New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-03-19
When II Chicago last Saturday We
had the pleasure Of meeting Hon.
3 i' P@hler, then enroute to Wash.
lngton to attend the extra session Of

Inc 81. James journal pOkeS 1un at
the incorporators Of the St. Cloud, Fort
Ridgely & Fort Dodge railroad. Bet
ter look a ''leetle' out, brother Chap
man, or your show for pass over that
road will be slim.
Now is the time our machine and
other business men should commence
to advertise in the REVIEW. Our cir.
culation has already reached over six
hundred copies weekly and our rates
are very liberal. .-.
The Governor has vetoed the bill
requiring delinquent road tax to be
returned to the road districts where it
was assessed instead of to the towns
as heretofore, because it amended the
wrong chapter. .
DR.. a. II. Bolton, veterinary sur.
geon, will be at the Pennsylvania
House, New Ulm. March oath, 1879,
and remain for two days, for the pur-
pose OF operating upon diseased hor.
ses. Examinations free.
Nicholas Bury, of West Newton, had
the misfortune to lose his stables and
about eight tons of hay by prairie fire,
on Wednesday last. There was quite
broad strip of breaking around the
premises, but owing to the strong wind
the fire leaped over the whole.
The voters of the town Of Eden had
q lively time OH election day over the
question of where the next annual town
meeting shall be held. 1t was finally
decided to hold it ut the Grimes school
house, near the south east corner of
| the town.
Mr.. +. l.. Gilbert, of Eden, informs
us that u good many farmers in his
ncighborhood had commenced seeding
during the first part of last week, some
commencing as early as the 9th inst.
He says the ground is very dry, and
that moisture of some kind is very much
needed.
The LIBRARY MAGAZINE for March
will be ready on the 28th-- not dated
in advance, as is the custom--its con.
tents being mainly from the foreign
publications of same date, thus giving
what is newest in the literary world.
$l.0O year, or 10 cents number.
AMERICAN Book EXCHANGE. Publish
ers, NY.
"A double wedding was celebrated
at the residence of Mr.. Heimerdinger
near Golden Gate last Thursday. JUS
tice Green, on this occasion, joined in
holy wedlock II. Heimerdinger and
Anna Kuebber, and VIM. Werring and
Lucy Heimerdinger. The REVIEW ex.
tends congratulations.
The cattle market held on Wednes-
day last was poorly attended. This
was probably owing in part to the
large number of cattle purchased in
the surrounding country by some of
our cattle dealers, and also on account
of the change of time. as we under.
stand several parties were here on
Tuesday, not knowing of the change.
ACCIDENT On Saturday forenoon
Mr.. Geo. Gilley, of Cambria, cut down
a small tree in the woods near his house,
which happened to strike his son, a
lad about II years old, breaking his
arm. DR.. Berry was called who set
the fracture, and we understand the
lad is doing as well as could be expec-
ted under the circumstances,
We publish in another column the
financial statement Of the city of New
Ulm. 1t appears that the receipts from
all sources from March 9th, 1873, to
March 9th, 1879, were Sill ,279 "a, and
the expenditures for the same period
$ll ,Sl4,0l, being $534,47 over the re.
ceipts. The liabilities Of the city are
$ll, 1872, and the assets s., 1888, 81,
leaving the city in debt to the amount
of $9,069,2l.
The construction train on the Vino.
ma & st. Peter railroad, operating on
the western end Of the line, finished
the task of clearing the cuts, and the
train went through to Watertown on
Sunday, the 9th inst. The whole line
is now open for business, and it prom
Uses to be very lively with the spring
months. Watertown is the present
western terminus Of the road, and is
three miles east of Lake kampaska. 80
Wnona Republican.
Last Saturday morning a freight
train on the Winona & st. Peter road
bound for St. Peter, met with a seri
GUS accident at Owatonna. Wher
near the tank-house the caboose and .
freight car, loaded with soldiers, jump
ed the track, rolled down the embank
ment, and were badly smashed up
The conductor, brakemen and soldiers
were all more or less badly cut ant
bruised, but no one was fatally ir jured
The cause is said to have been a broker
rail.
j Tie beautiful and mild weather
| which we experienced during the frs
part of last week came to q rather sud
den termination last Thursday. Dur
ing the forenoon Of that day it com
menced to snow and with the help o
a brisk northwest wind which KEEP
continually cooling, there was quite
blizzard in the evening. Friday morn