New Ulm weekly review., 1879-11-26
The old settlers ball at Union Hall

laSt Saturday evening, although not
very largely7attended, was a very pleas
ant gathering and all present enjoyed
themselves hugely. The tableaux re.
minded many of the first settlers of old
en- times, when the noble red men
shared in their corn bread.
Among the pains and aches cured
with marvellous rapidity by Thomas
Eclectric Oil, is ear-ache. The young
are especially subject to it, and the de.
STABILITY of this Oil as a family rene.
dy is enhanced by the fact that it is
admirably adapted not only to the
above ailment. but also to the hurts,
disorders of the bowels, and affections
of the throat, to which the young are
especially subject. Additional facts
in our advertisement.
thousand dollar lump dropped into
the domicile of d. M. Thorp, the WAL
nut Station attorney, last week while
he was attending court in this city. Ii
wasn't in the shape of the dollars of our
daddies, exactly, but bouncing twelve
pound boy, and when Thorp received
the glad tidings of his good fortune he
didn't care whether court kept or not.
He thinks, however, he will attend
court in New Ulm hereafter regularly.
DR.. Berry laid on our desk yesterday
morning, the tine of a pitchfork, eigh,
inches long, that was removed from
the upper part Of the thigh and abdomen
OF Mrs. John Samuelson, OF Bernadott,
Nicollet 90. Some ten weeks ago this
lady fell from a load Of hay onto !.
pitchfork, but never supposed that the
tine was in the flesh until last Saturday
when DR.. I. NJ. Marcellus of Sleepy
Eye, one of Brown Co.'S. enterprisins
M. DIS. made an operation, and to the in
tense surprise of every one found all,.
removed the same.
The Winona Republican says tha
the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Company are making arrangements to
push the Black Hills branch of their
Winona & St. Peter division through
to Deadwood rs speedily as possible.
One hundred and fifty miles of the new
line have been graded west from Tracy
this Summer, and seventy miles ofiron
have been laid. Trains are now run.
ming over it for a distance Of .fift!
miles. Eighty miles more of iron will
be laid in the early Spring, which will
take the road we'll on towards it's des.
tination.
"What in the ID is that thing
sheriff Manderfeld is floating over tn.
Court House, and at half.mast at that?'
was the question propounded more
than a Thousand times last week. TIL.
answers were varied and amusing
Hank Sanders thought it must be tn,
remnants of rebel flag, and tloated al
half f-lnast in honor Of the recent Re-
publican victories, and many bore him
out in the supposition as the thing did
look more like that than anything else.
Others said it must he signal of dis
t1ess; but sheriff Manderfeld averred it
was the stars and stripes-at least rs
much of it as the county had at it's dis
posal. For shame! If the county CON-
missioners are not patriotic enough to
provide for the purchase of Il new flag
let's take up collection,
SHOOTING ACCIDENT - While ont
hunting last Sunday morning Benz. F.
Zimmerman, a young man working
for Hon. Jake Klossner. of Lafayette.
accidentally shot himself in the left
wrist. The gun which was the cause
of the mischief is Il queer piece of
mechanism, and we venture the asser.
tion there is not another like it in Min.
nesota. It is repeating rifle from
which nine shots can be fired without
reloading. The cylinder containing
the charges is in the shape of a wheel
and revolves towards the front, thu
hammer strikes from the right side,
the ramrod or cleaning stock is on tol
IF the barrel and the sights are on the
left side. When he fired at pheasant
two charges went off at once, one enter
ing his left wrist. the ball embedding
itself in Il diagonal direction about ar
inch in the flesh. Mr.. Klossner brought
the unfortunate young man to this city
and Drs. Berry and Marcellus probed
the wound and extracted the leader
pill. No bones were broken and M
serious results are. apprehended.