New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-05-27
LOCAL NOTES.

Mrs. Olga Brandt, Miss Florence
Mueller, and Miss Marie Aftermath of
Springfield visited with relatives from
Saturday to Tuesday.
Rev. Wheeler will be in attendance at
the Conference of Western Minnesota
Congregational Churches at Winthrop
the End, 3rd and 4th of June.
Revs. Gustav Albrecht of St. Peter
and Hy. and I'm. Albrecht of Renville
visited with Rev. Albrecht over Sunday
and attended the concert at the college.
Baby daughters arrived at the homes
OF Israel johnson of CORTLAND and John
L. Evans of Cambria on Sunday and
at Ernst Rolloff's in Milford, Tuesday
A son was born Saturday to Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. M. Tauer of Sigel
Miss Elsie Baarsch underwent an
operation at Loretto Hospital Friday
morning and had two tumors removed.
The operation was critical one but all
things considered the patients con-
dition is very satisfactory and it is con-
| fidently expected that she will recover.
Last Thursday Charles Klotz sold
his residence on Payne Street to Ben
Vetter. 1t was virtually a trade for
Mr.. Vetter's farm in the Town of Mil
ford. Mr.. Klotz and family expect to
move on to the farm to-day The Vetter
family will move to New Ulm about the
same time.
! The circuses. will contend with Uni
versity Week for attendance next week.
| Terry's Uncle Toms Cabin comes Mon
day evening and the Gollmar Bros.
Saturday all day. 1t is too bad that
SO many things pile up this one week.
The Redwood Falls Homecoming Cele-
bration is scheduled for the same time
| and the Southern Minnesota Bankers
Convention. at Fammont also takes
place.
Emil Seidel, at one time Mayor of
Milwaukee and at the last election
Socialist candidate for the same office
Ehas been secured by the Socialist local
Ito deliver lecture in New Uln, Sun
day, June 7th. He will speak inEnglish
and the lecture will be given either
in Turner Hall Park Sunday afternoon
or at the Turner Theatre Sunday
evening. The subject OF his address
has not been made public.
Mrs. Marie Elder met with a painful
and serious accident at the F. H. Retz-
laff home Saturday evening shortly after
nine O'Clock. She was one of a quilting
party that had met with Mrs. Retz-
laff that evening. About nine o'clock
Mrs. Elder started down stairs on an
errand. She slipped and fell when she
reached the last step, fracturing both
bones of the left leg about an inch below
the knee. She was Immediately taken
to her home across the street where the
fracture was reduced by a local physi-
clan. She has nurse and is receiving
the best of care and attention but it will
be several weeks before she will be able
to sit up.
Frank Crosby, an aged inmate of the
county poor farm Of Nicollet County,
disappeared May 18th and as yet has
not been located. Crosby, who is about
80 years Of age, first appeared in the Swan
Lake neighborhood about thirty years
ago. He was an eccentric individual,
recluse, and for some time lived in a
1shack on Brooks Island. For the last
fifteen or twenty years he had been cared
for in the county almshouse. Last Fri
day afternoon an employee at the poor
farm saw Crosby walk into the woods
north of the farm, on the shores of Swan
Lake When he did not return for supper
Overseer Emil Menk became alarmed,
and the following day search was in
stituted. Last Tuesday and Wednesday
Sheriff Aug. Olson took charge of the
searching parties, but no trace of the
missing man has been secured. 1t is
feared that he has committed suicide by
i throwing himself into Swan Lake.
4 A dainty bride of last week was Miss
Meta Falk who became Mrs. VIM.
Ebert Wednesday afternoon, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. c. j.
/ Albrecht at St. Paul's Lutheran Church
at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Ebert is daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Falk of this city
city and Mr.. Ebert is stone planer in
the great stone mills of Bedford, Indiana.
Besides the principals, the wedding
party consisted of maid of honor, Miss
Eda Falk, and two bridesmaids, the
Misses Elsa Falk and Hilda Blauert,
the best man, Carl Pidde, and two
ushers, Martin Dcmmer and George