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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25
A Strange Story of a Dream.

Mr.. J. D. Young, the well known
insurance agent, had a dream Friday
night, which caused him to awaken
and arouse his wife. 1t was that he
saw a wagon coming along with two
bodies in it, and, in lifting one of the
men out, as he was turned over, he
appeared to be dead. Then two men
appeared at the head OF the corpse,
who appeared to be Italians, and
who were arguing as towhose knife
it was that fitted the wound, which
was on the right side. Then he heard
the name OF the dead man. 1t was
Mark Taylor, and, as he knew no
man by that name, he asked in his
dream, "Who is he?' and the reply
came loud and distinct, sWhy, he's
thecoachman Of ohm Henry" When
Mr.. Young came to his Office yester-
day morning he asked Mr.. Henry,
who had an office with him, the name
Of his coachman. Henry replied:
Eve have a new man" and Mr..
Henry gave a different name than
Taylor.
HE was cut last night said Mr..
Young.
"Yes, replied Henry, "but how did
you find it out? It was not publish
ed in the papers,
Young replied: T dreamed it, and
that's all know about it. 2
Now both Mr.. Henry and Mr..
| Young are puzzled about the coinci,
dence. Cincinnati Enquirer.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25
A Won1an's Tact.

Alta recent ball Nine. Carnot had
the tact to wear the coronet of cam
eos, hoping to stimulate the taste
for these ornaments and assist the
workers in gem cutting, who were in
distress. Having some beautiful
canoes which had been given the
Grand Carnot, : she had her coifffeur
design a charming head ornament.
which she wore with great effect. The
stones Weres set in artistic gold frames
and connected with fine chains to
form a diadem, which proved to be
not only handsome and becoming,
but had the desired effect OF calling
the attention OF the public to the
beautiful art which had been languish-
ing for some time, and already NE
see the cameo worn again as brooch
es and hair ornaments Boston
| Record.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25
AN INVENTIVE EDITOR.
some of tho Queer Freaks of the Late
Edwin Cowles of Cleveland.

Edwin Cowles, the late owner and
editor OF the Cleveland Leader, = said a
gentleman who knew him well, to a
Kansas City Times man, s.Was in many
respects a peculiar and eccentric man.
No one ever questioned his good heart
and sound sense, but he was particulars
" a man of fads and whims. If he was
the victim Of one idea more than another
it was that in him the world possessed
perhaps the greatest inventor since the
days of Stevenson. First and last I
suppose Mr.. Cowles took out 100
patents. There was when I worked on
the Leader green reporter who found
favor in the sight Of Mr.. Cowles as
one ever ready to risk life and limb in
experiments with his chiefs machines.
II recall time, just after the New
ball House fire in Milwaukee, under
the stimulus of which Mr.. G. had in.
vented a Wondrous fire escape, when
the young man was called to assist.
Mr.. Cowles brought his invention to
the Leader building and glowing with
JOY and satisfaction, fastened it in the
fifth story window overlooking Long
street, and nominated his young man
assistant to make the first descent to
the pavement below. The victim pro-
ceeded to obey, as Mr.. Cowles could
not stand opposition, and the result
was after lowering himself few feet
the invention stuck fast, and the re-
porter was suspended between heaven
and earth. The thing was serious.
He was too low to get back to the VIM
dow and too high to get in at the
next story, and there he swung a prey
to terror and the breeze. Efforts look
ing to his rescue were vain, and at last
the fire department found temporary
and hilarious enjoyment in his taking
down.
ION still another occasion the old
gentleman evolved tricycle. which
wound up with huge coil spring and
would run itself like an eight-day
clock. It was started by pressing a
button, and in theory at least, was
stopped by setting small break. Mr..
Cowles brought the continuance down
town and taking along a young re.
porter, determined on an experiment
in the armory. The large drill room
presented the Scene of action. The
machine was wound to the last notch
and its devoted rider placed in posi-
ton and instructed. It was headed
out into the room and the button
touched. Away went the outfit like an
arrow, and the young man, getting
ratified, no break was set, and the
whole business crashed against the
wall at the rate of mile minute.
For some hours it was feared the career
of the reporter was over, but month
in the hospital gave him back again.
He got release however, from further
experiments, and bids fair to live to old
age. These are only two of Mr.. CoWles'
numerous inventions"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25
Poison for Arrow TIPS.

We are indebted to Mr.. Frank. Smith
If Whitewater for a very graphic ac-
count of the manner in which Piute
Indian prepared his deadly arrows. He
gathered a dozen or more rattlesnake
heads and put them in spherical
earthen vessel. With these he put half
a pint Of species of large red ant that
is found hereabouts. The bite Of this
ant is more poisonous than that Of a
bee. Upon these he poured a bit of
water. and then sealed up with moist
earth and a lid of this vessel. He then
dug a hole two feet deep into the
ground. in which he built roaring fire
and put IN some stones. When the in
terror of the hole and the stones were
red hot he made a place in the bottom
for the earthen vessel and put it in.
About it and upon it he put the Goals
and hot stones. and upon the top he
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25
THE ELDER BOOTHS WAYS.
Olive Logan Relates Some Thrilling E1
periences With the Great Tragedfan.

Olive Logan, in her racy volume con.
corning women and theatres, recalls
some incidents in the career of the ell.
der Booth.
Strangely enough says the observ.
ant Olive '.Mr. Booths artistic powers
were as strong when he was intoxicated
as when he was quite sober. Many
aver that his sober Richard was tame
and puerile thing compared to the
noisy Richard of perhaps a hundred
cups.
"When Twas little girl Booth was
once playing in conjunction with my
sister in Memphis, and she sent me one
night to deliver some message to him
on the stage.
The curtain had not yet risen, but
l found Mr.. Booth standing at the
back of the stage, inside the tomb OF
the Capulets, for the nonce unoccupied
by any defunct member of that illustri
Gus house.
Il approached him timidly and de-
liVered my message; whereupon, start.
ing up with the graceful spring of a
tiger disturbed, and Kissed out:
"Ava %da and and quit nay sight! Let the earth
Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold;
Thou M,e. hast no speculation in those eyes
Which thou dost glare with!''
Anyone who has seen Booth and re.
members the terrible intensity of his
voice. the wonderful crescendo which
he placed on the word gla-a-a-re! in
this sentence will not be surprised to
learn that a weak, sickly little girl
should have toppled straight over in a
dead sWoon at hearing it so unex-
pectedly and unjnstly addressed to her
self in the semi-darkness of the Capulet
tomb.
ut is needless to say that the great
tragedian was intoxicated.
'On this occasion, after had been
discovered, and couch had been ex-
temporized for me in my sisters dress
ing-room, remember hearing such
peals on peals of applause for his act
ing that lay there in agonized fear
that he would add further to my dis
tress by playing so well that the audi
ence would tear the house down in their
enthusiasm.
s'The next time saw Booth he was
playing with Jean Davenport. (Lander).
The piece was The Apostate,' and on
this occasion formed one of the audi
ence.
The reader who is familiar with this
play will remember where Alvarez
gives Florinda to Hemeya, who, receiv-
ing her with applause, exclaims: Who
now shall part usp"
''At this moment on strobe the ter
rible Pescara and roared the one word
II
''Booth was intoxicated again, and
his whole bearing so reminded me of
the previous occasion when he had
given me a fright from which I had not
yet fully recovered, that, forgetting
decorum and everything else, started
up from my seat and rushed pell-mell
out of the theatre.
On several occasions 7 saw Edwin
Booth, tall slender boy, who seemed
all eyes, standing behind the scenes, in
tently watching his fathers perform
ances and | remember wondering if
the little boys father ever frightened
him as he had frightened me-.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Jacob kluth was arrested at Forest City
on a charge of selling liquor to Indians and
taken to Huron for trial. Other arrests will
follow. ~ t..
The contract to furnish l, O25 tons of coal
for the hospital for the insane at Yankton
was awarded to St. Paul firm at the price
of 1854 per ton.
The Carthage News says the small grain
crop in Miner county is looking better and
promises q larger yield than for number
of years. ..~.
The cutworm is doing heavy damage to
crops in the vicinity of Ordway. In some
instances the ground is as bare as before seed
ing, the worms cutting down practically ev-
cry spear of grain. "
John Wall, aged TO- Sully county herder,
was the other day sent to the Yankton asy.
lum for tire atment. He became insane from
reading yellowbacked literature and mag
ines he is the star character in a wild west
drama 1t is thought he will soon recover.
Thirty.nine and one-half miles from the
Redwater irrigating canal has been complet-
ed and turned over to the Redwater Land
and Canal company, of Minnesota. Thee
nal carries 1000 inches OF water and is de-
signed to irrigate over 100 farms besides
supplying large amount of power. Over
six months oflabor and $40, 900 have been
expended on the work. "
Fifty cases Of beer were received by an
Aberdeen liquor dealer the other day. He
attempted to reship the goods to other
points, but the railroad and express com
panies refuse to handle it, believing that
they would make themselves amenable tc
the state law by so doing. The consign
ment had reached it's original de stinaton
they claimed, and could not, under the law
be rebilled and reshipped.
A party of Pierreites Travelled 100 miles to
the mouth OF Cherry creek to witness the big
feast and sundance of the Sioux, which has
been i'll progress at Chief Humps camp on
the north bank of the Cheyenne. When they
reached the river they found that it was
Swollen SO that it was impossible to cross
and the hostiles threatened them with dire
results if they approached the camp. They
returned to Pierre without seeing the bic
show. .-s . ...... ~ haas
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25
Need of Men. Not of Special
ri. lists

The evil to be greatly unprecedented,
by reason of the tendencies of opin-
ion in the popular mind of late, is,
as it seems to me, that weshallbring
forward a generation Of imperfectly
educated specialists in this country.
No result is, in my Judgment, moro
to be deprecated than this. Indeed,
it may be doubted whether in every
sense such result could properly be
regarded as progress at ALL The
fathers had at least a wide outlook,
as far as their field Of vision reached.
They believed in men not mere work
ers in the great human workshop.
They believed in individual men, full
grown and matured in their whole
manhood, and notin mere scholars
or practitioners in some one section
OF life or knowledge, whose mental
culture should be limited to that one
section.
Men are what we need in this coun-
try; not lawyers, or physicians, or
AAAAAAAo O"A ., DuU WIZ, WudU.
ever may be their profession; men
who, whatever may be the extent OF
their knowledge in their own peculiar
science, know much that is beyond
their science, and see the glory of all
knowing and of all truth. Educa-
ton, according to the true view of it,
is like religion. 1t seeks the individ-
ual that it may bestow upon him, in
himself, the fullness Of it's blessing.
1t strives to perfect the world in it's
own sphere by making perfect the in
dividuals who form the world. tide
sires, and tries, therefore, regarding
this as it's first and foremost work
to give completeness to each one
whom it approaches. -Presi dent
Dwight in Forum.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25
eHecti in the leg, the second went through the

effect in the leg, til q second went through the
bowels, the third grazed an arm and the
fourth took effect in the back Both had
been drinking and got into quarrel. Lewis
says Palmer drew a knife on him. Palmer
will die and Lewis is in Jail,
Ex-City Justice C. E. Foster was married
at Casselton to Miss M. Mccormick OF Bill
ings, Mont The ceremony was performed
on board the east-bound train on the North
ern Pacific, the bride coming from the West
on that train, and being joined by the groom
with a clergymen and a large party offriends.
They were at once assigned a car, and the
clergym an proceeded at once to BUSINESS.
The couple will make Detroit, Mimi, their
future home.
Representative Hansbrough is making an
effort to have inserted in the general defcien-
cy bill provision appropriating SIS, O00for
the agricultural college at Fargo The last
year that amount was granted to each state
and territory, and, the college in South Da-
! kota being in operation, got the amount.
The North Dakota college started May /,
huvinga two'months of the fiscal year for
which the appropriation was made. 1t is
probable that the committee will allow the
amount for these two months.
The house joint resolution donating the
personal property of the United States to
North and South Dakota passed the senate
| to-day. 1t provides that all papers, books,
records, fixtures, furniture and all other per
sonal property of whatever kind belonging
to the United States and heretofore used in
administration of the territorial government
of the Territory of Dakota, or used by the
| constitutional convention framing constitu.
tons for North and South Dakota, are here
by donated to the States of North and South
Dakota. provided that said states shall re-
ceiye in amount and kind OF such property
as was fixed and agreed upon by the joint
commission. of the constitutional conyen.
tons
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25
A Member Who Saw 1t.

In the Wisconsin Legislature of
three or four years ago there was a
certain member who had been elected
by the grangers with the understanding
that he should vote against anything
which partook Of the nature of mon
opoly, trust, or combine, and favor
everything which didn't. Certain
parties wanted to dam a certain
stream, and certain other parties were
bitterly opposed to it. Each had it's
lobbyist, and the opposition got hold
of the granger member first. They
stuffed him full of figures as to acreage
of land which must be overfowed, the
financial loss to farmers, and gave in
an estimate that the slack water
would increase the death rate along the
stream SO per cent. When the lobby
ist for the mill dam got the ear. of the
member he was ungraciously received,
but proceeded to say:
Il don't deny that our dam will raise
the water and flood some land-per-
haps the two hundred acres claimed.
In Summer time the slack water may
also add a trihe to the sick list; but, sir,
what inspires the oppositionp'
Public spirit for public good, I be-
lieve.''
Does it? Have they made you be-
lieve any such nonsense as that? Can't
you see through the gauze which wells
their effortsp''
SIS there any-any trickery here?"
lis there?s Dead loads of it, sir, and
[ wonder you haven't discovered it.
These parties own a big cat-tail swamp
half a mile above where the dam is
to be. Our water will cover the swamp.
They have discovered a. way to mix
cat-tail fuzz and geese feathers together
to make feather beds, patented the idea,
and propose to bull the market and run
one-half the geese of America out of the
country"
..No!'
That's the scheme; and even while
keeping it as quiet as they could.
enough has leaked out to boost the
price of goose oil 80 per cent?
.'Why, it's monopoly!''
''That's what it is-the biggest kind
of a monopoly-a corporation without
a soul. Why, you can't buy a goose
bone now for less than % cents, and
quill tooth-picks will soon be a nickel
apiece!'
Il seeI see.. The scoundrels! Well,
you shall have my vote and influence,
and I thank you for setting me right.
I might have played into their hands
the Wretches!n
And he not only voted for the bill,
but worked for it and secured its pass
age, and the opposition could never get
his ear for any denials or explanations.
N Y. SW7a.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25
NORTH DAKOTA,

All bad characters are being banished from
Grand Forks.
The Great Northern will build anew depot
at Grand Forks. 's-
1t is expected that Catholic cathedral, to
cost $50, 900, will be erected at Grand Forks
this year . -...-. II.
female convict arrived at the Bism arck
penitentiary the other day, being the first in
the history otthe prison.
Deadwood authorities think the train
robbery which took place near New Salem
the other day was planned and executed by
crooks from that city.
The belle at a recent dog feast on an Indian
reserv a on in Dakota wore a jacket trimmed
with teeth from $50 elks, which she herself
had slain. She is the granddaughter of the
chief of the tribe.
The election for county superintendent of
schools at Bismarck was spirited and excit-
ing, the ladies' exercising the right to vote
for the first time under the new law One
hundred and fifteen out of a vote of 400 were
ladies. w. T. Perkins was reelected over
Campbell, who was generally Endorsed by
the ladies, by about 200.
The first general school election under the
state constitution which permits women to
.
vote on oil school questions occurred at
jamestown. The city elected the board OF
education, consisting OF seven members, oil
which two are women. Mrs. 3. P. Wells
and Mrs. 81. C. Hotchkiss. Avery light vote
was polled about $50 ladies voting in the
whole city.
Orders have been received at Fort Totten
within the past week to vacate about half OF
the buildings now used by the troops sta
toned there and to have them ready for oc-
cupancs by the Indian school which is soon
to be started. This school will be the larg-
est institution of the kind in the United
States 1t is expected that it will have rom
700 to 500 Indian children in attendance
AT Mandan, William Palmer, boss painter
of the Missouri division of the Northern Pa
cifc railroad, was shot four times by George
Lewis, one OF his men. The first shot took
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25
The Fishes Dinner Bell.

Not far from Berlin is Charlotten-
burg, where there is a great palace
with splendid gardens. The German
fathers and mothers take their little
ones to see wonderful sight in these
gardens, through which winds the
River Spree. Now, in this same river
is quantity of carp, and it is. to see
them fed-and to feed them-that the
little Heinrichs and Gretchens love to
go to Charlottenburg. These carp are
very aged, some of them. and as cum
ming as possible, for when certain
bell rings they all come rushing in
shoals, knowing perfectly well that it is
their own dinner-bell; and they are
never disappointed, for the public de-
light in feeding them.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25

Henry Miller, the Keokuk bell boy, who
fell out of a filth-story window at the Hotel
Keokuk a few weeks ago and escaped serious
injury, broke his arm while playing base ball.
superintendent Carr, of Webster county,
has decided to issue no more third-class Ger
tifcates to school teachers. More than
enough teachers OF the first and second class
can be secured.
The Waverly Republican says that the
farmers OF Bremen county are prosperous
and Well-to-do; that nobody need worry
about the poor farmer so lar as that locality
is con cerned.
A keokuk masher insulted ayoung woman
on the street the other day, when she pulle d
small revolver and chased him down the
thoroughfare at a lively gait, shooting at
every step until the weapon was emptied.
Luckily or unluckily, her aim was bad and
the object OF her wrath escaped injury
Phillip Homann and Mike Bongasser, two
farmers living near Ackley, were seriously in
jured by their wagons breaking through a
bridge, precipitating the whole outfit into the
stream below. Homann had three ribs brok-
en- and suffered internal INJURIES from which
he is not expected to recover.
groceryman hitched his horse near tele-
phone pole while he took shelter near by
One terrific bolt spent its force on the wire
over the horses head, knocked the animal
off it's feet, melted the wire and ran into the
ground. The horse got up and fell do wn sew
eral times before the effects of the shock pass
ed off. The driver also was slightly shocked.
The Des Moines river land has been de-
cided by Judge Shiras. The opinion filed
dismisses the case of the government against
the river land company and confirms the
company's title to every odd section of land
for five miles on either side of the Des Moines
river in the state. Much OF the land has
been sold to settlers by the company on
warranty deeds aud they will not be distrib-
uted Seven hundred settlers who though
mistake got their patents from the land
office and who occupied 100000 acres must
move off, Trouble is expected.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25
WISCONSIN.

Alvin Baker, conyic ted of horse-stealing at
Nelllsvlle, has been sentenced to the Indus
trial School for Boys at Waukesha.
Tillie Spreeburg, Racine domestic, has been
arrested, charged with stealing $3.50 worth
of dresses and jewelry from her MISTRESS Mrs.
Charles Freeman.
Burglars ransacked the post-office, W. P.
Clarke's drug store and ". W. Clarke's book
and jewelry store, at M iton securing numer-
Gus small articles.
The reflected rays OF the sun on the bottom
of a milk can set fire to the residence of H.
B. Cummings, of North Prairie The flames
were discovered and extinguished before
much damage was done.
Otto Pomeran his Sister Emma and Fred
Shiering were sailing on Lake Winnebago a
short distance from shore. The boat cap
| sized and all three were thrown into the wa
ter. The young lady was drowned, the
young men escaping.
George N. Worden, whose divorce suit at
Madison was recently given publicity, finds
himself confronted with serious charge.
The plaintiff, who was Ida Bauer, of Madison.
alleges that few months before Warden Is
marriage to her he was married to Lydia A.
Bell Of Chicago.
Two years ago George Croft, of Oshkosh,
loaned a friend $40, to be returned by mail.
Soon after he received a letter asking if he
had received the money. Croft replied no.
Soon after he received letter with the $40
in it, and the friend declared he had once be.
fore sent the money. This week Croft re-
ceived the first letter co ntaining $40, which
was sent August II, 1883, to Ashland, and
had lain there two years.
Reynolds, of Fond du Lac, was seriously
burned by carbolic acid. The little one was
playing about and discovered the bottle OF
acid, which she attempted to drink The
mouth and lower part of the face were badly
burned, also a portion of the neck and
shoulders. Medical aid was quickly summon
| ed, and the pain eased as far as possible.
The child, although terribly injured, will prob
| ably recover.
| J. White, who at present is an inmate OF
the Northern State Hospital is very anxious
| to gain his liberty, and intends to apply for
writ OF habeas corpus, Mr. White is well
| known in Wisconsin; has been sheriff OF Win
| nebago County, and at one time was a prom
inent candidate for the nomination of COVER
nor on the Republican ticket He is about
| 60 years old, and his home is at Omro, thou oh
for the past six or seven years he has been
| confined at the asylum-not during the en-
tire period, but in an intermittent manner.
/ IOWA.