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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-02
LAND APPRAISERS.

Get out the full vote.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-09-06

positively be in operation this year,
but owing to the scarcity of men in
building the grade, the entire road
will not be operated until some time
in November. The part being grad
ed by Winston Bros. is now very
nearly completed and ready for the
rails.
'sMore than 10000 ties have been
unloaded in the material yard for
the line and more are arriving daily.
Besides, $4,000 angle bars and some
rails have been received here this
week, coming direct from the steel
works at Chicago, and the entire
material for this line will be stored
in the material yard here in very
short time.
"There is not the slightest room
for doubt that the road will be
built this year. Our information
comes from good, reliable authority,
and what we say can be relied on.
''The telegraph line along the
south road will soon be completed
and communication opened from
Sanborn to Burt. The crew of line
men are now within four miles of
horo -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-09-06
WILL BE BUILT THIS YEAR.
The Vestd Extension of the North.
western System.

Contractor E. Jacobson, being a
sub-contractor under Winston Bros.
of Minneapolis, arrived here from
that city over the Northwestern
last Thursday morning, having with
him several cars loaded with grad
ing tools, camp equipage, etc.
Mr.. Jacobson Immediately COM
menced advertising for teams, offer
ing 1915 per day for man and team,
Ito work on the G. & N. w. R. R,
Is miles southwest of Redwood
Falls"
Mr.. Jacobson, only two days be-
fore, had secured acontract from the
Winstons for the grading of four
miles of the road just west of the
Sheridan creamery, or running to
within four or five miles of the pro-
posed terminal in section 16, Vesta.
He stated that the contract for
grading the last stretch to section
16 had been let. and that he, as well
as all the other sub-contractors had
been given orders to push the work
with all the speed possible.
That the Northwestern proposes
to have this division of it's system
completed by Jan. 1st next, is seen
by the last issue of the Sanborn Sen
tinel, which says that "a Redwood
Falls special to the city papers
stated that the Vesta extension
would not be completed this year.
This however, is not true. There
are now more than three hundred
men and one hundred teams work.
ing on the grading and the company
will begin laying steel from Sanborn
north on about Sept. 18th, and the
work will be pushed to completion
as rapidly as possible.
1.-THE Y for the extension has al
ready been put in and material is
being hauled and distributed along
the line. The Vesta extension will
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-09-06
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
The First Districts of the County
Came Slowly,

It required period Of over five
years to form the first nineteen
school districts in Redwood county,
and of the nineteen districts formed
not one of them to-day comprise the
original territory.
It must be borne in mind that
when Redwood county was first
organized it now comprised the terri
tory it now embraces and all of yell
low Medicine, Lincoln and part, if
not all of Lyon counties, and while
those couties embraced what might
be known as the frontier and were
exceedingly sparsely settled, oc-
casionally the inhabitants thereof
would feel the need of school dis
trict.
At the meeting of the county COM
missioners on April 10, 1865, a
school district was formed of terri
tory in Redwood Falls, Paxton and
Homer townships. This was the
first district formed, but it was un-
numbered, and on April p, 1866,
more than year later, school dis
trict No. 1, embracing Redwood
Falls township and a part of other
townships was placed officially on
record. At the same meeting dis
trict No. 2 was formed out of por-
tions of Paxton and Homer town
ships.
The board held another meeting
on September 5, 1866, and received
a petition from parties interested in
the town of Yellow Medicine, in the
district now in Yellow Medicine
county, asking that the town be
made a school district This was
done and No. 3 was appended to the
. district.
And this the way the school mat
ters of what was the large county of
Redwood remained for period of
over two years. On December %,
1868, the farmers residing in Red
wood Falls township, and around
the old 0. c. Martin homestead,
wanted district, and it was organ
lied as district No. f. The little
red school house now standing there
is marker, and in that district A.
D. Stewart, Clark Miller and many
other young men learned their
flights of oratory and the faculty Of
speaking in public. At the same
meeting district No. 5, also located
in what is now Yellow Medicine
county, was organized, and the fol
lowing March school district No. 6
comprising all of Redwood county
east of the section line between sec
tons and 3, Paxton, was organized
On September Z, 1869, school dis
tricts No. Z and 8, both located il
what is now Yellow Medicine coun
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-09-06
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

H. F. Jones to Swan W. Peterson,
lots Fl, %, % and "a, block 3, Bel
view, $3.50.
W. F. Dickinson to Caroline Steg-
ner, lot Al, auditors subdivision
No. l, section l, Redwood Falls,
$500.
Lars Johnson to Olof Newdahl, e4
of ne4 and sw4 of ne4 of section p,
Vesta, $3.50.
Walter Welsh to Julia Welsh, NV
of section "a, Westline, $1,000.
Walter L. Breckenridge to Praxel
& Danielson, lots II and IS, block 8,
Walnut Grove, $4O0.
E. A. Kempton to F. A. Goethe,
lots l and 2, block 3, Morgan, 81 900.
Michael G. Foley to Fisher G..
Shaver, tract in northern portion of
city of Redwood Falls, $40.
Marshall E. Clayson to Euretta J .
Kenney, lots and 8, block 5, Hitch
cock S 1st addition to Redwood
Falls, $3.50.
A. T. Stevenson to VIM. Gillies,
lots 4, 5 and 6, block IA, Delhi, $4OO.
George A. Letford to Edward A.
Mcdowell, W! of nw4 of section 26,
North Hero, 81, 400
w. J. Masters to Dora Praxel, lots
1 and 2, block 4, Masters addition
to Walnut Grove, and tract in mel
Of ne4 of section 25, Springdale,
5000.
George H. Clark, assignee, to John
Clark, Jr., e! of mel and nw4 of mel
and lots 3 and 4, section 20, Kin.
tire, 81, 26O.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-09-06
ty, were given charters to do bust

ty, were given charters to do bust
ness.
On March 8, 1870, district No. 9,
located in Sherman, was organized,
and on May 25th OF the same year,
the settlement of the county having
materially increased, district No.
10, Swedes Forest, No. II in Sheri-
dan and Kintire, No. IL in Sheridan
and Vail and No. ID in Yellow Medi-
cine county we're organized. These
were all the districts organized that
year, but on April II, 1871, dis
tricts IA, Is, II and 10 were organ
lied, the first in New Avon, the
next two in Yellow Medicine county
and the last in Delhi. On Septem-
Der 5, 1871, district 10 was organ
lied at Lac qui Parle and 20 was
organized in Paxton township.
From this time forward, by reason
of the organization of the counties
from Redwood, and the increase OF
the population of the county, the
districts were frequently changed,
either the numbers or the territory,
and no where is there better evil
dence of the settlement of the coun-
try than the reading of the school
district checker board.
In speaking of the building of the
first court house in Redwood county
last week tits we'll to state that the
records are incomplete. The board
had no desire to secure costly plans
from an architect, and D. L. Brigham,
A. M. Cook and A. Dolvin, all hav-
ing had some experience in drafting,
were asked to draw plans for sub
mission to the board. They did so
and the plan of D. L. Bigham, call
ing for square building, were
adopted. He agreed to construct
the building for $4,000 in county
orders, then quoted at a discount of
ten per cent. The price was ac-
copied by the board and Mr.. Brigham
had ordered the lumber on the
last boat up the Minnesota river for
that year. But in the meantime
Mr.. Cook and Mr.. Dolyin became
dissatisfied over the rejection of
their plans and claimed that Mr..
Bigham's price was too high.
Mr.. Bigham appeared before the
board, surrendered his contract,
and told them that if they could get
any one to build the court house for
less money to do so. Later Mr.. Dol
vim offered to do the work for So, $50.
This bid was accepted. Mr.. Dolvin
did the work and when he turned
the building over to the county he
was the loser to the extent of $500.
He purchased the lumber of D. L.
Brigham which the latter had pur-
chased to carry out the contract.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-09-06
SOLUTION.

The solution of the numerical enigma
published in THE GAZETTE of last week
comprises the words: draw, dude, tool,
room, nine, fun, dory, scow, sea, last.
The letters form the name of cred
wood Falls, Redwood county. Mime
sofa, U. S. A."-the legal title of one
of the worlds most important centers
of trade and industry.
The answer to the word square fol-
lows:
On the way-going.
regular arrangeme nt-Order.
One idea in two-Id-ea.
The thing that bothers most-Needs.
Grows in meadows and elsewhere-Grass.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-09-06
POLITICS AND NEWS.
Gossip and Opinions Gathered In
the Capital City.

There is move on foot to hold the
Democratic national convention in
February, three or four months ear
lier than usual. The reason for this
may be the fear that the Republican
state convention will continue, as
they have begun, and adopt anti
trust platforms. BY the time Of
the national conventions, the Repub-
lican party in almost every state
will have declared itself on this
question, and the Democrats DON
like to lose their thunder so early
in the game. Free silver will stalk
about like skeleton, anti-expansion
will be practically dead, tariff for
revenue only will be a myth, and
the only remaining issue with which
the Democrats can hope to go before
the people is the anti. trust plank.
Their predicament is not difficult to
imagine if they cannot turn this is
sue to account.
Minnesota Democrats seem to find
some comfort in the fact that Bryan
has at last found one state wherein
his platform has been adopted and
fusion accomplished, namely, in his
own state of Nebraska. By Bryan's
platform, of course, is meant the Chi
cago platform of 1896, with free sill
yer, free trade and reputation. This
was adopted in toto by the Nebras-
ka fusionists. But this is nothing
for Bryan's followers to crow about,
because it will create precious little
enthusiasm throughout the country.
Bryan is the sole owner of Nebras-
ka fusiondom and if he had wanted
the convention to declare in favor
of the reconciliation of wampum
beads it would certainly have done
so.
Coin Harry, who is engaged in
the thankless task of passing the
hat around in Nebraska, is not doing
very well. Thirty days Of speech
making has only been able to lure
the comparatively small sum of Sc, 72O
from the pockets of the farmers, and
Harry is said to be very discour-
aged at the small attendance at his
lectures.
"Sad to recall, about 600 brave
American boys are already sleeping
their last sleep-on the ground floor
under Philippine sod,'' says one of
the Democratic dailies.
Very few would have been Sleep
ing on the sground floor in the Phil
ippines had it not been for the en-
couragement the party of John Lind
had given Aguinaldo and his follow
ers.
Wages of men employed on the
boats on the Great Lakes have been
advanced forty per cent. This is
the greatest advance in pay ever
made by lake carriers, and is most
unmistakable sign of the times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-09-06

Live for those who love you,
For those whose hearts are fond and
true,
The only way to do this right,
Take Rocky Mountain Tea at night.
Hitchcock & Co.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-09-06
WATCH YOUR OAK TREES.
The Caterpillar May Devour the
Leaves

Our attention has recently been
called to the fact that the oak cater
pillars which have been skeletoniz-
ing the woods in various parts Of the
county have now arrived in this city
and have begun to destroy the foil
age on the oak trees, says the Red
Wing Republican.
'The eggs are small and black.
The leaves are either fastened to-
gether or rolled up, and a small
web appears. When the tiny worms
hatch out they begin devouring the
leaves and in a short time the leaves
are completely eaten, or only the
mid rib left: The caterpillars
are at first light colored becoming
black fuzzy, the latter dark-yellow.
l think though there may be differ
ent species attacking the trees at
once. The butterfly is large and
brown.
"The remedy is either picking off
the leaves, when possible, the next
best, spraying the leaves with Paris
green. If this is done at once, and
all oak owners act together the
trees may be saved. Otherwise the
fate of the trees in other parts Of the
country will doubtless be ours.
Over fifty caterpillars have been
seen on one leaf, near Red Wing.
The same worms attack certain vari-
cites of fruit trees but I am not sure
which ones.
81 wish very much that sugges-
tons or information might be re-
ceived from others interested in for
estry. The circular prepared by
Otto Lugger, state entomologist, St.
Anthony Park, on the subject is ex-
ceedingly valuable, and could, I
think, be secured on application.
Will r. Speck, editor of the Warren
| OOuuIy OdAcIIc, hlCudIuSVlIC, n.y.,
writes the DR.. J. III. Mclean Medicine
Co. as follows: "Gentlemen-My wife's
praises of DR.. J. H. McLean's Strength
ening Cordial and Blood Purifier have
overcome my antipathy to writing 9
testimonial for it, and I therefore add
my recommendation to the hundreds
you are doubtless receiving daily fol
your valuable remedies. Your strength.
ening Cordial is truly q wonderful
strength giving medicine, and did my
wife more good in relieving weakness
and nervous prostration than one hun.
dred dollars spent with our best physi.
clans. I give one physician credit,
however, for recommending your Cor.
dial.n Hitchcock 4 Co. 34t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-09-06

Wages of men employed on the
boats on the Great Lakes have been
advanced forty per cent. This is
the greatest advance in pay ever
made by lake carriers, and is most
unmistakable sign of the times.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-26
MINOR CITY TOPICS.

E. f. Newell of Topeka, registered
last evening at the Claire.
A number of Santa Fe people were
fishing in the canon yesterday. A rain
storm that was almost a cloudburst
drenched the fisherman. They report
that fishing is poor.
Manager Sparks is very grateful to
patrons of the telephone line for their
Indulgence during recent difficulties
IN working the line. Yesterday after.
noon the terrific rain interfered with
the work on the line and a number OF
telephones were in consequence out of
gear. The work was completed
this forenoon and troubles and vexa-
tious breaks will be a matter of the past.
A letter addressed to Mrs. Virginia
Chavez, of Barelas, N. NJ, is held at the
postofiice for better directions, as there
is no postoffice in New Mexico named
Barelas.
Ornudo Teracchio, a middle-aged
Italian, who was several months ago
sent from Albuquerque to st. Vincent's
hospital, Santa Fe, on account of suffer
ing from a paralytic stroke, died yester-
day. As far as could be learned he has
no relatives in this country. The burial
took place this forenoon in Cedar Hill
cemetery, Undertaken Wagner having
charge of the body.
S. s. Beatty to-day received four cases
of peaches from Las Cruces, the first
of the season to come from that section
to Santa Fe.
A special train will be run this even
ing from Las Vegas to Santa Fe, to ar
rive here at 8 o'clock.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-26
A RAILWAY WRECK.
A Passenger Train Badly Smashed By a
Freight Engine.

Many of the excursionists from Santa
Fe met with vexatious delays both in
going to and coming from Las Vegas.
The excursion train hat left here Sat
urday morning did not reach Las We
gas until Saturday afternoon at 8
o'clock on account of a serious washout
on the railroad.
Those who started homeward on No.
II last evening, which is due here at
7:15, did not reach Santa Fe until 3
o'clock this morning. The cause was a
collision between the train and a freight
train in the Las Vegas yards, which,
had it occurred half a minute later,
would have resulted in the loss of many
lives. AS it was, a mail clerk had an
arm broken and a fireman was injured.
Just as the passenger train pulled out
of the depot a freight train which was
shifting in the yard commenced to slip
on the wet rails, and the engine draw
ing it ran into the passenger train,
damaging the two locomotives Of the
latter, the mail car and the express car.
1t took six hours to clear away the
wreck. A special train for the south
pulled out of Las Vegas at midnight
and reached here this morning.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-26
A STREET SCOOP.
A Wider Boulevard to the South Side and
Capitol Section.

a WlutI DOultVdIu W LILO Doutu hioO oAo
Capitol Section.
The hundreds of people from Santa
Fe who spent Saturday at Las Vegas
were ~astonished to find upon returning
last night and today that a great i'm
provement had been accomplished in the
business portion of the city during their
absence. Bridge street had been opened
from Water street to San Francisco
street, a wide walk had been made on
the portion opened and a s%ign-board
with the name of the street printed upon
it tackled up at the corner of San Fran
cisco and Bridge streets. The narrow
alleys formerly connecting Water and
San Francisco streets in place OF Bridge
street were closed. A force of men had
been at work all of Sunday to make the
change. The improvement is a very
desirable one and should be initiated in
other portions of town. The labelling OF
the street at the corners is an innovation
in Santa Fe which should be extended
to every street.
The reason for the rush was a feaI
that certain parties who were absent at
tending the reunion at Las Vegas would
protest and seek to delay by injunction,
If given opportunity. With Judge Nc
File, attorneys and directors out Of
town and a non-legal day at hand, there
was smooth sailing for the scheme.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-26
PERSONAL MENTION.

E. Fey Howell, salesman for the To-
peka Paper company, was a visitor in
the city today.
D. A. Coble, a mining superintendent
from Rinconada, is a guest at the Pal
ace.
A. bigger, of Albuquerque, is a guest
at the Claire.
f. E. Buckingham, of Denver, is stop
| ping at the Claire.
E. E. Haines, of Mexico, is a guest al
| the Claire.
H. T. Conger and wife of Espanola,
are guests at the Exchange. Mr.: Con
ger w a large ranch near Espanola.
j. G. Wing of St. Joseph, is stop
ping at the Palace.
Cole Lydon of Alamosa, is a guest al
the Palace.
w. C. Wynkoop of Denver, is register
ed at the Palace last evening.
c. E. Jones a travelling mar from Den
yer, is stopping at the Palace.
j. M. Hale of st. Joseph, is a guest al
the Palace.
+. &. Granger OF Randolph, register
ed last evening at the Palace.
Mrs. Johanna Kahn, daughter an(
son, came to Santa Fe from New York
last evening and are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Spitz.
Clemente Chavez of Polvadera, is 6
guest at the Exchange.
E. J. McNulty, custodian of the Tiffany
turquois mines neal Cerrillos, and hi
wife, are guests at the Exchange.
General Charles +. Easley has re
turned home from Bland. He still re
tains his enthusiasm for the camp anC
says now it is a permanent place witt
great prospects for the future. Botf
the Lone Star and Crown Point will
probably build additional mills this sum
mer.
Misses Viets, Throssell and Ladd Of
the government Indian school are visi
tors at the Albuquerque Indian school
Sergeant Percival Gasset, of the
rough riders, will be the guest of Judge
and Mrs. A. l.. Morrison for severa,
weeks. His residence is near Boston.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-26

After the address the band played
THE Star Spangled Banner" and the
audience, still under the spell of the
newspaper mans %eloquence, rose to it's
feet as one man and stood silent during
the rendition of the national hymn.
In the afternoon rain interfered great
ly with the program, and events were
postponed until to-day.
In the evening the Las Vegas Orato-
rio Society rendered part of Hadyn's
Creation in the opera house. Many
Santa Fe society people attended the
concert, which must be considered one
of the greatest musical events that has
taken place in New Mexico.
Governor Roosevelt's speech at Las
Vegas Saturday afternoon and pro-
ceedings at the meeting Of the associa-
ton of rough riders will be found on the
third page to-day. The speech was
made too late to appear ever in the
Las Vegas paper, and was not received
by the New Mexican from the Associat-
ed Press until after dark.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-26
At the Hotels.

At the Claire: A. bigger, Albuquer-
que; j. f. E. Buckingham. Denver; E.
e. Haines, Mexico; E. f. Newell, To-
peka.
At the Exchange: E. j. McNulty and
wife, Cerrillos; H. E. Bergman, Ration;
Clemente Chavez. Polvadera; AL Blain,
Corpus Christi; H. 7. Conger and wife,
Espanola.
At the Bon Ton: j.. O. Denham, Jack
Linderman, Jim Edwards, Albuquerque;
R. L. Woodward, Vernal, Utah; c. b.
King, B. R. Wolff, John Balyla, Ration;
John Voey, city.
At the Palace: B. w. McCandless,
Atchison; D. A. Coble, Rinconada; J. G..
Wing, st. Joseph; Cole Lydon, Alamosa;
w. G. Wynkoop, Denver; G. E. Jones,
Pueblo; J. M. Hale, st. Joseph; +. G..
Granger, Randolph.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-26

guard. The new officers will be i'm
stalled July 4.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
DR.. o. c. McEwen has located at
Pennington.
A new trail is being built from La
Plata, Colo, to San Juan county, N. NJ.
EDDY COUNTY.
Carlsbad will celebrate it's change of
name with a grand Fourth of July cell
ebration.
A. A. briggs, of Carlsbad, has ac-
cepted the position of station agent at
Pecos at the new depot of the Pecos
Valley railroad.