New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-04
SINFUL SETTINGS,

1t has been discovered that John William
son, under arrest at Sedalia. Mo-, for MUIR
dering Jefferson Moore and his son, also MUIR
dered his own wife, Williamson will proba-
bly, be lynched. ..
At Toledo Madame De We're, who was
found guilty Of forgery, received a sentence
of ten years at hard labor in the pententiary.
She Was a clairvoyant, and forged notes ag-
gregathng some 500, OOO.. XIV. f..
The aNimber mystery has been cleared up
by the finding of the unfortunate English
mans body in a large reservoir which sup
plies Montreal with water. His throat was
cut and around his neck was tied towel
Thomas Lyons, of Silver City, n Mex,
shot and instantly killed John R. McManigle.
He claims to have found McManigle and
Mrs. Lyons In compromising situation. All
were prominent people.
Herbert Clancy of Chicago is being sued for
100000 damages in the Kings county IN.
W supreme court by Miss Carrie Windolph
OF Long Island City for breach of promise
OF marriage.
Near Jonesville, Mich, John Beard, aged
eighty-tour, quarreled with Alexander Shippy,
81 farm hand. Beard shot Shippy and then
himself, and afterward cut his throat. Ship
Ply will probably recover, but the old man
will undoubtedly die.
Complaint has been made against Captain
Stewart OF the American ship ohm Harvey,
now at Philadelphia, OF cruelty to sailors
and the abandonment of a cabin boy who
testified against the captain at Barbados,
West India.
D. H. Arnold, who has been on trial at San
Francisco for the murder of S. W. Garness
whom ne shot and killed in January last
has been acquitted. The murder grew out
Of no cira111 lott ion Of clo
rected at the members of the Arnold family
Lightning rod swindlers are working por-
tons OF Iowa, perpetrating their frauds prin-
cipally upon German farmers. They claim
to have bought 1O, 1000 feet of rod. and want
ing to introduce their rod offer to give the
unsuspecting granger all he needs if he will
pay nominal sum Tor, points and braces
Upon close examination of the contradictory
point and brace ordered is equivalent to
twenty feet of rod. A number of farmers
have been caught.
The dead body of John Flamm, a well-to-
do German farmer living seven miles from
Ortonvile, Mimi, was found in the Yellow
Banks river by his wife. Flamm was last
seen about an hour before dark the night be-
fore by his neighbors, with one of whom he
had had trouble. The body was about TWEEN.
ty five rods from where he was last seen and
was lying face down in about three feet OF
water, with marks OF violence, including q
bad confusion on his forehead. Mr.. Flamm
was treasurer OF his school district and oh air
man OF the town board.
Gen. Jubal A. Early, while engaged in a
hot discussion of war issues ut Richmond
Va, was approached by a stranger who
slapped him on the shoulder and rem arked
my dear Gen. Longstreet, how do you do?
| Early astonished his visitor by exclaiminn
savagely: II want nothing to do with a
man who mistakes me for such damned
rascal as James Longstreet.'s A friend Of
the latter who was standing by demanded 8
| retraction. Early refused, whereupon Long
| streets friends made o lunge tor Early but
| the latter was protected by friends long
enough to escape. The incident has caused
sensation.
Lawyer Sheldon, of Doyleston, Pa, was
convicted forgery and ENHANCEMENT anc
sentenced to twenty two years in the peni
tertiary The ordeal Of entering the court
room proved too much for the once popular
and talented lawyer, who as district attor
| ney of Bucks county had made his brilliant
reputation at the bar of this very court All
! he entered the dock he shrank from the gaze
ofhis former friends and kept his head bowed
As the bills OF Indictment were read louG
groans and sobs came from Shellenberger
His counsel entered the plea of guilty in eact
case. When the words dropped from the
Judges lips: Twenty two years atsolitary
confinement with hard labor Shellenber
ger gave a groan OF anguish and almost sans
to the floor, The blow seemed to stun the
prisoner. 1t was necessary to partly carry
him from the court room.
Attorney Henry Hardie was murdered BY
hostile Indians near Tom bstone, Ariz., and
Gen, Miles has issued orders to pursue the
Indians and to use the same tactics as were
used in the pursuit OF Geronimo. The hos