The Redwood gazette., 1897-01-07


Miss S. Gleason of Ohio is visiting
with her sister, Mrs. J. E. Moon.
Prof. Morris of the Beaver Falls
school spent portion of his vacation
in this city.
The Misses Lizzie Bissell and Luella
Turrell returned to their schools at Still
water and Kasson respectively last
Saturday.
VIM. Crouley leaves for Texas and
Florida this week. Mr.. Crouley is a
patriot who always avails himself Of
the elective franchise.
Harry and Rosa Laird returned from
Granite Falls on Tuesday. They have
been spending their holiday vacation
with their sister, Mrs. B. E. Nelson.
Miss Lucy Rowe and Miss Stevens of
the Redwood Falls public schools at
tended the meeting of the State Educa
4ional association at st. Paul last week.
Mrs. M. M. Madigan and family are
now visiting with the formers parents
in Westboro, Ohio, where they will re-
main until after Attorney Madigan is
located in the far west.
Trains were running regularly on the
Northwestern during the storm Of Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday, and pas
sengers for the east were copious in
their praises of that road.
The Rev. w. III. Knowlton will de-
liver the last of his series of discourses
on "The Parallels Of the Kingdom at
the Episcopal church on Sunday even
ing. Service at Morton at p. M.
Julius Schleuder came up from st.
Peter last Saturday and is now in full
control of the store of Henry Schleuder.
He will remain here until after the lat
ter returns from his winter vacation.
M. T. Ahern of st. Paul, represent
ing the extensive wholesale liquor house
Of Geo. Benz & Sons, was in the city on
Tuesday, waiting to hear the reports of
the ballot boxes on the question of Ii
cense
Charles Wilcox, wife and son of LIE
Sueur have been in the city during the
past few days. They are looking over
the town with view to establishing a
restaurant here or consolidating bak-
cry in town with restaurant.
n. w. Cobleigh, the new register OF
deeds, announced on Tuesday that he
would retain Miss Marion Everett as
deputy in his office for an indefinite
period. Miss Everett is thoroughly
conversant with the work in the office.
G. w. George has been laid up dur
ing the past week with an extremely
sore foot, caused by his stepping on a
nail and the latter running into the
foot for an inch or more. Mr. George
was obliged to take to the house i'm
mediately after the accident and has
been unable to attend to business since
that time.
| The members of the A. O. U. w. will
give public installation, reception and
ball next Monday evening. The in
stallation and reception will occur at
the lodge hall over George Lechner's
grocery store, the dancing will occur at
the opera house and supper will be
served by the members at the hall.
| Tickets to the dancing hall will only
be 81 per couple. Supper will be served
at the rate of 35 cents per plate. The
order has issued 800 neat invitations fol-
the affair, which will undoubtedly be a
pleasing success to entertainers and en-.
tertained.
]. T. Williams of Mankato, special
master in chancery of a sale that took
place last Tuesday, was in the city on
that day. Mr.. Williams is considered
one of the shrewdest Rep'- blican poll.
ticians in Southern Minnesota. He
was keeper Of seals under William
Window when that gentleman was
secretary of the treasury and he has al.
SO held many positions of trust in this
State. He is warmly attached to Re.
publican politics and is of the opinion
that with the opening of the new Re
publican administration a new era Of
prosperity will commence.
The local weather prophet hit the mai
squarely on the head last week, when
during the rain and banana growing
weather which we were enjoying al
that time, he warned the people to look
out for a blizzard. The blizzard came
on Saturday evening, when the wind
changed to the northwest, light snow
began to fall, and this during the next
four or five hours developing into a
first-class blizzard. On Sunday morn.
ing our citizens awoke to find the biz.
zard here in earnest, several inches OF
snow on the ground and a wind drift.
ing it rapidly. The snow continued tc
fall all day and night and on Monday
morning there were drifts from five to
six feet high on the north side Of Sec