The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-03-08


r. A. Turrell has been on the sick
list during the past week.
G.. G. Peck has sold his famous trot-
ter, Iona S., to St. Peter admirer of
horse flesh, receiving a good price for
the mare.
G.. Halves, of Mankato, brother of
DR.. Halves; Mrs. G. D. Baker and
Roy Baker, the former sister to Mrs.
Halves, are visiting with DR.. and Mrs.
Halves in this city.
Marriage licenses we're issued last
week to Byram Whittet and Matte
Durham, of this city, and Peter Jack
son, of Granite Rock, and Carrie S.
Larson, of Shutdown.
The three banks of Redwood Falls
paid over 50, 100 in to the county
treasury last week for personal prop
erty taxes. It takes number of earn
ings to make up this amount.
Desiring to state the truth it is on
ly fair to say that New Ulm has four
schoolhouses, four breweries, and four
Touring mills, as we'll as several cigar
manufactures and planning mill.
Sleepy Eye Herald: R. Schanberg-
or, postmaster of Granite Rock, Red
wood county, is here foI few days on
business. He was accompanied by
his friend and neighbor, Charlie Brau.
"The prettiest little girl in all the
town." was about the way Bill Mckay
felt when he came down last Saturday
morning and announced that both
mother and child were doing we'll.
County Treasurer Kuenzli reports
that the personal property tax of Red
wood county has been paid up this
year as we'll as last. Here in Redwood
Falls, out of 260 personal property tax
payers there are about 60 delinquent,
and those merely small sums.
Sleepy Eye Herald: What used to
be M. M. Madigan was here Monday
evening between train time. Poor
Madigan,he is now using every known
method to keep out of Saltwater. He
refused to recognize us but we are not
at all hurt. He evidently feels that
all newspapers are his enemies.
The school in Dist. No. A, Paxton.
has literary and debating society,
which meets every two weeks, J. G..
Murphy being president, Alex Den
nistoun vice-president, Edward Smith
secretary and frankie Smith treasur-
er. At the last meeting large audi
ence was present, over 70 by actual
count.
At the last meeting of the board of
county commissioners a resolution
was introduced and adopted appoint
ing the county auditor committee to
investigate the cost of our present
system of taking care of our prisoners
since Jan. l, 1898, and report at the
next meeting of the commissioners in
July, so that the Board may be pre-
pared to consider the ACCESSIBILITY of
building Jail.
Of the towns in this section of the
state, says the Slayton Gazette, Red
wood Falls and St. James take the
premium for crimes committed the
present winter. According to H. P.
Halls advice as to how to succeed in
the newspaper business, RAISE HI
and sell papers," the newspaper men
of those towns ought to be very sue
cessful. The people have raised HI
and all that is needed for the editor is
to sell papers.
At the last meeting of the city coun-
Gil G. V. Everett was elected assessor.
The sum of $l5Owas appropriated for
the putting in. of foundation for the
bridge across Ramsey Creek. Salaries
we're ordered paid monthly to the city
engineer and police officers. Mayor
Bell and Aid. Mead were appointed a
committee to secure a construction of
the city charter relative to the May
or's power to remove the Chief of Po-
lice, from the Attorney General.
The band boys were out serenading
again last Saturday afternoon. Their
sweet music was but the harbinger of
spring, a little in advance of the robin
with his silvery notes and gentle hop,
a pleasing language that drove care
and trouble away for few brief mo-
ments,and was appreciated by large
crowd of visitors in town at the time.
It is crack little musical organiza-