New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-02-27
Late News Items

Late News Items
The minister of finance at Ottowa, Ont,
in speech on the ED, said trade had de-
creased from $2lS,0O0,000 to S168,GOO,O0O The
finances We're deficient $1,16O,0oO this year.
He predicts, however, the revenue WILDE suf
ticient to meet all contingencies. r
The creditors OF the late Hiram Grams
ton, of New York, who was hotel proprietor,
objected to his wife acting as executor of the
estate because Of her extravaganza, and in
proof OF her extravaganza adduced the fact
that she purchased of one shoemaker e1ght or
ten pairs ofshoes and slippers in less than,one
year. Mrs. Crarston finally compromised by
consentlng to the appointment of disinterest-
ed person as executor The estate amounts to
over 100000. 1917 # ti9ftR at41
Adjutant General Townsend Comedies
that eight out Of eleven officers. Of the United
States army might be dispensed with without
injury to the army. .s5 Is
An English war vessel~will. probably
be stationed on, the Newfoundland banks to
protect the rights Of American fishermen there
against the natives Of the coast. t,.ss
Twenty one new subordinate lodges of
Odd Fellows were institutedin Michigan last
year. To total membership in the State is
l3,2222, a decrease of 253 in the year
The Bavarian recently arrested at
Lanesboro, Mimi. on suspicion, of being the
Kar! Klusty who murdered Alfred Anglen at
Towanda, H., on his arrival at Bloomington
ILL.,, proved mott be the murderer and was
discharged. M StaHE@9 tiais@Eti
Walter d. Estes lawyer and special
correspondent Of the Boston Journal, died at
Richford, Mass, Feb. %, from the use of poi
sonous well water, making three deaths thus
far. Several Others are not expected to re-
cover. jI2 GUf 9tHi 005 9aE8i
5..The late William Welsh,E ofiPhiladel-
phia, philantaropis and friend of the Chippe-
was Of Minnesota, left all his property to his
wife. Nh ,t.,.,,. .S.fF.T.,.s{tlg
A special dated Constantinople, Feb.
90 reports that the Gear has telegraphed that
the Russians will occupy Constantinople if the
Turks continue to delay in signing the terms
| of peace, which include the, cession of Armenia
and the surrender Of the Turkish fleet. Many
Turkish deputies have been arrested and sent
into exile. a2al IN i4isHa 3if$ii
From letter from Barcos del Toro it
is believed that, January 81, an armed band
boarded theAmerican schooner Sunbeam Capt
Come, at Port Terror, near Panama, and took
forcible possession nj The Captain was on
shore at the time, and the officer lnfcharge re-
monstrated, and told them the United States
government would consider the action, as pi-
racy They replied they did not; care what
the United States government said or did
I, After long delay the suit against David
AtGage, the defaulting city treasurer Of Chi
cago, and his bondsmen, to recover about
100000, has been brought to trial. One of the
bondsmen, meantime, has died; another has
gone through bankruptcy; and the rest will
resist to the uttermost the effort to hold them
|. for Cages nisappropr Of the city funds.
The first grand jury called in Leuance
county, Mich, for twenty years, has been sum-
moned to meetiin Adrian to investigate irreg-
ularities in the Lake shorefreig hti department
| in that city, whereby it is claimed grain ship
pers and others have been mulcted out of
many thousands of dollars within the past ten
years. iAi;atsit4,3 III salt1I
The beef packing house of Nelson &
4 Morris, at the Union stock yards, Chicago the
/ largest in the country was entirely destroyed
4 by fire on the 21st inst,{s 200 carcasses OF
beef, 200 hides, i 900 barrels Of talloW, and
4 two dogs, valued at 500 zach, were in the
building. The firm estimate their loss at
A l2O 600 to $50. 600. The, only INSURANCE was
10000 on the building and fixtures. The con.
tents were uninsured see-@,ss.sr
The insane asylum at, Wmosky, She
4 boygan county, Wisconsin, was totally des
q troyed by fire on the 10Th inst, and four in
mates, Lucretia Toothaker, Mrs. Mcdonald
1; August Althorp and. Billy Dolan,3 an, Indian
, persisted in the flames. For some reason nc
attempt has been made to remove their bod
les, and they still laysi in the smolderins
ruins. The property loss is only $4,000 Il
$1,000. with no insurance. j.. s.nJewitt, the
keeper, owned the building. A defective flu,
was the cause.