The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-06-28


studies at the University and will
remain here for the summer.
The Revs. FIR. Woods and Rear
don came up from st. Paul on the
St. Louis last Friday afternoon.
a Jas. Lewis and wife Of Hutchinson
are visiting with their son and
daughter, Andrew Lewis and Mrs.
S. Pollard of this city.
Jacob Rooms last week sold the
east half Of the southeast quarter of
section %, township of Westline,
owned by VIM. H. Arnold to Ole
Torrell. Consideration 81, 400.
In the list of new physicians
licensed by the State Medical board
to practice in this State, and pub
lished last Friday, appears the
name of DR.. Walter A. Palmer, who
came here from Chicago only few
weeks ago.
The Morton Enterprise says that
while hauling gravel from pit in
Sherman township, this county, Ed
Dietzman found a paper containing
a dozen small pocket knives. It
seems that someone had deposited
the knives in the pit for safe keep
ing, and that not of recent date.
The Bank of Redwood Falls was
the second highest bidder for the
81, 900 five per cent. Morton water
works bonds. The Minnesota Loan
& Trust Co. of Minneapolis offered
a premium of 1915 on the issue and
got them, the Bank of Redwood
Falls bid being 1886 There were
seven other bidders.
A. J. Newcomb, who was at one
time clerk in the Banner Hotel,
Lamberton. but who recently
skipped from that town taking with
him the contents of the till, was
landed in the county Jail this week
to await the action Of the grand jury.
Newcomb was arrested in Mime
apolis last Thursday, by two detec-
tives of the regular force, on a cir
cular describing the young man
and stating the offense for which he
was wanted, and on Friday he was
started for Lamberton, where a pre-
liminary examination resulted in
his being held to the grand jury.
The Washington items Of the
Journal of last Wednesday con-
tanned the following: A special
inspector for the interior depart
ment, after an inspection Of the
field, has recommended the CONSOLE
dation of the revenue districts of
southern Minnesota. The first and
second congressional districts now
have separate collectors. Mr. Taw-
ney will protest against the consol-
idation, and will present figures
showing that southern Minnesota
should have an increase in the num-
Der of collectors rather than a de-
crease. In this position he is in
dorsed by Collector Won Bombach
OF St. Paul.
The Lamberton Star states that
the manager and captain of the
Redwood Falls base ball team are
doubtless anything but gentlemen,
Judging from the fact that two mem
bers of the July 4th committee in
that town wrote them to see if they
would play a game of ball in that
town with Tracy on July 4th, and
they never have answered the
letters. One of the boys of the
local club informed THE GAZETTE last
Friday that the letters of the Lam
berton people had been answered
shortly after they were received,
a willingness to play
ball, and if the Lamberton people
did not receive the answer it was
missent.
Last week Redwood county had a
barrel of money on its hands, and
the Redwood County Bank alone
had on deposit of the funds of the
county over $4,000. The treasur-
er's Office commenced to decrease
the amount on Wednesday, and be-
fore the close Of business on that
day the deposits in that bank had
been reduced to less than $l5, 900,
while the deposits in the other
banks had been CORRESPONDENCE
decreased. The amount sent to the
State for the school apportionment,
for the University, ETC., and for the