New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-09
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the hospital.
Note change in ad of G. A. Ottomey-
er, the dry goods and notion dealer.
The converters to be used in the cleo
trio street lighting arrived on Monday.
This shoald enable them to give us
| light all around by tonight.
The Concordia Band. of this city vert
to Nicollet Saturday night to assist in
a Sunday School picnic which was held
there on Sunday. They report a gala
time.
/ The pension examining board, so
long talked of. has at length been es-
tablished at Sleepy Eye. Drs. r. L..
Schoch, of this city. and J. B. Welcome,
of Sleepy Eye have been appointed ex-
aiming physicians.
/ Peter Scherer is making considerable
improvement about his lumberyard, not
only in the shape of a water tank but
also public watering trough. The lat
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ter will be of great convenience to the
farmers.
John Lila and Mic Memo report the
best success at duck hunting of the
season. They starred out at four
o'clock Sunday morning, travelling as
much rs nine miles from town, apd
returning by eight o'clock with thirty
eight ducks.
Through letter from i friend in
San Francisco we learn of the marriage.
sometime IN July, of Emil Weschke,
formerly editor of this paper. This is
news indeed, Emil, and, although we
were somewhat behind in finding it out,
'ere's wishing you prosperity and Joy.
| Mr. Weschke is now at St. Louis.
i A number of prairie schooners were
noticed passing through town on Mon
day on their way from Dakota. Like
many others they are moving out of the
new states in order to avoid the starva-
come with the ensuing winter. The night
trains from the west are crowded with
passengers and it is claimed By some
who have visited the Dakotas that by
| the first of the year there will not be a
vacant house in Minnesota The desti-
tuition ofthe states west of us is appalling.
Merchants tell the travelling men that
1t would please them much to buy
goods but they know that the profits on
what they sell will no more than pay for
the fuel and light they burn. Such is
the condition of portions of that county
and the outlook is indeed embarrassing.
The city council held special meet
ing last Monday evening to consider
bids for the building of water works.
As consequence quite a number of
water works men were in town and no
little interest was excited among them.
The complete bids were in accordance
with the plans and specifications as
" prepared by Geo C. Morgan, of Chica-
GO. and were as follows: Rockford
Construction Co.. Rockford. Ill.,, S12,-
244- or with special tower, 1915;
Geo. G. Morgan, Chicago. sl2, 661;
Fairbanks, Morse Co., ST. Paul. $1o,-
900 or with special tower S11, 900.
There were other bids on special por-
tons Of the work but they were unsatis-
!, factory. The Council have not vet act
ed on the bids and are only holding
: back to hear from the Fairbanks Co.,
: as to their figures on special castings.
These are expected to be in keeping
: with the rest of their offer and it is as
sured that they will secure the contract.
t Work will then be commenced in short
notice and, of course, pushed.
!. Hon. Mic. GALES, of HilIsboro, New
Mexico, spent few days of the past
week with friends and relatives in this
city, where he was once an old timer.
Mr.. Gales has got to be one of the
prominent and leading men of that
southern territory and is even now on
his way tolVashington on mission from
the territory, preparatory to its applica-
| ton for admission to statehood In an
interview with the writer he referred to
the politics of that country and stated
that constitutional convention. of
which he was member, had just con-
cluded document, which for COM
pleteness and excellence will compa re
with any yet presented TO Congress.
you can quote me- = he said, ..as say
ing that all the talk about the New
Mexicans as lot Of .'greasers'' and a
class who are not able to govern them
selves is foul misrepresentation Ii isn't
true. The people of our territory are