New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-04

was here in his official capacity Monday
and Tuesday.
w. j. Scheiderich and Miss Ida Hart
neck were quietly married at the resi-.
dence of the brides parents last Mon
day evening, only the relatives and
a few intimate friends being present.
The parties are both of this city and are
known to many, the best wishes of
whom they will carry with them.
At their last regular meeting the city
council passed resolutions authorizing
the city clerk to refund the license for
one dog owned by each household out
side of a certain limit. This boundary
line commences at the Minnesota river
at the foot of 3rd South street, extends
west to German street, thence south to
Fifth, west along Fifth to the alley be.
tween State and Washington, north
along the alley to German street, south
to Fourth North and thence east in the
course of Fourth North street I'M
straight line to the Minnesota river.
Every household outside of this limit
will have the license for one dog refund.
ed. The resolution does not exempt
them from paying the license however.
They must receive their check and re-
ceipt the same as everybody else but
the clerk is authorized to return the fee.
This action of the council is a Just one.
Outside of the limit the residents re-
ceive but little protection from the po-
lice, the area is not within the area of
streetlighting and it is but fair that the
people he allowed to keep a dog with.
out expense. Their taxes on city i'm
provements and protection from which
they receive but little benefit is enough
without this extra fee.
When about three months ago the
people of Sleepy Eye commenced an
attempt to remove the county seat from
New Ulm to the village of Sleepy Eye
Lake, no one was surprised. 1t was ex-
pected. 1t was scheme over which
the people of our neighboring town had
bothered themselves for years and which
was finally brought to an issue by the
building of a new court house at New
Ulm. In their initial step, the circp-
lating of a petition, they had compar-
atively clear sailing. They were al
lowed to obtain signatures in every
possible manner and by every possible
means. As consequence they secured
enough to call a special meeting of the
county commissioners to consider their
list. But previous to the day of meet
ing New Ulm had been to work and over
500 independent voters, after careful
and mature consideration both as to
their own interests and to those of the
county, withdrew their names from the
Sleepy Eye petition and set them instead
to remonstrance, protesting against
removal. A comparison of the lists
showed a cellar majority to be directors
to any such scheme, and the commits
sioners quickly brought an end to the
first attempt. With the exception of
few soreheads, everybody felt relieved
and glad that the fight was over; but
hardly are the friendly relations re-
stored between neighbor, brother
father and son, in SO many instances
interrupted by this struggle, be-
fore Sleepy Eye again pours Oil on
the fire and it breaks out in "a notice OF
a second attempt to remove the county
seat; and this in the face of defeat and
the objections of a majority Of the legal
voters of the county. Everybody must
realize and come to the conclusion that
this second attempt is a mere farce, and
we are confident that it will be treated
assuch. If tits expected thereby to bluff
or bulldoze New Ulm the movers will
find themselves mistaken. If they mean
business, so do we; and we aren't ask
ing ourselves, "What are we here for?'
That's already settled. We have got
the county seat, and, with the help of
the intelligent voters of the county, in
tend to keep it. New Ulm is finishing
the new court house and will soon lave
it under roof and enclosed. Till then
We are fully prepared to meet those, who
would ROB us of it with fimsy promises
of $4,000 bonus, as often and as long
as they please. We can stand it as
well and better than they. The road
over which they travel from now on,
we guarantee them, will be remark
ably rough and unpleasant one. and ere
they have trod it many weeks they will
find themselves the authors of a sad
mistake. A useless disturbance and an
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