The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-05-31

from Sioux City, where he made q
shipment Of two car loads Of cattle.
Miss Schultz has returned from
her visit to St. Charles, and is now
at Kenney's photograph gallery.
Miss Lulu Turrell has secured a
position as assistantprincipal in the
public schools at Lanesboro, this
State, during the ensuing year.
Bert. Rollins, formerly Of this
place, issnow employed as operator
at Marshall, where Ed. Simmons.
also an old Redwood bov. is doing
business.
Charity Chapter No. IS, Order of
the Eastern Star, held special
meeting Monday evening, and ini-
tiated several new candidates. A
banquet followed the initiation cere-
monies.
Thos. D. Martin and wife left
here over the Northwestern last
Friday for Orondon, Washington,
where Walter Martin, brother of
the former, resides, and where the
two will reside in the future.
Henry Schleuder left for Free
born, this State, Saturday, where
he spent Memorial and Decoration
days. He will return to this city
Friday. During his absence his
jewelry store was conducted by his
nephew, O. c. Retzlaff of Winnebago
City.
In giving the names of the parti-
cipants in the high school gradual
ing class play, ''The Cricket on the
Hearth, in the last issue of this
paper, the name of Miss Mary
Hemphill was unintentionally omit
ted. In the role of the blind
daughter Miss Hemphill did both
herself and the play great credit
Local lumber dealers are enjoying
a remarkable trade this spring, and
SO large and numerous have been
the orders given to the two lumber
companies that they have had some
difficulty in having their orders
filled at the mills However. the
latter are now filling their wants
rapidly, and the dealers can take
care of all future orders without
delay.
The crop circular for May says
that returns made up to May l, show
the area in winter wheat, after the
elimination of the acreage believed
to be winterkilled, to be about
rs, 900 acres. This is about 4, 900, 600
acres. or 1875 per cent. less than the
area estimated to have been sown
last fall, but it still exceeds by
about 100, 900 acres, or six-tenths of
l per cent, the area of winter wheat
harvested last year.
By some mistake the Chicago
minister who married Victor NJ.
Persons and Miss Emma Skinner of
city, at the home of the bride s
brother in Chicago, neglected to
file his certificate of the marriage,
and last Thursday Victor received
a letter from the clerk of court of
Cook county to the effect that if he
wanted to have his marriage de-
clared legal marriage he had bet
ter stir up the minister into fling
the certificate Victor didn't wait
very long before letter was des-
patched to the minister.
Hamlet has the following in the
Beaver Falls correspondence of the
Olivia Press of last week: Beaver
has been ''chuck full Of excitement
this past week Detectives have
been plentiful, court has brought it's
usual variety of attendants, and last
but perhaps not least, a repre-
sentative of Bro. Schmahls long
talked of Gulf r. R. struck town,
Thursday, and has been using a lot
of ''maybes" in connection with his
proposed road OF curse. it would
be grand accommodation to this
part of the county if such a thing
came but we presume the amount of
bonus required would have some
thing to do with the placing of the
road here, and he does not promise
that the line will be pushed this far.
until several years hence.
Granite Falls Tribune: Early
last week four men arrived to pur-
chase as many farms. They were
residents of Iowa and through cor
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