New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-04-01
Mrs. Barbara Lorenz, an aged lady.

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died on Thursday
Editor Hodges Of the Sleepy Eye Her.
aid was in Town Wednesday.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Ross will arrive
home from Minneapolis to-day.
The doctors report several cases OF
la grippe throughout the county.
| Jos, Schumacher celebrated his 42nd
birthday anniversary last Tuesday even
| ing.
| Werner Boesch went to Marshall
I Friday to attend the funeral of his
grandson.
/ Dr.. G. W. Lilly and F. Houck, one of
the New Ulm defenders, were over from
Winthrop Saturday.
Louis Vogel is building a residence
on German Street on the lots adjoining
those of Werner Boesch.
The new proprietors of the City Drug
Store, Messrs. Kiesel and Henningsen,
| arrived and took possession to-day.
/. Sheriff Mead has chosen Sheriff
ISehmelz as.one of the deputies to assist
in the execution of Clifton Holden.
ASconcert and ball will be given at
Union Hall on the evening of the 18th.
The dance will be under the auspices Of
the City Band. -
VIC. Brown, of the Winona s. St.
Peter Land Co., was IN the city for
few hours Wednesday, He is still sta
toned at Springfield.
The ladies of the Turnverein are now
busily engaged in making preparations
for a Fair to be given May 23rd and 9th.
They have taken unusual pains this
year, and propose that the affair shall
eclipse anything held heretofore.
Read the new ad of Heller 6 Setter,
which appears in another column, and
watch for c. H. HorDburg's announce
ment in the next issue. Note also the
change in the ads of j. F Crowell, H.
Loheyde, F. Kuetzing and Chas Wag-
ner. -.
% On the new letter heads of the EN-
pire Mill company appears the litho-
graph of the mill, the Office and also
a new elevator that the company pro.
| pose to erect this fall. The capacity of
the proposed elevator will be 100000
| bushels.
VIM. Tesmer went to New Ulm Fri
day to get his artificial limb. DR.. Str1ck-
Ter has it, having ordered it sometime
ago. Mr.. Tesmer has considerably re-
covered from the shock of amputation,
and travels around quite easily with the
aid of crutches.-Sleepy Eye Herald.
| A letter has been received by COL
Pfaender to the effect that in view of
the failure of the American Loan and
Trust Company, negotiations have been
made with another and stronger COM
pany for money with which to build the
road. The matter will be explained in
the caucus tomorrow evening.
The new Alliance paper made its ap-
pearance Friday. 1t is an eight page
paper and is we'll filed with reading
matter and advertisements. That it will
prosper for a time at least there can be
no doubt, for it has not only the patron
age of the farmers of the community,
butts advertising columns attest as we'll
a liberal support at the hands Of our
business men.
Quite an inter esting case is now pend
ing in the probate court. 1t grew out
of the settlement of the estate of the
late John Jacob Smith, which con-
sisted Of four acre Let, and involves a
question of considerable Importance. A
decision in the case will determine
whether four acre lot in this city or
only one-half acre of the same is ex-
empt from execution, or in other words
whether the surviving wife of the de-
ceased is entitled to hold the four acres
! or only one-half an acre under the
homestead exemption law. This point
has often been raised, but has never
been brought up in court before. It
may therefore be considered test case.
At Turner Hall on Saturday after.
noon, Prof. D. N. Harper of the State
Agricultural school delivered q lecture
on the culture of sugar beets. The
meeting was held at the instigation OF
the Milford Farmers Club and was at.
tended by about thirty five farmers from
the immediate neighborhood. The lee
turer, Mr.. Harper, is an easy talker,
and his half-heur's discourse showed a
wide knowledge of the subject, which IS
now agitating the western farmer. He