New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-03-23

We are requested to say that citi
zens meeting will be held at Turne,
Hall next Friday evening, at o'clock
for the purpose of placing in nomina
ton three candidates for councilmen
and to consider other matters pertinent
to city affairs. All are invited to at
tend regardless of politics or previou;
condition Of servitude.
A heavy wind storm last Saturday
sifted enough snow into the cuts be-
tween this place and Sleepy Eye to de-
tain the west bound passen ger train on
Saturday night for several hours be-
tween the two points. The road was
opened on Sunday, but the cuts were
again filled up during the night and il
took all day Monday and part of Tues
day to clear the track. No trouble has
been experienced in operating the
trains east of here. ;
A passenger train on the Sioux City
road ran into hand car near Mankato
last Monday aud killed Aug. Kranke,
one OF the section men. There were
seven men on the car when the train
came upon it but six of them jnmped
from the car to the snow bank and
scrambled out of danger, but Kranke
seemed paralyzed with fear and made
no effort to save himself. The train
was six minutes ahead of time and
came upon the section men before they
had time to avert the accident.
The Glencoe Enterprise says that in
building their Dakota extension, the
Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad Co.
very naturally conclude that as most
of the towns on the line surveyed
through by Norwood and Arlington,
have voted against giving bonds to aid
the road that there is not sufficient de-.
mand for railroad there and they now
propose to try another route through
this part Of the country. If the road
is built via Glencoe and New Auburn,
New Ulm should not lay idle and have
the road pass by our very noses with.
out making an effort to secure it.
BAD MANNERs-Last Friday night
a stranger suddenly made his appear
ance at a wedding party in this city
and persisted in making such a racket
that the bride was taken i'll and the
guests were compelled to take their
departure rather unceremoniously.
Such impudence is not often met with
but the groom says that it might have
been great deal worse, for had the
intrusion come earlier in the evening
his cup of happiness would have been
everlastingly dashed to the earth. It's
the general opinion, however, that that
wedding didn't come off any too soon.
But Minnesota is healthy climate and
the bride will soon get over her fright.
The action Of the county commits.
sioners in providing at their recent
session for the building of four bridges
across the Cottonwood river will, we
think, meet the appreciation of a large
majority Of the people Of the county.
1t is Il we'll known fact that the Cotton.
wood is not fordable at all times of
the year, and that the bridges will
supply long felt want. In providing
for the building of four bridges in one
season, the commissioners saved the
county considerable money, and at
the same time served all sections Of
the county alike. The bridges are to be
built of iron, supported by iron piers,
They will be Is #. wide and the cause
ways are to be covered with threeinch
oak planks. The structures are all tc
be completed by the LIST of November,
and the county will assume no liability
until the bridges have been completed,
and accepted by the commissioners.
AS will be seen by the proceedings
elsewhere published in this weeks
Review, a temporary bridge will also
be built near Franks mill.
A saloon row in our neighboring city
St. Peter last Friday evening came
very near proving fatal to two of the
rioters. A special telegram to the
Pioneer Press says that lot of boys
were quarreling in Martinson's saloon,
when marshal McQuat went in tc
quiet the row. He arrested Ed. O'Con'
nor, ono of the most boisterous in the
crowd, and was conducting him to
jail. when the crowd, numbering be-
tween twenty and thirty, followed, de-
termined to release O'Connor. They
assailed the marshal with clubs and
threatened his life, and finally sue
ceeded in getting O'Connor away from
him. When nearly opposite the Nicol'
let House the marshal backed ur
against fence for partial protection,
warning the crowd that if they did moi
desist he would shoot them. O'Con
nor pulled open his shirt front and
dared him to shoot. They finally goI
the marshal down, and then he drew
his revolver and commenced firing
One shot took effect in Ed. Dillon's alb
domen and may prove fatal. Dillor
was among the most boisterous ant
aggressi We of the lot in the melee
O'Connor was also shot through his
lett lung. but he made his escape