The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-03-28

Alderman Wilcox has purchased
the Shelkoff property west of the
bridge, and is removing the build
ings to his farm.
Mr.. Babcock, the new butter
maker at the creamery, has taken
up his residence with his family in
the lett house on Wyoming street.
Bert. McKeliheer, wife and child,
who have been visiting with Ru-
dolph Kohlman and family for sew
eral weeks, returned to their home
in Arkansas City, Kansas, on Tuesday
afternoon of last week. Bert. is
employed in a creamery in that city.
VIM. H. Gold was attending
meeting of the Missionary society
Of the Methodist church of the state,
in Minneapolis during a portion Of
last week. He was also present
with the Redwood commandery at
the Malta festival in that city on
Friday evening.
A letter from w. R. Caswell states
that he recently purchased a resi-
dence at 1925 Chicago avenue, Min
neapolis, in which he and E. F.
Lentz and family will reside after
April LIST. Mr.. Caswell writes that
the purchase is being made on the
installment plan, but that the in
stallments are not any larger tnan
his rent in his present abiding place,
and consequently he hopes to have
a home Of his own in the Mill town
before many years roll around.
Darwin Bigham, son of D. L. Big
ham of this city, who has been in
the employ of the Laird-Norton
Yards at various places for some
years past, was recently promoted
from the yard at Plainview to that
at Waseca, where the salary is
greatly in excess of the former post.
| Darwin was removed to WaSeca for
tie purpose of building up the yard
C lis company at that place, the
tray cling auditor having recon-
menGed him to his company as an
excellent young man for the posi-
ton, as shown by his good work at
other yards.
! New Ulm Review: The Lyon
county jail now holds a man by the
name of Theodore E.. Schemperlen,
who has been arrested for stealing
horses and is wanted on a charge
of having pretended suicide to en-
able his relatives to collect several
thousand life insurance from differ
ent companies to which he belonged
He packed suit of clothing beside
the river near Sioux City, in one
the pockets of which there was
letter to the effect that he had. COM.
mitted. suicide, and when this was
not taken as conclusive he wrote tC
the authorities, stating that he haC
murdered Schemperlen and placed
the clothes there to allay suspicion
The father Of this man, severa
years ago, preached in the vicinity
of Fl. Ridgely and the young fellow
to get even with some of his neigh
bors, placed rocks in the bundles
of wheat that were to be threshed
with the result that the machine
, was wrecked. Suspicion rested or
him and he was indicted for the
offense. He seems to be a thorough
, black sheep, as the rest of the fam
lily are all right.
The local land office has received
= a patent for the townsite of Soutl
Bend, Minnesota, says the st. ClouC
Journal-Press. The story in thi
patent is the fact that the land wa
paid for when the land office wa
at Winona, on June Both, 1856, o
nearly fifty years ago. The paten
is in the name of Andrew G. Chat
field territorial judge long sine
dead-who made the entry in trus
for the townsite of South Bend
The patent covers 28690 acres an
the price paid was SIPS per acre
making $35862 That was a goo
bunch of money half a century age
and there must have been big eX
pectations for South Bend in thos
days. The townsite is three mile
west of Mankato, and may hav
been rival in the early days t