The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-05-26

period antedating the eighties, rath-
ler than to the time / am trying to
recall.
The Profession and Church
The legal profession in 1880 in
cluded H. D. Baldwin, Alfred WalIin,
Frank L. Morrill, and j. H. Bowers.
Judge Baldwin became district Judge
by appointment Of the governor in
1880 or 1881, and Mr.. Wallin, after
an Intellectual canvass for the same
position at the subsequent election,
when Judge Webber of New Ulm be-
gun his long judicial career in that
district, removed to North Dakota and
eventually became a supreme court
justice of that state for series of
years. Morrill, early removed to Min
neapolis, later to California, where
he led checkered career. Mr.. Bow
ers was progressive and conscien-
tious citizen, for some years asso
ciated with the late ]. B. Robinson,
his brother-in-law, in the real estate
business. The writer remembers both
of these men as loyal and helpful
for many years.
Perhaps the bestowed citizen OF
that decade vas that good ply sician,
W. D. Finn. | doubt whether any
other pioneer resident of Redwood
Falls was ever able to serve SO many
people in so many benefcient ways
as DR.. Finn.
In church organization work, Rev.
R. E. Anderson was pastor at the
! time of the destruction by fire of
the first church building of the Pres
byterian denomination, the winter of
! 1882-1883, remaining until after the
erection of the new church on the
present site, of which he was the
first pastor. After him came that
fine old soldier of the cross, DR.. J.
G. Riheldaffer, and later DR.. John
Sinclair early in the nineties. Dr.
Riheldaffer and family were strong
factors in the social and religious
life of Redwood Falls in the sos. In
the M. E. Church, recall the minis
try Of Rev. C. S. Dunn, Rev. John
Pemberton and Rev. Hanscomb, the
latter being associated in my memory
with the erection of the present M.
E. Church in the nineties.
Other Interests
Notable events during the eighties
were the big fire in the fall of 1884,
which cleaned out the buildings on
Second street, opposite the Gazette
Office of today, and was followed the
next year by the erection of most of
the brick buildings on Washington
street, as we'll as those west of the
Aune & Thune block on Second street;
the entrance of the M. & st. L. Rail-
way into Redwood county in 1883 or
1884; the series of murder trials, be-
ginning with the Alexander homicide
on the streets of Redwood Falls and
followed by the dramatic Rose trials
three of them-the last ending with
the only hanging in Redwood county
during my thirty-one years of resi-
dence; the Holden murder trials,
wherein Judge Baldwin did effective
work for the defense, was the last
of the series, both the accused and
his victim being Morton residents.
I am not at all satisfied with the
crude outline of memories of thirty
years ago, but realize that it is too
long for a newspaper sketch. The
development of the school system of
Redwood county, to which S. ]. Race
as county superintendent, aided by
his faithful helpment, devoted TWEEN
ty busy and fruitful years, deserves
more than passing mention, and this
is only one of many progressive
movements which | hope will be
brought out in your Old Home week
celebration and anniversary issues.
Memory at this time recalls many
kind people | first knew in those ten
years, which those of us who lived in
Redwood Falls then shave loved long
since, and lost awhile" Dear old
Father Swift, Donald and big Archie
Stewart, DR.. Riheldaffer, Aunt Ella
Mcmillan, Father and Mother Nc
Kay, Jim Robinson, Nick Hunter, Mrs.
Chollar, Squire Chapman, Robert Par
ker, Mr. and Mrs. Pond, Mr.. and Mrs.
VanSchaak, and others, but / must
bring this to a close or be too late
for next weeks Gazette.
JAS. AIKEN.
Whittier, Cal, May IL, 1914.