New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-07-03


Tomorrow IS the Fourth. It ism
likely that any one will forget il.
| The circus will be here on Friday
Lookout for confidence men and fakirs
A two year old child of Gustav Goetcl
died last Thursday evening. The fun
eral was held on Friday
Emerson Hadley, Of the law firm Of
Rogers, Hadley & selmes, Of St. Paul,
was in town on legal business, last
Tuesday.
A divorce was granted last week to
Franz Voltin, of West Newton. from his
wife Katherine, on the grounds of aban-
donment. The case was argued before
Judge Webber on the 10Th.
In the readjustment of postoffice sal
aries the Postmaster General has re-
dlced the salary ofthe Sleepy Eye post
master from $1,000 to ST., 100. This
don't look like business was on the in
crease at thas place.
Edwasd Maltzahn, formerly of New
Uim but recently of Cinncinatti, Ohio,
has returned to this city to permanently
locate. He will open up saloon in his
building, next door to r. Pfeferle's
grocery store.
The office-seekers of the Second Min
nesota congressional district should re-
member the fate Of C8sar-he was too
ambitious and the politicians at the Ca
pitol slew him.-ST. Paul HERALD.
And if the comparison holds good,
these latter day politicians too will meet
with an unlucky fate.
& A. Doig, bridge and building superin.
tendent of the Chicago and Northwest.
ern road, visited the depot Friday with
the view of making some changes in the
building. The offices will be enlarged
SO as to give more room and satisfy a
growing business. the building will be
moved back to give it more platform
and other improvements will be made.
The work will commence in a very
short time.
The suit of S. D. Peterson against
the Railroad company, in which judg-
ment was rendered in favor of the for
mer, is quite an interesting and impor-
tant one when all its details are known.
The suit was commenced for overchar-
ges in freight on some wheelbarrows
billed to Mr.. Peterson. For years the
freight on this article has never been
known 10 exceed from. IS to 60 cents a
hundred, while on this lot it amounted
to ST.. IS a hundred or about IS cents
for each wheelbarrow. When tits con-
sidered that they sell for only $500,
the freight charges appear outrageous.
The company make the plea that
few roads have gone into pool and
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that a new schedule of rates has been
prepared consequently this unusual
tax. This is a light excuse and if the
roads are to be allowed to act SO indie
.pendently what is the use of an inter-
state commerce law.
The Turnverein class returned from
Cinncinatti Saturday evening and were
welcomed at the depot by a large num-
Der of citizens and the city band. They
were at once escorted to Turner Hall
where q banquet was in waiting for
them and the boys sat- down to talk of
spoils. And we'll they might for they
came out of the funniest with no slight
honors. In the awarding of IS class
prizes, the New Ulm Verein took the
seventh winning a rich and beautiful
banner as prize. In the competition
for individual prizes awarded67 and the
thirty fifth was won by Hugo Schleuder
and the thirty-seventh by Fred Setter.
The prizes consisted in diplomas and
| wreaths. The young men labored un-
der some disadvantage as the water OF
that city caused q general sickness and
only four Of the New Ulm class could
be depended on for work. They did
well however and have reason to feel
proud Of their success. They had to
compete with the best trained classes
in the country and it is a credit to New
Ulm that her class stands way to the
front.
The Second Regiment broke camp at
Lake City at noon on the 9th and the
various companies packed their bag.
gage and departed for home, only toe
glad to leave behind the scenes of their
soldier life. From ST Paul they were
carried in a special train and Company