The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-11-23

JuO80 W0oO0I Opou0u CoutI ~ ~
Peter Yesterday.
Attorney Olson Of Sleepy Eye was
doing business at the court house
last Saturday.
Andrew johnson, who settled in
Beaver Falls township in the Cos, died
on the 10th, aged 70 years.
Rev. G.. n. Wav went to Springfield
last Wed1esdaY to attend the NJ. r.
conference Tor the Marshall district.
returning the following day.
Rev. Jas. j. Woods spent a portion
of the past week at Dawson, where he
was busy looking after church mat
ters. He returned Monday.
A Brookville subscriber informed us
last week, that hog cholera prevailed
in that town, and that S. Hanson had
lost several cows by some unknown
disease.
According to the Candy News, John
Lund of that.scity extends his con-
gratulations to Lind as follows: "John
Lind, New Ulm, Minn,-Accept con-
CALCULATIONS. If I we're U then !
would be it. John Lund."
DR.. J. S. Renninger Of Marshall, E.
j. Iceland of Minneota, DR.. j. R.
Conway and w. A. Crow of Mime
apolis we're in this city the latter part
of last week, attending convocation
of the local commandery of Knights
Templar.
Jas. K. Smith left Redwood last
Friday for his home at:.Eureka Springs,
Ark. Before leaving, Mr.. Smith closed
the purchase oft24O acres of land in
Paxton from Mrs. G. C.::Riheldaffer OF
st. Paul, the purchase price of which
was $500.
Court opened in Beaver Falls last
week, Judge G orham Powers presid-
ing. Attorneys Bowers, Dolliff and
Chadderdon OF Redwood we're in at
tendance, and Geo. w. Somerville was
also among those from abroad. The
calendar was rather light one.
The good people of the Morgan
Presbyterian church will celebrate
Thanksgiving tomorrow by paying
the last dollar owing by the congrega:
ton, and setting out New England
dinner. the program will conclude
with the burning of the mortgage on
the manse.
A railroad man has informed the
St. Peter Herald that the Omaha road
is making arrangements to effect a
junction with the Northwestern line
at Traverse, few miles this side oil
St. Peter. The contract for the bridge
across the Minnesota has been let, and
work upon it will be begun this win
ter. This cutoff will shorten the
Northwestern route to St. Paul about
twelve miles orsmore.
The new St. Patrick's Catholic
church at Morton, was dedicated last
Saturday. According to the program
as given in the Enterprise, Father
Andre, formerly pastor of old St. Pat
rick's, now of Minneapolis, dedicated
the church, as delegate of Archbishop
Ireland; and FIR. Soumis, his immedi-
ate successor in old St. Patrick's and
present pastor of Dayton, celebrated
mass, assisted by FIR. Vonderlage of
Morgan and FIR. O'Brien of Water
vile. Fir. Cleary preached the sermon.
Mankato is not many miles nearer
the new beet sugar refinery at st. Louis
Park than are the farmers of this
vicinity, but it appears that qnite a
number of farmers have been shipping
beets from there, and are generally
we'll satisfied with their returns. Ac-
cording to the Free Press, one farmer
secured yield of twenty-five tons to
the acre, and expected to get about
$500 ton in that city. He said that
it was no more trouble or cost to raise
the beets than to raise corn, while the
profit is several times greater. In one
or two instances, discourging reports
we're given, and the farmers said that
they would not raise the beets again,
On the whole, however, those who
have experimental with them are we'll
pleased, and the beets will bring con-
siderable money into that country.
Jas. O'Hara, now at Manila as a
member of the 18th, writes this paper
under date of Sept. 18th. At that
time his regiment was doing police
duty inside the walled city, and Pri-
vate O'Hara writes that it was disa-
greeable Job. these Spaniards have