The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-06-07

ing's freight, and will also visit fol
some time at the Wallace home.
Our station agent reports the sale of 8:
excursion tickets from this depot on
Sunday morning, among the number
going down to the Twin Cities, being
J. NJ. Katzenberger, John McKowen,
Chas. Katzenberger, John Olson, John
Oslund, Bert. Holvig, Andrew Peter.
son, Knut Monson, and wife, Mrs. A.
/ o. Berger and children, and Miss An
Meta Peterson.
! The band boys have ordered new un-
iforms, the same to be here previous
to July 4th. The uniforms are to be
of white duck, with snowy trimmings.
| The band has added several new mem
! bers and renders excellent music.
They will furnish music at Wood Lake
on July 4th, and there being no cele.
bration in Belview it is probable that
,, a number of people from here will &C.
company them.
Independent: Mordecai Johnson,
an old settler of Redwood county, died
at his home in Waumandee, Wis,
last Sunday, the 23th. He was resi-
dent of Sheridan township for Is years
previous to '94, when he moved to
Morgan, thence to Waumandee. He
was taken sick the 59th anniversary of
his wedding day, and died at the ripe
old age of SO years. He leaves a wife
and nine children to mourn his death.
Suits are going like hot cakes at
Rice's Cash Store.
Tickets have been issued for the de-
dication exercises over st. Joseph s
Catholic church of Belview, which are
to take place on Sunday, June 18th,
high mass occurring at 1880 in the
morning and the dedicatory sermon
to be preached by Rev. James Rear
don Of st. Pauls seminary. 1t has
been decided to charge an admiss of
so cents for these dedicatory exercises,
with the view of raising money enough
to purchase seats and other inter: or
! furniture for the church.
School closed last Friday. There was
a special programme by the children,
consisting of readings, songs, ETC., and
a number Of the pupils brought bas-
kets well filled with lunching material,
and school social occurred during the
noon hour. Before the exercises were
concludedthe pupils of both department
presented Mr.. and Mrs. Lamport, the
two teachers, with handsome rock.
ing chair as token of their esteem.
The school board has not yet decided
upon teachers for the ensuing term
The village council is having Main
street graded on both sides of the rail
road track, that on the north side to
be cut down several inches, and gut.
tered on either side. Cutters will be
placed under the railroad tracks, Sc
that water from the main portion OF
the town will be drained off to the
slough just north of A. F. Portraits
residence. The council has also ordered
street lamps to be placed at various
places in the southern portion of the
village, running out through South
worth's addition.
Thos. J. Sloan was in from Sheridan
with his son, James, Monday, bring
ing 80 head of hogs with them, which
they sold for $500. Mr.. Sloan has haC
the good fortune of never having {
case of hog cholera on his farm, and h
is of the opinion that nothing excel'
swine husbandry. Mr.. Sloan also re-
ported that the engineers::for the Vests
} extension of the Northwestern WORK
erecting temporary Office at Seaforth
that morning, and from this building
they will direct engineering operations
for the construction of the last IA miles
of the road.