New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-30

Mrs. Werner Boesch spent ) fev
days Of last week with her daughte
Mrs. Matthews, IN Marshall.
N. Mullen visited the western end o
the county, especially Eden, last weel
and notes as something peculiar tina
hardly any threshing has been done il
that portion, while this side of Sleepy
Eye there remain but few grain stacI s
and nearly all the ground is plowed.
He states too that in his option there
is not town in the county that posses.
ses such fine farms as Eden.
Capt. Stelnhauser has received orders
TO ship all the rifles aid bayonets OF
Company "A = to Chas. Chapel. mill
tary store. keeper of tie state, who in
turn will send them to Springfield,
Mass, to be new sighted, have the bar
rels blued. stocks dressed and otherwise
repaired. Gun sings and helmets are
the only weapons left with which to put
down a sudden and unexpected riot.
The beautiful and inviting home of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lind was opened to
their many friends on Saturday evening
and about one hundred and fifty guests
were received and entertained during the
early hours of the evening by the con-
gresham and his wife. The rooms
were brilliantly lighted and tastefully
decorated, and the cordial welcome ex-
tended to all was such as to cause the
event to be long remembered. ea
The State Board of Equalization
raised the personal property valuations
in Brown county as follows: Horses,
one year old, 10 per cent? years old,
10; 3 years old and over, 5; cattle, l
year old, 25; 2 years old, %; years
old and over, SO; COWS, TO-; sheep, Is;
watches and clocks, rs; melodeons anu
organs, 10; household and Office furni-
ture, 5511 goods and merchandise, 25;
stocks of saloons, Is; elevators and
warehouses, 10; dogs, $50.
The Young Peoples Concert at
Turner Hall on Wednesday drew out q
large audience and merited as large a
one again. There was something So
novel about the entertainment and
something so cute that everyone who
witnessed it was pleased. And then
the little ones sang so sweetly,
looked so pretty and innocent
and acted in such agreeable har-
mony, that one was inclined to wish
that it might be that way always. Miss
Hirsch certainly deserves praise for the
manner in which she arranged and con-
Quoted the concert. ~.
Jos. Schpucker is now engaged in
the construction of u large and substan-
tial ice house. The dimensions of the
building, which will be entirely of stone,
are "a by a and 80 feet high, the walls
being nearly 4 feet in thickness. This
will be used merely for the storage of
ice. Later on Mr.. Schumacher proposes
to erect refrigerator at great cost, and
that will necessitate the building at the
same time of new brewery. When
the time comes, he contemplates put
ting up fine structure of brick and
stone that will show off we'll for the
town and the enterprise of the builder,
In moving to his new store, F. H.
Behnke's safe became locked so that it
could not be opened by working the
com bination, A letter was sent to the
house and instructions received to chisel
off the knob, knock out the combina-
ton plates and thus open the safe by
spelling it to the extent of $40 or $50.
Otto Setter happened to be around at
the time and suggested a different meth
cd of opening. Tipping the safe, he
chiseled off the bolts on the bottom,
worked through the cement, removed
the contents of the safe and opened the
safe from the inside. The job was exc
cuted IN manner to do credit TO the
most skillful expert.
Al the Soldiers Home on the Goth
there occurred the death of Col. J. B.
Trogden, an individual who is known
to almost every person in New Ulm and
the surrounding country. Trogden was
formerly resident of Nicollet county,
where he at one Time owned large
amount of property; but scheming spec.
ulators robbed him of his possessions
and for many years he was compelled
to live from hand to mouth. He was
one of the defenders of New Ulm in go,
and also served his country in the wal
of the rebellion. In spite OF misfor-
tune, he had many friends, and the
news of his death called forth many
kind words for the gallant veteran.