The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-08-23

Miss Rachel and Maggie O'Hara
were visiting in Morgan Monday
and Tuesday of last week.
Jens Nelson and Salina Vecari-
Gus of Paxton we're licensed to wed
on Thursday of last week.
The Lac qui Parle County Agri-
cultural society will hold it's fair at
Madison, Sept. IA, Is, and 10th.
The light rains of Thursday and
Friday stopped shock threshing and
brought the threshers into the city.
Miss Martha A. Benham of Red
Wing, came up from that place with
A. Benham, last week, and has since
been visiting in this county.
B. B. Berkly and wife of Mime
apolis drove down from Willmar
last Friday evening, and remained
at Hotel Francois for several hours.
Frank Blake, accused of stealing
hams from Andrew Francois, was
fined $40 and costs by Judge Chad
derdon on Tuesday afternoon of last
week.
Van R. Finlay of St. Paul, repre-
senting the R. l.. Polk Gazetteer &
Directory Co., was in the city during
a portion of last week, making the
biennial corrections of the gazetteer
for the ensuing two years.
Real estate transfers have been
unusually active during the past
week, 10 warranty deeds having
been filed, out of a total of 35 instru-
ments placed on record. Two con-
tracts, five mortgages and two sat-
isfactions were placed on record.
AS barometer of the pulling"
qualities of The Gazette it is only
necessary to state that on last We'd
nesday and Thursday D. E, Laird
sold four Deere gang, two sulky and
four walking plows, as a direct re-
suit of his advertising in this paper.
The revocation of the appointment
of Gus. Engerman as jailor was filed
with the register of deeds during
the past week, and with the revoca-
ton was filed the appointment of
Ezra P. Byram to that place. The
appointment was made by Sheriff
Pease with the approval Of Judge
Weber.
Granite Tribune: From the way
state revenue is rolling into the treas
ury by reason of the Somerville tax
law one is impressed with the fact
that the senator is one of the few that
made money for the State last win
ter. Besides the law he got through
is just one and should have been in
in force for years.
The different congregations of the
Lutheran church, under the guild
ance of Rev. Henry Koch of this
city, and located at Morton, Sheri-
dan and Redwood Falls, will hold
union services in the park at the
falls next Sunday. A general invi-
tation is extended to everybody to
be present. The services will be
special.
The Sanborn village council has
adopted an ordinance making it I'M
lawful for any saloon keeper to place
before or upon any window in any
room where liquor is sold any shade,
curtain, screen, glazing, painting,
or frosting, or any other substance,
between the hours of II O clock p. m.
Saturday of each week and O clock
a. m. the following Monday.
Echo Enterprise: Last Sunday
after attending meeting Mrs. Gifin
and her children got into the buggy
with Mrs. Wyman to 60 home with
her for dinner. Alva Wyman was
driving. They had not gone far
when one of the horses. a colt,
started to run. This scared the
women and Mrs. Wyman grabbed
one line while Mrs. Gifin got the
other with the usual result that the
team was pulled around and they
were all upset in ditch. The two
ladies'were considerably hurt and
the children more or less bruised.
The horses got away and ran down
near Mr.. Pomeroy's place, where
they were caught by Mr.. Rehfeld and
others.
The deed to the townsite on the
Minnesota & Iowa division of the
Northwestern, in section %, Vail,
was filed with the register of deeds
during the mast waal and ;c ruh-