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

the family OF Darling Welch.
J. r. Lankard has sold so acres of
land in Kintire township to Fred.
Deike
| Simon Hanson was over from Rem
vile on several legal cases during the
past few days.
C. E. Lamberton was visiting with
his mother and friends in st. Peter dur
ing the latter portion of last week.
The Young Ladies' Aid of the M. E.
church will meet with Grace Chad
bourne of Broadway tomorrow after
noon.
G.. w. Mead has been drawn to serve
on the Federal jury at the term of court
to be held at Minneapolis commencing
March I'd.
The Cycle of the Presbyterian church
will hold it's annual meeting at the
home of Mrs. HI. N Bell Saturday af-
ternoon at four o'clock. Gentlemen
are invited to supper.
The mother of George I. Davis of
New Avon died at the latters's home
on Wednesday. She was 81 years old.
The funeral occurred from the brick
school house in that town on Friday,
Rev. John Sinclair officiating.
The storm of last Saturday drifted
both the Northwestern and st. Louis
tracks more or less. The Northwestern
was about three-quarters of an hour
late Monday morning, as result of the
drifts extending across the tracks.
w. r. Caswell put up 275 cords Office
for city use during the past month. He
has so cords left over from his 1896 crop,
and he is now of the opinion that he
will have enough ice to supply any de-
mand made upon him during the COM
ing summer.
On Monday morning Agent Richard
son 'phoned up from North Redwood
that all trains on the st. Louis were
running on time notwithstanding the
blizzard of the Saturday afternoon
previous. Both the east and west
bound trains were provided with heavy
plows for bucking the snow.
A. G. Burmeister is having a plat
made of the city for the purpose of To-
eating his line ofelectric light poles and
wires. He will probably not go any
} further south than Wyoming street at
the start. He has already received a
number of applications to wire and con-
: meet residences as soon as it is possible
| for him to do so.
Miss Marguerite Warner gave birth
day party to large number of her
: young friends at the Warner home on
| Fifth and Jefferson streets last Satur-
day afternoon. She was assisted by
; her mother and Mesdames Bell and
: and III. G. Schmahl in entertaing the
: "push" Light refreshments were
served and the afternoon pleasantly
spent, despite the bad weather outside.
, w. H. Allen came up from Sioux
, City last Saturday evening and remain.
ed in town for two or three days. He
is engaged in collecting for the Sioux
City Engine & Iron Works, now de
funct so far as manufacturing is con.
, cerned, but very much alive so far as
, collections and liquidations are concern.
;, ed. Mr.. Allen states that the company
hopes to reorganize and continue the
manufacturing business in the course
of few months. His family is resid
ing at Sioux City.
County Treasurer, J. R. Lankard, re
ceived telegram on Monday morning
to the effect that Mrs. A. J. Wakefield
mother of the late Mrs. J. r. Lankard
had passed away Oh the Sunday pre-
vious. The deceased was 65 years OF
,, age. Death resulted from a compiled
ton of diseases. She has practically
been a mother to the county treasurer
ever since he was child, his mother
having died a few years after his birth
and the Lankarks and Wakefields re-
siding as near neighbors in Blue Earth
county. Mr. Lankard left for Mankatl
, over the Northwestern on Monday tc
attend the funeral
Station Agent H. l.. Beecher and
3 Miss Hattie Beecher will leave here in
! about two weeks to attend the annual
e jaunt of the ticket agents Of the United
I States. The immense crowd of railroad
employees will travel in trains of two
. or more sections, which will 60 through
the southwestern section of the United
States, all of the many points of inter
est in old Mexico, before returning.
The excursion is with the compliments
of the railroad companies over which
the trains will traverse. Station Agent
Beecher is now engaged in studying up
on the Spanish and Greaser language
in order that he will be the better able
to gain information of interest during
his stay in Mexico.
There will be special meeting of the