New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-24

management for holding a session of
the farmers institute in this city. It
will last but one day instead of several
as has been the custom in previous
years.
On Thursday while taking care of
his horses on Aug. LETTERS farm in
Bernadotte. VIM. Glaseman was pushed
by one of the horses against the wall
OF the barn, his arm was broken aud
he sustained other injuries.
A prairie chicken flew into the city
last night and not being used to the
conditions struck one of the electric
lights with force enough to kill it.
The parties who were witness to the
accident have invited Supt. Wagner
to help eat the venturesome bird.
There IS some prospect of comic
opera, ssPif Paff Puff coming to this
city in the near future, The play is
now running in Minneapolis and will
come this way when it leaves that city.
Manager johnson thinks that possibly
they may be at Turner theatre Sunday
evening, Feb. 18th
Notices have been received in this
city of the offer of $1,000 in prizes by
the state bowling tournament at
Winona on Feb. 24th. AS has been
the rule in previous years, a small
entrance fee is charged to enter the
contest. There are number Of good
bowlers in this city and some of them
may be induced to enter the contest.
If they do there is reason to believe
that some OF the prizes will come this
way.
The Women s Literary Club met with
Mrs. Huebner in Winthrop yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Held conducted the
lesson in English history. Miss
Scherer read a paper on English Par
lament. Mrs. Klossner gave read
ing and Mrs. Meier biography of
Oliver Cromwell. After the meeting
Mrs. Huebner served an elaborate din
ner at a table decked with yellow
jonquilles the club flower. The places
were marked with hand printed cards.
There were present from this city
Mesdames Weber, Klossner, Held,
Meier, Beecher, Hubbard, Zickrick,
Behnke and the Misses Scherer, Ida
and Dolly Hauenstein.
According to a Spokane, Wash.
paper Corp. Charles W. 81. Heidemann
of the q. S. Signal Service at Tanana
Crossing, Alaska, intends to exhibit
at the Yukon Exposition to be held at
Seattle, Wash, in 1909, garden con-
tanning only shrubs, flowers, grasses
and moses of Alaska. Next summer
he intends to take four months trip
to the north. crossing the polar circle,
so as to have the exhibit of the flora of
our northern possessions more com
plete. Mr.. Heidemann was for many
years station agent of the Northwes-
tern in this city. and his friends will
notice that he still sticks to his old
love-plant life.
A bowling team, known as The Shark
bowling club of this city. went to
Sleepy Eye Saturday by team, to match
honors with a team of Sleepy Eye In
spite of several odds against them
they took the neighboring players into
camp capturing two out of three games,
and winning the series by majority
of 80 pins. The following are the mem
bers of the team and its officers: Ar
thur Eckstein, Manager: Jim Keegan.
coach: Joseph Bianchi, Reinhold
Dahms. Alfred Kretsch. William Lin
demann, Otto Pullman. Albert Vogel-
pohl. A return game with the same
team of Sleepy Eye will be played
Friday or Saturday on the home alleys.
The team would like to receive chal-
| lenges from teams averaging 20 years
of age.
| The magnitude of the business oil
| the Modern Woodmen is larger than
any similar institution in the world
The expense for the item Of postage
now amounts to over $4,000 a year
| From January | to December s, 1905
the postage account of the society
| amounted to $40, 343. 40. Atotal amount
of 967, liz pieces of first class matter
were sent out from the head office anc
3S22, 800 pieces of second class matter
A total of l,2s9, 500 pieces OF mail were
placed in the postoffice. December 1
the benefit fund of the Woodmen was
s., 463, 095.69. Outstanding claims
| amounted to s776, 519O4, leaving q
surplus of sl.6S6, 5766 60. During the
first eleven months of this year BAT
deaths We're reported at the head Office.
| fifty-one more than last year The in.
surance liability amounted to Sc. 2o0,-
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