New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-01-07
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saturday, January 3.
Tie first volume of Nh. Blaine's book
has now reachel sale 500. OO0 copies.
The large discoveries of diamonds of late
years have reduced tbs rrice OF those precious
stones from ~ to 40 per cent
The Grand Army Of the Republic in
New Mexico has ere ted over the grave OF
Kit Carson, in Taos county, an appropriate
tablet
The Montreal Witness rashly offers a
prize Of 500 for tho best and most appro-
pirate winter carnival poem not excee ling
l5o lines, to be ha:ltsl in before jan 6.
There are at present sixteen locomotive
works in the Un4tsl States, says The Boston
Advertiser, beside; the shops owned by tho
railroad companies. Five men can turn out
an engine in a year.
The sugar yield in St Alary's parish,
La, has proved failure, and other crops
are not abundant owing to last summers
drouth. Planters are discouraged, and the
outlook for the laborers is gloomy.
Hon. Frank II. Hurd explains that he
never intended to state that Governor Cleve-
land was connected with trade or.
ganization in Buffa Q. The president-elect
enters a prompt denial Of the rumors afloat
in regard to the club.
Nine. Patti and Signor Nicolini, with a
retlnue OF servants, are astonishing Boston
by occupying at the Hotel Vendome what is
known in that aristocratic establishment and
city as "the suite Of state apartments" will,
an exclusive entrance on Commonwealth
avenue. Mapleson is supposed to be de-
lighted
Monday, January 5.
The Cook coultyQ Ills grand jury for De-
cember, after examining eighteen witnesses
"a the senatorial election fraud, passed th,
matter to its successor.
Gould's partner, Conner, figures out
4ould's income as the bagatells OF $6,OOO..
600 year.
Business failures for the week number
500, against 27S last week, and %, in the
corresponding period year ago.
Encke's comet, on its return trip, was
discovered Friday evening ct Nashville by
E. E. Barnard, OF thu Vanderbilt university
observatory.
Estimates of the cost of the Nicaragua
canal vary from SIS, ~, 600 to $40 OOO, GOO.
It is claimed by the opponents OF the canal
that it woull cost over 500, O0O, 900 to build.
One of the Buzzard gang of outlaws
was arressed a. Columbia, Pa, while at
tempting to steal ride on a train. In q
sachel he carried twenty-eight stolen
watches
U. s. Grant, Jr., testified in a New
York court Saturday that the day succeed
ing tho collapse of the family banking house
Ferdinand Ward made Iull confession Of
his rascality.
Petitions asking the legislature of Penn.
sylvanla to submit to the voters an amend
ment to the constitution prohibiting the
manufacture and sale within the common
wealth of alcoholic liquors to be used as q
beverage, have been sent out by the Con-
stitutional Amendment association of Penn
sylvania.
The United States consul at London.
derry, Ireland, reports steady decrease in
the importation of Indian corn from the
United States, Oh account of damaged
cargoes. The consuls at Jerusalem and
Amsterdam complain of manipulations in
petroleum by Americans causing demand
for the Russian product
A police lieutenant of Cincinnati.
named Mullen, has ieen sentenced to one
year IN Jail for imprisoning l52 citizens on
the day Of the October election in order to
defrauded them OF their votes Judge Bax-
ter declared the law was not sufficiently 50
we're on such offenses and gave the culprit
tho full measure OF punishment allowed