The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-04-11

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Joseph Chadderdon returned from
visit to St. Cloud, his former home,
last Monday.
Cliff Tanner has gone to Chicago
where he commences work in Sears,
Roebuck Co.'S institution.
Geo! Houghmaster leaves to-day
for Wisconsin and will remain in that
Stats for wee!. or SO 90
w. C. Foster, special tax agent of
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad,
was in town last week paying taxes on
some lands owned by the company.
The second summer term for farm
ers' wives and daughters at the Min
nesota school of agriculture, st. An
thony Park, will commence Tuesday,
April 3Oth, aud last six weeks.
Miss Susie Abbott, who was engaged
to teach three months term during
the winter at Renville, finished her
work last Friday and will go to St.
Paul to join her mother who will soon
take up her residence in Redwood
Falls.
The St. Peter Tribune, after speak
ing Of the: many mineral discoveries
around Redwood Falls, remarks: Nor
is this all, word comes from the civ
ilized and uncivilized portions of the
globe, bringing the news that scores
of people in and around Redwood
have fallen heir to millions upon mil
lions Of dollars. They ought to be a
happy set of mortals.
S. T. Davidson, of Kentucky, a
brother to Frank Davidson, residing
on the Frank Davidson farm near
Morgan, was in the city with the lat
ter last Friday. Mr.. Davidson has
spent five years over books in Ken
lucky establishment and has conclud-
ed to spend this summer in riding a
pony and hunting and driving cattle
in Redwood county.
John Casserly of Westline together
with John D. Martin of Marshall have
been held in the sum of 81 600 bail to
await the action of the Lyon county
grand jury on charge of arson
brought against the two men. The
two men are charged with setting fire
to Martins house in Marshall on Nov.
9th last. Both men secured bonds
men.
Capt. j. D. Wood of St. Paul, spe-
cial agent of the postofice depart
ment, was in Redwood Falls last
Thursday. Capt. Wood came down
from Madison on the east bound St.
Louis and was crossing over to Sleepy
Eye to attend to postal matters there.
While here he called on Postmaster
Laird and paid h;m the compliment
as having the finest postoffice of any
town the size of Redwood Falls in the
State. The Captain also called on
many of his old friends, including
Capt. w. P. Huntington, O. B. Tur-
rell and others, while here.
The Albert Lea Standard -grinds
out some creamery items in it's last
issue. Alden creamery receives daily
from eighteen to twenty thousand
pounds of milk. State Line creamery
reports 100 patrons and 218,4l7 pounds
of milk in February, averaging 5.l5
pounds of butter from 100 pounds OF
milk. The average paid for butter fat
was 81 cents and the total paid to
patrons was $1,751.94. The total ex-
pense was $256.15. Geneva village
creamery paid 80 cents per hundred
for cream in February. Moscow cream
cry paid In cents for butter fat in
February, and now runs every day.
The adjusters of the various insur-
ance companies having insurance on
the mercantile stock of G. A. Francois
& Co. arrived in this city last Monday.
There were in the neighborhood of
seven of them, together with John A.
Luce, attorney for G. B. Heffel6nger,
trustee. AS soon as the adjusters ar
rived on the ground and conferred
with Mr.. Lampman, the special agent,
it was decided to pay the full insur-
ance, $1,000, and each agent issued
drafts on their various companies for
that amount. The agents we're all
gentlemanly and fair and their actions
show their dispositions to do the right
thing.
The Minneapolis Times of last
Thursday contained the following
item: Chow about it? Is this due to