The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-02-03

Mrs. j. A. McGettrick has been Wis
iting her parents at Renville during
the past week.
Mrs. j D. jackson returned from a
visit with friends at Winthrop last
Saturday. She was accompanied
home by j. D.
A baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. K. E. Glasscoe last Thursday
morning. anybody can get girls"
remarked Kim, as he did the affair of
honor over his second son.
John B. Alexander, alias Sylvester
Davis of Sheridan, was in the city Sat-
urday, feeling quite jubilant over the
fact that the Supreme Court had held
that he could be either Alexander or
Davis.
The sale of the horses, buggies,
sleighs, robes, bells, etc., of the. Ev-
erett livery stable last Wednesday
brought forth a good crowd of bid
ders, and as result the auctioneer
succeeded in getting a good price for
nearly everything offered for sale.
Lieut.. Albert M. Beecher, U. S. n,
arrived here from the west last
Wednesday afternoon, and will visit
with his mother and sister for several
days. From here he will go to Wash
ington to report for duty at one of the
stations on the Eastern coast His
brother, H. L. Beecher of New Ulm,
will join him at this place to-day.
A Springfield dispatch of July 28th
says that the marriage of William A.
Anderson and Miss Emma Schmid
was solemnized at! the home of the
BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
B. Schmid, last evening. The groom
is man who gained so much notori-
ETY. last year by sensational mar
riage with Miss Fannie Wrigley, and
was divorced later. The bride is a
highly respected young lady and the
announcement of the marriage has
caused quite sensation here.
The Hampton, Iowa, Chronicle
states that A. E. Palmer, who married
Miss Cora johnson of this city, has
recently gone into business at Hamp
ton. The Chronicle says: u. E.
Stonebraker has sold his grocery stock
and fixtures to A. E. Palmer and Robt
Seney, and the new firm which will
be known as Palmer & Seney are now
in full charge. Mr.. Seney is an old
resident of this county and all know
him to be a fair and square business
man. Mr.. Palmer is young man of
good business qualifications and will
add considerable strength to the firm.
Mankato Free Press: r. E. Fuller
of Mapleton passed through Mankato
this morning with a car of pure bred
Shorthorn cattle from the A. M. Will
lard farm at Redwood Falls. The
consignment consisted of four bulls
and eight heifers. These are as fine a
lot of cattle as has ever been shipped
into Blue Earth county. Mr. Hodson,
of Nicollet county, purchased bull
on arrival. This makes the second
bull sold this winter to head pure
bred herds. The farmers of this coun,
ty have now an opportunity of getting
the very best blood and individuals at
home.
This section of the country expert
enced a sand storm on small scale
last Friday. There was no snow on
the ground. The wind blew a gale
from the northwest, and the only thing
that it could keep in the air was a lot
of real estate of the sand variety.
Small banks we're piled up in front of
the stores facing the south and east.
At times, it was almost impossible for
pedestrians to make any headway
against the strong wind and flying
sand. During the afternoon a few
fakes of snow fell. but they amounted
to nothing. The wind went down dur
ing Friday night and Saturday morn
ing dawned bright, clear and quiet,
and the work of cultivating the my
thical banana in this section went
steadily on.
The question of seed wheat for the
coming season is attracting much at
tention on account of the poor quality
of the last wheat crop. Most farmers
agree that "a change of seed is of great
benefit at any time, and this year