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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25
The St. Cloud State Prison or Re-
form atOrv

A meeting of the board OF managers of
the institution to be located at St. Cloud,
Minnesota. WAS held in the office OF Cord on
e. Cole at st. Paul. Besides Mr.. Cole who
is chairman, there was present Mayor
Smith, John Cooper OF st. Cloud. H. S.
Griswold of Chat6eld, Gen. T. H. Barrett
OF Herman, G. W. Holland OF Brainerd,
and supt. D. E. Myers OF St.
Cloud. The plans OF the archi-
tect for thu building were considered. and
several changes were recommended. It
was agreed that the plans should be chang
ed SO as to provide for a building that
would ultimately accommod 400 prison
ers in accordance with the resolution pass
ed at the last meeting. Plans for the CEN
trail wing with cell accommodations
for fifty prisoners, officers quar-
tiers, store room, kitchen, etc.,
were recommended, providing the expense
did not exceed $4,000. The board will
not 60 beyond the appropriation ($1OO
Ooo) made by the last legislature. The
salary OF the superintendent was fixed at
$4,000 per annum, he to pay his own ex-
penses until the reformatory is ready for
occupation OF prisoners.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25

Anthony Comstock has written a
pamphlet. "Morals VS.. Art" as an
appeal from the New York press. He
makes q case which has many strong
points In it. Public sentiment has
reason to be alarmed at the indis.
crlmlnate sale of cheap photographs
OF "F'renchy" works of art, and Mr..
Comstock insists that it is against
this abuse OF art, not against art it.
self, that he directs his attacks.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25

It was brought out in a hearing be-
fore the senate committee on agri-
culture on Senator Palmer's bill to
~eZterminate cattle diseases that
pleuro- pneumonia alone had already
caused loss OF $4,000, 900 to $780,
100000 in this country, besides a
loss Of $40 to SIS on each head OF
cattle exported to Great Britain.
Senator Palmer's bill provides for the
extlrpation OF contagious pleuro-
pneumonia, foot and mouth disease
and rinderpest, and is especially urged
by Western cattle-grow overs, who fear
that if the pestilences reach their
ranges the evils will be most difficult
Of suppression.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25
Miscellaneous News Notes.

The agricultural experiment stations bill
passed the house. II appropriates $685.
900 to carry into effect the provisions OF
the act Of March, 1887, to establish sta
tions in connection with the colleges es.
tablished under the act approved July 2,
1862. =
The national Democratic committee will
meet in Washington on Feb. 22 to fix a
time and place for holding the national
Democratic convention.
The following pensions have been grant
ed: Wisconsin,: Widow OF R. J. Hicks
Glen Beulah; j. H. Dolbin, Cox; H. Chris
tiansen, Moscow; w. E. Legrant. Fort
Howard; L. Rickerman. Rome; c. A. Pc.
terson, omro; J. Firkus, Stevens Point; NJ.
A. Shaw, Durand; A. Kellner, Fred onia.
Dakota: G. Van Horn, Power; J. E. Hoyt,
Dell Rapids. Minnesota: D. Williams,
Rochester; j. Roerig, St. Clair; S. L. Clark,
Verndale; W. W. Doty, Winona; O. Lon.
key, Dundas; NJ j. Mosher, Swanville; J
Cerve, Dallota; 3. Houck, Hutchinson
The following resolution offered by Sen
ator Sabin was reported favorably by the
com mittee to which it was referre d: Re-
solved, That the sergeant alarms OF the
United States senate be and is hereby au-
! thorized and directed to appoint ohm G.
Merritt, disabled soldier and faithful of
uCer OIL Uue Ser&1Ce-a meHSe nger-aCtlnp
assis tant doorkeeper until further orders
by the senate and that his salary be paid
out OF the miscellaneous items contingent
| fund OF the senate.
Acting Commissioner Stockslager hae
| ordered the rest GRAFTON of the land hereto
fore withdrawn for indemnity purposes fo1
the Chicago & Northwestern, Grand Rap
ids & Indiana, jackson, Lansing & Sagi
nav and the st. Joseph & Denver City
Railroad companies in pursuance OF tls
order OF the secretary. made the 18th
,lltimo, as modified by his instructions q
the 22d ultimo.
The Pennsylvania democratic state cen
trail committee chooses an anti Randall
chairman. and pronounces in favor O
President Cleveland s tariff message.
The general passenger agents Of tn,
trunk lines decide that on and after Jan
% all free passenger baggage II so pound
to each passenger will be checked throunl
to Pacific coast points. All excess baggage
will have to be rechecked at the Missouri
river.
Near Eunis, Texas, young man ane
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25

From 1868 to 1864 he commanded a d.
vision OF cavalry in Central Virginia. He
afterwards served under Gen. ridari' in
the Richmond campaign Of 1864, and was
breveted lieutenant colonel, and later col
onel. for brilliant soldership as displayed
atthis time. Merritt was engaged in the She.
nand oah campaign throughout greatly dis
tlnguishing himself, and was breveted ma.
!or general OF volunteers in recognition of
his courage and ability. His part at the
battle OF Five Forks and other engage
ments, also at the surrender of the Confed-
crate army at Appomattex Court House,
led to'his being made major general. After
the war he was commissioned lieutenant
colonel OF the Ninth United States caval-
ry. He has seen much service since that
date. chiefly in operations against the In
dams. His colonelship OF the Fifth United
States cavalry was given him July l, 1876.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25
BRIG. GEN. MERRITT.

The Nomination of Col. Wesley
Merritt to a Brigadier GeneraIship
Confirmed by the Senate "A Gal
liant Officer and a Terror to In
dianS.
The nomination OF COL Wesley Merritt
Fifth cavalry as brigadier general has been
confirmed by the senate. Gen. Wesley
Merritt was born in New York in the year
1886. He graduated at West Point in the
class OF 1860, and was then com
missioned brevet second lieutenant
OF the dragons. Two years after he was
commissioned captain in the Second United
States cavalry. AL the outbreak OF the
war he was in Utah Territory, from whence
he was summoned to Washington, where
he remained during the winter OF 1862.
He was on the staff OF Gen. Stoneman
in his raid on Richmond, in April,
1868. His promotion as brigadier general
OF volunteers was given him in June of the
same year, shortly before the battle Of
Gettysburg, where he distinguished himself.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25

Last year was prosperous in the
main with corporations and fnan-
clal institutions. AS one result about
S1OO,OOO,OOO was disbursed IN New
York City at the beginning OF the
year. This represents interest on the
national debt and bonds OF corpora
lions, and dividends from banks, trust,
insurance, railroad and other com.
panies. A great part Of this enor-
nous sum will naturally seek REIN
vestment, and thus business in gen.
eral is stimulated and prospered.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25

er part in the affair. He has long rec
ord OF crime in this state and is consider
led one OF the worst men in Missouri since
the days OF the Jesse James gang. OF OUT
laws. He was q member of that band OF
desperadoes. He has been tried for killing
two men but got clear. In one case he
shot a man sitting on a fence '.lust to see
him drop" and in the other case
he killed aman on Missouri Pacific train
near Vinta about five years ago. He re-
Gently served two years in the penitentiary
for attempting to blackmail out OF 50, 500
the late Col. A. A. Talmadge, general
manager OF the Wabash railroad. John
King, who gave the gang away, is a young
man OF Missouri City, and says he was
forced to join the band against his will
and gave the railroad officials inf ormation
OF the scheme two weeks ago.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25

The official report OF the losses by
fire In 1887 show an aggregate OF
S13O,OOO,OoO. This is in excess of
those of any previous year in the
history OF. the country, except those
OF the great Chicago and Boston con-
Z agrations, yet since then there is
scarcely one OF our large centres OF
population which has not improved
its observation-disclosures service.
Wealthy as the country is, it is too
poor to pay or waste so large a. sum
as $13o,OOO,O0O in one year in fire
damages. caused, in majority ofcases,
by negligence and carelessness.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25
TRAIN ROBBERS BEATEN,
An Unsuccessful Attempt to Rob
the Wabash e. Western Express,
the Plot Being Given Away by one
of the Robbers,

It is pleasure to chronicle one attempt
to rob a train that was not at least, par
italy successful. The train robbers were
foiled in an attempt to rob an express
train on the Wabash & Western road at
Cooley's lake. twenty-four miles east OF
Louis Express Train No. 4 left Kansas
City at the regular hour 500 p. m.
When the train stopped at Missouri City
it was met by band of men with shot
guns. The conductor was informed that
they were under command OF an official of
the county who had received word that
an attempt would be made to rob the St.
Louis express at a lonely spot a little
less than two miles east of Missouri
City. One OF the officers got in the
cab OF the engine with the engineer and fire.
man, and the others distributed them
selves through the train. Cooley's lake,
fishing resort one OF the loneliest spots on
the road in winter time, was the place
where the attack was made. None OF the
passengers OF the train was notified of the
danger. At $50, as the point OF attack
was neared, a red light was seen geam-
ing ahead. AS the train slowed
up the engineer saw three
masked men armed with rifles. standing on
the track. "Get OFF there" said the leader
of the three men to the engineer. Morsey
climbed down out OF the cab. Just as he
reached the ground the officer in the cab
pointed his shot gun out OF the wind ow and
fired. Whether he hit the leader Of the band
OF robbers or not he could not afterward
tell, but both he and the engineer we're OF
the opinion that he had. AS soon as the shot
was fired he and Morsey dropped down
out OF sight. The shot from the cab was
/, answered with shots from the guns of the
three robbers, which ratified about the en-.
CINE, but did no harm. The three men re-
tired in a demoralized state AS they
moved back part OF the posse came up
from the woods, where they had been in
concealment for some time, and opened
fire on them. These men had been sent
out from Missouri City in advance
| OF the train, and had con.
cealed themselves to be in readiness when.
ever they should be needed. About twenty
shots were exchanged, the men on the
train joining in the pursuit. The posse
! continued in pursuit OF the band, and all
OF the would-be robbers have been
captured. Three of them were over
taken By the posse, and the fourth,
Barney Sweeny, the leader, who stop
ped the train. and who received a
| heavy load of shot in the breast from the
gun OF the man concealed in the engine
/. cab, was found in the woods where he had
craWled after being wounded The plot
was given away by one OF the gang named
King, who told Grant Arnold, station
agent at Missouri City, what was going on.
| Arnold in turn informed the sheriff OF Clay
county, and the latter officer Immediately
organized a posse. Arnold was one
OF the posse, and it was he who
shot the leader from the car.
King remained with the gang and sig.
lad the train to STOP but took no 9th
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25

The total number of deaths OF
octogenarlans announced in the Phil.
adelphia Ledger during 1887 was
$50, there being 1924 men and 526
women. The invariable preponder-
ance of the females is again emphasiz-
ed this year. On the male side only
81 lived to or beyond 80, and their
combined ages make a total of BOSS
years, while the aggregate ages OF the
100 women aged 90 or over give 9,347
years.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25

The Manitoba company has taken an ap.
peal to the district court from the order of
the railroad commissioners requiring that
upper berths. when not occupied. should
remain closed if the occupant of the lower
berth 50 desired. The Manitoba is the
second company to appeal, the Omaha
having already done so. The appeal is
taken on questions OF both law and TACT.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25

The principal astronomical event
OF this month will be the total eclipse
OF the moon, which will occur satur-
day, the 28th. The phenomenon will
be visible to most OF North America.
In the United States it NAV be seen
anywhere east OF the states on the
shore OF the Pacific ocean.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-25

After the reading Of the journal the
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-07
lI.f r..s M fhelr cify enns,n-

INA dlatrtsss OF their city COUSIN
We'll to make d long story short. the
Girls dug me out. for the men were In the
noaadow after more oats Il seems that
tbey were in great hurry to get at the
oats. and the hired man moved away.
Probably the first forkful covered me,
and that was doubtless put on without
looking Nobody knew just how it came
about. When | came TO view did the
hest and the only thing ! could do,
laughed and the girls laughed 1t was
a ludicrous introduction to the family
but it served its turn. found the girls
no less charming than pretty; Harry. a
fine lad, home from college; Mrs. Hard
ing, lady in every sense of the word,
and Mr. Harding. shrewd. corpule,.t and
good natured; and that is oil Z"
"Alll'' they echoed. There ought to
be wedding"
There is to be q wedding" said the
other, coolly.
Which. Navy Blue or Seal Brownf"
Navy Blue"
When are you to be marriedF'
Never, perhaps.
"Why, thought you said there was to
be weddingr"
80 did. Navy Blue is to marry her
William"
And you are in q Brown study still, :"
said one. slyly.
Fred actually blushed
"Yes. the most puzzling study of my
life, and the most interesting" and he
walked away.
Hard hit, isn't hep
The rest nodded.-Hartford Times.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-07
Natural Method q, Education.

During the last generation there has
grown up natural method of education
whose superiority. so incontestable ab
stractly. has been demonstrated prac.
tically and scientifically beyond all ques
tion. By it the child learns to read and
write and cipher as he learns to use his
legs and his hands, or to distinguish a
cog from a cat, or horse car from an ON.
nibus. By it he learns arithmetic as a
newsboy learns how to make change
geography as he himself learns how to
find his way home. and history as he re-
members the occurrences of his last va
cation.
Instead of that method, taught by
nature itself. the child is tortured in our
schools by a process which compels him to
commit to memory and repeat parrot like
what to him are mere meaningless words
and symbols Instead of education, there
fore, he gets only cramming: and what he
really learns and understands he finds out
in the school of his daily life. not under
the tuition of his mechanical teacher in
the schoolroom provided at the public ex-
pense.-New York Sun
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-07
Il Was Very Quiet.

Every gentleman should attend q gym
nasium and boxing school. The exercises
not only bring out the muscle. but give
one confidence in himself in case of
trouble. An example was noticed the
other day in an alley off Howard street
The owner of a residence happened out in
the alley just as an ash gatherer was
stealing a barrel He was read a brief
lecture and warned TO move on. but he
didn't take kindly to the advice.
What you need is good pounding"
said the gentleman as he turned away
And who'll give it to met" shouted
ashes.
The alley was deserted. and the gentle
man beckoned the man into the barn He
was willing to go. Both pulled off their.
coats, signifed that they were ready. and
then business began. The gent landed
two beautiful ones in nrpid succession.
and then ashes changed his tactics He
went in right and left. as if charging
cornfeld. knocked the gent into q vacant
stall. stepped all over him for few min
utes. and then picked him up and heaved
him into the oat bin and walked off. taking
the barrel with him.-Detroit Free Press.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-07
Haunted by EineI,. Tower.

Eifrel's tower threatens to throw Gen
Boulanger. the Arc de Triomphe and the
dome of the lnvalides into the shade 1t
dominates everything in the city just now.
and when you look out of the window of
your house or hotel or gaze from the top
of monument at panoramic Paris the
new Babel looms In your eyes as the big
gest thing of all Even when you close
your window or come down from your
monument you have not done with the
colossal atrocity. 1t pursues you like q
phantom. The tremendous spiders web
of reticulated metal haunts you in your
dreams until. instead of fancying that you
dwell Ia marble halls, like the heroine of
the bohemian Girl. you have annoying
notions as you lie asleep that you are
knocking your head against metal girders
or climbing up enormous staircases of
iron. compared to which Jacobs famous
ladder was a prehistoric sham.-Paris
Cor. London Telegram.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-07

messed one many new anu striking features
It is an occasion Of much Importance for
those people. and ranks with them as high rs
in America the national game of baseball,
though there is this radical difference be
tween the two-that in the former the victors
are not crews but individuals 1t is, there
fore, not so complicated and prone to pro
woke disSension and animosity as is often the
case with baseball. Another important
difference lies in the fact that there are no
salaried professionals, but every man acts
purely as an individual, yet, if he achieves
victory, the credit Of it is also reflected upon
the community or district to which he be
longs. Great is the pride of the particular
canton, city or village which counts among
Its denizens the schuetzenkoenigo of the year
that is, the man who on such target shoot
ing has e1celled all his competitors
There is not village of any size that does
not have target shooting club, which often
numbers its members by the hundreds, many
Of them, old gray haired men, but with eye
undimmed and their love for the sport not
in the least abated They usually have uni
forms in which green plays an important
part. Their rifles. of course, vary in style
and quality, according to the circumstances
OF the owner, but it frequently happens that
the schuetzenkoenig proves to be the proprie-
tor of a shabby, old fashioned shooting iron,
which, however, in his steady hands and
with his eagle eye, has distanced all the more
stylish and pretentious looking rifles of his
fellow contestants.
There are always prizes put up for the sue
cessful shooters. These prizes consist some
times of medals, silver cups or similar ar
ticles, but mostly ofs money, often in very
considerable amounts, so that besides the
desire for fame and distinction, the prospect
of a handsome purse of money acts as power
full stimulus on the contestants to do their
best. When last visited one of the Schuetzen-
tests. at which the chief prize was 500 francs
(sl0OD, particularly noticed an old man who
had done remarkably well, in fact so well
that the final contest for the first prize had
narrowed down to three competitors, of
which he was one. Each was to have three
more shots. Carefully and deliberately he
selected three cartridges for his repeating
rifle and then cooliy and without the slight
est agitation he fired his three shots in sue
cession. The result was very gratifying, but
he had no mean rivals, and everybody waited
almost with bated breath until the matter
was decided. The man that followed him
came within three points of him, out OF u
hundred, but a miss was as good as a mile.
Then came the other. dis first shot was
bulls eye. That looked bad for the old man.
and | turned to look at him. His face
showed no trace of emotion, he knew there
m;gbt not tprn ont as wall nc Tho
f;rst Tho ra,ort Of tho second s,o, rana
ont nnon the air aud o,other hu,l,s oya was
scored Still the old mans fac. looIsd ss
in,nerturhab,ae es ever Tbe, the last Sbot~,
nr,,,tv cod ono Int the tbraa ro.lo,od
- . -. .o,,,,.., =. -. - -,
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-07
eaved a sigh and whispered through the

heaved sigh and whispered through the
bars that he would try to get me out II l
would go back to the old farm | hest
tated while. but finally told him 10 go
ahead and get me out and would go any
where with him He went to the manager
of the circus. but the manager would have
nothing to do with me and said If was
fool enough to run up town and get into
a fight it was none of his business
! was about TO give up. when the police
man came in with fellow that looked
something like me, begged my pardon.
said it was case of mistaken identity.
and that il would say nothing about my
false Imprisonment be would give me $2
forgave him. though 50 was a small
compensation for the shame of such
thing
| just quit my day dreams of ever being
as famous as Barnum.-"W. T. H." in
Detroit Free Press.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-07
Gladiators of Old Rome.

It is not to be denied that it was splendid
sight when hundred Of the gladiators, who
were to play the first act," SO to speak they
were n mere fraction of the performers to
be exhibited), came marching in two by two.
They were armed mostly as soldiers, but with
moro of ornament and with greater splendor.
Their helmets were " various shapes, but
each had broad brim and a visor consisting
of four plates, the upper two being pierced
to allow the wearer to see through them. On
the top, also, there was what one might iken
to the comb of O COCK, and fastened to this,
O plum of horsehair dyed crimson, or Of
crimson feathers.
Some were called ''Sannites, /" the name of an
italian tribe that once nearly brought Rome
to her knees. These carried short sword
and large oblong shield; others were armed
as Thracians or as Greeks. Others, again,
were distinguished by the SYMBOL Of e fish
upon their helmets. But the most curious Ct
all were those called "netmen," who were
equipped with a net il which to entanglo
their antagonist; having so disabled him,
the netman stabs him with a three pronged
harpoon. These have no helmets, and are
equipped as lightly Us possible, for If theJ
miss their east they haze no hope of safety
but in their swiftness Of foot-St. Nicholas.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-07
A SWISS scAuEIzENEesr.
Our Correspondent Visit, n Prize large,
ShOotinp-

Our Correspondent Visits n Prize Target
Shooting.
Especial Correspondence
ISTERLAKEN, Switzerland, June l2-There
is perhaps no people, if we except the Tyro-
lese, SO passionately fond of the practice Ct
target shooting as the hardy, enterprising
and liberty loving Swiss nation. The best
proof for this assertion is found in the nu.
merous schuctzenfests that annually occur i'll
various parts of this model European repub-
hc OF these there are chiefly two kinds
national schuetzenfests and cautonal target
shootings The name of the latter is de-
rived from the word canton, which is the
official term for the individual states or dis
tricts composing Swit,erlandJ
A schuetzenf'st is very interesting sight
and presents to those who have never wit