The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-12-07

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BELvIEw AND ITS BORDER.
The GAZETTE 81 per year.
Wheat was50 cents here last Monday.
Fred Portrait made business trip to
st. Paul last Monday.
w. T. WATSON Of the Independent
was in Redwood Falls on Saturday last.
Merchants have reported business
exceedingly lively since the cold
weather came on.
The fire department building is being
plastered and otherwise put in shape
for meetings of the department.
Peter Eischen shipped car load of
fat steers to South st. Paul last Monday
evening. The steers were in fine
slaughtering condition.
DR.. F. w. Birch, the excellent Red
wood Falls dentist, will be in Belview
to-day, administering to the wants OF
sufferers from bad teeth.
The Scandinavian Concert Co., in
Guiding the noted violinist, Chr. Han
sen, will be at the Woodmen hall this
evening. A good crowds anticipated.
Fred. Koherr has secured a position
as clerk in the postoffice and behind the
hardware counter of Pottratz Bros,
taking the position of Tyler Ramsland,
who has moved closer to Renville.
An unknown man was struck by an
east-bound freight train last Saturday
night. His skull was badly fractured,
but it is thought that he will live. The
accident occurred this side of Wood
Lake.
A baby girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Evans during the early part of
last week. John smiles, but says
that he wishes girl were boy. His
family now consists of wife and two
daughters.
Herman Bork, the seventeen year
old son of August Bork, residing few
miles south Of town, passed away of
brain fever Friday evening last. The
funeral services were held on the fo!-
lowing Sunday.
There will be Norwegian services in
the church in Rock Dell next Sunday
evening, Rev. FIR. Berg, officiating.
The services will be the first occasion
of the kind in the evening in that
church, for long time.
G. Peterson is erecting another resi-
dence in Southworth's addition. He
has also leased the lot between Goetze's
store and Darud & Coles hardware
with the view Of erecting building to
be occupied as barber shop.
A. O. Gimmestad, as administrator,
will sell some personal property at the
farm Of the late John J. Berge, in
Swedes Forest, at O'Clock next Friday
afternoon. The property includes
buggy, cutter, some tools. etc.
Even Sampson and wife are counting
on takinga trip to Norway about March
LIST. They will visit their old homes,
and other places in that far off land, for
several months, and will not return to
Redwood county before next fall.
Work on flooding the ground leased
for a skating rink was commenced
Tuesday morning, and as soon as
good cold snap makes it's appearance,
the boys and girls-old and young
will be enjoying themselves on the ice.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Congregational church was reor-
gained at the services last Sunday ev-
ening. Miss Cora Adsit was elected
President, w. T. WATSON vice-presi-
dent, Miss Clara Jaeger secretary, and
Mrs. A. F. Pottratz treasurer.
L. H. Wallace wrote letter while on
his back in Manila in the hospital,
dated Oct. 18th, in which he stated
that he had had II days of typhoid
fever and had not eaten mouthful of
food during that time, for his relatives
not to be alarmed as he was doing nice
~ at that time.
Services will be held id the Luthern
church Monday, Dec. 26th-Norwegian
at II O'Clock in the forenoon. In the
evening the parents and children will
enjoy Christmas tree festival in the
church. The new lamps for the church
arrived last week, and have already
been paid for by the Young Peoples
society of the church.
The final meeting of the business
men, relative to the coming Farmers
Institute work, occurred Tuesday and
the following subcommittee were ap-