New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-05-07

n Chicago, On the evening 81 the
9Th, : lad Scarcely thirteen years old snapped
i q pistol at the head Of Roger Garfield, sixteen
years old, /" to scare him. he said. The pis-
tol contained bullet, and Garfield was IN.
stantly killed. Joe Nnan, the boy who fired
It, did not know It was loaded.
GEN. ALFRED SULLY, United States
Army. died at Vancouver Barracks, Ore, on
the 9th.
AFTER four days entombment, the
miners Imprisoned in Wilkesbarre, Pa,
coal-mine, were rescued on the morning Of
the 2eth. 1$$
PAUL BOYToN, who, some weeks
ago, started from Pittsburgh, Pa, to float
down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, in his
Me-saving armor, to New Orleans, reached
the latter city on the 9th. He was badly
tanned and considerably fatigued.
AFTER being out twenty hours, the
jury reported that they could not agree on
verdict in the case of Green and Baldwin. of
the Olive gang, lately on trial at Hastings,
Neb. One stood for granddaughter and the
others for acquittal.
Ex-JUDGE GEORGE BARNARD, q
member Of the old Tweed Ring, died in New
York City, on the 9th.
The Superintendent the New York
State Public Works announces that the Erie
Canal and its branches will be open for navi-
cation, on the 8th of May.
A WASHINGTON telegram of the 28th
states that, owing to the great pressure upon
the Treasury Department in the issue Of the
4-per-cent. bonds already subscribed for, and
the redemption Of the $40 and 1910 bonds,
the conversion Of the refunding certificates
into bonds will necessarily be postponed un-
til on or after July l.
ABOUT fifty lottery vendors in St.
Louis have been recently fined from $500 to
$500 each for selling lottery tickets of the Mis-
souri, State Lottery, and committed to Jail I'M
til the fues should be paid. The aggregate
OF fines amounted to $4,000.
Hon. RUSH CLARK, Representatives in
Congress from the Fifth Iowa District, died
very suddenly in Washins ton, on the afternoon
of the 18th. He was taken i'll the night be-
fore. The physicians attribute his death to
overwork. He was serving his second term in
Congress.
The Supreme Court of the United
States, on the 2Sth, rendered decision vir-
tually annulling the Jurors Test Oath act, by
holding that juror is no more obliged than q
witness to disclose on oath that he has been
guilty OF any crime or Infamous act In order
to test his qualifications as juror; If guilty,
it must be proven by other competent testi-
mony. Justice Field delivered separate
concurring opinion, but going further and
claiming that the Test Oath act is clearly uu-
constitutional. Justice Strong dissented from
the opinion of the Court.
The business portion of the Town Of
Gorham, N. H., was burned on the 2Sth.
w. F. CAssEBoHM, Assistant City
Treasurer of San Francisco, committed sui
eide on tho 2Sth. He left q note to the Coro-
ner, in which he said he had used $2O, OO0 Of
the city's money in stock speculations which
he could not replace, and he preferred to face
death rather than exposure.
On the goth ult., fire broke out in
the residence Of Mr.. Butler, at Grand Rap
ids, Mich, while Mrs. B. was absent at
neighbours, next door, leaving two little
months old, in the house alone. The fire was
discovered too late to rescue the children, and
their bodies were burned beyond recognition.
The mother has become crazed by the fearful
affliction.
The Colored Peoples National Board
of immigration OF st. Louis received inform
alton, n the Goth u]t.. that several thousand
negroes We're then at different places along
the banks of the Mississippi River, below
Memphis, either ready to start North as soon
as transportation could be procured, or were
preparing to leave their homes for st. Louis
and beyond. It wac said the steamers refused
to take them on board, and the whites refused
to sell them provisions.
The house of John L. Keogh, at
Carbon Hill, Pa, was destroyed by fire, on
the morning OF the Goth ult., and son, aged
eleven years, and q daughter, of thirteen, were
burned to death, and younger child, aged
five, was SO badly injured that its recovery
was doubtful. Mr.. Keogh had his face and
hands terribly burned in his endeavors to res
cue his children. ~
The Select Committee of the Ma
tional House Of Representatives on the
Cause Of the Present Depression Of Labor
held meeting on the Goth ult., at which the
members present expressed the opinion that,
II sufficient funds could be obtained for the
purpose, 1t would be advisable to visit San
Francisco for the purpose of taking testi-
timony.
Two MEN entered the Workingmen's
Savings Bank of Allegheny City, Pa. at noon,
on the Both ult., while the Cashier, G. L. Wal
ter, was alone in the bank, and one OF them
pointed revolver at Walter aud threatened
to kill him II be moved. The Cashier grabbed
the revolver and succeeded in getting posses
sion OF it. The other robber, who had been
stationed at the door, then came forward with
cooked revolver, and the two men jumped
over the counter aud attempted to seize
} package containing $4,000 in bills, but Wal
ter fired ut them three times and drove them
back over the counter. They then ran out,
followed by the plucky Cashier. They sue
cecded Ia getting away with about 81, 800.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN c. l.. COBB, of
North Carolina, died, at Elizabeth City, in
that State, on the 3Oth ult.
AT Chicago, on the evening Of the
goth ult, Mrs. Ellen Norris was severely and
probably fatally burned, while attempting to
kindle the kitchen fire by the use of kerosene.
The trial Of Col. Thomas Buford for
the murder Of Judge Elliott, Of the Kentucky
Court Of Appeals, has been postponed until
the third Monday In May.
The public-debt statement for April
makes the following exhibit: Total debt lin.
Guiding interest), e2,475,5s7, 1876 Cash in
Treasury, e44S,467,156. Debt less amount in
Treasury. 92,027, 120,219! Increase during the
month, &19.952 Decrease since June 50,
1873, e9,666614.
Mr.. THEODORE b. WEBER, . MEM
Der Of the Wholesale boot and shoe firm Of
George w. Weber & Co., Of Chicago, was
shot and fatally wounded by Mrs. Amelia