New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-07
NEW ULM AND VICINITY.

G. W. HHEIDEMAN Agent
how much did you lose betting?
Did yon swear Off Good.
But one lady deemed it worth while
to register and that was Mrs. M. Baasen
wife OF our postmaster.
A patent for car-coupling has been
gslnted S. P. Bentley, j. S. Colony and
I'll. Il. SCOT, of Springfield.
Quite number of our enthusiastic
democrats attended the st. Peter cele-
bration last Thursday.
The many friends of Miss Emma
Scherer were pleasantly entertained last
Friday evening at the German St. resi-
dence.
Gruenenfelder' City Band went to
P'Sdwood Falls last Friday evening to
participate in republican rally at that
place.
Mischievous boys removed the mer-
cury-tube of the large thermometer at
the Pioneer Drug Store last Sunday
night.
We understand that several ladies of
this city marched in the St. Peter de-
\ mocratic procession last Friday even
',5Spg. My, what enthusiasm!
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''Not a single unkind word has any
body said to me during the campaign,
nor has anyone present during my spec
ches left before I ended, says Charlie
Heideman.
Of all the idiotic bets made during
the campaign the one made in Iowa,
where politician agreed to swallow
thirty compound cathartic pills, if his
candidate was beaten, is the most fool
fJsh.
Never before, as long as our farmers
can recollect, has the corn-crop been
such bountiful one as at the present
season. Wagon loads are coming into
the market and command fair price.
New Ulm democrats made West New
ton a place of rendezvous last Sunday,
and from reports received, Iowa prohi-
bitionists have no hope of ever convert
ing any of the participants to their way
of thinking.
Architect Struck, of Minneapolis, the
of the courthouse, now in
construction. was in the city last Friday,
and examined the building, the first
story of which has just been finished by
contractor A. G. Ochs. The latter's
work was highly satisfactory andrrmeri-
ted full endorsement.
What might have proved a serious
accident befell Mr.. August Giesecke
and his family, of CORTLAND, as they
were driving home from church last
Sunday. The horses took fright and
ran away, pitching Mrs. Giesecke over
n the dashboard and injuring her some
? what but not severely. The other &C.
eupants, as far as we Gun learn, safely
escaped.
We clip the following, relative to for
4 mer New Ulm boys, from Faribault
paper. Messrs. William and J. A. Ochs
have formed a partnership under the
firm name of Ochs Bros, and have
opened a 5 and 10 cent store in Ma
thieu's building, Third street. Mr.. Will
liam Ochs was connected with the State
School for the Deaf, in this city, some
five years ago both as q student and tu-
! tor, and has many friends here who will
be glad to see him prosper, Mr.. j. A.
Ochs comes from his home in New Ulm.
where he has been in business for sever
al years.
A report circu lated last Saturday on
the streets was to the effect that burg
lars had been at work the previous
nioht. and had entered the residence of,
Col. VIM Pfaender, on Broadway. The
report was substantiated by Mr.. Pfaen-
der, who was disagreeably surprised on
finding that the unwelcome visitors had
entered his house by y window in the
rear, had rummaged through the eel
lar and his bedroom. taking therefrom
1853 and gold watch, given him some
time ago. as q mark of respect by the
St. Paul Turnverein. The thieves took
the watch from his vest, which they
left behind, and made away with the
trousers, which held the money. None
of the family had heard any disturb.
ance, and the burglars, Judging from
the mode of their procedure, must be
well yersed in their criminal craft,
The residence of Nh. r. Pfeferle had
also received visit, but nothing was