New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-08

A pension has been granted to o. J..
/ Owens, of town Albin.
Messrs. Pettijohn and Mol, of ,St.
Peter were in the city last week.
Geo. w. Scherer spent Saturday and
Sunday in town.
Three prizes are offered to meskers
at the Turner Hall masquerade next
Tuesday. :
The last masked balls of the season
will be held at Turner and Union ii alls
Tuesday evening.
The ladies of the Turnverein will
give theatrical performance at the
Hall February 26.
The masked ball given by the city
band Sunday was well attended and
netted the band handsomely.
That radiant smile and excited APP
pearance of Willibald Eibner is easily
explained by noting the arrival Of a
daughter Sunday morning.
One passenger coach and caboose
were filled with New Ulm and Sleepy
Eye people returning from the carni-
val Friday evening.
The publication of the delinquent tax
list has lightened the burdens of our
local reporter this week. He will have
to make amends next week.
The entertainment committee of the
Turnverein is publishing paper, DAs
STAcHELsCHwEIN, during the carneval
season. The paper is interesting Eand
we'll received by the public.
The masked ball at Schmucker's
Tivoli, Saturday, Was the event of the
season. There were larger number
of fine costumes than have been exhib-
tied at any other dance. 4
The Steamer Blizzard arrived here
Friday morning. Mr.. Asa La France
came here Saturday evening and has
been busy since that time instructing
our fremen how to handle the machine.
Postmaster Cannon of Mankato, has
resigned and there are numerous appli-
cants for the position. Among the can
didates are Maj. E. M. Pope, Maj. Geo.
B. Clarke and Editor Wise, of the Re-
view. .t. III
Gustav Lueck. a carpenter aged forty
four years, died Wednesday evening. The
funeral took place Friday. Deceased
was a member of the A. O. U. W.
Lodge. He leaves wife and three
children.
The Philonlethian Society has the
following programme for it's meeting
Feb. Is: ~
DIALOGUE, The Will, A. Hummel,
G. Crook, A. j. Olin and H. Raabe.
GRAFTON, by Ed. H. Huebner.
DEBATE, Resolved that all protection
tariff laws ought to be repealed. Affir-
native, A. Steinhaueser and W. T.
Eckstein; Negative, B. Juni and A.
REIN.
At the close of the. regular debate Mr..
G. w. Fl. Heideman will favor the So
ciety with an informal talk on Free
Trade and Mr.. T. A Wilson, editor of
the Springfield Advance, will do the
same for Protection. Visitors are we'll
come at any meeting of the society.
Friday forenoon Fred Besche, a . lad
of fifteen, working for Fred Meyer of
Brighton, was leading q horse to water,
the animal broke from him and at the
same time kicked the boy in the ace,
breaking the lower jaw in two places and
in two places and knocking out seven
teeth. The patient is now at the St.
Alexander's hospital. DR.. Strickler
the attending physician.
The Posi- says that the recently or
ganized republican club has adopted
Mr.. Blaine views on the tariff question.
Wonder where they get their informa-
ton. We attended the meeting held
by the club and neither the tariff nor
Mr.. Blaine's name were mentioned
during the evening. Furthermore, the
club was organized for the purpose Of
promulg ating republican doctrines and
not for. the purpose of fathering any
| one candidates theories.
| New Ulm. can boast Of good many
societies, charitable and sociable, bnt
there is one society which we need and
do-not have. This is a society for the
prevention Of cruelty to animals. We
have noticed at different times during
the last winter that parties will allow