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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

they deem proper, and that they
shall be issued at $500 ard not less
than 500. Referred to the com
1mittee on retrenchment and re-
form
A bill was introduced BY Senator
Castle reducing the rate Of interest
on public lands from seven to five
yer cent.
THE BONUS BILL.
The Senate then went into a
committee Of the whole with Sena-
tor Waite in the chair, md the
bill prohibiting any town village or
municipality to subscribe to the
stock Of any railroad corporation,
was taken up.
Senator Wilson said that he had
IN opportunity to see how such
bonuses have worked in many in
stances. He said that the railroad
company would make threats and
that if the voters wonld not vote
to their benefit they would attempt
to destroy the town and run their
line in another direction. Every
intelligent man will see that if a
railroad company will go where it is
needed, it will 60 without subsi.
dy.
HOUSE. JAN. II. Mr.. Bobleter's
House bill to amend the game laws
protects woodcock after July 3 to
September Of each year, and prairie
chickens and grouse cannot be
killed after Aug. IA to Nov. !. L.
is before the judiciary committee
and it is said to be favored by the
sportsmen.
Mr.. Ole Peterson fires the first
temperance gun Of the session, in
his memorial from the 41st sena
torial disti t. It is asked that an
amendment be submitted to the
people, absolutely prohibitory in its
scope, and that special election be
called for the fourth Tuesday III
June to vote upon it. 1t will be
wres,led with soon by the commit
tee on temperance.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

The Democrats IN Connecticut
are having a troublesome time t.
reap the reward for the late victory
in that State which prescr'bes that
the tickets shall be printed on white
paper. The Democrats used diff.
ferent color, namely, on black Or
colored paper, Ito suit their black
Democratic voters. so as to mark
their voters They succeeded in get
ting enough votes in the ballot box
to carry the State; but as they did
it IN violation of the law, the Re
publicans are contesting the cleo.
ton in the Courts.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24
MINNESOTA NEWS.

A straw paper manufactury is to
be put III at Moorhead.
Tive nty eight members Of our
present Legislature are New York.
ers.
The St. Panl post Office handled
rs, 728,697 pieces Of mail the past
year.
Mayor Ames, of Minneapolis, is
having spasm of reform and is pull
ling all the gambling dens of the ci-
ty.
Fairmont voted no license, while
Marshall, which has for long time
had no license, voted license by 20
majority.
The boy preacher, Harrison, AMI
Chaplain McCabe are to be at the Red
Rock M. E. Camp meeting in June
next.
The house of John Wolf, near St.
Cloud. took fire at four O'Clock in
the morning and two children were
burned up Mr.. and Mrs, VOL
barely escaped.
Minneapolis is to have a new no.
tel costing $750,OOO, and furniture
costing $25O.O00 more. 1t will be O
ircn joists and iron sheeting, floors
and walls an intended to be strictly
fire proof.
The trustees of the Red Rock NJ
E camp ground, located six miles
below St Paul, have lately purchas
ed 40 acres more ground and are
making extensive arrangements fo'
building and identifying before thu
annual June meeting. The society
now owns 80 acres Of ground
Hank Flyck of Utica went t.
Lewiston and commenced playing
cards with McHugh, when a dispute
arose resulting in the killing Of the
the latter. Flyck is now under arrest
and there is some talk of lynchine
him
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

Governor Morris, collector OF
Customs at Sitka, Alaska, gives
q most glowing account of tire min.
eral and ship building resources Of
that trigid anex to the United
States He says the mines are the
richest IN the precious metals Of
any known to the prospector, and
aud have yielded remarkable re-.
turns, notwithstanding the print
tive method employed in working
the ores; millions of dollars worth
Of which are said to be in sight.
However, he is reticent on the eli
matte conditions, but he is doubt
less waiting until next August to
dilate upon Alaska IS q summer re-
sort.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

Regulating Railroads.-Repre-
sentative Rahilly Of Wabasha coun-
~, one Of the most successful farm.
ers in the state, and a man Of good
business ideas, has introduced In
the Legislature lengthy bill reg.
ulating III railroad transportation
1t provides that all railroad compa-
MES shall carry freight Of all kinds
upon equal reas nable terms and for
an equal and reasonable compensa-
zion under forfeiture Of $1,000 for
each oHense. It prescrlbes th q
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

A state of anarchy is approaching
in Colombia, and ere long some
foreign power will be likely to lay
its hands on the Isthmus Of Darien.
England is watching it closely, and
the French people have, under the
lead o. DE- Lesseps, invested a good
many millions Of dollars in the
railroad aud canal enterprise; while
the United States seemto be drift ng
farther and farther away from any
positive policy regarding this great
commercial gateway. We will make
up bye and bye.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24
LEGISLATIVE NOTES,
SENATE. JAN. l6.

Senator Wheat's bill for the re.
duction of rates Of interest was IN.
definitely postponed.
By Senator BilIson, making it a
penal ofense to transfer or remove
mortgaged personal property.
BY Senator Craig, to amend the
general statues of 1873 relating to
homestead exemptions.
HOUSE. Mr.. Peterson (Polk)
presented apetition from his const;.
tuents praying for an amendment
to the constitution prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of Spurious
and vinous liquors, and asking for
its submission to the people on the
fourth Tuesday in June
Mr.. R E Thompson introduced
a bill to regulate the rates for the
transportation Of passengers on
railroads in this state, which pro.
vides that the compensation
charged for transporting any pas
senger and his or her baggage,
shall not exceed the following rates;
viz: For any distance Of five
miles or more three cents per mile:
for any distance less than five M les
Is cents
MIR. Hicks, chairman of the judi
ciary committee reported favnrabIy
to the passage 0. the bill amending
the law in relation to Cha,tle
Mortgages The same committee
recomm nded that the usury bill
fixing the 'highes, rate Of interest
at Z per cent, be indefna ely post.
poned. Mr.. Rahilly said tile m liter
was too important to be thus pass.
ed by, and moved it's reference
to the committee of the whole.
Carried.
Mr.. Bobleter offered the follow.
ing resolution.
RESOLVED, That the pay and
compensation Of the doorkeeper,
assistant pos master aud The custu-
dian of the Cloak rooms of the
House Of Representatives be the
same as the assistant Sergeant at
Arms, which was adopted.
Those who voted for Window
were
Messrs. Anderson H, Anderson
w, Baker, Barker, Batchelder,
Be.n, Boardman, Bobleter, Bob.
land, Burmester, Caps.r, Child J
3, Collins, Cornish, Deme lles, by.
n, Emery, Ende, u1otzian, Gray,
Grotsch, Halgren, Hicks, johnson,
N, Lydiard, Merriam, Miller, Mel.
son, Panlsen q, Peterson Johp, Pc.
terson J. A. Peterson Ole, Plum.
mer, Porter, Seidener, Smith j,
Snow, Spauldtng, Strong. Sven
sen, Thayer, Thompson Torg.r.
son, Turrell aud Mr.. Speaker.
SENATE. Jan. Senator Craig
introduced a bill to amend Sec /.
On ,pter u, General Statutes Of
1878, relanding to duties of County
Auditor.
Senator Clarke to amend section
ZIG, chlpter 10, General S atutps of
1873, relating to the 5 lie Of LIQUORS.
Inc bill give tn villages author,t,
to issue license to such persons as
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

Hardly has the SMOKE cleared
away from Milwaukee's awful fun
eral pyre when the news comes OF
another similar, though fortunately
not so disasterous hotel fire in St.
Louis. The scenes in the Planter s
hotel rivaled those of the NewhalI
House and the terrible lessons
taught by the latter are powerfully
emphasized, if emphasis were nee
essary by the former,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

Why should all the private and
domestic grief Of Engineer Melville
be spread before the public to the
extent of columns day? Melville
has had a strange and hard expert.
ence, but that does not entitle the
whole world to know every detail Of
his domestic life.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

G.. w. Thompson, thrifty farm.
or who lives near Albert Lea, re-
ports a new disease as affecting his
hogs. He has already lost eight or
ten and knows nothing about the
disease, only that the hogs are first
taken with an apparent weak.
ness in the back, get worse and soon
die
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

What will surprise the western
people themselves is the fact that
Iowa stands third in the United
States in the point of farm wealth,
only New York and Illinois exceed
ing It. tits progress of the most
gratifying kind to transform q Wild
orness in thirty.fve years to rich
or state than the proud Kentucky.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

Miss Alice Livingstone, Of New
York, who sued merchant named
henry tlemu,ing, for breach OF
promise, was awarded SIS, 600. The
Verdict was followed Ly deafeniDg
applause, which the court was una
bic to suppress. This is the largest
verdict in similar suit ever given
in this country.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

A word to settlers. Turn your
attention to stock. Make grain an
adjunct, not a primary object on
the farm. Take advantage of the
unoccupied lands for summer graz
ing; save great quantities OF hay
fer winter use, and raise corn for
feeding purposes only.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24
Mr.. r. Harvard Wilson, Of L

Mr.. T. Harvard Wilson, Of lie.
banon, has the most valuable herd
of Jersey cattle in Delaware His
COW 'Gem" has record of
IA pounds aud three ounces of but
ter per week. Her last calf, which
was bnIl, he sold at five days old
for 500. Last fall MIR. Wilson
sent her to Burnham, Connecticut to
be served byKingCotfee of the"Coo-
massie' strain of cattle. Mr.. Will.
son has an offer of $500 for her
calf when it is dropped, but he asks
$500.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

The pension bill, which passed
the House on Saturday, app, opri-
stes $50, 575,OO for the current 6s-
cal year. There is, in addition to
this sum, an unexpended balance OF
3l5, soc, 0O0-altogether good
round sum, yet far from enough tn
meet the increasing demands upon
the Pension bureau. The ''cruel
war" comes now in a prolonged as
sault upon the treasury.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24
S*'g dim Rspif'p,
NEW vIaE an177T.
Wednesday, January "a, 1883.

Cholera is raging with fearful eff
feet in the city u Chispa, Mexico,
and great many of the victims
have to be burned as it is impossi.
Bile to find help sufficient to bury
them all.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

nnHAa week msdsst home By the industri
oua. Bes, burinees now before the pub
lie. Capital not needed; We vii! s.aIl
IA you Men, women. boys and girls
IT sn,ed every here 10 work for Us.
- Nov 10 the time. fou eaa work IL
spare time or give ur Mu.is thu" the business.
No other business i'll pay you nearly Y well No
re ran fail 10 mai { enormous psy BY engaging
atones. Costly outds aud terms free. 1ono
" .u- .sl, Aaa 4...0'y. Audtsss isv
Go, Augusta Ne, NOV
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-01-24

Mayor Ames, of Minneapolis, is
having spasm of reform and is pull
ling all the gambling dens of the ci-
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A General Summary Of Events at Home
and Abroad.
Compiled from Daily Reports up to the
Hour of Going to Press.
CONGRESS-.

FoRTY-rHREE Senators, five more
than a quorum, were in their seats in the
Senate on the 9th ult., and Mr.. Miller in
troduced a bill to increase the fees OF wit
nesses in the United States courts. Mr.. Hoar
offered a resolution instructing the Post
steamship companies for carrying for
Jones, of Florida, offered a resolution
requesting the opinion of the President as to
whether allowances made for property de-
stroyed by the American army In 1sl2-l3 are
reasonable and just and IL in his opinion the
last clause of the treaty of 1919 between the
cuted; tabled, to be called up at an early date.
Mr.. Call submitted resolution. which was
adopted, calling ON the Secretary of the In
terror for the number of contested home
stead entries pending and If legislation is re-
Quired to expedite decisions In such cases.
At the close of the morning hour, considera-
ton of Mr.. Pendletons Civil Service Bill was
resumed, the question being on Mr.. Hawley' g
amendment prohibiting the solicitation or
collection of political contributions by officers
of the Government from other Govern
ment Officers or employees. which was rejected
and the bill then Rassed-yeas. 81; nays. 3. Ad-
Speaker Kiefer at the usual hour but as there
was no quorum present Mr.. Rice objected TO
business being done unless by unanimous
consent, and the House adjourned until the
the 3Oth.
In the Senate on the 2Sth ult. the bill,
reported by Mr.. Edmunds from the Committee
on Judiciary, to prevent Government officers
and employees from collecting from or pay
ing to each other money for political purposes.
was passed. The bill for the relief of Fitz-
John Porter was then taken up and discussed.
The conclusion of the Military Board, com
posed of Generals Scofield, Perry and Getty.
were read, when Mr.. Sewell took the floor and
spoke in support of the bill, occupying the
time to adjournment.
A MEMORIAL signed by a large num-
ber of Chicago merchants, and other business
men, demonstrating against the re-enactment
of Bankrupt law, was lsid before the Senate
on the 29th ult. Mr.. Groome reported bill
appropriating $4,000 for the erection of q
monument to Baron De Kalb at Annapolis
Nd; passed. The bill to provide for the per
formance of the duties of President of the
United States, in case of inability or removal
by death or otherwise, OF the President OIL
Vice President, was taken up and discussed
until the expiration OF the morning hour
when the bill for the relief OF FitZ-John Porter
came upa unfinished business and Mr.. Logan
took the floor and spoke against the bill until
the Senate adjourned.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-03

York from Paris on the Goth ult. states that
Henry NJ. Stanley, the explorer; had dlsap-
peared from that city in a most mysterious
manner and was supposed to have returned
to Africa. De Brazza the rival explorer, the
letter states, was lying dangerously i'll.
The fourth Diocesan Catholic Synod
OF New York has prohibited Catholic clergy
men from attending races or theatrical per
formances, or wagering money, and also
commands them to scourage the decoration
of funeral biers with flowers.
INDIAN AGENT PORTER, at Fort Peck,
Montaua, telegraphed the Indian Bureau at
Washington on the 29th ult. that the Milk
River country was 0verruu with white hun crs,
who were slaughiering buffalo by the thou
sands. The Indians were becoming restless
on this account and trouble was feared.
Commissioner Price informed the Agent that
whi hunters had no business on the SER
vation and he would ask the Secretary OF War
to have them removed.
CAPTAIN DE LoNG's report of the
Jeanette, which was found beside his dead
body, has been made public. It makes 3),Ol0
words, aud gives the details and incidents OF
the cruise from their departure from San
Francisco In 1879 to January 1881. Its p in
cipal feature is the elaborate acc unit
expedition. He considered it good iudg
ment to head for Wrangell Land.
His idea was to adapt that land as a support
for the first winters campaign. He embodies
the story Of how land was sighted and how he
expected to reach il, graphically describing
how on the next day the Jeanette became
beset in the ice, never again to be relieved,
and says: "The party was compelled 10
make virtue of necessity and stay where we
were"
Two children, aged eleven and eight
years, confessed on the 18th ult. that they had
Meriden, Conn, n few days previous for the
purpose of wrecking the New York express,
and stated that they did so because some of
the employees had driven them off the track.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-03
The New Year.

We have been kept very busy the last
month taking subscriptions and renewals
for the ENTERPRISES, and appreciate the
promptness and business honesty of all
who have thus signified their recognition
of what is due the publisher oftheir paper.
People in Wellington and surrounding
towns have, many of them, paid up or
paid year in advance, and We have re-
ceived bank-notes, money orders, and cash
from distant States One California sub
scriber sent his dollar and half right
along in silver, and it came to our hands
all right, though it is a wonder it had not
worn the envelope through and gone astray
in the mail-bags. We would not advise
that way of sending, as general rule, but
we are glad to get it in any way that it
comes. We have not room 10 publish all
the expressions of appreciation that are
sent us with renewals, and we do not think
that the most interesting reading matter
we are able to give our subscribers
We are adding new fonts of type and
expensive and beautiful electrotypes for
ornamenting fine job work, and are now
prepared to do better work in that line
than ever before. The newspaper, now
that the holidays are over and the business
pressure less urgent, will have closer at
tention, and we trust that we will be able
to improve the paper and give more time
to making it what our ideal of journal
should be- We could do vastly better if
all our subscribers would pay us what they
owe, and would speak good word for the
paper to their neighbors, and increase its
circulation.
Thankful for the prosperity, the good
will, the blessings, that have attended the
year 1882, and recognizing the abundant
reason We have for cheerful minds apd
thankful hearts, we enter upon the new
year with no gloomy forbodings, but with
good will and good wishes to everybody;
and to our readers from Maine to Oregon,
from Minnesota to Florida, we extend the
greetings of the season, and wish you hear
tily all, glad New Year.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-03
Petroleum Gas.

To the Editor of the ESTxRPRIsE-
The true test of merit of any invention or
enterprise is measured by its success when
brought into practical use- From the coast
of Maine to the rocks and hills OF Colorado,
in the South and in the North, are these
works in successful operation; in private
dwellings, in the largest manufactures and
public institutions; in villages, towns and
cities, giving in each and every instance
entire satisfaction to all, and we boldly
challenge the most searching scrutiny and
the severest criticisms of the ablest gas en-
eineers and scientific experts to disprove
ANYTHING we claim for this gas. l have
talked with most of your business men
upon the subject of gas against oil, and not
withstanding the present extremely low
price of oil, feel safe in saying that gas
made by the VIM. Smith process will cost
consumers but trifie more than oil, when
everything is taken into consideration Let
oil 90 to 25 cents per gallon and gas will
be the cheapest every day in the year, and
the cheapest possible mode of using oil as
an illuminatpr.
In erectHg gas WORKS IN any to"h VI
city for the public distribution and sale OF
gas, there are two classes directly interested
and to satisfy, namely, the consumer and
the stockholder If the first are satisfied
with the quality and the economy of their
ight. and the latter with the revenue ac-
cruing from satisfied consumer, there are
none others who have aught to say. SO long
as those who use the gas and find no fault
with the price it matters not to them whether
the company get fair remuneration for
their investment or not
The prospect of building gas works at
wellington looks very tair, and in a short
time the canvass viii be continued. To
,-.,rant the investment it will require at
least 80 private consumers, or 5o TO % with
street lamp posts
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-03
News From the Moon.

The telescope has lately revealed some
very curious and startling appearances in
the moon. Astronomers have been slow
TO accept the conclusions which these OBJ
servations suggest, because they have SO
long believed that the moon is a dead
planet and incapable of supporting any
life upon its surface. This belief is based
principally on the assumed absence of a
lunar atmosphere. But these recent OBJ
servations indicate that the moon has an
atmosphere, and, if it has an atmosphere.
it may have various forms of life upon its
surface differing as much from those up
on this earth as the moon itself differs
from the earth in its geological and eli
matological features. 1t would be very
curious if the telescope, the instrument
which has banished from the moon
the hosts of strange creatures with
which the imagination of some of the
ancients peopled it, and shown how un-
fitted it is for the habitation of beings
like ourselves and those We see around us,
should now make us believe that the
moon is the home OF beings more gro
tesque in our eyes, perhaps, than any the
imagination has pictured. We do not
say this is probable, but only that it is
suggested by the very interesting obser-
vations which have lately been made,
and which we shall briefly describe.
On the 9th of March last Mr.. Stanley
Williams, an English observer, was look
ing at the moon in the early evening
with a telescope of considerable power,
and giving particular attention To that
very singular oval valley known to as
Ironomers by the name of Plato. This
valley is about sixty miles broad, remark
ably level, and surrounded by n ring of
mountains averaging something less than
1000 feet high, but Shooting up here and
there into peaks nearly as high as Ktna-
When the sunlight strikes across the
SUBMITS of the mountains on one side 1t
throws the shining peaks into splendid
| relief, but all the valley within remains
! shrouded in darkness. The sun was Just
! rising upon this mountain ring when Mr.
( Williams made his observation of Plato
| and his eye at once detected a strange
| appearance. The interior of the valley,
which usually appears totally dark al
/ such times, was illuminated with faint
| phosphorescent light, making Its level
! floor dimly visible. 1t was not the effect
| Of reflection from the illuminated noun
| tains, because the interior of the valley
was protected from such reflection. Somt
| passing clouds in our atmosphere shu
out this interesting scene from the sigh
of the observer for about an hour. WheI
the sky cleared again, Mr.. William
LOOK ed once more, and saw that the strangc
lighs had disappeared, Mr., Williams
| had made similar observation, in she
same spot, about five years ago.
About s. ven weeks after Mr.. Williams
observation which we have described
there was a total eclipse of the sun, and I
party Of French and English astronomer
went to Egypt to observe it. as the line o
totality ran acrcaS that country. Whel