The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-05-05

Miss Addie Bigham returned to her
school in Shutdown Sunday, after a
months vacation.
John J. Palmer wheeled up from
Gibbon last Friday evening and re-
turned Saturday.
Rev. w. II. Knowlton is attending
meeting of Episcopal clergymen of
this diocese at St. Peter this week.
Rev. Fr.!Jas. j. Woods attended a
meeting of a large number of priests
of this and adjoining counties at New
Ulm on Wednesday and Thursday of
last week.
Black soil has:been placed over the
clay grading around the Catholic
church and rectory. The lots have
been seeded to grass seed, and the.
tract will soon have beautiful lawn.
A judgment for $2,273 against W.
F. Cahoon, and in favor of Nessie
McKittrick, was entered in the district
court on Thursday. The judgment
is for the support of child. Mr.. Ca
hoon has appealed from the judg
ment.
The tract of land mentioned as be-
| ing sold by James Mckinley, Pres
ident, to P. II. Kirwan, in last weeks
issue real estate trainers published in
The GAZETTE, should have read in
New Avon, instead of Charlestown.
The sale was made by Tibbetts &
Houghmaster.
Henry Schleuder has an apricot tree
growing in his yard which was in full
bloom last Thursday, and will bear
fruit this year. The tree is about
seven years old, and this will be it's first
productive year. Mr.. Schleuder has
younger apricot tree in the yard, also,
but not in bloom. He points to the
two trees as sure sign of what can
be in the banana belt of Minnesota.
j. w. Chamberlain of ST. Paul, one
of the wardens of the grand comman-
derry of Minnesota, was in the city
last Thursday evening. Mr.. Chamb-
erlain visited Redwood Commandery
No. Is, K. T., which organization con-
ferred the 18th degree on one candi-
date that evening. A banquet was
served after the work, at which
number of members delivered appro-
pirate speeches.
Assistant Cashier L. R. Root of the
Redwood County Bank has three
cousins in the naval service of the
United States and letter received
from his mother last Thursday tells of
their whereabouts. One, VIM. Bron-
son, is preparing to take command of
the City of Paris; a second, Charles
Atwater, is lieutenant on the moni-
tor, Amphitrite, and has secured per-
mission to fire the first gun on that
boat in the present trouble, and a
third, Thos. Snowden, is on the dis
patch boat, Dolphin.
The fishing season commenced last
Sunday, and a large number of peo-
pie commenced operations early that
morning, bringing home fair string
in the evening. A number of fish were
caught a week or two prior to that
date, all contrary to law, and some of
the number caught were recognized as
the croppies placed in the river by
The GAZETTE last year. It is to be re-
GREETED that the parties catching these
fish did not know enough to return
them to the waters. The law was vi
oIated in two cases when one of them
was caught and kept out of water.
Attorney Leonard J. Dobner of St.
Paul, with W. F. Davidson of that
city, we're in Redwood Falls last
Thursday and Friday, bidding in the
Davidson lands in separate tracts, un-
der mortgage foreclosure sale. Mr..
Dobner was resident of this city
about Is years ago, his father, John
Dobner, having then been interested
in drug store with Oscar O. Hara, and
Leonard representing his fathers in
terest in the store for some time.
Leonard is now among the leading
young lights of the Ramsey county
bar, but cannot refrain from wishing
that he had taken to a smaller town
soon after he was admitted to the bar.
He contends that the opportunities
are great deal better in the small
town for young man.
G. D. GiIfillan is making extensive
improvements in his feed mill at Gill