New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-02-11
Wheat is worth SO cents o-day

Mr.. and Mrs. e. G.. Koch contem.
plate a trip to California and Germany
in the spring.
Geo. Gieseke of CORTLAND purchased
lots in this city last week and will erect
residence in the spring.
Gov. Merriam has appointed Francis
Caldwell of lie Sueur to succeed the
late Judge Edison of the Eighth district.
The entertainments hich was to have
been held at Turner Hall on Sunday
evening, has been postponed until the
evening of February %,
A paper was received at the 7stof-
fee this week, sent from Carrleo, Portu-
gal. and addressed to % Augshurger
Strasse, New Ulm by Ulm. Only a
few thousand miles out of the way.
that's all.
G. A. Hagberg showed the writer
the other day specimen of carving
which he obtained from an old Bohe-
mlan in St. Paul It represents the
Last Supper" and the thirteen figures
are true in every respect to biblical de-
scr'ption. For detail and expression it
gives evidence of remarkably skillful
Workmanship, and Mr.. Hsg berg is GER
tainly justified in pricing it highly.
Marriage licenses have been granted
recently TO the following parties: Cal
vim Smith and Aibertene Affolter; Peter
Permantgen and Elizabeth Sci4mitz:
Julius Jordan and Mathida Raddalz;
Rudolf Schaffier and Magdalena Hrlget;
Anton. Harrison and Katherine Wust-
rer; Frank Beijer and Mary Jeske;
George Ditz and Theresa Grunet; Franz
Raschka and Lena Enper; Kristine c.
Dahl and Christina Enger; John Klein
schmidt and Emma Ziegenhaugen;
Joseph Schluck and Helena Duschel.
The following telegram from Red
wood Falls to the Minneapolis Journal,
under the heading of Arrested for
Embezzlement," will attract interest
Eere as one of the parties referred to
was at one time resident of this city:
G. j. Buckeye, of d. NJ Osborne &
Co., has caused Neuman & MCKAY,
hardware merchants, of Morgan, Mimi,
to be arrested, for EN- bezzlemcnt ofgoods
sold for D. NJ. Osborne & Co. under
consignment contract for 1889. The ar
rest has caused sensation at this place
and Morgan. The case has been con-
tlnued until the next term of court and
the parties have given bail.
In Switzerland, says an exchange.
the rich pay taxes out of all proportion to
those of other classes. The system of
taxation is known rs the progressive
tax scale. AS for instance, one owning
81, 900 worth OF property pays taxes on
ly on one-half of it, while the one own
ing $25, 600 worth pays taxes on eight
lenths Of it, and another with 800, 900
worth of property pays taxes on the
whole, the last named paying fifty times
the TAX Of the frs named. There is al
so an income tax and the rich paw out
of all proportion to the poorer classes.
hen rich Swiss dies, and it is dis
covered that he has not reported his
full income, every penny Of taxes held
back is now deducted with compound
interest and fines. Railroads are under
control Of the government and all earn.
ings above hxed profits 90 to the
government.
The glimmer of light in the upper
w1ndowssof the Jail building on S.tur-
day night Indicated thata Jury was in
session there. endeavoring to decide
upon most momentous case. A farmer
had trespassed upon another's land.
He had been hauling wood and, instead
OF keeping exactly in the road, had
verged Il few feet from the straight and
beaten highway and had left tracks in
the snow on the plaintiffs land
Therefrom grew the suit. Carl Fors-
ter was the plaintiff and Thomas Forst-
ner the defendant. Sigel was the scene
of the ofense. and 500 was the estima-
ted damages. Attorney Eckstein APP
peared for the prosecution and
Lawyer Steinhanser for the defense.
Justice Baasen ruled over the court.
while a picked body of intelligent men
sat within the jury box and listened to
the conflicting evidence. A half dozen
or more OF witnesses were brought for
ward to tell different stories, and then
followed a legal tilt in which the old
court room was made to ring with the
forensic eloquence of the opposing at
.torneys and resound with the clash of
heavy arguments on questions Of law,
evidence and fact. At haIf-past four