New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-06-13

The court house building committee
was in session last Monday
Mr. P. Manderfeld Of Gibbon, was in
the city yesterday, visiting friends and
relatives.
Emanuel Schnoberich Of Gaylord
called on his New Ulm friends last Fri
day.
Some members of Co. A., intending
to take part in the rifle exercise at the
regimental encampment, were out
practicing last Sunday in Lafayette.
DR.. G. Weschcke left for ST. Paul last
Sunday, and attended the annual meet.
ing of the State Pharmaceutical Associ-
alton which was held in Saltwater yes
terday and to-day.
We with this issue have paragraph
OF local news, the Cottonwood Reports,
which will no doubt interest some of
our readers, and for which we thank
our new correspondent Anon.
Mr. John Nenno, the popular clerk at
the Union Hotel, has just affixed to his
bar a newly invented beer-faucet by
means of which he can draw two differ.
ent beers at one and the same time.
It SO Happened that our editor skipped
the country last Sunday evening, to at
tend to business in the twin cities and
vicinity, and our local department was
at the mercy of the printers devil, who
must be blamed for any short comings.
The road supervisor of Lafayette is
hard to work with crew of men and
teams filling up the road on the Nicolle.
county side Of the bridge. This is as it
should be; since the city of New Ulm
has given them safe bridge, our neigh
bors from across the river should all as.
sist in building good roads to connect
with the same.
Mr.. Julius Berndt attended the dedi-
cation of flag by the Sons of Herman
of New Rome, last Saturday. Several
other lodges were represented there,
and considerable enthusiasm manifested
when Mr.. Berndt laid before the lodge
brothers the interesting programme to
be rendered in this city on the occasion
of the laying of the monument corner
stone.
The following marriage licenses were
issued by Court Clerk George since our
last publications:
Paul Klinkhammer to Mary Drexler.
William Lipetzki to Lizzie Kaseforth.
Paul Frank to Minnie Kastor.
Nils Olsen to Anna Iverson.
Andrew Kopp to Maggie Dauer.
Louis Lentengre to Emma w. Pless.
Carl Schewe to HedWig A. Dubois.
Enoch Grotta to Nellie Thorkelson.
Martin Luepke to Sophia Ackmann.
The new iron bridge across the Min
nesota river was tested by the proper
authorities Monday morning and proved
that the same was in all it's details con-
structed as contracted for. The test
was made with two threshing steam en-
gines, weighing with horses and drivers,
about 10000 pounds. In driving across
the first time, one behind the other, the
bridge in the centre sunk / of an inch,
which was the least expected in tight
ming all joints. In returning both en-
gines were driven side by side, only
causing a sinking of zone thirty-second
of an inch which sprung back after the
loads had passed. The test proved
weight of 1890 Tbs. per foot or 25O,-
600 lbs. for the whole bridge by NOV
ing load, with q safety guarantee Of one
million pounds. The bridge was opened
for public travel immediately after the
test.
The 'Grand Democratic Ratification
Meeting by the Young Mems Democra-
tic Club last Monday evening was Just
what could be expected, The meeting.
in which the old story aboutthe Grand
Old Democratic Party and the mis-
chievous Republicans was told over
and over again, was not as largely at
tended and so enthusiastic as at former
occasions of the kind. The name of the
big Democratic Light of Minnesota,
Ames, which used to bring down the
house heretofore, was entirely ignored
by all the speakers, but it was made
known to all these present that Mime
sofa would be captured by the Demo-
Gratis this fall. One of the speakers
figured it down that New York would
go Democratic by at least 20, 900 major
ity, that Ohio, Indiana. Michigan, Wis
consin and Illinois would all be swal-