New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-11-17

nearest of kin to make US a visit.
Enough sn.w fell to afford fair sleigh
ing in many places.
Last Saturday was lively day in
town. Teams lined both sides of Min.
nesota street during the greater part
of the day, and large amount of farm
produce was disposed of. Wood SEEM
ed to be the most attractive article
brought by the farmers at That time,
and every load was gobbled up as soon
as it made it's appearance. In the af-
ternoon the brass band connected with
the Cakes Bros. concert troupe parad'
ed the streets and disc0ursed some
choice musical selections to an eager
lot of listeners. Our city marshal did
very effective service on that occasion,
marching ahead of the band and dis
persing such as might possibly obstruct
the passage Of some one Of the players.
On Saturday and Sunday evenings
last, the Cakes Bros concert troupe
gave two first class entertainments at
Union Hall. On the former evening
the company was greeted by good
sized audience, all of whom enjoyed a
rare musical treat, besides having an
excellent opportunity to Gevelope the
bump Of mirthfulness. from the fact
that the two cOmical actors, MesSrS.
Hodgdon and Adams, gave everyone a
chance to laugh and grow fat that
had the least inclination to do 80. The
troupe contains number of talented
musicians, those receiving the hearth
est applause on this occasion were Mr..
G.. Il. Sims, the cornet soloist, and the
flutist, Mr.. John Cakes. Miss Keith
and Mr.. Cakes performed two very
pleasing duets on the musical glasses.
which elected loud applause. The
two character actors were simply i'm
mense, and kept the whole assembly in
a continuous roar of laughter. The
company deserv es the patronage OF all
who desire to attend {. first-class enter
tainments.
The celebration of the 81 anniversary
of the New Ulm Turner Society which
was advertised to take place on Thurs.
day evening Of last week, was on &C.
count Of bad weather at that time post.
poned until last Sunday eve. There
was a large number Of people present
on the last named evening, every por.
ton Of the hall and gallery being pref
ty well packed. The Silver Cornet
band, string band, and Maennerchor
contributed toward the musical part
of the programme. Soon after the
opening Of the entertainment the pres
ident of the society, Mr.. Scherer.
made short speech which was fol-
lowed by a few exercises in gymnas.
tics by d portion of Mr.. Gebser's pu-
pills. Freddie Hers and Freddie
Kiesling, aged about nine years, each
exhibited some Of his skill in playing
the violin, accompanied by H. A Su.
bilia, Jr., the musical instructor of the
two lads. The whole entertainment
was wound up by a dance in which a
goodly number took part.
There seems to be remarkable
| scarcity OF fuel this fall III nearly all OF
the villages west and northwest from
here, and situated on some Of the lead
ing railroad lines, too. The last issue
of the Bird Island Post reports that il
that village thele was neither wo0(
nor coal to be had last week, and tha
many were being supplied from or help
ing themselves to the short wood uset
by the engines. The Post adds: Il
the railroad managers do not furnisl
| fuel sufficient to supply the people o.
these prairies hereafter, they will hea
something drop, or we mistake tn
feelings of many who have expresses
themselves on the subject
Well, it is not 50 much to be wor
dered at if some of the prairie town
have been short Of wood, when we tax
into consideration how things have bee
in this place for a few weeks pas
Quitea number of our citizens wei
for time unable to obtain Il solita1
load Of wood. although willing to pa
a high price. But then, the fuel fan
inc which existed here for a short tin
may now be considered about close
, as the farmers have already common
!; ed to bring in quite a large amount
, wooc. besides several carloads ha,
/ arrived from the Big Woods and maj
9 more are on the way. This temper
ry scarcity of wood has caused gre
: many to substitute coal stoves for Il
r wood burners, and there will undout
!. edly be many more who will follow e
example, coal being an article that G;
readily be obtained at almost any tim