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New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05
BONANZA FARMING.

We are glad to see that a preac.
tion is taking place in public senti.
ment respecting large farming en-
terprises, conducted by wealthy com
panies. 1t is beginning to be more
generally perceived that that state
is best of which has fewest of these
monstrous establishments, and most
small farmers. That it is better to
have 104 families in a township
than one. The bonanza farmer
may prove that wheat can be raised
and shipped by him at less expense
that by the small farmer, but he
does this at the expense ofthe coun-
try merchant, mechanic, doctor,
school teacher, and his own employ
ees-at the expense, in fact, of eve
~ body else in the community be-
sides himself, for by becoming a
competitor of the small farmer h.
effects discrimination of the latters
profits. And who is benefited!
Not the town, county or state, but
oaly the company that carries on
the huge farm.
There is,to he sure, nothing illegal
in bonanza farming. Rich men
have right to engage in such en-
terprises if they will. But it is Ger.
tainly very foolish for community
to spend its breath in sounding the
praises of those who resort to this
pursuit to increase their already ex.
cessiye wealth. They should leave
the tilling Of the soil to men of small
ler means, and apply their fortunes
in enterprises Of such magnitude and
nature that only those wins possess
abundant wealth can embark in
them. There are thousands Of op'
portunities for them in mining,
manufacturing and transportation
schemes, which promise equally
fruitful returns and which men o1
small means cannot undertake. The
world needs the coal, iron, manu-.
factured commodities and facilities
Of transportation as surely and Ger
tainly as it needs: breadst ufs; and i
there are greater risks in these pur
suits than in bonanza farming, sc
much more credit is due to thost
who embark their means in them.
We expect that we~are glad to SCI
that bonanza farming is falling in
to disfavor with the masses Of tn,
people, and that those who engage
in it are being held in no greater re
pute than any other honest and hon
erable farmer. Agriculture is a,
homo, able calling, but not more 81
than any other industry that yield!
something that benefits mankind
and the man who invests money il
lit deserves no higher need of prais
than one who invests labor in it. I
is, certainly, the single industry up
OF which the welfare of the entir
community rests because it yield
that which is essential to the exist
once of mankind, but this fact fur
nishes no argument why the ric]
mar, who engages in it for his owl
profit ought to be esteemeda hero.
Minnesota Farmer.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Winona had 1913 pupils
enrolled in her public schools
during the month Of November.
Duluth is to have a new school
building which will cost $4,000
when completed.
DR.. Harrington's residence at
Mankato burned last week. The
loss was about 81, 500, all of which
was covered by insurance.
State Treasurer Kittelson has re.
ceived $1,712,062. 36 into the State
treasury during the fiscal year end.
ing Nov. 80, and during thesame
time disbursed 81, AT, 930.37.
The Waseca Herald says H
Eckeberg, of Aurdal, has COW
that lately gave birth to three calves,
one male and two female, all per-
feet and well formed and but little
under the usual size.
The Waseca Herald says H. Exc.
berg, of Anrdal, has COW that late
ly gave birth to three calves, on
male and two female, all perfect and
we'll formed and but little under the
usual size.
At Crookston and some other
points in the nortl, western parts Of
| fhe State, the mercury went down
| to forty degrees below zero on AloI-
| day morning of last week.
On the 25th ult, Thomas Fay, a
brakeman on the St. Paul and Sioux
City railroad, had his left hand and
| fingers smashed while coupling cars
! at Shakopee. The thumb, three
| fingers and a part of the hand had
to. be amputated. "
A tramp named John Blair was
arrested for vagrancy on Christians
at Owatortha, and given one hour 10
get out of town. This he promised
| to do, and said he would rot walk out
either. Afterwards he~went TO Hon.
Kinyon's residence and begged a
meal, after which he got into cut.
ter belonging to p. Schuster and
drove off with the team. Officers
went in pursuit and after some time
found the wretch and also the cutter
and team.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05
A Sad Family History.

The awful consequence of marri-
age within the limits Of close con-
sanguinity are pretty we'll demon
strated in the lives of a family of
eight people, father, mother and six
children, whose home is in LeClair
township, in this county. Yet even
the parents are not to blame for it,
as will be observed on reading the
history Of the family. It appears
that the father and mother were
born of the same parents in dis
tant State, lost their parents when
but small children, were adopted by
kind people when without homes,
and the girls foster parents removed
to the West. So after these child
rem had reached their majority, they
met in the west, each bearing the
name of his or her foster father, and
each utterly ignorant of any relation
ship for neither remembered the new
name of the other. So there was
eourtship and marriage, and not un-
til seven children were born unto
them did the couple discover that
they were brother and sister. How
the discovery was made is not
known, but it is believed an aunt Of
the unfortunate wife's who visited
them told them of it. But not one
of fhe children escaped a physical
afliction or infrmity. One of the
children is deaf and dumb, another
deaf, another blind, another detorm-
ed, and one half-witted, while an
other is insane. One died when a
child. After the discovery the wife
was but . housekeeper for the fami.
| II and soon became an invalid,
"a poor, bed ridden being, un.
| til death relieved her Of her unhap-
py existence.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05
LATER.

The case Of Whitaker, the colored cadet,
was considered in the Cabinet on the 3Oth
ult. Secretaries Evarts and schurz urged
his dismissal, but the President thought he
should be given chance to establish his in
nocence of the charges made against him. A
court-martial was ordered to convene ct West
Point on the 18th OF January, under the Presi-
deucy of General Miles.
A DISPATCH from Rome on the 30th ult.
asserts that the Pope had peremptorily or
dered the Irish Episcopacy to abstain from
creating the impression that the Vatican ap-
proved of the operations of the Land League.
JUDGE FREEMAN, the legal adviser of the
Post-office Department. declares that printed
commercial papers filled out in writing are
legally subject to letter postage.
BISHOP ELDER, the coadjutor of Archbish-
op Purcell, at Cincinnati, has issued
lengthy address to the pastors aud people of
his Diocese, urging a division Of parishes,
forbidding round dances, and prescribing
rules for the marriage ceremony.
ABE RoTHsCH1LD, who was generally be-
lieved to have murdered Bessie Moore and
cut her into chunks convenient for packing,
has been acquitted by Texas jury.
SPAIN has contracted for the construction
In England of several war vessels, and is
building gunboats and other fast craft for
service in Cuban waters.
By the breaking of dykes in the Province
of North Brabant, Holland, eighteen villages
have been flooded and an immense amount
Of damage caused.
An antf-Jewish meeting in Berlin on the
6Oth ult was attended by such crowds and
accompanied with such disorder that the DO
lice had to close the doors.
The names Of General r. B. Marcy and
Colonel John B. Barnard have been placed on
the retired list.
DIR. SMILEY, of Plain6eld, N. J., went out
to visit patient on the evening Of the 10th
ult., and was frozen to de ath almost in sight
Of his home.
MANaAs, the Apache Chief. successor to
Victoria, is said to have put up q flag at the
place where Victoria was killed. on which is
inscribed pronunciamento to the Governor
of Chihuahua, saying that no traveller will be
harmed, but armed men are forbidden to
march across the country. The remnant of
the band comprises fifty three warriors and
six squaws.
IT is asserted at Albany, N. T., that the
costly State Capitol In that city, which was
built upon quicksand, Is likely to slide into
the Hudson River. t8Fes.
A. g. LOGAN, L lineal descendant Of the
celebrated Chief Of the Mingos, has been
appointed to : position in the Interior Do
! partment .5s55s. 55'.s
A BROKEN rail threw : train of the track
near Rhinebeck, N. =, on the s0th ult. IN.
juring two persons and causing the fdestruc
| ton Of several mail bags by fire.
| TEwF1K PAsHA haa been appointed Turkish
Minister Of Finance.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05
Senator Buell. as a Granger.
Houston County Journsl,

Houston County Journsl,
Senator Buell. probably never in
his life felt his powers Of persuasive
argument so utterly wasted as on
Tuesday. While drying a lot Of
pigs to market, couple of them
refused to be taught the way II
which they should 60, making spas.
modic efforts, pig-like, to 60 just op-
positely. The Senator eXpostula-
ted, demonstrated, gesticulated, but
one of the obtuse brutes cut short
his argument by making dash
to the rear, between the grave Sen
ator's legs which took that gener
allv dignifed gentleman off the
floor, and laid him on his back in q
position anything but dignitied.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

, : 1 Il
The Minnesota State Treachers'
associations had a.smeeting at St..
Paul on Wednesday and Thursday
of last week. Many prominent ed
ucators were present from different
parts of the State, and it appears
that the session was both profitable
and interesting. The next meeting
will be held at Lake City. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
President-.Supt. B. F. Wright, of
St. Paul.
Vice Pres. Miss +. A. Wheeler, of
Winona.
Treasurer--H. L. Moore: of Lake
City.
Secretary--C. H. Gates, of Ano.
ka.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

The st. Paul Pioneer Prees OF
the 31st nit. contained twelve pages
and the Globe ten pages, both civ.
ing review of the entire business
done in st. Paul during the last
year. Both these papers show a
great deal Of enterprise and seem
bound to give their readers all the
information that can reasonably be
desired.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

King Alfonso, of Spain, cele.
brated his 22d birthday recently.
A good deal has been crowded into
his short life. Exile, restoration,
quelling of the Carlist rebellion.
marriage with his cousin, Mercedes
de Montpensler, her death, marriage
with the Archduchess Christina of
Austria, an attempt on his life by an
assassin and birth of an infanta,
Pretty good running for a boy Of
%.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

During the past year, 729 build
lngs were erected in St. Paul the to-
tai value of which is 50, 789,94
The city has 50 hotels and eli ghty
public boarding houses. The four
largest hotels are the Merchants,
Windsor, Metropolitan, and Claren.
don, containing, respectively, 1876,
185, 165, aud $50 rooms.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

). 5; Hoyt and family, who NOV
ed to Dakota from Pepin county,
Wisconsin, some tim ago, attempt.
ed to return by private conveyance
recently, when they were caught in
. q blizzard on the open prairie near
Watertown, and the whole family
were frozen to death. The tean
also perished. Dispatch.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

Bjoer rnson, the Norwegian poet,
", was the recipient Of a banquet, in
Chlca 60 on Sunday before last. He
expressed himself pleased with what
he had seen of the government and
people of the United States, and es.
pecially of the system of education
which he found here. The poet will
deliver a lecture at St Paul on the
evening cf January II, under the
auspice; ut the Normanna society,
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

The Minnea)oi M;liers associa
ton pnrc!.s;st;a neArl seven millicr
bushels OF wheat in the crop yea,
ended Sept. l, 1880, and nearly 81,
million bushels were purchased from
Sept. LIST up to the end of the year
They expect to purchase at leas
eighteen million bushels the presen
year,
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05
A Sad Accident.

Mr.. H. F. Bierman, while on his
way to town with a load of wheat
having chained one of his wagon
wheels, stopped at the foot of the
hill to unchain it, which he was IN
the. q ctot doing, when his team
started and in his efforts to stor
them he slipped and fell forward q
the wheels and the wagon passed
over him. He died the mex,
day. - Minnesota Radical.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

DR.. E: H. Chapin, the eminent
pastor of the Fourth Universalist
society of New York since 1848,
died on Monday of last week. Among
the intimate friends and parishion-
ers Of DR.. Chaplin was the late
Horace Greely, whose funeral SER
vices took place from his church.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

By the breaking ola dyke last
week in the province Of North B,a-
bant, Holland, eighteen villages
were flooded and great number of
cattle and sheep were lost. The
damage by the inundation is very
great, and great suffering exists
among the people.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

The holiday number of ''Brick'
Pomeroy's paper, the Great West.
contains 80 pages--four times the
usual size. It is profusely illustra.
ted with Colorado scenery, and con
tains large amount Of interesting
reading matter.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05
..,svlEW WEDNESDAY JANUAlY s; 1881
Tho Legislature.

The State Legislature Of Minnesota
met at the city Of St. Paul yesterday.
In the Senate, Gen. Jennison was
elected chief clerk, A. NJ. Wedge.
asst. clerk, ]. P. jacobson, enrolling
clerk, w. A. Mellen. sergt. at arms,
The House organized by electing
Mr.. Fletcher, speaker, John R. How
ard, chief clerk, Robt. Deaken asst.
clerk, and Frank Dayton, sergt. at
arms.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05
The Only millionaire Editor.
WinOna Herald.

WinOna Herald.
w. B. Mitchell, editor Of the ST..
Cloud Journal Press, pays person.
al tax of STA, being. the largest in
dividual tax payer III st. Cloud
We will wager a can Of ''selects"
that another such an instance don't
exist in thirty mine States where
an editor of a newspaper is the lar
gest taxpayer in his balliwick.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

Of the present Congress, Hanni
bal Hamlin, Of Maine. has served
longest in the Senate, twenty one
years, and Mr.. Kelly, Of Pennsylva.
mia, has served longest in the House,
namely, twenty years.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

State Treasurer Kittelsou has re-
reived 81, 712,O82.36 into the State
treasury during the fiscal year end.
ing Nov 80, and during the sam,
time disbursed 81, AT 93O.37.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

Ai1erwert, who Was elected pres
idedt of the Swiss confederation f
thf year 1881, committed suicide at
Rerne on the evening Of the 25 h
fit.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

Harwood, the great Minneapo]is
bankrupt, has fled to parts unknown
It IS now conceded that the swind'
ling failure was premeditated.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05
throu ghout Mary...,.
11Na% 0n,,kh ~ .l1S y

5throughout3 Maryls. Caro-.
lima, South Carolina, sippt.
Alabama. Louisiana and Las, ane smer.
curry IN many localities dropped down n~overal
degrees belcsk ,freezjng p6int. No such
weather had been kn$wn in those regions for
twenty years, and business had beeu gener-
ally suspended to allow the people to enjoy
the novelty Of sleigh-rldes and SNOWFALL bat
ties. At Sherman, Texas, the Thermometer
registered five degrees below zero.
A FEW nights ago masked burglars entered
the residence OF John E. Kirby, st. Louis
Deputy Sheriff, chloroformed that officer and
held his wife prisoner while they deliberately
ransacked the rooms.
= A FEW days ago the twin babes Of William
and Fannie johnson, were frozen to death at
New Albany, Ind. The father went away to
obtain employment, leaving his family with
out fuel
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

A. S. Logan. a lineal descendant t
of the once famous Indian chief,
has been appointed to position
in the Interior department.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

SAASS W - " OouA0S tOu opSCISA Va Vl40
Wilson, the man sent BY the Okla
scolonists 70 -seak to induce the Presi-
JWltndfaw his proclamation and per
NIT them to pass through the Indian Terri
tory to tho tract Of land which they claimed
as public domain, and upon which they
wished to locate, had had his audience with
the President and had been unsuccessful.
The President told him that the colonists'
undertaking was an unlawful one; that it had
been 90 decided by the Attorney General,
and that the decision would have to stand
unless Congress should by some enactment,
abrogate existing treaties. or direct the Ex-
ecutive to pursue some other course.
AFTER an interview with Secretary SchuN
on the 9th the Ponca Indians in Washington
signed paper expressing their desire to re-
main in Indian Territory. and a willingness
to relinquish their Nebraska and Dakota
lands, and requesting that Congress grant
them $l4S, 900 in compensation for their re-
moval from Nebraska, and for depredations
by the Sioux. They expressed q desire for
schoolhouses and teachers.
The American Consular Agent at Syria has
discovered in Asia Minor mysterious kind
of larva that appears within the crysts Of
locust eggs, and thereby prevents them from
Matching. Some specimens have been sent
to the Agricultural Bureau, in the hope that
they might be of service in the grasshopper
regions of this country.
ACCORDING to 8 late Washington telegram
the excess of exports over imports for the
month ended November 30, 1880, was $685.
eA, $40; same month in 1879, $2S, ,S36, 794; ;
eleven months ended November 80, 1880,
Sl4l, 1861, ,002; same time in 1879, $3.50, ,279 9S7;
twelve months ended November 80, 1880,
&162, ,C44; same time in 1879, S966, 245, ,O3S.
PRESIDENT HAYES had decided to renew the
appointment of Secretary Ramsay, as Acting
Secretary of the Navy, from time to time until
the 9TH Of March.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05
West and South.

"eSC ttllU SOuCus
A FREIGHT engineer on the Mobile and
Ohio Division of the Louisville s. Nashville
Road, named Frank Savage, and three per-
soEs in passenger coach were killed by a
collision at State Line, Ala, on the 26th.
TIE citizens of Munfordville, KY, few
days ago strung to tree two negroes sus-
pected of robbing and nearly numbering J. A.
Gardner. One Of the lynched men confessed
the crime.
, An ordinance requiring the manufacturer
Of substitutes for butter to stamp upon each
package the ingredients Of the article has
been passed by the Common Council of Chi
cago.
The murderous gang who, for four years
have ruled Lincoln County, N. NJ, were re-
Gently captured by the Sheriff Of Santa Fe.
Among them is Dave Rudebaugh, who killed
Sheriff Lopez at Las Vegas some weeks ago.
on the 2sth Captain Payne, leader Of the
Oklahoma raiders issued q secret circular
notifying his followers tJ be ready to
move Into Indian Territory at moments
notice. II Is stated that the programme was
to get together quietly . force Of five thou
sand settlers and move suddenly to Oklahoma
before the troops should have discovered their
rendezvous. 5.t5 . Il e gs5g t5ss3sss 3isss
A FEW nights ago two engines were wrecked
by collision near, sandusky, Ohio. fire.
man was killed and five other persons were
injured.
The other day at smithville, w., : white
man named Dunn got into . difficulty with
some colored men who had met to organize
military company. He shot two OF them
dead, cut third 80 badly that he would prob
ably die, and inflicted less serious wounds
upon several others. Dunn has been lodged
in Jail at Williamsburg.
OK the 18th heavy snow-storms prevailei
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05

The modest little sum Of $24, ,995
was pl laced IN the St. Paul city trea-
sury from liquor licenses, and 81, 5y5
from dog licenses.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05
.n.Jnsney sold for s2s7

Commissioner LIE Due, of tht
Bureau Of Agriculture, has made ar
rangments to establish a tea farm il,
South Carolina.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05
The railroads.&c. the United State:
are now about& hundred thousan
miles in exteqf, which is greater
than in the entire world besides.

w. II. hymns dwelling house -.
contents j&ere burnt on "Wednesday
of last Week, at Granite Falls. The
building was insured for 1926.
New Ulm weekly review., 1881-01-05
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'ilationl.,
rom washington

ssDNa to q Washington special Of the
Wilson, the man sent by the Okla
.colonists to seek to induce the Presi.
, 1881-06-12

THERE was no change Of consequence i'll
the Senatorial situation at Albany yesterday.
The Administration people expect that oil
Tuesday they will be able to run up Depew's
vote to GO, and there is a strong probability
that Platt may lose some votes, anu that
before the end Of the week lie will have dis
appeared as candidate altogether. The Ill
vestigating Committee held short session
yesterday, and listened to the story OF g
legislator named Trinlble, hailing from New
York City, who stated that it had been
intimated to him that he would receive
$500 If he would only cast his vote for
Depew, but that he refused to desert tile
Coukling standard at the suggestion ot tile
tempter, person named Edwards, 1Ourth-
rate lobbyist, who was initiated into the mys-
tcries Of his calling III the days Of loss
Tweed. Edwards hns left for parts unknown,
and 1t is said that il will be very convenient
for the Conklingitcs if his absence from
Albany should be prolonged. The investl-
eating part of the business will be pushed
vigorously next week, :1ul the examination of
vice-President Arthur" Insurance" Smytle,
and several machine men will add interest to
the occasion. The anti-Conkling people were
confident of being able to provo that tile
money received by the eyirtuous Bradley came
from one of the machine Bosses, and that the
whole business WIS devised to defeat Dcpew,
and to stem the tide Of change from Conkliny
to the Administration candidates.
, 1881-06-12

GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON has been in
terviewcd in reference 10 the structures OH
him as military man made by jefferson
Davis In his recently published work. lie
laid he lad not read the book, but had read
the extracts published in the newspapers and
Gen. Sher,nan's comments thereon at Hart
ford Thursday night. lii reference to Davis
statement that he ought IL have taken Wash
ington after the victory at Bull Run. lie said
it was based on the hue-and-cry raised III the
South after the victory, and intilnatcs that
Davis is either ignorant Of the true state
Of affairs or willlully misrepreseuts the
facts To take Washington ut that
time he declares, ana most people will
agree with linn, was impossible. Other
statements Of Davis Johnston pronounccs
utterly false, particularly that about the sur
render by HIN Jol4nston) of his command
to Beauresard. Other parts of the book
which refer TO hin he pronounces as mis-
leading, unjust, without foundation, and
without justification. except in the Ignorance
of the author as to matters Of which he
processes knowledge. The ex-P resident of the
, 1881-06-12

1T appears that the parties who have been
urging ex-senator Thurman as the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor of Ohio have
been acting without the knowledge or con-
sent Of Mr.. Thurman himself, or the knowl-
edge Of his most intimate political friends.
Thurman, it is ayerred, will not, under any
circumstances, permit the use Of his name
as a candidate, and it is not at all certain
TINT the Douruon leaders III Ohio would be
willing to accept him as their standard bearer
1t is further believed that the Ohio Democrats
do mot care much about the Goycrnorsllip,
and that they will direct all their energies
to securing a majority in the next Lcgisla-
ture SO as to secure the redistric1ing Ut the
State III the interest Of the party. The cleo
ton Of Democratic Governor, they think,
would be Of little advantage to them; bit 4
gain in congressman and the retention or i'll
crease Of their present representation in the
Senate is something for which they will
fight with all the energy Of Ohio Democrats
1t is incumbent, therefore. Oil the Republic
ans to close up their ranks and to make an
active and vigorous campaign. They lave
excellent candidates for State officers. They
should have equally excellent candidates for
the Legislature.