The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-06-13

Pentony Bros. have erected an
addition to their residence on Lin
coin street during the past month.
Chas. Dripps has opened q bicy-
Gle repair shop in the rear of the
building occupied by the supply
aud commission house.
DR.. Pease attended meeting OF
the pension board OF examiners for
4 this district at Sleepy Eye last
!. Wednesday. James Warner of this
city submitted to medical examina-
ton for pension, while VIM. H.
Post also stood an examination for
an increase.
Walter King came down from
Melrose on Wednesday of last week,
coming overland. He states that
the section through which he
traversed was ba lily in need of rain
! in fact, if rain came Immediately it
would not produce any more than
half a crop, and if it did not the crop
would be total failure.
Census Enumeration Thos. c..
Jones is busily engaged at his
work in this city. From indica-
tons the census will show the city
to have less than 1000 population,
which many people predicted some
time ago it would have. The annual
spring and summer exodus will re-
duce the population considerably.
Mrs. Homer Roberts of North
field, daughter of Henry Kahler,
formerly proprietor of Hotel Fran
co.'s OF this city, passed away at
Mortified couple of weeks ago.
She was prominent member of the
Methodist church at Mortified, and
the White Rose Rebekah Lodge of
| Northfeld. The News states that
the floral offerings over the casket
were unusually beautiful.
i Mrs. Melvin Carpenter. residing
south of the city, claims to have
been injured by getting one Of her
feet caught in defective sidewalk
on Third street, leading to the
court house, on Decoration Day,
and there is some talk that an ac-
ton for damages will be commenced
! against the city on account of the
personal injuries received Two
places in the walk on that street,
Slightly detective at that time, have
since been repaired.
/ H. E. Miller and wife of Roches-
terhave been in the city during the
past week. Mr.. Milleris the owner
of a section of land in Underwood
land while here purchased the resi-
dence owned by Thos.' Mcmillan,
and which was once the old Bailey
House. Mr.. Miller intends to re-
side here in the future. He is
greatly impressed with the Falls, and
particularly the proposition to dam
the river just above the bridge He
says he has been in towns where
rivers have been damned and it
made them summer resorts to which
large crowds 1ocked every Sunday.
A Marshall special of June 5th to
the Journal says that special from
Redwood Falls to The Journal re-
lating to the wolf bounty law, stated
that Lyon county had paid out over
81, 900 for wolf bounties since the
law was put into effect AS mat
ter of fact Lyon county has paid
over So, 900 in wolf bounties since
the first of March, this year, This
unusually large amount will prob
ably operate to revocation of the
bounty in this county another year,
as it is optional with counties.
Nearly the entire amount of $4,000
was paid in the months of March
and April, and several wolf hunt
ers made big thing.
Renville Record: The hotel at
Beaver Falls has been closed for
want of patronage and there is woe
in the capital city. Excited crowds
two or three constitute crowd in
Beaver Falls) were gathered at the
crossings of the COW paths the day
the dire event occurred and held
long discussions as to the cause
and effects. The consensus of
opinion was among the wise men,
that mercenaries from Olivia armed
with filthy money, had purchased
the hotel and closed II in ordar IN