New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-07-31
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LA TE NEWS ITEMS.
There is rumor to the effect that a
paper will soon be started at Fairfax.
With her bountiful harvest Minneso-
ia is just now the garden spot Of the
Universe, the Goshen Of America.
j. Rummings has established his Of
fee as roadmaster of the G. & N. w.
Road at Mankato.
The widow of Hon. A.C. Forbes, Of
Marshall, is to be appointed post-mis-
tress Of that town.
Following the example set by New
Ulm, the people of st. Peter are talk
ing seriously of lighting the city with
electricity.
Mankato wants to vote $4,000 bends
for the completion of her water works.
They look upon bonds in that city as
they would on most anything and the
size If the pile cuts but little figure.
The alumni association Of the Man
kato normalsc will hold meeting
August IA. There are a number OF
graduates in this vicinity to whom this
should be of interest.
Mary Anderson, the actress, is said
to have so far lost the faculty of memo
ry that she will never again be able to
appear on the stage and delight ad-
miring audiences with her talented act
ing. This is sad news indeed.
One fact is reported from all parts Of
the country, that there are no blighted
wheat heads this year. Usually the tips
fail to fill, or blighted kernels are to be
seen in the heads. It is not SO this sea
son, but they are filled with well deve
oped kernels to the very tips.
All the beautiful weather that has
been absent in Minnesota during the
last few years seems to have crowded
right into the summer season of 1889.
When was there a year filled with more
blessings to the crops and everything
else in nature than this same year we
are now experiencing?
0. A. Shunell, shoemaker who has
a shop in Kasota but lives in St. Peter,
was run into and killed by a gravel train
while crossing the high bridge across
the Minnesota river near the hospital
for the insane at that place. He was
Ijust returning to work after spending
Sunday at home with his family.
The Minneapolis directory is now
completed and gives her population
beyond a question of $4,000. In face
Of such growth who can say that the
centre of population is moving towards
the east, or that Minnesota isn't de-
stined to become the Empire state of
the great west?
The managers of the state fair have
arranged for a big military day at the
State fair. The second Regiment will
take part and give an exhibition battal-
ion drill. Free transportation will be
furnished the troops and each man al
lowed for board Will company A join
in the drill?
The Lake Benton News tells of a
young lady of that town who has been
spending few weeks in Dakota for the
benefit of the climate. We have often
wondered why this years summer
weather in Dakota was SO delightful but
this accounts for it, and relieves ou1
mind of an awful incubus.
j. A. Tawney, of Winona, is being
talked of as possible alternate for the
District Attorneyship, in case Morgan
of Albert Lea should fall short of the
prize. The fact that he is attorney o1
the Winona & St. Peter r. r. Co. will
of course raise storm among democrats
and mugwumps, no matter what his
merit may be.
i A western paper sends us the follow.
ing wall; Ifs paper was printed on
gold and with ink made of silver, and
the subscription price was only SO cents
a year, some poor deluded specimen Of
humanity would kick because there was
not a diamond set in each corner Of
the page, and want the subscription
price only 25 cents a year.
The-county school superintendent Of
Southern Minnesota have organized an
association. As body they oppose the
state text books and by resolution de-
mand free text books. The association
meets yearly and an effort will be made
to have uniformity Of questions and ex-
aminations, so certificate issued in one
i county may be good in all counties by