The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-05-13

Mrs. Alex. Williams of Willmar
is visiting her parents, Frank
Isham and wife.
Attorney J. H. Bowers leaves for
St. Paul this morning to argue a
case before the supreme court.
The Ed. Andrews Opera Co., the
finest on the road, will be at the
opera house Friday evening, May
I'D. Get your tickets early.
There was big rush for the res
ervation of seats for the During
Swedish Ladies quintette appear
ance at the opera house tomorrow
evening, when the sale of seats
opened at Pease's hardware store
last Friday morning. There are a
few more seats left and if you want
to hear one of the best quintettes of
lady vocalists on the road, you will
have to hurry to get your seats re-
served. The whole house will prac-
tically be reserved for the occasion.
Messrs. Posi-, Cain and Garlic,
committee from the board of county
commissioners, met at SanbOrn yes
terday afternoon for the purpose of
awarding the contract for construct
ing a bridge across the Cotton wood
river between sections 20 and 30.
just west of that village. The con
tract will call for the erection of a
single span 80 feet in length, and
for two approaches, one 81 feet in
length and one a feet in length.
The award was made after this
paper went to press. The work of
building the bridge will commence
as soon after the successful bidder
can get the material on the ground.
New Ulm S electric light war has
been brought to an end, the council
having purchased a portion of the
plant of the New Ulm electric light
company, a private corporation that
has been doing business in that
city for some years. The consider
alton was s., 500 and the purchase
includes the poles and wiring This
leaves the city in possession of the
field and the municipal plant erect
ed year ago will supply the de-
mand for light. The fight in New
Ulm was fiecre in It's character and
the price per 1000 watts was re-
duced TO eight cents and neither
the city nor the private concern
could long afford to furnish lighting
SO cheaply. Tuesday night the
city council agreed to make the
purchase stated above. negotiations
having been on for some weeks. In
all probability the price of lighting
in New Ulm will now be advanced
to 125 cents per 1000 watts.
The sixteenth anniversary ofRed-
wood Falls lodge No. AZ, knights of
Pythias, was held. in the hall last
evening, the exercise including the
comforting Of the ranks on several |
candidates, a luncheon, and after
wards a series of toasts, with G. F. |
Apitz, chancellor commander, pre-
siding. Col. Albert Mcclure Welles,
the first vice-chancellor, gave some
reminiscen ;es, G. T. Howard spoke
on the virtues of the order, I. n.
Tompkins on the Pythian Cate
chism, James Robertson, grand
chancellor Of the state, on "Our
Order" and F. c. Wheaton, grand
keeper of records and seals, on
Fraternity The lodge was in
stituted on May 10, 1887, the late
Clarence T. Ward being the first
chancellor commander, and who,
with Col. Welles and W. P. Chris
tenson, the first past chancellor,
are given the credit of being the
founders of the lodge. The souve-
Mrs for the anniversary were neat
ly gotten up.
Morton Enterprise: Died at the
reservation south of Morton April
30, Louis Walker, aged 60 years.
The deceased was born in Mime
sofa and at an early age was one of
the four selected by Bishop Whip
pie from among the Sioux of Mime
sofa to be educated at Faribault, |
where he attended school twoyears.
At the outbreak he left school and |
took service with Gen. Sibley and |