New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-01-06

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Miss Olga Mueller enter tained g g small
party of friends at : birthday anniyersa.
= Friday evening.
g. 81 ohnson, the Winthropmerchant.
was here yesterday, closing the contract
with Messrs. Baltrusch and Bushard. I
August Berndt won the fine music
box ratified off BY W. g. Alvin on New
Years Day and John Langmack the TOW
COW.
Travelling Freight Agent Weston Of
the Chicago s Northwestern Road. spent
Wednesday and Thursday here calling on
the merchants.
Miss Ida McCabe entertained i num-
Der Of friends Friday evening in honor
of Miss Birdie Mullen of New Ulm. st.
Peter Tribune.
Joe Clements was sentenced to serve
thirteen days in the county jail by JUS
tice Jacobs on Saturday. His offense
consisted of assaulting JOS. Hoffman
with brass knuckles.
Frank Bailey, the popular salesman
OF the Patton Paint Co. of Milwaukee,
visited here from Thursday till Sunday.
Mr.. Bailey is the possessor Of fine bar
itone voice and succeeded in entertain
ing several social gatherings while in the
city.
The Great Western Band elected the
following officers on SATURDAY. evening
President, John Henle; vice president,
Henry Kitzberger; secretary, John Hof-
=meister; treasurer, Ed. Baer; director, B.
Gruenenfelder; assistant, JOS. Hofmeis-
ter; manager Jos. GALES; messenger,
Louis Ambrosch,
Among those who took out citizen
papers yesterday were Sheriff Anderson,
Jacob Klossner Jr., F. Schubert, Glenn
ent Halvorsen, Anton Richarts, C.. II.
Hornburg, Herman Frenzel, VIM. James,
Peter Lila, N. Henningsen, Jos. Vogcl,
Geo. Grossmann, II. F. Pceppel and AT
drew Amann. Six of them are at the
present time holding public Office.
The Minneapolis Times of Sunday
contained the following item regarding
a-young actress who recently appeared
in this city: Miss Jennie Daley, the
Minneapolis girl, who has been so sue
cessful in the heavy roles of Cleopatra,
Joan of Arc, Juliet and Calanthe, leaves
to- morrow morning with her own com
pany on six months tour. The COM
pany will play through Iowa, Missouri,
Texas. California, Oregon, Washington,
British Columbia, Montana, Utah, and
Colorado before returning to this city
the last Of next June. Miss Daley will
then remain in the city until July Is,
when she starts on an eight weeks tour
of Europe, before opening her regular
season of 1878, in this country.
Balser, the Mankato wife murderer
has been convicted of murder in the Sc C.
ond degree and sentenced to life impris-
7onment.. Judge Severance in charging
the jury held that, it Balser was in:oxi-
Gated at the time of the murder and un-
able to operate his mind sufficiently to
premeditate the crime, he could not be
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree. The verdict was surprise, for
the people Of Mankato were Of the opin-
ion that if ever man deserved to hang
it was Balser.
John W1edemam1, the Milford farmer
who disappeared from home last week
and wandered to Winthrop where he
took the train for Minneapolis, was
brought home by his son Oh Friday and
examined by Judge Laudenschlaegel
Saturday morning as to his sanity. Jos
a. Ecksteln appeared for the county at
torney and raised the point that the mar
was not in state of mind that warran
ted his being sent to an asylum, but up
on the report Of Drs. Stricken and Frit
scAe he was committed to the hospital a
Rochester. His haIluciuation seems K
be that OF hearing strange voices.
a good yarn is related at the expens,
Of Geo. Lehman, the Chicago travel
ing man. Having arranged to meet Iii
New Ulm friends on New Years Da,
and desiring to do the proper thing b,
them, he had shipped to him quantity
of the celebrated i'm POI ted Pschor Braeu
Tie popular beverage came in the nsna