New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-23

at the. depot yesterday
Wenzel Benkert and Catharine Kest-
ner were married atthe Catholic church
yesterday morning.
q class of eight or ten of the Turner's
will go toWinthrop on the lst to assist,
with gymnastic exhibition, in the ded-
ication of their City Hall.
7. 81. Behnke received carload of
220 barrels Of apples on Monday. G..
+. Ruemke has also laid in large
quantity.
M. j. Brandt and wife arrived here
from Mankato Saturday. Mr.. Brandt,
who has the contraction digging the well
in German Park, commenced work. on
Monday.
P. Hallenbeck, E. j. Foster and 81.
G. Garvin, officials of the Northwest
ern in their own special car, were here
over Sunday.
The exterior work of the new court
house will be completed in a week.
When you come to town take look at
itand be convinced that the county seat
should not be removed.
!. Ole Veste, Of Lake .Harska, was Sc
verely injured last Tuesday. He fell
from wagon end one of the wheels
passed over him breaking several ribs
and otherwise hurting him.
The Winthrop party, which visited
New Ul1n on Sunday, succeeded in Sc
curing John Lind for an address at the
dedication of their hall and the event
will come off on the first of November.
They are anxious that q large crowd
should attend from New Ulm and we
would like to promise them that their
wish will be gratifed.
The engine and boiler for the basket
works will arrive the latter part of this
week. Work on the engine rooms was
commenced on Monday and will be
pushed with all possible speed. Mr..
Clark will be here Friday or Saturday
prepared to put in some of the machin.
cry, and in three weeks everything
should be in readiness to turn out bask-
cts. Farmers, who have green elm tim
Der, will then have market for their
supply.
Whenever birth or death occurs,
some member of the family should re-
port it at once to the president of the
board of health. That officer at present
DR.. j. T. Schoch, and it is absolutely
necessary that he should learn of all
such occurances. A penalty of $25 is
attached to the neglect Of any one to re-
port, and it would therefore be we'll for
rybody to bear this item in mind. It
may save you unnecessary trouble and
expense.
A very enthusiastic meeting of citi-
zens was held at Turner Hall on Friday
evening and from the large number in
attendance it is evident that the people
of New Ulm are alive to court house
matters. The very spirit Of the meet
ing was business and some of the mani
festations Of willingness to do work
were really ''corkers.' Yes, indeed,
there will be music by the full band and
our Sleepy Eye brethren may expect to
hear as much and more noise from this
quarter as from their own small town.
Mrs. Carolina PAUL., an aged lady of
this city, died at her home last Friday
evening Of dropsy. She was 60 years
of age and was one of the early settlers
of New Ulm having come here with
her husband in 1860. Her only daugh-
ter was killed by the Indians in the
massacre of 90 and her husband died
some twelve years ago. She herself
has been a patient sufferer from disease
for over year and death only came to
ease her pains. Well known and re-
spected of the older residents of town,
her death will therefore be regretted by
many. The funeral was held Sunday
afternoon from the residence and was
largely attended.
The alarm OF FIRE was sounded at 10
o'clock on Sunday morning and every
body was drawn to the lower part of
town, where it was discovered that the
barn of Henry Weyhe was on fire. The
blaze, which was started in some hay
by children who were playing with
matches, soon set the whole upper sto-
ry in flames and although only four
minutes suficed to get The engine from
the engine house and put it to work on
the building, the fire was too far adj
vanced to save it. The only service