The Redwood gazette., 1895-02-07

This is the last week OF the financial
statement. Next week comes the de-
linquent tax list.
Mr.. Russell will be here and open
the Keene gallery for business next
Thursday and Friday, Feb. II and Is.
Ex-City Recorder Gleason paid ov-
or the SIG deficiency to City Treasur-
or Baldwin last Tuesday afternoon,
mailing the receipt to City Recorder
Warner so that the latter received it
Wednesday morning.
The nickel reading entertainment,
scheduled to come off last Tuesday
night, was postponed on account of
the storm until next Saturday even
ing, when one of the best programmes
of the season will be presented. The
spelling contest, to be participated in
by all of the celebrities of Redwood
Falls, will be one of the attractions.
A letter from Mrs. G. T. Ward to
her father, Judge Baldwin, dated Kan
sas City, Saturday last, announces
that Mrs. Ward and Harry, Mrs. Bald
WIN and Miss Baldwin arrived safe
and sound in Kansas City and were
about to start on their long trip over
the Southern Pacific in an hour or
two after writing the letter. They
will probably not return to Redwood
before next June.
The committee to organize Teach
er's Association for Western Minneso-
ia, of which Prof. j. L. Torrens, of
this city, is a member, have decided
upon meeting to be held in Granite
Falls Feb. 21 and %, social to be
held Thursday evening of that day,
and Friday to be devoted to organiza-
ton, the address of the chairman of
the committee, and a general discus
sion of the address, led by persons
who will be prepared to speak.
VIM. Crouley and MIR. and Mrs.
August Knuepple left last Monday for
Mountain Home, Idaho, where the
latter couple will probably remain for
the remainder of the winter, while
Mr.. Crouley, after completing his
study of the topography and climate
of that section, will probably move on
to the Pacific coast and finish the win
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Knuepple leave in
search of a milder climate and pleas
ure, and their friends hope that they
will find both at Mountain Home, aud
return to Redwood Falls in spring
thoroughly recuperated.
A Minneapolis special says that the
party of directors of the St. Louis
road, together with the general man
ager, AL. MohIer, returned from thei
tour of inspection of the line yester
day, and the New Workers. left for th'
East Immediately. Mr.. Mohler state
that they are we'll pleased with tn
property, and more than ever con
vinced that the St. Louis is essential
ly Minneapolis and Minnesota road
having no diyerting interests, and tha
it's policy should be to devote it's en-
ergy to home traffic and local devel
opment. They consider the road wit
it's Chicago and St. Louis connections
a model piece of property, running
through a rich territory and in exec
lent condition.
Our popular express and draymar
J. w. Ferris, who is also agent of tn
Standard Oil Co., met with a luck
accident last Monday night. He wa
helping unload a tank of oil from tn
car tank into one of the stationer
tanks prepared for the purpose. Thi
was about nine o'clock. Mr.. Ferris
with lantern in hand, went up to th
manhole of the car tank to see no,
much more pumping would be re
quired. The vapor arising from tn
kerosene shot out of the manhole i
dense volumes when he opened il
The lantern exploded it and then wa
heard a terrible report and clou'
was seen ascending to the heavens
The item regarding the meteor, in an
other column, had it's origin from this
Mr.. Ferris only had his eyebrow
singed.
i Hon. CD. Gilfillan, of Gilfillan Sid
ing, Redwood county, once quite
prominent factor in State politics ant
ex-member of the house and senate
was at the Commercial the other even
ing and accorded the Dispatch shor
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