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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
IOWA

q. r. Lloyd died at his home in Mason
City. He was an old settler and one of the
most prominent capitalists. He was a
member of the first city council and was
also a member of the board of supervisors.
1t is reported that marble has been found
in large quantities and Of fine quality near
Bonaparte, a few miles west of Keokuk.
Missouri parties have secured the privilege
ofdeveloping the quarries.
William Hebener, a well-to-do farmer of
Augusta township, near Burlington, COM
nitted suicide the othernight. The deed
was prompted by domestic trouble. He
was the tather-in-law of County Surveyor
John Nau.
A new invention in the way of a safety
passenger car has just been patented BY j.
A. 1erger. of New Ham pton. The top OF
the car above the ventilators is SO arranged
that as soon as the car turns up on its side
it is thrown off, allowing a means of escape
for the occupants in case OF wreck
Among railroad men in Mason CITY. it is
the opinion that the Chicago, milwaukee
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
y CHARMING CROWD.
Louisiana Kid CANDLES in Soapy SMITH!
Place With Loud Results

Louisiana Kid CANDLES in Soapy Smiths
Place With Loud Results.
CEEDE. Col, Feb 1l-A shooting atfray
occurred Friday night, the particulars Of
which have been suppressed. AS lar as can
be learned no one was killed.
Louisiana Kid had been gambling in
Soapy Smiths place and had lost his
money. lie had been complaining that he
had been robbed, when he was promptly
Knocked on the head with a six shooteG
and thrown out OF doors. The Kid. thirst
ing lor revenge, lay in wait outside. and
soon two of Smiths gang came out The
Louisiana Kid opened fire OH the two men,
which they were not slow so return. The
1lnng then became general. and many by
ISLANDERS had narrow escapes.
The result was that the manager Of
Smiths place, whose name cannot be
learned, had both his thumbs shot oft,
slight wound in his body and an arm
broken. The Louisiana Kid received three
shots, one in he neck and two in the body
None OF the Mounds are fatal. No arrests
We're made
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
PRETTY STIFF CLAIMS.
The Wounded Sailor. of the baltimore

The Wounded Sailors of the baltimore
Ask for over Million Dollars
SAN Francisco, Feb. Is. The state de-
partmentW will be astonished when it gets
IN a lew days the formal claim of the
sailors on the Baltimore, who were
wounded by the VALPARAISO mob. LAWYER
+. Alleyne Orr has the cases Of twenty -four
men Who were all wounded in Valparaiso
streets. They are common sailors or coal
beavers, but they want big money for their
rough handling by the Chleans. Their
combined claims loot up 81, sos 900.
The largest sums are demanded by John
Hamilton, sailor, and jeremiah Anderson,
coal HEAVIER. They apply Tor $780, 600
apiece. Hamilton has three bad wounds and
declares that there is still piece or Chilean
ia sger III the wound that refuses 70 heal
Anderson is disabled by several wounds,
the most serious being in the lung. Other
claims vary from $500, 900 to $50, 900.
When Orr was asked why these men,
who had never had SO much in all their
lives a> one years interest on the indemnity
demanded, make such big claims, he Said
we don't want to have any OF the balance
OF the indemnity that is to be pa Il 20 back
20 Santiago. Chile may pay S.. 900 OO0."
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
j Is. Has His Own Xvny

PARIS, Feb. 15.-The secretary Of the
British embassy in Constantinople~ had all
audience with the sultan Yesterday, and it is
semi ficially announced to-day that the
hrman OF lnvestiture Of the present khedive
OF Egypt has been prepared. and that it is
worded III the exact terms of the firman in
vesting the late khedive Tewtik Pasha.
This is regarded as Il success for English d-
plonlacy, asi defeats the attempts to in
duce the sultan to insert in the tirman in
struclions to the khedive rejecting upon
the English supremacy in Egypt The sui
tan preferred to adhere to the old furm in
order not to embarrass the khedive The
ceremonies Of invcstiture will take place in
Cairo in accordance with the desire Of Eng
land and With thesconcurrence of the khe-
ui va
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
All Quiet in fsraz1i.

PARIS Feb. 15-Col. Zezedello, the newly
appointed foreign minister at Rio Janeiro,
cables that the rumors of an impending re-
volt in Braz! are untrue. Since the restora-
ton oilcgal order in November last the ele-
ments OF agitation have had no existence.
The different states organize their own gov-
ernments without fear Of disorder resulting.
The banking question is in a, fair way 81
settlement. No further issues will be an-
thorized. The government has no financial
difficulty to contend with, and has obtained
u vote of confidence from congress. Senior
Lebo will become minister OF the interior
IN place of Senior Periera, who has re-
signed.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
WISCONSIN,,

John Bantin, Of the town Of Utica. Win
nebago County, died at the age of SO years.
Martin Christensen, of Racine, had his
leg broken by falling on the pavement.
The death is announced of John Come
ford, of Madison, at the age of 60 years.
Mrs. Ferdinand Weight, of Appleton pass
ed away at the age of 50 years.
A new l, 600 candle power are dynamo.
has.been received by the Electric Light
Company at Appleton.
Frank Mealcy well-known young man
ofRacine County. died at his home in Wa
terford, aged 81 years.
The marriage is announced of Miss May
Webb, ofShullsburg to William OFT. of
Hampton, Ia.
Ransom Gaylor, pioneer Of Winnebego
81 years.
John N[osher, an old resident of Racine
County, died at his home in Racine, aged
81 years,
Miss Charlotte c. Hass was united in
marriage to Henry Colwell, both Of Apple
ton.
l.. c. Parkhurst, blind inmate of the
county poor house, at Ashland committed
suicide by cutting his throat. Parkhurst
was to be taken to milwaukee to have his
eyes doctorcd: ...-
Theodore Grim a prisoner in the county
Jail at Milwaukee awaiting trial in the fed
eral court on charge of selling liquor to
the Indians of Oconto county, hanged
himself in his cell.
In the United States court at Mil waukee
Ambrose M. Otis, ex-postmaster at Cole
man, Marinette county, who was found
guilty OF robb.ng registered letters, was
sentenced by Judge Jenkins to five wears
imprisonment in the state prison.
Charles Larzelere, the defaulting treasurer
of Langdale county, who lett Amigo about
year ago $4,000 short in his accounts, has
been arrested by the sheriff of this county at
Carrlngton n. D. He will be brought to
Amigo as soon as the necessary requisition
papers can be secured.
Gardener Smith, who was formerly book
keeper and cashier for C. OVERLY, Of Rice
Lake. was arrested at Fremont, by
Sheriff Speed. Henowles in Jail at Barron
to await his examination charged with
theft and embezzlement by Mr.. OVERLY.
Smith is young married man. This is
not his first offense.
The jury in the case ofthe state VS.. John
Blazen at Ashland, returned verdict of
not guilty. Blazer was charged with MUIR
der, his victim being John Bredson. who
was shot q few weeks ago The shooting
was admitted by Blazer, who claimed it
was done in order to protect the honor of
his home.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
THE BEAUTY OF WOMEN.

An Interesting Rhapsody From the
Pen Of Ex-Mayor Carter Harri-
son.
In his Christmas sermon Bishop
Potter mourns because woman has
beauty, and says it s.leads her to sin,
and defects the flowing OF LIES
stream" He even doubts if tits worth
while to have beauty at ALL
Bishop, close my eyes and go back
in years to the time when, a tiny
baby I lay in a-woman's lap. look
up into dark brown eyes, and upon q
face full OF female beauty. can not
speak. My infant tongue can form no
word, but | COO out in gentle muir
murs: "My beautiful mother" A
few years roll by. l lie on rug at a
woman's feet on a warm summers
day. A dove gently COOS on q tree
close by; a cricket chirps on the sum.
mer's hearth, and the old clock in the
corner goes tick tuck-tick tuck
tlck-tuck. The woman gently
huns q sweet song as she fans my
cheek. l close my eyes and dream.
| dream of my beautiful mother.
Long years 60 by. I am past a half.
century old. l am pressed to WON.
ans heart. She is past three score
years and eighteen. An ocean will
soon divide mother and child. Her
eyes are yet soft and brown; a flush
OF love is upon her face as she blesses
her son. never saw her again. But
in my heart lives her image-the i'm.
age OF q beautiful woman. The scene
shifts. [ am standing at Gods altar.
Hook to my side and see beautiful
girl. AS l placed upon her finger a
circlet fgold our eyes meet, a flush OF
love mantles her cheek, Tor she knows
am whispering: "My beautiful wife. !"
Mother and wife sit now above in
white-robed purity, and, thank God!
both were and both are beautiful.
Bishop, womans beauty does not
lead her to sin, nor does it defect the
plous flowing OF LIES stream Do not
try to teach men that beauty leads to
sin. A French woman once, when
told that something she wanted to do
was naughty, replied, eyes, but it is
so nice to be naughty" Ifyou teach
men that it is doubtful whether it is
worth while to have beauty or not, !"
you will have empty benches to preach
to, and your congregation will be
standing on street corners by day.
light and at night, with lanterns in
hand, cropping, like Diogenes, after
beautiful sin. No, no! Grecian genius
waved a magic wand and the Apollo
sprang from cold marble. Greek gen.
ius looked upon q human model and
the chisel turned hard stone into un.
dulating Venus. Raphael. dipped his
pencil into tints stolen from the rain.
bow, attuned his heart to a. song
chanted by angels, and the Madonna
della Segiola exercises sin from the be.
holder. Murillo caught flame from
genius, and his ascending Mary con,
vlnces the looker-on that the immac.
ulate conception was a possibility.
Again. Bishop, take layman's ad.
vice: Donot grow Old Chicago Times
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
Ocean Travel.

London = Sighted: Georgian. Boston
Helve, New Orleans; Memphis, Baltimore
Virginia. Baltimore
,Phiiadelph ia-Arrived Lord Tough, Liy-
erpool.
Quecnstown-Lord Give Philadelphia;
Aurania, New York
Boston-la Jake Superior, Liverrool Scan
dinauian, Glasgow
New York-Arrived: Belgenland. Ant,
werp; Figilancia, Santos; La Gascosne-
Havre
New YORK. Feb. l4-Ths evening the
steamboat William Fletcher took off the
cabin passengers of the Steamship City OF
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
A Deduction.

A little girl 3 years old has a way oil
deduction which is quite unique. Go.
Ing into the kitchen, she was surprised
to see the lid OF the teakettle lift itself
up and down. The cook told her it
was steam, and she seemed satisfied.
Several weeks after she was travelling
by train, and seeing a locomotive in
the depot, asked her mother what it
was
When told it was to draw the train,
she wanted to know how, and the
force OF steam in the teakettle was re,
called to her. The next day, while
talking to gentleman, she suddenly
remarked:
.'Do YOU know horses isn't pulling
this train?"
sNo." he said. "What is9D
"a dreat bid teatittle. Harper
Bazaar
Didn't Want Him on the Free List.
Young Man Ledger: 'sWill you mar
ry ne??'
Landlady: "Let me see. Youhave
boarded with me four years. You
have paid promptly. You have never
grumbled atyour food. No; I cannot
marry YOU;
Perhaps if I had acted like Duffer,
and abused the coffee, grumbled at the
scarcity OF butter, always been a
month behind in pay, you would have
married me-"
Eyes, perhaps ! would. AS it is /
will marry Dutfer.p
WHAT"
Yes. I will marry Duifer. He needs
some discipline. You are too good a
.boarder to have on the free list.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
SOUTH DAKOTA.

The Davenport Milling company will
open an elevator at Clear Lake.
A New state bank is being organized at
Clear Lake with a capital of $4,000. John
Swenson of Candy, Mimi, will hold ma
jority of the stock.
Minnie Newton, daughter of a leading
merchant at Wolsey, met her lover at Run
ming Water where the serious knot was
tied and they are now living ON farm in
northeastern Dakota
Five hundred and twenty-three dollars
in cash, contributed from the Russian
farmers located in the vicinity of Yankton
were sent recently direct to Northern Rus
STA TO the famine sufferers.
The Vermillion w. C. T. q. at its last
meeting appointed committee for each
drug store in the city, with instructions to
make list o! those purchasing liquor on
atfidayits last month. The work has begun,
and shows some strange features.
At the preliminary trial Charles G. Lin
coin, cashier Of the Hill City bank, OF
rapid City, offered no defense and was bound
over to the next grand jury. The general
opinion is that he will be acquitted and
that others are really the guilty parties.
Harry Pattee, living six miles west OF
Big Stone City with Chester Kingsley, his
brother-in-law, has always been considered
harmless lunatic, but while Kingsley was
out watering horses he went into the wood
shed and cut his throat. He is not ex-
pected TO recover.
J. M. Bunker, late Of the Iowa division OF
the Milwaukee, has been appointed superin-
tendent Of the James River division. with
headquarters in Aberdeen and arrived the
other morning with the superintendent OF
the Hastings d Dakota division and other
officials to assume his duties.
Rev DR.. Shetland, pastor Of the NJ. e.
church at Aberdeen, and his wife have re-
ceived their appointments. as superintendent
and matron, respectively, of Indian schools
on the SissetOn reservation. The apoint-
ments take effect the 2lst inst. The super
intendent receives $1,000 and the matron
1920 per annum.
The business men of kimball have form
ed banking corporation and applied to
the secretary Of state for permission to or
ganize under the name "Kimball State
Bank" The capital stock is $1,000. w
III. Wyant will be cashier of the bank. The
building formerly occupied by the Farmers
and Traders Bank, which went out of bus
mess ayear ago, has been rented.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17

locked his door and would not allow any
one to come in. An inquest was held and
the verdict was death from excessive drink
ing.
At a meeting the Bismarck city coun-
ell an ordinance was passed fixing the Ii
cense of billiard and pool rooms at 500 per
month, and resolution was passed in
structing the chief of police to close up all
places where intoxicating liquors are sold.
It's suspected that this action is blind
for an attempt to collect revenue from the
illicit saloons which the authorities will
not suppress.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
THE GREASER FELL.
An American Teiesrapher Fatally Shoots
Il Mexican in y Dnai

EAGLE Pass Tex, Fen. l5.-At a fan
dango given ut Villa Muqulz, Mexican
village iorty miles south OF here last night,
Harry Carmen. an American telegraph OPP
orator, and Cuerto Flores. u young Mexi-
can rancilero. became involved i'll quar-
rel over a lair senorlta.
The American was challenged 70 duel
and promptly accepted. The principals
and their seconds stepped out Of the dance
hall and measured off the required number
Of PAGES III the center Of the street. The
moon gave a flood OF hight and they could
easily distinguish each other. Two rounds
were ilred. Neither was lit the first shots,
Carmen receiving the bullet in his watch.
On the second shot the Mexican was struck
III the chest and fatally wounded. Carmen
was arrested ana is confined in the ms. ado
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
"JACk the -kisSer.

LEBANON, Ohio. Feb. 15.-Race trouble
in the public schools is creating great ex-
element Two colored boys have been
playing Jack -kisser with white girls.
Punishment, by their teachers did rot stop
it, They have been brought before the
mayor and reprimanded Meantime the
opposition TO both races attending the
same school is becoming intense
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
WarciME IN Egypt.

LONDON, Feb. 15.-According to advices
from Egypt civil war is raging in khartoum
and vicinity. CheTif the claimant or the
Khaliphate. is said to have been victorious
III some battles against Abdallah, chief of
the Bagsara tribe. khassala is reported
depopulated.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
HORSE MEAE.
1t Commands High Prices III !aris as al
Article Of Food

Article of Food.
PARIS. Feb l5.-'Thc rise in prices OF beef
caused by the new tariff has led to a large
demand or hcrsetlesh in Paris. According
to report Of the police prefecture, horses
and mules slaughtered represent over one
third OF the whole quantity of meat con-
sumed. Fillet Of horse or donkey is re-
tailed at 10 pence per pound, steak at I
pence and Inferior parts at 2 pence. Worn
out animals are rlsing in value and are
being bought up everywhere within "a.
dlus Of three hundred miles of Paris.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-17
4hreatening Elnmes IN Mempl,is.

MEMPHIS. Feb. Is, 2::25 a. ma fire on
Howard row, or Union street has broken
out and has attained considerable head
way. AS it is in the thick of the
h.sire portion of the city and near a
hotel, the loss will probably be serious.
The whole tire department has been called
out.
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and Grapvlne on the Eastern end oy
the middle Of July, leaving a gap be-
tween the two points OF about hfty-nye
miles. The work all along the line IS
being pushed as rapidly as possible
Messrs. Waugh & Bailey, who nave
been working some four miles below
Williamson, Logan county, for the
Thompson Bros. as sub-contractors on
the n. & w. railroad, jumped their
contract last Tuesday night about IL
o'clock, taking their mules and horses
along. and leaving a considerable num-
Der of creditors ia that locality to mourn
their losses.
Work will soon be commenced on the
Ohio River depot at Glendale and the
Wheeling and Elm Grove stations at
Altenheim and Elgington.
o. r. Woods, the local passenger
agent OF the Wheeling aud Lake Erie,
Is doing a biz lot OF good work for his
road. He has captured lot OF business
during the heated term and Is doing his
share In the effort TO make the w. q Il.
L. a popular line.
The repairs to the "Pewiky" bridge
over the creek will likely occupy the
remainder OF the week. Travel will
not be discommoded.
AN the local roads have done big
passenger business the past week, and
the prospects for the immediate failure
are good.