The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-19

Agent Schafer had an accident
Wednesday evening which might
have deprived him of all his fingers
on the left hand, says the Fairfax
Standard. AS it is the members are
intact, altho two are broken and
two others are lacerated and bruised.
He received his injury while. hand
ling a barrel of oil in the freight
house. He was putting it in place
to be tapped when the barrel slipped,
his left hand coming in contact with
the edge Of the barrel and the floor.
Mr.. Schafer is attending to his du-
ties, altho experiencing considerable
pain, but it takes more than that to
keep our popular station agent from
serving the public.
A large number of old Redwood
Falls residents will recall Jerry Nc
Carthy, and particularly those who
had more or less business with the
Northwestern railroad, in which
company Jerry made himself pop
ular employee. The Sleepy Eye
Herald thinks that there is some
hope for Jerry, as evidenced by the
following item: Jerome Mccarthy
has filed on homestead near Phillip.
midway between Pierre and Rapid
City, S. D.. along the new extension
of the Northwestern railway, and
expects to go there the latter part
of February to make his home for
eight months. This at present is a
wild country but Jerome won't get
lonesome - several schoolma ans
have filed close by.
Here is frosty railroad item cut
from the Ivanhoe Times, and it's
authenticity is guaranteed by the
passengers who were delayed: While
the train crew of the astoria linn
tied" was making a switch off the
main track and onto the side track
at Hendricks Wednesday, car
loaded with coal was ditched, on
account of the heavy sleet, which
had frozen onto the trail to depth
of nearly an inch. The car switched
on the side-track stopped too soon
so as not to allow the rear car of
the train to pass and the locked
corners and throWed the car of coal
in the ditch, close enough to block
ade the main track. A special engine
and caboose was ordered up from
Tyler and the wreckage cleared
away. The only damage to speak
of was to the passengers wishing to
, go east, arriving three hours late
into Tyler.
Thru the activity of the Mime
sofa delegation in congress the treas
ury department will pay to the state
S62, 1928 which represents inter-
} est on Indian war bonds issued by
Minnesota in 1862. The state auditor
yesterday received a letter from C.
H. Keep, acting secretary of the
; treasury, notifying him that the
! treasury has been authorized to
: open and adjust the claim and it is
now only question of time when
the money will be paid. The follow
: ing statement explains how the
: claim arose against the federal gov,
5 eminent: "In the summer of 1862
: while most of the available able
bodied men of Minnesota were serv,
: ing in the federal volunteer army
} the Sioux Indians began a genera
| war upon the people of the state
1t required an extraordinary effort
to enlist, equip, arm, organize anC
t subslst a sufficient army to put
I down this Indian rebellion, and the
S amount of money expended by the
S state in so doing aggregating, fol
Y principal, nearly 1911 900 as appear;
? by the records of said state and OF
the federal war department. The
: condition of the finances of the ther
young state was such that it wa!
: obliged to issue bonds to raise {
r part of the necessary funds. The
5 legislature was called in extra ses
: sion for the purpose by Gov. Ram
sey, on Sept. 9th, of that year."