The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-01-20

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Clark of Minneapolis, hide mep o.
that town, were in the city Saturday
Edgar Purdy of Syracuse, New
York, has been visiting with the fami
ly of G.. E. Mckay during the pas
week.
Arthur Wyman of Medford, Ncrtt
Dakota. brother of Mrs. G.. E. Nc
Kay of this eity,..was visiting with the
latter duringItheipast week.
w. G.. Stimmell, agent for the Johr
Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co
was solicitingkbusiness in town last
week, as we'll as.distributing historic
calendar.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Dornberg and
two children and Master Brainerd
Finn returned. bone from their visit
among relatives in Blooming Prairie
on Saturday last.
A moving machine, drawn by two
horses, was at work, cutting down the
grass in slough just west of the city
Friday-so delightful was the day
On Saturday an attempt was made to
have base ball contest, but not
enough players could be secured tc
make up the opposing clubs.
The taking up of the $4,000 city
bonds to the Minnesota Valley Rail.
way company was accomplished in St.
Paul last Thursday by Mayor Phil
brick and Treasurer Baldwin, who
turned over the $4,000 cash to the
First National Bank, together with a
small amount for accrued interest. The
money came from Harris & Co. oil
Chicago, which concern purchased the
new issue.
Miss Rose Woods and Thos. A.
Woods, sister and brother of FIR. Jas
j. Woods, rector of the Catholic
church of this city, came up from St.
Paul on Friday of last week. Miss
Woods will have charge of the new
rectory in the future. Thos. A. Woods
is employed in one of the business
houses of st. Paul and after spending
few days with his relatives here viii
return to the Sanity City.
A team belonging to Daniel McPhee
INDUCED in wild runaway last Fri
day afternoon. AS it went down Sec
ond street toward East it left the wag
on in front of Robinson & Co.'s office
and then dashed on with increased
fury until in front of F. j. Barnes
residence, where it ran into an electric
light pole. The force of the rush wal
50 great that it broke the pole in three
places, and injured one of the horses
so badly that it was found necessary tt
kill the animal. The other horse was
more or less injured.
Tracy Herald: Claude Payne, the
young man who hurriedly left H. L
Stands home ten days ago with {
pony and other articles belonging t.
Shand, was caught over in Redwood
county Friday, three days after leav
ing. The rumor that he passed through
Marshall was wrong. When captured
he could give no reason for his act, bu
duly acknowledged the deed, and BIZ
will now lie in prison at Marshall unit
court convenes in June, to await the
action of the grand jury. The crime
comes under the head of grand lar
ceny and means a penitentiary term
The village of Fairfax has been suec
by the administrator of the estate Of
Theodore Edwin, for SIS, 100 damages
Edwin was burned to death in the vii
lage lock up at Fairfax several months
ago, and the administrator is of the
opinion that the death was due t.
carelessness on part of the village au
thorities. The firm of Dalzell & Reese
of Minneapolis, the former originally
of Gibbon, has the case in hand fol
the administrator and Mr.. Dalzel
served the papers on the village offc
ers on Monday of last week. The com
plant alleges both cruelty and negli
gence.
On last Friday The GAZETTE re
ceived a letter from VIM. Crouley, wht
was at Seattle, Washington, at thu
time of writing the same. 1t ordered
his GAZETTE to be sent to him hereaf
ter at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands
and stated that he would take passag'
on the British steamer Miowara frou
Victoria, B. c., on Jan. 10th, for Homo
lulu. He says that the trip of 2,5O(
miles from Victoria to Honolulu
uould rouu;ro eouon dove CpooL;nr