New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-19
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

James H. Berry, chief Of the fire de
partment Of Mankato, is missing. He
came to Sioux City a week ago.
G. E. Miller, whose residence IS I'M
known, was found dead in the Orien-
tai room of the 7. NJ. G. A. building
at Minneapolis.
The county commissioners denied the
petition for new scho dollhouse district.
with school house at Minnetonka
Beach.
w. Z. Darling, chief engineer of the
Northern Pacific, has resigned to accept
a similar position with the Rock Island
The school board of LIE Seuer is in
confusion over the resignation of the
superintendent OF schools, F. w. HIATT,
who has accepted the position of prin-
cipa Of the Brainerd High school.
The state dairy and food commission
has received information that woman
in Minnesota is manufacturing a pre-
servative called canning compound,
which consists almost entirely Of borax,
and which, if consumed in sufficient
quantities, means sudden DEATH
One of the school districts of Todd
county will not receive the regular APP
portionment Of the general school fund,
which will be made next October, be-
cause some of the teachers did not hold
legal certificates
While attempting to remove pot
of burning paint from the stove Mrs.
Alex. Erickson, of St. Paul, was Sc
verely burned about the chest and
abdomen. Her husband smothered the
flames with a blanket, and saved her
life. Is
A factory where sugar will be man
ufactured from pumpkins is being put
in at Foreston. H, p. Stanchfeld is
president of the company and inven-
tor of the new process. Operations
will begin Sept. i.
Figures given out by Secretary
George II. Lamphere of the Mime
sofa Soldiers Home showed that
since the soldiers relief fund was in
stituted in 1887, sos, 146.s2 has been
paid Tor relief to veterans.
The public baths of ST. Paul were
visited by 1o3,465 bathers during the
month of July, of which Sz,160 were
of the male sex and 21,305 We're fe-
males. The receipts of the baths dur
ing the month were $3,617.15.
Minneapolis people who visit the
next state fair will find one Of the
companies of the Minneapolis fire de-
partment housed in what is probably
the most complete fire station ever
put up on any state fair grounds.
Jonas Sarff, seventy-nine years of
age, living at Branerville, cropped
dead while working in hay field.
He was, pioneer settler of Todd
county, and he is the third brother
who has met such death in the last
fifteen years. ..=-. ~
Dan Austin, arrested for drunken
ness, at Minneapolis, made two at
tempts to hang himself in cell 10 at
Central station and, failing in this
method, butted his head against the
bars until mis- scalp was badly cut
in several places.
To DR.. G.. Straub and his associates
franchises were granted to construct
single track trolley lines from Minnea-
polls to Anoka, via Robbinsdale, Osseo
and Champlin and to Shokopee via Lyn-
dale Avenue and Richfeld. An ac-
eeptance must be made within thirty
days, work commenced by May 1, 1904,
and the lines completed wlthia years.
C%o+s
chief of the state bureau of statistics,
show that Minnesota is fast becoming
a great honey-production state. Re-
turns from more than half of the coun-
ty assessors show an increase of from
10 to 100 per cent in the number Of
hives and the pounds of honey pro-
duced in 1902 over 1898
Several university boys are spending
the summer at Camp Content, on the
west end of Big Island, Minnetonka,
were the victims of a clever burglary
the latter part of last week The
thieves went to the camp in broad day
light. while the campers were away
fishing, and took rything of value.
Mrs. George alton, living at Mime
apolis, is just now in receipt of a let
ter addressed with her maiden name,
Mabel Niles, and mailed to her at
Rochester, twenty years ago.
Harold II. Witherstone, a railroad
construction engineer from Manches-
ter, England, was driven out of CAL
vary Baptist church, Minneapolis, by
a common house fly.
The police are beginning to think
that an organized gang of bicycle
thieves are at work in Minneapolis.
During the last two weeks ten or a
dozen wheels have been reported
missing every day.
An additional appropriation of $780,
543 will be needed to complete the
government dams in the Mississippi
river between Minneapolis and St.
Paul.
A girl, apparently a stranger, 10
years of age, was arrested at The
Leader, at Red Wing, for shoplifting.
The state fair managers have decid-
ed that next year the fair will be held
a week earlier than usual in order to
noyr,, ~ tho school NJ, ;J,Jro,, 10 49, $40.