New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-08-14

LIE Sueur is being troubled with
burglaries. The thieves are thought
to be tramps.
# Noble is appointed judge Of the
Supreme Court, Clarkson, now assist
ant postmaster general will succeed to
j the interior department..
IS Elisha Hill committed suicide by hang
ing in barn at Kasota on Thursday
while temporarily insane. He had Just
been released from the hospital.
Jacob Hanson, Of Minneapolis, the
hydrophcbia patient, has been sent to
Paris to receive treatment from the
celebrated Pastuer.
Brown, the Moorhead murderer.
must swing. Gov. Merriam has fixed
before sunrise of the morning of Friday
Sept. 20 as the day on which he must
hang.
The treasurer of the village of Min.
nesota Lake, near Mankato, is reported
to have eabsconded with the city funds
to the amount of $4,000 and further
that he has eloped with his wife's sis
| ter
Chief grain Inspector for Minnesota,
A. G. Clauson, estimates that the wheat
yield of the Northwest will amount to
something like 70,oO0,000, this year.
He bases his estimate on reports which
have been sent him.
A bold and daring robbery was COM
mitted early Thursday morning on one
Of the Wisconsin Central trains near
Chippewa Falls. At that place masked
highwayman boarded the train and
le-handed went through the sleeper,
waking the passengers, and with re-
volver at their head, ordering them to
turn over their money and jewelry. He
secured but little booty, however, and
was forced to leave the train in hurry
by the cool and shrewd act of col
ored porter, who, after being robbed,
woke up the other passengers and sue
ceeded in frightening away the daring
bandit. The robber is thought to be a
well known tough who is wanted for
other crimes.
Hon. A. j. Lamberton, of St. Peter.
died very suddenly Saturday morning
of heart disease. Mr.. Lamberton was
one Of St. Peters leading citizens and
was prominent throughout this and
other portions of the state. In early
days he was connected with the land
land Office at Faribault, his brother H.
w. Lamberton, of Winona, being land
officer. He resided in st. Peter for fully
thirty years and was in every way con-
nected with its developement. He ran
a general merchandise store and did
money loaning business from which he
amassed considerable wealth. In poll
tics he was a staunch democrat and
was probably as well-known as any
other resident of the valley. The
news of his sudden taking off will
will be a shock to his acquaintances.
twenty-five years.ago Frank Conway
was an important factor in the politics
of lie Sueur county, and he held vari
Gus positions, among others chairman of
the county board. He was also head Of
a horse-stealing gang that made its
rendezvous in the vicinity of Elysian,
the dense timber and numerous lakes
being peculiarly adapted to carrying on
that business. His gang was very sue
cessful and it was several years before
his connection was suspected. Finally
he was arrested, convicted, and in 1875
sent to the penitentiary. His case was
appealed to the Supreme court and dur
ng its pendency he was admitted to
bail in the sum of $1,000. AS soon as
he was released he disappeared and
forfeited his bail. He was afterwards
sent to the Illinois penitentiary for five
years for circulating counterfeit money,
and afterwards to the Kansas peniten.
tiary for a similar ofense. He returned
to his old home last fall, broken in
health and much advanced in years.
but having recently made an attempt
to recover some Of his property, which
had passed into the hands of his bonds
men, he was arrested and is now in Jail
at Waseca. An application will proba-
bly, be made for his pardon, on account
of his advanced age.
New uIm Markets.
Wheat. .45-75