New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-08-04

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ents and scholars to the announcement
Of Supt. Nix in another column,
Quite number of suspicious charac.
ters are loating around town lately. It
behooves everyone to keep his ewes
wide-open.
Judging from an article in SUNDAYS
Nordhcht, the local editor of that paper
does not seem to take kindly to female
book agents.
Wd. E!bner is daily in receipt of
fresh fruit
Farmers are now busily engaged
stacking the golden grain. Much of it
is already in stack and threshing will
, soon commence.
Mr.. ID. Wetzler. the man so badly
injured by q reaper running over him
near Sleepy Eye, died four days after
the accident occurred.
The grand shooting tournament COM
menced in St. Peter yesterday and con-
tinues until tomorrow evening. Sew
eral of our nimrods are in attendance.
The''New Ulm Miller's Association
have bought q warehouse at Nicollet.
They will change it into an elevator
and buy wheat for their mills at this
place.
The first threshing this season in this
! vicinity was done last Monday on the
farm of Mr.. Dittbenner, near the Cot
tonwood mill. We understand that the
yield was quite satisfactory.
St. Peter Herald Thos. Mulverhill,
Of New Ulm, while down below last
week purchased fine black trotting
horse and has him in training for the
fall races. Ed. Evenson took the horse
up to New Ulm.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Brust of Redwood Falls died last
Sunday night and was buried at this
place yesterday. The bereaved parents
have the sympathy of their many
: New Ulm friends.
The Sons of Herman bought a six
acre tract of land opposite the Luther.
an Seminary, for their monument to
Hermann. The location is rs fine a
one as could be secured for the pur-
pose. Work will commence soon:
James Cannon, an old veteran of the
( First Minnesota, was last week appoin-
ted postmaster at Mankato 1t was
generally though the President would
re-appoint Mr.. Wise on the adjournment
Of Congress, and Cannon's appointment
is considerable of Il surprise.
. Last week, at St. Charles, Edward
Gleason, a freight brakeman on the Wi
mona & St. Peter road, was shot by a
negro tramp whom he had elected from
a freight car on which he was stealing
a ride. The tramp took to the woods
but was captured and lodged in the
Winona Jail.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment OF the Mankato Normal school
which appears in another column. AS
quite a number of young ladies and
gentlemen from this vicinity contem-
plate attending the school, the adver-
tisement above referred to will no doubt
be interesting reading.
At the regular meeting of the BOARD
.soF TRADE to be held Friday, August
4 9th next, at O clock p. NJ, the ques-
ton of water works will be discussed.
All members are requested to be pres
ent
By order of the Board OF Directors,
Jos. A. ECKsTEIN,
Secretary.
The annual convention of the socie-
ties constituting the Minnesota San
gerbund will be held in this city COM
mencing Aug. 21st and continuing two
days. The delegates during their stay
in this city will be the guests of the
New Ulm Maenerchor and elaborate
arrangements for their entertainment
are being made. Large numbers are
coming from ST. Paul and Minneapolis.
The Herald reports case of sickness