New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-02-20
The Plttsburg tariff demonstration was

manufacturing establishments of the city and
vicinity having suspended work for the day
andsentth their employees to swell the procession
The Insh-born residents of St. Louis
have petitioned the school board to dscon-
tinue the free study of German in the public
schools, or make provision for the teaching of
French, Celtic, Italian, or any other language
the parent of pupil may desire.
5 The man arrested at Milwaukee under
the name of Howard Pinkeston, for operating
the secret detective" fraud, proves to be j.
II. Tilton, a graduate of Beloit college, and
for Milwaukee, a talented young newspaper
man. He denies any intent to defraud
The mansion of Daniel Webster burned
on the morning of Feb. 14th. The loss is $780,
600; insurance $4,000. Mrs. Fletcher Web
ster and her son, the occupants, saved a guam
tity of silver plate, pictures and other priceless
mementoes of Webster The library was re-
moved some time ago.
A Memphis business firm came to a
sudden end recently. II. H. Hopper, one
member of the firm, being
at the store, leaned over at his desk, said his
head hurt him, and died; and half an hour af-
was at home sick, died there.
The insurance department of New
York is accused of receiving large sums of
money from life insurance companies, either
levied by blackmail or accepted in bribery.
Superintendent Smyth is said to have received
$4,000 or more from one company. A legis-
lative investigation of the charges is pro-
posed
The steamer China has arrived at New
York from Liverpool, and reports that on
February 9th, while the officers were reliev.
ing each other, during heavy gale, sea
struck the ship, carrying away the rails and
screens on the starboard side of the upper
bridges. taking overheard Edward Balson,
Chief, and Omen Harris, second officer. Both
were lost.
The steamboat Louisiana Belle, from
Shreveport to New Orleans, on the 10th
inst, sank near Norman's landing Red River.
Boat reported a total floss. No loss of life
reported. The cargo consisted of $500 bales
of cotton, oil and oil cake. The cotton will
probably be saved damaged by water. The
cargo was insured in New Orleans local com
panies.
! From the January report OF the Him
DIS State penitentiary, it appears that there
we're Sc convictsyreceived during the month
and 81 discharged. The smallest number o
convicts in the institution during the month
was 1,840, and the largest number 1854. The
total number of prisoners ON the 31st Of the
month was 1864, of whom ,S43 were males
and 81 females.
A Californian has invented an ingenious
water faucet, through which,if water is drawn
it comes out as cold as ice-water. Boiling
water placed in any receptacle, and allowed to
run through, will be found cool and fit to drink.
The faucet contains numerous small tubes in
closed in large ones, and between the outside
of one and the inside of the other certain
chemicals are packed, which produce the de-
sired effect.
E. E. Sanford, of Lake City, Mimi,
while crossing the lake on the 10TH, broke
through the ice, and his team was drowned.
Mr.. j. E. Norton, the same day, lost his
wagon through the ice, his team barely cscap-
ing by the cutting of rope, which was at
tached to the end of the tongue, and to which
they were hitched. The lake is considered
very unsafe.
And now Harry Eytinge, actor, is ac-
cused OF being too much married. His sec
ond marriage at Dayton, has brought out an
Eliza Eytinge, who claims to be his legal wife
under the statue of New York, providing that "a
man and woman who live together as man
and wife for a year are as fast tied as though
magistrate or clergyman had formally pro-
nounced them man and wife at the close of
the usual ceremonies
A special from Macon, Mo-, reports
fatal ARRAY in the western portion of Macon,
of Macon county. William Abbott and j. B.
Merrill, brother-in-law, had dispute over
piece of land on which Merrill lived, and
from which he refused to remove at Abbott's
request. Abbott raised shot gun and
struck Merrill with the breech. The shock
caussd the gun to go off, and Abbott received
the contents in his side cousing instant DEATH
it is said that monks, nuns and popes
take new names because of an old time belief
that otherwise they would not live long. The
first pope to take new name on being chosen
pontiff was Octavian Cont, in $780, who as
sumed the name and title fJohn XII. All the
others have followed his example, except Mar
cellus Servius, in 1855, who assembled the pa
pal throne as Marcellus II. He was young
and in robust health, bat lived only twenty
one days after his election.
Schippers Bros, manufacturers of wor-
sted goods, Philadelphia, have suspended pay
ment with heavy liabilities. They have two
large factories and employ over 1000 nands
The factories will continue to run until the
pieces in their 900 looms are worked of.
Shrinkage in values and the depressed state
OF business generally are the causes assigned
for the embarrassment It is believed that