The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-02-18

over ITOm Haml0CS IOWu ldSl MOuudy.
w. P. Huntington, G. w. Mead and
A. E. Clark returned from their BUSH
ness trips to st. Paul on Thursday of
last week.
Miss Frances Everett will entertain
the Christian Endeavor society of the
Presbyterian church at her home to-
morrow evening.
Carine Chapter No. II, Rathbone Sis
tiers, was instituted last Thursday even
ing, according to the advance report in
The GAZETTE of that day.
The personal property taxes become
delinquent March LIST and penalty of
10 per cent attached. Please attend to
this in time and avoid the rush on the
last days.
Maj. w. w, Smith of Sleepy Eye
passed through here Monday en- route
for Echo, where he is interested in the
banking business and where he will re-
main several days.
E. Mae Sims leaves for Chicago this
week to make extensive purchases of
millinery goods for the store Of J. r.
Wolff & Co. The stock will only in
clude only the latest spring and sum-
mer articles of head-gear.
Ex-Landlord J. A. Engelhart of
Hotel Francois was presented with a
charming little valentine last Sunday
EVENING" bright and bouncing baby
boy, sweeter to the eX-landlord than
any Cupid could be, just because he
wanted a boy and got what he wanted.
The west bound ST. Louis passenger
train dug at Watertown at about six
O'Clock Saturday evening did not ar
rive there until after II O'Clock Sunday.
The train, headed by a heavy snow
pillow, got stuck in the snow at Revillo,
ran out of coal and water, and was
obliged to remain there until Sunday
morning.
The members of Crystal Lodge,
Daughters of Rebekah, gave Mrs. E.
D. McClintock, their past noble grand,
a birthday surprise party at her home
last Monday evening. The party met
at Chas. McClintock's residence and
went from there enmasse to the home
of their noble grand. The surprise was
complete. Games were INDUCED in
and refreshments were served.
The stock market was unusually ac-
tive here last Monday, when in the
neighborhood of ten carloads of cattle
left the Northwestern yards for Chicago
and Sioux City. A number of loads of
hogs also went out with the cattle.
Among the shippers were Emil
Schmahl, Archie Stewart and Madelia
buyers. Among the important sales
were 10 head of cattle sold by John
Stewart of the Donald Stewart estate to
Emil Schmahl for 1886.
A rumor was going around town
Monday and Tuesday to the effect that
a retired saloon-keeper had been az
rested or was going to be arrested fol
selling liquor without license. The
1 rumor was without foundation and
seems to have started over civil action
commenced by first applicant to sell
liquor at the stand of the retired saloon.
keeper, but who was forced to relin.
quish his application on account of his
not having enough money to take OFT
license.
County Attorney Frank Clague was
over from Lamberton on Tuesday and
in answer to the question as to whether
any arsenic was found on the stomach
of the deceased A. B. Pike, the particu.
lars of which are to be found on the
second page Of this paper, replied that
Prof. Bell reported that all stomachs
contain traces of arsenic as did this one
but that there was not enough to pro-
duce death in this. case. Prof Bel
wrote that death undoubtedly resulted
from paralysis of the Heart.
Attorney Dolliff, for the defendant
School District No. 9, Redwood county
is now engaged in preparing an appeal
in the case of District No IS vs. the
above named district 1t will be re-
membered that the case was up in the
district court and that Judge Weber
gave judgment for the plaintiff. The
defense; therefore, through Judge Dollif1
will appeal to the Supreme Court seek
ing to have the judgment of the lower
court set aside. The case involves an
error over the location of a section OF
land, which was intended to be placed
in the new district, but from which the
old district collected the taxes.
New Ulm News One of the wide
awake residents of New Ulm suggests
that a historical society should be
formed in this city, which is one of the
most important historical points in
Minnesota or the Northwest. The per-
sons living who were a part of the early
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