The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-04-25

Commissioner Frank Ellington
was up from Morgan last Tuesday.
Mrs. G.. G.. ] airing of Iowa is visit
ing with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John McIlreavie.
Capt. w P. Huntington made a
trip to St. Paul to attend a meeting
of the Minnesota Soldiers Home last
Tuesday.
Miss Maud Martin has organized a
class in vocal culture. Any one wish
ing to join the class please call on her
at Mrs. w. B. Kings on Minnesota
avenue.
Mesdames II. D. Baldwin and G. T.
Ward, Miss Inez Baldwin and Master
Harry Ward returned this week from
their winters sojourn in California.
The party visited nearly all of the
places of interest in the Golden State
and the members are all enjoying ex-
cellent health.
In letter from the agent of an in
surance company to The GAZETTE the
agent cautions all business firms to
clean up the paper and straw and all
rubbish in their back yards. He
hints that the prevalence of rubbish
of this kind has a great tendency to
keep up insurance rates.
w. P. Tenney received notice from
the pension department several days
ago that his pension of $l2 per month
would be reduced to $ per month un-
less he could furnish medical proof
that he was physically unable to do a
days work. The knife continues to
fall and will continue to fall until the
next Presidential Inauguration under
the Republicans.
A valuable trotting horse belonging
to Paul Anderson was seriously cut by
barb wire last Sunday night. The
animal broke loose from it's hitching
post in the barn, passed out of the
barn and into barb wire fence where
the arteries of the fore legs were badly
cut just above the knees. The blood
fairly rushed from the wounds. The
animal was placed under the care of
DR.. K. j. Mckenzie and will survive
the wounds.
The balance in the hands of County
Treasurer Lankard at the close of
business last Saturday evening was
$l4, 475;@, an increase of $500 since
the official statement of the Board of
Audit. OF this amount &,722!G is
deposited in the Bank of Redwood
Falls, $3,23O32 in the Redwood Co.
Bank, So, 1897 in the Citizens Bank,
$3,Yl.37 in the Citizens Bank of
Lamberton, and $2,O25.99 in the
Bank of Morgan.
Sheriff Bowen of Blue Earth coun-
ty Sundayed in Redwood Falls. He
was taking George Kavanagh from
Renville ITO Mankato and Kavanagh
spent Sunday in the Redwood county
Jail. Kauxnagh is wanted in Mankate
FOR selling morgaged property, mort
gagged to The First National Bank 'G1
Mankato, and for about $240
Kavanagh was arrested ct Renville,
Sheriff Bowen thinks Redwood 'cosn-
ty has model jail
Sleepy Eye Dispatch:: Singuls1iy
enough Senator French voted against
the taxation of railroad lands, the III.
and y. forfeiture aud against the ex-
press bill. As an all around, CONSIST
ent friend and advocate of corpora
tions, ;Eaastus D. French, of Redwood
county and senator from this district
is dazzling success. But do the
farmers .of this district consider them
selves fairly represented when their
representative votes thst way. Mr..
French may be all right sbut-
Granite Journal : Dhat sftheae is
.many;a slip between the cup and the
lip" was strongly eaemplned down in
Redwood one day last week. For
good cause Casper BIethen, the
sheriff, 'pesigned his position and the
county commissioners proceeded to
.elect his successor. But this was not
SO easy to do. After 26 ballots had
!been cast with no result, Commis-
-sioner ID. A. Pease was told he could
have the office if he would resign his
Office as commissioner. This he did,
and after his successor had been
elected 'balloting for sheriff agar.
.comanenced Pease, however, did not
gain in votes, and ON the ~ ballot G.