New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-11-03
GENERALsNEWS

GENERAL NEWS
| u. S. Grant. Jr., was married in
New York, on the LIST inst, to Miss
Chaffee Of Color ado.
| Newcastle, Ohio, had a shock of
earthquake last Saturday night, which
lasted about FIVE seconds.
Capt. w. w. Murphy, Of Madel ia
has received intelligence that his back
pension claim has been allowed, for a
period of nearly seventeen years and
amounting to almost two thousand
dollars.
Last Friday, a street fight occurred
in Duluth, in which several persons
were engaged. About twenty shots
were exchanged, and the reason why
there was a stop .hei. was on account
Of the. cxhausii;n Of ammunition.
Three men were wounded during the
| fray, one fatally. The affair was
brought about from difficulty which
man had with a party of tramps.
The political joint discussion held at
Turner Hall last Thursday evening wa
we'll attended by members of both pc.
litical parties. e. G.. PAIL and Aug.
Westphal espoused the Democratic
cause, while Messrs. PfBnder, IBeln-
horn, Bobleter, Bogen and Subilia were
the Republican defenders. At the same
meeting Henry Keller was nominated
as member of the city council, to serve
until the election next spring.
The Mankato Review reports IA
tai accident occurring in that city
last Sunday forenoon to Mr.. NJ. Web
Der of Decoria township, Blue Earth
county, Mr.. Weber was descending
a hill on the outskirts of the city, when
the bolt of the whipple-tree came out
letting the wagon on to the horses and
causing them to run at a rapid rate.
At the foot of the hill the pole dropp-
ed from the neck yoke, throwing the
wagon high into the air. In the fall
Mr.. Weber struck upon his head and
was instantly killed. His wife and
son were badly Jared and injured, and
one of the horses was severely injur-
ed.
Capt. w. w. Murphy, of Madelia,
who was imprisoned III jail for one year
for the shooting ola young man named
| Ash little more than two years ago,
has been pardoned by the Governor in
order that he might be restored to citi-
zenship The pardon was given only
few days prior to the expiration of his
tenn of Imprisonment. His former
good character, his prominent action
in the capture of the Younger brothers
and his exemplary behavior While in
custody induced his friends to appeal
to the governor for his pardon some
time ago, but the governor thought the
jury had given Mr.. Murphy the benefit
of all reasonable doubt, and therefore
declined to pardon him until last week.
Last Monday forenoon, Mr.. Freder'
lex W. Schultz who has been draft
clerk and foreign correspondent OF the
German American Bank of St. Paul for
a number of years, shot himself in the
head with a pistol, inflicting a serious
and perhaps fatal wound. No one had
been able to determine whether the
discharge of the weapon was accident
al or otherwise. Mr.. Schultz entered
the bank about nine o'clock, went to
| the cloak room and from there into
the basement, and when in the latter
place a pistol shot was heard, where
upon the other employees of the bank
rushed down and found the man lying
on the floor with a pistol near him,
bleeding profusely from wound in the
forehead. The ball had struck a little
forward of the right temple and flat.
tened to the thinness of a knife blade
against the skull, and passed under the
scalp to the back of the head where it
was extracted by the physicians, doc.
tors Stamm and Bri hne. Mr.. Schulz
| is about thirty-eight years old, and was
formerly a resident of Henderson. He
has wife and one child.
LATER-Mr. Schulz died at his resi-
dence at about half past three O'Clock
in the afternoon of the same day. 1t
has also been positively ascertained
that the shooting was not accidental,
but deliberate attempt at suicide
caused by domestic infelicity.