The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-10-07

18ltnlnS business men take ROCKY
Mountain Tea.
An X-Ray exhibition was given at
Luscher's drug store last Thursday
evening.
Mrs. w. 81. Knowlton left last Sat-
urday for Grand Rapids, Mich, on q
visit with her father residing in that
city.
German Lutheran services will be
held at the Presbyterian church next
Sunday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock, Rev.
81. Koch officiating.
81. 9. Garvin, general agent of the
Winona & St. Peter railroad company,
was in the city for few hours last
Thursday morning.
George Cook and wife, the former
brother of W. G. Cook, who have
been visiting with the family of the
latter for several days past, returned
to their home in Ohio last week.
At the Winona Methodist confer
ence Rev. T. A. Jones of this city, was
chosen as q member of the committee
on temperance and E. R. Houck was
admitted to membership in the con-
ference.
On July l, 1898, the different school
districts of Redwood county owing the
State will have to pay into the State
treasury the sum of 81, 1852, $3.50
of which is principal and the balance
interest. Renville county will only
have to pay $4,000.
E. G. Patterson left for St. Paul
Monday to be present at the opening
of the Supreme Court, October term,
on the calendar of which the firm of
Baldwin & Patterson have two cases.
Mr.. Patterson will also look up some
matters in connection with an estate
in Minneapolis.
Conductor Gardner made his last
run on this division last week, says the
Madison Press, He will hereafter
have run on the main line. Mr..
Gardner has been on the branch since
it's construction in 1884 and his friends
along the route are equal in number
to the company's patrons.
The loss of August Lepetzky's barn
of Sundown,lby fire, two weeks ago
last Monday, was adjusted by the ad-
justers of the Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Co. of Redwood Falls at
1913. The loss, although large, will
not require an additional assessment,
according to the statement of Score
tary Stewart.
The large barn of Jens Roy of I'm
derwood, one of the largest barns in
Redwood county, was destroyed by
FIRE last Thursday morning. With the
destruction of the barn there persisted
five horses and 80 hogs. Quite large
quantity of grain and hay was also de-
stroyed, as were several sets of harness
and other articles generally found
about barn.
Mrs. S. J. Race entertained the
teachers of the Redwood Falls schools
by hay rack ride and basket picnic
on the banks of the Redwood just
across the river from the mouth of the
Ramsey, on Sept. 2lst. Ed. Pratt
had orders to give the party an ex-
ceptionally swift ride over the rough
roads and the instructions were carried
out, according to the tales of the
teachers themselves.
A check was made in the mortgage
foreclosure sale of Phillips VS.. Curtin
last Monday morning, when Judge
Bowers, on behalf of the Curtins, and
by Coroner Gibson, served restrain
ing order on Sheriff Pease forbidding
the sheriff from making sale under
the foreclosure proceedings. The
mortgage was for $1,16222, but the
Curtins claim that they only received
$3.50 on the mortgage. The matter
will now be fought out in the courts.
Olivia Press: The editor had the
pleasure Thursday OF visiting the Red
wood county Fair at Redwood Falls
and was surprised at the large attend
ance at the Fair by the people of that
county. The exhibits we're very good
and the program of entertainment was
excellent. There we're about 1900
people on the grounds and all appear
ed to be thoroughly enjoying them
selves. A Fair is certainly drawing
card for any town, if rightly managed,
and we hoped by next year that there
will be one in Olivia,