The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-12-09

Inc Ot. margaret OullQ Will meet
with Miss Mary Thune on Saturday,
Dec. 18th, 1897.
The engine at Englehart's elevator
now whistles off the noon and six
o'clock hour each day, Sundays ex-
copied.
Horace Baldwin went to Sioux City
Saturday afternoon, taking with him
several carloads of cattle. The latter
he sold at Sioux City for feeding pur-
poses.
There appears to be a boom in
Patriarchal circles in this city, accord
ing to increased membership of that
organization. A lunch is spread after
each meeting.
James Larson, Redwood county's
representative in the last legislature,
called on friends in this city last Sat-
urday, returning to his home in John
sonville on Sunday.
T. H. Inglis of New Avon marketed
20 fine young turkeys recently, some
of which weighed as high as 16a
pounds dressed. He has % more,
which by Christmas he thinks will be
still heavier.
Miss Amelia Stinson of st. Barnabas
hospital of Minneapolis, who has been
in this city during the month previous
as a professional nurse for the late
DR.. Finn, left for St. Barnabas last
Friday. Miss Stinson has the art of
nursing down to perfection.
The tax levy for the ensuing year in
this city for State, county and city
taxes will amount to 1916 mills, to
which is to be added in this school
district tax of 1916 mills, and in the
water district and additional tax of 2 8
mills. This will be just one-tenth of ia
mill higher than was the tax last year
A concert by the local talent of the
G.. A. r. Post and w. R. G. members
will be given in this city on the even
ing Of Lincoln's birthday, Feb. 18th
next. The participants in the concert
are already preparing themselves for
the presentation, and they as we'll as
those who have heard them, say that
the concert will be big success.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. G. E. McEwen at North Redwood
week ago last Friday. E. B. Hale,
grandpa to the daughter, has been ex-
ceedingly frisky ever since the appear
ance of the young lady, and he con-
tends that by virtue of the baby's
appearance be will be able to write
more accident insurance than eyer.
DR.. F. w. Birch has been laid up
with sore hand during the past
week. While DR.. Birch was away on
his wedding tour he scratched one of
his hands accidentally with finger
nail of the other. In St. Paul he
washed the scratch with a peculiar
kind of soap. Blood poisoning has
since set in and DR.. Birch was nurs-
ing an exceedingly large hand during
the past few days. The swelling is
going down, however, and DR.. Birch
expects soon to be attending to pa
tents having trouble with their teeth
At special meeting of Redwood
Chapter No. "a, R. A. NJ, last Friday
evening, Past Grand High Priest Dick
inson installed the following officers
O. L. Dornberg high priest, G.. E. Nc
Kay king, Geo. M. Browne scribe, H.
N. Bell principal sojourner, George
Drake captain of the host, Julius A,
Schmahl royal arch captain, S. J. Race
secretary, A. Birum master of the first
veil, Joseph Tyson second and A. G.
Schmahl third veil. o. L. Dornberg
installed W. F. Dickinson as treasur-
or. The Chapter will confer the Royal
Arch degree in couple of weeks with
j. H. Bowers as principal sojourner.
DR.. G.. R. Pease has purchased the
five-year-old mare Strata of Harry
Mather, the consideration being $3.50.
Strata was sired by Stratford, dam
Phyllis by Blackfoot, Jr., and is con-
sidered one of Stratford's best daugh-
ters. In the ESQ class trotting race at
New Ulm last summer Strata took Sec
ond money, Notwithstanding the fact
that she was very lame before she
went into the race, and in the ESQ
class at the county fair in this city she
received quarter of the first money,
her place being second. Harry was
proud of her record and DR.. Pease will
drive her with feeling that he has a