New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-29
Of the famine in China that actuall famine is

pressing upon htteen million OF people, while
sixty millions are suffering more or less dis
tress. The crops, he says, have been good i'm
mediately around the stricken districts, but
as food can be transported only on wagons or
pack animals it cannot be taken there in slif-
quantities to save the lives Of the people.
IN Lieutsen house made of mats for the CO.
commodation ofsufering women and children,
rom the famine districts, was burned and
500 lives lost.
The Toronto Globe publishes crop re-
ports from all over Ontario and a portion Of
Quebec. There is an extraordinary and I'M
.precedented rapidity of growth at this early
date. Recent heavy rains have done good
deal OF damage in low lying, districts, and in
some places the frost of the last few nights
has blightcd the previously fair prospects.
Fruit trees and gardens have suffered more
than grain crops, and possibly the latter may
etrecoyer to a greater extent than might at
first be supposed. The hay crop will I'M
doubleday be heavy, and is already past all
danger from drought. In some localities
there is danger Of grain becoming rank that
injury will result from that source.
The present owner; Of the house in
which President Lincoln died denies the. re-
portthat he or his father endeavored to sell it
to the government at high price. He says:
$50 far as my father wishing to obtain a good
price from the authorities for the house, he
made q dying request to his children that,
should they seeiit to sell the property, they
would carefully abstain from mentioning the
fact that twas the house in which Mr.. Lincoln
died. He was annoyed at the publicity which
that event gave his residence, and studiously
sought to avoid dong anything in that con-
tnection which might result in pecuniary bene-
fit to himself. was small boy at the time Of
Mr.. Lincoln's death, and was offered $40 for a
little piece of towel which was stained with
some of his blood, and / well Observation-Disclosures
Indignation at the mere idea"
| The services in memory of the late
Judge Chisholm. son and daughter, murdered
year ago in Kemper Co.. Miss, were held in
the Metropolitan District Episcopal church
Wash ngton, on the 10Th inst key H. r.
Naylor, pastor, preached short sermon be-
fore large congregation, Mrs. Chisholm be-
ing present. Bishop Haven pronounced a
eulogy, in the course of which he said we must
defend the freedom Of speech and freedom OF
the ballot, or we perish from the earth. To
this coming perfection of national peace and
power this sad event will contribute. This
family group are martyrs to American equal
ity of the rights under the declaration of in
dependence and to the preamble OF the con-
stitution. It was for the cause of equal
rights the father fought and the family fell.
It was for the protection of every citizen at
the polls, for true Democracy to the govern
ment of the majority of voters, legally and
fearlessly expressed, for the American nation,
for the rights of mankind, that the citizen Of
America with his brave son and braver
daughter, laid ldown their lives. Their cries
of agony shall never be forgotten, never
below, never above. '