The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-09-06

over from Marshall on Tuesday Of
last week, attending to several legal
matters before returning.
S. G.. Peterson of the firm Of Pet
erson & Graft was in Madison dur
ing portion of last week, oversee
ing the opening up of the firms
branch store at that place.
Dan. R. McRae of Morgan, who
was with Co. X. in the Philippines,
was reported i'll by the Manila Free
dom when the Thirteenth regiment
left Manila for San Francisco.
Mrs. Sarah Dahl of Dawson came
down from that town on Tuesday of
last week. and was a witness in the
divorce case of Palmer VS.. Palmer.
She drove from here to Franklin.
Miss O'Connor of Rochester, a sis
ter of Rev. FIR. O'Connor of Morton,
passed through here last Wednes-
day, en- route for Morton, where she
will visit with her brother for some
time.
Judge E. F. Way of Claremont,
Mimi, father of Rev. G.. H. Way of
the Methodist church of this city,
who had been visiting with the
family of the latter for week or
more, returned home on Wednesday
of last week.
The bond of Frank W. Smith, as
town treasurer of Westline, was
filed with the register of deeds last
week, after long delay. The bond
is for only $3.50, and instead of run
ming to the town supervisors it is
made to the county commissioners.
The latter is binding, but the
former is customary.
According to a real estate paper
there were 6,OO8 acres of land trans
ferred in Redwood county during
the month of July, and the total con-
slderation was $12O,379 an average
of $2O.O3 per acre. In Renville
county there were only 1920 acres
transferred, for a total considera-
ton of $29, OO3, an average of s21.97
per acre.
The lawn social Of St. Veronica's
Guild scheduled for F. L. Warmers
lawn last Wednesday evening was
changed to house social, on &C.
count of the heavy rain, which COM
menced shortly after six o clock that
evening and continued all night.
Mr.. Warner had electric lights on
the lawn for the occasion. The
crowd was not large.
G. D. Gilfllan is engaged in drain
ing all of the sloughs on his pasture
land in Paxton, the drain being of
farm tile and running to Grow creek.
Mr.. Gilfllan S purpose is two fold
the first to get the present watery
land for pasture, and the second to
keep hunters out of the sloughs, he
fearing that while they are shooting
they might accidentally injure some
Of the cattle being fattened on his
farm.
Quite serious accident occurred
on the M. & I. Ry., about a mile
east of town on the big grade, says
the Sanborn Sentinel. A hand car
containing five men had started for
town. Being in a hurry and not
thinking of the danger of running
rapidly over an unfinished road,
they started out in good speed.
Without any warning the car jumped
the track throwing the men quite a
distance. All were more or less
injured, but two of the men were so
seriously hurt as to be obliged to be
removed to hospital at Rochester.
Ex-senator Samuel p. Brown of
Glencoe, accompanied by his son,
Samuel P. Brown, Jr., of Mime
apolis, and J. H. Reiner of Glencoe,
arrived here on Thursday evening
of last week, and spent several days
on the chicken preserves of Red
wood county. Senator Brown was
one OF the Democrats of the 1892
session of the legislature, and no
senator enjoyed voting for Demo
cratic and against a Republican
measure any more than he. He is
not much of speaker, but as a story
teller and the possessor of very good
business ideas the Senator is a gem.
On last Wednesday evening Aune
& Thune entered into a lease con-
tract with George Houghmaster
whereby that firm will take the