The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-06-23

Chas. Buxton came down from Gin
ton, Mimi, last Saturday, and is visit
ing with old friends in this city.
Col. John Palmer of Gibbon was
visiting the members of Mrs, r.
Schmahl's family Saturday and Sun
day.
Mesdames Bartlett and Harmon OF
Watertown, Sd, sisters Of Mrs. Fred.
j. Barnes, are visiting with the latter
in this city.
| Fred. ]. Barnes spent the past week
with the McKay-Buechner- Kuenzli
fishing party at the lakes in Kandi-
yohi county.
Redwood Falls township Repub-
licans elected Hugh Greene and Chas.
Beer as their representatives in to-
days county convention.
The Misses Laura and Lydia Wolff
and Mrs Schalby of Bird Island, Wis
tied with the family of II. B. Wolff,
during the past week, returning home
on Monday.
Rev. P. F. Kelley of St. Anthony's
church, Minneapolis, who has been
conducting services in this parish dur
ing the absence of Rev. Jas. j. Woods,
returned to his home last Saturday.
Elections we're held in all the COM
mon school districts of the State last
Saturday evening. The elections in the
independent districts will not be held
until the third Saturday evening in
July.
The engagement of Miss Madge
Mccarthy, at one time landladv at
Hotel Francois, this city, to Senator
Bouck of Milbank, South Dakota, an
attorney of that place, has been an
nounced to friends here.
Chas. Dickson, the crack pitcher
of the Redwood Falls team, up to a
year ago, reached this city from Wis
consin last Monday morning. He will
remain here during the season, be
having been engaged to pitch for the
Redwood Falls base ball club.
Last Friday was the hottest day on
record for the year 1898. The Their
mometer registered nearly 100 degrees
in the shade just before the wind and
rain storm, which set in about 4: 80
o'clock. The latter was very heavy, and
in some sections of the county as we'll
as east of the county line, was accom-
panied by some hail. 1t continued for
an hour or more. The storm knocked
down the grain to some extent, but
farmers around here say that it will all
come up again. Since that time the
weather has been pleasant and ex-
ceptionally good growing weather.
The commissioners having in charge
the appraisement of land wanted by
the Northwestern Telephone Co.,
Messrs J. w. Marvin, r. Morton, and
VIM. Holt, made their return to the
clerk of the district court last Friday
morning. Two or three Of the tracts
mentioned in the appraisement had no
price set opposite them, and it is pro-
bable that a settlement was reached
before the appraisers commenced their
work. On the line of the extension, the
Winons & St. Peter Railroad company
receives the first benefit, getting SO,
M. L. Sykes receives SIS, NJ. L. MCGEE
receives So, H. Small $3.50, M. Ro-
berts, $3.50. John Street, $3.50, P.
Peterson $3.50, H. W. Lamberton
S. so, G.. Baldwin ST, w. H. Froelick
SO, w. H. Boyle SO, L. V. Virgins
$3.50, H. w. Lamberton $l8, D. Daley
$3.50, R. R. Freeman So, Jennie z.
Rawlins $3.50. j. M. Wardell $3.50
and &. A. johnson $11.25. The COM
we're at work five days and
will receive a compensation of SIS per
day.
The Olivia Press has the following
the rumor that Capt. Sam
uel R. Miller of the Olivia company of
volunteers, is about to resign: "A re-
port reached here last Saturday even
ing that Capt. S. R. Miller had re-
signed the captaincy of Company H,
now stationed at Chickamaugua.
Lieut.. Kemerer, who is in the northern
part of the State on furlough of
twenty days granted him on account
of the sudden death of his brother-in-
law, VIM. Vincent, was hastily sum-
moned to report without delay to
Camp Thomas, presumable to take