The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-03-15

Charles 7. Howard made trip to
Sleepy Eye and Springfield last Fri
day.
Judson Elliott of Albert Lea was
attending to business in this city
last Friday.
Miss Eva E. Maxam of Mime
apolis, with an incandescent electric
company of that city, is
visiting with the family of J. A.
Engelhart.
H. A. and H. S. Baldwin left for
Sioux City last Friday, going by
way of Mankato, where they loaded
several cars of stock, and shipped
them to Sioux City.
The family of Conductor T. R.
Hughes is suffering from an attack
of scarlet fever, which seems to be
quite prevalent in Sleepy Eye, and
the germ is travelling this way.
The farm once owned by the
county as poor farm, is again
offered for sale, the present owners
reserving the right to cut all but a
few acres of the timber from the
land.
The train service for the past
month on the Northwestern has been
something simply outrageous. tits
question whether a single train
has arrived on schedule time during
that period, and generally the trains
have been from one-half to more
than an hour late. The incon-
venience arises in the fact that it is
impossible to answer correspon-
dence by the next outgoing mails.
Wednesday of last week was a
delightful spring day, and general
thaw set in. This was continued
on part of 'Thursday. but during
the afternoon of that day the sky
became cloudy, and a sleet fell con-
tinuously from that time, continuing
over Saturday. Sidewalks were
made exceptionally slippery, branch
es of trees snapped under the
weight of the frozen sleet, while tel
egraph, electric light and telephone
wires we're thickened by the same
process.
Ring & Co. have been engaged
during the past week in fitting up
the store room formerly occupied by
J. R. Wolff on Washington avenue,
and now have the same ready for
occupancy. The north side Of the
room has been arranged particularly
for the shoe business, the shelving
extending nearly to the ceiling, and
the upper portion is to be reached
by sliding ladders. The south side
of the building is likely to be occu-
pied with a stock of clothing, al
though the latter is not definitely
decided upon.
In his report as director of the
veterinary department of the State
board of health DR.. Reynolds de-
votes considerable attention to hog
cholera and the great strides made
by the department in suppressing
it. 1t is estimated that the loss in
1896, when the disease was at it's
maximum, was about ST. 900, 900; in
1897 the loss was estimated at
$487. 800, and in the year just past,
when the work of the department
was actively pushed the loss was
brought down to 1926, ZOO. A sys-
tenn of quarantine has been estab-
lished, which DR.. Reynolds believes
will prove to be a stone wall in pre-
venting the disease extending
farther north. This irregular line,
from two to six townships wide,
extends across the southern part of
the State through Wright, Meeker,
Kandiyohi, Chippewa and Lac qui
Parle counties.
Maj. Mclaughlin, United States
Indian Agency Inspector, was at
the Indian agency east Of town last
Wednesday and Thursday, in COM
pany with Rev. w. H. Knowlton and
George L. Evans of this city, the
latter the probate agent for the
tribe now located there. Maj. Nc
Laughlin s mission here was to en-
roll the Indians at the agency, in
compliance with an order issued by
Indian Agent Jones, at the request
of Mr.. Knowlton, who asked the
agent to cause a new census OF all
the Indians to be taken, and at the