New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-06-09

the reputation Of Orion as first.class
and wide-awake Snowman, is well
sustained.
The hurricane which visited Manka.
to, Lake Crystal and other places last
Saturday was the severest and most
destructive ever known at any Of those
places. At Mdnkato between rs and 80
of the best buildings in the city were
unroofed and otherwise badly damaged
The Normal building was damaged to
the amount of SIS, 900, the total value Of
the property destroyed in the city be.
ing estimated at about $50. 900. At
Lake Crystal the storm was equally Sc.
we're, the rail road elevator and depot
were unroofed and dozen or more
other buildings badly damaged.
A tremendous hail storm passed over
Ramsey, on the Southern Minnesota r.
R., last Thursday evening about O..
clock, lasting about half an hour. The
hail stones averaged three inches in
circumference, and one was found that,
measured eight inches.
On Thursday afternoon there was al
so a severe hailstorm in portions of
Blue Earth Co., doing great deal of
damage at and near Winnebago Agen
cy. The hail fell for about thirty
minutes in immense quantities, and
averaging about half an inch in diam
eter. 1t took path of about four
miles in width. The glass, on the
south side of the houses at the Agency,
were nearly all broken out. The
wheat it is believed was injured more
than one-third.
p Mr.. Bobleter writes us from Chica<
60 under date Of June 9Th, saying
that the political excitement up to
that time had been intense the whole
time. On Friday and Saturday eve.
nings when the names of Blaine and
Grant were presented to the conven.
ton by their respective advocates,
the cheering and yelling was immense
continuing for half an ;hour during
each night before the enthusiasm sub.
sided. Mr.. Bobleter expects to get
home during the latter part of this
week; will probably not leave Chicago
until after the close of the conven.
ton after which he will return by way
of Milwaukee.
During the thunder storm, last Sa.
turday the lightning struck the tele.
graph wires, about a quarter of mile
below the depot, breaking and split.
ting several of the telegraph poles into
hundreds of splinters, two of the
poles being broken clear off nearly
midway between the top and ground.
1t was undoubtedly the same bolt
which entered the depot at that time,
giving the operator such severe
shock that it threw him over onto
the floor, also completely running one
of the, instruments and setting on
fire the window casing, which however
was soon extinguished. One Of Crone' 8
boys, who was standing just outside OF
the window, on the platform, was also
knocked down senseless, but both he
and the operator soon revived from
their shock and in a short time were
as well as ever.
| Mr.. Heideman, our station agent, In
forms us that all those excursionists
who paid full fare for the round trip
to Sleepy Eye last Wednesday, will be
refunded that part which they paid
more than excursion rates, by calling
at the Office.
Some parties seemed to have found
considerable fault with the agent and
other railroad officials, because no ex.
ira coach was provided for the excur-
sion party; but when the facts are
known the blame can not in any way
rest on them, but rather upon some
of those who managed the excursion.
Mr.. Heideman had been told that there
would probably be about twenty five
who would go up to Sleepy Eye, but
instead of that there were one hundred
land ten. For twenty-five there would
have been abundant room without any
extra coach, but when more than four
times that number appeared it would
necessarily be overcrowded.
The following biographical sketch
of Mr.. Nix, taken from the Minneapo.
lis Tribune will undoubtedly be Of in.
terest to the readers of the Review:
Mr.. Robert Peter Andrew Nix, Of
New Ulm, is the bright particular star
of 80, and his remarkably successful
career in the University is in the mouth
of students and faculty alike. Mr.. Nix
was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1854
and is a son of Capt. Nix who had com
mand of New Ulm at the time Of the
Indian outbreak n1802. Heis Is years
Of age, comes from German parentage
and his career in the University ha.
been constant success. He entered
the fourth class with conditions in 1871
and remained until 1879, comprising
in that time the course Of study usual
lily involving three years Of work. III,
returned q year ago and. in the yea
just closed he c0mpassed the usua
, work Of two years. In a word he. hal
!, done the work Of six years, plus TIL
conditions, in three years. During th,
. time he was out of the University h,
taught successfully in the New Uln
public schools and expects to make tina
vocation his future profession. Mr.