New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-15
NEW ULM AND VICINITY


A daughter arrived in the family ot
John Lila, Monday.
George Rucktaschel, of Enderly, Red.
wood Co., came to New Ulm, 35 miles,
on snow shoes last week Wednesday.
Mr.. George Vogel is on the sick list,
and is very low, since last Friday. DIR.
Fritsche is the attending physician.
See Mr.. Fritsche's ad in another col
umn in this issue. Farmers should call
on him and see his fine stock of cattle.
Aug. Hinz, of Courtland was in our
city last Monday and called at the Re-
view Office.
The fremen's dance was well attend
ed and swelled the department treasury
considerably.
E. G. PAIL and R. Nix were in St.
Paul last week investigating different
systems of heating apparatus.
Martin Hose and family, of Tracy,
were the guests of j. Hauenstein last
week.
Mr.. A. j. Butzerin, representing Geo.
Benz & Sons. St. Paul, took in the fire
mans dance, Saturday.
John Albert came down from Spring
field Monday to meet the mail train.
At last accounts he was still waiting.
Don't forget to attend the meeting of
the Philomathian Society this evening.
The tariff will be handled without
gloves.
Cadet Robert Stocker has been or
dered to the South Pacific Station, with
q. S. 5. Trenton. They left Annapolis
Jan. 80 and will not arrive at their post
of duty before April
Contractor Hanschen is employing a
large number of teams hauling stone
for the Court House. As soon as the
weather will permit, building will be
resumed.
The trustees of the drive we'll fund
have made an agreement with the
Phelps company by which they will be
able to return the $500 aid, voted by
the council, to the city.
A children ) masked party was given
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
Koch Saturday. About forty children
attended in full dress. Most of the
suits were finer than any exhibited at
our public masquerades.
The merchants of Austin have signed
an agreement not to trust parties who
refuse to pay amounts they owe anyone
of Austins merchants. An agreement
of this kind would prove beneficial in
New Ulm.
Col. Bobleter could not attend the
fremen's ball Saturday evening but to
show the boys that he still took an in
terest in the New Ulm Fire Department
he wired his regrets to Chief Herian
and sent him check for five dollars,
for the uniform fund, by mail.
Jos. A. Eckstein is the owner of a
dog the like of which is hard to get.
Joseph has trained the animal so that
it will go to market, get a basked filled
and deliver the contents at home safely.
Besides this the dog takes the place OF
a messenger. At the trial of the steamer
Friday morning people were surprised
to see the dog come running down
Center street at full speed, run up to
Mr.. Eckstein and act as though he
wished his master to look under his
(the dog's) collar. Mr.. E. looked and
found an important message from his
wife.
The tests made with the Steamer
Tuesday and Friday proved that the
machine can do all that was claimed
for it. At Fridays test single stream
was thrown 14O feet from q one inch
nozzle attached to 100 feet of hose.
Afterwards three streams were thrown
at the same time from three sections of
100 feet of hose each. All of the streams
were thrown above the Empire mill.
Another test was made by running the
hose from the..Empire mill to the corner
of Minnesota and Center streets. A
stream was forced from this length OF
hose $3.50 feet) onto the roof of Kies.
ling's block. The last test was made
by running hose from the engine,
stationed at the Empire Mill cistern,
to the cistern in German Park. Water
was forced to the German Park cistern
with ease. These last two tests are OF
especial value as the department will