New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-01-26

Teacher Henry Clasen and wife, who
have been visiting here for the last two
weeks with relatives, have returned to
their home in Burr Oak, Wis.
The Farmers Creamery at Comfrey,
recently destroyed by fire, causing a loss
Of approximately $4,000, will be rebuilt
by the association.
Gaylord, the victor in the recent
Sibley county courthouse fight, will have
a 100000 court house, sheriff. residence
and jail. A Minneapolis architect has
been engaged to draw the plans.
The Town Board of Nicollet and judi
son townships met last Saturday at
Judson for the purpose of viewing the
Judson bridge, which was reported as not
safe and the Boards decided to replank it,
which will take over 10000 feet of lum-
Der.
MIR. and Mrs. Elmer Haeberle left this
week for Denver, Colorado where they
will spend several weeks. Mrs. Kate
Haeberle accompanied them and she
and her son will take treatments under
the direction of DR.. Tilden, diet speci-
alist.
: Mrs. M. A. Bingham will give dinner
party Friday of this week in honor Of
Mrs. Katharine Silverson who is expected
to be here for a short time before she
leaves for trip to Chicago where she
is going to attend the marriage of Miss
Lottie Silverson.
Editor Hodges of the Sleepy Eye
Herald Dispatch, was in the city Tues
day evening, making the trip by auto
mobile and had the pleasant experience
of shoveling snow about half the distance.
The trip was made in the record time of
2 IL hours.
Mrs. L. J. Vogel and Mrs. Ida Bob
Letter entertained Friday of last week at a
six o'clock dinner party followed by an
evening at cards. There were seven
tables and prizes were won by Mrs.
Schoch, Mrs. Siegel, Mrs. Stricken and
Mr.. A. w. Bingham.
Local observers of the constellation of
the heavens remained up last Wednesday
night to watch an eclipse of the moon,
which began about 2 o'clock Thursday
morning and lasted for nearly an hour.
An eclipse of the sun is due Feb. 3 and
will be visible in this part of the country
Rev. A. Dysterheft of Sanborn, who
passed through New Ulm last week on
his way to Arizona, had to stop at Man.
kato and was taken to the hospital there.
He underwent an operation and is re-
ported out of danger. He probably
will resume his interrupted journey to
Southland next week.
Friends of Mrs. Esther Behnke called
on her yesterday afternoon to extend her
their congratulations on the occasion of
her eightieth birthday. Mrs. Behnke en-
Joys good health altho she is not robust
and she is able to enjoy the visits of her
friends quite as much as in earlier years.
She is making her home with her son
Frank.
The several school districts in the
vicinity of Nicollet held a meeting in
that village yesterday afternoon to con-
slider consolidation of the districts and
the erection of high school building at
Nicollet. Prof. C. M. Cesander, as
sistant state superintendent of education
was present and spoke upon the subject
of "Consolidation of School Districts
Mrs. Andrew Groebner, formerly a
resident of Sleepy Eye, died at Morgan
Wednesday of last week. She leaves a
husband and eleven children. The de-
ceased was born in Bohemia, Austria
March 9Th, 1858. She was married to
Andrew Groebner at that place in 1872.
They moved to this country in 1880 and
settled at Sleepy Eye, Brown County,
Minnesota. In 1890 they moved to
Redwood county.