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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03
It Ilsn't The Fish.

A citizen who was yesterday get.
ting ready for trip to the Flats and
a struggle with bass and pickerel
was stopped on the street by so.
lemn.minded acquaintance, who
said:
''It seems curious to me that you
will go up there and sit in the hot
sun and fish, when fish are 50 cheap
in the market
"Why, don't care cent for the
fish, > replied the other.
''Then, why do you go!''
81 don't mind telling you, but
don't let it 60 any further whis.
pered the fisherman. every fish.
erman you meet up there offers you
a ten.cent cigar and drink Of six.
dollar whisky, while you may walk
around town all day and never be
asked TO even take a glass Of water
with a piece Of fly paper in it!''
The solemn. minded man looked
Mortified, but he hadn't gone two
blocks before he entered store and
asked to see a fish line-a cheap one
Free Press.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03
An Enraged Female.

:. Household Depar are very
good adjuncts 70 8 newspaper in
their way, when edited by . woman,
but the male Journalist who dabbles
with the heaven-inspired mysteries Of
cooking runs frightful risk. The
editor Of the Weekly PetalslmG Rsauipe
started . column of that kind recently,
and few days afterward Q fierce-look.
ing female came into the Office, care
fully concealing some object behind her
apron.
care you the man that published that
new and improved way to make cur
rant cakep''
He said he was.
You said to mix washing soda with
the flour, and stir in 5 little corn-meal
and sweet oil to give it consistencyl''
"l-I-bclieve So
'.And to add fifteen eggs and some
molasses. and two ounces of gum ara
bic, and set in q cool place to bakep''
81 think that was it. y
'.Well, take that, then!' and the in
dignant housewife knocked him down
with weapon that felt like sand
club; but which he felt in his heart
must have been q half baked hunk OF
cake, constructed on the Peavine pat
tern. San Francisco Ne1Os- Letter.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03
The Coming Postal Card.

The new postal card which is soon
to be issued by the government is
not any larger than the present
style, but it will have a stamp on
each upper corner and will cost two
cents. The stamp on the upper
right hand corner will be cancelled
when the card is sent the first time,
and the other one when it's return.
ed. When It first goes the writer
puts his communication on the back
and the address of his correspond.
ent on the face The receiver answ.
ers on the same card grasses his name
and writes that Of the person who
sent it to him. The original sender
must be careful not to use all the
space on card. The advantages are
economy and convenience, and then
too as evidence in legal ceedings
there is sometimes an advantage IN
having a communication and its
answer together on the same card
or paper. Ex.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03
4 Vegetable Curiosity.

The Sprinfeld( Mass. Union says:
A remarkable freak Of vegetation.
has appeared in the grounds Of r..
B. Tatman at Worcester, in the.
shape Of . potato vine which bears
tomatoes. II appears to be mix.
ture Of the two vegetable, and IS &C.
counted for BY the fact that q strong
tomato vine from chance sown seed.
grew IN the same hill with the pota-
toes, and the pollen Of the two plants
became mixed. Unfort unately the
vines were pulled up before the pc.
culiarity Of the growth was noticed.
Some of our agricu lturists may de-.
rive q valuable sng gestion from this.
As both the potato and the tomato,
are Of the solanace ae family, Il is not
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

A conference was recently held in
Chicago by officers representing the
trunk lines and their tributaries
leading eastward from Minnesota
and Iowa to Chicago and Milwaukee,
at which uniform reduction Of
grain rates to be charged by the lines
in interest was agreed upon, and the
amount was fixed at FIVE cents per
hundred pounds under current rates.
The new tariff went into effect Aug.
25th, and effects the following roads:
The river division of the Chicago,
Milwaukee 4 St. Paul, Hastings &
Dakota, Winona 4 St. Peter, South.
ern Minnesota, Iowa division Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, To-
wa division of the Illinois Central,
and the Iowa division Of the Chica.
go & Northwestern. This action
will materially compensate for the
advance of six cents per hundred
pounds recently made in grain
freights by the trunk lines leading
eastward from Chicago.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03
MINNESOTA NEWS.

A row occurred in Lake City few
days ago over matter of thirty
cents, in which one man was shot
and two severely wounded. j.
The county treasurer of Kandiyo.
hi county has been suspended from
Office by the Governor for unlawful
loans Of the public funds and deficit
in his accounts.
Hastings Gazette: William Keene
Of Cottonwood Grove, lost Nor
man stallion last Monday, valued at
IS, 900 from the effects of having
stepped upon a tenpenny nail the
week before.
George McGee, of Lamberton, has
been held to balm the sum of $500
at Redwood on a charge of com.
hitting rape On Anna Mabury, a
girl Of twelve years Of age.
Langdon & Co. advertise at Mon.
tevideo for two hundred men and
fifty teams, to work on the St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba railway,
between Fishers Landing and Grand
Forks.
Five valuable horses were killed
BY lightning, Aug. 25th, on Mr..
Charles B. Poor's farm, one and a
half miles from Hastings. It is
thought that they were killed by
one stroke, as their bodies lay close
together.
One Of the races at the Red Wing
fair will be unique. The drivers
are to change horses each heat, and
the money is to be won by drivers,
not horses. That is, the driver
who is three times in the lead at the
finish with different horses will win
first money.
John Bass, whose residence is in
Clayton county, Iowa, and who was
in the employ Of Eugene Fullet, at
Window, while loading wheat was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed on Wednesday morning. A
man and little girl standing near
the wagon were knocked down, but
not seriously injured. The horses
were killed and the wagon and
wheat burned. The body Of Mr..
Bass was saved from the flames.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

The Litchfeld Independent gives
the particulars Of a horrible tragedy
which occurred III Cosmos, Meeker
county. It seems that Mrs. Samuel
Hutchinson has been in delicate
health for some time past, and was
a great sufferer. Her disease was so
complicated that, though she had
been under treatment Of some of the
best physicians of Minneapolis for
long periods, she had not been bene.
flied. It is thought that from long
suffering she had become partially
deranged. On the day Of the TRACE
dy, while her husband was at work
in the field, she prepared dose Of
strychine for herself and three chill.
dren, and by four O'Clock she and
two of the children were dead. One
boy refused to take the dose pre-.
pared for him.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03
They all wore the Gray.

From the Okolona Southern States (Dem.)
But the Federal army, as a whole,
contained six republicans to one
democrat. This is proved by the
returns of soldiers votes cast at diff.
ferent elections.-( Lansing (Mich.
Republican. :
Your. mathematical calculations
are correct to dot; and you can
dance up to the head of the class.
But, stop!--come back!--where
did you get that 'sone democratic
No democrat ever disgraced HIM
self by wearing the blue and butch
ering his fellow.partizans.
Never! ..s., Il a..
Sneaks,
Hypocrites,
protesting to belong to the democra.
tic party may have done this thing;
but that kind of cattle were in the
wrong ranks, and ought to rally
under the skull and crossbones of
the foe.
" There were plenty Of democrats in
the war, acknowledgements who
fought for the principles Of their
party on thousand fields of fight.
And they all wore the Gray.
@ God bless them every one!'
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03
LEGAL NOTICES.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

O.
Notice hereby given that by vir-
tue of an order and license of the Pro.
bate Court of Brown County, and State
of Minnesota, duly made and entered
on the 4th day of April A. ID. 1879, up.
on the petition of the Administrator
of the estate of Chester Greene de.
ceased, the undersigned Administra.
tor will sell at private sale, terms cash,
all the right, title and interest of the
said deceased, in and for the following
described tract of land to wit: The
North East quarter of the North West
quarter of Section twenty (2O.) Town
ship one hundred and eleven Qll.)
Range thirty two (32. lying and being
in the Town of Home, Brown County
and State Of Minnesota.
Dated the 4th dayof April A. D. 1870.
FRANKLIN GREENE
Administrator.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

Riflemen will welcome the in.
yention of a Swiss locksmith, which
does away with the necessity of en-
ploying a marker to signal the re.
suit Of each shot. 1t is target
which, by means of electricity:
shows instantaneously upon another
target, set up at the firing station.
the exact spot where bullet strikes.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03
NOTICE TO.CRED1TORs.

In the Matter of the Estate of Pal
mer Lee Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the Judge
Of the Probate Court Of Brown County
has fixed upon the first Monday of each
and every month for the next six
months, and the Probate Office in said
county, as the times and place when
and where he will receive, hear, and
adjust all claims Of all persons against
said deceased, and that six months have
been limited as the time for creditors
to present their claims against said es-
tate.
Dated the It'll day of August, 1879.
ssSs s 4 ExxA LEE,
.s SIS SIS .8S Administrative.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

A. DeLacy Wood, editor Of the
Red River FseeP Press, feels aggrieyed
at Maj. Newson, and calls him the
st. Paul Nuisance because the
Major neglected to make mention IN.
his report to the daily st. Paul pa
pers that a. DeLacy had receiyed.
three cheers for originating the first
editorial excursion. We had formed
9 better opinion Of the editor of the
Free Press, bnt his action ii this
matter shows him to be . concerted
ass. L. #
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

The greenbackers have recon-
structed their state ticket, which is
now composed as follows:
For Governor, VIM. Meighen Of
Fillmore county.
For Lieutenant Governor, DR.. J.
NJ. Westfall, of Olmstead county.
For Secretary Of State, "A. P. Lane,
Of Hennepin county:
Fol- Treasurer, Joseph Goar, Of
Rice county.
For Railroad Commissioners, f.
Ayers, Washington county.
For Attorney General, to be filled
at an adjourned meeting Of the ex.
ecutive committee.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

PRor. MoRron, Of tho United States
Light House Board, has undertaken 8.
series o1 experiments to Determine
whether tho electric light can be ad-
vantageonsly used Tor lighthouse pur-
r0ses ss55
The Baptist National Annivcrsar
Hes viii II helds 81 Saratoga, May 10
=. The delegates viii 10 quartcrsal g
the various hotels. .T5.I
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

The Treasury at Washington has
commenced paying ten per cent. of
the Government employees salary in
silver dollars. The fun will not be
manifest, however, until the infa.
ton Congressman gets back to the
capital and is compelled to hire
dray to carry Of his quarters salary.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

A Transcendent crab tree on the
farm Of VIM. Costello. in the town
of Welch commenced last Sunday
poisoning for the second time this
season, SO that on the same tree
there is ripe fruit and new blossoms.
How is that for Minnesota fruit
Red Wing Argus.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03
BARGAINS ! BARGAINS !

AS l desire to close out my entire
stock of Farming Machinery it will be
to the interests of all such as are in
need of Sulky Flows, Horse Hay
Rakes, &C., &C., to give me call and
examine my machines and obtain my
prices before placing their orders else.
where Now is the time to buy, as
am determined to sell.
My attention will be hereafter exclu-
sively devoted to my Hardware and
Saddler business, and I assure my
friends and customers that their or.
ders will receive prompt attention, and
my prices will be as low as the lowest.
'<...1#<.5.. III. H. BEUSSMANN
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

Rarus will not appear at the Min.
neapolis Fair this week. He has
been purchased by Robert Bonner
and as he has never permitted one of
his horses to appear on a public
track, other than in view only Of a
few personal friends, Rarus is regard.
ed as retired with Forest.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

As the editor left for the east Mon-
day morning, we went to press be.
fore the result Of the Republican
State convention, held in St. Paul
yesterday, was ascertained, but it is
safe to say that Gov. j. s. Pillsbury
and Col. VIM. Pfander were renom-
mated. The Wakefield boom did
not pan out as was expected. Ram
sey county and other heretofore sup
posed Wakefield strongholds were
carried by Pillsbnry and our readers
can rest assured that yesterday was
not a Wakefield day.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

The st. Paul & Duluth railroad
company offer splendid opportuni-
ty to excursionists wishing to visit
ssMinnesota's only lake port Next
Wednesday, Sept. 10th they will cell
excursion tickets from St. Paul to
Duluth and return for $500. Tick.
cts will be good from the 10th to
the 18th inclusive.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

The agricultural editor Of the Pr
oneer Press recommends the expert
ment Of raising winter wheat in
southern Minnesota. As a protec.
ton he suggest that the straw of the
last years crop he spread over the
ground after it had frozen.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

In Memphis on the 28th. There were ten
deaths (three colored).
ANOTHER daughter Of General Hood,
Of New Orleans. Was taken down with the
fever on tho 10th ult. The General himself
was very low. and It was thought hs would
die. There were five cases Of yellow fever IN
the infected district Of the city.
TIE official record showed twenty
two new cases (sixteen colored) and eleven
deaths in Memphis on the 29th ult.. indicating
that the fever in that city was agsin on the
increase.
THE MARKETS..
NEW YoRK, August 29. -Flour-Wh ite,
Wheat Extra, eI75@525 Wheat-No. 2,
Chicago Spring, e1.O4@1.Ol36; No..2 Milwau-
kee. eLO4@LN1<. Oats-Western Mixed,
26031c. Corn-Western Mixed, 42@46c
Pork ~ Mess, es.65@a.O Lard - 1856.
Cattle 90. 75@1025 for Common to Extra.
Sheep 5o@60o. Hogs-335 o@3 s6
EAST LIBERTY, Pa Cattle - Best,
t5.00@525; Fair to Good, t425@A75 Hogs
Workers, e3500385; Philadelphia, g. 70
039o. sheep-$3. Oo04.5
BALTIMORE. Md. Cattle Best quail.
ity, $500 q 5.2s; medium, 1a.25@L37x.
Hogs-Good, e4.75@550. Sheep - Good,
33.W@4.5O. SIS
CHICAGO Wheat - No. Spring,
S6as@S61ic cash; S636@s61c for September;
s6k@S696c for October. Corn closed at
32A@S2kc for No. Q cash; 3296@321<c
for September; 1875 @93}(c for October. Oats
NO. 2, 2l9S@2lHc, cash: seller September
2156@2l%c. Rye-No. 2, 4S14@49c. Barley
No. 2. cash, 70@7011c. Mess Fork-tzs5@
$50. cash. Lard-s5.47111 @5.5O, cash. But
ter-Good to Fancy, l3@18c. Eggs-1O0 lie.
Oattle-Extra Beeves, n. 9O@5.25; Choice,
$450@4.75; Good, $4.l0@4.25; Medium
Grades, $325@3.9); Butchers Stock, $3.50
@a.00; Stock Cattle, $2.3O@3.OO. Hogs
Good to Choice, e3.15@3.75. Sheep-Poor
"a Choice A25O1O4 q
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

California holds her election to-
day. Rev. j. S. Kalloch, the
Workingmen's candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, has so far recov-
cred from murderous wounds as to
be out of danger, and the idea of
running another candidate in his
place has been abandoned.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

The Republican candidate for gov.
ernor Of Maine feels sure of an cleo
ton by the people. Advices from
all parts of the State concur that
the greenbackers are returning to
the Republican fold. .''>
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

Parties interested in bee culture
will hold q convention at The cham.
Der of commerce rooms, in st. Paul,
tomorrow, at 4 o'clock p. m. The
object OF this convention is to orga-
nize State association for mutual
instruction in bee culture, aud take
such steps as may be thought best
to enforce the law passed by our
last legislature on the sale of dul.
turated honey.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

It turns out that the rumored death
of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris was
not true. The report grew out Of
the death Of Mrs. w. +. Sartoris,
formerly Adelaide Kemble.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

The Chippewas Of White Earth
will this fall exhibit their progress s
toward independe nce and ciYiliza.
ton BY holding an agricult ural and
stock fair They will have good
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03
REMOVED!

| would inform my friends and
patrons that | have removed my
barber shop to the building formerly
occupied by Mark Cane, where I
shall be happy to wait upon my Gus.
toners. Herman Setter.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

wheat, oats and corn, amber cane,
vegetables, young cattle, and . great
variety Of their unique curiiositiesg
and imple Like their civil ~ &.
lied brethren, they will also have.
an agricultural horse race. 81; ssa
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

Alexander Mitchell perenltorily
declined to become the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Wiscon-
sin. ~. -.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03
YELLOW-FEVER NEWS.

YELLOW-FEVER NEWS.
A YOUNG lady died of yellow fever
at White Haven, Tenn, on toe evening of
the 23d. A Memphis refugee was taken with
the fever at Louisville, KY. on the same day,
and a case was also reported at Jersey City,
N. j., the victim being fugitive rom Men,
phis. e., aa,4E@ f.
QUARANTINE against New Orleans
was re-established at Vicksburg on the 22d.
THE number of yellow-fever deaths
In Memphis during the week ending on the
23d was thirty-one; new cases, 148. Seven
teen new cases (ten colored) and eight deaths
(six colored) were reported on the 23d, and
the number Of new cases recorded on the 9th
was nineteen twelve colored); deaths, eight
-four colored). The fever seemed to be
spreading In every direction. There we're
six cases in Chelsea, and several cases were
reported in North Memphis, which portion Of
the city was exempt week before.
The wife of General j. B. Hood died
in New Orleans on the 25th, and one account
makes it q case Of yellow fever, the character
time before her death.
The Mayor and President of the
County Board Of Health denied on the 25th
that there was any yellow fever at Starkville.
Miss
THIRTY-F0UR new cases (twenty of
them whites) and eight deaths (seven whites)
was the record Of the 25th in Memphis. A
dozen of the cases reported were in Chelsea
and North Memphis. The Teutonic Relief
Association rorros u%an q thu ao .ro3n
ties Of the city, have appealed to their coun-
trymen throughout the United States for
help. All remittances should be sent to A.
Goldschmitt, President, or John P. Eichberg,
Secretary.
Two MILD cases of yellow fever were
sent to the quarantine hospital at st. Louis
on the 18th, one of them being from Mem
phis, and the other steward Of q river
steamer.
The Spanish Government has re-
Gently decreed that all vessels arriving at
ports OF that country from the Southern
States Of North America must undergo quar-.
antine.
TwENTY-N1NE new cases (thirteen Of
whom were colored) were reported to the
Memphis Board Of Health on the 28th. The
number Of deaths was seven Zone colored).
Dr.. BEMIss. Of the New Orleans
Board Of Health, reported on the 27th that
General J. B. Hood AMI his eldest daughter,
ten .+:rs OF ~, vera down with yellow
fever-the daughter having been taken sick
the day before and the General that morning.
The number of new cases reported
IN Memphis on the 27th was TWENTY-FIVE
twelve colored). There were seven deaths,
four Of the number being whites. It Vas
stated at Nashville that the Governor was
about issuing proclamation urging the peo-
pie Of the State to contribute aid to suffering
Memphis. s=z. 35,4 49, .-
AcAsE Of yellow fever had developed
At Bartlett. Tenn, on the 2sth, the sick per-
son being ! negro whose infection could b
traced to Memphis. s5z
Or six yellow-fever cases on board :
bark from Havana Ct the New Orleans auaran-
tine station three died on the 2sth. u young
lady n the city was reported sick with the
fever. She was attacked BY the disease on the
18th. Her little brother died Of yellow fever
on the 81st q July.
ONLY i've new cases were reported
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

Lucy, Hopeful and Sleepy Tom
are among the many attractions at
the Minneapolis Fair this week.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03

V1xe0 AU801S lZt6. -
RAEL KNAPP Mortgage.
|. JNO. G. NOE AttogDsy fos Mortgage Mankato.
MINI, 4 z -
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-12
WANERLY LOCALS.

From Our Own Correspondent.
Some mistake about o. A. Breck losing forty
sheep by the cholera. 1t was hogs instead Of
sheep.
Perry Adams and Frank Freer go to Iowa
this week. They are employed by cattle
drover from that State to go through with
cattle.
T. w. and Dawson yalleau and wives and
Will Bennett will start for Nebraska, Monday
next.
Miss May Douglas has returned from years
sojourn In Antrim county, where she has been
engaged in teaching. Rumor couples her name
with 9 wedding soon to take place.
At the annual school meeting G. A. Spencer
was elected director Of Dayton district and
George Van Dorm Of the Armstrong district.
New buildings Milo Huey has large barn
up; q. A. Spencer house, and w. Chase ditto.
Neither Of the parties are greenbsckers.
Jap Huey has returned from his western trip.
He thinks there is no country like Iowa, and
intends to remove there shortly