The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-08-22

Mrs. w. d. Lines gave an At
Home" to quite a large number OF
friends from three to six o'clock
Friday afternoon. Light refresh
ments were served.
Jacob Regan OF Minneapolis, son
of one of the well-known bakers and
caterers of that city, is visiting the
members Of the Vim family at
Pleasant Grove farm.
Miss Anna Railson Of Willmar,
]: daughter of A. Railson, who, at one
time was receiver of public moneys
at this place, arrived here Monday
on visit with the family Of D. L.
Bigham.
Mrs. Henry Lyss received a tele-
gram on Tuesday Of last week from
Madison, Wis, announcing the
death Of her aged mother at that
place. Mrs. Lyss left on the after
noon Northwestern to be present
at the funeral.
Newell Bosworth, the clever
young salesman in G. Fred Thomp-
son s hardware store for a year or
more past, left for his home in
Mooers, New York, last week, with
the intention of residing there in
the future.
A. H. Anderson accompanied DR..
and Mrs. G.. r. Pease on their trip
to Colorado aud New Mexico, the
party not leaving until Tuesday
afternoon of last week. Mrs. An
derson will remain in this county
for some time before joining her
husband.
H. H. Leavitt, now residing at
Lake Crystal, but formerly of North
Hero township: this county, and a
commissioner from the First dis
trict, says that he expects to make
Redwood county visit in the near
future and fish for bass in the big
lake at Redwood Falls.
The city council held a special
meeting on Tuesday evening of last
week and granted permission to
Messrs. Barnes Bros. to occupy
Washington avenue, in front of their
livery stable, while they are en-
gagged in the work of raising the
stable and putting new foundation
under the same.
The VanDusen elevator at San
born was struck by lightning on
Friday, Aug. 10th. The bolt en-
tered the peak of the south gable of
the cupola, passing through the
roof and then going downward on a
timber about ten feet. The timber
was badly splintered. The buyer,
]. B. Morrison, was badly shocked
by the bolt.
The Redwood Falls high school
receives 500 this year by rea-
son of it being a school Of the
third class. The legislature in
tended that each school of this class
should receive $500, but failed to
appropriate money enough to cover
all the schools and this class was
cut down to 500. This is $500
more than the same class of schools
received last year
In his preliminary Of the Redwood
Falls-New Ulm base ball game
played at New Ulm on July 18th
the local reporter Of the New Ulm
Review says: With nine men who
can play ball at any stage of the
game the Hauensteins went down to
defeat Sunday afternoon at the
hands of Redwood Falls, with team
which is said to have played only
two games this season. The fact of
the matter is the boys did not
get into the game until it was lost
The hard luck story will no longer
go, there being not the slightest
shadow of excuse for the extremely
yellow game put up Sunday. It
cannot be ascribed to the weather
or the state of the grounds, for the
Redwood team labored under the
same difficulty.
Application was made some time
ago to ]. G. Michaels, superintend-
ent of this division of the Western
Union Telegraph Co., asking him to
locate commercial telegraph office
down town. A reply was received
last Thursday, declining the appli-
cation. The superinten dent stated
in his letter that the company was
about to give the neOnle Of this citv