New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-26
LOCAL NEWS.

Jos. Fiemeyer Sunday morning.
Otto Held has severed his connection
with the dry-goods store of Frank
Kuetzing.
Washington's birthday was observed
on Friday in the public schools with
appropriate exercises.
Lisette Holman is home from Chica-
go in attendance upon her sick mother,
Mrs. A Helmann.
Turner Hall in Duluth was destroyed
by fire early Tuesday morning with a
loss of $4,000.
Claus Lehman, who has been danger
ouslY sick, is convalescent and may
soon be expected to be out.
Water has been reached in the Otto
meyer well at the depth of 240 feet.
The water rises to within 80 feet of the
surface.
The New Ulm Roller Mill resumed
grinding yesterday. The new engine,
with rope transmission, is handsome
piece of machinery.
G.. R. Cosgrave, Superintendent OF
the Winona & ST. Peter Division of the
Northwestern Road, registered at the
Dakota House on Thursday.
The dwelling of George Zitzman, Of
West Newton, was destroyed by fire
last Friday morning. A defective
chimney is presumed to have been the
cause.
On the farm of August Theide in La.
| fayette there have been drilled three
wells without success in finding water,
aDd fourth is now being sunk. One
of them was drilled to the depth of soc
feet.
S. 7. Waggoner, one of those who
took part in the defense of New Ulm in
1862, has turned up in Pennsylvania
and writes for the agency of New Ulm
flour. Love for the old town, he says,
still fingers within him.
A report was current last week, that
VIM. Rose had died of influenza. There
| was no other foundation for the rumol
than the admitted fact that the murder
er is threatened with an attack of throat.
all in fatal orm.-Red wood Ga
zette.
The farmers of Cottonwood. Sige
and Milford are holding frequent meet
ings and are agitating an organization
Among other things they are making
arrangements to buy their own Irvine
and even propose the erection in New
| Ulm of q farmers warehouse. They
have also expressed themselves in favor
of q new road from New Ulm to St
Paul
W. G. Brown. of Winona, while here
last week, said to MS: / have travelled
much both in Dakota and Minnesota
| have had chance to see lots of gooe
land but this right here beats it, all. Ii
this region we have the garden spot o
the country. To the north is the parf
region and t. the south the corn path
but Southern Minnesota combines botl
and is ahead of either.
Nelson Laid writes us from Colder
that he has been very sick of late, il
Ffact several times on the verge of the
grave. But good care has brought him
out all right on each occasion. and he
still expects to add number of years
to mis- natural life. He also tenders his
thanks for our court house calender, and
adds, by way of suggestion, that il
would be better for his pocket and al
around to leave the county seat where
| it is.
II. A. Subilia returned from Wash
| ington last week, whittier he had wan
| dered on political visit. He does no,
speak OF the capital city in the most
| glowing terms. but on the other hand
speaks in unqualified language of its
people as lot of ''niggersn both white
and black. And may be It's true.
Congressman are almost forced to be
cringing servants and people in search
OF office are only too willing to be fawn.
ing slaves.
A well known chemist of the east
and one who would be considered auth
ority on such subjects, has made an
examination of our fire brick CLAY and
pronounces 1t the most remarkable he
has ever seen. In his opinion it is the
equal of any found in this country and
is as near like the famous clay of Stow
bridge, England, as it well could be. If
this is the case. Inc success of the bic
brick yard scheme ought to be assured,
and, if the supply is large enough, the
greatness of New Him a q we'll