The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-06-20

An eight-room house with good
barn for rent. Inquire of DR.. Ly-
man. 45-2t.
Chas. Nelson and Mary Munson, of
the south side of the county, took
out matrimonial permit the first
of last week.
Miss Adah Race entertained the
class of 1906 last Thursday evening,
and an enjoyable evening for the
class was the result.
Hans Freis represented Redwood
Lodge, I. O. O. F. and Enterprise
Encampment at the grand lodge
meeting of the allied orders last
week.
Wayne Phillips, now resident of
Minneapolis, came down last week
to greet his former schoolmates and
spend a season on a farm in this
vicinity.
Judge H. D. Baldwin is preparing
for a return to the haunts of his
childhood in Central New York, and
will start for that region some time
this month.
Mrs. E. ]. and Miss Maud Bunce
were the delegates representing
Crystal Lodge, D. of R., at the an
nual session Of the grand lodge of
that order, in Minneapolis.
Rev. L. F. Badger and family
have taken up their residence at
Mankato, that city being more con-
venient for the territory which con-
stitutes Mr.. Badgers field of opera
tons.
H. G. Moore and family of Monte
yuma, Iowa, spent a few days last
week at Hotel Fountain. Mr..
Moore is associated in bushes with
Frank L. Birkenmeyer, formerly of
this city.
The women's club held a recep-
ton at Mrs. J. B. Robinson's last
Tuesday evening, in honor of Mrs.
j. F. Thompson of Chicago, presi-
dent of one of the prominent wom-
ems clubs of that city and delegate
to the recent biennial convention at
Minneapolis. Mrs. Thompson Wis
tied here at the home of her nephew,
A. c. Miller, and left for her home
in Chicago the day following.
T. M. Quarton received a postal
last Wednesday from his partner,
w. R. Barnes, stating that the latter
had closed the purchase of a 480
acre tract of land in Villas county
Wis, for Fay Shaver, who bought
with the view of converting the
property into sheep ranch. Messrs.
Shaver and Knowlton have been
having good time fishing in Star
Lake and other resorts in that re-
gion.
The Northwestern line has a sink
hole at point between Judson and
Cambria, where one hundred feet
of the track suddenly dropped twen-
ty-fve.. feet. A Waterman noticed
the break and tagged the night
train before it reached the place.
A strange feature of the occurrence
is that only short time before the
track dropped two heavy freight
trains passed over. 1t is believed
that the quicksand that the track
was built on slipped into the Mime
sofa river, which is close by. The
road has a force of men at work
filling the hole, and trains are MAX
ing the circuit on the old track via
St. Peter.
Winthrop News: Ernest, the four
teen year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Holznagel, can thank his
lucky stars for being among the
living to-day and the fact is that he
owes his good fortune to the pres
ence of mind and expert manipula-
ton of the emergency brake by
Engineer johnson on No. Is. On
Tuesday morning as No. 20 was
leaving the railway yard young
Holtznagel had boarded the train
without the train men knowing it,
and when the train reached a GER
tain speed he jumped. Engine No.
Is was coming up the other way
and the boy landed few feet in
front Of. the oncoming engine. Good