The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-06-16

Mrs. w. S. Brammer and sister,
Miss Proctor, left last week for visit
with relatives at Arcadia, Wis.
A new postoffice has been estab-
lished in Redwood county, called
Grunden, with Andrew M. Grunden
+! postmaster.
A. G. Smith of Chicago, represent
ing commission house of that city,
spent Sunday with his brother, George
Smith of this city.
G. O. Morgan OF Redwood Falls is
taking charge of the erection of the
mill and is pushing it to rapid COM
pletion, says the Fairfax Crescent.
The framing is nearly completed and
the erecting of the building has be-
gun.
VIM. March of the North Star Boot
& Shoe Co., Minneapolis, and for many
years resident of this place, spent
last Saturday and Sunday with old
friends in this city. His son, Frank
March, who is we'll known to the base
ball push of this city, is now also a
travelling salesman for the North Star
Boot & Shoe Co.
A grand picnic is to he held at
Three Lakes on the 18th of July. In
the forenoon there will be speaking
by home talent, and about two o'clock
in the afternoon there will be speech
by Hon. A. D. Wilkins, chief of the
calathumpians, after which there will
be races and other amusements. All
are invited to attend.
Farmers generally are complaining
of too much rain this year. 1t COM
menced to rain about 10 o'clock last
Thursday evening and kept it up all
night, with more or less accompani-
ment on Friday. And there are some
who attribute all this moisture in this
section to the heavy cannouading
down around the coast of Cuba.
The Marshall Messenger has the
following: The Redwood Falls drum
corps is an organization of which it's
citizens and old soldiers are justly
proud. The young fellows we're ar
rayed in gorgeous uniform of naval
design, at which no eye turned but to
admire, and the injunction to RE
member the Maine was most en-
phatically emphasized.
Pat. Hart, for several years foreman
of the section crew in this city of the
Northwestern road, has given up that
job, and will soon move his family to
West Superior. where Mr.. Hart has
secured position much more prefer
able to him. Mr.. Hart leaves here
with one of the best recommendations
ever given section foreman by John
Trimmings, roadmaster.
During last week County Surveyor
Bigham surveyed for a road commenc
ing at the northwest corner of section
81, New Avon, and running east four
miles to the northeast corner of Sec
ton "a, going past the New Avon
creamery, and also an angling road
around the west bank of the east lake
of Three Lakes in that township. The
latter merely changes an old road.
There are II school districts in Red
wood county entitled to the State aid
of $50 each, owing to districts having
held eight months of school, and hav-
ing employed teacher holding first
grade certificate or being Normal
School graduate. In addition to this
the schools are required to have a
good library valued at between $40
and $50, dictionary, maps, globe, an
eight years course, and separate
outhouses.
Miss Charlotte Lines. sister of VIM.
D. Lines, passed away on Monday ev-
ening of last week. Consumption was
the cause. Miss Lines has been suf-
fering from that trouble for several
years and late last fall she was obliged
to take to her bed, in which she has
been an invalid up to the time of her
death, nearly all the time. The fun
eral occurred from the house on
Wednesday at 2 O'Clock, Rev. Fl. Nc
Henry of Delhi, officiating, and the
remains we're inferred in the Redwood
cemetery. Miss Lines was 46 years
old at the time of her death, and came
to this county from Canada, her birth
place, 30 years ago. Aside from W.
D. Lines of this city another brother
at Cottonwood mourns her loss.