The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-26


in the city, visiting with lis broth
| err, DR.. C. P. Gibson.
Mrs. John Anderson an d daughter
Clara, of Zumbrota, are visiting
with the family of G.. G. Thune.
Last Friday was among the hot
test days of the present year, the
thermometer jumping up to 50 de-
grees in the shade.
| Quite a number attended the
anti-saloon league picnic in the
grove Of T. H. King, west, of the
city, last Thursday.
The Misses Ella White and Rose
Walto of Marshall were guests at
Hotel Francois for few hours on
Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. G. w. Mead and Miss Bessie
Mead have returned from their
visit with friends and relatives in
Underwood and Marshall
Miss Fanny Everett returned
from the International Christian
Endeavor convention at Detroit,
Mich, during the week ending July
18th.
Miss Belle Ralston of Roscoe, ILL.,,
arrived here over the Northwestern
last Saturday afternoon. on visit
with her sister, Mrs. Daniel Mckay
Of Kintire.
I Mrs. A. B. Halves and son, George,
left over the Northwestern last
Wednesday afternoon for Elk Point,
S. D., where they will visit with
Mrs. Halves parents. They went
by way of Kasota and Sioux City.
The Redwood Roller mills shut
down early last week, and the work
of putting in the new and additional
machinery, whereby the capacity of
the mill is to be increased to $50
barrels per day, commenced imme-
diately afterwards. The machinery
is of the latest milling kind, and in
cludes a second plansifter.
Lamberton Star: Lightning rod
SINNERS are getting in their work
in this vicinity, we are reliably in
formed. A few days ago one of our
farmers near town signed note,
as he supposed for $40, to have some
rods put up and he found later that
the note called for 800. People
have been warned so much against
signing papers for travelling skin
ners that it seems as though they
would have their eyes open to their
own interests The farmer came to
town the other day to consult all
attorney to see what could be done
about the matter.
The Morton Enterprise of last
Friday contains the following: JUS
tice Fuller had base ball men to
deal with Monday forenoon. After
the game Sunday evening two of the
Redwood boys got into trouble with
a local man named Schwartz. No
body was hurt and everything
would have been all right if the mar
shall hadn t appeared, who, regard
less of the fact that the boys felt as
though they had good reason to
scrap, arrested one of the Redwood
Falls fellows and the Morton man,
neither of whom wanted to 90 to
jail and as a guarantee that they
would appear next morning for trial
put up S. each. The local fellow
was on hand at 10 0 clock. the hour
set, but the other fellow showed up
just as the court ad journed. Schwartz
proved by witnesses that he was
not to blame and was consequently
disch; r yed and the Redwood man
simply forfeited his five.
Samuel Abbott, who has been
working as day laborer on the
Iowa & Minnesota division of the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad,
passed through here last Thursday
en- route for Echo. He stated that
two crews were at work north of
Sanborn when he left there the day
previous, small crew being at
work at the Y mile west of San
born, and another crew of 80 men
being at work seven miles north of
the Y. He said that it was under
stood at Sanborn that the contractor
on the last sixteen miles of the road. |
ending at section Is, Vesta, was to
commence work with crew of men
on his division on that Thursday
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