The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-02-20

e g. Ferguson, the Morgan wheat.
bnyer, is about to remove to Chat
field, this State
Miss Hollenbeck. q niece Of Mrs.
Till Tibbetts, was the guest Of the
latter last week
The illusions Of youth are no
good. Even the ground hog turns
out to be false prophet.
Bergen reports that the rattle ball
at Delhi last week drew the largest
crowd he has played for the past
season.
Signs of the beginning Of the
lenten season have been apparent
IN the unusual number of social
gatherings the past two weeks.
Articles of incorporation of the
new village Of Seaforth we're fled
on the 18th. The election of the
first village officers will occur on
the second Tuesday Of March.
Ray Tenney and Miss Maggie
5O'Hara were awarded the prizes at
the masquerade last Thursday even
ing. The numbe OF costumes. was
not as large as on previous years.
h The Sanborn Sentinel is authority.
for the statement that Wabasso is
afflicted with another. case Of small
pox. This is unfortunate, but
warmer weather will doubtless
change the aspect Of affairs very
soon.
Another quarter section of How
ard estate lands was sold by j. B.
Robinson & Go. the past week. The
lands were in section ID, township
of Morgan, and William and Gus
5Ziegenhagen paid $50 per. acre for
the tract of raW,prairie.
Mankato has secured a gift Of
$40, 900 from Andrew Carnegie for
a public library building, condi-
toned upon the city guaranteeing
a permanent fund of 81, 900 per year.
to keep the library opened to the.
public. Mankato met the conditions
and also donated site. Congress-
man McCleary was the agent Of the
city in pulling Mr.. Carnegies lower
limbs. Who will volunteer to work
this auriferous lead for the benefit
of Redwood Falls?
Congressman Heatwole recently
secured favorable action on the CON
gressional enactment allowing the.
Indians at the agency to dispose Of
tract Of land near Orth's brick
yards, this side of Morton. The
original owner, an Indian woman,
had disappeared without leaving
heirs, and action by congress was
necessary in order to pass a valid
title. It is probable that the brick
yard people will buy in the tract.
and that the proceeds will be used
to buy an equal amount of land for
the Indians on the prairie where it
will be better available for farm
purposes. I,
Levi Annis was the victim Of
quite a painful accident last Friday.
He was finishing off a load OF hay
and fastening down the binding
pole with the assistance of another
man on the ground, who was pull
ing down. the pole. when it broke
near the middle and spilled Mr.. An
his face forward almost on top of
his assistant. The ground being
frozen hard. the fall would have
been attended with dangerous con-
sequences if Mr.. Annis had not
broken bis fall by catching onto his
companion as he fell. AS is was,
he was quite severely bruised about
the shoulder and back.
The details of a wedding an
nounced in advance recently in
this paper, will be Of interest to
the many friends Of Herb. Birum in
this vicinity. AS told in the Mime
apolis Journal, St. Paul's church in
that city was the scene Of an inter
esting wedding Tuesday afternoon,
when Miss Ella Gibson and Herbert
L. Birum OF Saco, Mont, were mar
ried. The church was frightened
with a pretty decoration of pink