New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-08-14
Wednesday Aug. IA, 1895.
Newspaper Comment.

lies take snuff alrmOnt Oentlnel.
There is little doubt that the idea of a
third term has taken possession OF Gro
yer Cleveland's conceited noddle. He
would make an ideal candidate of the
cold bugs.-Falrmont Sentinel.
Close upon the dedication Of the mon
ument to the confederate dead in Chica-
go, about which a few people more par
tisan than wise tried to stir up a muss,
we find that the people of New Orleans
are to have an equestrian statue of Gen
eral w. S. Hancock, to adorn one Of, thelr
public squares. This is one CT the most
encouraging signs that the bitterness
which characterized the late war is lying
uut-Le Sueur Sentinel.
Last month the public debt increased
100000, including the S31 100000
in bonds delivered to the London syndi-
cate. \ few years ago, we were IN the
habit Of noting a decrease Of the public
debt at the rate Of $s,eOO,0oO to .$12,-
100000 a month but since Cleveland has
been elected to spend his time i'm fishing
1T Buzzard's Bay, and his cabinet officers
TO cruise about in placid waters atthe eN-
pense Of the government, things have
been reversed, and every month for a
long time past has seen millions added to
our national igations.-Le Sueur
News.
The new state banking law became
operative on the 1st day of the present
month. This law makes every director
of state bank or financial institution
personally responsible for the conduct of
the affairs of the bank. Heretofore the
responsibility has rested solely upon the
presidents and cashiers of such institu-
tions. The new law will tend to make
those institutions more safe and reliable
than they have been in the past, and for
that reason they will be more literally
patrOnized.-Le Sueur News.
\ fool woman in San Francisco, tried
to kiss "Durant' the murderer the other
day. Whether innocent or guilty, Dur
ant stands charged with the most brutal
and fendish outrage and murder of two
of her sex. \ woman that is so lost to
shame as to try to fondle total stranger
charged with such hideous crime, de-
serves to have her name execrated by the
world and the dshonor she has brought
upon her sex expiated by her social os-
tracism, no matter how high her stand
in society belle Sueur Seminal.
The Globe says Mr.. Bland is not a
Democrat If this is so then it would
appear that the Democratic party in Mis-
souri, has disappeared, as the remnants
seem to be with him.-Mankato Free
Press.
People in the vicinity Of Pit1sbnrg
have d movement in favor Of composite
roads, says the st. Louis Globe Democrat,
consisting Of Il maca0amiZcd track a dOZ-
en- feet wide with q dirt road along side
pl it. 1t is we'll known that dirt roads
IN the summer afford rleasanter driving
than any other kind, but in winter OF
continued wet weather they are at the
other extreme. 1t is stated that this
combination road can be built for $40.
900 ii mile, or about half as much as one
macadamized full width. The idea seems
t be one worthy of general attention
and careful experiment.
The acquittal of Miss Flagler by The
corpncr'> jury at Washington for shoot
ING the little negro boy Green, for steal
ing fruit from Gen. Flaglcr's garden, is
perhaps not the end Of the matter
Though the shooting was accidental dis.
played great rccHlcssness in the use OF
which happen too often, cannot be too
severely censured. \ single human life
is worth more than a thousand pear or
chards.-St. Paul Dispatch.
Reports from all over the Northwes,
are to the effect that the Russian thistle
is not ubiquitous and joyful as of yore.
Six months ago the pest was pictured as
the bane of the farmers, and was expec-
ted to ruin the agriculturists. Now one
hears little about it. Early frosts, rains,
better crops and little attention have
scotched it for this year, at least. Or,
maybe, it was those red ink circus pos
tiers did Minneapolis Journal.
take no stock in general calumnia-
ton of public men, for affirm that there
is no country where the public service is
on higher plane than it is in the United
States of America; but if there be any