New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-12-17

NEW ULx AND VICINITY.


NEW ULN AND VICINITY. ;
Christmas one week from, to-morro w.
Items are mighty scarce this week.
Those toys at the City Drug Store
are going off like hot cakes. 49, +
A new militia company is being Or
Ranized in Winona.
Grand ball at Union Hall on Thurs.
day evening, Dec. 3lst. ->r,. t@
Leave your orders at the Review Of.
flee for Christmas and New Year cards.
Christmas trees can be obtained at
the City Drug Store. Orders should be
left now.
See County Treasurer Schubert's no.
tice to taxpayers in another column.
1t is highly: interesting. a.4s i'm
d. G, knapp 81 Lone Tree Lake and
Nels Peterson of Fort Ridgely were
among our new subscribers last Satur'
day.
s. D. Peterson is agent for the Alb
bolt Portland cutter and Abbott's pat
tent runner attachments advertised in
another column. /. 3. ~
G.. Stohlman has erected a tempo:
rary gallery On the corner Of Broadway
and Second Northsstreet and is once
more prepared to take pictures.
= The young man arrested by Sheriff
derfeld in Watonwan county, a few
days ago, escaped. from the Iowa Off.
- Ger at 0watonna. .r 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Fischer cele.
brated their silver wedding last Sum
day. The Review joins in the con-
CALCULATIONS to the happy couple.
The club dances at Union Hall are
becoming more popular every week.
The next one of the series will be held
tomorrow evening.
During the present year 800 miles OF
railroad were constructed in this State,
making the total lenght nearly 5000
miles. ~~s-r.-,,,.--.re.- ~ ,s~ or sa.-s.
The Mankato Linseed Oil Co, no.
titles farmers that it will charge 81. Is
per bushel for fax seed to be paid fol
from the crop raised. r, Is
The Candy News floats the name Of
"James G.. Blaine Of Naine," at the
head of its columns, as "the peoples
choice for president in 1880.
The hop at Turner Hall last satur.
i day evening was a very pleasant affair.
] The crowd was not very large but that
defect was made up in sociability of
those present.
We are glad to learn from J. Pfef.
ferle that Charley Nixon's wife is
slowly recovering from her late severe
illness. Her life for awhile was des.
paired of.
The grand jury of Blue Earth coun.
=, ty recommends among other improve
ments, that the floor of the Jail, in
part of the basement, be taken up and
the dead rats removed. A good idea.
The weather since last issue, with
the exception of Saturday, has been
quite cold. Enough snow has fallen
to make sleighing middling good, and
the sleigh bells jingle merrily.
Snow fell last Monday night to the
depth of about four inches and sleigh,
ing would now be excellent but at the
time of going to press there is a ten.
dency to a blizzard which may spoil
all.
The New Ulm Music Verein has ar
ranged a grand concert and ball to be
held in Turner Hall on Christmas eve
ming. The programme, not being
completed up to the time of going to
press, will appear next week.
Last Wednesday we were favored
with an old fashioned blizzard, but, as
will be seen in another column, it was
nothing as compared with the storm
along the, Northern Pacific railroad
sand elsewhere.
The annual meeting of the Cover
, nor's Guards for the election of officers
! will he held at Union Hall on Tuesday
levening, January 9Th. Every member
q IS requested to appear in full dress uni
Norm.
Something new in the musical line
may be seen at the City Drug Store in
shape of an orguinette. Any tune can
be played on it. Some four hundred
pieces of music have already been is.
sued and new ones are added weekly.
The Lincoln County Tribune says
that two monstrous grey wolves came
up to the depot at Tyler, last Friday,
just as the train came, and that the
passengers went out and amused them
selves with emptying their pistols at
the pesky {seamps. .f3$a -@9-se7@tt'r
D. G. Clary qualified as county SUI
perintendent of schools on the LIST inst.
His post Office address is Sleepy Eye,
. and all communications with reference
to the schools of the county should
now be addressed to him instead Of