New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-05-27

Conrad Bong, manager Of tho Tracy
Electric Light Plant, Us il the city Sat-
.ur1ay and Sunday
]. q. Lienhari, senior member Of the
firm Of Lienhard Bros. was il the city |
from Friday till Monday.
Miss Hoffman arrived home from
Florida yesterday afternoon and will
spend the summer with relatives.
The only reliable mixed paint on the
market is the Heath 8 Milhgan paint
Sold in New Ulm only " the Pioneer
Drug Store.
H- y. Henry and wife Of Mankato,
and Mesdames Ogden and Parker Of
Gettysburg, South Dakota, were in the
city yesterday.
3. Bendixen Of Springfield returned
the forepart Of the week from Cleveland,
Ohio, where he had been attending the
general conference of the Methodist
church.
Jos. Liebel Of Ridgely was taken to
st. Peter Monday to appear in justice
court in answer to the complaint of his
wife who charges him with abusive
treatment.
The windows and blinds of the east
bound passenger train Sunday afternoon
looked as though they had gone through,
a cannon ball bombardment. The rea-
son was that the train had been struck
! by terrific hail storm between Spring.
field and Sleepy Eye.
The LADIES Society of the Evangelical
Church, of which Rev. seeger is pastor,
has selected a new corps of officers as
follows: Honorary president, Mrs. Gro
ne; president, Mrs. Doberenz; vice prcsi-
dent, Mrs. Wankum; secretary, Mcs.
Marti; treasurer, Mrs. Nagel.
The Plate Glass Association held it's
annual meeting Monday and selected the
old directors as follows: VIM. Pfaen-
der Jr., Andrew j. Eckstein and Ferd.
Crone. The cost Of insurance during
the year was only 16 per cent of the
premium that would have been charged
by any of the regular companies.
The Woman's Literary Club met Tues
day afternoon with Miss Josie Pfaender.
Mrs. Weiser led in the discussion of the
life of Howard Payne and the popular
song, which made him famous, was sung
by the members of the club. Mrs. Web
Der read an interesting paper on "Dis-
contented Women" and was followed by
Miss Pfae nder with vocal solo. The
club meets on the 2nd of June with Mrs.
Setter.
Chas. Sander of St. Peter, who spent
a portion of the summer here receiving
medical treatment, was indicted by the
Nicollet county grand jury last week for
assaulting and ma]treating his divorced
wife. Judge Weber sentenced him to
three years at Saltwater, during which
time Mr.. Sander will probably have time
and occasion to reflect on the rights of
woman and the folly of imbibiLg too
freely of booze. ...
Capt. Wanzer has completed all the ar
rangements for stations and side tracks
on the new road between here and Win
throp. One of them will he located on
the old Klossner farm, about four miles
from New Ulm and will be known as
Lafayette, application already having
been made to the government to give
the proposed station a postofice The
other station, which is on AdolphAnder-
sons farm, will be about six miles from
Winthrop and there is talk of calling it
either Wanzer or Pfaender.
A special to the Minneapolis Journal
FROM Sleepy Eye tells of the Sunday hail
storm as follows: 'sThe heaviest hail
storm III years has destroyed all crops in
strip of country two miles in width
and about twenty long, the edge of the
storm being six miles west of this place.
Wheat and oats are hammered to the
ground and rye almost entirely destroyed
A report reached here that further north
| the storm was cyclonic." "A Lprlngfeld
special also says: One Ct the worst
hail and rain storms ever experienced in
this vicinity passed over SpringfeldSun-
day afternoon. Many window lights IN
town were broken.
The primaries for the Democratic
County Convention will be held on the
3rd of June at the following places: New
Ulm, old court house, Union Hall and