The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-12-06

field. but formerly Redwood Falls
boy, came over from that town last
Thursday evening, and remained
here few days fenewing old ac-
Iquaintances. aI n
Ajuggler dropped into town last
Friday evening and gave an. exhibit
ton ate. W. Vaughn S saloon. Quite
a large crowd was in attendance
and the exhibition was very good.
The juRgler = gathered, in q goodly
number of nickles and dimes.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lunn of Man
kato and Ralph Lunn of Sleepy Eye
spent Thanksgiving with John D..
Lunn OF this city. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lunn remained over until Friday
afternoon, while Ralph returned to
Sleepy Eye Thursday afternoon.
H. F. Buechner came down from
South Dakota on Wednesday of last
week, and spent Thanksgiving with
his relatives here. He returned
Friday afternoon. Mr.. Buechner
is engaged as collector for the
Laird Norton Co., and for several
months has been making his head
quarters at Watertown.
E. Gaschel and wife, who have
been employed in Hotel Francois
during the past few months, the
former as clerk and the latter in the
culinary department. left here last
week for Austin, for the purpose of
engaging in the laundry business. a
line which they followed up to the
time OF their being connected with
Hotel Francois.
The Morton Enterprise states
that reports come from Manila that
W. H. Human. brother of Col. R.
H. c. Human of Morton was wound
ed while engaged in battle with the
Filipinos. The friends of Will will
regret to learn that he has been
wounded but as his injuries are not
serious all may expect to see him
again after the close of hostilities.
Notwithstanding the fact that it
is December the lumber firms at
this point have been enjoyingan I'M
usually lively business. probably
caused by the mild weather of the
early part of the 1899 winter season.
Hardly day passes without several
loads of lumber being hauled into
the country. Aside from this the
storm sash trade has been very
good.
Eldora. Iowa, Herald: The star
course of entertainments at the
opera house closed last night with
Hoyt L. Conary in "Around the
Stove, a clever picture of New
England life. The old country store
with its quaint simplicity and wit,
awakenS our sympathy and charms
US to a degree; so does this enter.
tainment. Mr.. Conary is "a very
clever impersonator and a thorough
student of nature.
The sales of produce in this CITY
just before Thanksgiving was some
thing enormous. the Curtis Produce
Co. receiving the largest amount.
after which came The Big Store.
which purchased over | 100 in one
day. Other business houses bought
freely. and the farmers realized good
prices. From this time until Jan.
LIST the produce receipts will un
doubtedly be very large, and the
shipments will increase correspond
ingly.
The exterior work on the cold
storage depot was completed last
Saturday, and Jones & Jones have
since been engaged in pal. ting the
same. The carpenters are now en-
gagged in fixing up the interior,
which is the most important part of
the structure. and which will pro-
bably not be completed much before
Jan. 1st. When completed the de-
pot will be one of the finest business
structures in Redwood Falls. and
Melges & Co. are entitled to the
most liberal patronage on the part of
Redwood Falls merchants and 9TH
ers for carrying out, this enterprise.
3 On complaint of w. R. Barnes a
fellow named H. C. Howe was ar
rested last Saturday charged with
defrauding Mr.. Barnes out of liv-
cry bill 1t appears that Howe Sc
cured team at Mr.. Barnes livery
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