The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-05-31

Decoration Day edition last week.
Attorney John a. Dalzell was
over from Morton on probate matters
last Thursday.
The Misses Olson of Eden Grove:
Iowa, passed through here last
Wednesday morning, en- route for a
point on the St. Louis west of here.
Notices were received here last
Wednesday to the effect that the
meeting of creditors of W. H. Web
ster, late of the Fair Store of this
city, but now of st. James, would
occur at Mankato on June 9th.
There will probably be no appear
ance on the part of Redwood credit
Ors.
w. B. King was assisting Treas
urer Tenney in receiving real estate
taxes last week. The receipts were
unusually large each day last week,
and as to-day is the last day for
paying taxes, before penalty &C
crues it is probable that the receipts
at the treasurer's Office will be very
large.
| G. C. Sickle, at one time a resi-
dent of this city, and the builder of
the one story frame building on the
southeast corner Of Second and
Washington, which is soon to give
way for the new Hitchcock build
ing, is now residing in Los Ange-
les, CAL, having moved there from
suburban town very recently.
George Smith and w. H. Wells
will return this week from their
trip through Missouri and Arkansas.
In letter the former states that he
is favorably impressed with the
country in those two States, through
which he passed, and there was
some prospectfof his locating down
there. The weather was very pleas
ant during his stay.
Mrs. Henry H. Chapman and
daughter of 'Waseca, visited with
the family!of E. M. Holmes of this
city, for few days prior to Tues
day of last week, on which day they
returned home. Henry had just
returned the day before from his
trip to New Orleans, where he rep
resented the conductors of the
State at the National gathering.
A vast amount of money was paid
out last week by the local wheat
dealers-not for wheat received
during the week, or Oh any one day.
but for wheat that had been in
store for a long time. On Monday
of last week one dealer paid to one
holder over 81 900, while on Tues
day another dealer paid out over
Sc, 900 for stored wheat. The price
paid during the whole of the latter
day was 81 cents per bushel.
A Washington special to the Jour
nal of last Wednesday says that the
secretary of the interior has APP
proved the bond of George L. Evans,
Redwood Falls, Mimi, as disburs-
ing agent for annuities due the
Medawakanton Sioux of southern
Minnesota. Mr.. Evans begins work
tomorrow. He will get 50 per day
for services for not exceeding 100
days in each year. The amount to
be disbursed annually is about
$4,000.
Mesdames Christ. Olson and two
children and Mary Boklep ofSwedes
Forest left here on Wednesday last
for Wisconsin, where they will visit
with Mr. Olson S brothers in Jack
son county for several days, after
which they will 60 to Beloit and
visit with her sister, and from there
to Kenosha, where they will visit
Mr.. Olson s mother and sister.
They will return in about month
and Mr. Olson S mother will return
with them
A party of Chicago & Northwest
ern officials, together with a number
of leading grain men were in Red
wood Falls on Tuesday morning of
last week. They came in on a
special train, and remained long
enough to call on the local grain
buyers, after which the special pull
led out for Sleepy Eye from which
point it proceeded west to Pierre.
The party was on a trip of inspec-
ton of the growing crops along the
line as we'll as to ascertain the con-
dition of certain elevators in which