The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-01-13

messed the performance Of Ben Hur
at the Metropolitan opera house,
Minneapolis, last Friday evening.
w. B. King, who formerly resid
ed in Redwood Falls, but later at
Mt. Morris, ILL.,, where he was own
er of the electric lighting plant OF
that town, has closed out the latter
and gone to Rockford, H., where
his family are residing in Sherwood
Court.
The officers of the different fair
associations making up the Mime
sofa Valley circuit will meet in St.
Paul or Minneapolis to-day for the
purpose OF deciding upon dates for
the various county fairs for 1904.
George L. Evans. secretary of the
circuit, will also be the representa-
tive of the Redwood county asso-
citation.
Earle Jones went to Minneapolis
last Thursday for the purpose of
securing his painting effects, which
he left when he received a telegram
announcing the death OF his father.
Earle will reside in Redwood Falls
for an indefinite period, and will
work at the painting and decorat-
| ing business, in which he has
achieved signal success in Mime
apolis.
The Northwestern railway coal
chutes at Tracy were destroyed by
fire at IL o'clock last Wednesday
evening, the fire originating by an
employee filling lighted kerosene
torch, which was overturned and
the burning 'oil quickly communi-
Gated to the woodwork. It only re-
CURED few minutes to destroy the
chutes, the valne of which was in
the neighborhood of $15, 900.
Returns on victims of the Iro-
quois theatre fire at Chicago are
commencing to come in. James
Schneider, for three years athletic
instructor at the New Ulm Turnve-
rein, was SO badly injured that he
died, and Mrs. Anna Wing of New
Ulm lost two of her nieces in the
disaster. DR.. Schoch, well-known
| here, was present when the fire
commenced, but escaped.
A letter received from A. B.
Truesdell, residing in southern
California, conveys the information
that he is employed on alarge lemon
ranch near San Diego, and that the
crop for this year will be a good
one. Mr.. Truesdell states that
only short time ago Mrs. Rihel-
daffer and two daughters of St.
Paul spent few days at the ranch,
which is owned by a former ST.
| Paulite.
FL. r. Draper, postmaster at Yes
ia, was in the city last Thursday
afternoon, and reported that while
the Vesta Bright Eyes had missed
one issue the publishers were get
ting out an edition for the elapsed
week with the view of continuing
the legality of the paper. Several
interests are involved in the plant.
and an attempt is being made to
close it out for what it will bring
and thenidivide the money derived
from the sale among the creditors.
The mid winter examinations for
entrance to the high schools will be
held on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, Jan. 20, 21st, and 22d. On
Wednesday, commencing at 1:15,
the examination will be in United
States history; on Thursday at a.
m. the examination will be in geog-
raphy and at 1:15 in the afternoon
Ia English grammar, and on Friday
afternoon commencing at lis the
examination will be in arithmetic.
All who wish to take these examina-
tons willsplease present themselves
at the time fspecified. The second
semesterEbegins on Monday, Jan.
18th. Alllchildren who enter the
primary room should be sent to
Miss Koch at the Adventist church
on Tuesday morning, Jan. Goth.
1t ARTHUR j. JONES, Supt.
A joint installation OF officers of
AntiquitylLodge No. 81, A. f. & A.
M. and Of Charity Chapter No. 80,
| %. e. s.. occurred Pat the Masonic