The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-05-31

| few days last week in this city,
tie former attendingto various bus
mess matters.
H. M. Hitchcock left for st. Paul
early last week and spent several
days attending the meeting of the
state board of optometry, OF which
he is president.
The case of F. W. Zaske vs.. Nor
gan village, for running the sew
age OF that village on Mr.. Zaske S
land, has been settled by Zaske re-
ceiving and accepting $500 for the
privilege.
Mayor Lines and wife left last
Thursday for Portland, Oregon, in
tending to stop off at various points
while en- route. They will be alb
sent until July 1st, and during most
of that time they will take in the
sights of the Lewis and Clark expo
sition.
Among the graduates of the FIVE
years advanced course of the Man
kato normal school this year is the
name of Matthias n. Olson of
Swedes Forest township. No 9th
er Redwood county name appears
on the list of the rs graduates OF
that school this year.
George M. Browne writes from
his new home in Payette, Idaho,
to the effect that he likes that Sec
ton very much. 1T is a No.
stock, fruit and farming country.
The land is under irrigation and
yields enormous crops of alfalfa,
grain, vegetables and fruit of all
kinds. We are 1900 feet above the
level of the sea.
A letter from Mrs. G.. R. Thiering
asks to have THE GAZETTE trans
ferred to their new address at 314
Shannon avenue, Spokane. Wash
ington, from Lewiston, Idaho, their
former home. Mrs. Thiering adds
that Gus. is at Nelson, British Co.
lumbia, where he is managing an
Office for I. G. Major & Co., brokers
of Spokane, Washington. Mrs.
Theiring and children will reside
in Spokane until fall, when they
will join Gus. at Nelson.
Saltwater Gazette: Ray French,
son of Captain French of the prison
night watch, who was one of the
boys seriously injured in the col
lapse and burning of part of the
bridge last fall, is improving. Re-
Gently he was able to get out of bed
unassisted altho he is not able to
stand upon his feet. His father had
him out driving last Thursday and
takes him out d ally. He looks
cheerful and feels that he is grow
ing better all the time. Hopes are
entertained that he will be able to
walk in the near future.
The board of education met last
Wednesday evening and entered in
to formal ontracts with Nelson &
Co. and D. E. Mortified for the
construction of the new high school
and the heating, ventilation and
plumbing of the same. Mr.. Nelson
was present and announced that be
would commence work on the exca-
walton this morning. He also said
that his bid was so low that with
the recent increase in the cost of
certain lumber he did not expect to
make cent on the contract. r. D..
Church was allowed $500 architect S
fees. The board expects to take up
the only outstanding bonds of $10,-
600 when it disposes of the new
$23, 900 Issue, leaving the latter
amount as the total Indebtedness of
this school district.
The marriage of Hon. ED. French
of this city to Mrs. Jennie L. Pierce
of Rochester, this state, was quietly
solemnized at the Presbyterian
manse in Grand Forks, n. D., on
Tuesday, May 23d. The couple are
spending several days at Hotel Tee
peetonka, Green Lake, with Mr..
French's daughter, Mrs. E. A. Ly-
man, Jr., and her husband. At the
end of the honeymoon at the lake
the couple will come to Redwood
Falls and will make arrangements
for the shipment of all the French
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