The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-02-08

O. Z. Dornberg went to st. Paul
on Thursday, returning home on
Saturday.
o. NJ. Aune Of Minneapolis, Q
brother Of 81. NJ. Aune Of this city,
was visiting with the latter during
the past week.
According TO the monthly report
of State Treasurer Koerner the Red
wood County Bank Of this city had
81, 71O.78 Of the States money on
deposit on Feb. LIST.
Willard Root came down from
Brookings, S. D., on Monday Of last
week, and has since been visiting
with his parents aud relatives here.
He expects to return to Bookings
the latter part Of the month.
st. Peter reports a sensation in
the discovery of the skeleton of a
man who disappeared over Is years
ago. The skeleton was discovered
in the body Of lake. : It appears
that half-breed named James
Hayes turned up missing after a
drunken spree lasting over week,
about Is years ago, and the skeleton
is supposed to be all that is left Of
him.
w. A. French has been engaged
as travelling salesman with Peck &
Whipple, whip manufacturers of
Westfeld, Mass, and will start on
the road sometime next week, says
the Olivia Press. His territory
will be. Minnesota and North Dako-
ia. Mrs. French has not yet de-
cided whether she will remain in
Olivia or return to Redwood Falls,
but it is hoped that she will re-
main here.
The Glencoe Register says that
the farmers in the vicinity of Belle
PLANE, who signed contracts with
the st. Louis Park Sugar Beet com
pany for cultivating about one
hundred acres of sugar beets, are
signing new contracts to raise from
four to ten-times the amount they
put in last year. The average crop
is said to be from fifteen to twenty
tons to the acre. The company
pays.s$4.5O per ton for the beets
delivered at the factory.
At the last meeting of Antiquity
Lodge No. 81, A. F. & A. NJ,
W. P. Dickinson, past grand wor-
shipful master of the State, installed
the following officers: W. R. Cas-
we'll, worshipful master, julius A.
Schmahls senior warden, George W.
Dickinson junior warden, w. F.
Dickinson treasurer, E. G. Green
secretary, O. L. Dornberg senior
deacon, Fred. Warner junior dea.
con, George Drake senior steward
Levi Truesdell junior steward, and
F. M. Isham treasurer,
The masquerade ball to be giver
by Redwood Camp, Modern Wood
men of America, is to take place or
Monday evening, Feb. 18th, instead
of on Tuesday evening, St. Valen
tines Day. The change was made
by reason of the Lenten season com
mencing at midnight of the 18th
and thus probably preventing &
number from attending the ball that
will attend now that the date has
been changed. The Camp will give
a handsome prize to the lady an6
gentleman appearing in the best
character costume.
w. L. Pierce, at one time county
attorney of Redwood county, has
been heard from Indirectly. He is
an officer in the volunteer army o.
the United States, with the proba
bilities that he will be transferred
to the regular army in very short
time. He served in the volunteer
army during the Cuban struggle
and his conduct won advancement
for him. The party who gives TIL
GAZETTE this information states thai
Mr.. Pierce will liquidate all out
standing Indebtedness against hin
before another year rolls around.
| Itappears that Ex-senator Peter
son and his attorney, S. L. Pierce
differ over the judgment allowed by
the Supreme Court in the Western
Union Telegraph Co. libel suit. As
stated last week, Mr.. Pierce
authorized The GAZETTE to state that
his client and he had already &C