New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
General News.

The mercury was at 90 in New York on
Saturday 25th.
The total OF the Bartholdi pedestal fund
at the New York World office is now $685.
O61.74.
The pictorial daily newspapers have pre-
sented their readers with some fearful pict-
ures Of Gen. Grant.
Fifty-three out OF sixty-eight New Hamp-
shire banks hold many Western farm mort
gage loan investments.
Maj. Edwards, in charge of the Dakota
census, claims that the population of that
territory exceeds 100000.
The Pennsylvania road has abandoned
it's 81 emigrant rate. and the Baltimore &
Ohio at once announces another.
At Syracuse Babcock & Andrews, the
proprietors OF the big bucket shop, probably
the most extensive in New York, failed for
100000 OF more.
II Charles Wilde, OF Kimball, OAK, is miss
ing under singular circumstances, and ef-
forts are making to trace him at Omaha
and Council Bluffs.
Charles H. Clark, for many years deputy
collector of internal revenue and secretary
of the Minneapolis Fair association, was
stricken with paralysis.
epistle to the New York Sun on the hot
weather and on the advantage ofrolling in a
blanket at DEVILS Lake to keep out the per.
sistent frost.
Rev. DR.. W. r. Davis (colored), pastor of
the Zion Baptist church in Louisville, KY,
resigned by request of his congregation, who
complained that he did not preach loud
enough and did not raise them to that
pitch OF fervor which makes them SO happy.
Mr.. Davis is graduate OF Harvard and at
one time was president OF the colored Ken.
lucky State university.
Gen, ", ": Belknap, as counsel for the
Baltimore & Ohio, made All argument 55e-
fore Judge Maynard second controller OF
the treasury, in favor OF reopening the ac-
counts OF his company, from 1862 to 1865,
for the transportation OF troops and mill
tary stores. The Baltimore & Ohio claim
thatupon reimbursement OF those accounts
several hundred thousand dollars would be
found to be due the company from thegov-
eminent. The controller reserved his deci.
sion.
London Cable: Mr.. Phelps the American
minister, and large number OF other Amer
leans were present Sunday at the service in
DR.. Newman Halls church at Lambeth.
DR.. HALLS sermon was devoted to Gen.
Grant. Special reference to Grants death
was made in many churches in London and
elsewhere, and the dead March, from
Saul, was played in a number Of places as
a part Of the service. All the shipping
decks were heavily draped in Grape, and all
the flags were placed at half-mast.
Fourteen Cinnamon OF St. Paul, accom-
panied by Sunday school teachers, made
the tour OF Lake Minnetonka. Before
strangers in the cars and on the steamboat
they were very quiet but having arrived at
the picnic grounds they entered into the
spirit OF the occasion, frolicing under the
trees and chattering in the Chinese tongue
at a great rate. The Celestials were in full
dress. They were as demure as kittens the
whole day. Others complained OF the heat,
but the philosophical Cinnamon made no
murmur.
John NJ. Durham, G.. w. G. T, OF the or
der Of Good Templars in Minnesota. and a
veracious gentleman withal, has just re-
turned from a protracted visit in the State
OF Maine. In regard to the operations OF
the celebrrted temperament law OF that state,
Mr.. Durham says that it may have limited
the sale of liquors to young people to
certain extent, but there is no Disgusting the
fact that liquor may be obtained without
difficulty at any OF the towns. In the coun.
try districts the law is enforced, so far as
he was able to observe.
S. U. Pinney OF Madison, as counsel for
the Manitoba road, made an argument be-
fore Land Commissioner Sparks in regard
to the status OF thelands OF the road affect
ed by the recent order withdrawing indem-
nifty limits. The act authorizing the Man
itoba grant, Mr.. Pinney said, make the in
demnity reserve absolute; The conditions
were wholly unlike the others. Gen. Sparks
took the question under consideration, say
ing he was not disposed to make a decision
until it came before him in an actual case.
1t is understood that the recent order bears
the came on the Manitoba lands as on
others.