The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-11-14

w. +. Rowe and his daughter,
Mrs. f. Van alkenburg Of Spring
field, visited with relatives here
during the early portion Of last
week.
Miss Anna Deem Of Tracy chap
eroned number Of the young ladies
Of the Tracy schools at the Tracy
Red wood foot ball team in this city
last Saturday.
John P. Cooper and Auditor l. N.
Tompkins, with several cars loaded
with stock, left for Chicago last
Saturday afternoon, and will spend
several days in that city.
! Geo.. S. Richardson, formerly
station agent at North Redwood. is
now agent for the Northern Pacific
at Davenport, Washington, enjoy
ing a better salary and better eli
mate.
! Attorney D. A. Stuart came up
from Window early last week and
has been attending court here ever
since. Mr.. Stuart was elected
county attorney of Cotton wood
county without opposition.
! Quite a number of the ladies OF
| the Rathbone Sisters received cleo
ton returns in the K. P. hall on
Tuesday night of last week. The
telegraph and telephone returns
were transferred to them from the
GAZETTE office at repeated intervals.
| Postmaster Hughes received a
phone message Friday morning in
viting Redwood Republicans to par
ticipate in the big ratification meet
ing at New Ulm on Saturday even
ling, but owing to court being in
session and other work it was i'm
possible to get up a crowd that
would warrant the running of a
special train back Saturday night,
!, after the ratification.
! In the case of E. E.. Harriott VS..
G. L. Holmes, an action brought to
recover $500, agents commission
| for the sale of land which Mr..
| Holmes afterwards refused, the
jury brought in verdict last Sat
urday morning for $445.57 in favor
of Mr.. Harriott. The agent was
| 0. L. Dornberg. who afterwards as
signed the claim to Mr.. Harriott.
The first time the case was tried
Mr.. Harriott was given verdict.
i; An appeal was taken to the Supreme
Court which reversed Judge Web
Der S order refusing anew trial. The
} second trial was miss, the jury
failing to agree, and on the third
, the jury brought in the above YER
dict, which was for the principal
, and interest since the amount was
, demanded. The verdict carries
with it all costs, amounting to near
ly $50. Messrs. Pierce & Harriott
: were attorneys for the plaintiff.
Redwood county has been very
: free from crime during the past six
months, according to the last grand
jury, which adjourned Friday
morning, after two days session
Only one indictment was returned
by that body, and this Indictment
has not vet been made public. Il
is understood that it is against the
persons WHO broke into Blackmore s
; saloon at Vesta, and committed rob.
berry, and who afterwards broke out
from the Redwood county jail.
Whether the indictment is for the
; burglary and robbery, or whether
it is for Jail breaking, cannot be
learned. The jury examined the
!, jail and found it in excellent condi
ton. The members felt like con.
, graduating themselves on the rec
ord of the county during the past
six months, particularly in view O
! the fact that a number of new towns
in some of which there are no police
; regulations, have sprung up.
The council held a special meet
ing last Thursday evening and
listened to the report of its com
mittee on street sprinkling for the
past season. The report was or
dered filed, after which an assess
: ment of 40 cents for each 100 square
) feet of property abutting on streets
, located in the sprinkling district
; was ordered levied. AS soon as
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