New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-20
LOCAL. NEWS.

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4 Read Julius Krause's new adj.
1 Turning school commenced last
| week.
! G. F. Struck, the st. Paul architect,
was in town Friday.
j The front of the Meridian Block is
being improved with d new coat Of
paint.
| The Republican County convention
for Nicollet County has been called for
the 18th of September.
!. Lightning struck the barn of Chas.
Getting in CORTLAND last Friday night
and killed one of his valuable horses.
i Tomorrow our sportsmen can hunt
the duck. and succulent prairie chicken
with all the blood in their eye that they
feel like carrying.
Wenzel Helget, Of Cottonwood. re-
ceived a kick from horse on Friday,
and is now suffering from severe in
juries in consequence.
John M. johnson and Inga Moe,
prominent young people Of Linden,
were married last week. Edwin Paul
sen, justice of the peace, performed the
ceremony.
| A heavy rain storm, accompanied by
,strong winds, passed over this city last
Friday night. In many places stacks
of grain were blown over and other
damage done.
Chas. Bonne, who is quite we'll
known here and who suffered such a
serious loss in the Spokane Falls fire,
will return to Minnesota and re-engage
in business at Gaylord.
Arthur McGregor, the young man
who was arrested here two weeks ago
for stealing ring at Faribauit, has
been bound over to await the action OF
the grand jury at the fall term of the
Rice county district court.
Cards are out announcing the mar.
riage on the 28th of this month Of Miss
Lizzie Limbach to Prof. .Adolph F.
REIN. AS both of the popular young
people are residents of our city, this
item will be pleasant reading to the
readers of the Review.
Geo, Boyd, the barber, has hit upor
a new way of drawing trade. To every
man who patronizes him he gives q
ticket for each shave. There are 1900
in all, and on three Of these hang prices
The first prize is $40, the second S.
and the third So in gold quarters.
The residence of John Smith IL
Kidgley was destroyed by fire last week
The door was forced open by the wine
and Goals of fire were thrown from the
stove hearth over the floor, thus starting
the fire and causing the destruction O.
the building and all its contents. The
} loss above insurance amounted to $500
The death of Mrs. John Nun occurred
last Wednesday morning after pro
longed and wasting illness. Mrs. Nur
was born in Baden, Germany, in 1S4s
and was consequently 48 years of age
She came to New Ulm in 81, and has
lived here nearly continuously ever
since. The funeral was held on Fri.
day.
With the satisfaction that prevails all
over town over the preliminary tests Of
the waterworks, we trust that the coun.
Gil will not hesitate to extend the mains
to all portions of town as fast as it is in
their power. There are some portions
of the city, the mill districts for instance
where it is absolutely necessary tina,
there should be plenty of protection
against fire.
A clerk in one of our banks, who lives
west of town, bought a horse the other
day and started into the country to ties,
its driving qualities. When he had gone
Il
directed the animal townwards. It was
then that the trouble began to brew
The horse had never been driven be-
fore and suddenly came to standstill.
Nothing could induce it to be driven
further and the young man was com
PEELED to lead the horse the three miles
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to town. We withhold his name by re-
quest.
| The building committee of the board
OF county commissioners met last Fri
| day and opened bids for the completion
of the new court house. There were
only two, one from Schapekahm Bros,
and one from Gilman, of Minneapolis,
and, as there was hardly any difference
between the two, the committee took the
matter under consideration. Another
meeting was to have been held yester-
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