New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-02-24

1ut penalty ZOE LIE tOlleIiSe ID tlyICe l1OuGub
| Imprisonment The British consul at
Naples interviewed, and through his infu-
ence Prof. Nichol was semitic Rome.
The large nail works at Crescent, Pa,
were burned recently. Loss over $40, OGO.
The property was owned By William
| Weightman Of Philadelphia and operated
| by the Standard Nail Company Of Will
Transport. sEa
Taxpayers of East Galens, H., were
swindled out Of over So, 900 sby the late
collector, Jerry Leehan. Leehan has scut-
tied
The president sent the foil owing nomina-
tons OF postmasters to the senate: Thomas
3. Coon, at Kibourn Cish, Wis; q ohm Nc
Ausland, at Miles City, Mont; James Ben
ton, at Colfax, Wash.
The brother Of the hate Vice Pres dent
Wilson is very i'll and entiely destitu tie in
Washington.
A bill will be reported to the house pro-
viding that lands shall not be conveyed to
the Pacific companies until the cost.of sur
veyiRg has been paid.
The body OF Rev. Jesse B. Braly of Nor
tonvilae, KY, was found encased in ice in
the river below st. Louis. He had COM
mitted suicide from fear of the result of an
investigation then going on in relation to
MS private AFFAIRS.
The Renfrew Manufacturing Company OF
Adams Mass, which is one of the largest
manufacturers OF ginghams and table
cloths in the country, have raised the
wages OF their operatives 10 per cent, to
date from March 1. The men had not
asked for more pay.
The strike of hosiery operatives at Lei
cester has ended in q compromise. The
60r1o 1c1oS hp,ylr n -,
their works to unemployed workmen unless
the hands in the strike accept the terms of
tered them. Messrs. Morgan, the bankers,
have donated $500 to the Mansion House
relief fund. The fund now amounts to
f52, 900.
The examination into the death Of Mr..
Bartlett, merchant Of Pimly, England,
to whom it is alleged cloroform was admin.
istered by his wife, 80 that she would be
able to marry Rev. Mr.. Dyson, Wesley
an minister, with whom she had been init.
mate, has been finished, and Mrs Bartlett
and Mr.. Dyson were both committed for
trial on the charge Of numbering Mr.. Bart
lett.
2. p. Sarrazin & Co., cigar and tobacco
manufacturers, of New Orleans, have
brought suit against their creditors, pray
ing for respite Of six. twelve and eighteen
",
their liabilities 100000.
Mrs. Hendricks, OF Indianapolis, has been
annoyed by spiritualists who send her let
tiers purporting to have been addressed to
her from the spirit land by her husband
One person in New York wrote inclosing
letter from Mr.. Hendricks, claiming that it
was genuine and written in his own pecul-
lar style. There was an undoubted resem-
blance, but Mrs. Hendricks characterized
it as only clever piece OF imitation, re-
marking that she could easily detect the
difference.
At Salt Lake City, Thomas Birmingham
and James Bowen, convicted of unlawful
coha bitation, were sentenced in the district
court TO six months Imprisonment and to
pay fines OF $500 each. Abram III. Can
non took the witness stand when his case
was called. Upon being asked whether two
Wsmen were his wives and whether he had
lived with them, he replied, sThev are,
thank God. / have lived with them as
charged" He was convicted Henry Din
moody pleaded guilty. He promised ebe-
dience to the law, and sentence was sus-
pended.
The governor Of Illinois has offered a re-
ward of 5000 for the arrest Of the parties
who hung Miss Georgia Aldrich at Wind
| sor.
| Z. A. Hopkins absconded from Chaplin &
Cores wholesale liquor establishment,
! Chicago, with So, 500. Soon after the firm
received a draft for 81, 700 from Hopkins
who is at Montreal.
A well known Minneapolis gentleman re-
ceived a letter from friend who is con-
| Quoting an exhibit at New Orleans The
letter states that there are very few visi-
tors in attendance and that all the exhib-
itors are heartily sick of the affair, and
would be glad to get out Of it if they could.
The managers OF the institution are cut.
ting expenses on every side, and the enter
prise is almost dismal failure
David Shelly, a wealthy farmer living
near Shirley, ILL.,, armed with two shot.
guns, secreted himself in the oat bin of his
barn. The members OF his family dis
! covered his whereabouts and attempted to
take him to the house. He jumped from
his hiding place and fired number Of
shots, inficting probably fatal wounds up.
on his brother, Levi Shelly, his wife, sister
ln-law, and his son, aged seventeen. He
then set fire to the barn which was entirely
| consumed.
The action OF the assistant treasurer o
/ New York in refusing to accept deposits o
silver until he is able to count it is in strict
accordance with instructions issued by thu
United States treasurer Similar instruc
tions have been sent to all the assistant
treasurers, the object being to insure great
er protection in the handling Of govern
ment funds.
i The president has nominated Lieut. Col
4 Nelson B. Sweetzer, Eighth cavalry, to b.
colonel Second cavalry; First Lieut.. Ed
ward e. Wood, Eighth cavalry, to be cap
tain; Second Lieut.. John a. Johnston
Eighth cavalry, to be first lieutenant
John Christian Franks, United State
marshal for California
John Bell, aged sixty five, aud a menbe
Of well known upholstery firm Of Pitts
burg, was decoyed into a .buncoa room AMI
became SO pleased with the workings o
the game he went to bank. drew 50, OOl
and returned. He was knocked down
and when he recovered he found bot
money and thieves gone;
/ Detroit, Mich, claimssto possess the old
est man in the world insthe person OF An
drew Lucas, an ex-slave, who is LIT year
1 OF age and still vigorous. q
Samuel Kancher at Y ankton has invent
ed a wheat huller thatcleans the grain 9
I its outside covering, leaving the interio
i intact. This is the reverse OF the roller mi
process.
II