New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-19
Adjourned
Suddenly,
The Sickness of judge Weber Brought
the District Court Session to an
Unexpected Termination
A Special Term to be Held in February
The Eich Case May Be Tried
Then.

Tie IOdO case, lie announced tudts L
would be impossible for him to continue
the session. The attorneys accordingl!
conferred and agreed that the first O.
second week in February would sui
them for a special term. The 9Th o
February was selected and the Judge 81
ordered.
The cases remaining untried are thos
against Irving, Corey and the Davis boy
for arson, and the railroad cases in which
the Stoeckerts are interested. 1t was
agreed that the criminal cases should b.
taken up first, and should the defendant:
conclude to demand separate trials the
term may drag out for seve, al days.
I: is also limited that in order to save
the county considerable expense, Judge
Weber may order special venire OF
grand jurors to take up the case of VIM
Eich, now in Jail for havingskilled Wal
lace Greene at Sleepy Eye.
The other proceedings of the week
were as follows:
G. D. Griffith pleaded guilty to the
Indictment against him for violation OF
the game laws and was fined $40 fol-
each chicken and costs, making total
of $57.
Ernst Hone tschlager, tried on an in.
dictment tor assault, was acquitted. The
Jury was out for several hours, but failed
to find him guilty of Intentionally driv,
ing over the jacobson boy and manning
him for life. Honets chlager was defend
ed by Lind.
In the case of Werner Boesch vs.. Carl
Engel, brought to recover the value of a
certain promissory note that Boesch had
enormously satisfied, the jury agreed to
disagree.
The road case of Andreas SeifeTt vs..
the County Commissioners occupied all
of Thursday afternoon and the greater
part of the following day, Eckstein ap-
pearing for Seifert and Steinhauser for
the commissioners. The jury returned a
verdict IN favor of Seifert, assessing his
damages at $309.S0.
The Peach VS.. Peach case was the only
other one tried and in this the plaintiff,
Nathan Peach, secured a verdict of
$952.54.
Company A will elect officers tonight.
Fred Setter spent Friday and Satur-
day in St. Paul on business.
Chas. Wellner has purchased Mr.. Pal
mer's farm near Fairfax for $4,000.
Henry Vedeer has formed partner
ship with Mr. Baker, the Kiesling Block
barber.
VIM. Meyer was at St. Paul last week
and had the pleasure of seeing his favo-
rite, Fitzsimmons.
The members of Mr.. Lind's family,
who have been afflicted with typhoid fe-
yer, are improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Perry of Mime
apolis are guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. w. Baarsch.
The Nicollet home talent theatre CON-
pany will give a performance at Lafa-
yettc next Saturday evening.
The Redwood Gazette announces the
engagement of II. L. Beecher of this city
and Miss Mary Treadwell of St. Peter.
Clement Halvorsen of Linden attended
the meeting of the officers of the Dairy
mems Association in St. Paul last week.
Matt Thavls of St. Peter was here
Thursday, introducing patent wire
stretcher for which he is the exclusive
Minnesota agent.
John Wcoley, the Lake Hanska farm
er, will rent his farm and move to Lam
berton, where he will engage in the wood
and coal business.
G. A. Zelle has rented the Beussmann
store next to the postoffice and will &C.
cupy it after February 1st. The Masonic
Block is his present location.
The Minnesota National Guard Con-
vention will be held in St. Paul on the
10th. Col. Bobleter will attend and at
least two deleg ates from Company A.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Brandt on Sun day. Happy
smiles wreathed the face of the father on
Monday and his friends had cigars to
burn.
Sheriff Block was in Lafayette Wed.
nesday for the purpose of serving writ
of habeas corpus on Nicholas Bill and
his wife, commanding them to have the
body of Johanna Zangg brought before
Court Commissioner Sackett urOn nett