New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-02-11
NEW ULM REVIEW, "WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY A, 1880.

land. The Herald says: 8 The multitude Of
people who are starving are relatives Of our
own citizens, and It would be . disgrace to
look on coldly while they perish by the most
piteous Of all deaths" It engages to see
that this 100000 and every dollar added
thereto goes to the relief Of actual want.
A RECEPTION was given to General
Grant at the Vice-Royal Palace, Havana, on
the night.of the Sd, and it is said to have
been splendidly arranged affair. The elite
of Havana society and many transient and
resident Americans were present. The
palace was elegantly decorated with flowers,
and the Illuminated staircase was lined by
the Captain Generals body-guard in full uni
form. Generals Grant and Callejas, with
their wives, received the visitors.
THE Republican State Convention of
Massachusetts, will be held at Worcester on
the 18th of April.
DECISIONS have recently been rem
lered by Judge McAllister, of the Appellate
Court sitting in Chicago, to the effect that
prospective but implanted crops are not SUBJ
iect to mortgage, and that railroad companies
are not compelled to furnish seats or refuse
to take passengers, although they may do the
latter when their cars are crowded, and that
AWAsHINGTONs special of the I'd to the
Chicago Evening Journal says the first version
of the alleged " confession" Of General j. b.
Hammond was altogether wrong. General
Hammond stated that he at first thought the
letter subsequently acknowledged by him)
was counterfeit, because 1t did not appear in
his press copy-book. Afterwards he recol-
lected writing it, but, upon reading it over,
he observed certain omissions and laid 1t
aside and wrote another one. That first
and imperfect letter he supposed was de-
stroyed at the time as it was never handed
by him to Hart, the agent to whom
it was addressed. This discarded letter
fell into Harris hands, who placed it In the
hands of General Fisk. The dispatch adds:
general Hammond's friends here have the
strongest faith in his integrity and honesty,
and believe that he will come out Of the pres
ent investigation with clear record"
The President on the Sd nominated
James @. Howard, of Columbus, Ohio, to be
Appraiser of the Port of New York.
AREPoRr, recently current, of the
intended marriage Of Samuel J. Tilden to
lady of Lewisburg, Pa, is denied on the au-
thority Of Mr.. Tlden's secretary, who says
MI. T. never had the pleasure of knowing OF
the existence of any such lady.
SUPERINTENDENT WALKER. has writ
ten letter from Washington to the
Peoria In.) Transcript, in reply to an
inquiry relative to circular issued from Chi
cago by a so-called "Census Information Bu-
reau," in which he says: II would say that
the persons, whoever they may be, issuing
this circular are not, and are not likely to be,
and certainly can have no right to be, in pos
session of any information not common to the
whole body of citizens; that they have, and
| can have, no legitimate means of promoting
the success of any applicant for appointment
as Census Enumeration; and that the circular
| in question bears, to my eye, the aspect Of
imposture, If not of fraud"
BOGUS five-dollar gold pieces are be-
ing circulated quite extensively on the Pacific
| coast. The imitation is said to be perfect ex.
! cept in weight, the coin being only 700 fine
! Mexican doubloons of similar character are
| also being offered for sale.
persons who insist on boarding trains already
full must take their chances, and if injured
] have no remedy.
In executive session on the 5th the
United States Senate rejected, by vote Of
~ to 10, the nomination of John M. Morton
to be Collector of Internal Revenue at San
Francisco.
FROM report recently submitted to
Congress by the Secretary Of War it appears
that the organized strength of the militia
i f0roo IF tho 6iffarork ~ ;oko of1
] general officers, 1,6O5 regimental, field and
staff officers, 6,19S company officers, and
| 117,O37 non-commissioned officers, musicians
| and privates The unorganized force OF
| number of men available for military duty is
| put down at 1916 5S
GOVERNOR DAVIS delivered a long
| inaugural message before the Maine Legisla-
ture on the 5th. Referring to the action of
| Ex-Governor Garcelon, he characterized it as
/ great public wrong, which should receive
! the condemnation Of all honest citizens. He
recommends thorough revision of the
| methods of returning and ascertaining the
| results of elections, and congratulates the
| people on the maintenance of law and orcer
during the late protracted contest at the
State Capital.
ADoLPH +. BoR1E, ex~Sccretary of
| the Navy, died in Philadelphia on the morn
| ing of the 5th, aged seventy-one years. He
had been in ill-health for / ng time.
TEN Cinnamon were burned to death
! in San Francisco wash-house on the morn
ing of the 5th. They were all on the first
floor Of the burning building, and could have
escaped If they had not been stupefied with
| opium.
A NEGRO cabin on the plantation of
Captain William Slack, near Columbia, 8. c.,
was burned few nights ago, and two men,
woman and six children perished in the
flames.
Rev. j. n. GALLAHER was conse-
Grated Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana at New
Orleans on the 5tb