New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-15
Weschcke's s
Choosing.
He Presents to the Council a List of An
polntments.
A Few Are Confirmed, but the Most Inn
D0ytant are not Accepted.
A Star Chamber Session Feature of the
Meeting. s
Jacob Klossner Jr. is Chosen President Of
the Council. y.

Last evening the new city council met
| and at once elected Jacob Klossner Jr.
as president.
When Mayor Weschcke's appointments
came up for consider lation, the council
concluded to go into executive session
and the doors we're closed and all except
the members and CLERK excluded. Just
what the vote was is the,efo among
the mysteries that everybody would like
to know, but the result was as follows:
For marshal in place of Jos. GALES,
Mic J. Heinen. The appointment was
confirmed.
For night police in place Of Pfeiffer
and Gulden, Adolph Klause and Arnold
j. Gulden. Both were confirmed.
For City Attorney in place of Albert
Steinhauser, Francis Baasen. The coun-
Gil refused to confirm.
For street commissioner IN place of
Chris. Filzen, Anton Eberl. Appoint
ment rejected.
For assessor in place of Chas. Brust, J.
H. Weddendorf. Appointment rejected.
For superintendent of waterworks,
Chas. Stoll. Appointment confirmed.
For Keeper of Public Cemetery, Chas.
Boehme. Appointment rejected.
For surveyor, Geo. Boock; for park
police, Jos. Groebner; for street cleaner,
john Richter; for pound master, John
Koestner; for city scaler, Chas. Stuebe;
for scavenger, John Daut. All con-
tirmed.
Geo. Graft was appointed as a member
of the Board of Health.
The following annual salaries were
agreed on: City Treasurer, 5000; May
or, 800; Clerk, $72O; Marshal, 5000;
night police, $3.50; assessor. same as last
year; Street Commissioner. $50 per
month to Nov. ]st. and $35 thereafter;
city attorney, $3.50.
The Review was declared to be the Of
fetal paper of the city.
Mrs. Theo. Crone will go to Chicago
next Tuesday.
Rev. Gauscwitz of St. Paul is q guest
of Prof. Schaller.
VIM. Webster, the Gibbon merchant
was in the city Monday.
VIM. Julius and Tbeo. Weyhe have
purchased the dray line of Mrs. Schaefer.
Monday was holiday among base
ball cranks, it being the birthday Of
Harry Wright. the founder of the ga ne.
The Non-Partisan adherents held a
meeting Saturday evening at Union Hall
to discuss the matter of city appoint
ments.
Mr.. Anderson formally announced this
week that he would again be candidate
for the Republican nomination for sheriff
| this fall.
Geo. Prokosch, quite an aged resident
of the lower part of town, died on Fri
day and was buried Sunday afternoon.
He had been sick for several weeks.
On Saturday. while excavating on his
place, Otto Schell discovered an Indian
skull in a good state of preservation.
1t is curiously shaped skull and makes
a valuable relic. =.
The Indigo Social at the Congrega-
tional church next Friday evening will
be novel affair. A program of enter
tainment and refreshments Will be fur.
nlshed and all for twenty five cents. Blue
will be the color Of the evening.
DR.. Tomlinson's address at Union Hall
last evening on the s'Natural History oil
Insanity was one of the most instructive
ever delivered in this city. Every phase
of the subject was handled in compre.
hensive manner and with a clearcess and
aptness Of illustration that made every.
thing easily understood.
Frank Leibold on Monday purchased
from Schapekahm and Hanschen the q
feet on Minnesota Street just south /, Of
the Dakota House, Mr.. Leibolds does
not intend to leave the old landmark
that now disigures it, stand. and will, IN
the very near suture, erect inc brick
building. Tally one good long credit
mark for Frank.