The Redwood gazette., 1902-07-16

Lucian Payne was the guest Of
John McCurdy at St. Peter over
the Fourth.
Mrs. R. A. Turrell spent a por-
ton OF last week with her husband
in St. Paul.
Miss Julia Tenney is visitil 8
relatives and friends in Lake City,
and will be absent from Redwood
Falls for some time
Beaver Falls residents still have
hopes OF the Gulf & Manitoba rail
road being completed. The latest
report is the tune-''negotiating
with eastern capitalists.
A Photographic brooch, contain
ing the portrait of some young lady
was picked up on the corner of
Second and Mill streets on the
morning of July 9TH. 1t is at this
office.
The front of Henry Schleuder S
jewelry store has been given coat
of aluminium paint during the past
week, and the white brick have
been painted red and striped, ad-
ding greatly to the appearance Of
the building.
A large crowd from here took ad-
vantage of the Minneapolis & St.
Louis cheap rate of sl.50 round trip
to 90 to Watertown last Thursday,
and witness the exhibition of the
Ringling Bros. circus, the train
leaving Redwood at 6:54 in the
morning. Those who took in the
big show pronounce it one of the
finest ever witnessed by them,
while the street parade was consid-
cred enormous and spectacular in
every extreme.
Andrew Birum, who is in St.
Paul, taking a course of treatment
in osteopathy, writes to Major Pow
ell that be is receiving great deal
of benefit from the treatment. When
he left here he was unable to walk
up and down stairs without assist
ance. He now writes that be can
traverse most any stair route with
out feeling the effects of the climb
or descent. His says that his ply
sician recommends the treatment
for month or more longer.
The restaurant conducted at Nor
ton by Ellis Hanks was completely
destroyed by fire at l:3O on the
morning Of July 7th, and the family
barely escaped from the second
story. ln attempting to rescue
some clothing from the fire Hanks
was seriously burned about the
face and body, and now lies in a
critical condition. Richard New
man, a merchant, was badly cut by
broken glass and suffered from loss
of blood, but his case was not con-
sidered serious. Little or no in
surance was carried.
Peter Helm OF Chicago. represent
ing the Schuman Piano Co., arrived
here on Wednesday of last week to
open the sale of the Schuman plan
os. which he has been advertising.
A moment or two after his arri-
val in Red wood Falls he received a
telegram stating that owing to the
strike of the freight men in Chicago
yards it would be impossible to get
the pianos loaded there until that
day, and hence Mr. Helm was
obliged to postpone the opening sale
day until last Saturday. The Schu-
mann piano is backed by tenvear
guarantee OF the company. and is
sold at greatly reduced prices.
The Fairfax Standard says that
G. H. Hopkins added another his
torical trophy to his large collec-
ton Of Fort Rjdgley relics recently
1t is the piece of the jaw bone and
three teeth Of one Michael Murnan,
who was killed at the seige of Fort
Ridgley in August, 1862, He was
seen on the hill south of the fort by
the beseiged, and mistaken for an
Indian. a piece of artillery was
trained on him and fred, shattering .
his head. This piece of Jaw bone