 300 men, while, when Mr.
: Dickinson was there it was working
j over 800 men. Other factories report
similar increase.
81. johnson, travelling agent Of
the Fidelity Securities Co., of Sioux
, City, Iowa, was in the city during the
past week, the guest of George Hong
master. Mr.. Houghmaster has done
a great deal of business for that firm
and recently was made it's specia
} agent in this county. At one time
French & Houghmaster we're the
= agents of the concern here. Later Mr.
t. French became the agent and nov
: Mr.. Houghmaster succeeds him. Thu
company has sold several pieces o
land in this county recently.
, Next Sunday evening in the Pres
byterian church, at the Union service
, Miss Anna Melton, a distinguished
: missionary in Turkey, now on fur
) Tough, will be the speaker. Miss Mel
: ton will give an account of the educa
tional and religious work which is be
I ing done by America among the Ar
: menians. Just before coming to thi
t country Miss Melton was attacked b,
/ band of Koords during night ant
r had narrow escape from death. Mis-
f Melton can tell of her work in graphic
Q terms. She is an accomplished woman
: and fluent speaker. The service viii
4 be of great interest to young and old
. A collection will be taken for Mis-
t Notions work.
. The late S. B. Hazen, father of Mrs
F. NJ. Isham, was a musician of con
7 siderable note, and way back during
8 the campaign of William Henry Har
l rison, known as ''The Log Cabin Cam
> paign," when Mr.. Hazen was residing
, in Wisconsin, he organized his sever
brothers into band, known as the