The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-19

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vile, ILL.,, are here on visit with
the family of W. r. Houck.
Norman Curtis of Hiawatha, Kan
sas, arrived here last Friday on a
visit with his nephew, James Aiken
of The GAZETTE.
Prof. Leonard H. Pryor of Rock
ford, Wright county, accompanied
by his son, come down from that
place last Thursday on a visit with
his parents here.
Mrs. W. P. Tenney and daughter
and son, Ada and Ralph, are visit
ing with Mrs. Tenney's relatives in
Lake City, where they will remain
for two or three weeks.
''Hod" Jones and Arthur Cane of
this city secured the contract for
painting the Echo schoolhouse and
the two boys have been engaged in
that work during the past week.
The big farm of G. L. Holmes in
Kintire township was sold to Peter
Christensen of SleepyEye last We'd
nesday for $4,000. The tract in
cludes just a section of land. The
formal transfer will take place about
August 1st.
Probably the prettiest flower gar
den in all the country around is that
of Mrs. John E. Vale of this city.
About every variety of the floral
species is represented in her gar
den, and the choicest boquets can
be gathered there.
During the week ending last Fri
day 80 instruments of all kinds were
placed on record with the register
of deeds of this county. OF the
number only II were warranty deeds,
five were assignments of mortgages,
10 we're mortgages and ID were as
signments of land certificates. and
the remainder were miscellaneous.
0. D. Miller advertises for Is
teams to haul lumber from this city
to the new railroad stations on the
line of the Iowa & Minnesota di-
vision of the Northwestern through
Redwood county, and guarantees to
furnish the men and teams with
work for a month. Mr.. Miller ap-
parently has some building inten-
tions.
The pupils of the Methodist Sun
day-school, together with the pastor
and teachers, INDUCED in a picnic
on the sandy banks of the Redwood
river, just back of what is known as
the Riheldaffer place in the northern
portion of the city, last Friday. An
immense crowd was present through
out the day, and the occasion was
one of the most enjoyable affairs of
the kind that has been given in this
city for some time.
It has been definitely decided to
have cement sidewalks laid in front
of the Offerman buildings and the
Medary Saddlery Co. building on
Second street, occupied by A. Gold
fus, G. L. Holmes and Price & Co.,
making a complete system of cement
walks on that street from Washing
ton to Mill, walks having been or
dered all along the south side of
that street, where the contractor
will commence work as soon as his
work on the north side is completed.
Elizabeth T. O'Hara has COM
menced an action for divorce from
VIM. OHara, on the grounds of
desertion, Baldwin & Howard be-
ing the attorneys for the plaintiff,
who was formerly Miss McDougal.
The plaintiff is % years old and the
defendant, who lived here many
years prior to his removal to Stearns
county, is 30. The two were mar
ried in this city on May 18th, 1891,
and the desertion occurred on April
Goth, 1898, little over a year ago.
Service of the complaint was Sc
cured on the defendant in Oak,
Stearns county, and a decree will
probably be granted by default
to answer.
G. E. Mckay and Andrew Birum,
owners of the lower portion of the
Masonic and Odd Fellows block, have
constructed cement side walks in
front of the four stores composing the
block. The sidewalks include ce-
ment cutters and the improvement
is an excellent one. The cement
sidewalk contractor is now engaged