The Redwood gazette., 1902-04-30

man Of the grand jury, which ad-
journed last Thursday.
Lew Wallace and Harvey Harris
were down from Vesta during the
early portion of last week.
j. Albert ] Johnson Of Wanda. can
didate for the Republican nomina-
tion for county treasurer, was ming
ling with the court officials and
jurors during the greater portion Of
last week. @
Rev. John Sinclair came up from
st. Paul last Thursday and spent
several days with his many friends
in and around this city, he being
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John p.
Cooper during his stay here. Mr..
Sinclair is in excellent health.
The case of Lucilia Carpenter VS..
the City Of Redwood Falls, an ac-
tion to recover damages by reason
of defective sidewalk, whereby
Mrs. Carpenter was injured, has
been dismissed in the district court,
on motion of Somerville & Olsen,
attorneys for the plaintiff.
The case of Jerome E. Madden, as
administrator of the estate of Vim.
F. Carroll, deceased, VS.. the Chicago
& Northwestern railway, to recover
So, 900 by reason of Mr.. Carroll hav-
ing been killed in an accident in the
Mankato yards, was on trial before
the Mankato division of the Federal
court last week.
Mrs. Katharine Lunn and son,
John d. Lunn, bade farewell to Red
wood friends on Wednesday of last
week and left for Mankato over the
Northwestern morning train. They
will reside in that city in the future.
The brothers, John and RALPH, are
not certain as to what they will do
in the future.
Elsewhere will be found the list
of committees appointed by Mayor
Aune to make arrangements for the
celebration for the week commenc-
ing June Both. The committees are
well selected and every member
will undoubtedly make special eff.
fort to see that the work of his COM
mittee is perfectly satisfactory. The
committee on finance should be
treated considerably by subscrib-
ers whom they will call upon to Sc
cure funds for the carrying out of
the plan OF entertainment proposed
for that week.
Quite a bunch of candidates for
register of deeds we're in evidence
during the session of the April
term of the district court. A. J..
Gebhard of Lamberton is one of the
regular petit jurors. L. P. Larson
of Johnsonville was present getting
acquainted with jurors, including
Mr.. Gebhard, while George Bar
tholomew of the Sanborn Sentinel
was over reporting the first days of
court and incidentally leaving his
cards setting forth the reasons why
he should be nominated for the
place.
Elmer Hemphill, indicted by the
grand jury for burglary in the third
degree in connection with robbing
Gray at Vesta, entered a plea of
guilty to the Indictment, and on
Thursday morning he was sentenced
to the St. Cloud reformatory. Hemp
hill stated that he was carpenter
by trade, having worked at that
trade for three years, was 26 years
old, and had never before been con-
victed Of a crime. His attorney, G..
7. Howard, asked for clemency on
the ground of previous good con-
duct, and Judge Webber imposed
the lightest sentence possible
Postmaster Hughes returned from
Mankato last Thursday morning
with the announcement that the
grand jury of the Federal court had
refused to return an Indictment
against him on the charge preferred
against Mr.. Hughes by the post
office inspector for an alleged def
cheney of about $61. 1t is under
stood that United States District
Attorney Purdy had made thor
ough investigation OF the case and
advised the grand jury that no con-
viction could have been secured,
and bn,ao ho roaor, r,o,1o7 a..