The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-11-11
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home in Fulda on Monday.
A special meeting of the county
commissioners has been called to meet
in this city next Tuesday.
The Ladies society of the Presby-
terian church will meet with Mrs. F.
W. Philbrick tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock.
John Shoemaker. until recently con-
nected with E. A. Luscher's drug store,
is now jumping counters in F. w.
Philbrick & Co.'S store.
w. R. Caswell has just received a
new thing in the coal line. He calls
it smokeless coal, and warrants that no
smoke follows the burning of the
same.
Editor W. r. Edwards and daugh-
ter of Tracy, the former the editor of
the Tracy Republican, we're in the
city Monday and Tuesday. Miss Ed
wards was visiting here during the
past week.
Fred A. Shumway and wife of Fort
Atkinson, Wis, are visiting with Mon
roe Baldwin and wife. Mrs. Shumway
is cousin of Mrs. Baldwin. Mr.
Shumway is an engineer on the North
western system.
In conversation with Will Holt
he informed us that out of 20 hogs he
had lost So of cholera last week, says
Rural Center. This is rather tough
coming on top Of his recent loss, by
fire, of threshing machine.
j. G. Donahower of St. Paul, form
erly of St. Peter, and United States
Marshal for the district of Minnesota
during President Harrison's admins
tration, was in the city over Saturday
and Sunday, on business.
The Penny News for November
states that Mrs. G. F. Greening,
daughter of Mrs. S. Caswell, is visit
ing with the latter's family in this
city. The same paper also states that
Miss Josie Greening of Grand Mead
ow will be in Redwood Falls this win
ter for the purpose of giving painting
and music lessons. Miss Greening is
an artist in both lines.
Capt. Castle sends The GAZETTE a
copy of his report for his department
for the year ending June 3Oth, 1896.
From this report Redwood Falls is
rated third-class Office, with gross
receipts for the year amounting to
$3,889.82. paying a salary of 1900
per annum, with $3.50 clerk hire,
$3O3.75 for rent, light and fuel, $5N
for other incidental expenses.
Hon. James Larson of Johnsonville,
representative in the last legislature
from Redwood county, was over visit
ing with friends last Saturday and
Sunday. Mr.. Larson states that the
hog cholera plague, which has been
raging in his section for the past two
or three months, has been extermin-
ated almost entirely, The hogs of
that section have nearly all been ex-
terminated, also.
There we're two cases of adoption in
the district court Monday when Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Gillies of Delhi took
the female child, Cora Irene Nelson,
as their own and named it Bessie Gil
lies, and Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben G. b.
gardus of Brookville township took
Roy Folbert as their own child under
the name of Russell Berthold b.
gardus. In the former case Judge
Bowers represented the parents and
in the latter E. E. Harriott. Both
children we're originally under the
care of the Minnesota Orphans society
The case of State of Minnesota
against Fred. Hodgdcn was tried in
Justice Rahskopf's court Monday, says
the Olivia Press. The defendant was
found guilty of assault in the third
degree and sentenced to sixty days in
the county Jail or to pay fine Of fifty
dollars and costs amounting to about
$31, making total fine of about $81
Mr.. Warner will at once begin an
action for a large amount in per-
sonal damage suit against Mr.. Hodg-
don and has already employed Judge
Quinn of Bird Island to prosecute his
claim
A special meeting of the city coun-
Gil will probably be called in few
days for the purpose of making ar
rangements for the refunding of
$4,000 worth of Minnesota Valley