New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-09-05
News in General.

A singular character has just been placed
in the insane asylum at Tuscaloosa. Ala bama.
The wild man WAS captured in the woods
near Coosa mountain, Shelby county. He is
about fifty years old and his hair and beard
have grown to a great length.
A New York telegram says that Pat Kelly
of Minnesota and several others have con
tributed $4,000 to the Democratic cam
paign fund in addition to President Cleve-
lands. Chairman Brice signed his name to
check for $780, 900 as his donation.
Another pocket of quartz was blasted at
the Michigan mine at Ishpeming Mich.
Twenty pounds or more of the rock contain
ing gold at the rate of $4,000 to $4,000
uncovered A gold company to operate the
adjoining property is being organized The
excitement runs very high.
Many residents of Caldwell, Ohio, have fed
from that placesto avoid an epidemic of NAL
arial or typhoid fever, which has been running
for some time at Caldwell. More than a hum
dred cases have been reported, with twenty
five deaths. 1t is now believed to be under
CONTROL and no new cases are reported.
Bismarck, Dakota, will be made weather
headquarters on a large scale. 1t has been
discovered that the weather originates in
that vicinity, and in order to give the world
the full benefit Of this fact, two additional
observers will be located in Bismarck. Gen.
military telegraph lines west of the Missouri.
1t is reported here that cholera is raging
in Presque Isle county, Michigan and that
the people are dying like sheep, with no doc
tors in the immediate vicinity. Nine persons
have died in one day. While the report may
be exaggerated, it is known that a short
time ago people were suffering with bowel
trouble. Officials of that county will investi-
gate the matter
George Burgett of Baraboo, Wis, called at
the armory in Chicago and there found his
runaway son. Little Clark Burgett is eleven
years old and has played truant a number of
times Once he went as far as Denver, anoth-
er time to Minneapolis, and q week ago he
left his home in Baraboo and caught ride
| to Chicago on q freight train. His father
says the boy is usually well behaved when at
| home, but cannot be kept there.
The first shipment of bullion was lately
made from Livingston, Montana. The bull
| ion comes from the new smelter at the Castle
mines, which has been running about q week,
| and the shipment consists of 10000 pounds,
| billed to the Aurora Smelling company at
Aurora, I'LL. The smelter is now turning out
about twelve tons per day, which averages
net nearly $50 per ton. Developments on
other mines beside the Cumberland, from
which this ore is taken, are being rapidly
lspusheds forward andsneW enterprises are ON
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All trains have been stopped on the Mack
| eys system of railroads. owing to 8 strike
| declared against the roads therein embraced
| by Chiefs Arthur and Sargent. The system
| includes the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville.
| the Evansville & Indianapolis ind the Evans
| vile & Terre Haute roads, having q total
length of 700 miles The trouble began
some weeks ago out of the determinations
said to have been made by Master Mechanic
| Smith against brotherhood men. Chiefs
1 Arthur and Sargent came to the scene of ac-
| ton and temporarily settled the matter,
but repeated snubs, it is alleged, have precip-
| itated the strike, which includes all the en-
i gineers, fremen and switchmen
/ One hundred armed Sioux, travelling rapid
/ II, toward the Shoshone reservation, crossed
the Union Pacific tracks 200 miles west OF
Cheyenne. They have been visiting the Utes
in Colorado. The Indians will reach the
reservation in four days if that place is their
objective point. There was nothing new
| from the reservation, but the Indians are I'M
easy and trouble can scarcely be averted.
Two white men were found dead near the
| Rattlesnake mountains on the reservation,
where they were doubtlesslv murdered by the
| Sioux, who donned war paint, after being
/ ordered off the Shoshone reserv alton Half
breed hunters report the presence of band OIL
$50 hostile Indians within seventy miles OF
| the reserv alton. They are fully armed, have
| plenty of ammunition, extra ponies and
no women and children along. Five Sioux
on the reserr alton were arrested by the
Indian agent