New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-02-06
Our Schweitzer mas recovered. All is

well. s
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Mueller came
down from Essig Saturday.
A teacher institute will be held at
New Ulm May 10.
Representative Heideman spent Sum
day with his family.
Mrs. A. w. Bingham returned from
Boston, yesterday morning.
Jos. Seifert has opened a Harness
shop in Beinhorn's frame building.
Mr.. F. Lehman has sold his store at
Pierre, Oak, and will reside in Milford
at present
Mr.. Henry Laudenschlager left on a
weeks visit for ST. Paul last Monday
evening.
Mr.. II. A. Subilia has recovered from
his last illness so far that he is able to
be up and around again.
% degrees below zero is what the
thermometer registered Tuesday morn
ing.
Mr.. VIM. Gieseke, of Sleepy Eye con-
suited with the New Ulm millers Mon
dav.
Prepare for the grand masquerade
ball to be given by Gruenenfelder's
band at Union Hall February 18th.
JAG. Klossner Jr.. was to Winthrop
and Gibbon Monday. He struck the
cold wave out that way and returned at
once.
Chas. Heuer formerly q resident of
this place, has struck it rich in Monta-
ma. He owns one fourth Of the Uncle
Sans mine at Wickes.
The New Ulm Creamery Co. announce
that they will buy and pay cash for
butter on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
See ad in another column.
Messrs. G. Fl. Hornburg, and F. IL.
Retzlaff attended the Northwestern I'm.
plement Dealers convention at St. Paul
and Minneapolis last week.
The binding Irvine trust seems to be
worked up well. One of our local deal
ers informs US that he was offered last
years retail price for all Irvine he had on
hand. OF course he refused to sell.
Mr.. Henry Thorman has build. a
feed mill at his old place at Three Mile
Creek in Renville County and is fully
prepared to grind all kinds of feed, corn
meal, graham etc. at low rates.
The Fire Company met Monday even
ing. Only routine business was trans.
acted. The resignation of Chas. Stoll
as president and captain of the Compa-
ny was accepted and the Office will be
filed at the next meeting.
George Heidel, young farmer living
nine miles below Evansville. Ind, lost
his life in a singular manner. Adjoin.
ing his farm was that of w illiam Temp.
kins, a negro. who for several days had
been clearing up piece Of new ground,
cutting away the timber and preparing
for spring. Knowing him to be very
superstitious Heidel resolved on prac.
tical joke and stationed himself at a
point in the road where he knew the
negro would pass, covering himself
with white, ghostly garment. and
secreting himself for his victim. In a
short time Tompkins came along with
an Ak on his shoulder and Heidel
rushed from his covert. making strange
motions beneath the sheet The negro
in his fright struck out with the ak,
splitting the head of the unfortunate
joker squarely open to the shoulders.
Tompkins then rushed away, never
realizing that he had killed q human
being. No effort has been made to ar
rest him, as the act was done in mo.
ment of great fright. PIONEER Press
The London Observer in q vigorous
article on Somoan affairs, declares that
the suggestions of the American senate
TO establish naval station in Samos
as challenge to Germany to annex
the island are mere empty vaporings.
1.-The Americans know" the observer
says, s'that their financial interests II
Samoa are Insignificant as compared
with those of Germany. They have nc
war ships fit to cope with the German
fleet, which could, and probably would
blow the American naval station about
the ears of the American garrison;