The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-11-20

80 last week S issue Of The g
zETTE it was stated that Rev. H.
Goodacre had been holding meetings
/ in the Congre ational church at La
fayette, IND. This should read the
Christian church Of that place.
] Fl. M Hitchcock returned last
Saturday from a meeting Of the
State Board Of Optometry at st.
Paul--the first meeting of the board
since that portion of the law which
requires all opticians in the State
to take out a license before Nov. 1st
went into effect There were $50
applications made to the board,
most OF which were granted. The
others we're held up for further IN
vestigation
Last Thursday George Z. Evans
completed the papers in A applica-
tions for annuity under the grant
made by Congress to the members
OF certain tribes of New York In
dams, in lieu Of the United States.
having taken lands in Kansas be
longing to them. Mr.. Evans still
. had five or six more applications
to make out. They will be made
out aud filed before Dec. 1st, when
, all applications must be in the hands
fI5of the COMMISSIONS Of Indian affairs.
Mr.. Evans states that there are
quite a number Of the members of
! this band residing in and around
Long Prairie.
Charles F. Craig, the impersona-
tor, who is to appear herein Shore
Acres on the night of Tuesday,
Nov. 10Th, possesses the power of
presenting a play in such a perfect
and life-like manner as to make his.
audience fairly pinch themselves to
make certain that they are not
dreaming The lines of each play
are impersonated with marvellous
limitation of voice, tones and man
nerisms of the various characters
as the pictures are thrown upon the
screen. The coming of the picture
/ play is certainly to be heralded as a
| triumph in the art of entertaining.
| 1t is one Of the newest and most
delightful forms of entertainment
| One of the big novelties in Min
{strelsy this season and leading
| feature with Mahara's Minstrels is
/ the appearance in the first part Of
EIGHT handsomely costumed lady
vocalists. This double quartette of
| ladies are graduates Oh the famous
Dunayin Musical College, where all
| the high grade colored musicians
are educated. It is an acknowl-
lodged fact that singing features of
this OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES favorably
| z
with the fnestop companies in
existence and surpass in excellence
of harmony all Cso-called Minstrel
voealists. It has always been the
endeayor Of Mahara Brothers to ex-
Gel in singing features, and these
ladies, aided by 20 male voices in
grand chorus certainly prove that
the management has struck the kew
note tosuccess, and also invigorates
the life OF minstrelsy.
An alarm of fire was given about
9:30 o clock last Wednesday even
ing, when some passer-by observed
that there was something burning
lin the cellar Yunder the Redwood
Falls Steam Laundry. The alarm
was promptly responded to, and
tafter.the doors were forced open it
was found that "a large amount Of
paper around the boiler was burn
ing and that the fire had reached
the floor joists sand braces, which
were burning quite freely. A
stream of water was turned on in
few minutes, and the sfames were
quickl y extin guished. Had the
I fire been,discovered few minutes
later the building would have been
destroyed. Mr.. Young the pro-
prietor Of the laundry; estimates
that his loss, principally in betting,
is s75, The loss to the building is.
about $25 or. $50.
The jury in the case of Archie
Mlzilloy, Percy ISimning and Alex
ander Sinclair, indicted for grand
larceny in the first degree in con