The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-06-14

Fatner j. j.. WOODS was in Lee
Sueur Thursday and Friday.
Supt. Jones took the St. Louis
!, train for his home in Minneapolis
last Friday.
The carpenter work is progress
ing rapidly on the new residence Of
F. L. Warner on Fifth street.
Asa P. Brooks of this place made
a decided hit with the paper which
he read at the Sleepy Eye encamp-
ment, and as usual Comrade Hale
and his songs were strictly in it.
Work on the excavation for the
eight room residence of J. A.
Schmahl commenced last Wednes-
day. The cellar or basement will
extend under the entire residence,
and the work on the foundation will
commence in the course of a week
or ten days.
Swan & Kahler, who took posses
sion of the Masonic Block store a
few weeks ago, surrendered their
interest last week owing to some
disagreement over the stock as billed
to them, and the contents of the
store will consequently revert to
Wyman, Partridge & Co.
The young short horn bull Duke
of Eramosa, registered No. 3O365,
and bred by Matthew Loree. of
Rock wood, Ontario, was sold last
Friday by Emil Schmahl, as agent,
to Thomas and Neil Mckay. of Del
hi, who will thus have their com
bined herds headed by an animal of
the highest breeding.
Through the efforts of Messrs.
Morrow and Clark, the firm of
Thompson & Mead have sold two
complete outfits of the Nichols -Shep-
ard Threshing Machines and en-
gines, during the past two weeks.
The firm is advertising the machines
extensively, and this, together with
the push of the experts, and the ex-
collence of the separators and en-
gines, is booming the business in
this section.
| Sleepy Eye Dispatch: The Red
wood Falls Drum Corps, eighteen
strong, arrived on the noon train
| Tuesday, and were escorted to the
! Windsor Hotel by the Madelia Corps.
The Redwood boys wear a bright
red uniform and are resplendent in
gold lace Their major is V M.
Persons and Captain U. H. Bergen
The personal of the corps is as fol
lows: V. NJ Persons, J. H. Richard
son, O. E. Dornberg, T. E. Finn,
Ira Gibson, Will Winter, Ray Ten
ney, U. H. Bergen, George Alexan-
der, E. P Mason, Robert Cooper,
VIM. Smith, John Mead, Harry
Ward, R. c. McClintock, Roy Bunce,
Claude Baldwin and Ray Baldwin.
| At the meeting of the city council
on Tuesday evening of last week w.
7. Wilcox was granted permission
to erect set of scales in front of lot
6, block Il, on illstreet just north
of Bager's blacksmith shop On
petition of w. J. Johnson and eight
others the council decided to con-
struct water main commencing at
the center of Mill and Broadway,
running west on Broadway to the
center of Broadway and Minnesota
avenue, and then north on Minneso-
ia avenue to Fourth street. where
the main will intersect with the one
already laid there. This order is
made on condition that the property
owners take the city warrants bear
ing 6 per cent. interest, which two
or three of them have already agreed
to do. 1t was decided to renew the
contract with A. C. Burmeister for
48 incandescent street lamps and
four arcs, at the same rate as last
year, 81 for the incandescent and S.
for the arcs. G.. w. Mead was re-
appointed health officer for the en-
suing three years, and the appoint
ment was confirmed by the council.
Redwood Falls is to have the next
G. A. R. district encampment. The
members of John S. Marsh Post at
tending at Sleepy Eye from this
place took hold with will, and in
consideration of the fact that the
former encampment here had been a
highly successful and pleasant
meeting, the Redwood contin gent
succeeded in having Redwood Falls