New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-19

| last week by Miss Matte Smith of
! Sleepy Eye, states that her brother
Christ was shot in the mouth in gun
accident in that city. The extent of
the injury and the circumstances sur
rounding the affair were not given.
Mr.. Smith was a travelling expert for
the Waterous Engine company of St.
Paul.
| The entertainment given by the East
ern Star Thursday evening was big
| success. About eighty-fve attended
and whist was played at twenty tables.
After the playing was over the tables
were cleared away and the floor given
up to dancing. The party was given
in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. F. Drew of
Colorado Springs and Mrs. c. v,
Everett of Redwood Falls, who are the
! guests of Eastern Star ladies.
Mrs. M. Mullen was in St. Paul
Wednesday attending the funeral of
John Putnam, a friend of the Mullen
family for thirty-fve years. Mr.
Putnam was found in a secluded part
of the wholesale house of Seabury &
! Co., where he was head bookkeeper,
with bullet through his heart and
the coroner pronounced the case one of
suicide. All his accounts are straight
and no motive is known.
+ Thomas Kretsch, who has been in
the employ of Robert Fesenmaier in the
hardware business for number of
years, has been offered the position of
cashier in the state bank in Sleepy Eye
and has accepted. He expects to take
up the work about the first of Novem-
Der. Mr.. Kretsch succeeds William
Brust, a former New Ulm boy, who be-
comes cashier of the new bank in
Sleepy Eye.
Mrs. Mary Elder, who was injured at
the time of the Catholic convention by
being pushed off the sidewalk, is re-
ported as recovering as nicely as
could be expected. The bone broken
at the thigh is healing favorably and
it is expected that she will be about
} again in a few weeks. The statement
, appearing in local papers to the effect
that she would prabably be a cripple
for life is entirely erroneous.
In spite of the half threats by a
, number of customers who kicked on
3 the advance in the price of light fur.
l nished by the city plant, the big
ordering out of lights which was lee
to be expected has not yet occurred an6
: the collections for the first month have
been almost completed. On September
> LIST the rate was increased from eigh
i to ten cents a thousand watt hours
. and minimum of fifty cents for al
meters was put into effect.
= High officers of the M. & st. L
F. journeyed from Minneapolis to De
h Moines Thursday to inspect the lin
= Moines which the former road is t,
acquire the first of the year. This i
a move which has been talked of TO
some time and will give New Ulm an
= all points along theroad the advantag
- of cheaper coal rates, as there are ex
: tensive coal fields near the ne,
terminus.
A farewell party for Miss Herth
:. Baltrusch, who is to leave soon TO
Elro, Mexico, was given Tuesda
evening at w aldheim, the home of MI
= and Mrs. A. j. Alvin, by the Turne
:, Hall chorus, of which Miss Baltrusc
is member. About twenty friend
: were assembled. The pathway leadin
from the college hill to the residenc
: was Illuminated by Japanese lantern
IL and the rooms were beautifully decor
7C ated with ferns and flowers. The even
+ ing was spent in singing, dancing an
n games. Embellishments were served
- Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stolz wer
: married just fourteen years ago Frida
and in honor of the event about fit
II friends from New Ulm drove out t
d their home on the Hermann farm. Til
'e evening was spent in dancing, th
re music being furnished by two violinists
e The guests brought with them a beaut
~ full present which was presented
"a Mr.. and Mrs. Hermann early IN tn
I'd evening. Mr.. Hermann is to give u
his work at the lime kiln. soon, it
I'd understood, and move his family int
y town.
t' Albert Steinhauser, Peter Mande,
10 field and G. A. Hagberg attended th
y. funeral of Edward 81. Huebner
n Winthrop Thursday. Mr.. Huebne
ee with his parents moved to New Ulm
IS 1865 and lived in this city until he lie
y to take up the practice of law
Winthrop in 1889. He was a gradua
n of the public schools of New Ulm al