New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-11-02

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Letters from Ruaaaslss depict. . sad son 8
dition Of things . regards the Jews.
It Is no raro- occurrence especially in
the south, for rich Jews to- be- 4slSelY
accused Of some imaginary cFime ana
their property oonfseated. The VIC
Tins are glad to escape with their lives.
e The champion bear-slayer Of Calav-
eras county. Cal, d James Champion.
Last week he went into the woods, tied
. string to the trigger Of Q loaded gun.
baited the other end Of the cord with .
delusive can Of honey, And then retired
to place of safety. Two bears were
in the way when the gun went of. One
carcass weighed 900 pounds. aat8
A new medical college Is shortly to
be established in Baltimore iby several
medical gentlemen of that city. The
new college will be distingu for
several new features, among others be-
ing the rule that only believers in the
Christian religion can, become members
Of the faculty. ~ =.
AParisian piano forte manufacturer,
having sold his fifty thousandth piano,
his employees organized = fete in hon.
or of the event. Fifty thousand pia-
nosr' says CysaTiua,i "Just think
how many false notes and stupe6ed
neikhbors and persecuted auditorSs tho
words represent! At least five million
victims. Horrible.
a town near Bonny, Africa, e called
by the inhabitants, tho - Land OF Isra-
ELI because there is not . single idol
in It. In another town, forty miles dis
tant, and never visited by missionary.
the people are reported to have built q
house for Christian worship which will
accommodate i've hundred persons: It
is filed every Sunday, q school-boy
from one of the missionary society sta
.tions reading the service.
81 Mr.. Oscar Wilde is grand nephew
on his mothers side of the Rev. Charles
Matufin, chat other strange hfshman
who was famous IS much for his eocen-
tricity as for his talent. He will be re-
lmembered as the friend of Sir Walter
Scott and of Lord Byron, as q familiar
figure in the literary circles of their day.
It was Mr.. Maturin' s custom in his own
home to place wafer on his forehead
as = token that he was in the tolls Of
composition and did not wish to be ADJ
dressed by any of the household;
Wesley Redding, colored man. has
sued the city Of Atlanta in damages Of
$50, 900. for being turned out Of the
public parks by city park superintend-
ent, who excludes colored people from
public pleasure grounds. Il is credita-.
bic to the people of the southern states
that prejudice to color is fading away;
not very fast, perhaps, but it is less
than it was few years ago, and the
citizens Of Atlantis will be- doing quite
right to condemn the arbitrary act Of
their servant, the park superintendent
for in this particular instance the white
1nan doesn't seem to be g good @ the
negro, for he has not behaved himself.
II A British scion Of . noble middle
class family-came in with Cog and
Magog-was dancing one evening at .
Long Branch hotel. In the course Of
the evening the proprietor called him
aside and said: ..Mr. am al
ways happy to have you in the parlor
and to see you enjoying yourself, but l
commonly large Jackets or nails in the
soles. Now, having some respect for
my carpets. l must ask you to change
them" ..My dear fellow 'pon my
soul, you know. they're the only pair
I've got, don't you know? But I'll
write to England for my pumps" Fact.
Georges hill, the most elevated por-
ton of Paramount park, in Philadel-
phia, is 50 called in memory of its for
mer owner, Jesse George, who by his
will devoted most of his estate to be-
nevolent objects. He died in 1873,
leaving personal estate of 1922. 070,
and the executors were directed, after
paying the specific legacies, to make
distribution according to their discre-
ton. Up to this time they have paid
+ to charities and public institutions
/ $427, 600, and have given over 995, 0O0
toIalmoners located over the city fol-
distribution to the poor. The disburse.
ments amount to nearly 600, 900. Of
which 1855, 900 has been devoted "a
philanthropic objects.