New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-30

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that the last session of the Leg;sla.
ture at Albany, was worse failure
than was at first thought, and that
the Democratic majority has GOV.
cred itself with so much oDliquv
both for what it did, and what It
did not do, that it has entirely lost
what confidence the people had
placed in it last fall. The party
was on trial and might have done
big things. Opportunities such as
it~had seldom come, but the re-.
sponsibility was too much for it,
and the members acted as if they
! were SO many New York Alder
men, ready to take a hand at any
thing. The result is that the Re.
publicans are now stronger than
ever before.
General Logan's boom for the
nomination for the Presidency
seems to be on the increase-not
noisely, but steadily and quietly.
There was an unusually large num-
Der out. of-town politicians Of note
at the hotels this week. Although
they all said that it was too early
es yet ''to pick the winner,'' yet
when asked for their. preferences
Logan's name was generally named
first. And it must be remembered
that most Of the Western and
Southern and a few Of the Eastern
States were represented by the gen
tlemen | met.
The fate of Commodore Fish's
magnificent new schooner Yacht
Hvayl,mg will be apt to confirm the
belief OF the average ''sallor man.
in omens, if it needs confirmation
at all. When she was launched
the Commodore's little daughter
Julia was selected to break the ira.
dictionary bottle champagne on her
bow, and to pronounce the formu.
la: 81 name thee Gyayling.' The
little daughter, supported by
her father tried three times to break
the bottle but in vain. Finally
with main might she succeeded in
smashing it, but it was done so
awkwardly that her dress got more
Of the ''6zz" than the schooner's
side: s'That's bad, very bad,'' re.
marked an old tar, and the rest OF
the forecastle took up the ancient
mariners rhyme and answered in
chorus every bad Last Sunday
the Commodore took her out for
her trial trip, and the owner Of the
famous Mont0uk took out his
schooner toenable Mr.. Fish to test
his boats speed. It soon became
evident that the Montauk had the
foot Of the Gyaylinq and this net.
tied Mr.. Fish. Sending his sailing
master below he took the wheel
himself. Awkward flaws of wind
were coming up and the Mont1uk
got ready for them. Not 50 with
the Commodore. lie kept right
on, straining every nerve to get
ahead. Suddenly there came a
squall, and before the crew and
company on board had time to
catch their breath the vessel Law on
her beam ends.
The NQntquk:s people promptly
came to the rescue and thus no lives
were lost. Otherwise the fate Of
those on board would have been as
sad as that on the unfortunate
4M1ohqnk some years ago. The
yacht finally sunk, aud although
she was secured and her place
marked, she was twice run into BY
passing vessels. One Of them car
RED off her boom, and the other
broke off her mainmast. Yester-
day they succeeded in raising her,
andsshe IS now being thoroughly
oyerhauled at Poillon's ship yard.
Her beautiful interior which was
composed Of most artistic blend.
ing Of imported woods, brass, plate
glass, bronzes, brio. a hrac etc, is
completely destroyed.