The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-05-17
MORGAN.


b lsiness last Saturday.
| G. B. Nelson is suffering from Sc
we're attack of rheumatism.
Emma Walton was at Sleepy Eye
Saturday having her eyes treated.
Mrs. A. F. Fnwkes. left Tuesday to
join her husband in Stevens county.
Chris. ,Tolkelson has his new resi-
dence on his farm in Brookville nearly
completed.
The soci al of the Ladies Aid society
Of the Presbyterian church was attend
ed by large crowd.
Carrie Burginger of Sleepy Eye ar
rived here last Friday and is visited
her sister. Mrs John Marti.
John Kraus is erecting a handsome
barn, 32x6O feet, on his farm just south
of town. 1t will cost nearly 81, 600.
Mrs. VIM. Lechtwad of Rock Island
and Mary GRADER of Minneapolis are
visiting the.family of H. E. Pinger.
Fred. Marchant has moved his house
short distance from where it formerly
stood and built an addition thereto.
Rev. J. G. Pfeiffer left for St. Paul
Monday to attend to business matters.
He will be absent till the latter part of
the week.
Katie Kruger, who has been work.
ing at dressmaking here for the past
year, returned to her home at New Ulm
last week.
Photographer J. E. johnson is enjoy
ing an increase of business, and has an
assistant in the person of G. e. Lewis,
as result.
Fred Ulrich is erecting fine, large
residence on his farm in Sheridan town.
ship. When completed it is to cost
about $1,000.
Auditor I. N. Tompkins, wife and
children came down from Redwood
Falls Saturday and spent Sunday Wis.,
iting friends.
Mrs. L. Carman and son Henry Bar
nard were the guests of Frank Carman
and wife at Redwood Falls last Satur-
day and Sunday.
G. w. Robinson, Peter Hanson and
Frank Heiling left for Stevens county
yesterday to make purchases of land
in that section.
| The cold weather has retarded the
sprouting of corn, quite lot of which
has been planted by farmers residing
north of here along the river.
During the month ending May I'd
the local postoffice. according to Post
master Kinman, received 4,O71 pounds
of mail and despatched 1892 pounds
The dog tax ordinance is bringing
some revenue into the village treasury
Yesterday morning 20 owners made
application for the licensing of as many
dogs.
| The silver wedding anniversary of
Aug: Otto and wife occurred Monday
evening. The many guests left num-
Der of valuable presents. The festiv-
tiles kept up until an early hour yes
terday morning.
Mrs. F. E. Davidson and Lizzie Dav-
idson left Monday for points in the
East. The former goes to Valparaiso.
Ind, to visit her daughters, Lottie and
Lillian. Miss Davidson has been
teaching the Davidson school and re-
| turns to her home in Ohio.
The body of Carl Madsen arrived
from Faribault Saturday afternoon, en-
route to Brookville where the funeral
occurred. Deceased'died of pulmonary
tuberculosis in the institute for feeble
minded at Faribault Friday, May 18th,
and was % years Of age at the time of
his death.
A letter from D. D. McRea, Co. K.
18th Mimi. VOL, dated six weeks ago,
states that his company was then
stationed 81 miles from Manila and at
the time of writing were entrenched
with the Philippine army close in
front of them. He says that most of
the boys have been stiffened us SO with
rheumatism since the campaign COM
menced that they act like old men.
The village council is expecting a
representative of the Red Wing Brick
& Tile Co. herelto-day, with the view
of making a contract for over $500
feet of thing wanted for the completion
of the new sewer running out of town
on the west to the slough used as a
terminal for the drainage. The sewer
thing will extend to the bridge only,
after which ditch will be used to the
slough. The council expects to secure
enough work from the poll tax to do
the digging, laying and filling in of
the ditch.
Yesterday was quite a lively day for
this town, made so in particular by
the farmers interested in the new
Three Lakes Creamery. The entire
creamery outfit arrived on the day pre-
vious; and the farmers were in town