New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-10
FROM OVER The COUNTY.
Items of Interest From Distant
Parts of County.
Town of Evan Will Incorporate as
Village.
Walter VonHagen Announces His
Approaching Wedding.


Approaching Wedding.
Some changes have been made in the
Office force of the Sleepy Eye mill. 81.
G. Meining who has been advertising
manager for the mill goes out and he
is succeeded by Tom Addy and there
is a general promotion down the line
to the lowest employee. Mr.. Meining
is son-in-law of Thos. Bowen and
has been in the mill for compare
lively short time. He goes to Fari-
bault where he is to be sales manager
for the shefeld-King milling Co.
The town of Evan, situated on the
extreme western boundary of the coun-.
ty will incorporate and become vii:
lage. They find that they have pop:
ulation of more than 145 and that is
sufficient to qualify. Being the juno
ton of the railroad seems to have
added glory to the settlement.
Friends of Lieutenant Walter Won
Hagen will be surprised to learn that
he is to be married on the 10th of this
month to a young lady in Lake Ben
ton. They are to make their home in
Ivanhoe, where the young man is in
business.
Fred Meyer, the Sleepy Eye corn
grower, is gaining considerable noto-
riety as an authority on that product.
He has been called before the Institutes
of both Dakota and Wisconsin, as
we'll as those of this state and his
advice is accepted as authority.
F. H. Specht had the misfortune to
lose one of his valuable gray horses
Monday afternoon in a runaway. He
had started in company with L. G.
Rethwen to drive to Sanborn when
the accident occurred. When the hors-
es started to run Mr.. Rethwell jumped
out and Mr.. Specht was thrown out
and his feet catching in the robes he
was dragged for some distance, and
was finally obliged to relinquish the
lines to save himself from striking a
fence post. The team ran on and
could not be located in the high wind
and snow storm and when found the
next morning they had become tangled
up in some trees near farmhouse and
had fallen in a heap and the under
horse was dead. 1t was handsome
team, perfectly matched and among
the best drivers in the country.
The Trautman Brothers of Comfrey
and John Schultz returned from Sioux
City Wednesday, where they had been
for the purpose of marketing four car
loads of cattle which they had shipped
from Comfrey the previous Saturday
evening. The cattle were all raised on
their own farms in Stately. Although
they arrived with their stock at Sioux
City just in time to get the benefit of a
small slump in the market, the gentle
men returned home with about $4,000
cold cash.
C. M. Erickson of Comfrey, received
word from Super ntendent Gregg.
Wednesday, that farmers institute
will be held in Comfrey, Thursday,
March 10TH The institute will be
similar to the one held here two years
ago which was largely attended by
farmers for whom it is given by the
state. No doubt the farmers will again
turn out and hear what the institute
speakers have to say along the line OF
improved farming. .~-
The teachers meeting will be held at
the school house in Hanska February
-. An invitation is extended to every
body and a pleasing program has been
prepared for their benefit. The debate,
"Resolved That Consolidation Will
Bring Better Results to Rural Com
munities, will be of interest to parents
of school children as some remark.
able facts will be brought to light.
Mr.. Eggensperger has the affirmative
side of the question and BruceKennedy
Of this city the negative. The lady
teachers are requested by the manage.
nent to bring baskets filled with gooc
things and remain for the baske
social to be held the same evening
under the auspices of the school.
Theo. Thormodson, Hanska, received
a check of $1,000 Tuesday from The
Scandinavian Workingmen's Asso
citation, insurance carried by the Late
John Underseth of the same place. Mr.
Thormodson sent the money the same
day to Underseth's mother in Norway
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