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

| IL is reported that an effort is to be
made to induce the CityCouncil ofMan-
kato to buy the grounds of the Southern
Minnesota Live Stock and Fair associa-
ton for the purpose of city park.
The grounds contain about fifty acres
Work on the State fair grounds is be-
ing prosecuted with vigor, and the man
agement are predicting the greatest
fair ever held in the West. The i'm
provements now under way are a large
dining hall that will seat 600,
all completed but painting.
-Four large new barns, two for cattle
and two for horses, will be ready for
use by the middle of next week. The
unsightly hill on the race track has
been graded down and the depressions
filed so that the horses can be seen
around the entire track. The art gal
lery, which is tireproof, is ready for the
roof. A monster agricultural and .hor.
ticultural hall is framed and will be
completed in good time. Roadways
are being graded, hills cut down, val
leys filled up, and beautiful artificial
lake is being made, which will be one
of the attractions. The already large
list of attractionssis steadily increasing,
and the only trouble is now where to
accommodate all the herds of cattle
and horses, the focks of sheep and
heres of swind. The finest and fastest
trotters on the turf will be listed for the
races.
Secretary Won Baumbach recently
received letter from Gen. T. L. Ros-
ser of Minneapolis, now of the Univers-
ity OF Virginia, informing him that he
was preparing statistical abstract Of
immigration, and inquiring what the
state at Minnesota had done in the way
of encouraging immigration hither.
At the secretary's request, II. H..
Young, secretary OF the state board Of
immigration, has forwarded to Gen.
Rosser a summary of the work done in
that line since 1878, from which it APP
pears that the board has distributed in
this and foreign countries 422,500
pamphlets in the English language,
207, 500 in German, $4,000 in .Norwe-
gian, $1,000 in Swedish, and $500 in
French, making total of S0S,0OO.
| Besides these a large number OF circu-
lars and letters have been distributed,
and a great many newspaper articles
published in this and foreign countries.
The total expense of the entire work
for eight years, including the secre-
tary's sala.y and postage, has been
$4,000.
A gang Il Is tramps, suspected of
burglary at ST.. James, were arrested at
Mankato Thursday.
A Sportsmen's club has been organ
lied in Red Wing. The club will look
after the game laws.
Mrs. Geinhart, of Elbow Lake, set
fire to her house and was burned to
death. She was insane.
Geo. N. Hickok was suffocated in a
we'll near Audubon. He leaves wife
and several children.
w. II. Hopkins, wife and servant
girl, Of Weaver, were poisoned by eat.
ing canned meats. All will recover.
The editors of North Dakota met at
Detroit, Mimi, last week, and organ
lied the North Dakota Press associa.
ton.
Paul Langley was probably fatally in.
jured in q drunken affray at Montrose.
His neck and abdomen were frightfully
lacerated.
Frank Remedy, an alderman of Moor
head, was arrested Thursday charged
with selling liquor to Indians. He will
be examined August Is.
During the recent thunderstorm the
residence of Mrs. Augsburg, near Bea-
yer, was struck by lightning. Mrs.
Angelburg was FRUSTRATED, and it is
feared will not recover.
Ex-United States Marshal and Cen
eral Robert n. McLaren, died at his
home at st. Paul about o'clock p. m.
on Friday. The news Of his death was
deeply regretted by the people OF the
city, with whom he has spent the ma
jor portion Of his days. He has been a
lifelong Republican, and has figured
conspicuously in State and local poll
tics for the past twenty-five years. As
a citizen he was highly respected, al
ways jovial, and had kind word for
everyone. He will be sincerely
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