New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-22
Miscellaneous News Items.

The Missouri river began. its ravages again
at sioux City, when nearly thirty feet of
earth for distance of several hundred feet
disappeared.
Ihe second congressional democratic con-
yentlon OF Minnesota at its meeting at Man
kato, unanimously nominated Hon. Morton
). Wilkinson as a candidate for congress to
run against Lind, the Republican nominee.
The retailers of lager beer, numbering near
y fifty, who are still dispensing liquor at
Grand Forks, d. T., under the sobriquet of
sMumm, local option law to the contrary
notwithstanding, were arrested. They each
1lsgorged 800 and costs to the city treasury.
Bert Santelle came to Wadena, Mimi; and
made complaint to the authorities that
neighbor of his, ii. w. Loche, was crazy, and
wanted him taken care of Locke heard of
this proceedings and put for the woods,
where he now is, armed with Winchester
rifle and about fifty rounds of cartridges He
is about fifty years old and has been sent to
the asylum from this country twice before.
He has a wife and large family.
Inc annual convention of the Wisconsin
Antl-prohibition society opened at Madison
WIS.,, with about two hundred whisky dealers
present. The society's mission is to defend
the liquor interests by securing laws favor
able to them, and it is an effective body to
| OFT set prohibition for it will spend money
| with lavish hand to gain it's end. The pres
ent membership exceeds 1000 men who are
vitality interested in the freedom of the LIQUOR
| traffic. Col. c. S. Ellsworth, a former prohi-
pltlon orator, now state organizer of the anti
| Ffohlbltlonlsts, advocated strangulation of
nigh license, and said there was not a liquor
man IN Wisconsin who did not oppose the
Republican free whisky plank.
Capt. Jack Williams, professional SWIM
mer and native of the Island of Malta ac-
comphshed remarkable feat at st. Louis
| He went up to Alton ILL.,, and was taken out
| IN the river and his hands were bound to his
SIDE. His two legs were strapped together
and he was then dropped overheard His
OBJECT was to swim thus handicapped to ST.
Louis, a distance or twenty-five miles. He
started few minutes after IL O'clock clad
only in q pair of trunks. He arrived at the
| big bridge a few minutes after z o'clock. hay-
ing been eight hours in the water. He was
accompanied by an excursion boat and made
the long SWIM without rest of stoppage. He
propelled himself by working his legs and
| SWAN the entire distance on his back
"A genuine sensation was created in South
| Chicago when it became known that the i'm
mense plant of the North Chicago Rolling,
| Mill company at the mouth of the Calumet
| river was to be shut down for an indefinite
period Before evening some 1.5OO men
| mad called at the company's Office and re-
ceived their pay. Between 800 aud 400 men
| repairs and cleaning up. The cause of the
unexpected turn of affairs is due directly
| to the lack of orders on the
1 books of the North Chicago company
| and Indirectly to the present political situa-
| ton. Manager Potter said; The suspen-
sion of work is but a temporary one. The
railroads are Withholding their orders ON
| account of the present state of politics. We
have some August deliveries to make and
it is quite probable that we will resume the
| latter part of this month";