New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-04-30

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now reiails tinware.
Our CORTLAND correspondence was
received too late for this weeks issue.
John Janisch has broken ground
for new building back of Turner
Hall.
Herb. A. Schilds, of Cincinnati, is the
guest of his brother-in- law. Chas. Sill
version.
Emil Aftermath, of Leavenworth,
brought in three and John E. King of
Butternut valley five wolves this week.
The marriage of Max Reinhart and
Emile Schlumpberger was solemnized
by Rev. Berghold at the Catholic church
yesterday morning.
The ladies of the Turnverein will
hold their Fair next Saturday and Sun
day. See announcement and program
in another column.
Weigand Hauenstein has improved
the interior of his saloon with new
and elegant coat of paint and paper.
The exterior is also being painted.
A representative Of Fairbanks, Morse
& Co, the water works contractors, has
been in the city the past few days. a
storage reservoir of 5000 barrels capac-
ity viii be built at the pump house.
Bishop Cutler, of Winona, will be
here next Sunday to confirm the chill
dren of the Catholic congregation. In
the afternoon the corner stone of the
new Catholic church will be laid, at
which time the Bishop will deliver an
address.
A representative of the Interstate
Building & Loan Association, of Mime
apol:s. was in town for few DAYS of
last week. drumming up stockholders
for that concern. Since the recent dis
turbance in the American it is not an
easy matter to get New Ulm people in
terested in these investment schemes,
and we are inclined to think that the
agent found it out.
They say that the Northwestern is
seriously considering the advisability
of taking Judge Weber into its serv-
ice, as he proved himself very efficient
as brakemen while en- route from
Tracy to Marshall in an accommodation
| train few days ago. Just as the train
was pulling out from Tracy, The Judge
saw Mr.. Hartigan running to catch it.
No doubt ne was interested in Mr. Har-
tigan's appearance at court, for he at
once stepped to the rear of the car and
applied the coach brake for all he was
J worth. Those, who stood around and
saw the Judge prove himself equal to
the emergency. were highly amused and
thought it good enough to tell.
The New Ulm schools will float the
, stars and stripes. There are many
, towns in the state that can boast of as
much. but none that can connect with
it story like ours Some months ago
the Youths Companion, that great pa
per for the young. Offered prize to the
school IN each state producing the best
) written essay on Patriotism. The prize
offered was beautiful flag, and the
writer had to be under certain ace.
J Interest was taken in the contest here.
and number of essays were sent down
by Miss McCaughin's class. Monday
afternoon she received q telegram, stat
ing that Albert Pfaender had been
awarded the prize for the state and that
the flag, which is sure to be a beautiful
one.would be sept to New Ulm at once.
Its purpose will be to instil that same
spirit of patriotism, which earned it,
and 1t will hereafter float from the
: school building during all the school
hours of the day. To have secured it
in this way is certainly great credit
to both pupil and teacher.
Last Wednesday the papers contained
accounts of disease that had broken
out among cattle at New Ulm. They
made big thing of it, of course, and
caused the item to spread everywhere.
When investigated it amounted to no.
thing. The history of it however we
will give to explain everything. Gov.
Merriam was the first to hear of it. He
received his information, it seems,
through Col. Bobleter, a relative of Mr..
Schneider, the owner of the cattle.
From the governor it went to the papers
and they exaggerated it. They called
4 the disease mysterious one and the
malady peculiar. They brought up
i the affair of several months ago, in
which it was said that the cattle had
suffered from eating malt, aud then
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