The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-03-01
Notwithstanding the fact that


week ending Feb. 18th, their pap
ers for that week and since that
time lost nothingas result of their
absence.
The village marshal at Hanley
Falls came near losing his life on
Feb. 18th. A water pipe was froz-
en- up, and he attempted to thaw it
out by pouring in some gasoline
and then sticking red hot poker
into the pipe. An explosion fol-
lowed and the marshal was badly
injured.
Renville Record: Gold & Stabeck
Land Co. says advertising pays.
Theodore casa, who lives just south
of Renville, in Red wood county,
bought 720 acres of land in Botti-
neau county, N. D.. at $23 per acre,
this week. They also sold to Da-
kota party one quarter of a section
of Bottineau county land.
A farmers elevator company has
been organized in Milroy and at the
meeting on Feb. 23d committee of
ten submitted draft of the consti-
tuition and bylaws of the new or
ganization. The company will have
a capital stock of $4,000. Among
the promoters areawell-known farm
ers like Thomas Reed and S. E, Web
err. Atthe first meetingover 80 farm
ers we're present.
Frank Wichman, one of the old
settlers of Redwood county, living
two miles northwest of Sanborn,
recently passed away as the result
of stroke of paralysis. Mr.. Wich-
man was born in Germany in 1928,
and came to this country shortly
after the close of the civil war,
when he removed with his wife to
Winona, and in 1877 he settled on
the Wichman homestead in Charles
town township. He was the father
of one girl and three boys.
A special committee appointed to
investigate the affairs of the lnsolv-
ent Jessup bank report that the
cause for there not being sufficient
assets to pay in full the depositors,
is that the accounts of Jessup d
Mosser seem to show that from the
wear 1890 to the close of the bank
they drew out large amouDt vi the
funds deposited with the bank and
them to their own
private use, the aggregate sum
stolen being about $50 coo.
The state dairy and food depart
ment recently secured information
that lot of goods we're sent to
Granite Falls by Chicago box car
ana when the goods
were received, representative OF
the department caused several
packages to be opened and found
them to be impure, The agent OF
the box car merchants was imme-
diately arrested and on change OF
venue being taken to Montevideo,.
the agent was heavily fined.
Sanborn Sentinel: A family in
destitute circumstances consisting
of the father, mother and child came
into town on the night train last
Friday night, the father having
ridden the blind baggage from New
Ulm, in order that the family might
be carried as far on their way as
possible with their meager sum of
money. Saturday morning he
called upon Mayor Dotson stating
his case, and with the help of few
of the business men, the family was
given tickets to carry them to their
friends in South Dakota.
W. O. Musser, surviving partner
of the insolvent banking firm OF
Jessup & Co., has filed schedule
showing assets of $50, 055. Al and
liabilities OF $40. 600 The schedule
shows 81, 719.45 cash, $12, S02. A in
notes, SIS, 5O25 50 in overdrawn &C
counts and the balance in real es-
tate in the names OF MusSer and
Jessup. The real estate in the
name of G.. III. Jessup is claimed to
be partnership property by the
trustee and creditors of the bank,
while the individual creditors of
Mr.. Jessup claim it to be individual
property of Mr.. Jessup.