The Redwood gazette., 1901-03-13
Ed. O'Connor of Sacred Heart has


Ed. O'Connor of Sacred Heart has
been buying land in this vicinity.
Jeffries, the wholesale paper mis-
sionary. was taking orders here last
Wednesday.
The county commissioners met
last Friday, and their proceedings
will be found on another page.
Twenty cars of emigrants
passed west over the Northwestern
in one day of last week, most of
them from Iowa.
Chas. Brundage of Hutchinson
was here last Thursday, in attend
ance at the funeral Of his grand
mother, the late Mary A. Jones.
G. ]. Rice, who has been manag-
ing the Peterson store at Seaforth,
has been waiting on customers at
G. E. Lamberton S since March 4th.
The farmers in the vicinity of
Sacred Heart and Renville are talk
ing of having an excursion to the
State school. They had one last
year and were so well pleased with
the trip that they want to go again.
The high wind Tuesday of last
week was too much for the west
bound freight on the NJ. & St. L.. as
it was unable to make the North
Redwood hill and backed up to Nor
ton until next day.
The dissolution of the Matthews
& Patterson collection agency will
not affect G. G.. Johnson, as he will
continue to do business in the same
line in his individual capacity, with
office over Philbrick S as before.
Mr.. and Mrs. N D. White have
been visiting with their daughter,
Mrs. T. G. Jones, Mr.. White has
sold his Renville county farm and is
on his way to a new home in Todd
county, going by way of Zumbrota,
where they have relatives.
Out of Al teachers certificates re-
! turned to Supt. Race thus far as the
result of recent examinations,
were for first grade, 30 for second
grade, and 5 for third grade. Quite
a large number of applicants who
had not taught failed to pass.
Fred Dietztnan has recently writ
ten J. B. Robinson that he has j
chance to sell the land hepurchased
a year ago at Weyser, Idaho, fol-
$26 per acre to buyer who is will,
ing to pay $50 per acre, and that he
will let his land go and move further
west.
E. NJ. Walbridge, whose failure is
mourned by a few creditors in the
northern part Of this county, bObs
up again in q recommendation made
/. by Michael Doran, Jr., to Judge
/ .Lochren, that Walbridge be not dis
charged from bankruptcy. Wal
bridge filed petition in bankrupt
cy, and his creditors appeared anC
claimed that he was concealing al
/ least $40, 600 worth of assets. L
is claimed that on Aug. /, 1899, bis
assets exceeded his liabilities by
$40, 600 In May, 1900, it appeared
that his liabilities exceeded his as
sets by $32, 900. The referee recon-
mends that thorough investigation
be made.
The receipt of a telegram from
Chief Clerk Schmahl OF this paper
last Friday, stating that the House
had voted a tie on the proposition t(
place Red wood county in the sew
enth instead of the second district
and that Speaker Bowling had de
cided the tie against the wishes o
! Redwood county citizens, caused (
murmur of deep disappointment, no
to say disgust, in this locality. The
disappointment was over the lack O
the one more vote necessary for {
majority, and the disgust was ove1
the fact that~a member from Oul
neighboring county should be thu
one to put Redwood county in, tht
hole. Et tn brute
i One of Redwood s enterprisins
merchants was observing a few
mornings ago, that it is too bad tha
no effort has been made the pas
winter for an organization of tbt
business interests of our little city
| While the country about Redwood
Falls is rapidly filling up with al