The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-02-24


Get your wife a package of Rocky
Mountain Tea.
Miss Blanche Hughes of Lisbon, S.
D., is attending school here.
Mrs. F. M. Patterson of Nolin, S. D.,
has been visiting with her two sons,
Attorney E. G. Patterson and Prof. 81.
A. Patterson, for the past two weeks.
w. M. Campbell, ex-United States
marshal for the Minnesota district, has
formed live stock commission COM
pany at the Union Stock yards, South
St. Paul.
Tomorrow evening the missionary
society of the Presbyterian church will
give "blue jay" social at the G.. A. r..
hall. A literary and musical program
will be given.
J. L. Byram has already actively
commenced to select the county off,
Gals for the terms commencing in
1899, and is making almost daily calls
at the court house, calling on some of
his lieutenants and proposed officials.
The Klondike Show Co. billed for
the opera house Saturday evening, did
not give the magic lantern show and
lecture as was intended. The wealth
or was very stormy and evidently too
much like Klondike for people to VEN
ture out.
Andrew Peterson, who went to Nor
way on visit several months ago, has
returned, and is now domiciled in his
farm in Swedes Forest. All things
considered Andrew is of the opinion
that Redwood county is pretty good
place to live.
Inland Printer, the acknowledged
journal of fine printing, has the fol-
lowing in it's February number: "The
holiday edition of THr REDWOOD GA
zErrE, Redwood Falls, Mimi, is wor-
thy of special mention for it's attract
i've ad. display"
O. L. Dornberg reports the sale of
the G. L.. Holmes farm in Kintire
township to Thos. Clark of Elma,
Iowa, at an agreed price of $l4, 600, or
$22 per acre. The transaction involves
some land in Iowa, of which Mr.
Holmes becomes the owner.
The plating of the fractional tracts
in Redwood county is going on under
the direction of Surveyor Bighani, who
is assisted in the work by R. A. Tur-
rell. The new plats are excellent
pieces of work, and will be a great
convenience to the auditor in making
up the tax list.
| Personal property tax payers should
bear in mind that next Monday is the
last day for paying those taxes, anc
that after that time the taxes not pait
will be delinquent, and penalty at
taches. Treasurer Lankard reports
that the payments of this year arr
coming in more rapidly than last year
George L. Evans accompanied Emf
Schmahl to Chicago with the latter's
consignment Of cattle and hogs or
Feb. 18th. Mr.. Evans took in por
ton of the Windy City by twilight
and is now willing to admit that there
} are whole lot of people down ther'
that he does not know. He returned
home Thursday afternoon.
Rev. Franklin j. Barackman O
Sandstone, the Presbyterian ministe
} of that place, occupied the pulpit her
last Sunday. The gentleman preached
two very interesting sermons, ant
made very good impression upol
the congregation. He is young mai
: and of fine appearance. Next Sunda'
Rev. Donald Kenzie of Grand Rapid
} will occupy the pulpit.
H. L. Chadwick of Minneapolis
who has been in this city for severa
weeks past, organizing Court of For
rosters, will institute such a court a
G. A. R. hall this evening. The ne1
court will start out with magnifcen
charter membership, and with tn
promise of many additional members
All those who propose becoming
charter members should be at the hal
, at 80 o'clock this evening.
A good authority on county com
missioner law stated last Saturda
that the county commissioners coul,
not legally declare the seat of Thos.
Sloan vacant at the July term of tina
board. He contended that commits
sioner had the right to be absent from
one session of the board, as we'll as