The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-04-18

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Chat6eld on Tuesday evening 81
last week.
Frank Pratt Of Waterville.,s !
brother Of Ed. Pratt of this civ,
was visiting with the latter, during
a portion of last week. I
Supt. Parkhill reports that appii.
cations have already been made for
about Is water services, to be put
in during the coming summer.
Paul R. Mccoy came up from
Minneapolis last Thursday after.
noon and spent a couple OF days at.
tending to business and visiting
with the family of Mayor Smith in
this city.
During the past week 40 instru.
men,s of all kinds were placed on
record with the register of deeds.
OF the number II were warranty
deeds, 10 were mortgages, seven
were satisfactions and the remain
der were miscellaneous.
E. A. Lyman, ST., returned from
his proposed trip to Galveston, Tex
as, last Friday morning. Mr.. Ly-
man states that he found everything
in the south under water, and had
no desire to travel in boats, and
consequently returned home.
Rudolph Hoppenrath of Kintire
township was III town Friday. He
stated that he had finished seeding
his tract OF 100 acres that morning,
80 acres being with wheat, and the
balance with barley and oats. He
reports that nearly all of the farm
ers in that neighborhood were cor
respondingly as far along as be
was.
John Street and wife of LANDER
ton, the former cashier of the Citi-
zens State Bank, were in the city
last Friday, having driven over
from Lamberton in the morning,
and returning in the afternoon.
Mr.. Street said that seeding was
we'll advanced through all of the
country he passed through between
Lamberton and this point.
Adolph Knuepple Of Sherman
accused of wife beating, was dis
charged from custody late last
Tuesday afternoon, after paying the
costs of his arrest, amounting to
$24. 60, Mr.. Knuepple's wife did
not appear to testify against him
when the case was called, aud it
was believed that she would refuse.
Just as the case was dismissed Dep
uty Sheriff Mclean appeared with
her, and she expressed her willing
ness to testify, but it was too late
Mr.. Knuepple has been obliged to
pay his attorney, doctor S fees, ETC.,
and the wife-beating Will cost him a
whole lot<of money.
Gustav Drews of Gibbon was in
town last Friday, en- route home
from Seaforth, going over the North
western, via New Ulm. Mr.. Drews
is the gentleman who is preparing
to erect a $13, 600 hotel in Seaforth.
He has awarded the contract for the
hotel to Springfield contractor.
Mr.. Drews is to do the excavating,
furnish the rock for the foundation
and the sand for the remainder OF
the building, and the contractor is
to do all other work for 81, 400. He
will arrive here to day, with several
men and teams, preparatory to com
mencing the work of excavating.
The contract calls for the compile.
ton of the structure by Sept 1st
The hotel will have d magnificent
office, while the bar room will also
be in line with the hotel. Seafortf
people are naturally jubilant owe,
this proposition, as it will give then
the only first class hotel on the line
of the Minnesota Il Iowa division O
the Northwestern.
| C. H. Hopkins of Fairfax, secre
tary of the Fort Ridglev Nationa
Park and Historical association
was in the city last Thursday, ant
while here promoted the Interests
of the association, with the view 0
having public meeting Of citizens
later, to be addressed by we'll
known speakers, and then have th
citizens resolve to Congress in favo
of passing the bill recently intro
, duced into Congress, making For
, Ridgley a National Park. A pro