The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-11-01

i George French was down from
Itasca county during portion OF
last week.
A heavy rain on Monday evening
and Tuesday of last week stopped
threshing for several days, The
sky cleared up after the rain, but
the atmosphere remained cool, and
the threshers report difficult work
in putting the straw through the
machines.
i Edward A. Luscher has purchas-
ed the two story brick building on
Washington avenue, the lower fl cor
and cellar of which is now occupied
by his drug store. The purchase
was made last week, the grantor be-
ing Eliza A Sears, mother of R. W.
Sears, well-known in this city. The
consideration was $4,000.
The marriage OF Robert Rickell,
Jr., and Jessie Edith Childs, the
former of Vesta, and the latter of
Wisconsin, occurred at the home of
the groom S parents in Vesta last
Wednesday forenoon, Rev. VIM.
Earl Of the Congregational church
of Granite Falls and Belview, off
ciating. The bridesmaid was
Miss Maggie Gamble, sister of the
the bride, and the groomsman was
Claude Johnson of Vesta. The bride
was charminglv attired in light
blue henrietta, with lace trimmin gs.
After the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served and in the
evening the young folks of the com
munity INDUCED in dance at the
residence.
Secretary J. J. Bell and Auditor
Campbell of the Gulf & Manitoba
system left for MesEoines last Sat
urday in response to a telegram an
nouncing a meeting of the board of
directors of that company to pass
upon the acceptance or rejection of
a proposition to bond the entire line
of the company-that is from Sank
Center to Little Falls, through to
Cover, Missouri. Before leaving
the two gentlemen closed a deal
with A. l.. Gale for the right-of- way
through his farm, paying him about
$50 per acre for the same. The
cash was paid over. On Friday
Is large sized scrapers arrived at
North Redwood for use in grading
the line and large crew of men are
waiting to 90 to work.
Two orders were filed in the reg
lister Of deeds office last week, COM
ing from the district court of Hen
nepin county. One removed the
insolvent Northern Trust Co., as
assignee of the Minnesota Agricul.
tural Co., insolvent, and appointed
John NJ Norris of Minneapolis, in
stead, Mr.. Norris being obliged to
furnish a bond of 1914, 600 as guar
antee of his faithful performance of
the work. The other order was by
Judge Belden and was to the effect
that inasmuch as the Northern
Trust Co. had failed to turn over
the property of the Minnesota Agri-
cultural Co. to Mr.. Norris the prop
erty, including the title to the real
estate, ETC., was then vested in Mr..
Norris name as assignee.
A. G. Dolliff has been in St. Paul
during the past week, securing
dispositions from officials of the
United States Savings & Loan Co.,
in connection with the action of W.
P. Huntington VS.. the insurance
company which owns the corner
lot on the southwest corner of Mill
and Second streets. When the
insurance company paid the face of
the policy insuring the building,
since destroyed by fire, to the Saw
ings & Loan Co., the mortgagee,
the latter concern gave the insur-
ance company its title to the lot.
The insurance money paid the mort
gage, however, and Mr.. Huntington
is suing to recover title. claiming
that the action of the Savings &
Loan company was invalid.
Eddie Sanders, the only remain
ing son of the late Mrs. F. E. Bah
cock, arrived here last Thursday
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