The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-10-25

John J. Palmer came up from
Gibbon Thursday and spent until
Friday noon with relatives here.
O. w. Mcmillan, formerly of this
city, but who has been for some
time past connected with the whole
sale house of Wyman, Partridge &
CO. of Minneapolis, is now residing
at 1919 Second avenue north, that
city, where he and his family have
taken up quarters for the winter.
The local lodge of Knights of Pyth-
las conferred the second degree on
three candidates last Tuesday even
ing, and after the work refreshments
of oysters, coffee, ETC., were served.
The remainder of the evening, un-
til midnight, was spent in listening
to stories by the members present,
and also to solo by D. R. Price.
County Attorney Clague was in
Seaforth, now Ottawa, o. K. T. j.
Sloan's town, last Wednesday, in
vestigating the charge of a sightless
swine having been conducted at
that place. Mr.. Clague stated that
the railroad en'aall; claimed that
the pig" had been closed, and
that the parties had left for other
fields.
The thirteenth meeting of the
Southern Minnesota Teachers as
ISOLATION will occur at the Normal
school in Mankato on Friday and
Saturday, Nov. 10th and 18th. Prof.
Jones of the Redwood Falls high
school is down to lead the discus
sion on arithmetic in grammar
grades, paper by Prof. H. G. Hess
of Sleepy Eye.
Quite a number of the men en-
ployed on the Minnesota & Iowa
extension of the Chicago & North
western railroad, in the capacity of
graders for the past summer, have
passed through town during the
past week, looking for other fields
of employment,' only one or two
crews remaining out there to finish
the grading in Vesta.
A. C. Burmeister has almost COM
pleted his $4,000 bushel capacity
elevator, located near the North
Roller mills. The work
men were engaged in putting on the
iron roof of the building during the
latter part of last week, and this
week the siding will be put on.
The motor for running the elevator
has not yet arrived, and hence Mr..
will be unable to re-
ceive wheat.
The first touch of the beautiful
snow happened around last Thurs
day morning. It came after mid
night of Wednesday, and when the
populace awoke on the Thursday
morning it was to find a beautiful
shroud of white all over the city
and as far in the country as the eye
could reach. The fall was just
heavy enough to coat the earth, and
it turned to water within three
hours after the break of day. The
morning continued cloudy, with
light falls of snow at intervals, but
the snow melted about as soon as it
touched the ground. In the after
noon the sun appeared, and while it
continued chilly, it was rather
pleasant.
G. V. Burton of Washington, D.
c., representing the committee on
the set of books entitled 1.-The Let
ters and Messages of the President
was in the city last Thursday and
making arrangements to
deliver the ten volumns to the ten
or dozen people in this city whom
his committee had selected for the
purpose. The work is one of the
finest ever published by the gov
eminent printing Office, contains
beautiful engravings of all the his
torical gatherings, and of all the
down toand Including Nc
Kinley. The work is delivered at the
actual cost of printing, $34, and
only 80 people in the Second Con-
gressional district, we're given an
to secure the set.
Charles G.. Johnson of the Math-
ews & Patterson collection agency
levied on 33 acres of sugar beets
belonging to Philip Miller of Nor
ton, but growing in the town of