New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-02-06

The chess club met with Prof. REIN
last evening.
Chas. Hauser of st. Paul was in the
city yesterday.
Geo. sSchlcmann was over from Win
tarop during the week.
John Knudson, clerk in Behnke's store,
is laid up with the measles.
Geo. Book has gone to Mile Lac
county to look after his saw mill inter
ests.
Mic Roger, an old New Ulm musici-
an, has started band at Waseca. and Is
at present its leader.
a little son of Henry Hanschen fell
against stove yesterday and received
| bad wound on the head.
Miss Amanda Norell, young school
teacher, died at the home of her uncle
Oscar Erickson, in Springfield week
ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Schell rejoice IN
in the arrival of little son and heir at
their home early Thursday. morning.
Mother and child are doing we'll and
Otto is supremely happy.
The youngest child of Michael Ran
| weller of West Newton died Sunday and
was buried yesterday from the Catholic
Church in Fairfax. Lucy Hertz of Fair
fax also died on Friday.
Mr.. stoll of Springfield has sold his
business property in that village to NJ.
Lehrer for $50 acres of land in Bashaw
and $1,000 in cash. The property con-
sisted of two-story brick building.
The fire department held meeting
Monday night, and, in addition to drop
| ping certain members, it was decided to
supply the city with suitable fire alarm
system. A committee was appointed to
push the matter.
Representative McClea,y has been
compelled to change the date for hold
ing the competitive examination at
Pipestone for cadet at West Point from
Feb. 22nd to Feb. s6. This is owing to
the fact that the regular examination for
admission to the academy will take place
at Ft. Smelling on the LIST of March.
The annual meeting of the stock-hol-
| ders in the Hanska and Linden creamery
was held on the 31st The attendance
was not large, owing to the blizzard, but
the German members from Cottonwood
and Sigel were fairly we'll represented.
Anton Ouren presided and read report
for the year which showed satisfactory
results from the years business. Some
important and valuable suggestions were
made by the manager, Mr.. Brewbaker,
but the principal business of the after
noon consisted in deciding to pay for
the new separator outof the sinking fund
and in leaving to the directors the insur-
ing of the creamery in a reliable compa-
ny. The election of officers resulted as
follows: President, Ole Jorgenson; Sec
rotary, Theo. Thormedson; directors,
John Reinhard and jacob Synsteby.
Mr.. Brewbaker was unanimously re-elec-
ted manager for another year, and it was
agreed that milk should he hauled every
day from the 18th of February.
Chas. Jacobs died at his home in this
city last Wednesday noon of old age. He
was conscious almost to the LIST moment
and passed away without the slightest
pain. Mr.. Jacobs was born in Bockenem,
Hanover, on the 9Th of July, 1910, and
was therefore nearly eighty-five years of
age. He married in 1887 and twelve
years later sailed for America, where he
spent the first winter at New Orleans. In
April OF 1856 he removed to st. Louis
and in 1857 he came to Brown county
alore to look over the country. He was
pleased with the surroundings and wrote
to his family to sell everything in St.
Louis and move on to join him. They
did so and arrived here in June. They
settled on the banks of the Minnesota
and started a small store, at the same
time running a ferry. When the Indian
war came, he was still running the ferry
and was unlucky enough to be the man
to transport the troops of Col. Flandreau
across the river to check the depredations
of the Indians on the bluffs. After they
had crossed the Indians on this side saw
their opportunity and swooped down up
On him, burning his store and destroying
! the ferry. Jacobs himself managed to
fight his way up town and there found
1