The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-10-28

E. w. Marchant, the village barber,
in Morgan last Wednesday.
Rev. A. o. Aasen and family drove to
Cottonwood on Saturday, where Mr..
Aasen conducted services on Sunday.
Mrs. John Martin has just completed
the erection of an addition to her barn
on the farm north of town, the addition
costing in the neighborhood of $500 or
$780,
G. G. Schulz, assistant superintend-
ent of public instruction, passed through
here Saturday afternoon. en- route for
Clarkfield, where he addressed meet
ing of Yellow Medicine county teach
ers. He returned to st. Paul Sunday
morning.
Threshing in this vicinity is about
.one-half done Owners of machines
complain of the difficulty of keeping
sgoodsmen in their employ, the help not
taking very kindly to the chilly wealth
er, and the hours they are obliged to
put in in order to make threshing prof
liable. Some machine owners are
simply paying premium to keep their
help,
. The creamery is now taking in cream
and milk every other day. The insti-
tuition will be open during the winter.
Mr.. Barnes. who has been the butter
maker, being unwilling to remain for
the winter on a reduced salary, will
probably cease his connection with the
company to-day. and he is expected to
be succeeded by young man from
Buffalo Center, Iowa.
That the business men of Belview
are enterprising is shown in the fact
that during the past week they raised
over 800 for the betterment of roads
leading into the village During the
rainy season these reads were fierce"
to behold and worse to travel over, and
in order to place them in a favorable
condition this money was raised and
is now being expended on the princi-
pal thoroughfares.
Henry o. Johnston and bride, the
latter formerly Miss Helen Hillig of
Morgan, reached home on the st. Louis
train last Friday evening. They were
met at the depot by a number of Bel
view people, who gave them copiOus
rice shower. The couple are at present
residing at Hotel Thorsten, and will
remain there until they find residence
quarters. They were married at Nor
gan on Wednesday, and the wedding
! was the occasion for big show of the
popularity in which the young couple
are held by Morgan people.
Mrs. r. s. Patchen is expected home
this week from the bedside of her
mother, who was stricken with paraly-
sis two months ago, since which time
Mrs. Patchen has been attending her.
| Speaking of the fire at Redwood
Fails Editor Tuttle of the Independent
who visited the scene Thursday after
noon. says: AS one gazed on the smok-
ing ruins and saw the charred fronts
across the street, heard from eye wit
nesses an account of the fearful fire
that ragged and of the wild fam es that
eagerly sought to envelop everything
in range it caused one to feel like say
ing "hurrah for the fire department of
Redwood Falls" for they certainly did
valiant work. . The Gazette with
it's usual enterprise, issued an extra
early yesterday forenoon. giving all the
details of the fire. In common
with all of our people. we feel the deep
est sympathy with those who in a few
short hours have seen the results Of
years of hard work 60 up in smoke and
trust that they may be able to rise from
the ruins phoenix like and thus recoul
in measure their losses, and feel thai
if energy, perseverance and determine
ton can accomplish this result it viii
, be done.
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