The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-05-24

In the Decoration Day parade
next Tuesday several departments
of the public schools will be repre-
sented.
F. L. Warner and wife went to
Minnehaha Saturday, and spent
Sunday with Mrs. Warmers parents
at the Soldiers Home.
Emil Schmahl returned from a
three days trip to South St. Paul
last Thursday afternoon, where he
disposed of several loads of stock.
Miss Marie Jackson, who has been
teaching in Bellingham for the past
four years, has accepted a position
in the Dawson schools for the COM
ing year.
Miss Ida Linwell of Minneapolis,
a sister of the Misses Linwell,
teachers in the public schools,
came up from that city on Friday
and is visiting with her sisters.
Miss Matte Brigham returned
from her trip to St. Paul last Thurs
day afternoon. She left her sister,
Mrs. R. A. Turrell, that morning,
and reported herimproving rapidly
Isaac Johnson is visiting his
sister at Ireton, Iowa, this week,
and after visiting there and at
Hampden, he will leave for Canada,
where he will remain for an indefinite
period.
Last Sunday was the fourth con-
secutive Sunday to witness rain
storm. 1t rained early Sunday
morning, and then again in the
evening, commencing about five
o'clock. Monday morning was clear.
Hon. Charles T. Howard returned
home from Redfield during the past
week, Mr.. Howard having been
there for two weeks or more attend
ing term of court for Sphinx county,
and appearing in several cases in
which he had previously been en-
gagged, and in which he had marked
success.
The strawberry market has been
active during the past week. and
the product was unusually excellent,
the berries being large and in good
condition. Prices dropped early
last week to Is cents per box, then
to ten cents, then to nine cents, and
then to three for % However, the
best berries were commanding a
price of 10 cents per box straight
during the week.
The Cotton wood Current says
Archie Stewart left last Saturday,
intending to make trip westward
in the British Possessions, going as
far as British Columbia with view
of locating if he finds any country
that suits him. Mr.. Stewart has
some 1900 acres of land and has
always carried on farming very ex-
tensively but he now thinks of
selling it all in body or in smaller
lots and trying new country. If
be locates anywhere we believe he
intends to make stock raising his
principal business.
E. E. Swan of Minneapolis and r.
J. Kalher of DeSoto, Wis, under
the firm name Of Swan & kalher,
have purchased the stock remaining
from the insolvent firm OF Wolff,
Southwick & Angel and took charge
of the same last week. The senior
member of the firm is a brother of
E. N. Swan, formerly of North Red
wood, but now of Boyd, and has
had considerable of experience in
the hardware business Mr. Kalher
has spent many years in the general
merchandise business. and is thor
oughly conversant with every de-
tail of it. The present stock will be
materially increased. R. S. Pickett,
well-known to Redwood buyers, is
assisting the firm.
Four schools in Three Lakes
township, taught by Ada Westfall,
Edna Westfall, May Smith, and Ed.
Marvin, joined in a picnic Friday
afternoon at the grove of Andrew
Francois in that township. All the
pupils of the schools were present,
as was also large number of the
parents of the pupils. About noon
the pupils gave quite lengthy pro-
gram of singing and recitations,
which closed with the singing of
America, " and the presenting of a