The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-12-27

CC1lOC. LII Wow VI eAiio clAO 1OtA1R caAAy
has decided to receive Is more mem
bers at $500 each. The original mem
bers contributed $3.50 each.
Rev. Mr. Pope and F. ]. Turn
bull, this city, had an experience in
the snow storm this week, which
they are not likely to forget. They
left Hastings on the stage Monday
night at Z o'clock. After proceed
ing a short distance, they found it
impossible to go further and re
turned. They tried it again early
Tuesday morning. When within two
miles of Willoughby's they ran into
a snow bank, through which they
were forced to shovel their way. At
this point Rev. Mr.. Pope and Mr..
Turnbull attempted to reach farm
house, but few hundred yards dis
tant on the prairie. On the way
Turnbull fell down completely over
come. He was carried in, when it
was found his hands, feet and face
were badly frozen. Mr.. Pope was
quite i'll on reaching the house but
soon recovered. The driver also had
his face badly frozen. People in
the city did not attempt to go out
doors unless compelled to. 1t cannot
be called "old fashioned weather."
as we have been unable to find any
of our oldest inhabitants who ever
experienced such a three days and
nights of snow and wind the latter
piling the former in mountainous
drifts on our thoroughfares.
Theodore Borup, Esq, and Capt.
c. 7. Miller had a thrilling, not to
say dangerous, experience in the
snow storm of this week. They
arrived at Winona from New York,
and decided to come via Faribault.
Here the storm struck them. En-
ploying a sleigh and guide at the
latter place it took four days to
reach St. Paul.
The fair this week for the benefit
of the Protestant orphan asylum has
been a great success. Over $4,000 |
was netted for that worthy institu-
ton. The main interest conferred in
the voting for the banner to the
most popular lady, which resulted as
follows: Mrs. Bartlett Presley, 1871
votes; Mrs. Peter Berkey, LOOP
votes and Mrs. John S. Prince 1874
votes. Frank Farwell drew the SITS
tea set and Capt. D. A. Monfort the
$50 fire screen.
Old winter has at last visited Min
nesota, and. although he is. rather
late, he is making up for lost time.
Thursday morning it went 25 degrees
below zero, and the end is not yet.
John P. Hall, Esq, father of the
late Mrs. B. Sanborn and Mrs. Will
liam L. Ames of this city, and
founder of and proprietor of the
Sussex Register of Newton, N. j.,
died last week. He was highly
honored in his community and held
public Office for many years.
In 1860, before the monopolistic
combine on the upper Mississippi,
wheat was carried from ST. Paul to
Chicago for 9 cents bushel. The
entire exports at that time amounted
to 1,5O0,0 900 bushels. This year there
was shipped 100000 bushels for
which the combination charged 20
cents, more than three times as
much as five years ago, when the
transportation facilities were not
nearly as good. The producers of
the west are up in arms against this
extortionate tariff. The combina-
ton cabal are charging the highest
possible price the tariff will stand
without making it prohibitive.
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For three days this week it was
impossible to make the passage from
St. Paul to Minneapolis or St. An
+I,ov,1, on oooo,1p+ IF tho Terrific