The Redwood gazette., 1899-02-15

BELv1Ew AND IT'S BORDER.

Frank Kaufenberg gave dance at
the hall on Monday night.
The Ladies Aid society meets with
Mrs. T. w. Wallace tomorrow after
noon.
Mrs. A. Leonard was visiting friends
in Redwood Falls during the past
week.
Mrs. Fred. Holt, residing in Swedes
Forest, is having a wind mill erected
on her farm.
Samuel Iverson of Madison, brother
of Mrs. Martin Thompson, is visiting
with the latter.
Rev. NJ. C. Waller conducted services
at the Lutheran church last Sunday
morning and evening.
Reports from the Minnesota river are
to the effect that ice is IS inches thick
in several places along the river.
Peter Eischen shipped hogs to south
st. Paul last Monday, and as result
the town was full of teams all day.
Miss Josie Eischen returned from
Redwood Falls, Friday, after few
days visit with friends. in that city.
Mrs. G. H. Stuverud of Watertown,
who has been visiting with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles Stinson, returned
home Thursday.
c. P. Murphy, the superintendent OF
the Belview creamery, writes that the
creamery will be opened for the receiv-
ing of milk next Monday.
Erick O. Sande of Swedes Forest
froze both of his hands while driving
from Echo to his home last Friday.
Amputation was not necessary.
Jones & Simpson have closed down
their corn grinding mill, and ceased
shipping. 1t is reported that corn
dropped four cents per bushel after the
mill was shut down.
Geo. M. Russell, United States Pen
sion agent, was in Belview last Friday.
He drove f1om Swedes Forest and in
vestlgated the claim of Ira Iverson OF
L0aC tOWn 10 pension.
A masquerade ball was booked to
occur at the hall last FRIDAY evening,
bnt owing to the cold weather the at
tendance was so very small that the
affair was called fizzle.
| Charles Stinson will auction off his
household and other goods Friday
afternoon, while Theo. Yager will auc-
ton off some livestock and merchan-
disc on the following day.
Cashier w. H. Wallace of the Bank
of Belview returned from his trip to ST..
Paul and Minneapolis yesterday. Mrs.
w. II. Wallace and son return from
their visit to Renville to-day.
Jerome Simpson was up from Red
wood Falls on Monday. He returned
Monday evening, took IN the masquer-
ade at Redwood Falls that night, and
before leaving stated that he would
leave for Minneapolis on the following
day.
The Sheridan creamery has been in
operation for some time and the milk
receipts are increasing weekly. Last
Monday twelve tubs of butter were
shipped from this station to the cream
cry company's commission men in
New York.
The reduction sale of Goetze & Co.
was one of the largest attended sales
experienced in Belview for some time.
The store was filled with patrons all
day long, and the sales were unusually
large, some of them going high enough
to capture the S6 blanket premiums.
Messrs. Peter Eischen, G. F. Rain
and Orrin Gibbs have a crew of men
at work in the Minnesota river near
Morton, getting out ice at that point.
The ice is being placed in box cars
and hauled by train to this place,
where it is unloaded and placed in the
ice houses of those three business men
at this place. The trio report that it
is cheaper to get ice in this manner
than to have it hauled from the Min
nesota river north of here.
The residence of Michael Kramer in
Sheridan township came very nesr
being destroyed by fire one night dur
ing the early part of last week. Mr..
Kramer arose about one o'clock a. M,
and gave an impetus to the fire in the
stove. About four o'clock he was
awakened by two young men driving
home from dance, they yelling fire. !"
Mr.. Kramer and family arose at once,
and discovered the roof of their resi-
dence ablaze. The two young men
assisted the Kramers, and by the ap-
plication of several pals of water, the
flames were extinguished. A hole 4x6
feet was burned in the roof. The fire
originated from Istove pipe being too
near the frame work of the roof. The
residence is insured in the Redwood