New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-02-09
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n bill authorizing the county com
missioners of this county to issue bonds
to the amount Of ST. 900 for the con
struction of a bridge across the Cotton.
wood river was last Thursday introduc.
ed in the Senate by MIR. Petersen, and
passed under a suspension of the rules.
Our merchants have received but lit
Ule freight since Christmas and u good
many things are running short. Some
stores have been out of carbon oil. cot.
fee, sugar and many other necessary
articles for Il week or two and it is Ger.
tainly hoped that the railroad company
will hurry the freight through when
the road is again open.
| Arrangements have been made for
having the funeral Of Mr.. Bergmann's
daughter next Sunday. Teams will be
in readiness to leave his residence at 2
O'Clock in the afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bergman eXterd 4 cordial invitation
to their friends to be present at the
funeral. The corpse has been in the
house Tor reception OF the dead, at the
cemetery, since last Sunday.
The Marshall Messenger says that
sheriff Hunter, Of Lyon county, receiv.
ed IN ugly wound in the leg. on Thurs
day OF week before last, by the accl.
dental discharge of u revolver which
he carried in his pants pocket. The
bone was slightly injured, and the flesh
wound is Il bad one, the ball passing
through the heavy muscles of the lower
thigh. The bali was extracted by DR..
Lincoln.
That dread disease, diphtheria, has
brought sorrow and desolatiou into two
more families of this town. William
Koch's two little boys, aged respective.
ly five and three years, died of this
disease last week. The older one died
on Tuesday evening and the other on
Friday morning. About twelve o'clock
on Friday night Henry Bergmann's
daughter, Sophie, about thirteen years
! Of age, was also forced to succumb I'M
der the same fearful malady. This
is a sad bereavement to these worthy
families, and the sympathy Of the COM
munity is with them in their sore af-
| Fiction.
For the want Of something better to
do, our citizens enjoyed themselves last
Monday by throwing snow balls at each
other. At times the battle would rage
in the upper portion of the city and at
times in the lower portion. NJ. Mullen
retired from the battle ground with I.
sprained ankle, and We editor and a host
of others retreated with bloody noses,
Numerous panes of window glass were
shivered to atoms by misdirected snow
balls, but everybody took it in good part
and all damages were repaired without
grumbling.
The musicians that left here last
| Wednesday evening for Sleepy Eye,
where they were to play at a Masque-
rade ball that evening, had a pretty
hard time Of IT. They lost the road
when about half way and drove about
the prairie until IL o'clock and finally
brought up at Arnold's house where
they remained until the following
morning. They measured their lengths
in the snow number of times, and
succeeded most beautifully IN making
kinlling wood out of one of the vio-
Inns. The boys returned home on
Thursday as happy as big sun flower.
The Mankato Review says the city of
Mankato, this winter. is one vast wood
yard. The vacant lots adjacent to the
railroads, mills and factories are GOV.
cred with immense piles, while thous-
ands of cords are stacked elsewhere for
next falls demand. One firm are get
ting out 1900 cords for shipment
along the st. Paul & Sioux City road,
having purchased 800 acres on the LIE
Sueur river which they are clearing.
Contractors on the Southern Minnesota
railroad are getting out large quanti-
ties to supply next seasons demand
| along that road, while nearly all local
dealers and farmers are getting out
large quantities for future sales.
The masquerade ball which will be
held at Turner Hall next Saturday
evening under the auspices of the Gov
ernor's Guards promises to be one OF
the most enjoyable social events of the
season. Everything is being done by
the company to make it pleasant fol
their patronizing friends. The pro.
gramme, which will be found i'll an.
other column, will afford much mirth
and when we say that the company
has secured the services of Julius
Berndt it may be taken for granted
that the programme will be carried
out in manner that will leave ne
ground for complaint. Costumes have
been ordered from Milwaukee anC
Minneapolis and, if they arrive il
time, can be obtained at Neumann &
Rosskopfs. The company extends :
cordial Invitation to one and all.
Route agent Kirschstein has shown
the people of these regions that Their,
is no such thing us keeping him snow
bound, although everybody else hest
tates about venturing out to plow thei
way through huge mountains of snow
AS there was no prospect for eithe
train or team to get through to hi
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