The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-11-05

with their hides and other products of
their aboriginal life and traded them
off for the goods of civilization kept
by Roberts, who we'll knew what the
Indians most desired. Knives and
guns were bartered freely for the hides
etc., of the Indians.
When the Indians became more
scarce around this town, Roberts taste
for frontier life was so strong that he
could not resist the temptation to go
further west. He according abandon
ed the old site and erected a trading
station in Janetteville, just across the
river from the old Yellow Medicine
Agency. There he traded more until
age forced him to give up the frontier
life. He returned to st. Paul, where
he conducted store to meet the de-
mands of other traders, and where he
afterwards died.
Shortly after Roberts deserted
the building now being torn down it
stood vacant for long time. Then
it passed into the possession of Bishop
Gordon, who used it for machine
shed. Bishop was rock-ribbed Dem
ocrat, also, and for long time it was
headquarters of the Democratic party
of Redwood county, of which Messrs.
Gordon, F. G.. Shaver and one or two
others we're the sole and surviving
members.
Mr.. Gordon was the owner of the
building until few years ago when it
was purchased by Emil Schmahl, who
afterwards sold it to Geo. Brown, the
present owner. The owner of the
ground does not contemplate improv-
ing the same at the present time.
In demolishing the old building the
workers came across two papers Of
which the REDWOOD GAZETTE is the
legitimate successor. One was the
Redwood Falls Patriot,-the first pa
per ever issued in this city-in fac
the copy found was the first number
of the first paper. 1t is dated Apri
q, 1869, and bears the name of Thomas
M. Perry of St. Peter, still residing
there, as proprietor, and Col. Samue
McPhail, now residing in Taunton
Lincoln county, as editor. In thi
paper the Colonel cracks it to thu
Democracy with the energy OF an ole
soldier having smelt his share of pow
der. He also takes a fall out two St
Peter editors for their continual fight
ing. The paper announces that The
land Office might be located here, worl
on Behnke's new building, where Hote
Francois now stands, being under way
the completion of Hustled & McKite
ridges store on the site where thu
postoffice now stands, the announce
ment that the school building wa'
nearing completion, the fact that Joh1
Digler had in his stock of drugs ane
medicines, Birumjss Brothers working
on their new mill at North Redwood
squaw joke, the fact that farmer
were feeling encouraged over condi
tons, joke on Bige Northup, the fit
ting up of the postoffice by postmaste
Root, and the fact that Tom Perry
band was coming to Redwood Fall
from St. Peter to play for dance
. Of river news it contains the fact tina
the water was receding, that the Ellie
Hardy was coming up the river load
ed with a large cargo of assorte
goods, and that the Otter had bee
sold to number of New Ulmites.
The other paper found was cop
. of the Redwood Falls Mail, of Friday
r May Sd, 1872. The Mail was the SUI
8 cessor of the Patriot. Then it was o
t the 32d number of it's third year.
. was seven column folio paper, O
} the top of which was written "E. 4
Chandler" evidently addressed to hir
and lost between the sidings and lat
of the building. The paper annount
, ed the editor, V. G. Seward, who wa
recently shot by au insane boy in Still
water, had cit OUTCOME off on hi
= annual Spree" and that the dev
t was running things to make the pape
8 hot. The Mail at that time, was th
a only Republican paper in the Mime
. sofa Valley, above Mankato. Later
: became The GAZETTE.
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about as unhealthy mass as one ca