New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-07-14

Cottonwood township. took place last
Thursday forenoon and was attended
by large number of sympathizing
friends. The procession which passed
through town, consisted of the mem
bers of st. Josepll's Benevolent Socie.
ty followed by the hearse, after which
came a large number of people in wag.
ons and carriages. Mr.. Rotering was
an old resident of Cottonwood and one
OF the most influential in his commun-
ity, having held different offices of trust
for number of years. He leaves
wife and several children, most of
whom are already grown up, to mourn
his loss.
The Redwood Gazette contains an
account ola terrible accident which
occurred at Walnut Station on the
third OF July, in which two little boys
came very near losing their lives. The
boys had some powder wrapped
IN paper which they put in can
and after placing lighted iirc.cracker
on the same, placed a stone over the
can and then waited for the explosion.
The lire-cracker died out after which
one of the boys, Willie Owens, put a
lighted match to the contents. The
powder ignited instantly and he re-
celved the contents in his face, which
became 80 burnt and swollen that it
presented a most pitiable sight. The
Dr. having the case in charge could
not ascertain at the time whether the
eyes were injured or not. The other
boy, being farther away from the can,
was also burnt in the face but not We.
ry seriously.
M. Rude of Burnstown spent few
hours in town last Friday afternoon.
lie said the wheat in his neighborhool
looked exceedingly well; that the lit.
tie rust which appeared at one time
had been washed off by the late show
ers. lie thought it was already so far
advanced that hereafter the rust can
not do it much harm.
We hear it rumored around that q
former assistant postmaster in the New
Ulm post Office and now route agent
in Uncle Sans mail service, long
known for his extreme bashfulness
toward the tender sex, was last Sum-
day betrothed to one of Milford's
fairest daughters and that the wedding
will come off within three weeks.
How the dear boy ever plucked up
courage enough to ''pop the question:
is beyond our comprehension, and we
rather guess the girl must have i'm.
proved the leap year privileges and
helped the dear fellow out of his d.
lemma. In this connection the boystell
a good story on the new candidate for
matrimonial bliss. They do say that
when tho happy pair W as returning
to town last Sunday from visit to the
girls parents he allowed her to get out
of tho buggy near the Catholic church
and walk the balance of the way into
town while he drove in alone, so the
folks, you know, wouldn't talk about
them. But such things will leak out
and now he is in for it wo1se than cy-
er, and when he takes his next lay off
he will have to set 'em up to the boys
handsomely.
The " Field Trial. of harvesters
last Friday near Sleepy Eye and in
Lafayette, near this city, on Saturday,
and the consequent results, has thrown
the agents Of the various machines and
their friends into considerable excite.
ment. Each agent claims victory for
his own machines over his competitors
in both instances and each has a list
of farmers names to bear out their
claims. We were not. present at the
trial near Sleepy Eye but Judging from
what we saw ut the trial on Saturday
we are of the opinion that all of the
competing wire binders can be made
to do good work if properly handled.
The only objection we heard urged
against the Irvine binders was that
they did not bind their bundles tight,
but this, so we are informed, can be
remedied at will. The Woods Irvine
binder was not put into the field on
Saturday but we are informed that
there was one at work on Mr.. Dur
bahn's farm, close by, and several of
those that visited the field reported it
doing good work.