The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-05-21

Ben Robidou accompanied Sheriff |
Mead to Saltwater and ST. Cloud last
Tuesday.
The Odd Fellows of Morton will re-
ceive sealed bids up to 2 o'clock p. M,
May 25th, for the erection of an Odd
Fellows hall in that town.
o. L. Dornberg has been summoned
to serve as grand juror at the gen.
eral term of the Federal court to be
held at Winona during the early por-
ton of next month.
w. F. Zwickey, at one time game
warden of Minnesota, has been doing
Redwood county during the past week.
Mr.. Zwiskey is agent for a system of
Normal charts that should be in every
schoolhouse in the State.
A statement prepared by a Winona
school man shows the cost per capita
per month of maintaining public
schools in the counties named, ex-
Guiding permanent improvements, to
be as follows: Anoka, $3.50; Good
hue, 1922; Kandiyohi, $500; Kittson,
$2,85; Otter Tail, $3.50; Redwood,
$3.50; Steele, $500; Stearns, 1921;
Sherburne, 1927; Waseca, 1929; Wi
mona, $500; Yellow Medicine. $3.50.
John S. Marsh Post has extended
an invitation to the pupils of the pub
lie schools of this city and to the mem
bers of the Ben Franklin Post of
Morton to participate in the exercises
of the former post in this city on Dec
Grafton Day, May Both. The pro-
gramme for the occasion will be sim
liar to those of previous years. As
heretofore announced, Hon. John Day
Smith of Minneapolis will be the
speaker.
During the past year, according to
the report of State Auditor Dunn,
there have been sold 7lO75 acres of
government land and 8,O5171 acres of
railroad land located in Redwood
county. This much land will be add
ed to the valuation of the county and
taxes on the same will have to be
paid for the first time between Jan.
LIST and June LIST next. Renville coun-
ty had added $3.50 acres of govern
ment land and 846.19 acres of railroad
land to it's list.
E. NJ. Weston, travelling freight
agent of the Winona & St. Peter road,
was in the city last Wednesday and
Thursday. Thursday morning Mr..
Weston drove into Sheridan township
on business with the officers of the
Sheridan creamery association. Mr..
Weston stated that his visit in that
section had no railroad extension sig
nificance whatever. While here he
inquired into the operations at the
gold mine and expressed his regret at
not having purchased some of the
mining company's stock when he had
an opportunity to do so little over a
year ago.
The stamp mill at the gold mine is
actively engaged in crushing the ore,
but up to Monday Supt. Hoxie had
made no clean. There is about $500
tons of ore on the dump ready for the
mill, and Monday afternoon Mr.. Hoxie
located the present vein about half
mile east of southeast of the plant and
Immediately put two men at work
getting out quartz. Among the first
pieces taken out was one in which free
gold could be seen through pocket
glass. A representative of this paper
was conducted to the bottom of the
shaft, 1O6 feet down into the earth,
and then up and down through the
drifts by A. VanHemert. The west
drift is about SO feet long and the
east drift is about Sc feet long. The
finest kind of ore was seen all along
the latter. President H. r. Owen
was at the mine Monday and was en-
thusiastic over the work.
| The daily papers of Saturday stated
'the only decision of the Supreme
Court Friday relieved Attorney Char
les D. Boughton of Redwood Falls of
the charge of unprofessional conduct,
the Supreme Court holding him not
guilty and refusing to disbar him."
Mr. Boughton resides at Red Lake
Falls and was arraigned the same
time that Mr.. Madigan was. The bar
association acted on the charge of