New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-02-28

1S1AS
Sunday afternoon for Watertown, s. D.,
coming from that place to this city on :
tour Of inspection Of the road. 5.
kilograms were received Monday
afternoon by ]. n. sigel bringing the sad
information that his mother, Mrs. Philip
Siegel, was seriously i'll at her home in
Evansville, Ind. Mrs. sigal will leaye
for Evansville this afternoon.
Wenzel Groebner has this week pur-
chased from F. w. Baarsch the property
now occupied by H. L. Ramme as tail
or shop and Louis Fiemeier as saloon,
at Minnesota and First North streets.
We understand that Mr.. Groebner will
erect three story brick business block.
The G. & N. W. has this week pur-
chased what is known as the Doty gravel
pit at CORTLAND and will, as soon as the
frost Is out of the ground, put on several
gravel trains and proceed to ballast the
Mankato cutoff, preparatory to its early
opening to traffic.
Ferdinand Crone, Charles Stuebe ST..
and William Hoffman, returned last
Thursday from Marshalltown, Iowa,
where they had been for the purpose of
purchasing stock for breeding purposes.
They invested in car load, sixteen head,
of full-blood Durhams which will be
placed on their stock farm near this
city.
A total eclipse OF the sun is scheduled
for May 2Sth. This is the first total
eclipse for twenty years. The eclipse
will not be total in this section of the
country, but enough of the sun will be
obscured so that 1t will be only light
enough on the earth to read coarse type.
The duration of the shadow will not be
more than one or two minutes.
The Congressional committee on agri-
culture will tomorrow take up for con-
sideration what is known as the Circuit
bill, imposing prohi5itive tax on the
manufacture OF oleomargarine to repre-
sent butter. With the real thing retail
ing at from to 20 to 80 cents per pound
it would not seem that the spurious ar
ticle was having much effect upon the
market
A petition is being circulated and
freely signed by R. r. men for the pur
pose Of re-ipstatluy Tang" Chaplin as
conductor on his old run between here
and Waseca. flung was the conduc-
tor of the freight train that collided with
the passenger train engine No. 4 between
CORTLAND and New Ulm last November,
causing the death of Engineer Hanson
of No. 4.-Tracy Republican.
Sioux Lodge. No. 101, knights of
Pythias, entertained a party of fifteen
Sir Knights from Sleepy Eye at it's regu-
lar meeting Monday evening. The third
rank was conferred upon six candidates,
while two pilgrims were put through
the mysteries of the second rank. Fol-
lowing the meeting an elaborate supper
was served at Eibner's which was done
toll justice to by fifty Pythian travellers.
"Bartlett's Road to Seltzerville," John
billions new play and one in which he
is booked to appear at the Opera House
on the evening of Thursday, March Is,
is most amusing ard interesting play.
1t is impossible to figure out the de-
nouement before the curtain falls, there
fore the interest Of the auditor is main
tanned until the close. The genial come
dian has splendid part, that of "Hiram
jolly" an old bachelor and he never
fails to keep his audiences in a roar of
laughter.
The Hanska-L Linden creamery by it's
manager, g. Ahlness makes the follow
ing report of its business for the month
of January: Total amount Of milk re-
ceived, 3S2,s12 lbs; total amount of
butter, 1881 lbs; average yield, 4.65
per cent; average test, 3.9 per cent; to-
tai receipts from sales of butter, 81, 1885,
%; total expenses, actual and estimat-
ed, $4,000; total balance of payments,
$s,S71.22 which will pay for butterfat
per Id. rs cents, or for milk testing 4
per cent fat $1.O0 per cwt.
The closing masquerade ball of the sea-
son given by the New Ulm Turnyerein
at Turner hall last night, was perhaps
the most brilliant that. this organization
has ever stood sponsor tor, The attend
ance was very large and many of the
costumes were both elaborate and orig
inal There vvero aIso rcoenuo.od,,