New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-18
The Local
News Of
the Week.

Grove on Monday.
Miss Nellie Woolson Of Window is
visiting with Mrs. Welcome.
The Dramatic Section are preparing
to put on a play during the Fair.
F. W. Baarsch registered at the Gilt
ton House in Mankato on Friday.
Robert Scherer moved into his new
home on State Street last Thursday.
Mrs. L.C. Johnson of Mortified is
visiting with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sommer. " ~. ..
Frank Wellner of Lafayette will spend
the coming month here under the care
of physician. !.
Hon. G.. S. Ives and wife drove up
from St. Peter Wednesday. Mr.. Ives
had legal business here. J..
Chas. Weschcke Of Springfield passed
through here last week on his way to New
York to purchase holiday goods.
Editor Brandt went to St. Paul Mon
day to have some poster printing done
for the Hermann's celebration in Sep
TENDER.
Congressman McCleary was at Sleepy
Eye the forepart of the week for the pur-
pose of ascertaining public sentiment on
the postmastership.
Mess1s. Gross and Lindberg, who are
interested with Mr.. Lind in a coal mine
in Wyoming, were up from Minneapolis,
Thursday afternoon.
The St. James baseball manager, who
was arrested for playing ball on Sunday,
was duly tried last week and released,
the jury failing to agree.
At special election in Sleepy Eye
the proposition to bond the village IN
the sum of $4,000 for a new system of
| waterworks was carried by vote of 81
to 10.
John Mueller, son of Mat. Mueller of
this city, and Miss Minnie Schwerzler
| were married at St. Paul the forepart of
the week. They will make their home
in Springfield.
The Eagle Mill now has the largest
engine of any mill in the state outside
of the big mill in Duluth. 1t furnishes
900 horsepower and makes an imposing
piece of machinery.
J.. A. Furth of Jersey City has con-
Guided to locate here and follow the in
surance business as agent for the Man.
haitian Life. Mr.. Furth is son IN law
of Mr.. Metzen of Cottonwood.
Beussmann Bros. have concluded to
lower the floor in their double store to
the level Of the sidewalk and put in
new plate-glass front. This will be- one
of the most commendable Improvements
of the season.
A barn belonging to VIM. Winkel-
mann in Cottonwood, near the New Uim
line, was destroyed by fire Friday eve
ming. 1t was large, but rather old,
structure, and the loss does not amount
to very much.
One of the attractions during the
Brown County Fair will be a horseless
carriage furnished by Montgomery, Ward
& Co. Of Chicago. The vehicle will De
used to carry passengers from the city to
the fair grounds. ~.
On "Wednesday before Jud &c Weber
argument was made for new trial in
che case of the Redwood county COM
missioners versus the bondsmen of the
insolventA Citizens Bank of Redwood
Falls. The supreme court has already
decided that the bondsmen are liable.
According to the Sleepy Eye Herald
a petition signed: byisome three hundred
old soldiers, has been presented to Con-
gresham cCleary, asking for the reap
pointment Of the old pension board,
which consisted of Drs. Welcome, Schoch
and Flynn. A counter petition was sent
in, but!it bore the names Of only sixteen
/ - s
politicians.
One of the attractions at the Fair this
year will be the wonderful Feriscope,
Reproducing the great Corbett- Fitzsim-
mons fight and other sensational PIC
lures. The Feriscope is the latest Euro
pean invention along this line and gives
complete satisfacti ion. Every movement
or gesture is depicted on the canvass
with distlnctness and accuracy.
Stacking is in progress all over the
county and threshing out Of the shock
has been commenced in places. Coca
sionally one finds field that will return