New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-01-09
Miss Pietrus of Pierre, s. D., is visit
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ing with her sister, Mrs. Andrew J. Eek
stein.
Company A has elected new officers as
follows: President, Robert Fritsche;
vice-president, Capt. Steinhauser; secre.
tary, M. O.. Peters: treasurer. Louie
Mueller. Mr.. Fritsche has since de
cined. " " '
Thieves made an effort to crack the
safe In the Office of the Fullerton Lum-
ber Co. Sunday evening, but did not sue
ceed in opening it. The knob was blown
Off however, and other damage done to
tie safe, amounting to about $50.
And now such papers as the Mankato
Review and the Blue Earth CITY Post
are trying to account for John Lind's
views on the financial question by charg-
ing him with being silver mine owner.
Mr.. Lind would like to know where it
is located.
The annual election in Sleepy Eye oc-
Cured on New Years day. Here are the
successful Candidates: Mayor. L. P. Jen-
son; recorder, F. 81. Buelow; treas, A.
A. Larrabee; assessor, M. F1antz; Justice
y. j. Owens; street commissioner, FIR.
Clague; alderman, A. K. Peterson, An
ton Steffen and c. F. Mellenthine.
The programme the next literary at
Turner Hall Sunday afternoon will in
cl de piano, zithern and vocal solos, re-
citations and readings in German and
English and essays on American Politi-
clans, Literary Women of the Present
Day and German and American Humor-
its. A debate, on whether the president
should be elected by popular suffrage
for one term only or not, will conclude
the afternoons entertainment.
The Mercantile Association held a
meeting Friday evening and elected the
following officers: Pres, Geo. Jacobs;
vice president, F. 81. Behnke; secretary
and treasurer, Geo. Graft; directors, the
officers and John F. Neumann and Theo.
Crone. The organization of Board of
Trade was discussed and G A. Ottomeyer
and Geo.Graff were selected as delegates
to the Northwestern Board of Trade
convention to be held in Minnea-
polls on the 10th of this month.
The Springfield Advance Of this week
contained the announcement that NJ: G.
Robertson has concluded to leave Min
nesota and return to his old home in In
diana. This announcement will be re-
ceived with good deal of regret
throughout the entire country, for Ro-
bertson was jovial, able and GENTLE
manly attorney with hosts of friends
He has twice served our county in the
capacity of county attorney and has al
ways been popular. At court sessions
he was ever a favorlte.
Yesterday the change was made in the
county officials, some of the old
ones retiring and others taking
their places. Krook goes out as
auditor to be succeeded by E. P. Ber-
trand, who will be succeeded as Judge
of Probate by Jonas Laudenschlaeger of
this city. Capt. George will take Jor-
genson's place as deputy, while Larson
will assume the chair in the clerks Of
flee so long warmed by the genial Capt.
Burg as treasurer, Pfaender as register
and Anderson succeed themselves. So
does Geo. Boock, but a new official an
pears in the uperintendent's office in the
person of 81. L. Runk, and a new attor
ney in L. G.. Davis. The new faces in
the Board of Commissioners are those of
P. D. Raverty AMI Clement Halvorsen.
A special to the Minneapolis Journal
from Redwood Falls on Thursday re-
veals the following relative to the Otto
murder mystery. People here believe
there is some clew in the Otto murder
case that will implicate persons whose
skirts are yet clear, though some of them
have been popularly supposed to know
more of the crime than they have told.
Mr.. Schumacher of the Pinkerton agen-
cy was again at Morton, Beaver Falls and
Redwood to-day, still probing the Otto
murder case. There is a strong public
sentiment that the county commissioners
OF Renville should take up the case, have
all the former witnesses who appeared
before the coroner's jury recalled and
thorough investigation made. County
Attorney Miller is said to be favorable
to this proposal. Detective Schumacher
yesterday stated oIcertain persons that
he would SURELY make. a ronnd. mn before