New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-03-15
NEW ULM REVIEW, "WEDNESDAY; MARCH Is 1881

Of the Great Kanawha river, it is stated,
will go far to realize the dreams Of the
old projectors Of the James River and
Kanawha canal. $50 se,e
The well-known ''Lothe'' farm Of 1872
acres, in Rockingham county. Virginia,
has been sold for 81, 900. It is one Of
the historical farms of the State, having
been in the Gilmer family for century
or more. @.,c-a -
An ex-State Senator of Colorado,
while recently in New York, rode up to
Central Park to see the obelisk. He
Immediately understood why the Gov
eminent brought it here. He said it
showed that the Egyptians had recorded
on it the fact that they used the same
Kind of cattle marks that are employed
by the Mexicans.
They are complaining of the new su-
perintendent of public instruction of
Virginia that he doesn't know how to
spell, and they instance ''Wednesdy, y
CLOSES for losses, '.editoral, "colum, -
correspondent 'untramulled,' and
other words.
Ann Eliza Young says: ''The women
of Utah are like the women of Illinois,
just as sincere, just as pious, just as
faithful, according to their light. En-
tangled in the meshes of polygamy are
thousands of intelligent, sensitive and
devout women"
Miss Mary +. Conley, a sister of ex-
Gov. Conley, of Georgia, has died fairly
br0ken-hearted over the failure of the
Mechanics bank, at Newark. Her
whole fortune was invested in the stock
of the bank, and she was unable to make
good the amount called for by govern
ment
A net underneath trapeze does not
seem to be perfect safeguard for the
performer. A girl with Barnum's cir
Gus was killed last summer by fall IN
to net, her chin striking on her knee
so violently that her neck was broken;
and now Zerello has lost his life in the
same way in San Francisco.
The James A. Garfield is the pioneer
steamer of the 'President ine'' for the
Mediterranean trade. She was launched
recently at Philadelphia, is of 1000 tons
dead weight, and her tween decks are
specially adapted and ventilated for car
rying troops, cattle, fruit, etc. She will
have accommodations for thirty first
class passengers. ~s.
A hen at Pawtucket, R. l., was ar
rested the other day charged with steal
ing young mans $500 diamond pin.
There was no evidence discriminating the
hen beyond the naturally reckless pas.
sion of her sex for trumpery, yet after
three days of durance vile she was be.
headed and the missing stones were
found snugly hid away in her gizzard.
The Union Benevolent Association, OF
Philadelphia, since it's organization has
distributed, in round numbers, 1,OOO,.
600; over 20O,O0 families have been in
its charge; $4,000 tons of coal and 49,
600 tons of coke have been supplied to
the poor. 1t has been the almoner fol
thirty-two Dorcas societies and very
large number of other distributing insti-
tutions.
All persons entering the public houses
hotels, restaurants, and liquor saloons
of Bristol, England, between the
hours of 2 and II O'clock on the evening
of Saturday, Jan. z, were counted, with
the following result. Of population
of 206, 900, los, 900, or more than one
half, entered the public houses in four
hours. Of this number 54,074 were
men, 36,803 women, and 13,415 chill
dren. %,
| Lavater's remains have been ex-
humed from the disused Zurich church
yard, now private property, and are
about to be reinforced in St. Peters
square: The physiognomist's skull is
somewhat small, but well formed; the
eye-sockets large, and the nose long and
overhanging the upper lip.
While opening up q gravel pit near
Bellefontaine, O., recently, the workmen
unearthed q human skeleton that had
evidently been there many years. With
it was fife, parts of it, with the metal
mouthpiece, being in good state 81
preservation. y Near the remains was q
large cannon ball. = The remains are
supposed to be one Of Hulrs soldiers, a
fifer. Hull marched through Logan
county during the war of 1912 to Detroit,
one of the finest pixies in the county be-
ing located on 'sHulrs Trace ~~
A man styling himself Col. CASTOR,
and representing himself as an Ameri-
can, went into Paris jewelers. shop,
chose jewelry to the amount of 246,O60
francs, locked it up in a leather bag,
and rendered a check in payment. On
this being demurred to, he said he would
cash the check at a money changers,
and quilted the shop, apparently leaving
the bag on the counter. He did not re-
turn, and, op the bag being forced open,
it proved to be full Of worthless articles.
1t is supposed that customer who en-
tered during the negotiations to buy
some studs was an accomplice, and
brought him second bag, and diverted
the jewelers. attention while the substi-
tuition of one for the other was being
effected. ,<A- ">~~<-