New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-27
LOCAL NEWS.
] The family OF Chas. Helmes returned
to their home at St. Paul Yesterday.

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| to their home at St. Paul yesterday.
G. w. York has sold his interests in
the Sleepy Eye Herald to W. R. Hod.
ges.
A. C. Ochs has the contract for build
ing Prof. Nix's new residence on Broad
way The building will cost $4,000.
w. S. Culver and Mic Heinen went
to Minneapolis Saturday night on busi-
ness connected with the electric light
plant.
George Grimm, the Springfield sta
tion agent, has been in the city since
Saturday. He has been under the
weather the past week and came down
to New Ulm to recuperate.
After the accident of last Friday the
mayor at once ordered fence to be
built around the sand pits on German
Street, SO that hereafter it will be i'm
possible for children to get near them.
| Sheriff Schmid, VIM. Mueller and
Hugo Schleuder were down from
Springfield Sunday and Monday. Her
man Schleuder went up from here to
run the store of the latter during his
absence. -
Among the attractions at Turner
Hall Park next Sunday will be a sham
battle in which the company and Burg S
Battery will participate. It bids well
to be a pretty sight and none should
fail to witness it.
T. Mulvehill on Wednesday pur-
chased the entire property Of A. Zieher
fronting on First North St. for $4,000.
This includes the stable, skating rink
and residence, and constitutes one Of
the most important sales made this
year.
Fred Klossner and daughter of Lafa-
yette were in the city last Saturday.
When last seen, Fred had his eye on the
court house and it is presumed that he
was speculating upon the adyisability
of taking mortgage upon few of the
offices this fall.-St. Peter Herald.
A defective pipe in the water mains
near the tower bursred last Wednesday.
The water was forced to the surface
through seven feet Of ground and then
came pouring down First North Street
in a flood until shut off at the tower.
The pipe was replaced with new one
at once.
V. E. Thompson, representative of
the Eagle Mills for Iowa and Illinois,
was here last week and contracted to
remain as their agent for another year
Thompson is an old man, whose silver
locks and pleasant voice would natural
ly give one the idea that lie was preach
er, but he nevertheless has the reputa-
tion of being one of the biggest rustlers
on the road.
The Minneapolis Exposition, which
opens Aug. 9th and closes Oct. 18th,
will be the finest ever held in that city.
A guarantee fund Of over $125,O0O was
subscribed to insure its success, enab-
ling the management to secure the most
costly attractions. The music which
has always been strong feature will
be furnished by two Of the strongest
organizations in the world d-Reeves'
Great American Band from Providence,
r. l., and Strauss Vienna Orchestra
of so artists. Other features are the
Edison. Electrical exhibit, and Pain s
Pyrotechnical display, s'Last Days Of
Pompeii.' =
A West Newton man owns New
foundland dog that is clever to say the
least. The other day be placed q box
of honey on shelf that he knew was
too high for the dog to reach. He soon
noticed however that it was gradually
disappearing and that some Of it was
on the floor. He watched the dog and
to his surprise he found that he was
really the cause of the honey's disap-
pearance. The dog, finding himself un-
able to reach the honey by standing On
his hind legs, had simply changed the
situation, and, by standing on his front
paws, had Tapped the honey from, the
box with his tail.
A better opportunity than the pres
ent one to advertise New Ulm and
make its resources and business advan-
tages known never offered. The latest
census has developed the fact that New
Ulm has made the surest and strongest
growth of any town in Southern, Mime
sofa; that, while other towns have eth
er fallen of or increased only lightly,
New Ulm has made a growth that is
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