New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-30
MlANES0T NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
William, son OF James, seegar OF
Lake City, had his hand perforated
by a bullet while fooling with a revoI-
yer.
John Shell, the section hand who
was run over by a hand car at Lake
City, will not be permanently disabled
by his injuries.
y A fair and festival was given in the
church at Browntown under the auspi-
ces Of the Episcopal church society.
Over $40 was raised for church pur-
poses. G. II. Slocum, of the. Glencoe
Register, who, with others, came up
to participate in the exercises, while
getting off the train made a misstep
and fell with much force on the track
and was badly injured in the face.
His right cheek and nose were cut SER
iously.
DR.. Hewitt, secretary Of the Min
nesota Health association, has just
completed the death rate tables for
1887, which show that II, 731 deaths
occurred during the year. More than
8 per cent OF the deaths resulted from
consumption.
john Bossel, of LIE sueur. while at
work for the Omaha railroad near
Henderson shoveling gravel, was
struck by a heavy stone, which frac-
tured two or three ribs and gave his
entire system a terrible shock.
s A vein OF soft coal has been discov-
cred on the line OF the Minneapolis &
st Louis road near Jordan at depth
OF seventy feet below the surface. The
deposit is said to be extensive and a.
company has already been formed to
continue explorations and open a
mine as soon as practicable.
In the district court at New Ulm in
the case OF the state vs.. B. Sturne, for
stabbing Joseph Hoescherl, the grand
jury failed to indict and Sturne was
discharged. He has been in Jail there
for a year.
Old Abe Post No. 80 has decided to
hold the encampment at Lake Benton
on June 10, 20 and 81. The ladies
have been doing all in their power to
aid the old soldiers. They have been
instrumental in organizing a broom
bregade, composed Of 48 young
ladies, who are drilling daily for a
contest between themselves and
companies from a distance. Fack
Bailey, commander, is doing every
thing to insure a pleasant welcome to
his visitors.
At Fergus Falls, while the l1-year-
old daughter OF a farmer named j ohm
Svenson Dimes, was cooking, her
clothes caught fire. She ran out to
call her father, but neighbor passing
caught her and carried her to the
Pomme de Terre river, where the fire
was extingulshed, but not before she
was fatally burned.
Thomas Conway of Otter Tail
County was arrested at GAINESVILLE
for horse stealing.
William Otto committed suicide at
st. Cloud by taking a dose Of strvch-
nine while drunk. He was a tough
citizen, having served a term in the
penitentiary.
A special election OF the village OF
Luverne will soon. be called to vote
additional bonds to the amount OF
$4,000 to complete the new town
hall. A committee appointed by
the board OF trade has been invseti-
eating the jasper stone quarries with
q view OF operating the same by a
JOINT stock company.
Martinka, who was shot at New
Ulm, died at the hospital recent
ly. A coroner's inquest and post
norton was held. The verdict of the
jury was that Martinka came to his
death from q gun shot supposed to
have been fired by Marshal Wrinkle
man or Patrolman Loesch. The at
torneys for the defense cross-examin-
ed, but submitted no testimony.
Peter Roth, who lived near the
Polar Star miles at Faribault died
after lingering illness. A post NOR
tenn examination was held, and it
was found that one OF the kidneys
was very much enlarged and filed
with pus. His lungs was found to be
affected also. Fourteen years ago he
was accidently shot, and it was one
OF those peculiar cases where the
physician could tell whether the
ball lodged IN the body or not. No
traces of the ball was found upon the
examination, and the physicians
thinks that his kidney trouble was