New Ulm review., 1895-10-02
TheILocaI
News Of
the Week,

the Week.
Fred Meyer has gone to Pierre to test
the mineral baths
Miss Sophie Schubert has returned from
her Springfield visit.
Alvin s Sondau will do the plastering
WORK for the new depot.
Henry Engel has rented the Weschcke
building on German Street.
Rev. Baumgarten leaves with his FAM
lily for his new home to-day.
Mat Siebenbrunner is building a two
story brick addition to his saloon.
Of. H. Behnke left for Winona and La
Crosse on business last Saturday.
w. j. McHale of Tracy is spending a
weeks vacation here with his brother.
Andrew johnson will attend the Man
,kato Commercial College this winter.
DAndrew j. Eekstein went to the Twin
Cities on Monday..afteruoon on business.
Supt. Scherer of Mankato spent Thurs
day and Friday with his parents in this
city.
There will be an increase of 25 cents
per capita in the school spportoin-
ment this year.
A couple of strangers-were here satur-
day and spent the day in searching the
Minnesota river for pearls. =
Otto Furst, the Milwaukee travelling
man, was made member of Lodge No.
2l of Hermann Sons Friday evening.
A carload of eggs was shipped from
here Saturday to Los Angeles, Cal. The
freight charges alone amounted to $424.
Geo. Buschers of Fairfax has removed
with his family to Bird Island. George
is the son of Albert Buschers of Couft-
land.
Fhe report of the state auditor shows
that Brown county school districts have
loaned $543 from the permanent school
fund.
John Backer and wife, after spending
week with relatives in this vicin-
ity, returned to their home at Echo on
Monday.
Robert Hartman of St. Paul spent
Sunday here with his wife at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Behnke. They
returned Monday afternoon.
The new insurance law went into effect
yesterday. 1t provides that all compan-
les in case of total loss are liable for the
full sum mentioned in the policy.
Judge Collins of the Supreme Court
has written book on the Sioux Indian
Uprising of 1862. He wasa participant
in the expedition led by Gen. Sibley.
Miss Marie Collins, the clocutiouary
reader who has appeared in this city on
a number of occasions, has been invited
to read paper at the Atlanta Exposl.
ton.
Roger Denzer, the St. Peter amateur
pitcher, has been signed by Capt. Co.
miskey to play with the st. Paul team
next year. So far he has proved mys-
terry as twirler.
Martin Lorenz of Morgan has traded
his lot on Centre Street in this city to
Rose Phillis for 80 acres of land in Red
wood county. The Phillls family have
already located here.
Five teams were put to work Saturday
grading up the grounds around the new
depot 1t is the intention to, have fine
Oou1CF al u Ou lllc WcSS Slut anu Tie rest
of the grounds divided off into grass
plots and flower beds.
Dick Gerdes who was committed to
the insane asylum from Renville county
a couple of months ago, died at the hos
pital in St. Peter on the 22nd. Dick was
a well-known figure in this section, and
his ending is sad ore.
While Simmet Bros. were moving their
rig in Lafayette last week..
tirc caught on the coat of one OF the men,
who held the hose. Not knowing that,
it was fed with hot water he turned it OF
himself and was consequently badly
scalded. .....@
John c. Geiger went as far east as
Waseca last week in the interests of the
band tournament, and had it been pos
'ible to secure a special train large