New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-06-13
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~ the opera house one OF the finest ex-
FE1bltlon OF Drawn and skill ever given
in this city, the occasion being the wrest-.
ling match between Jack Curran Of
North Dakota, and Herman Smith OF
Minneapolis. Both men were il excel
lent condition, Curran having slight
advantage over Smith in the matter Of
weight. Thomas Hart Of Minneapolis
was chosen as umpire while VIM. Meyer
OF this city acted as fine keeper. The
first fall was won by Curran with. half
Nelson and kammerlock in stubborn
II contested bout lasting 5 minutes and
80 seconds. The second fall was " on
by Smith in 6 minutes and Is seconds
with hammerlock hold. The thru tall
also went to Smith uponathe same hold
but required 20 minutes and 10 seconds.
Although new man in this section Cur
ran has many excellent points and will
make make his mark in sporting and
athletic circles Smith is quite we'll
known in this city and has brilliant re-.
cord as wrestler extending over per-.
iod Of IS years. Tony Weisner acted as
second for Smith while Frank Basin
held the sponge for Curran. ss
Smith and Curran will wrestle in Nor
ton Friday evening of this week. The
matched will be what is called a mixed
match, one fall Greco-Roman and one
fall catch as catch car, the winner Of
the quickest bout having the choice of
style for the third fall. Both these men
are fine wrestlers and gentlemen in every
sense of the word and the people of
Morton are assured of good, square
contest. =
f. NJ. B. Hogle of Stewart, and W. A.
Kyle of Granite Falls, representing a
commission house in Minneapolis, were
IN this city MondayA These gentlemen
are making tour of the state investi-
eating the condition Of the crop to Sc.
cure information upon which to base
report for the use of 'their firm. They
have so far covered but three counties
and estimate the probable wheat crop in
these counties as follows Mcleod, 10
bushels per acre; Sibley, six bushels, and
Nicollet, the last county viewed, at sew.
en- and one half bushels.
The Turnverein class which will rep
resent this city at the National funniest
in Philadelphia has now fully complet-
ed It's arrangements for the trip and will
leave here over the Minneapolis & St.
Louis Saturday, June Is, at 30 p. M,
for St. Paul where they will join the St.
Paul and Minneapolis delegations, leav-
ing st. Paul at 7 o'clock Sunday for
Chicago via the Milwaukee & St. Paul.
From Chicago the route will be over
the Burlington & Ohio to Washington,
D. c., where stop will be made from
Monday noon until Wednesday morning
when the party will 20 on to Philadel-
phia.
The Gamewell Fire Alarm system
contracted for by the city is now COM
pletely installed and was given its final
test Monday by the members of the city
council, chief engineer Henry Engel,
and assistant engineer Charles Toberer,
and found to be in perfect working con-
ditlon. The system is supplied with 10
alarm boxes, and an indicator with large
gong at the water works station, one at
the engine house, and another at the
sub-station. There are also small gongs
at the residences of Chief Engel and
superintendent of water works Stole, so
that there can be no possibility of an
alarm being unrecorded or misunder-
stood. A full explanation of the work.
ings of the sytem and instructions to the
public as to Its proper use will be given
next week.
Columbia Bowling Club has arranged
for what is termed s'strictly stag pic
nic' to be held next Sunday in honor of
the Teutonia Bowling Club of Mime
apolis. There will be in the neighbor-
hood Of fifty invited guests and if one
may judge from the proclamation issued
by the committee of arrangements the
affair will be one long to be remembered
by those who are fortunate enough to
be numbered among the invited guests.
That i. will not be a full dress affair is
evident by the subjoined pal agraph from
the proclamation which says: "After
due consideration it has been duly con-