New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
4 son was born 70 Mr. and Mrs. Theo.

a son was born to Mr.. and Ma. Theo.
Waibel last Friday.
VA. Hubbard has rented the Klipp-
stein residence on German Street.
Henry Wehye is improving his Valley
Street property by the erection at a large
barn.
VIM. II. Baker, the Redwood Falls
citizen, who ran for the Senate some years
ago, intends to build new mill in Man
kato.
Frank Wendinger of Lafayette and
Miss Mary Liebel of Fl. Ridgely were
married at the Catholic church in this
city yesterday morning.
]. B. ogle,son of Rev. Ogle and at one
time drum major of the Second Regi-
ment Band, eloped last week with his
stenographer. He leaves a very estima-
BILE wife husbandless in Mankato.
John Kempf, reported to be from New
Ulm, has been granted admission to the
Soldiers Home. The gentleman, who
ever he is, can secure his admission
papers by applying to Col. Pfaender.
Mr.. Schiffman of Lafayette settled on
Monday with the Minneapolis & St. Louis
Railway Co. as to the right-ot-way over
his land, so that everything between
Winthrop and the river is now agreed
upon with the exception of the Fritsche
strip.
The program for the next meeting of
the Teachers Reading Circle in addition
to the discussion of Whites School Man.
agement and the Scboolmaster in Come
dy and Satire will consist of singing,
quotations and select reading by Miss
FRANKIE of the New Ulm Public Schools.
The Winona Morning Press has been
sold by NJ. D. Eaton to Thos. E. Bowen,
ex-senator from this county and lately
of Duluth. The Review hopes that Mr.,
Bowen may keep the paper up to its for
mer standard of successes and realizes
that he has the ability to do so.
Official notice, signed by the Mayor,
was served upon the Chicago g. North
western Railroad Co. on Monday to the
effect that the city claims title to the
strip of 100 feet bordering upon South
German Park and which the compa-
ny has been requested to deed over to
the city. This means that legal steps
will soon be taken to settle the dispute.
The Union Electric Telephone Compa-
ny of Iowa is considering the question of
establishing an exchange in St. Peter.
The company covers northern Iowa and
southern Minnesota. Their line extends
to Madison, Wisconsin, and is being built
to Chicago. From Albert Lea the line
extends north to New Richland and will
soon be built to Waseca, GAINESVILLE and
Mankato. From Mankato the line is to
run to Minneapolis by wey of the Can
non Valley and west as far as Lake Ben
ton. They desire to run west by way of
St. Peter, Nicollet, CORTLAND and New
Ulm. The rates are said to be so far be-
meath those of the Bell Company as to
put phone within easy reach of every
business man.
Edward Casey Jr., son of the ex-sher-
if, tried to commit suicide at Sleepy
Eye Friday night by cutting his throat
with razor. The attempt proved un-
successful and young Casey was taken in
charge by Marshal Hicks and on the fol-
lowing day was brought to New Tlm
and examined before Judge Laudenschla-
ger by Drs. Schoch and Stricken as to
bis sanity. His father was the principal
witness and it developed that Ed. had
been drinking rather heavily of late, and
in fact had been addicted to the use of
whiskey for oyer eighteen years. He adj
mitted this himself and stated that he at
tempted to take his own life because Of
dependency. While the parents testi-
fed that they had lived in constant dread
Of him, the doctors did not consider his
case such as to pronounce him insane
and unanimously agreed that the proper
place for him was the lnebriate depart
ment of the asylum at Rochester. Thi-
Their, therefore, he was taken on Sunday.
The Minneapolis journal of Thursday
says: John Lind was in Mankato yester-
day attending the United States court,
and was asked by Journal correspond
ent what he knew about any movement
IN the Second District looking to an Or
ganization among the silver men to car
ry the congressional convention against
McClearv and tailinU in that RI nut q