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

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
The new Saulpaugh hotel, at Manka-
to, was opened Friday.
The governor has appointed Hon.
Charles E Otis to succeed the Hon. lie.
vi Villas as Judge Of the second judicial
district
| Madelia offers bonus of % per cent
of the value of flour mill, the mill to
| have a capacity of not less than Is bar
rels per day, and to cost from $4,000
to $15, 900.
! The citizens of Montgomery in lie
Sueur county have decided to file a no.
tice of circulating petition for removal
of county seat from lie Sueur Centre to
that place.
The French government has taken
under its control all the telegraph sys-
TENS of that country. This might act
as an inducment to Jay Gould to set his
price.
Ct is said that the owners of the fish
pond that caused the Johnstown disas-
ter intend to rebuild the dam. The
inhabitents we think will either forbid
this or leave the valley. The danger
from that source would be more immi-
nent to them now than heretofore, and
they would prefer to reside elsewhere
John Lind went to Window Friday
to fix up the post-office at that place.
They have had a long and bitter contest
there and Mr.. Lind decided that the
best way to settle the matter was by
| holding a caucus of the republicans.
The meeting, says a despatch to the
Globe, was presided over by the con-
gresham and was composed of repre-
sentatives of several factions who have
been by the ears for six months over
the spoils of office. The caucus decided
on j. McMurtrey and the people feel
relieved to know that the fight is ended.
y We notice among the names of re-
publican nominees for state offices that
of Alfred Wallin to a position on the SUI
preme bench. Mr.. Wallin was formerly
resident of Minnesota, his last resi-
dence this state being at Redwood Falls.
He was for several years county attor
ney of Redwood county, and was well
known among the legal fraternity as
one of the ablest jurists in the state
He is man of excellent judgment,
unquestioned integrity, and unyielding
| firmness, and it will be q qualification
to his many friends in this state to see
him advanced to a position which he is
so thoroughly competent to fill. His
nomination in North Dakota is equiva-
lent to an election and the new state is
to be congratulated upon securing his
services in constituting its constitution
and original code.
There is said to be a strong UNDER
current of Scandinavian sentiment urg-
ing Congressman John Lind to accept
the governorship of Minnesota in place
of going back to Congress from the
Second District Well. Lind wouldn' t
be half-bad as governor of Minnesota
but since he has a steady job in repre-
senting district with 10000 Republi-
can majority and a party backing which
says John Lind is ':all right what is
the use of going off on a tangent?
The Second District will be in at his
gubernatorial election with the regular
10000 or Is, 900 majority, but is not SO
sure about the nominating convention
on such a scheme, since there are sew
eral voters in the Second District who
want this district represented in Con.
gress few terms yet, by a man about
as big as John Lind. Mr.. Lind him
self is not understood to be party to
the scheme.-ST. PErER TRIBUNE.
|
Col. John A. Willard, of Mankato,
has been away from Mankato for some
time and his friends have heard nothing
from him. The Pioneer Press, of Tues
day contained a special from New z ork
stating that man had been found sit
ting on bench on one of the avenues
of that city, acting SO strangely as to
attract a large crowd Now and then
he would burst into a torrent of inco-
herent words of which the multitude
could only catch Lost The crowd
got so large as to call up an officer. He
walked up to the old man who seemed
glad to see him. He went along quiet
ly TO the police station and when ques-
toned gave the name Of Willard It is