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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-03-21
Wanda, Willow Lake& Shutdown
E. H. Evans killed q wolf and five

E. II. Evans killed q wolf and five
foxes recently.
Miss Tillie Peterson is at NJ. F.
Christianson's.
Sickness is the rule rather than the
exception around here.
Geo. Sackreitz of Sanborn spent Sun
day with S. Bellig, ST..
Mrs. T. L. Thorsten visited relatives
here for few days last week.
Measles have entered the homes of
S. Bellig, Sr', and E. Werner.
Sam Bellig, Jr., will erect large
dwelling the coming summer.
A. Jorgensen has secured Elchten's
hall for dance Easter Monday.
Miss Gertie Meyer has been in Com
frey renewing old acquaintances.
J. S. Johnson's team ran from the R.
Jensen school house one day last week.
Peter Hanson is moving upon the
R. Jorgensen place, which he has rent
ed,
P. 0. Peterson was caller last week.
He and his wife were visiting with his
parents.
NJ. Dooner had a breakdown last
Friday while going home from the
creamery.
Ernest Stabinow and Miss Maggie
Long of Minneapolis are visiting at E.
Werner's.
Chas Schwantes had runaway the
other day, but did not sustain any
serious injuries.
Ernst Werner is back again from
Germany. The return trip took ex-
actly two weeks.
Duke and Jim Welch with theil
father, spent couple of days with E.
H. Evans last week.
Theo. Dokken is employed in bar.
Der shop at Comfrey. He came up
Thursday to attend the }. 2. Meyer
silver wedding.
Willie Christensen of Granite Rock
passed through here on his way home.
He has been visiting friends here, in
Three Lakes and south of Springfield.
Martin Laux of Sleepy Eye has been
visiting his brother Nick. The latter
intends to build house on his land in
Vesta. What is Nick. about? Will he
batch Or
Six thousand years have we waited
for the greatest spring blessing ever
offered. 1t doubles your joys and
halves your sorrows. That's what
Rocky Mountain Tea does. At Hitch
cocks.
Last Thursday, on their silver ami
versary, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Z. Meyer were
pleasantly surprised by the sudden ar
rival of a large number of relatives and
friends. A number of very valuable
and appropriate presents were given.
United in holy matrimony at Nor
gan last Wednesday Mr.. Nels Nelson
well-to-do farmeri and Miss Anna
Lying, one of the most popular of Will
low Lakes young ladies. Martin Sim
onsen was best man and Miss Laura
Lying bridesmaid. A number of friends
were invited to dance in Cranda)l's
hall in the evening. Music by Tonak's
orchestra. The happy couple received
a number of valuable presents. They
will live on farm purchased of Dav-
idson. Congratulations.
We learn that Wanda is to have a
creamery. 1t will be located four or
five miles from the center of the town.
The shareholders of this company have
profited by the experience of other
creameries and did not make the mis-
take of locating the creamery in the
business portion, but more in the sub
urbs. There are several good reasons
for this The buttermaker will be
more at home when close to the green
pasture and the grazing herds and will
not be subject to the designations of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-03-21

Rev. Horne of Morgan occupiecS
the pulpit at the Presbyterian
church in this city last Sunday even
ing. Rev. Letcher of Hamline occu-
pied the pulpit at the Methodist
church both morning and evening;
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-03-21
BELVIEW.
BELVILW TINE TABLE.
BELVIEW AND ITS BORDER.

$. O. KOlen made business trip to
Minneapolis last Monday.
A. O. Gimmestad was in Redwood
Falls Monday, closing up the Ole
knudson estate.
A. &. Burmeister was up from Red
wood Falls Monday, attending to mill
matters.
w. II. Wallace made business trip
to st. Paul and Minneapolis on Satur-
day, returning home on Monday.
DR.. Stanton was up from Redwood
Falls Monday, treating Mrs. Martin
Thompson, with some beneficial effect.
40. Gimmestad sold the east one
third of the north half of section
Is, kintire, to Hugh A. Stewart, for
$3.50.
There will be services at the Lutheran
church next Sunday-NorWegia in
the forenoon at 1890 and English in
the afternoon.
The new council met last Friday
evening and accepted the oaths of all
the members, as we'll as the bonds Of
other officials.
A very fine lot Of choice seed flax
for sale by Fred. Hallberg, at the Great
Western Elevators Co.'S. elevator in
Belview. 3O-3t
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
V. r. Dunning, residing about two
miles south of town, passed away last
Monday morning.
Mrs. A. G.. Lamport of the local
schools, collected over SIS for the
famine stricken people of India, of
patrons of the Belview schools.
It's the breed in the seed that makes
the difference. Haynes blue stem
wheat and other farm seeds grown and
for sale by O. O. Enestvedt Samples
and prices at c. G. Enestvedt, Belview,
MINI. 27-tf
The safe belonging to the estate Of
the late John Martin was opened
, Monday afternoon, and the appraisers,
G. G. Enestvedt and Chris. Olson, have
commenced the work of appraising the
personal property.
A basket social will be held in the
school house in district No %, known
AS the Adsit school house, Friday even
ing, March 23d. Each lady is
requested to bring basket with supper
for two These will be sold at auction.
Proceeds for the relief of the famine
sufferers.
Mrs. A. G. Lamport received word
last Friday of the sudden death of her
father. John A. Jackson, at his home
in Wabasha county. The deceased
once resided in Westline, this county,
and was quite active in politics. He
once represented Wabasha county in
the legislature of the State, he being
one of the friends of Senator Davis in
1875. MANY years ago he electrified an
audience of 10, 600 Odd Fellows in Phil
adelphia, his subject being "A Voice
from the West.'
The sale of general merchandise at
Jess. Thompson's store by the ladies of
the Lutheran and Congregational
churches next Friday and Saturday,
promises to be an important event. The
ladies are making arrangements to ia
cilitate the handling of sales, while the
free coffee and sandwich counter will
also be arranged to easily accommodate
all patrons. In addition to these and
other attractions already announced,
P. H. Jones will pay the ladies half
cent per bushel on every bushel of
wheat marketed at his elevator on the
two days of the sale.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-03-21

Seed Wheat, Flax and Potatoes.
Good seed wheat. seed fax and seed
potatoes for sale by w. III. Peavey,
section 4, New Avon township, Red
woodFalls, Mimi. 32-3t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-03-21

Mein Host Fischer made a flying
trip to Renville Saturday.
Mr.. Schwartz of Morgan. is contem-
plating the erection of $1,000 hotel
here.
Mrs. Horn and child accompanied J.
T. over last Sunday and spent the week
here.
Peter Zins has returned and will
now make Wabasso his permanent
home.
The contract for our postofflce fixtures
has been let to Fred H. Schwaeger of
Springfield.
At their last meeting our NJ. w. A. g
initiated one member and balloted on
seven new ones. Not bod record.
Chas Meyer of Spring field is erecting
q barn on his lot in block 6. When
this is completed he will erect resi-
dence.
We doubt whether there is town in
the county that turns out more ma
chinery than Wabasso is doing at the
present time.
We are informed that Mr. Schmahl
has decided to make q hall and lodge
room out of one-half of the second floor
of his building.
J. P. Mondloh brought his family ov-
er from Fairfax last Monday. They
will occupy thr second story Of the store
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-02-28
HOT FIGHTING CONTINUES TO
THE NORTH OF COLENSO

Coleuso, Natal. 25 The Beers who
had been reinforced made strcpg
attack Thursday at Gobier's kloof aud
on range of hills raoeloe east Tbey
had been forced from all their positions
90 the right.
Gen Ly,tleton's division ou Thursday
advanced under cover of the kopje-.
The Beers fred Creusot and LoDg
Tom" The British artillery was we'll
sheltered 10 the action at DAY break and
until late 10 the afternoon, wben a
heavy rife FIRE on both sides developed
The British infantry bad advanced a
mile and balr and continuous 61e
was kep, up until after dark The
Beers stuck to their positions The
British artillery FIRE vas irregular. A
few salvcs were scot toward the thickly
wooden spots aod raviues from which
the Boer FIRE was heaviest. The Boers
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Music For Fish Bait.

An eccentric hermit named William
Schueller. who lives at Franklin, Mich,
is said to be one of the most successful
fishermen in his part of the country,
and he claims to call the fish to him
by singing "Old Hundredth.' He goes
out in his boat and takes station IN
fairly deep water. Then he sings, at
the same time keeping his eyes on the
water in search of fish. Gradually the
fish crowd about his boat, he claims,
and when enough are gathered togeth-
er the willy fisherman casts a net and
catches dozens at q single haul. The
old gentleman has famous voice, and
his neighbors are inclined to believe
his strange story.-Chicago Record.
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4. FEW V|ORDSI=
TO OUR FRIENDS.
Mr.. EDITOR

You may have had in mind when referring recent
issue of your paper to the popularity of merchants in regard
to advertising in which you quoted them as saying that m
good times was not necessary advertise and in hard times
did not pay While have always found that advertising
paid must confess that for the past sixty days any in
crease of business that might by that MEANS could
not have been satisfactorily waited on clerical force has
been taxed to its utmost capacity.
Now that the rush Of cotton over and we have an
opportunity to say few words friends the country
desire acknowledge through the columns of the Watch
and Southon grateful thanks them for the liberal
patronage bestowed upon for which offer nothing
return except promise that their interests will be as care
fully guarded by in the future they have been past
It is particularly gratifying acknowledge very
liberal trade during the months of September and October from
farming friends to whom pleasure to extend
credit during the proves that they appreciate
endeavor be just and reasonable with hem when they
need assistance have always tried to beour motto
being
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food but is short of ammunition
Others assert that be abandoned his
food supplies but kept abundant sup
plies of cartridges
Gen Butler on Saturday faced the
last and strongest positions Of the
Beers who bar his way to Ladysmith.
The strenuous fghing indicates a
battle between armies, rather than
rear guard actions protecting re-
treat
On Thursday and Friday lie lost 43
officers killed aud wounded, repre-.
senting probably total loss of from
400 to 500
Gen Whites guns worked on
Saturday upon the Boer position. and
a heliogram from Ladysmith reported
that the Beers were retreating and
that larger rations were being issued
in view of the fact that relief seemed
at hand.
Nothing has been heard from
Mafeking since Feb 18th The
movement on the veldt away from the
railway is becoming increasingly
difficult fer large bodies of troops.
as the grass is burned up Gen
French has to wagon forage for
mis- horses. and even the infantry finds
long marches harder than before, as
forage for the transport animals must
be carried This requires the forma
tion of garrisoned depots
The ordinary campaigning season
is over, and sickly season for both
men and ANIMALS has set IN.
Technical military writer's take
these things into consideration in
forecasting events.
The Daily Chronicle says it learns
from private letters that British rifles
and ammunition have been land
ed on the southern coast of Cape
Colony, presumably for the Dutch
colonists
Lord Roberts has recently receiv.
ed 72 additional pieces of artillery.
Whether all have been sent to
Paardeberg is not known
Probably the Eighth division will
leave England next Monday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-02-28
Bloody Battle in Mexico.

Potam Somor, Mexico, Feb 25 =
The Mexican Federal troops unGer
Gen Torres have saved Guayamas
from the Yaquls. but by dint of the
fercest fighting of the war and at a
sacrifice of 200 soldiers. The town
here ia filed with wounded and all
the public buildings are utilized
Torres anticipated the surprise the
Yaquis intended. The Indians were
accompanied by ten adveDturers,
miners aud cowboys. who acted as
commanders of separate companies
of forty men each The Yaquis had
also Maxim gun, which had been
smugg|ed through at Bisbee, Ariz,
in load Of machinery The gun
was manipulated the Mexicans claim,
by two Ex Rough Riders
Torres reached here Thursday
afternoon and descided to divide his
army of 700 men into two divisions.
The first and strongest dsnked by
the gunboat Democrats, left here at
daybreak Friday morning No scouts
preceded the force, aud the first in
timation Of the presence. Of the
Yaquis was witheripg fire from the
Maxim and rifle voIley from
concealed fortihcations in dense
thicket The first division retreated
in confusion and was sheltered in the
timber growth along the river. More
than 100 men fell at the first fire
The Democrata then steemed up and
swept the thicket with her machine
guns, but evidently iDe6ectively
Her forward decks were swept and
the protected upper deck peppered
with bullets frop the Maxim Ten
sailors and First Lieut. Rambolo, of
of the army, were killed. The
Democratic drifted for more than a
half mile until bend in the river
sheltered her Late in the afternoon
hill signals showed the waiting com
manders of the first division that the
second detachment bad reached the
nei ghboring heights to the southeast
in it's flank movements
A simultaneous attacked was then
made from the front and flank.
and the Indians retreated The
Maxim gun, disabled and use
less. was brought into Potana
an1 seventy three Indians the official
report states, were found dead
There was no pursuit and the Indians
must have withdrawn in good order
During the first fire of the Yaquis
twenty three Mexican Federals were
driven into the river in a panic and
were drowned The total Mexican
loss was 227. The Democratic has
been sent to Guayamas for repairs
This is the first time the Yaquls have
made use of Notifications
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-02-28
GEN CRoNJE's POSITION PRO
TECTED FROM BRITISH
SHELLS.

Lopdon, Feb 26 Dispatches from
Pasrdeberg show that Gen Cronje's
forces have far more protection from
Field Marshal Lord Roberts heavy Gre
than at first indicated A special dis
patch from Paardeberg, published 10
the second edition Of the Daily Chron-
icle and dated Saturday. Feb "a, says !:
"a balloon has discovered the enemy
we'll covered by system of burroviug
in the river bank which resem bles a
rabbit warren aud affords she'll proof
positions
It will not be much OF surprise if
today or tomorrow which is the acoi-
versary of Majuba hill, will be marked
by the surrender or sonihilation of the
gallant band SO overwhelmingly hem
med 10. though the closeness of the
iovestnent appears open to criticism.
Sna!l bodies of Beers, apparently. are
able to make their escape, causing con-
psrisoo here With the Boer methods Of
Investment. with their quickly dug sar.
rounding treoches. impossible barbed
wire. etc ao5 those of the B.irisb.
Lord Roberts holds a position almost
analogous with that held SO long by
the Beers at Lsdysmi,h As Gen
Crooje is reported to have plenty of
food, the plan of starving him ou. can
scarcely avail. as Lord Roberts must
either wait until bis am muupitiou. which
is said to be short. ,upe out, or those
of Geo Cronje's forces who are coun
selling surrender prevail So iude6-
uite is the information sbat either of
these alternatives may occur at any
moment
Nleanwbile Lord Roberts engineers
are sapping steadily towards the Boer
'asger aud. according to a special from
Paardeberg. dated Sunday. Feb 25. the
Gordon is gradually drawing closer.
Gen Buffers march ou Ladysmith is
beiog marked by sharp fighting. A
Piesermaritzbure dispatch of today's
date says be is still heavily engaged 10
fighting. 10 Goo!e7'e klcof Gen Bul
ler seems to have discovered hornets
pest.
10 Cape Colony the British arms are
steadily advancing.
Barkley East is now ID their pos
session. according to dispatch from
that district, the Beers evacuating the
place. re.reatiug on Ladygrey aud wir-
ing President Steyn for eeoforcem ents
to preven: their surrender.
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A Bright Jeweler.

A gentleman tells the following joke
on a jeweler: 4 young man who was
on the verge Of matrimony went to the
jeweler and bought a ring and left in
structions that in it be engraved the
legend, ''From A to T." which, being
interpreted, meant from Anthony to
Zenobia. TO his astonishment, on call
ing for the ring the next day he found
it engraved like an Egyptian obellsk
and on closer examination found that
the jeweler had put the whole alpha
bet "from A to z" on it,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-02-28
THE GALLANT IRI5HMEN

L3odoo, Feb 7-Tbe Times has
the following from Pietermarlzourg,
dated Friday, Feb %: The Dutl!o
Fus;liers have again distinguished
themselves by volunteering to take
Coolers kloof, which they did. This
gallant battalion, which began the
campaign $50 strong, can today be
said to muster ou parade obly between
100 aud 200 Of its origioal members.
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DEADLY ROAD TO LADYsM1TH

DEhDLl ROAD IL LAO1 OH II
London, Feb 26 -Geu Butler. in a
dispatch frcm Colenso dated Sunday.
Feb 25, reports that the British casual
ties Feb 20 we're l2 killed aud SO
wounded, among the Somersets and
Dorsets. aud that Feb % aud Feb %,
II officers we're wounded.
The wsr of1oe today issued an addi-
tiouai list of the casual.ies sustained by
the Fifth brigade under Gen Butler
Fen % and Feb "a, which ioclude I
officers killed, % wounded aud ] niss
iog.
Gen Buller's death list contains the
names of three lieutenant colonels,
Thackery of the Fret Royal IuniskilI-
ing Fuelliers Stwell. of the Second
Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and Thorold.
of the Royal Weloh Fusiiiers
An additiora list of the British
casualties at Paardeberg. Feb IS, is
announced and gives lieu'enart and
eight men killed, lieutenant and seven
men missing, and 38 men wounded
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The idea tha, the Boers are raising
the siege of Ladysmith is premature.
TIE advance is oeiog pursued in the
face OF me most s;ub5orH opposition.
ard Of heavy loss Preaidenf Kruger's
graadsoa IS among the Beers killed .
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London, Feb q. 4 20 a n-The
Beers are assembling an army near
Bioemfontein, with which to dispute
the invasion of Lord Roberts This
intelligence comes from Pretoria by
way of Lorenzo Marques The com
mandoes are described as "hasten
ing from all quarters of the two re
publics :"
No estimate is made Of their nun
bers, but the withdrawal of the Boere
from most of the places where they
have been in contact with the British
except the district near Ladyemitb,
may raise the resisting force to 80 600
men This figure assumes that the
Beers have between 60 900 and 70,
600 men in the field The gathering
of this army across the path of Lord
Roberts gives significance to Gen
Cropie's steadfast defense He has
engaged the corps of Lord Roberts
for ten days now, and whether he is
relieved OF not. he has given time
for the dispersed Boer factions to get
together and to prepare positions to
receive the British advance when
Cronje is overcome apd Lord Roberts
moves forward
/. is difficult to conceive that the
Beers are strong enough to take the
offensive and to rescue Gen CIonje
from his precar!ous situation.
The war Office has nothing after
midnight to indicate his collapse, and
he may bold out for few days The
correspondents seem to have no ex
act information respecting his re
sources Some say he has plenty of
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sent shells late the headquarters
baggage. close to the hospital, but 40
material damage was done General
Wynre was si:yasiy woaoded
The Beer positions are DOT considered
strong. with the exception of Gobler's
kloof. Tie bills eastward are not so
high aod cannot be intrenched SO veil
as the mountains which the British
have taken The Somersets were the
G.st across the pootcoos oo Wednesday.
They we're subjected TO heavy fire for
FIVE hours 10 ao isolated posl'ioo it
was the 6rs, time they bad been uoder
6re. aud they behaved excelently
Early on Friday severe rife hre
was resumed on the right and 'front.'
from the positions held over night, by
both sides TIE British naval guns.
bowitzsrs, mountain aud field batteries
sbeiIed the Boer trenches ircessantly.
The Beers replied with two heavy guns,
some of their shells bursting over the
hospital. As result the British
wounded we're removed.
During the afternoon the Fifth brig.
ade Inn,skillios aud Dublios leading.
began to advance up the bills ln spite
of the constant sbelliug the Beers stood
up 10 their ,reoohes aiming deliberately
down the hills.
The infantry ADVANCE was further
covered by parties on the right and
left firing volleys. 1t was slow. the
British taking advantage Of every bis
of patural cover The Beers on the
crest of the hills. as we'll as from the
trenches part of the way down. poured
lead along the advancing lioe
At dark the British infantry bad
reached within few hundred yards of
the first line of the Boer trenches.
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Lacdop, Feb 25. 35 m.-Siuce
2 Is O'Clock yesterday afternoon nosb
ing has been received from the scene
of-wbat the Loodon papers call Gen.
eral C1oDje's death struggle. the war
officials announcing at mido'gbt that
they bad nothing to give on. They
stated that they believed it impossible
for Crouje to escape from the grip OF
LORD Roberts
The report circulated 10 Berlin that
Crooje had succeeded in making his
escape, came from the Boer headquar
sers 10 Brussels, where it was stated
that details were still lacking
The Only news from Other parts of
the seat of war received during the
ulghs is a special dispatch from Coleo
SO. uoder date of February "a. stating
.hs: the British 10 spite OF stroog op
position, were advancing slowly ba'
surely. aud driving the Beers from the
kopjes between Grooler's kloof and
Hlane~a
Ladysmitb reports by ael!ograpb 90
Friday that the Beers were .resi!ioe
oortb~ard iu large numbers Mean
while the certaio;y of relief Is so strong
at Durbao that the authorities are
actively preparing train loads OF prori
sions. Iuxusies aud medical comforts
for dispatch 20 the beleaguesed tovo as
soon as communications are reopeued.