New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-04-22
Wheat is worth 81. 90 today.

s0unus1y SutGe. 5Ss
Mayor Pfau of Mankato was here
Friday on legal business.
Dr.. Stricken will leave for Buffalo,
New York, next Monday.
Wheat took sudden rise last Satur
day and in New Ulm sold for 90 cents.
w. Alexander will work for Geo.
Dayton. the Singer sewing machine
agent.
Harrison Schmidt of Mankato was q
caller Friday evening. He is spending
the summer with his uncle in Cotton.
wood.
Mary Manderfeld, daughter Of widow
Manderfeld Of Sigel, died last Friday,
aged twenty-five years. The funeral
services were held Sunday.
Che store stock of Schroeder Bros. at
Essig was sold by j. G. Zieske on Mon
day to Julius Schroeder who will con-
duct the business in the future.
The steamboat made by Chas. Tober-
er and Max Burg was given its first
trial this year last Sunday. A locker
on would certainly have considered it
an ingeniously constructed craft.
w. Eibner mas adorned his restaurant
with soda fountain fixtures, manufac-
tured by Henry Koehler. They include
counter and French plate glass case,
both of which are models of workman.
ship.
Caleb Allen, an old resident OF this
county, living near Sleepy Eye, went
up to Montevideo last week to visit his
sister. While there he was crossing
the railroad track one morning and was
struck by a moving train. One of his
feet was cut of in the accident.
Judge Brandt decided the j. Smith
homestead case yesterday. He holds
that under the homestead exemption
laws OF this state the widow is only en-
titled to select one-half acre of the 4
acre lot as the homestead. holding furth-
er that she is also entitled to one equal
undivided one-third of the balance of
said 1 acres, free from the testementary
disposition thereof by her deceased hus-
band, but subject in it's just proportion
with the balance of the same to the
payment of the debts of the deceased as
are not paid from the personal estate.
The death Of Mrs. Alvina Gley, wife
of Friedrich Gley, occurred last Friday
morning at about eleven O'Clock. She
had been sick for some time, and being
an old lady her death was not unexpect.
ed. Mrs, Gley was born in Friedland,
Mecklenburg -Strelitz, June 29th, 1921.
and was consequently in her seventy
first year. At an early age she was
married to her present husband, and in
1866 they came together to America.
New Ulm was their first destination.
Here they remained continuously and
gathered to themselves large circle of
frsends. The result of their union was
four children, only two of whom, Fred
G. Gley and Mrs VIM Winkelmann
are now living. To these and to the
surviving husband the Review extends
its sympathy. knowing that it will be
shared by our citizens in general, by
whom the deceased was always held
in respect. The funeral was held from
the residence Sunday afternoon, Rev.
Albrecht officiating, and was largely
attended.
BY the end of the week contractors
will be busily engaged in improving the
Eagle Mill. The improvements are to
be of an extensive nature, and when
completed, at very great expense
70 the owners, will be something for
New Ulm citizen to appreciate. The
contracts for most Of the work were let
last week. E. P. Allis Go. of Mil
waukee were awarded that of supplying
the machinery, which is to be new
throughout the entire mill and which
will enable them to turn out more and
better flour, if possible, than at present.
The contract for building the fifth story
to the mill was secured by Barnett &
Record of Minneapolis, who will also
erect the company's elevator at Essig.
Work on this portion Of the mill has al
ready been commenced and will pro-
coed as rapidly as possible. A storage
house in close proximity to the mill will
also be erected at once. This will be
u by % feet and two stories high. Fred
Widell of Mankato will put in the foun-
dation, and Barnett & Record Of Mime.
apolis will construct the rest of the
building. As these improvements will
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