The Redwood gazette., 1897-04-01

Eye for few hours last Friday.
Mrs. Isaac johnson is visiting with
her daughter, Mrs. Cora E. Palmer,
at Hampden, Iowa.
Editor A. E. Hill of the Morton En-
terprise and Charles Henton Of that
town, were at Hotel Francois over
Thursday night.
Miss Lena Thiering entertained a
number of the intimate lady friends
of the Thiering family at the resi-
dence on East street at tea last Thurs
day evening.
Ed. Wilmeroth of Mason City, Iowa,
formerly of this place, and brother
to Frank Wilmeroth, was married to
an English lady in town near Iowa
on Thursday of last week.
Miss Mae Stevens and Miss Adah
Winn attended an oratorical contest
at Wood Lake last Friday evening.
Echo, Wood Lake and Hanley Falls
contested for the first place, with the
result that the Hanley Falls conting-
ent won out.
Town clerks or officers ordering 1897
township manuals are hereby notified
that the publishers in Minneapolis
will not have them ready for delivery
until September next. The 1895 man
uals, however, can be obtained at the
present writing.
The action Of B. A. Ferris VS.. Geo.
B. Hughes for SIG, on account of coal
delivered, has been dropped, Mr..
Hughes paying for the coal, after
more or less rustling, in two or three
separate installments, just before the
action came to trial in the police
court.
Will Brooks came down from Echo
last Saturday, remaining over Sunday
with his parents here. Will is en-
ployed in the Echo Enterprise office
and reports printing business there
more active than most towns of that
size. A young Echo friend, Mr.
Falkenburg, accompanied Will.
Supt. S. J. Race and Prof. J. L
Torrens left for Mankato last Thurs
day for the purpose of attending the
annual convention of Southwestern
Minnesota Teachers. Mr.. Race ad.
dressed the convention on the subject
of rural schools and was invited to ad
dress the students and the faculty OIL
the State Normal school.
J.P. Dolliff of Minneapolis, father
of Attorney. A. G. Dolliff of this city
was in Redwood Falls during the lat
ter part of last week. Mr.. Dollif
spent the week between this point
Wood Lake and Echo. He is inter
ested in property near Echo and ir
collections in and around Wood Lake
Mr.. Dolliff is seriously considering
the advisability of moving his family
from Minneapolis to Redwood Falls
with the intention of making this
place his future home.
Simon Hanson was over from Rem
vile last Thursday. Mr.. Hanson was
armed with a petition asking Gov
Clough to appoint A. ]. Volstead az
the additional judge of the Twelfth
district and Redwood people generally
signed for the Granite Falls man. Mr.
Hanson is also interested in having
VIM. Beckman released from the Ore
gon penitentiary. He is of the opin
ion that the release can be secured ir
a year or two. Beckman, it will be
remembered, was sent up for life or
the charge of numbering his wife un
der circumstances published in this pa
per about month ago.
J. r. Lankard received telegram
Friday evening announcing the deatt
of his youngest son, VIM. Mckinley
Lankard, at Santa F'e, New Mexico
on the afternoon of that day. The boy
was about two years of age, and was
taken in charge of by S. E. Lankaro
and wife, shortly after his birth, owing
to the then dangerous illness of Mrs
Lankard, who never arose from he1
sick bed after the baby was born. J
R. Lankard supposed that his son was
in the best of health and had no knowl
edge of his being i'll, and the Telegram
came in the nature of a shock to him
The remains were inferred at Sants
Fe.
i Mr.. Heimerdinger of Brown county
has introduced bill into the house
tending to the reduction of salaries o.
oounfv officials all a1onu tho limo The