The Redwood gazette., 1902-03-26
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visit with friends at NJ Minneapol on
! Wednesday aftern Don of last week
George W Dickinson and Frank
1 Curtis. returned from a few days
4 visit with friends i'll NJ inneapolis or
/ Wednesday afternoon OF last week
Miss Frances Everett left fol
I. Minneapolis Saturday. where she
has been engaged to teach in the
schools Of that city for the remand
er of the 1902 school term .s'
Peter w. Christensen and Hon
Geo. w. Somerville Of Sleepy Eye
were in the city last Wednesday anG
Thursday On Wednesday they
drove to their farm in Kintire- town:
ship, formerly the Holmes farm, anG
on Thursday they visited Mr.. Som.
erville' IS farm IN Paxton.
There will be "a meeting of the
members Of the fire department in
the council room this evening for
the purpose Of considering the ad-
visibility Of reorganizing the depart
ment on the lines suggested by
Mayor Aune in the last issue of this
paper. All the members are urged
to be present.
Messrs. Gold, Hitchcock and
Bowers have selected the st. Louis
pressed, brick of a grayish color for
the Second street and Washingto
avenue sides OF their two story
building to be erected this spring
and summer. This brick matches
finely with the granite from the
I North Redwood quarries, and the
gentlemen anticipate having as pret-
| ty front as there is on any build
ing in this section of the State.
The Sleepy Eye Milling Co. has
decided to build d new 3, 600 barrel
Touring mill at that place, which,
| in addition to its present mill will
give it a daily capacity of 5000 bar
rels The mill will be five stories
high and 100 feet long by 80 feet
| wide. The same company will
build a cereal mill, cooper shop and
power house which will, with the
buildings already up, give it a sol
idly built freproof wall OF over
1900 feet in length along the rail
road frontage, the street having
been closed to admit Of the build
ing.
A. g. King. the newly appointed
postmaster for this city, states that
he expects to receive notice of his
confirmation by the senate. as we'll
as the bond enclosure, some time
this week. As soon as the bond is
received he will have it properly
made out and returned to Washing
tou, when the commission will be
issued. He doubts very much
whether be will receive the COM
mission in time to take charge of
the office on April lst, the COM
mencement of the new postoffice
quarter, but ne viii take charge of
the Office as soon after that date as
he is given authority by the post
office department.
Renville Record The financial
statement of the village of Olivia is
an interesting document. An effort
was evidently made to show that
the village was not bankrupt A
statement of assets and liabilities
is given which shows the county
seat village to be worth 50 916 more
than :towes 1t owes a little over
$50. 900, but to Offset that has a
$4,000 armory. $500 park, $1,000
| fire engine. 5000 worth OF fire APP
paratus. $3.50 street sprinkler and
a SIG, 900 electric light and water
works plant which brought in 81
5000, last year and paid out 81. :
163. Oh or a deficit of 1,253. II. 1t
must be relief to the citizens of
our neighbor that their cityis much
to the good even if their wealth
does not consist of $3.50 street
sprinklers and $1,000 deficit earn
ing light plants.