The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-03-14


John Lunn left for Sleepy Eye
and Mankato last Saturday.
Miss Ada Westfallis now teaching
school at Franklin, filling the unex-
pired term of teacher who has
resigned.
Mrs. Emil F. Lenh of Morton
spent Thursday and Friday of last
week with her mother, Mrs. Carrie
Waters of this city.
John P. Cooper last week disposed
of a bunch Of unfatted half blood
Polled Aberdeen Angus yearlings,
receiving $37 per head for the same.
Mrs. L. H. Francois entertained
quite number of the lady friends
of Mrs. w. H. Knowlton at her home
on Fourth Street, last Saturday
evening, as a farewell testimonial
to Mrs. hnOWltOn.
Henry Charter was surprised by
a number of his friends on Tuesday
evening Of last week. The evening
was spent in very pleasant man
ner and at late hour supper was
served. The surprise was com
plete, as Henry had gone to the
home Of some neighbor to get them
to return with him and spend the
evening in playing crokinole. A
good time was enjoyed by ALL
Some one criminally violated the
postal laws by sending Martin
Lohrenz, the saloon keeper on the
corner Of Second and Mill streets, a
package containing peculiar kind
of an Internal machine, on Thurs
day of last week. Postmaster
Hughes is doing some detective
work, in connection with the pack
age, while Mr.. Lohrenz is excep-
tionally bitter in his denunciation of
the people who sent HIM the pack
age. He threatens to administer
additional punishment to that which
Uncle Sam will mete out, in case he
can find the guilty parties.
Echo Enterprise: Aune & Thune.
the clothiers of Redwood Falls and
Echo, belive in expansion and have
made arrangements to open another
store at Dawson OF which A. T.
Clifgard of this place will be the
manager, while A. A. Clifgard will
have charge of the store at this
place. For a great many years this
firm have been known as the leading
clothiers and gents turnishers on
the St. Louis road between Mime
apolis and Watertown, and their
long experience in the business and
ample capital has enabled them to
compete successfully with the large
establishments of the cities.
Fred Woodward, of Sioux Agency,
sold Polled Angus bull last week to
Duncan McCorquodale, and Joseph
Tyson, of Redwood Falls, sold a
full-blood bull of the same breed to
Geo. E. Olds and also one to Mr..
Woodward.
AS result of the death of Repre-
sentative Harmer of Pennsylvania,
Representative McCleary will be-
come chairman of the committee on
library. This committee is one of
the most deirable of the smaller
committees. With the correspond
ing committee in the senate it has
jurisdiction over the congressional
library and all Legislation providing
for the adOrnmentS of public build
ings and parks in this city. On
account of the illness of Mr.. Hammer
since the beginning of the session
Mr.. McCleary has performed the
duties Of chairman. He has long
had a desire for membership on the
committee, and the assignment by
Speaker Henderson was very
agreeable to him. This chairman
ship, with membership on the COM
mittee on appropriations, makes the
Mankato member one of the most
fortunate of the Minnesota delega-
ton. Mr.. McCleary will accompany
the remains of the late Mr.. Harmer
to Philadelphia on Friday.
Word was received here last
Friday afternoon to the effect that
Thos. Finn, now of Craggincoft
College, Duluth, a son of Mrs. Mary
L. Finn of this city, had been quite
seriously burned while in the