The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-04-26

/ w. P. Huntington, wife and
daughter, Julia, returned from St
Paul last Wednesday.
Thos. Minkewitz left last Thurs.
day for Wood Lake, and after visit
ing there for few days left fol
Arlington where his brother works
who is seriously i'll.
Conductor Hughes of the stub
line was one of the pall-bearers al
the funeral over the remains of the
late Sam Kinmore, at Tracy, held on
Friday, April 14th. The two con-
ductors were old friends.
St. Peter Tribune: Charley Lam
berton, desiring a good job of paint
ing done on one of his buses, hauled
the same from Redwood Falls to St.
Peter to have Charley Weisgerber
do the job, which is feather in
Charley's cap.
During the past few weeks a
crew of laborers have been at work
repairing and cleaning out the
stock yards near the Northwestern
depot. The job was completed
last Thursday evening, and the
yards now present an appearance
equal to anything in this section,
cleanliness and durability consid-
cred.
The residence heretofore owned
by G. T. Rathke, on the corner Of
Broadway and Minnesota streets
was conveyed last week to Fisher
G. Shaver, who has lately come up
from Tennessee with the intention
of making this place his future
home. Mr.. Shaver will occupy the
residence as soon as G.. L. Parkhill
vacates the same.
Cards were received here last
Thursday announcing the marriage
of Victor Merrill Persons of the firm
of Bell & Persons, of this city to
Emma Elizabeth Skinner, daughter
of the late VIM. Skinner, and we'll
known young lady of this city,
who has recently been visiting
in the east. The marriage cere-
mony occurred onaTuesday, April
18th, as announced in last week S
issue of this paper, at the home of
the brides brother, J. F. Skinner,
Chicago, III. The newly welded
couple will be at home in the Skin
ner residence on Wyoming street,
in this city, on and after May 10Th
next
NJ. O. Byram has big job of barn
moving for Messrs. Mason and
Babcock, residing on the half Sec
tion of the Willard farm recently
purchased by those two gentlemen.
The barns standing on the tract,
probably among the largest in the
county, were included in the sale.
Recently residences were erected
several blocks from the barns, and
desiring to get the latter nearer the
gentlemen entered into a contract
with Mr.. Byram for the moving.
One Of the barns is now enroute for
the site near one of the residences,
and the structure is standing the
tear of moving up and down grade
in excellent shape.
With the building of the Sanborn
extension through the central por-
ton of Redwood county land
throughout the county will have
about the same valuation Hereto
fore the land located in the center
and west has been several dollars
per acre lower than has the land
lying near the railroad towns on the
north and south sides, but since the
announcement of the proposed ex-
tension this land has raised steadily
in valuation, and if not now held at
as high figure as that along the
lines already constructed, it will be
as soon as the new line is built.
This will be source of relief to the
assessors who can now assess all
land alike. At the present time
very little land in the county can be
bought at less than ST. per acre,
while the general tendency is $50 or
more per acre.
The Waseca Journal states that it
has been definitely settled that
there will be no Chautauqua AS
sembly at Maplewood park this
season. Mr.. Jennings and the
other members of last years man