The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-03-25

Mrs. G. T. Ward entertains the st.
Agnes Guild to- morrow afternoon.
George Whittet reports the arrival
of baby boy at his residence week
ago last Tuesday.
Chas. Buxton and uncle have re-
turned from two months sojourn in
the woods of Wisconsin.
The Cycle and the Ladies' Society
of the Presbyterian church will meet
with Mrs. Henry Baker tomorrow af-
ternoon. Everybody invited to sup
per.
VIM. Smith and Emil Kuenzli are
representing Redwood Lodge No. 68,
A. O. U. w., at the annual meeting Of
the Grand Lodge in St. Paul this
week.
John Trimmings is suffering from
an injury to one of his legs, the acct
dent occurring at Redwood Falls last
week while trying to board car, says
the St. Peter Herald.
G. w. Mead returned from Mime
apolis last Thursday. He served as q
Juror in the Federal court for nearly
three weeks. Mr.. Mead states that
while juror gets only 81 per day
from the government he is lucky if he
keeps his expenses below SIS day
while in St Paul and Minneapolis.
The GAZETTE bulletined the result
of the Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight, and
told how Corbett was knocked out,
about 20 hours before the evening pa
pers arrived here with the news. The
sidewalk in front of THE GAZETTE Office
was we'll covered with people all after
noon waiting for and reading the re-
turns.
Jasper Stegner informs us that the
wife of John L. Hall, who organized
the Legion of Honor here last fall,
died at St. Peter on Monday of last
week. Mr.. Stegner also states that
Morton citizens have the bridge across
the Minnesota river at that town fast
ened with cable in order to prevent
high water from carving it away.
The weather bulletin for February
has just been published. From this
bulletin it is observed that there was
precipitation during seven days OF
the month, seven days we're partly
cloudy and IA days we're cloudy. It
is expected that the March bulletin
will show even a greater number OF
cloudy days. In fact it has been a
long time since March has been seen
with so little sunshine.
Lamberton Star: The gentleman
from Mankato who contemplates start
ing an Orphans Home in this city
writes that he is ready to commence
work on the buildings as soon as the
site has been procured. The pros
poets are very promising for getting
the Home from the fact that consider
able over half the amount has already
been subscribed, and there has not
been very much soliciting done yet
owing to the bad weather.
| Col. j. T. Crawford, representing
the Drewry Bottling Co., of st. Paul
was in the city over Sunday. Col
Crawford has recently been through
the snow drifts of South Dakota. He
states that at Enderly, South Dakota
the snow is higher than the fronts oil
business houses, and in order to get
into the latter it is necessary to walk
directly opposite the entrance and
then shoot down through the door. In
some places business men have steps
made of snow leading to and from
their entrances. Deepest snow ev.
or saw remarked Mr.. Crawford.
The bill to appropriate $1,000 TO,
the purchase of five acres of the
Knueppel farm, including the resi-.
dence or old government store house
was reported back to the house with a
recommendation that it do pass, on
March II. The bill was introduced
by Mr.. Larson, and proposes that af.
ter the site is purchased, to erect tab.
let's, etc., at various places of interest
on the tract. The bill names w. D.
Finn of Redwood Falls, Chas. D.
Flandrau of st. Paul, VIM. Pfaender
of New Ulm, T. j. Sheehan of St
Paul, Samuel McPhail of Taunton and
Thomas Downs of Minneapolis as the
commissioners to carry out its provi.