New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-11-27
CURRENT TOPICS.

it rains in the morning the procession
will take place in the afternoon, and if it
rains in the afternoon the procession will
take place in the morning" Il,
General Grant was offered a Knight
hood by the King Of Portugal, but de-
clined the profered honor, because, says
the cable, s:the law OF the United States
made it impossible for an officer to wear
decorations, and, although he was not
now in Office, he preferred to respect the
law" ,s, ,.l..,ss,,5..,.
Thirty-sis years ago the Island of
Samoa had a population OF $4,000, all of
whom were barbarians. The population
now numbers $4,000, the majority OF
whom are Christians. In the theologi-
cal seminary are sixty students, and
twenty missionaries are sent out every
year to the neighboring Islands. '&s
-.4.fN. $3.50 . ~-- tEf# C Il
The King of Holland, IN justification
Of his marriage, says: ''Tinae will equal
ize us. To-day, when am 60 ald my.
betrothed 30, am, Of course, three times
IS old as she is; in 90 years, however,
when we shall be respectively 80 and 40,
shall only be twice as old, and if we
1--we long enough, we shall one day be
very good match. '.iaea
At the funeral Of a Cincinnati man,
who had been barely able to earn the nee
essaries of life Tor his family, there was
s band of music, twenty carriages, pail
bearers wearing many yards Of Grape, a
profusion Of flowers and q heavy plated
caskeu. a rusty sign of washing and
ironing was conspicuous on the side of
the dead mans house. #H
From the Tribune Azto,sa:: A French
paper learns that at a recent railroad &C
cident in this country, where many per
sons had been injured, a surgeon was
loudly called for, when gentleman pre-
scented himself, took his case Of surgical
instruments from his pocket, and had
cut Off several arms and legs ere it was
discovered that terror of the catastrophe
had made him q raving maniac.
ABoston women induced her rather
weak minded husband to will all his
property to her, and then locked him up
in wood-house to die, while she reeeiv-
ed the courtship Of the man whom she
intended 10 marry when she became a
widow. In her absence, the husband s
friends made a search, and found him
emaciated, drugged, and nearly dead.
She WaS arrested. a I..5 r5
Elizabeth Staurt Phelps having been
asked to write creed for union church,
prepared the following; II believe that
God SO loved the world that He gave His
only Son, that whosoever believeth on
Him shall not perish, but shall have ever
lasting life" Added to this is covenant
pledging the subscriber "to befriend the
poor, to guard the tempted, to uplift the
outcast, to be tender in treatment Of all
meek and endangered souls" VT N'',.s
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The Duke of Cum berland will have in
fucntial relatives when he espouses the
Princess Thyra, Of Denmark, but it will
be out of their power to restore to him
the kingdom of Hanover, which his father
lost by his hostility to Prussia in the war
of 1866. 1t IS quite reasonable, therefore,
that the Danish and British courts should
recommend the Duke to accept the $16,-
100000 which Prussia agreed to pay his
fatheras indemnity, and cease to be q
monarch only in name. ti.%
The Crescent, the national standard OF
Turkey, is said to have owed its origin
to g strange circumstance. According t.
the legend, the Sultan Gilman, founder
of the Ottoman Power, saw on one occa
sion in a vision Crescent moon, " hich
appeared to keep increasing till il
stretched from the east to the west; ans
it is said that the sight SO impressed hin
that he thought he could see in it sc
much Of his own empires future exten
sion, that be was at once led to adopt the
crescent for his imperial banner.
A Hava ma dispatch says royal order
dated September. -. 1878, is promulga
ted, which directs that fugative slave
named Forrer, who made his way K
Madrid, where he applied for documents
to save himself from the consequences Q
of his fight in case he should return II