New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-05-11
MINNESOTA NEWS.

When certain town in this state
voted mo license" one of it's liquor
dealers teIegraphed the news of the
result to a friend in the following
words: "Gone to hell by twelve
majority
Col. King, who is bound to eclipse
all his former efforts in the show
business, left few days ago on
trip to Kentucky and Tennessee
where he will meet all the most
prominent race men of the country
and secure attractions for his coming
air.
Mr.. Q. Carney, living near Ami.
ret was in town yesterday. He re.
ports that he is engaged in thresh-
ing his wheat that has stood in the
stack all winter: that it is coming
out in first.rate condition, at the
rate of thirty bushels to the acre,
and will grade No. 1.-Marshall
Messenger.
1t is claimed that Minnesota does
net raise more than 60 per cent.
enough oats to supply home demand
and the balance has to be imported.
Farmers should make note of this
and raise more oats and less wheat.
Glencoe Reqister--The public
spirited citizens of St. Paul propose
to add $4,000 to the State APP
preparation for the rebuilding of the
State capitol building. We feel like
heartily thanking them for such gen.
erous liberality, as it is far beyond
our expectations, or our estimate of
them.
Mr.. McAllister found a reptile IN
the water pumped from his we'll that
when placed under a microscope
looks just like snake and has the
snake movements. It IS about six
inches long and red in color. It u
said that the wells have a good many
Of these peculiar reptiles in them. =
st. Peter Tribune.
A Telegraph operator at Kasota
came near being killed one day re-
Gently. He was standing on the top
of car, and by a sudden movement
of the train lie was thrown on to
the track between two cars. One
of HevwOOd'S troupe pulled him OUT
or he would have been crushed. AS
1t was, he was CONSIDERABLY bruis-
ed.
st. Peter T,ibune:-There is a
family in town, embracing four
generations, consisting Of l great
grandmother, 2 grandmothers, 8
mothers, l grandfather, 2 fathers, 5
aunts, $ urcles, 10 cousins, 8 grand.
children, 2 great grandchildren, 2
mothers in-law, 1 father-in.law, s
brothers and sisters, 2 sons.in law,
5 brothers-in.law, II children, II
sons and daughters, 4 nephews and
nieces. A total Of 81.
The Kasson Republican says. "An
Iowa cattle dealer made his appear
ance in town on Saturday last, for
the purpose of buying up drove of
young cattle to be raised on. the fine
grazing lands of southern Iowa. If
our farmers understand their busi-
ness they will hold on to their young
stock and add their growth to the
profits of their farms. 1t will pay
them better than wheat raising
A team of fractions horses ran in
to the food at st. Peter and were
rescued after floating down stream
some distance aud lodging in tree
| Alexandria Post: A correspon.
dent. informs US that Carl Carlson,
a Scandinavian blacksmith, young
and unmarried, grieved that his la
dy.love would not come to him from
The old country, committed suicide
by drowning in the Pomme Dc
Terre River, IN Grant county last
week.
Austin Register: On Tuesday
Last, about shutdown, Mr.. Mike
Vinegar was dragging with team
of horses hitched to his drag about
/ 4 miles southwest of Adams in thi!
county, when bolt of lightning
came down from cloud and killed
both horses in their tracks. One
was struck on the neck, the light
ming running up to the ear, making
a slight wound, the other showed n,
marks, being probably killed by tn,
shock. Mr.. w. was shocked but .
little, the concussion only making
his head ache some.