The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-03-15

Charles Gilfillan has returned
from six weeks visit with rela-
tives in Illinois.
The postmaster at New Ulm has
been reimbursed for the robbery of
that place some. time ago.
DR.. F. w. Birch returned home
from a two weeks swing around
the dental circle, last Saturday
afternoon.
Town elections were held in the
various towns and villages through
out the county yesterday, and as
usual, The GAZETTE will have full
report of these elections in it's next
issue.
Caleb Hollenbeck, father of Mrs.
Tiilson Tibbetts, who has been in
Minneapolis for several mouths,
arrived here Saturday and will
remain on an extended visit with
his daughter.
Banker Armstrong, of St. James,
Watonwan county's big and gener-
ous-hearted capitalist, gives right
of way through all his property and
$4,000 in cash towards securing
the M. & St. L. railway through St.
James.
Attorney J. H. Bowers returned
from St. Paul on Thursday. While
in that city he attended the installa-
ton of Rev. John Sinclair as pastor
of the First Presbyterian church,
and he pronounces the installation
big success, the decorative feat
ures of the church being simply
immense.
The Redwood Falls Mutual Fire
Insurance Co. will pay the loss by
fire on the personal effects of Jacob
Christensen of Underwood, but the
insurance on the buildings destroyed
by fire is in dispute, owing to the
question having been raised of Mr..
Christensen having an insurable
interest in the property.
The Redwood Falls Improvement
Co. is advertising for bids for the
construction of it's two story brick
building on the corner of Third and
Washington streets. Bids will be
received up to March 23d. The
excavating is already done and the
stone is on the ground, and the bids
must be for the construction of the
building from the foundation. Plans
and specifications can be seen at
George L. Evans Office or at the
Office of Omeyer & Thori, architects,
St. Paul, MINI.
The Redwood Falls w. G. T. U.
offers a prize of three dollars to the
boy or girl writing the best essay
on 'The Evils of Narcotics, con-
ditional upon the following rules
being observed: The prize is open
to all members of the high school
below the senior class to pupils of
the 9Th grade, and to any non-at-
tendant of the school under II years
of age and over Is; the subject
matter must include the effects of
the use of narcotics upon the physi-
cal. mental and moral nature, and
the results to society; prize essays
must contain not more than 800
words nor less that 600. Essays
must be in the hands of the judges
Ito be named later) by April 9th.
No name shall be signed to the
essays. A number will be given to
each competitor, which must be
plainly written at the top of the first
page of essay, also on a sealed en-
velope containing name of writer.
All who desire to compete for the
prize must hand their names to Pro-
lessor Jones before 10 o'clock on
Thursday, March 16. A second
prize will probably be offered also.
About twenty-five persons attend
ed the lecture given by Rev. B.
Longley, on ''Days on the Mediter-
ranean" at the Methodist church
Wednesday evening. The lecture
was one of the best ever heard in
this city and the church should
have been crowded to the very
doors, but Redwood Falls seems to