New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-09-08

0eSkOoO b year ago.
The Missouri river at Yanhbon is lower
than since 1853.
Frank Reed, nnder arrest ab Des Moines
for murder committed in Colorado, was re-
leased on q writ of kabeas corpus, the evi.
dence not being sufficient to hold him
For the past month Watcrtown, Dakota,
has been in futker of excitement over
the pro posed advent Of the Manitoba. II
is now definitely settled that the road is
to come, SIC, 500. having been raised to
purchase depot grounds and right OF way
into the city.
D. A. Andrews, ARRESTED at Rapid City,
Oak, for alleged horse stealing, has been
honorably discharged. The whole trouble
grew out OF 4 partnership matter.
A strike, Is threatened by the knights OF
Labor along the line OF the Northern Pacific.
The Manitoba railroad will Sept. open
up an additional twenty miles OF track ON
it's DEVILS Lake extension. This will carry
the lins-to Tower. the first crossing OF the
Mouse river. Berwick will be the only
track and Towner. Sept. / the line will be
opened to Norwich, ten miles this side OF
the second crossing of the Mouse. The in.
tervening sta tions will be Denbigh and
Granville.
According to Daniel Spangler, q Califor-
MAN, the question OF growing wheat at fig.
nres that shall defy competition through
out the world has been solved by himself
and the ''galorious climate of Califawnee. y
He says he can grow his wheat, harvest
and put it in the eranary at cost OF less
than 20 cents bushel.
The trouble on the New York street car
lines has been adjusted, at least for the
present.
At Sea Grit, N. j., Washington Parks, q
young furniture manufacturer of Philadel-
phia, was married to his stepm0ther. The
bride is tMenty-six years old, and married
the elder Parks three years ago. He left
$l25, 600 to her and her two children. One
OF the conditions OF the will was that il
she should marry, the money should be
forfeited to his son. By the wedding Mrs.
Parks iorfeits the money to her husband.
brother to his present wife's children.
At the California Republican state con.
vention John s. Swift, was nominated for
governor. Mr.. Swift is one OF the three
special ENJOYS sent to China to negotiate
the treaty between the United States and
China.
Special kilograms to Bradstreets report
q continuance Of the favorable trade
features heretofore noted.
The First National bank at Blair, Neb.,
is embarrassed from loading up with farm
ers' loans.
Fire destroyed the roller mill OF Lea 4
Brown in Saranac. Mich Loss $25, 900;
insurance, $4,000.
Mortimer NJ. Maybee, boot and shoe
dealer OF Buffalo, N. Y, assigned recently
with S23, 900 preferences. No schedule
was filed.
Charles 8. Tibbals, aged eighty two, com.
mitted suicide by drowning in the river
two miles below Dubuque. Mental alb.
erration is assigned as the cause.
Prof. R. w. Conant, principal OF one o
the schools at Chicago, has been dismissed
for sleeping at his post.
John Irvine OF Bay City, Mich, was as.
saulted by footpads at Niagara. He is dy
ing.
Buffalo is to have the largest clock in the
world. The dial will be twenty-five feet in
diameter, and the center of Che diameter
will be 361 feet above the street.
Mr.. Burckhardt, one OF the victims OF the
recent Matterhorn disaster, wrote his will
with a pencil on card which was found in
the snow by the side OF his body. 1t reads:
II am dying on the Matterhorn. I leave
all possess to you, my Gear sister.
Gov. Gray OF Indiana offers reward Of
81, 900 for the apprehension and sentence
OF any one engaged In past or future lynch.
ings.
Rev. Alexander j. Drisdale OF New Or.
leans has been elected bishop OF the episco-
paldiocese Of Easton, Md.
The stealings of ex-Chief Pension Clerk
Gay, OF Pittsburg, it is found, aggregate
Sill, 1897. He will be tried for forgery.
During dispute over farm property at
Willis Station, Mich, q farme named
Wells killed his wife by cutting her throat
He was arrested.
John j. Campbell, ex-city attorney Of
Kansas City, in fit OF dependency COM
mitted suicide, shooting himself with re
volver.
b Edwin b. Stowe, an eminent jurist Of
Pittsburgh, visited Cutting in the Jail at
Paso del Norte. Hepronounced the inter.
national celebrity grand humbug, who
states that he expects to clear $50, 600 by
his adventure.
At Newport, KY, Sister Eulalie, in charge
VI Uu6 1Mm1COAdV0 <aCdOS1uy, HdS UuFQeu
to death by her mosquito bar and bed
taking fire from lamp. Her parents,
named Gaynor, reside in New York.
The mercury reached Ill in the shade
at Park River, Dakota.
z Sheriff Hank Of Cavalier county, Oak,
who was arrested for murder and finally
admitted to bail, is said to have fled the
country. The case against him is said to
have been very strong one, and at the
time he was admitted to bail there was
much complaint because of this act.
s Gen. John Newton, in accepting the Office
Of commissioners OF public works in New
York. will still be in rather comfortable cir.
cumstances, as the Office pays $4,000 a
year and he will get his pay as retired OF.
fcer at the rate of 81, 900 a year.
It is now certain that Mrs. James Brown
Potter, neice by marriage Of Bishop Potter,
and closely allied through her husband ia
the banking house Of Brown Brothers, is
going on the stage as professional &C.
tress.
NJ. Pettingill 4 Co., Wholesale boots and
shoes at Peoria, III, failed, with liabilities
OF over $50, 900.
i. Mcdonald IS seriously stabbed b.
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