The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-04-05

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passed the senate last Thursday,
Senator Somerville voting no.
James Rose of Murray county,
father of VIM. Rose, who was hung
here in 1889, died in the New Ulm
hospital week or more ago.
Joseph Tyson was attending to
stock business in Winnebago City
and other Southern Minnesota points
during the latter part of last week.
Laird NortonsCo. of this city has
just been awarded the contract for
the lumber for the construction OF
the residence of w. G. Costley in
Vesta township, the cost of con-
struction being about 81, 900.
L. D. Griffin of Morton lost a black
hat and shirt, purchased but short
time before of a Redwood Falls store,
while returning to Morton from
this city on March 18th. The arti-
cles were wrapped in the firm wrap
ping paper. Finder will please
leave at this Office.
In the case of Elzora A. Johnson
VS.. Martin Bohlig and E. A. Pease,
an application for temporary in
junction to restrain the latter from
clouding the title of land belonging
to the former, Judge Wedber has
denied the application of the
plaintiff.
The Standard OilCCo., instead of
reducing the price of kerosene oil at
this point, lin response to general
demand made by local merchants,
have increased the price at other
points around Redwood Falls, and
as result, Oil is now being sold at
- cents per gallon in this territory.
Rockefeller is preparing to make
another liberal bequest'to education
or science, undoubtedly.
A Redwood wife, whose husband
has been attending Masonic lodge
three or four nights a week during
the past several weeks and assist
ing in the large amount of work On
the docket of that-order, gave her
husband bright pointer last We'd
nesday. When asked whether he
proposed to 60 to lodge that night,
and receiving reply in the affirm
alive, she very soberly said: 'Well,
I think I will have to see Mr.. Cas-
we'll with the view of having him
hold special Wednesday and Satur-
day afternoon matinees so that you
can take me and the children.
The Pioneer Press of Tuesday of
last week stated that money was
already coming into the State under
the Somerville-Larson bill, putting
foreign corporations on the same
| footing as those of Minnesota. The
McC ormick Harvesting Machine Co.
Of Chicago paid intothe State treasury
the day before it's entrance fee OF
$13O, this being the assessment on
$2O8, 1893, the amount of it's capital
stock apportioned to Minnesota, the
total capital stock being s., 800, 900.
The secretary of state already sees
vast amount of work ahead on re-
ceiving these fees from foreign cor
porations.
A peculiar circumstance has just
come to the surface in the divorce
case of Margaret Denny VS.. VIM. A.
Denny, in which the plaintiff sued
for a divorce on the ground of
desertion, which desertion occurred
ten or more years ago, since which
time, up to the time of the CON-
mencement of the action, nothing
had been heard of the defendant. The
summons in the case had been pub
lished two or more times in south
side paper, and last week word was
received from Mankato to the effect
that the defendant, VIM. A. Denny,
had died there five years ago. In
stopping proceedings the attorney
for the plaintiff, w. J. Mcleod,
writes that he knows of no law
wherein a divorce can be obtained
from dead person.
A letter from Minneapolis, under
date of March 18th, reports that
Miss Minnie Warner, formerly of
this city, entertained large num-
Der of old Redwoodites at her home.
2640 Stevens avenue, that CITY, on
the previous Saturday evening.
The guests present were Miss
Birdie OHara, a typewriter in the