New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-02-18
Iberia Items.

Mr. John -Penning's house caught
fire one evening this week but fortu.
nately he had plenty of water on hand
and he soon extingujshed the flames,
which for Il few moments threatened
to leave him llouseless.
There was a big thaw on Wednesday
and the last of the snow ran down the
hills and brooks in purling streams.
But they soon passed away like the I'm.
employed hours of a sluggard never
more to return.
Friend Gilman has been quite sick
for the past week. We called to inter-
view him and found him convalescent,
he said he had no notion of ordering
his ascension robes just yet. May he
live long as there are but few better
neighbors or better men in this yicin.
ity.
We have noticed the pleasant face of
Mrs. A. Slocum of New Ulm visiting
old friends at Iberia. She looks as if
she enjoyed city life, but who would.
mt enjoy life in New Ulm. 1t seems
they have more amusement there than
in any other city of its size on this side
of the Classic Rhine.
Superintendent of Schools d. G. Ola.
ry visited our school on Tuesday. He
expressed himself as being well pleas.
ed with both teacher and scholars. He
said it was the largest school he had
visited so far. The school registers
fifty scholars. and both teacher and
scholars were highly pleased with Mr..
Clary and say he manifests greater
degree of interest in their welfare
than Superintendent generally do.
Neither have we a hummer, loafer.
idler, gambler nor horse jockey in
this town. Neither, I NAV saw.
have we preacher, lawyer nor Dr.:
but one hundred honest, Industrious
voters. getting along peacefully with.
out the aid of any of the above ad.
juncts usually belonging to our modern
civilization. Perhaps there are not
many towns of the same population
that can say so much.
We are pleased to note that the
people of this town are making com.
mendable efforts so far this year to in
crease our population. and they are do.
ing it too without sending out emigra.
ton documents to invite foreigners to
our shores. Tally one each for the
following named gentlemen: Geo.
Vollmer, John Merrihart, Henry Berg
Hubert Hillesheim and Norman J.
Cook. The latter says he has been
presented with a IL pound girl by God.
We were pleased to see John Hougll
around to-day after an absence of sew.
eral years, and his errand in coming
around shows him to be an honorable
young man. Some years ago he got
badly involved in debt while he was an
agent selling sewing machines and
got his bondsmen in trouble. Re.
Gently he has been so fortunate as
to procure l6 years. back pension for
being partially disabled while he was
defending his Country, and now he is
around to gladden. the hearts of his
creditors.
The Wdp. Awdke in recent issue in
commenting on a certain woman re.
eeiving county aid, said it was won.
an of that name living near Iberia.
Mr.. Rising is just slightly mistaken
for there is no person OF that name
living in this town, and furthermore
we have not a pauper nor INDECENT per-
son in this town at present, nor have
we had at any time heretofore, to nv
knowledge, who received Co. aid. The
county is paying $40 per month to
relieve certain poor people, but none
of it is needed nor expended III this
town. NIKE DINNEEN.