The Redwood gazette., 1898-12-21

George French came down from
Cass county last week and will
spend the holidays with his parents
and friends in this city.
JOS. lyon is figuring on purchas-
ing a ranch near Fargo, North
Dakota, and expects to reside on
the same a portion of the time. He
is also figuring on building an ex-
tensive addition to his residence on
Ramsey street in the spring.
Saturday was an ideal day. The
slight thaw of Friday was continued,
only with greater effect. The sun
shone out beautifully, the frost came
out of the ground, and if it had
been February the weather prophet
would have insisted on spring being
at hand.
The University Extension Center
will meet with Mrs. Bowers Dec.
9th. The program for the meeting
is as follows: Foreign Conquests
after the Punic Wars, Mrs. Bowers;
Civil Wars During 1st Century, H.
A. Baldwin; s'The Two Trium-
virates, Mrs. P. D. Hitchcock;
''Reign of julius Caesar" G.. E.
Dickinson; Roll call responses,
quotations from Shakespeares Ro-
man plays.
Thos. Mckay of Kintire was in
town last Saturday, and while here
he met Mr.. H. J. Ledbeter, who
now resides on what is known as
the Pike farm, south of town, which
Mr.. Ledbeter recently purchased of
Capt. Sanders. Mr.. Mckay sold to
Mr.. Ledbeter superb Norman
brood mare, weighing 1,500 pounds,
which was raised on the Mckay
farm in Kintire, and which was con-
sidered by horsemen present at the
sale one of the finest animals
brought to town for some time. The
vendor has a number of other fine
specimens of the Norman variety on
his farm, going on the theory that
good horses can always be sold
poor horses only when there is a
great demand for the animals.
The insurance adjusters of the
companies in which the school house
was insured were here this week
looking up the losses, says the Mar
shall Reporter. The insurance on
the inside furniture and fixtures
was paid in full without question,
but it will be some time before the
loss of the building can be estimated
as the walls will have to undergo a
thorough examination to find out
whether the fire damaged them to
such an extent that they will have
to be torn down and rebuilt. It
seems probable that they will, as
the bricks are made from Marshall
clay and very soft. Then there is
the question as to whether the sand
stone foundation is now safe. The
articles of value which were saved
from the fire and accounted for are,
two pianos, three teachers desks,
three music charts, $50 geography
globe and about $3.50 worth of books.
L. Redding, cashier of the State
Bank of Lamberton, who is known
to be a man of strict honesty and in
tegrity, forgot to attach two cent
revenue stamp to cashiers check
recently, and as result he was be-
fore the United States Commissioner
at St. Paul last week. People who
know Mr.. Redding best will be the
first to testify that it was an act of
pure forgetfulness, and not done
with any intention to beat the gov
ernment out of paltry two cents.
The Pioneer Press of last Friday
has the following about the matter:
L. Redding, cashier of the State
Bank of Lamberton, Mimi, was be-
fore United States Commissioner
Spencer yesterday charged with
failing to observe the revenue laws.
He was allowed to 60 on his own
recognizance, after waving exami-
nation. He is instructed to appear
at the general term of the United
States court to be held at Mankato
in April. It is claimed that a few
weeks ago Mr.. Redding issued a
cashiers check on his bank at Lam
berton and failed to attach to the
check the necessary revenue stamp.
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