New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-17

Major z. G. Vogel on Sunday Sc
cured a number of photographs of the
tract of land which will probably be
used for the artillery range. He for
Warded them to Capt. Thos. Ridgway.
who will submit the views with his
recommendation. The photographs
were taken by A. J. Meyer.
The district schools will open ere
many weeks and the boys and girls
will by busy with their studies for
another year. Much of their success
in life depends on the training they
get now. No father or mother can
afford to put the training of their
children in the hands of anincompetent
teacher. See to it that the best are
employed in your town or district.
A party of New Ulm people left for
ST. Paul Monday and there will take
a steamer for ST. Louis. It was COM
posed of Geo. Marti and wife, Carl
Crone, wife and son, Henry Seifert,
wife and son and Theo. Mueller. wife
and daughter. They will put in ten
days or more at the worlds fair and
will then go to Milwaukee, intending
to return home about September 1st.
Judge B. F. Weber goes to Sea-
forth next Monday to hear motion
in a will case. Thos. Sloan, a resi-
dent of that village, has instituted an
action to set aside will made by his
son, in which the younger man be-
queathed all his property to his sweet
heart and ignored his relatives. The
plaintiff alleges that the young lady
exercised undue influence over the
testatOr.
On July 9Th valuable collie dog
belonging to A. W. Bingham disap-
peared and not until last week did the
owner learn of the poor animals fate.
Then a clue was furnished him and
Chief Klause went to work on the case.
He found that the dog was stolen and
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he was killed. It is case where pun
ishment should be melted out but the
owner has decided not to prosecute.
An intoxicated tramp helped himself
to a suit of underclothes from wash
line in the eastern part of the city
Thursday afternoon and persons who
witnessed the theft notified Chief
Adolph Klause. That officer mounted
his wheel and soon located the fellow,
after which he recovered the stolen
garments. The tramp intimated that
he would like a Jail sentence but in
stead the policeman gave him a good
thrashing and sent him out of town.
Clarkson & Cooper, Chicago, have
put out book by. the name of
'Tattlings of a Retired Politician"
that is the best thing of it's kind ever
put on the market. Every person will
enjoy reading this book. It is from
the pen of Forrest Crissey, whose
work for the Saturday Evening Post
has given him first place in literature.
The book is full of humor and satire
and entertaining from beginning to
end. The best ofthis years productions.
Andrew Ritz, an early settler of
Nicollet county, died at st. Alexand-
er hospital last Wednesday morning
of apoplexy. He had been in poor
health for some time and entered the
hospital July 2oth. His condition
failed to improve, however, and on
, Wednesday he passed away. Deceas-
ed was born in Bavaria in 1886 and
was SO years of age at the time of his
death. He settled in CRANKY town
ship, Nicollet county, in 1856 and was
a veteran of the Civil war, having
served in the Eleventh Minnesota In
fantry. He is survived by six child
rem. Funeral services were held from
the Middle Lake Catholic church on
Friday morning.