The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-19
Mrs. J. w. McCormick and family
of Eau Claire, Wis, are visiting with


of Eau Claire, Wis, arevisiting with
Mrs. G. Cummins of this city.
Herman Froelich of CORTLAND was
transacting business in and around
the city during the past week, and
also visiting relatives west of town.
w. S. Brammer and wife left for
Winona last Thursday for stay Of
a day or two at the home Of Mr..
Brammer, where the latter's father
is seriously i'll.
G. E. Lamberton returned from
St. Paul, where he was doing jury
duty in the United States court for
a week or more, on Tuesday after
noon of last week.
Owing to mistake in the survey
it was necessary to raise the sill
stone leading to the second floor Of
the Houghmaster building three or
four inches, and then tip the cement
sidewalk now being laid toa greater
angle than originally intended.
A visit to the lower Sioux Agency
last Thursday found the young In
dian girls hard at work in making
the handsome lace spread for a
| wealthy eastern household. The
girls are under the direction of Miss
Whipple, and in each piece of the
lace work there is manifest improve
ment in the manufacture of the arti-
cles of that line.
Alex. Williams of Willmar, rep
resenting the Southern Electric
Telephone Co., has been in the city
during the past week. Mr.. Williams
has been making a sketch of the
territory in this city through which
the wires for the telephones for his
company are to pass for the local
exchange. So far as possible the
wires and poles are to be run through
the alleys.
Engineer Hall of the Minnesota &
Iowa division of the Chicago &
Northwestern was in the city dur
ing the early portion of last week,
and drove from here out to where
his assistant engineers on the con-
struction of the line through Red
wood county are located, with the
view of comforting with them on
some points regarding the grading
at different points.
| Maj. George L. Evans sent in his
final report on the payment of the
recent annuities allotted to the In
dams residing east of town, last
Thursday, having received the sig
nature of Chas. Goodthunder as in
terperter, to the rolls on the morn
ing of that day. Maj. Evans resig-
nation will probably follow as soon
as his excellently prepared report
is approved by the interior depart
ment.
The Bellini Concert Co. of St.
Peter arrived here on the afternoon
train of Tuesday of last week for
the purpose of giving an entertain
ment in the opera house in the even
ing, but owing to the extreme warm
weather of that night, together with
a counter attraction at the Presby,
terian church, the company decided
not to 60 ahead with the entertain
ment, and the date was cancelled
with the opera house management.
The members left on Wednesday s
noon train.
The county commissioners made
a trip to Beaver Falls Thursday
morning, accompanied by Auditor
Tompkins, for the purpose of con-
ferring with the Renville county
commissioners regarding the put
ting in of steel bridges across the
Minnesota river at North Redwood
and also north of Belview. The
commissioners went over to Beaver
with a proposition that Redwood
county build and maintain the
bridge at North Redwood and that
Renville county build and maintain
the one north of Belview. mas
much as the Belview bridge would
cost the most the Redwood commits
sioners were prepared to pay one
half of the excess cost of construc-
ton over the cost of the bridge at
North Redwood.
I. C. Barnes and wife came up
from Minneapolis on Tuesday after
noon of last week, and Immediately
took charge of the Commercial Ho-