The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-12

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chased the west half of section %,
New Avon, excepting 8Oacres.
Mrs. N. Offerman and Mrs. Kate
M. Offerman of Faribault have been
visiting friends in this city during
the past week.
The Redwood County Bank had
Sc, 631. 20 of the State funds on de-
post at the close of business in the
State treasurer s Office on June Both.
Mrs. J. E. johnson of Minneapolis
who has been visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rob't. Hoppenrath in
Vesta, for a month past, returned
to her home Monday.
The annual School meeting for
this city as well as for all the dis
tricts in Redwood county will be
held on next Saturday evening. In
this city new trustees are to be
elected.
S. G. Peterson of the firm of Pet
erson & Graft made a trip to Mime
apolis on July 4th, and while in that
city he made extensive purchases
for the Masonic Block dry goods
and grocery house.
Norris items in the Minneapolis
Journal says that the new residence
of H. B. Wolff on Piety Plain, is
nearly completed. and that Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. Wolff and daughter unit
ed with the Congregational church
last Sabbath.
The Medary Saddlery Co. will
probably construct an addition to
their building on Second street, now
occupied by the restaurant and fruit
firm of D. r. Price & Co., formerly
Grubb S Grub House The addition
will be 20 feet in length, and will be
one story high, and constructed OF
brick.
A threatening storm made it's ap-
pearance over and around this city
Wednesday night, and about nine
o'clock a number of good sized hail
stones fell. The wind blew a gale
for few moments, after which the
storm passed over, without any
damage in the city. Thursday
dawned bright and clear.
In the list of postmaster recon-
mendations sent in to the depart
ment by the representative to con-
gress from this district appears the
name of W. J. G. Pratt, to be post
master of Seaforth, the new station
in Sheridan on the proposed line OF
the Iowa & Minnesota division of
the Chicago & Northwestern rail
road.
The city council held it's regular
July meeting last Wednesday even
| ing, but transacted no business
aside from allowing several bills.
The question of extending the water
main service on Minnesota avenue
to Broadway, Broadway to Mill,
which has already been ordered,
was discussed, and owing to the ad-
vance in material for piping the
system, it was decided to postpone
the work until later in the season.
A petition for changing the loca-
ton of the Redwood Falls postoffice,
addressed to the representative in
Congress from this district, from it's
present location, to the two story
brick building erected by the Red
wood Falls Improvement Co. was
circulated last Wednesday and
Thursday, and signed by people
having property interests on that
street, as we'll as a number of county
officials and persons having offices
in the neighborhood. The building
will probably not be ready for occu-
pancy before Aug. 1st.
The first grand social, given un-
der the auspices of St. GATHERINGS
Church Altar society at Lechner S
hall, on Thursday evening, June
29th, proved magnificent success
| in social, entertaining, and finan-
cial way. The returns of the even
ing netted $21 odd. Rev. Father
Woods and brother contributed
some choice selections of vocal mus
ic, and Miss Baker presided at the
organ in her usual artistic style.
The lawn social at Mrs. Lechner S
on the 18th inst. also promises to be
q great success, and everyone is
cordially invited.
People interested in the Univer-