New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-06-10

The town Of Home has . population
of 1910, as ascertained BY assessor
Kennedy.
Chas. Z. Roos, at the City Drug
Store, has received q new safe. She's
a beauty and no mistake.
The Office of Mr.. J. Vogel was enter
ed BY burglars on Tuesday night of last
week and some S17 in change was stol-
en-. The money was in desk drawer
and hence easily obtained.
A.P. Swanson, blasting stone for
Gustav Carlson, in Bernadotte, Nicollet
county, met with serious accident
last Saturday. While Withdrawing a.
charge which had refused fire it explod-
ed and cut off two of Mr.. Swanson 5 fin
gers.
A wheel of fortune man has been
holding forth in front of Schnobrich's
saloon for few days past. 1t costs
only 10 cents to try your luck, and as
there are no blanks everybody gets
twice and thrice the worth of their mo-
ney. See?
Quite number Of those who visited
New Orleans and other parts of the
sunny south during the past winter
held social gathering in Schell's
grove last Monday afternoon. Mr.. and
Mrs. Schell entertained their guests
right royalty.
We are in receipt of No. l Vol. l of
the Mankato Journal, neat five COL
umn quarto sheet, A. M. Morrison
editor and proprietor. If the Journal
continues as it has commenced, it will
soon take rank in the front row of south.
western Minnesota papers. We welcome
it to our exchange list.
Another wheelbarrow exhibition
came off last Monday. This time it was
Mr.. Christian Stoll and Mr..
Schmidt that made fun for the bows.
Upon the payment of 80 cents, the
former agreed to wheel the latter from
one end of the city to the other, but
Mr.. Schmidt cried enough before
the task was half completed.
The eighteenth annual reunion of
the ''Old Veterans of the First reei-
ment volunteers, the first three years
regiment in the United States service in
the last great war, will be held in this
city on Tuesday, June 23rd. This is
the first time our citizens have been
given an opportunity to entertain the
survivors of this noble regiment, and in
all probability it will be the last one.
Their rallying here under the remnants
of their old battle flags will teach the
young generation now growing up a
patriotism far better than anything that
can be written. Col. Francis Baasen
is the only member Of the regiment now
living here, and our citizens should
lend helping hand to him and
the Grand Army Post in their ef-
forts to provide for the reception and
entertainment of the old vets. The G..
A. RS of Brown and Redwood counties
will hold a campfire here at the same
time. 1t is expected that at least SOC
vets of the late war will be present.
The family of John Paulson, in the
town of Lake Hake Hanska, was badly
shaken up by lightning during the
heavy thunder storm on Tuesday morn.
ing of last week. When the storm
came up they arose from their beds.
Their dog, who trembled with fear
whenever storm came up, was let in.
to the house, and he forthwith crawled
under the bed. When the storm had
about passed over the family sgain re.
tired. but hardly had they done so
when the house was struck by light
ming in four different places. One of
the bed posts was shivered; Mr. Paul
son was burned on the arm, and Mrs.
Paulson had the hair singed from her
head and her neck was burned. Both
were rendered senseless, as also were
the two children. When Mr.. Paulson
came to his senses he discovered the