The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-01-10
Thos. Finn left for Duluth yes

mos. Finn LETT Tor Duluth yes
terday to take up his studies in a
preparatory school in the Zenith
City.
Hugh Green is contemplating put
ting in an omnibus line to connect
with all trains and hotels in this
city and from North Redwood.
Fred Homer, of the firm of Hon
nor & Hosken of North Redwood
spent last week in Morton direct
ing the erection of the monument
placed in the Morton park in mem
airy of the friendly Indians.
J. A. Schmahl, defeated candidate
for alderman in the second ward.
filed his bill of expenses last Wed
nesday. It included 81 for filing
his nomination certificate, and So. so
paid for livery during the contest
and on the day Of election
Francis S. Pollard retired from
the firm of Pollard & Whitman OF
The Morgan Messenger on Thurs
day evening of last week, and came
up home on the following day Mr..
Pollard will spend month or mere
in Redwood Falls and surrounding
country, taking much needed rest.
c. W. H. Heideman, who was the
Northwestern agent at New Ulm
for many years and who later went
to GAINESVILLE in the capacity of
agent of that place, was tried last
week upon the charge of grand lar
ceny. He entered plea of guilty
of grand larceny in the second de-
gree and was fined $3.50. He will
pay the fipe and states that he will
go west to begin life over again.
During the past week IS instru-
ments were placed on record with
the register of deeds. OF the num-
Der 70 were warranty deeds. IS
were mortgages, II were satisfac-
tons and the rest were miscellane-
Gus. The deeds were nearly all
filed prior to week ago last Mon
day, on which dale tie 1899 tax be-
came due, and the filing prior to
that date avoided the tax payment
until prior to June 1st, next.
In letter from F. E. Kenney at
Brainerd that gentleman states that
logging operations for the 1900 sea-
son have been commenced in ear
nest, the ground being we'll frozen
and the logs being ''banked' from
all the camps. Whie some snow
is desirable for skidding purposes
it is not essential for hauling, as
the logging roads are 'rutted' by
machine for the purpose, and wat
er tank run over them at night lets
out water enough so that when
frozen, there is fine track in the
ice for the sleds with their immense
loads. Help is plenty and there is
every prospect of large cut Large
loads of supplies are driven out to
the nearby camps from this city
every day, Sundays not excepted.
The Pioneer Press of Jan. lst
contained the following St. Paul
town item: At the close of the
Christian Endeavor society of the
First Presbyterian church last even
ing the society presented to Rev.
John Sinclair a sealed silver urn
which contained the ashes of the
recent mortgage of the church,
when was burned last Friday even
ing. John Strong, president of the
society, in making the presentation,
said that Mr.. Sinclair, who is in in
different health. would find in the
smell of the ashes a better drug
than the physicians could prescribe.
AS token of his work in raising
the mortgage a handsomely framed
hand-painted picture of red roses
was presented to Mr.. Sinclair. The
artist is member of the society.
and contributed the picture to de
fraying the floating debt on. the
The picture was subscribed
for by the society.
The delinquent tax list, which
will be published in February, wifi
not be as long as the lists of other
years, indicating that the financial
of the taxpayers of Red
wood county is improving. AS US
ual the towns on the north side of
the county will have the longest
lists, the city of Redwood Falls
keeping up its record for delinquent