New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-30
Mr.. M. Mullen was in st. Peter last

week, Thursday.
Next Saturday lay in a lot of 10 ct.
handkerchiefs cts. each at Kuetzing's s.
Mrs. Jos. Bobleter having received
the sad news of Mr.. Jos. Schneider's
death, left St. Paul and arrived here
yesterday.
Henry Stollman, student at the DR..
Martin Luther Seminary in this city,
while practicing at the horizontal bars,
fell and dislocated his right ankle.
Eibner's Fruit Headquarters are
stocked with the finest of Bananas,
Lemons, Berries, Confectionery and
everything sweet and yet sweeter.
G.. Il. Hornburg has prepared for
the seasons trade, and announces his
bargains, which will be interesting to
everybody. See what he has to say.
The Concordia Band, which will take
part in the Memorial Day procession,
was out last Sunday in q promenade
exercise. Mr. Louis Vogel guided them
as drum.major.
The Fire-department took advantage
of the lull in the rain-storm. last Sunday
morning, and turned out for three
hours practice, which proved rather
severe but nevertheless beneficial.
Misses Sophie and Minnie, daughters
of Cletus Epple of West Newton, and
Miss Sophie Brueckner have gone to
ManitoWoc, Wisconsin,, to enter the
monastery there.
Married. Miss Mary Drexler of Cot
tonwood to Mr.. Paul Klinkhammer Of
Sigel were united in wedlock by Rev.
Berghold, yesterday. The Review
wishes the young couple all that is
good.
Col. Joseph Bobleter agreeably sur
prised his many friends by arriving in
the city last Monday morning. He
looks hale and hearty and is pleased to
have found such welcome in his old
and still beloved home.
Rev. j. G. Albrecht has returned
from Mankato last Monday, where he
had been to make arrangements for the
annual session of the Synodal Corpora
ton, which convenes at that city from
the 9th of June to July Sd.
School-district No. 3 of Town Cotton
wood will hold it's annual picnic at
Peter Gags grove on the 18th of
June. On that occasion, which will
undoubtedly he an enjoyable one, tho
Cottonwood Band, under the leadership
of Mr.. Andrew j. Domeier, will furnish
the music.
The supreme court of this state has
rendered 3 decision to the effect that
street sprinkling is public improve
ment in the Same sense that building
payements and sidewalks is. and that
city councils can levy taxes to pay for
sprinkling streets in the same manner
it does for other street Improvement
at so much per front foot.
VIM. Seeger, one Of the founders of
New Ulm, died of drepsy in St. Paul,
May 23d, at the age of seven
ty-elght. He was born in Lauenburg,
Germany; came to America in 1852 and
few years later settled in Minnesota
where he became one of the founders Of
this city. In 1867 he was appointed a
deputy state treasurer, and in 1871
elected state treasurer for one term.
In 1862 he enlisted as soldier at St.
Peter, and served as member of Co.
D. Of the 9th Minnesota regiment. Mr..
Seeger was well-known all over the
state.
We have till now hesitated to make
explicit mention of the Martinka shoot
ing affair, simply because it was against
our principles to cal undue notice 10
sensational happenings. We were con.
fident that the matter, deplorable as it
was, would receive that treatment BY
the authorities which it necessitated.
but in view of the action of the CITY
Council, the proceedings of which are
published elsewhere, and which are too
harshly criticized by some, we can not
but express our opinion, fairly and un-
qualiiedly.
We were exceedingly sorry to observe
that many of our citizens viewing
the matter in a light, altogether too
serious, were led to make express
sions uncomplimentary to the Hon. City
Council, who did not deserve such rude
criticism.
That body acted precisely according
to law, which it issever their duty to
do, and in reinstating, the policemen