New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-01
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Wednesday, January LIST, 1879.

Wednesday, January LIST, 1879.
The Review wishes everybody a
happy and prosperous New Year. {.
The Board of County Commissioners
will meet next Tuesday.
For several days to come, men will
persist in dating their communications
1873.
Tearing down shanties and demollsh-
ing stoves, ETC., is a dear passtiine, as
several young men III the town of Cot
tonwood have found out to their cost.
The Christmas trees, at the Luther
an church and at Turner Hall and the
hop at Arbeiter Hall, last Thursday
evening, were entirely successful and
drew crowded houses.
MARR1ED-In Sleepy Eye, Dec. 25th,
1878, by Rev. O. P. Champlin, Hans
Roy and Martha Mckinzie, both of.
Brown county.
No one of our readers should fail to
read the s.New Years Greeting" pre-
pared by R. P. A. Nix, which print
ed on our calendars.
A heavy Eastern mail, delayed for
three days by snow storms, arrived
here last Monday evening. Minnesota.
so far this season has not been troubled
that way.
We learn from the Renville Times
that wolves are very numerous in the
town of Birch Cooley, Renville Co.,
and few days ago killed forty head
of sheep.
We would again call attention to the
patent stove dannper for which 0.
Hanft is the agent. He has placed
them on anumber Of stoves in this city
and all are highly pleased with them.
They save wood and the fire can be
regulated at will.
Our merchants are moving in a
good cause. An agreement to close
all stores on Sundays after this date
was circulated last Monday and signed
by nearly everyone of them. A SINH.
lar effort was made last summer but
fell through for the want of co.opera.
ton, but this time it looks like bust
ness.
TERR1BLE-A Scandinavian gentle
man writes us. from Linden: ''Stop my
paper All because we said Brandt
was defeated by the Scandinavian and
Greenbackers. Some people do hate
to have the truth told about them.
The annual election Of the officers of
the Governors Guard will be held at
their arm0ry next Tuesday evening.
1t is hoped that every member Of the
company will be IN attendance.
We CLEAN from the Redwood Gazette
that Harry Sinsmons, recently of Fort
Ridgely, has formed a partnership with
Peter Ortt, of that place, for the pur-
pose of carrying OF a geferal agricu]-
tural and implement busfness in Red
wood Falls. In Harry Simmons, Red
wood Falls will gain valuable bus
mess acquisition.
Redwood Gazette:-=Owing to the
burning of the: engine house, the regu-
lar train will not rim this side of
Sleepy Eye. In its place a train will
run from Sleepy Eye to Redwood Fails
arriving here at II 80 a. M. and depart
ing at l:20 .. m. We presume that
this will be the arrangement until the
CllS lA1C 11OAloC SllttD M 1cUullUs
In the town of Eden dry goods boxes
are held at high figure. A party was
recently arrested for wrongfully APP
propriating one Of them, and settled the
little matter by paying the rightful
owner $50; and it was a mighty poor
box at that, as one of the constables
broke through it while using it for
seat on his way to the justices Office.
The incoming of the New Year was
heralded last night by the firing of
guns and pistols and ringing Of bells.
Nearly everybody was in attendance
upon the festivities at either Arbeiter
or Turner. Halls, and congratulations
and a general Misunderstanding followed
the announcement that the year of 1879
had dawned. Broken VOWS were re.
newed only to be again broken, and
many promises were made to leave off
drinking, smoking, etc, which will
not be kept until tosniisg''llt.
A. b. U. w.
At the meeting of Progress Lodge
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