The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-09-05
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

A harvest festival was held at Elysian
Saturday.
The contract for the Grand Rapids
court house has been let for $36,972
A state convention Of German Catho-
lies will lie neid at Winona Oct. 10 and
49,
Mankato's new Christian church was
dedicated Sunday, closing the annual
state convention at that place.
There is sad to be movement on foot
to build an elevated bicycle road from
Minneapolis to- Lake Minnetonka.
Several cigar and liquor dealers at
Park Rapids are regretting not too
strict compliance with the revenue laws.
The entire fleet of boats of the North.
e,n Steamship company will winter at
the head of the lakes instead of at Cleve-
Iand and 'Buffalo, as heretofore.
1t is rumored that the Ringlings have
offered $4,000 for the Minneapolis ex-
position building. If secured it will lie
used as winter headquarters fer their
menagerie.
The c. N. Nelson Lumber company
of Cloquet have let contract for the
building of standard guage logging
road from the st. Louis river to Hibbing,
a distance of % miles.
Memorial exercises were held at
Hinckley Sunday, it being the anniver-
sary of the fire Of year ago. The GER
emonies took place in the new city hall
and the attendance was large.
Appraisers have filed schedules in two
large St. Paul estates, namely, those of
Amherst H. Wilder and John L. Mer-
riam. The estate of the former foots up
81, $751;, 500 26, and of the latter $780,
32O.24.
Colonel A. F. Naff, special agent of
the interior department., has gone to the
Red Lake coded lands, where he is to
begin operations preliminary to opening
the agricultural portion of these lands to
settlers.
Considerable excitement has been
caused at Waterville by the fact that
within a week three rattlesnakes of
large size have been seen in the village,
all near residences. None were ever
seen there before.
The Travellers Life Insurance COM
pany intends to contest the payment of
the Catherine Cling policy for $1,000,
under the clause in the instrument which
voids the policy when death ensues at
the hands Of another person except in
the case Of burglary
The State Historical society has re-
ceived from William Wakefield of Lib
hey, Aitkin county, unique and valua-
BILE collection Of Indian curios. They
consist of hardened copper knives, spear
heads, arrow heads, etc. They are the
first copper specimens found in the state.
A handsome solid silver service of
eight pieces, large picture of Mime
apolis and an elegant upright piano OF
Minneapolis manufacture were present
ed to the cruiser Minneapolis. the
"Queen'of the Navy" at anchor in Bos-
ton harbor, by a committee of promi-
nent citizens of Minneapolis.
The crop year just closed was the
largest in Duluth's history. The wheat
received aggregates S3,6S7, 1881 bushels,
Or 976, 429 bushels more than for the
previous year. The shipments are much
less than during the previous crop year
being but 24,66S,549 bushels. This is
accounted for by the increased consump.
ton of the head of the lake mills. A fea.
ture Of the year has been the high quail
ity Of the wheat. Sixty five per cent of
the total amount graded No. hard and
~ per cent graded No. Northern,
leaving but per cent Of low grade.