New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-28

The solid steel crossing which the
st. Louis railroad is to put in at the
Eagle mill yards where its track al
most touches the Northwestern, has ar
rived and it is expected that the work
OF laying it will be commenced today.
DR.. and Mrs. o. C. Stricken and
Miss Lulu Doehne returned Monday
from their trip in California, coming
back by way of st. Louis and stopping
for visit at the fair. They express
themselves as having greatly enjoyed
! their vacation.
Two marriages were solemnized in
/ Sleepy Eye Thursday which will be of
interest to the friends of the princi-
pals in the county. Miss Lena Voll-
mer of town Stark was united in mar
riage to Edward Somerfeld of town
Home at O'Clock in st. Johns Luther
an church; while at 2 O'Clock William
Lent of town Stark and Miss Minnie
Koenig of Sleepy Eye were married.
William Hellmann and Miss Bertha
Mueller will be united in marriage to-
morrow afternoon at 5 O'Clock in the
Lutheran church, Rev. G. j. Albrecht
reading the service. Both are young
people we'll known and we'll liked in
New Ulm, the prospective groom being
cigarmaker for the Burg Cigar COM
pany and the bride-to-be having had
dress-making parlors on Minnesota
street.
Remember J. F. Newmann's special
sale on fleece lined calico Monday.
| Mrs. Sophie Eisenbeck, 73years old,
| living east of the tracks, was committed
to the asylum at st. Peter Thursday
| by Judge George. The, case of the
aged woman was sad one. She lived
| all alone with no one to care for her
and, according to the report of the ex-
amining physicians, she often did not
have enough to eat. Drs. J. H. Vogel
and L. A. Fritsche conducted the ex-
animation.
The hardest frost so far this fall was
on Tuesday night of last week, when
the mercury dropped to the freezing
! point and thin layer of ice was
formed. Although there is great
deal of corn yet uncut reports say that
the injury was slight. There have been
1 fhpoa ofct u Sc, oil ;oL+
ones, on the 11th, 18th and 18th.
Springfield is to have Market day
October 4. The Commercial club will
provide amusements, bargains and
various attractions to draw the crowds
in from the country, and it is expected
to be big success. The business men
will offer prizes to the farmers bring
ing in various produce, such as the
largest potatoes, etc. Each merchant
also will probably offer some special
line of goods at a bargain.
While driving corn binder Thurs
day morning John Hulskamp Of
Lafayette township caught his left
thumb in the gearing Of the machine
and it was painfully crushed. He was
driven into the city at once and taken
to the hospital where the injured
member was amputated, just below the
middle joint. Mr.. Hulskamp said he
merely reached his hand behind min
and that the first he knew his finger
was caught.
A. O. Berger Of Churchbride, AS
siniboia, Canada. is in New Ulm in
teresting local people in the value o
land in that vicinity. Mr.. Berger say
that wheat will average thirty bushels
an acre in his part of the country, al
number one, and that one of hi
neighbors threshed on an average
over fifty-two bushels of wheat to tn
acre and lis of oats. Churchbride i
the town near which the New Uln
Land Investment company owns
: large tract of land.
The rubber gasket on the blow-ot
valve on boiler No. at the city cleo
trict light and pumping station bley
, out Saturday evening, and as all tn
water escaped from the boiler the fir
had to be drawn and only the othe
two boilers used. An extra load i
always carried on the dynamos Satur
! day night because of the extra bust
ness, but as the load had already be
gun to slack when the accident hap
pened it was not a very great incon
venience.
Second regiment candidates for hon
ers in the state trophy shooting con
test at Camp Lakeview last week fare,
i'll, coming in at the tail end of TIL
: procession. The first place and tn
! trophy went to the First Regiment
with the Third regiment close second
The scores of Sergeant Edwin Juni
the New Ulm representative on tn