The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-03-08

A. II. Seebeck has been deg hated
as sales solicitor for this sed On fol-
all Northern Pacific lands.
Mrs. G. A. VanSchaack writes
from Henryville, Tenn, that her
brother has been very i'll during the
past six or seven weeks.
Miss Bertha Roberts left for st.
Paul Saturday to purchase the
usual spring stock of millinery
goods for Francois & Schmahl.
| H. F. Buechner came up from his
collection tour in the southern part
of the State last week, and remained
here until Monday. Mr.. Buechner
is in the employ of Laird Norton Co.
The northwest quarter of section
8 Vail township, which up to Wed
nesday of last week, belonged to the
estate of John Schultz, was sold to
the Fixsen brothers on that day for
a consideration something over
81, 400.
On Friday last Representative
Larson succeeded in having recon-
mended for passage his bill seeking
to increase the appropriation for
aid to rural schools to $35, 900 annu-
ally, or$15, 900 more than has been
appropriated heretofore.
Mrs. Lamp, wife of Lars Lamp,
formerly residing two miles from
Evan, in Brookville, died Sunday
of a paralytic shock, says the Sleepy
Eye Dispatch, About two years
ago deceased suffered an epileptic
stroke and has never entirely re-
covered from the attack. Funeral
occurs at Evan tomorrow from the
Lutheran church, Rev. Borggaard
officiating. Mr.. and Mrs. Lamp
were elderlytpeople and have long
been held in high esteem by the
community. They have resided in
the county upwards oftwenty years.
Parties sending telegraph mes
sages from'the Northwestern depot
must affix stamp and cancel the
same before the same will be sent
August Theiring, the accommodating
operator at the station, has been
courteous enough to supply stamps
and cancel them for those sending
messages, but recently the Western
Union Co. issued an order requiring
him to refuse all messages not prop
erly stamped and cancelled In
case you send message to the sta
ton be sure that it is stamped and
cancelled before turning it over to
the messenger.
The proposed Northwestern ex-
tension through the county, and the
location of a town on section Is,
Vesta, had salutary effect on the
land owners of that section last Fri
day and Saturday, and as a result
the auditors Office was kept busy
making out receipts for back taxes,
and answering questions as to the
amount of back taxes on several
tracts of land in Vesta, the inquirers
all promising to- call and pay up SO
that the auditor might place his GER
tifcate of ''taxes paid and transfer
entered, as soon as they receive
an offer of $31 or more per acre.
S. L. Pierce of St. Paul, attorney
for the MORTGAGE in the Seaman
mortgage case, was in the city last
Friday, and together with W. H.
Wallace of the Bank of Belview, the
whole matter was amicably adjusted.
The MORTGAGE related a certain
amount of the expenses of the costly
trial and appeal to the Supreme
Court, the Scanlans paid quite a
large amount of the principal, and
the balance they secured by a new
mortgage, bearing Z per cent. inter-
est, instead of ten, as the old mort
gage carried. The parties to the
contract appeared very friendly
throughout. Mr.. Pierce had not
been in Redwood Falls before since
his son disappeared, and he re-
marked that the town was pushing
ahead with the county.
Joseph Tyson of this city, Presi-
dent of the Minnesota Breeder S
association, received word from St.
Paul last week to the effect that the
bill appropriating $1,000 to the
association had passed the house.
The bill was introduced by Repre-
sentative Elwell, and found cham