The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-02-01

Attorney Charles T. Howard re.
turned from his business trip to ST.
Paul last Thursday afternoon.
Robt. Stewart is canvassing the
county in the interests of Clarence
Wedges Albert Lea nursery-all
Minnesota grown stock, warranted
to stand the climate by, the Mime
sofa Horticultural society.
A. E. King and wife returned
from Rockford, ILL.,, last week. Mrs.
King has been there for two years
with her daughter, Catharine, who
lately passed away, while Mr.. King
went to Rockford shortly before the
holidays.
G. W. Everett left for Springfield
last Friday afternoon to take pos
session of his stock of general mer.
chandise at that place. Mr.. Everett
appeared to be very much pleased
over the trade by which he came
into possession of a stock.
Masonic Hall will soon be lighted
by electricity, Charity Chapter No.
IS, Order of the Eastern Star, hav-
ing voted to pay good portion OF
the expense Of wiring the hall by
the concealed wire system, and OF
placing a suitable chandelier in the
center.
Mrs. H. L. Beecher of New Ulm,
well-known here as formerly Miss
Mary Treadwell, and wife of the
station agent at New Ulm, fell from
the porch of her home in New Ulm
on Saturday, Jan. q, and sustained
some severe injuries about her
arms and shoulders, and also some
bruises on her face. Mrs. J. N.
Treadwell of St. Peter, her mother,
is engaged in caring for the daugh-
ter.
Supt. S. J. Race returned from a
trip visiting schools last Thursday
afternoon. He stopped over night
Wednesday at the home of Michael
FLAG, in Charlestown, and drove to
this city from that place on Thurs
day. On his arrival here he dis
covered that he froze one of his in
dex fingers so badly that it cracked
in several places at the end. He
declares that Thursday, facing the
wind was the coolest day he has
ever experienced for driving, since
he took charge of the superintend-
ent's Office.
The new block system on the
Omaha road went into effect last
Sunday, resulting in the employ
ment of 20 new operators on the di-
vision. The company has issued a
new code of rules and regulations
to govern the telegraph block sys-
tenn, the automatic block system and
interlocking, which contains colored
cuts of the different signals. Lee
vers in the telegraph Office work
the double arm semaphores of the
system, while the automatic electric
block is worked by track circuit
and the interlocking is worked from
the tower.
The weather moderated consider
ably last Friday, but during the
afternoon a few flakes of snow fell.
Friday night was moonlight even
ing, and while few clouds covered
the moon at intervals it was light
enough for all evening driving pur-
poses. The weather was fairly
mild. But shortly after midnight
things were different. A strong
wind came up from the northwest,
a few flakes of snow danced to the
music of the wind, and when the
populace poked their heads out of
their residences Saturday morning
they found it bitter cold. The
thermometer was nearly 20 degrees
below at an early hour.
For number of years past the
United States government has been
allowing annuities to Indians,
amounting to various sums, and in
some cases running as high as $500
or $4OO. Land has also been pur-
chased and allotted to them. In
some cases the Indians have re-
ceived especially large sums,
through their own cunningness.
Those of the mixed blood have been
registering with the different tribes
with whom they have claimed blood
relations, and hence shared in each