The Redwood gazette., 1896-05-15

H.A. Baldwin has been in st. Paul
for several days past.
D. d. Nichols returned home from
Iowa last Saturday. He sold carload
OF feeders while absent.
Those who have not complied with
the health laws are requested to do 80
at once and avoid prosecution.
The hot weather of last week, ac-
companied by the hot south winds,
absorbed nearly all Of the moisture
placed in the ground by preceding
rains. Saturday evening the cry was
more rain.
Supt. Race would riketo hear from
all householders in Redwood Falls
who will be prepared to board teach
ers in attendance at their approaching
Summer school, commencing early in
July. Leave names, with rates for
board, at Mckay & Races.
The weeks receipts at the Redwood
Falls creamery amounted to $4,000
pounds last week, an average of q lit
tie more than 10000 pounds daily
The amount received from the last
shipment was 161 cents per pound.
1t is expected that the next shipment
will bring in from II to 18 cents per
pound.
Rev. w. II. Stone of Morton will oc-
cupy the pulpit of the M. E. Church
next Sunday morning in the absence
of R. G. Grose, who has gone to Cleve-
land, Ohio, to attend the General Con-
ference of the M. E. Church. In the
evening the Epworth League will
celebrate the Seventh Anniversary of
that society.
William johnson of Freewater, Or
egon, has been in the city for several
days past. He is interested in case
to be tried at this term of court and
will not return to Oregon until next
week. Mr.. johnson states that condi-
tions in Oregon are improving and
times are much better this year than
they we're last. He expects that Ia
borers will find more or less employ
ment in the mines this year.
Henry Anderson of Carver county
was in this city Tuesday and yester-
day. He is the father of Auditor
A. H. Anderson. Mr.. Anderson, is "
years Of age. He resided in the town
of Johnsonville, this county, for sew
eral years, commencing with about
1871. Mr.. Anderson stood it.through
portion of4the grasshopper periods
but finally took to the woods around
Carver. He is exceedingly we'll pre-
served.
The ajury,in the case of The North
ern Trust Co., assignee, vs.. French
& HouRhmaster, an .sction to recover
on ;prondissory note which French &
sHoughmaster claimed to have paid,
and for which they held .s,reeeipt, ,af-
ter. r.being out from five p. N. Saturday
until 2a. m. Sunday morning; returned
q verdict in favor of.the defendants.
1T was clsimed by the witnesses Of the
hank or Trust Go. that the3reeeipt for
81 600 was ON q private deal between
the cashier o. b. Turrell and the de-
fendants. The jury decided otherwise,
however.
Apropos Of the county seat fight in
Renville county Attorney General
Childs, in rendering an opinion onithe
Rossasu county ssat case, cites the
case as follows: "Our Supreme Court
has recently held m the 5Renville
county seat case thatthe county seat
law was intended to discourage rather
than to encourage the removal of coun-
jty seats. 1t should therefore he
construed and whenever, as in
your case, q doubt arises las to the
right to institute proceedings, the
doubt should be resolved against
such right"
The Hamlin Wizard Oil Co. closed
their season at the opera house il this
city Saturday evening last and the
company left for their respective
homes for the summer Monday after
noon. The entertainment Saturday
evening consisted of new specialties
by Billy Wells and wife, in which
both cleverly interpretated parts, and
during which Mr.. Wells gave clever
imitation of the kind DR.. Jekyll and
the hated MIR. Hyde. The imitation
called for great applause. Albert
was clever in his Juggling feats, while
DR.. Gardiner was more than pleasant