The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-02-28

Thursday. Quite number Of gath
erings occurred for the noon meal.
The banks closed at noon, and re-
ceived deposits and issued exchange
only in the. morning. Stores we're
generally open throughout the day,
closing at about the supper hour for
the evening.
Archie Milloy, the we'll known
farmer of Vail township, returned
from a two weeks trip through
Iowa, on Wednesday afternoon Of
last week. While.there he visited
with his brother in Cerro Gordo
county. He states that snow is a
foot deep in that section and that
people are enjoying the finest kind
of sleighing.
G. Z. Thompson returned from
his trip through Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma and Texas, on Tuesday
afternoon of last week. Mr.. Thomp-
son was absent about two months
land took occasion to see everything
that was to be seen in those states
and territory. He is Of the opinion
that Oklahoma affords many excel
lent opportunities for business men
and investors and says that the
towns of the territory are partic-
ularly lively.
l.. F. Robinson, janitor Of the
court house, also an artist of con-
siderable local fame, gave the court
house boys surprise last Thurs
day morning by bringing out life
size picture Of George Washington
on his steed:at the battle Of Trenton,
the work of Mr.. Robinson. The
boys attached wires to the picture
and suspended it over the front en-
trance of the building, where 1t was
greatly admired by the people who
passed that way.
The Washington birthday party
at Hotel Francois on Thursday
. evening of last week was an unus-
ually delightful affair. In the
neighborhood of 100 ladies and gen
tlemen we're present and tripped
the light fantastic to the tunes of
the music OF the Redwood Falls
concert orchestra till nearly mid
night, when supper was served.
The menu of the latter was one OF
the finest ever offered to dancing
party. The dining room of the
hotel was appropriately decorated.
Maj. George L. Evans of the Me-
dawankton band of Sioux Indians,
will probably commence paying the
annuities to the'Indians some TIM
next week. The annuity gives
about S. to each member of the
tribe, the.total being about $4,000
A number of the Indians had tracts
on the forfeited tax list published
in the last wo.issues of this paper,
but the taxes have all been paid,
with single exception, and Mr..
Evans is hopeful that the taxes in
this one case will be paid some time
this week.
| People attaching revenue stamps
to legal documents, where the
stamps are in amount of ten cents
aud over should bear in mind that
the new ruling of the revenue de-
partment requires that these stamps
be cut in two places, after they
have been attached to the document.
This ruling has been carelessly
violated by large number of peo-
pie who have been filing papers
with the register of deeds during
the past few months, and Mr.. Cob
leigh has been obliged to cut the
stamps for them. He requests that
in the future the makers of the in
struments see that the stamps are
properly cut. The ruling was
made necessary by the fact that
wrong doors have been removing
stamps from documents, putting
them through a process where the
ink has been removed, and placing
them on sale again.
At the election on the question OF
incorporating the village Of Revere,
held at the school house in the pro-
posed limits of the village on Feb.
18th last, there were 30 votes cast,
all of which were cast in favor of
incorporation. The prescribed linn
it's take in all of section %, the west
half of the southwest quarter of the
southeast nuartnr of section 81 the