The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-06-24

returned to the Soldiers Home at
Minnehaha last Monday.
Dawson Sentinel; The encamp-
ment number of The REDWOOD GA
zETTE was emblazoned with the stars
and stripes and looked quite patriotic.
Clerk of Court Reynolds Of Waseca
county, father of Mrs. Fred Paul, took
in the encampment here last week,
and visited with his daughter and her
husband at the restaurant.
The two most wonderful free exhi-
billions ever given by any circus with
Gollmar Bros circus at Redwood
Falls, June 26. Will celebrate a grand
holiday. Let all celebrate.
It is reported that the population of
the orphans domicile on the reserva-
ton north of town has been increased
by the arrival of two parties from
Redwood Falls, says the Lamberton
Star.
Miss Luella Turrell is expected
home Saturday. She has been teach
ing at Kasson during the past winter,
and this week she has been at
Owatonna, where she attended the
marriage of one of her old college
classmates.
Omer Conway sends The GAZETTE a
copy of the Los Angeles Sunday
Times, containing an account of the
Times special train south through
California, of the Conductors annual
convention and of the progress OF
steam. The edition shows that Cali
fornia has crack lot of newspaper
"pushers,'' and that the Times is well
on to the front of the band wagon.
The sewer on Second street from
Washington to Lincoln was completed
Tuesday evening. The contractor has
secured the jobs of connecting the
court house and jail with the syetem
both being good contracts. He has
also crew of men at work on the
Washington avenue and Fourth stree
extension, extending to the schoo
house. Contractor Smith estimate.
that he will make very little or nothing
out of the city contract.
| H. NJ. Hitchcock has a novel win
dow adv. A little doll. with schoo
books in her hands, and wearing glass
es stands at the foot of a bed occupied
by another doll with bandage ove1
! it's eyes. In the hand of the first dol
| is testimonial from H. E. Swenso1
of Candy to the effect that his little
! girl, aged ten, could not go to schoo
on account of her eyes, and after thu
little one received treatment from Mr.
Hitchcock she was able to not only at
tend to all of her studies but the
headache had left her entirely.
On last Thursday night Marsha
Hicks of Sleepy Eye placed under ar
rest in that town, two cigar makers
Julius Shoeneshofer and Louis
Schmidt, charging them with being &C
completes Of Houston in the burglary
and theft reported in this paper last
week. They were both lodged in Jail
The Dispatch states that Schmidt was
found in hay NOW and the othel
man was picked up in one of our life
saving stations. The last seen of them
they were handcuffed together or
board the east-bound train.
The west-bound passenger train or
the M. & St. L. road met with a pc
culiar accident Tuesday, June Is
about three miles west of the Red
wood station, according to the Boyc
Times. Lightning struck the engine
passing down the left-hand side anG
breaking the steam chest, piston anc
connecting rods. The shock was g
terrible one and was felt by the pas
sengers on the train. The engine was
quickly brought to a standstill and
after such temporary. repairs as were
possible the train was run back t.
Redwood, the engine working its un
injured side, and the. train was hello
until an engine could be sent from
Morton. The delay in all was about
an hour and half.
| The cannon secured by Representa-
tive McCleary for John S. Marsh Post
of this city arrived at North Redwood
over the St. Louis on Thursday of last
week. The cannon weighs about
$500 pounds alone and is not provided
with mount: With the cannon came
SIS projectiles weighing over zoe
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