New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-11-18
NEW ULM AND VICINITY.

NEW ULM AND VICINITY.
Tracy has a camp Of Sons Of " terans
with upwards Of fifteen charter mem
bers.
Mankato is taking on metropolitan
airs. Next year her citizens will luxur-
late in street cars.
VIM. 2. Christensen was last Mon
day appointed register of the Redwood
Falls land Office.
Thanksgiving one week from to.mor.
row. The turkeys are already begin
mig to chant their death-song.
There is nothing the matter with tax
ing a ''horn,' Todd, provided the
quality is good and the notes. come
out clear and strong.
John F. Neuman received another
carload Of apples last Thursday. John
is bound to keep the natives supplied
with apple-food the coming winter.
Our informant was slightly off in re-
porting the third death from diphtheria
in the family Of Mrs. Reinhold Mueller.
We understand that the child has fully
recovered from the disease.
Chas. Wagner is displaying some
mighty fine furniture in his show win
dows now-a-days. From the frequent
changes in the display we infer that he
has in stock quite a nice assortment of
fine parlor and bedroom sets.
Dur military will soon be equipped
With the regulation haversacks. can
teens, blanket bags and leather waist
belts with Minnesota buckle and Nc
Keever cartridge boxes. The waist
belts were made especially for the ma.
tional guard of the State.
Oscar Homer, lad of Is years,
while dragging in his fathers field in
the town of CRANKY, Nicollet county,
last week, found and ate some wild pars-
nips, installing them for artichokes.
When found he was writhing in spasms
and died in great agony soon after.
The State Register says the best OBJ.
tainable information is that the Cannon
Valley railroad will be built into Man
kato soon. The impression is that
when it once reaches Mankato it will
be pushed right on up the Minnesota
valley until connection is made with
the nj. & L. road near Redwood Falls.
Charley Gregg, self-styled cowboy.
endeavored to terrorize one Fred.
Stricken, at Lake Benton, into loaning
III ten cents to buy whiskey, and as a
result he languishes in the New Ulm
jail to await the action of the grand
jury at the January term of court. Gre
go has been in the cluthes of the law
before.
The New Ulm fire department hav-
ing complied with law requiring the
filing with the State insurance commits.
sioncr statement of the condition Of
the department, will receive per cent.
from the tax on fire insurance premiums
taken in New Ulm. The law provides
that the money shall be spent il i'm.
proving the fire department.
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Geo. H. Twiss, an Ohio weather
prognosticator, forctells warm win
ter, in fact he says it Will be the warm
est known in ten years. On the other
hand, Virgins, the Canadian weather
prophet, says that those who anticipate
mild winter will get badly left. He
says that the great planets indicate
cold, much cold. You pays your mon
ey and takes your choice.
The State Poultry Association was in
session recently in Rochester. A con-
stitution was adopted, similar to that
s2f the Wisconsin association, and it
was decided to hold poultry fair
sometime the coming winter, the tine
and place to be announced later. Where
were our New Ulm and Lone Tree
Lake poultry breeders? We venture
the assertion that they could make up