The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-09-08

The Misses Davis left for st. Paul
to take in the State Fair exercises,
last Monday.
Miss Marie jackson left for Bel
lingham last Saturday. Miss jackson
will teach school there Turing the
coming term.
Mrs. W.. p. Huntington and daughts
or, Helen, returned from their visit
with the family of Geo. w. Brown, at
Kampeska, last Saturday.
Mrs. w. S. Brammer and sister,
Miss May Proctor, returned from Q
visit with friends and relatives in Wi
mona and GAINESVILLE last FRIDAY after
noon.
Rev. II. Koch of this city spoke at q
mission festival in Sleepy Eye last
Sunday. Several other ministers
we're present. A large crowd was in
attendance.
A Sherman and wife of Morrison,
Iowa we're visiting with the family of
G. A. jackson during the past week,
having come up to attend the Has
kins-Jackson nuptials.
0. j. Olmstead of Walnut Grove,
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for sheriff, was in the city last
Saturday. Mr.. Olmstead states that
he will have a strong following in the
convention.
Twin boys we're born to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Katzenberger of Sheridan
township on Saturday last. The
twins are handsome pair, and the
proud father is of the opinion that they
will be markers in this world.
August Lesson of Sheridan lost six
stacks of oats and two of barley by
fire Aug. 81. He was insured in the
Farmers Mutual Fire of Redwood
Falls township and the loss was adjust
ed at $136. The origin of the fire is
unknown.
Miss Lillian Hurd, sister of Mrs.
VIII. Webster, came up from Man
kato last Friday, and spent day Wis
iting with her sister here, after which
she left on the west bound St. Louis
train for South Dakota town, where
she will teach school,,
Cottonwood Current: The REDWOOD
GAZETTE is probably the oldest paper
in Southwestern Minnesota, having
commenced with Vol. Xxx, No. l,
the 18th. The enterprising editor,
julius Schmahl, makes it an interest
ing paper to citizens of Redwood
county, great many of whom are it's
patrons.
Sleepy Eye is to have a new hotel,
according to the Dispatch, which init
mates that it will be built by citizens,
and that it will be large, we'll built,
with all the modern improvements,
and that the hotel will be conducted
in q first-class manner. What the
structure is to cost, or who is to run it
is not known.
The Redwood county Democratic
convention has been called to meet in
the court house in this city at y
o'clock M. Thursday, Sept. %, an
hour after the Republican Senatorial
convention has been called to meet,
and just before the Populistic county
convention is to come off. With three
conventions that day Redwood Falls
will be lively old town.
A traction engine belonging to
Birch Bros. met with a disastrous &C.
cident while trying to climb the hill
above the farm residence of Mrs. Levi
Annis, in Renville county, on Wednes-
day of last week. The engine was at
tempting to make the hill on its own
steam, and when a few feet from the
top cog or two broke and the engine
went tearing down the hill into q
ditch on the north side of the road.
Several pieces of the engine were so
badly broken that extras we're sent for.
No one was injured.
Geo. Brundage was the victim OF q
bad accident last Monday evening,
says the Echo Enterprise. He was
returning home with his grocery wag-
on and when about q half mile from
home the harness broke and let the
tongue down. The tongue stuck in
the ground and broke, and overturned
the wagon upon him. The mules ran
on home. Help soon reached Brun-
dage and he was carried to the house.
DR.. Gill was summoned and found
that his back was injured but just how