New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-21
The Scientific American, published

The Scientific American, published
BY Mum & Co., New York, presents
weekly to its readers the best and most
reliable record of various improve
ments in machinery, while the scien.
tific progress of the country can in no
way be cleaned SO well as by the regu-
lar perusal of its pages.
Miss Lilly S. Grigg, of Bradley, South
Dakota, who we take to be the grand
daughter Of the late freeman Talbot, of
LIE Sueur county, claims to have written
the first lines suggesting the propriety
OF the monument recently erected at
New Ulm to commemorate the siege at
that place. If our surmise is correct,
the young lady is entitled to the honor,
and that of presenting the resolution to
her grand. father Talbot Mankato Re-
view.
A state convention of the state ma
tional guards was held at St. Paul last
week. The purpose vas to secure aid
from the legislature for the better
equipment of the several regiments.
1t was decided to ask for $40. 900 in adj
dition to the regular appropriation Of
$40, oO0, TO be used in the purchase OF
Overcoats and blankets for the several
regiments. It is doubtful however if
the present legislation would tolerate
any such expenditure.
The St. Peter Tribune Is evidently
endeavoring to furnish its readers with
another Younger brothers cave story.
A gentleman, it says, who lives near
Swan Lake, tells that the people in
that vicinity for week past have been
considerably exercised over uhe appear
ance at the west end of the lake, of a
being part human and part animal, the
face and body being covered with long,
shaggy, hair. The curious being will
not allow himself to be approached by
anybody, but fees with the speed of a
deer from the approach of human foot.
steps. Hen roosts suffer from his
nightly visits, and COWS are MIXED in
the stable by him. He has been seen
by a number of people, and the gentle
man says there is considerable commo-
ton at that section of the lake. The
young ladies refuse to 60 anywhere
without young gentlemen to escort
them, whilst the old folks go it alone.
There is talk of a ring hunt to capture
the varmint, be he man or animal. The
strange object is not over four feet
high.
j. fl. Strong, liveryman from At
water, near Litchtield, was in town over
Sunday, looking for a man who had hired
horse and buggy from him on Wednes-
day to go six miles into the country, as
he said. The young man never returned
and the liveryman of course concludes
! ei1'o ~ - u S!ttll C'tSc VI tlOlSt-SledlluO.
The supposed thief passed through New
| Ulm Thursday night. He came into
town shortly after six O. clock, took sup.
per at the Dakota house and left most
likely the same evening. As he asked
for . livery stable and as be stated in
one of the business places OF town that
he would have to drive sixty miles the
next day, it is considered certain tina,
he still had the horse with him. He
was q young fellew, not more than
feet and 6 inches in heighth. He regis
tered at the hotel as A. F. Page Of
Minneapolis, aud his card gave him ou>
as manager of the American Pump
Iron Works of that city. The company
was talegraphed to for information ant
the answer received was to the effec
that he VAS still in their employ anC
was then at Mason City, Iowa. He act
ed very peculiarly, aud gave more evi
dence of being cracked in the cavity
Ewhere the brain is supposed to be, thar
Of being horse-thief. If it was a case
Of intended theft, then.it was certainly
one of the most poorly planned OF
record. IT,.
lPERSONAL MENTION.