New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-09
LOCAL. NEWS.

Who will be our next postmaster?
John G. Merkle, Of this city, has been
granted pension.
G. Engelbert. of Cottonwood, will re-
move with his family this week to Spo-
kane Falls.
| Judge Weber is holding the fall
term of district court at Beaver Falls
this week.
| Miss Lou Baasen entertained u num-
Der of her friends to a very pleasant
birthday party last Thursday evening.
t. A. Wilson has retired from the
editorial duties of the Springfield Cour-
rier and the paper will hereafter be
| published and edited by Mr.. Semans.
Our sidewalk inspection item Of last
week did its work nicely, and we are
glad to note improvement in numerous
quarters.
An eight year old son of Elias Kel-
| lerman fractured his collar bone last
| Wednesday afternoon. This is the
| third time the bone has been broken
but the injury is not serious and he is
doing well.
| The Northwestern ships cattle to St.
Paul from here in less time than it does
travelling passengers and does not COM
pei them to lay over at Kasota. This
is one of the cozrtesdes extended to New
Ulm citizens by an accommodating road.
The case of Rose, who is confined in
our county Jail on charge OF murder,
will be brought up again for trial at the
November term of the Redwood court.
1t is not likely that a motion for a
change of venue will be made.
&. P. CLARK, of Gary, S. D., who
thought some of locating in this city, has
organized basket works at New Ulm,
$4,000 capital. He expects to turn out
500 baskets day. Mankato has far
superior advantages to New Ulm for
such factory, and should have secured
the works. --Mankato Free Press.
Mr. CLARK thong ht differently howev-
Ell.
New Ulm is to have another musical
treat, this time the noted concert plan.
ist and lecturer, Edward Baxter Perry,
| who will give one of his excellent enter.
tainments at Turner Hail, Tuesday
evening, October 22nd. Mr.. Perry
comes from Boston and brings with him
the best recommendations of the press
of the country. He is blind, but his
failing in vision seems only to add tc
his art powers and his recitals are said
to be wonderful.
| Messrs. j. B. Velikanji. county super.
intendent of the Brown County schools,
and F. L. Manderfeld, of the Mankatc
Post and later of the New Ulm Review
were in town early in the week, look.
ing over the field with view to estab
lish a German weekly newspaper here
The project met with favor, and they
have decided to publish such paper
as soon as the necessary arrangements
can be made In the country adjacent
to Springfield, are a large number O
German speaking people who are a
present unsupplied with local news
paper in their own language, ald int
this. as a journalistic field, we trust tina
the new newspaper may enter with sue
cess.-ADvANCE.
A circular letter has been sent GU
from St. Alexander's Hospital of thi
city to the judges Of probate of Mime
sofa and Dakota, to the effect that ;
special ward has been prepared in tina
institution for the reception ofcases O
temporary or light forms of insanity
where it is thought that, if the patient bt
given good medical care and the .quie
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institution, recovery would be rapid
There are many such cases and rela
tives often hesitate on confinement il
an insane asylum because of attendan
abuse and noise. In Il hospital of this
character, the patients and relative.
would be assured of the best of treat
ment and the incest of surroundings
and to us it seems wise and charitable
move on the part of the institution tt
introduce this feature. We believe alst
that it will meet with favor among tn.
probate judges.
| If anyone has thought that the move
ment to secure extensive brick works
| for New Ulm was dead, he has beer
| mistaken. Mr.. Heideman has kept W
| an active correspondence with Chicago