The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-11-08

Miss Arabella Martin of Hastings
is visiting with the family of H. A.
Baldwin.
Henry Graft of Granite Rock
moved into the city last Thursday
morning and will occupy the Bailey
residence during the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Aiken left for
Madison, Wis, last Friday, on a
week s visit with relatives in and
aroDnd that city.
An alarm of fire was sent in from
Steuerwald's restaurant last Thurs
day evening, about eight o'clock,
the flames originating from gaso-
line stove. Before the department
arrived they were extinguished.
W. H. Tompkins of Springfield,
father of Auditor 1. N. ,Tompkins of
this county, passed through here
last Thursday evening en- route for
Raymond, Kandiyohi county, where
he owns half section of land, and
which he will make arrangements
to farm, before returning.
In the case Of Roy Mckinney,
charged with grand larceny, for
having stolen $50 from the pocket
book and coat of Alex. CLARK, Nc
Kinney was held to the grand jury,
he having plead guilty to the charge.
R. Hyler, who was arrested with
Kinney, was discharged, it having
been clearly shown that he had
nothing to do with the alleged
crime.
Sleepy Eye Herald: On Nov. 1st.
1899, at the beautiful home of Mr..
and Mrs. Hansa Larson, one mile
east ofEvan, their daughter, Sophie,
was married to Mr.. Edward Long
bottom, of Ottawa, one of the new
towns on the Sanborn extension of
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
in Redwood county. After the
marriage ceremony, which was
witnessed by only near relatives of
the contracting parties, the company
proceeded to the spacious dining
room, where the table hastily ar
ranged was groaning under the
weight of good things Mrs. Larson
knows so we'll to provide. Mr. and
Mrs. Longbottom will soon take up
their residence in Ottawa, where
Mr.. Longbottom will engage in bus
mess. The presents to Mr.. and
Mrs. Longbottom were both pretty
and valuable. Rev. Horne of Nor
gan officiated.
A beautiful spectacle in water
occurred shortly before dinner last
Friday. over on Third street. where
there is crane located for the pur-
pose of the city sprinkler. sSupt
Parkhill of the water system, who
has been exceedingly busy for the
past two week, had forgot to turn
off the water on the crane, and as a
result the water froze up the night
before. About II o'clock Thursday
the pipe burst, blowing off the upper
part of the crane, and causing a
stream Of water to shoot out and
over F. L. Carpenters residence
This continued until Mr. Parkhill
who had been notified in the mean
time, could shut off the water from
the mains and afterwards shut it off
from the crane. During the. spout
ing N. B. Andersen turned his
Photographic instrument on the
spectacle and secured some good
negatives.
The Faribault County Register
says: Rev. L. L. Hanscom. the new
pastor of the Blue Earth Methodist
church, delivered two splendid dis
courses as initial sermons at that
sanctuary last Sunday morning and
evening. Largeaudiences were pres
ent at both services. Rev. Hanscom
was suffering from a severe cold and
was not at his best. yet he demon
strated that he is preacher of great
force and eloquence. His style of ora
tory is very pleasing, being a care
full, deliberate and earnest speaker.
His diction is! clean-cut, there is no
verbosity Of language and super
fluous adjectives-every word mean
ing something. He is fine look
ing man physically and of splendid
pulpit presence. His perorations,
inspired by the earnestness of his
heart, were eloquent. He made a