New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-27

| friends in Minneapolis the past fer
! days.
i Alfred Boatman OF Winthrop is til,
new baggage-master at the st. Loui,
4 depot.
l Alex. Ranweiler has purchased the
/ Ig. Ambrosch property on North Min
nesota street.
i John Wendinger of Fairfax spent
a. portion OF the week in New Tim
calling on old friends.
Mrs. Otto Setter gave an old-fash-
Toned tea party yesterday. Mrs. Jacob
hlossner will give one today.
Mrs. Peter Christensen of Illinois
and her daughter, Mrs. Payian of
/ Sleepy Eye, were in the city yesterday.
Miss Groehler, one of the teachers
In the public schools, was the guest
OF Mankato friends Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Iona Krause spent Sunday with
her sister, Laura, at Mankato. The
latter will have completed her course
In Toland's Business College next
Friday.
Elizabeth Schroeder of st. Paul is
the new grand chief OF the Degree of
Honor. Anna Doffen of Shakopee is
grandlady of honor and Agnes Nc
Cam of Anoka grand chief of cere-
monies.
A meeting was held yesterday after
noon of farmers interested in building
a farmers elevator in this city. A
committee of two was appointed for
each adjacent town to canvass the
situation.
The city council will hold meeting
next Tuesday evening. At that time it
is planned to have a large delegation
of citizens appear before the alder
men in behalf of the public library
| proposition.
Monday was the forty. third anniver-
sary of Tony Wiesner's birthday. In
| the evening all ofhis Bohemian friends
gathered at his home and enjoyed a
regular old-country 'sauerkraut und
kn0del0 celebration.
| Miss Minnie Schoch is now with her
aunt at Moran, Kansas. After leaving
| here she visited for some weeks at
Window and just before departing
! from that town gave a public elocu-
tionary recital whichwas very largely
| attended.
| The house in committee of the whole
! on Monday recommended for passage
the bill requiring railroads to connect
where they come within 500 feet of
other roads. At present railroads
can be compelled to make connections
only when they cross at grade. The
| bill passed in the senate, introduced
| by Frank Clague of Lambecton was
substituted for the bill introduced by
S. D. Peterson of New Ulm.
VIM. Pfaender Jr. has received
notice from Washington to the effect
that he has been authorized to prose-
cute claims before the Bureau of PEN
sions. Under the recently enacted Nc
Cumber law all soldiers who served in
the Civil and Mexican wars are entitl-
ed to pensions as follows: Those who
have reached the age of 81 years, S12
per month; those who are 20 years of
age, S15 per month; those who have
passed the 18th milepost 500 per
month
1sss;skA number of young men of the city
have organized a fraternity to be
known as the 'Tappa Tappa Keka. !"
This may be Greek as is claimed by
the founders of the new organization,
but whether SO or not it is unques-
tionably ingenious and means much.
The officers are: Ed. Stoll, Grand
Tappa; George Schmidt, Vice Grand
Tappa: John Neumann, Master Keka;
Carl Hose, Worthy Pumppa; Albert
otuSU63 NJ dSG6I Ol SGEcLlOuleS, AEUlluE
Dengler, treasurer.
Southern Minnesota sheriffs are not
finding their Offices very lucrative.
Sheriff Donahue of Blue Earth county
has been feeding but three prisoners
since taking the Office. Sheriff Julius
of this county reports business in his
line the dullest that it has been in
years. He is boarding but one priso-
ner. Sheriff Schueller of Redwood
Falls has had no prisoner in his Jail
since last September, and made but
seven arrests all last year. The jail
was inhabited only three months of
I the year.
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