New Ulm weekly review., 1879-06-18

Trsp @ lBsrns.
We had occasion to visit the town Of
Burns last Wednesday and were agree
ably surprised at the Improvements
that have been made since our last
visit. We found the merchants, al;
though not overly busy in the best Of
spirits and all hopeful Of good crops
and q speedy revival Of business. The
farmers in the vicinity Of Bnrns, like
our own farmers, have all suffered from
grasshoppers and blight in the Ave
years preceding this. and it is only to
be wondered at how well all parties
have passed through the ordeal, and
their pluck and energy is certainly
commendable; living as they do, we
may say, in new country where the
necessaries Of life are not SO easily OBJ
tained as in the older and more settled
portions Of the country. But these
people have lived within their means
and therein lies the secret Of their sue
cess. But to the town. Burns is q
town of $50 inhabitants, situated in the
western portion Of this (Brown) county
on the line of the Winona & St. Peter
railroad. Although yet in its infancy
the place already has several large and
permanent buildings and more are con-
tinually added. The business portion
of the town may be summed up about
as follows: 4 general stores, hard
ware store, l grocery store, l drug
store, boot 4 shoe shop, harness
shop, saloons, l lumber yard, l black.
smith shop, l hotelan millinery store.
1t has school house and 2 churches,
and the third, Catholic is now being
built. The latter is situated on the
summit of gentle elevation and when
completed will be quite an ornament
to the village. The people as a class
are an industrious, energetic, go-a-head
community and will no doubt fight
life's battle to a successful termina-
tion. Among the more prominent
business men are the following: M. III.
Gamble, who is Postmaster and keeps
a stock of general merchandise, farm
ing implements and machinery. In
his employ are several men well worthy
of note, namely: j. J. Ray, the assist.
ant P. NJ, notary public, agent ofsthe
st. Paul Fire & Marine ms. Co. and
New Ulm Review; Thos. Brophey,
who. attends to the machine depart
ment; Chas. Gamble, deputy sheriff and
as likely a young man as walks on sole.
leather, who measures out the calico
to the young ladies. Passing east We
come to the Office of A. G. Ander.
son who deals in lumber, shingles,
doors, sash, &c. Mr.. Anderson also is
one of the wheat buyers and owns the
prettiest villa in town. Passing furth-
er on we come to the saloon of John
Gamble where a good cigar or glass
Of lager can be obtained at any time
for the .cash. " Aftermath & Sist
have lately opened a grocery store, and
are building up quite a business. II.
Knudsen is the hardware merchant and
keeps a very nice stock. III. Weyhe
owns and operates a general store and
seems to have good run Of custom.
John Roth, formerly of Leavenworth,
also has a very neat stock of general
merchandise and is doing a good bust.
ness. DR.. Hitchcock attends to the
sick and wounded and deals out pills
and plasters from a neat little stock of
drugs. Ed. Fay is another of the 'swet
hardware merchants and makes it a
point to keep only the "wettest' goods
in his line. OF course he has a good
run of custom. Lucas Fecker provides
for the inner man, and right well does
he perform his duty. He sets an A
No. l table and the most ravenous
man can get his fill for only 25 cents.
A bar is also connected with the hotel.
J. S. Colony is the obliging and gentle.
manly station agent. E. E. Dickerson
is the boss carpenter and under his di.
rection the new Catholic church is be.
ing built. Michael Hurras, formerly
Of Leavenwortll, now holds forth at
Burns, but we neglected to learn his
business. There are several branches
in trade not yet represented at Burns,
the most wanting Of which is a good
grist mill. Some enterprising miller
could strike bonanza by erecting and
operating a two or three run steam
flour mill at this point. Should the
coal mines two miles west of the town
ever be developed Burns will become
one of the most prominent towns along
the Winona & St. Peter road.
PERSONAL.