New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-08

Lne cannon valley Dranch OF the Min
neapolis & St. Louis road at Fairibaull,
was run down by train, and the team
instantly killed. Schulz was seriously
injured.
Detroit Record: A flowing well in
Hamden is attracting considerable at
tention from the people of that neigh
borhood. 1t has cast up large quanti-
ties of rocks and sand. There have
been several flowing wells in this town,
but this one exceeds them all, both in
power and current.
Government engineers have been
examining into the feasibility of convert.
ing Big Stone Lake into a government
reservoir by stretching dam across the
foot of the lake that will raise it's wa
ters nearly or quite to a level with those
of Lake Traverse, to be used as needed
for slack water navigation purposes
upon the Minnesota and Mississippi.
"A Bird Island telegram states that
Emil Hinschke was found on the prai-
rie near Buffalo Lake with a bullet
hole through his heart He went fox
hunting Tuesday Of last week, and
nothing was seen of him until founJ as
above. The young man had tit of in
sanity last summer, when he spent Sc
veral weeks at St. Peter, aud it is not
improbable that the shooting was suici.
aal.
The Mankato Linseed Oil Compa-
ny consumed this last season All, 900
bushels of flax seed and made 1000, 600
gallons of oil and about 100000
pounds of oil CAKE
Percy Nelson, an old and respected
farmer of New Sweden, Nicollet coun-
ty, while hitching up team of horses
on Sunday morning, dropped dead. 1t
is supposed he died of heart disease.
He leaves a wife and family.
Frank E. Dickinson, brakeman
on the Winona and St. Peter railroad,
had his right arm caught on the ''man-
killer" of q freight car while coupling
the engine to the car at St. Charles, last
Friday afternoon. His arm was bro.
ken and several pieces of bone have
been removed from the fracture. He
is twenty-seven years Of age, unmar-
ried, and resides at Saratoga. .-Roches-
ter Post.
"A silver butter dish is to be given
as a special prize to the young lady,
under IS years, who kills, cleans and
puts pullet in the best marketable con-
dition at the poultry show, held at Ro-
chester from the 9TH to the 9th of De-
cember, inclusive.
IN. P. Hansion, OF Waseca, drew
the second prize on guessing on majori-
ties for Governor, offered by the Nes0s
Letter, of Minneapolis He guessed
5000 majority for NcGill and he gets a
$10o solid gold hunting case watch.
-Aitkin Age. Ben Lemere, home
steader, wounded large she bear one
day last week, and not having been
''loaded for bear,'' returned to his
home to get ammunition, and in COM
pany with his ten-year-old son, went in
search of the animal. He instruct ed
the lad to follow the trail, while he
himself would circle around and trv to
head off the bear. They had not been
long separated when the father heard
the report Of the boys gun, soon fol.
lowed by another; and hurrying to his
child's assistance, found the infant
standing over the PROSTATE form of the
bear as coolly as if he had shot squir
rel.
"A large eagle made It's appearance
in the town Of Richmond on Wednes
day and attacked small boy namec
John Donahower, about eleven o.
twelve years Of age. The snow made
it difficult for the eagle to strike tht
boy above his boots, but it fought The
boy savagely. The boy had nothing tt
defend himself with, except the boot!
on his feet, which he used to good pur
pose in kicking the eagle until he killed
it. It was strange thing fol. an eagle
to swoop down and engage in a strug
4 gle with a boy for his life. Winon.
Republican.