The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-09-02
A baby boy was born to Mr.. and

A baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. j ohm Schaefer on Wednesday
evening Of last week.
W. H. Garrett and wife of Roches-
ter, uncle and aunt of Mrs. John p.
Cooper, are visiting with the latter.
Mrs. Dollie Mortimer left Thurs
day for ST. Paul for tn purpose of
making her fall and winter MILL
merry purchases.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Houck, Miss
Edna Houck, and Mrs. J. R. Lark
ard of kingfisher, Oklahoma, are
guests at the VIM farm.
Miss Bessie Bowers will leave
the latter part OF this week for Min
neapoliS, where she will resume
her studies at the university.
The public schools will open for
the fall term next Monday, when
the class promotions will occur.
First termers should not appear be-
fore Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert A. Melges
entertained number of young peo-
pie Thursday evening, in honor OF
the visit here of Miss Emma Melges
of New Ulm.
The Misses McNair of Winneba-
go, ILL.,, who have been visiting
with their sister, Mrs A. D. Stew
art of Redwood Falls township, re-
turn this week to their home.
O. B. Turrell is in North Dakota
and expects to remain there until
after the hay-fever season quits
Minnesota. He writes that he is
free from the trouble in that state.
Mrs. Case NJ. Allen left for Sea-
forth last Friday morning, and af-
ter spending week at that place
with her husband, she will 90 to
| Chatfield, where she will continue
her work as musical instructor in
the schools of that place.
The weather during portion of
last week was very disagreeable.
Commencing with Wednesday morn
gin drilling rain set in, this con-
tinued at intervals, for two or more
days. Threshing was suspended,
and the helpers came to town to
await favorable weather.
Gov. VanSant has proclaimed
next Monday as Labor Day, and in
order to set good example he will
come to Redwood Falls Sunday
evening and put in Monday labor
ing for the success of the county
fair. You had better come and help
him.
! The chicken season opened yes
terday, but the hunters moved out
onto the preserves the night before,
with the view of being on the ground
with the first break of day, and
having an all day S time chasing
the chickens. 1t is believed that
some of the hunting parties will
have made big returns when they
came in last night, as the crop of
chickens has not been better for a
number of years than it is this year
Hunters say, also, that Redwood
ought to be good county for ducks
this fall, as every low place and old
time slough is filled with water.
The work of grading for the &C.
ment sidewalk along Grove street,
in Crouley's addition, was com
menced last week. The cement
walks on Wyoming street, which
have voluntarily been put in by the
property owners, are all completed
and as soon as the so days notice to
the other property holders will have
expired the other walks will be laid
by the city, and the expense charg-
ed up to the AUDITING property. At
the next meeting of the council the
proposition to extend cement walks
on two other streets will be consid-
cred, and one eight-foot walk is al
most certain to be ordered.
After a close investigation of the
affairs of the Farmers and Merch-
ants bank of Montgomery, this
state, in which George S. Brainerd
was interested before his defalca-
ton, and before he left for parts un-
known, those interested are pleased
to learn that the case is not as bad
as they had anticipated. During