The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-03-15

j George King has returned from his
studies at the Curtiss Business college,
Minneapolis.
III. Cain, representing the New York
Mutual Life Insurance Co.. the best
life insurance company in the United
States, having the largest assets, and
showing the largest amount of bust
ness, is canyassing the town in the
interests of his company, and while
the hard times generally hit the life
insurance business first, Mr.. Cain is
lnsuring large number of citizens.
Chairman Fred Gley, of the Demo-
cratic county committee, will soon
tender his resignation as such official.
His reason, he says, is that business
will not permit him to hold the Office.
But it is understood that Mr.. Gley
is tired of the Democratic party,
which has caused such a panic and
financial depression, and that he
thinks that in great measure this is
due to the quarreling between North
ern and Southern Democrats, the
Southern fellows wanting the earth.
A. NJ. Welles, night editor of the
Minneapolis Tribune, tarried in our
city for few hours last Friday morn
ing, coming over from Tracy. Mr..
Welles is preparing an elaborate arti-
Gle on the comforts and luxuries of
nights ride in a chair car between
Minneapolis and Tracy with it's chang
es of thermometers, the knocking
around at Kasota, the conductors
gentle punch for ticket, etc., sand
wiched in for spice. The article will
be used in a souvenir that the Omaha
is about to give to the public.
A neat piece of parchment, printed
in the government printing Office style,
with gold seal and blue ribbon,
and bearing the signature of Grover
Cleveland, as President of the United
States, was received by Dallas E.
Laird last Saturday evening. 1t was
that gentleman's commission as post
master at Redwood Falls, and was
made out as soon as his bond in the
sum of $4,000 had been approved.
W. S. Mckay drew his salary as post
master for the last time under the Har-
rison appointment last Monday night,
turning the Office over to Mr.. Laird,
who commenced the active duties of
postmaster on Tuesday morning. His
brother, Harry Laird, has been ap-
pointed assistant postmaster.
St. Peter Tribune: The discovery
of coal near Redwood Falls is not a
new thing as many suppose. Col.
Sam McPhaill, the founder of the
place, brought down bushel of the
article as long ago as 1868, and exhib-
tied the specimens of his gathering to
parties in St. Peter. A half peck
was left at the St. Peter Advertiser
office and was on exhibition more than
year. The Col. always had implicit
faith in the existence of coal near Red
wood, although many thought it a
trick to create boom. The fact that
coal does exist in the region named,
simply fortifies the Coils prediction
made in early days: Goal exists in
Redwood county; the development of
the mines is only question of time"
This week we visited Redwood
Falls for the first time since 1875"
says Editor Tuttle, in the Echo Enter
prise. Eve were not altogether sur
prised at the Improvements made
since then, for we had heard consider
able about the way that town bad
been growing, still we were scarcely
able to locate some of the old land
marks. We dropped in on Aiken &
Schmahl, of the GAZETTE, and found
them crowded with business. At the
Reveille Office we failed to find Bro.
Hughes in. Redwood Falls is one of
the progressive towns of the Mimi
esota valley and one who was there in
grssshopper times and not since till
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west grows. Rows of solid brick
buildings have taken the place of old
wooden ones, and with the addition of
electric lights the town will present a
metropolitan appearance. Water
works they now have with some three
or four miles of main. Redwood is a
good town and its citizens don't seem
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