The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-08-09

Mrs. Elizabeth Henle Of New TJlm
was visiting with friends in this
city during the past week.
Morton had small blaze on Thurs.
of last week, the residence of Mrs.
Anna Dooley being damaged to the
extent of $500.
F. S. Pollard of The GAzETLT
staff was in the Twin Cities and
Saltwater during the latter portion
of last week, returning home on
Saturday.
Miss Agnes Hitchcock returned
from Big Stone Lake on Tuesday af.
ternoon of last week. Since closing
her school at Wood Lake Miss Hitch
cock has been attending the com.
bined summer school and Chautau-
qua exercises at Big Stone.
w. S. Brammer returned from
Winona, where he attended the
funeral services over the remains
of his father, on Thursday of last
week. Mr.. Brammer states that
crops east of Redwood Junction are
down a great deal worse than they
are west of that point.
Peterson & Graft Of this city have
rented the store building Of E. O.
Berg of Madison, this State, and
will soon establish a branch store
at that place. One of the firm will
spend more or less time at Madi.
son, although this will be the home
of both members, and purchases for
the Madison store will be made from
Redwood Falls.
The Chicago & Northwestern
railroad company's stone masons
have been at work the past week
putting in a mammoth foundation
for new water tank, located just
east of the present tank, which is
to be torn down. The new tank
will be one OF the largest on the
Northwestern system, and will re-
ceive most of it's water from the
city system.
J. H. Bowers and J. H. Rihel-
daffer came up from Minneapolis on
the Milwaukee, by way of Olivia,
last Wednesday morning. The two
gentlemen wheeled from Olivia to
Redwood Falls, coming by way OF
Morton, and made the distance in
just two hours and Is minutes.
Judge Bowers set the pace and Mr..
Riheldaffer thinks it about as swift
a pace for the distance as he ever
followed.
The elevator heretofore owned
by w. B. Parson and operated by
VanDusen & Co., passed into the
hands of the Minnesota Elevator Co.
of Winona on Aug. LIST, and R. D..
Ziemer, who has served number
of years in the elevators managed
by w. R. Caswell, became the agent
Lof the company at this place. Lum-
Der is arriving daily for the Van
Dusen elevator and the carpenters
are expected here this week for the
purpose of commencing work.
At the meeting Of the city council
on Tuesday evening of last week a
resolution was adopted providing
that all sidewalks on Mill street,
from Second to Third, are to be of
stone or cement, when the same are
ordered laid hereafter, or when the
owner Of the AUDITING property de-
sires to put in new walk. The
new walks are all to be ten feet
wide, or two feet more in width
than those on Second street and
Washington avenue. Two or three
of the frame buildings on the east
side of Mill street will have to be
set back about one foot when the
new walks are ordered, they being
that much on the sidewalk line at
the present time.
A tramp printer was placed I'M
der arrest with three other tramps
at Sanborn during the early part of
last week. The charge against the
printer was stealing, and when the
case came up for trial his tramp col
leagues were discharged on condi-
ton that they would leave town in
Is minutes, which they did. Four
or five witnesses then testified as
to the alleged larceny, and their
evidence was to the effect that the
articles alleged to have been stolen
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