New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-04-08
INGENERAL.

Judge Altgeld, of Chicago, decides that q
wife may sue husband for SANDER
ALL but four of the Italians killed at
New Orleans areshown to have been voters.
A BILL for the taxation of certain railroad
land is passed by the Minnesota house.
l. ITALIAN laborers in Pennsylvania form
an association. or Malta society.
The New York Smelling and refining
Company Of New York has been put in a
receivers hands.
/ Gov. MARKHAM Of California has signed
the bill making train wrecking punishable
by death.
The ice in the Missouri has broken: and
is running. out rapidly without the pros
pect of much overflow.
David Taylor, associate justice of the SUI
preme court, died suddenly at the supper
table at, Madison, Wis.,. aged seventy-one.
The cause was heart disease.
The American National Bank of Kansas
City, which failed jan 10, has resumed
business. The bank has over 81, 725, 900 in
cash in its vaults.
ALL papers in Alabama will publish
call for a convention to meet in Mont
gomery on May 20 and start moveme nt
to raise $10O, 900 for an exhibit at the worlds
fair
"A gas tank exploded in Keene's photo
graph gallery at Redwood Falls, seriously
injuring v. NJ. Keene and his infant son
The gallery wassdemolished by the explos-
ion. Mr.. Keene was conducting an expert
ment, which resulted as above stated.
The steamer Westernland. from Antwerp,
landed 1887 immigrants at the barge Office
Forty musicians, said to have come
t,a,, 10, \
tained at the barge Office until their cases
can be looked up.
AT Birmingham, Ala, decree Of the
chancery court was rendered ordering the
sale of the Mary Pratt Furnace, which has
been recently thrown into the hands of a.
receiver. a half million dollars is inyoI-.
we'd.
The grip scourge. in Pittsburg is still
holding on with deadly results. Some
seventy -two funerals occurred in one day
recently and an equal number were post
poned on there being shortage of hearscs
and carriages.
The district convention of the Epworth
league held their session at Chatfeld
Nearly 100 delegates and 20 chapters repre-
sented. Prominent ministers present are
Revs. Bibbie and Corn ish, of Winona:
Jennings, of Red Wing; White, of Lake
City; Doran, of Rochester, MINI.
REPORTS received ct the office of the
Kansas state board Of agriculture indicate
that there is more moisture in the ground
in Western Kansas than there has been at
this season for many years. The acreage i'll
wheat is much larger than last year, and,
barring hail storms, the crop will be an
enormous one.
SUPERINTENDENT of immigration Weber
says the immi gratl on from Italy is rapidly
increasing, in fact leading that Of all other
countries. The figures for March are: Italy,
1868; Germany, 1885, Great Britain and
Ireland, 1856; Hungary. 1859; Austria,
3, 484; Russia, 9233;; total, g, 3338. Sixteen
hundred and seven Italians were landed ut
u The state irrigation convention wasl large
ly attended, thirteen of the eighteen coun-
ties in the irrigable district being represent
ed Five delegates from each county were
appointed to attend the interstate conven-
ton, with &. H Hole Of Huron, s. D., chair
man and Ma. III. +. B. Cofiinand State En-
gineer Baldwin as commit eemen at large