New Ulm review., 1901-01-09
Sleepy Eye News.
(Fron the Dispatch.

Sleepy Eye News.
(From the D1spatch.)
We are told that one of the substan-
tial Improvements for the coming season
will be fine two story brick building
on The site of the building now occupied
by Messrs. Bertrand 4 Lindemann. The
building will he used hy the present
firm and will be built expressly FOR their
line of business.
The Contract Clothing Co. closed their
business ut this place on Thursday last
and quietly slid away. They sold lot
of goods here to be sure but they also
stimulated buying to some extent for
other men IN the same line. However,
concerns of that kind are not the best
thing for the town and It would be a
good plan for our merchants to organ
ize an association to protect themselves
from raids Of this character.
Senator Somerville returned from a
visit to the capital city on Thursday last
and says Of the senatorial situation that
in his opinion Mr. Evans has the best of
the fight so far. Mr.. Somerville has 10
Gated himself with the Evans forces and
was member of the Second district eau
Gus that added materially to the Evans
strength. Ex-senator Peterson who was
up here on Monday morning was in St
Paul last week but did not go into the
caucus and refused to commit himself
on the question of Davis successor. The
plan of campaign of Messrs. Somerville
and Peterson therefore seems to differ
aud we are somewhat interested to see
which Of these master minds at politics
will have adopted the best course. Time
was when Mr.. Peterson could give any
body in this senatorial district cards and
spades and then do them up on any po-
litical proposition that might come down
the pike and we wonder if in Senator
Somerville the versatile Mr.. Peterson has
met his match.
At the village election just held in
Sleepy Eye, the following officers were
elected: President of the council. E. p.
Bertrand; councillors, w. G. Steinke, w
II. Ortwein, l.. e.. Hansen; recorder, p
Geschwind; treasurer, Lars Morgensen;
assessor, nj. Frautz; street commissioner,
Ole johnson; justice, Peter GeschNind
C9rotn theHerald)
A letter received from Mr.. Henry Won
Salzbrun now of Nicola, Iowa, states that
he is located there in the manufacture
of cigars and is doing we'll.
Will Palmer arrived here Saturday ev-
ening from Monitor, Ore, for short
visit with his parents at this place. VIII
says the colony of Brown county people
who are settled in that country is getting
along nicely.
After Monday Ed. G;eseke of the Lam
pert Lumber Co. Will take an extended
trip through Missouri and dcwnto Gall
weston, Texas, returning about the first
OF February. There are several guesses
coming as to the object Of the trip.
A large number of our people are IN
the habit of either mailing letters at the
hotels or taking them to the train to be
mailed with the postal clerk Such is
the habit in large number of towns
and cities throughout the United States,
in fact it is carried so far that the rail,
way postal clerks are beginning to kick
and postal authorities are seriously
thinEing of passing rules limiting or
prohibiting such privilege. 1t certainly
is carried to excess when people will
run to the train with Il postal card or
even a little piece of paper, any old
thing just SO they can get to the depot
to "see the train