The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-01-17
OVERFLOW LOCALS.

". II. 1uOIupSOH ID VtSlCiHS IL
Kansas and Nebraska, and will be
absent four or five weeks.
The annual ice harvest COM
menced last Thursday, when W. r.
Caswell commenced work on filing
his ice houses. The crop is excep-
tionally good. it being clean and
clear Of snow or shell ice
Rev. F. J. Barackman reports
that his cousin, Miss Mabel Ben
nett, who was one OF the instructors
in the local schools last year, was
married to Mr. Edgar Brown, a
well-to do farmer of Atlanta, Penn
sylvania, on Wednesday, Jan. Sd.
Mr.. and Mrs J A. Schmahl and
Mrs. W. P. Huntington left yester-
day for st. Paul and Minneapolis,
; the former to attend the meeting of
, the Grand Lodge of Masons at st.
, Paul, and the latter two to visit
with friends and relatives in St.
Paul and Minneapolis.
There is some prospect OF Red
wood Falls having a canning fac
tory. All that is necessary is for
the business men of this city to pull
together and give the proper aid to
enterprise. and we will have an in
stitution that will employ from 90
to 100 men during certain portions
of the year.
Biddy has been on his dignity
during the past month and as a re-
suit there has been big advance
in the price of hen fruit. One poul-
try fancier reports that he has over
500 hens. and that they did not lay
on an average of II eggs per day,
another has 80 and got from one to
two eggs per day, and similar stor-
les come from other directions.
: Benson Monitor: The largest
, paper of Christmas week was
THE REDWOOD GAZETTE, which con-
tanned % pages enclosed in an illum
mated cover. The distinctive fea
ture of THE GAZETTE was it's supply
of large and well arranged holiday
advertisements, in which respect it
II surpassed every weekly paper in
the State, that has come to our no
tice.
W. S. Southwick has secured the
position of station agent at Ottawa,
this county. Mr.. Southwick is an
/, old railroad man, having been en-
ploved on the Lake Shore route and
Erie systems before he took up the
9 mercantile business. Last week he
went to Winona and stood the ex
animation required of agents and
operatorswith a marked degree of
!. success.
The Methodist Herald has the
following: The pastor at Redwood
Falls, Rev G. H. Stevenson, is hav-
ing good success in raising the
i money tc pay off the church debt,
getting about $1,000 in the first
: week in January The pastor S
wife, who has been in Asbury hos
: pital about five months. will. it is
expected, be able to 90 home in a
few weeks.
: Alex. Colburn of Fit Nome, Alas
ka. was in the city during the early
portion of last week. He was the
guest of Adam Washburn of New
Avon. Mr.. Colburn owns mining
claim of ten acres at Ft. Nome, and
states that the vicinity where he is
located contains an immense amount
;, of gold Prices are high there like
they are in all mining camps, and he
has seen as high as 81 paid for
three fried eggs Mr. Colburn had
!. about 5000 of gold dust in buck
skin pouch with him.
At the annual meeting of the Sun
down and Willow Lake Creamery
Co A. Tonak was elected President,
NJ. Eichten vice-president, J. I.
Hoiem treasurer, NJ Bredvold sec
rotary, and NJ. Jenniges, Chris.
G Peterson and P. O. Callaghan di-
. rectors The report of Secretary
Bredvold showed that 1850 69j
pounds of milk had been received
during the year, from which l69, Ia
n pounds of butter had been made
and sold for 29,611.53. Of the
: total amount S1,57S.75 was paid tc
Il patrons. IA .26 went to expenses
and SO. OS5 So was paid to patrons
Lyle Barnes. son of Fred. J
Barnes. had a narrow escape from
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