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


The Christensons, of Merrill, whose foundry
a nd machine shop was destroyed by fire, are
rebuilding SO rapidly that they will be able
to renew the business in a few weeks.
The 10-year-old son of Prof Bareuther,
who LETT his family at Oshkosh and went to
Canada, died gu the 18th of prostration, re-
sultin from long crying. Mrs. Bareuther is
very i'll.
petition was circulated at Baraboo, and
was largely signed by prominet officials and
business men, as call for Judge Siebeeker to
be candidate for circuit judge Mt the Spring
election to succeed the late Alva Stewart
Burglars at Ripon made an unsuccessful
attempt to break the safe in Hiram Sted-
mans store. They broke the hinges knock
ed off theknob. and pried and chiseled until it
became dangerous to ext tend their stay upon
the premises.
milwaukee is to have another first class
hotel, and It's location will be on the East
Side, on the corner Of Wisconsin and jefferson
Streets. which not only builders but artists
consider the very best location for structure
of this kind in the whole city
Andrew j. Welton. of Plover, who was
adjutant of Gabe Bouck's regiment durn
the war, died on the 10Th inst After the
battle of Shiloh, in which he took part, he
was taken prisoner and NAMED in Southern
prisons for several months.
The. case in the Ash land circuit court oft
heirs of j Ohm Bell. known in pioneer days as
the "King of the Apostle Islands, against
Thos stahl, for the recovery OF property
claimed by Stah, was decided against the
hplrS thp Sfa t,rto of 1ini
Stahl.
The Appleton Electric Street Car company
suspended operations, never having paid.
1t cost SGT, 900 four years ago, and could be
bought to-day for $4,000 There is about
$4,000 Indebtedness and $500 floating
debt. An effort will be made to organize a
new company and put electric lights in con-
nection if this rolling stock will be sold out.
Christopher Latham Sholes. one fthe ear
ly settlers OF Wisconsin, has died. He gained
national reputation as the inventor of the
first successful typewriter. He was one of
the earliest of Western newspaper men, and
mad been state senator, member of the as
sembly, acollector OF this port postmaster
OF henosha and Milwaukee and a member OF
the board of public works oil Milwaukee.
IOWA.
A doctor who fled death certificate with
the city recorder at Dubuque recently called
for it later in the day and explained that
the patient was not dead.
One of the long lost dollars of 1906 has
been discovered by A. M. IngersolI Of Bur
lington. He found it on the levee near the
Mississippi river. 1t is in good state of pres
ecvation.
In the jail at Ottumwa Henry Murphy, q
burglar awaiting transportation to the peni
tertiary, stabbed and seriously injured tel
low prisoner named j James Hill, in quarre
over pointin table etiquette.
swindler givi ng the name of E. F. Glib
| berson worked several farmers in Webster
county by getting them to sign what ap
peared to be tree ORDERS but which in reality
were promissory notes.
Mrs. Thomas Niliana, wi OF q Rock Islant
railroad employe. OF Keokuk, claims to b.
one of FIVE heirs to an estate worth s4S,
900, 600, left by wealthy Englishmun named
Ford, recently deceased
Hamilton county has LA school buildings
valued at $67,S25; employs 162 teachers a
an annual compensation of S36, 61o.7o
There are 2,703 males and 2, 739 females O
school age in the county
The Charlton Herald says most of th
prairie land in Lucas county is fenced ant
used, but it is estimated that there are 80.
900 acres of brush and timber land lying IN
fenced and unused except as free pasture,
BY order OF the county board two CLAN
dered horses at Gering have been shot arr
two Others quarantined. A suit for damage
has been commenced against MIR. Brown, VIII.
sold the horses
Samples OF yellow ochre discovered at In
dianola, at the depth OF thirty six feet, hay
been tested, and from the satisfactory re
ports received the people there are inclined
to believe they have struck bonanza.
Wapelo is seriously considering the advis
ability of putting in an electric light plant
orga nizinga building and loan association
forming company to manufacture. paper
the erection of a large hotel building an,
many other needed improvements.
Willis Phipps is in Jail at Boone on {
charge of making the recent murderous as
sault on Mayor Wells 1t was supposed a
the time that the weapon used was a bee
bottle but it turns out to have been u ham
iiiei " nieuCl lIOm u wagon. PnlpDS WAS
arrested in Greene county and taken back tc
/ Boone.
Hartley couple applied for a maria %
license at the county clerks Office in Spence,
few days ago. They were refused because
the prospective bride was not of legal age
The would be bridegroom was also the lega
guardian OF his intended and he staggered
the clerk by writing out and placing on file
/ his free consent to the ceremony.
While playing about some freight cars a,
Rock Island the other day little boy name
Clark was fastened i'll an empty car by his
companions. just then an engine hooked
onto the car and the boy was soon speeding
on bis way to Muscatine. At that place the
| boy vas released from his unpleasant posi
| ton and returned to Rock Island. He had
nearly cried himself sick
An old gentleman living at West Keokuk
while carrying a lighted lamp around his
| room the other night was taken with an
epileptit fit and fell to the floor. The lamu
was broken and the Oil ran on the floor
| about the old mans head and took fire. The
opportune arrival of his daughter was.the