The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-07-11

G. Z. Howard was ID Sacred
Heart last Thursday and Friday
on legal business.
Matt. Wimsey and wife OF Brook
ings, South Dakota, were visiting
with the family Of F. W. Phllbrick
during a portion of last week.
Gus. Theiring came up. from Man
klto last Wednesday morning and
remained over until Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Theiring is visiting at
Bingham Lake.
Mrs. H. P. johnson lost cape
with silk fringe on the streets of
this city on Tuesday of last week.
Finder will kindly leave it at The
GAZETTE office.
Miss Kate Forbush of St. Peter
was visiting with the family OF
Capt. w. P. Huntington during a
portion of last week. Miss Forbush
was enroute home from a visit with
friends in Watertown.
Prof. Charles Deem of the Court.
land schools, was visiting his sisters
in this city during the past week.
Prof. Deem will probably teach in
one of the northern towns of the
State during the coming school year.
H. NJ. Elliott, head clerk in
Holmes Cash Store, was called to
Minneapolis very suddenly last
Thursday by a telegram announcing
that his mother had been seriously
injured in an accident in that city,
in which she sustained fracture of
one arm and one leg.
The Northwestern ran a special
excursion train to Maplewood Park,
Waseca, last Sunday. The train
left Tracy at clock in the morn
ing and trains from Vesta, Redwood
Falls and Mankato joined the spec
ial, the Redwood branch train leav-
ing here at 7:15. The rate from
Redwood Falls was $3.50 The at
tendance from here was not large.
The last issue of the Morton En-
terprise kicks at the Redwood base
ball team for not playing the game
of ball in the rain last Wednesday
afternoon. It admits that Redwood
had a little the best of it at the end
of the first inning, when the rain
commenced falling, but says that
the Redwood team refused to play
after the rain stopped, and also
that it refused to divide the gate
receipts. The Enterprise is strong
on ''kicking."
John Frank of Chaska, formerly
of this city, was in town for a few
days last week. Mr.. Frank owns
the premises now occupied by Mar
tin Lohrenz, on the southeast corner
of Second and Mill Streets, and
while here was negotiating with.
Mr. Lohrenz for the sale of the same.
1t is Mr.. Lohrenz's idea, in case he
purchases the corner, to tear down
the old frame building now standing
there and erecting in its stead a
handsome two story brick block.
The Redwood Falls and Beaver
Falls base ball clubs played an in
teresting game Of ball at the fair
grounds park on Tuesday afternoon
of last week. The score stood Z to
6 in favor of the Redwood team, at
the close of nine innings, and the
large crowd that witnessed the
game were unanimous in saying
that it was one of the best they had
ever seen. A third game, between
the Morton and Redwood Falls team,
was booked for Wednesday, but at
the close of the first inning rain set
in and put stop to the contest.
Last Wednesday was a great day
for the refreshment dispensaries.
The soda. water and lemonade stands
did land Office business, while the
ice cream soda and ice cream stands
ran out of the frozen stuff about the
middle of the cafternoon, and Por-
ter's ice cream factory could not fill
further orders. The saloons we're
crowded all day long, and all of
them did a great beer business.
Notwithstanding the latter fact,
there was no drunkenness on the
streets, and during the three days
of the big show there was not a
fight, street brawl or arrest.
President Tompkins of the Red
wood County Republican League
has made the following appoint