New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-10-15

about 8 gallons per hour.
I mentioned in my last letter to the
Review that the Crumlett boys had
threshed more wheat in one day than
any other machine around here this
fall, but learn since the Corey boys
have beat them. They threshed 300
bushels in half day. They also use
the Case Eclipse and they are good
threshers, and good fellows; too.
It seems the weather clerk has been
on spree for the last two weeks and
has neglected to shut off the wind or
change it's course, from the south.
A young man by the name of
Swans Anderson, of the town of Albin,
got one of his fingers into the gearingo Of
Mr.. Hsrrison' s. horse power and in con-
sequence his finger will always'be one
joint short to put him in mind of his
carelessDess.
John Raschka has been out farming
all summer and his lager beer sign
swung loose at the sport of the wind
all summer, fooling a good many thlrs.
ty travellers, but now it's not an April
fool sign any more. He is doing busi'
ness again, selling two glasses of beer
for a nickle piece.
Capt. barrow, of Kansas, who has
been buying cattle around here nearly
all summer, left with so head yester'
day for Fort Dodge, Iowa. A. Slocum
went with him. Another drOver pass.
ed by here to-day with l25 head, des.
tined for Nebraska, near Sioux City.
Mrs. M. Mullen and Miss Stanton, of
New Ulm, visited your correspondent
last Saturday. Ishould say they came
to visit Mrs. Dinneen, but we enjoyed
their pleasant company all the same.
Welcome ladies. come again.
| Your Leavenworth correspondent
seems to take. exceptions about me
stating that female suffrage is in vogue
in Mulligan. Well, l only meant it as
4 compliment and congratulate the Ia
dies of Mulligan on having sufficient
political craft to SO successfully carry
out their undertaking, as we'll as indie
pendence enough to use their right.
We think they are shrewder than some
of the male politicians of that section
of the county.
We believe your Leavenworth cor
respondent was misinfOrmed about a
man being robbed and killed atHough's
crossing. We have been informed he
was simply drunk and fell out Of his
wagon and the next man that passed
by was also in such a condition that
things looked a little queer to him and
50 he reported the man was dead, when
he was only sleeping. AS a natural
consequence he could not give very
satisfactory account of his team or
money when he awoke.
They must have a strange kind of
beer at Lorenzo, at least we thought so
Saturday evening. AS we were going
to town we passed three men who had
stopped their OK team and got out to
have fight, but they had to hold on
to each other to keep from falling
down. When we last saw them they
were hugging each other. The Ladies'
Temperance Association can make a
note of this.
There is an old English proverb that
says fire and water are good servants
but bad masters. A good many PEG.
pie around here have had an opportun..
| ity of testing the truth of the proverb
in the last few days in regard to the
fire, Mr.. Fred. Gruby living on the
Little Cottonwood had about 100 tons
of hay burned last Monday, leaving
him bad off for hay, as he has about
so head of cattle and horses and 100
sheep.-We have heard of two persons
lOosing all their hay and grain in Null.
ligan, one of them had his horses, Wag-
Ons and harnesses burned. The man
was from home and the woman tried
to save the team. She sat her little
child down, as she supposed, at safe
distance but while she was endeavOr
ing to get the team out the child fol.
lowed her and got into the fire and got
so badly burnt that it died in a few
hours after, and the poor woman in her
bewildered situation saved neither
child nor team. Ihave not yet learn.
ed their name. heard of another
man who, seeing the fire at long dis
lance, supposed it was coming toward
him and so began setting out back fires
and burnt up all his hay and grain
with his own fire, the other fire not
coming near him.
We were glad the Democrats had
the good manners to have such a quie]
and orderly convention at St. Paul, and
nominated men that have not been POI
litical hacks for lifetime. Nearly all
are men unknown in State politics ex.
| cept Mr.. Rice, but they had no plumber
to fight about. Not so with most of
the present State officials many of
whom are connected with disreputable
rings that are so hard to break. The
/ pine land ring, the wheat ring, the
penetentiary ring and the insane asy.
lum ring and il our present governor
has not hand in all of them he il
j, more innocent than most people think
he is. It seems to be the general opin,
ion amongst all classes that it would BIZ
& good idea to wipe off the old State
;, ring and commence a new deal. Iven'
ture tosay Pillsbury wont get over II
votes in this town. Major Strait woult
have been q great deal more accept
able to the Republi
{ MIKE DINNEEN,
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