New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08

Holden, the prisoner, is very sick
with quinsy.
a little girl arrived in the family of
George Marti, Of Milford, Monday.
Jacob Hardegger. who killed man
at Lake Madison in little Fourth of
July celebration last summer has been
found guiltYat Mankato of manslaugh.
ter in the second degree.
Aug. ScheH now has in his iee~house
100 loads of ice, and is hauling yearly
100 loads a day. He will need FROM
1900 to 1,600 during the coming~s1m-
mer. j. Hauenstein will use about the
same amount
The coming masquerade ball at Tur-
ner Hall promises to be one of those
regular ''old time'' affairs in which the
people of New Ulm were wont to take
such interest. The Ladies' Society
have the matter in hand and are work
ing hard for its success. A full pro-
gramme will be published later on.
On Monday evening the Fire Com
pany elected the following officers;
Pres, FIR. Pfaender; Vice-pres., Ferdi-
nand Crone; Treas, W. E. Koch; Sec,
VIM. Brust; Revision Committee, C. L.
Roos and F. Behnke; Capt, Chas.
Stole; Foreman of Hook and Ladder
Company, Chas. Gebser; Foreman of
Engine Company, Geo. Boock; and
Foreman of Hose Team, Louis Vogel.
If the Lind bill should pass for dis.
trict court division, Brown County
would be in the second along with Fari.
bault, Martin, Jackson, Mobiles, Rock,
Pipestone, Murray, Cottonwood, Wa
tonwan, Blue Earth, Waseca. LIE Suuer,
Nicollet, Redwood, Lyon, Lincoln,
Yellow Medicine. Sibley, and Lac qui
Parle, the courts of which would be held
at Mankato.
On the Northwestern railroad bridge
over the river at St. Peter, Waterman
is placed to prevent people from cross
ing. The other night a man started to
cross, and succeeded in getting almost
over when he was caught by the watch
man. A'scuf1e ensued and the watch.
man was arrested, because he had per-
formed his duty. and fined $13.67. Kind
of queer justice they use in that town.
we should think.
A special invitation is extended to
the ladies to attend the coming
Farmers Institute. Certain fea-
lures have been arranged particu-
larly for them, and sessions will be
held in the least room of Turner Hall
to which TIE ladies of town and country
are all cordially invited. On Monday
afternoon and Tuesday morning, Mrs.
Willett NJ. Hays will give lessons on
cookery, which cannot fail to be inter-
esting, and we would therefore advise
the ladies to attend. 49,.
The Board of Trade committee on
Railroads for thfs year consists of Chas
Wagner, NJ. Mullen, P Scherer, j. F.
Neumann, and Chas. Staebe. These
gentlemen are all known to be interest
ed in securing this much needed i'm
provement for New Ulm and we trust
that they will endeavor to do some ef-
fectual work. We have heard the
statement made by some, that they
could secure Il road within six months
if an exertion was made. IT that is the
case, certainly they should 60 at it. 1t
would be complete give-away. on
themselves if they didn't.
The tax law Of Minnesota has been
incorrectly quoted by the papers dur
ing the past few days. The law is as
follows: All taxes are due on the first
Monday of January of each year.
Personal property tax becomes deln-
quent March 1st, when penalty of 10
per cent is added. Personal property
taxes unpaid April LIST are collected by
the sheriff. On June 1st penalty of
10 per cent. is added to all unpaid real
estate tax, and said tax will become de-
linquent on the first Monday of January
following, when an additional 5 per
cent is added. Feb. LIST "a charge of 25
TO 80 cents for each description or lot is
added to pay advertising and clerk
fees. In February all unpaid taxes are
advertised and the first Monday in May
the annual tax is begun, after which
time interest is charged at the rate of
II per cent. per annum. - MANKATo Re-
VIEW.
The following from an exchange is as
good advice to New Ulm people as to
those of any other town: Now that the
new year has rolled around, let our