New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-31

Mrs. Emil Pfaender has gone to
Mandan, North Dakota, fol. an extended
visit at the home Of Max Pfaender.
The Non-Partisan League will hold
a meeting at Lafayette, Friday afternoon
February 8. An interesting program is
promised.
August G. Erickson, the Springfield
attorney editor, came down from that
burg last Wednesday to see the soldier
boys 'scome marching home"
Joseph F. Augustin of Springfield is
serving an 8O-days sentence in the county
jail here, imposed by Justice J. j. Ray.
Augustin was convicted of having caused
near-riot in his home.
Miss Clara Hermann of Springfield,
visited New Ulm friends for several days
last week. She came down to meet her
brother who arrived with the soldiers
from the border Wednesday.
A new school building is to be erected
at Gibbon, bids for the construction of
which will be advertised for within few
days. It is to be two stories high, 68x-
l36 feet in size and basement.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Burginger of
Strome, Alberta, Canada, are visiting
friends here, after having spent week
with relatives in North Star township.
They were former residents of Stately
township.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of the
Congregational church, will hold it's
regular monthly meeting at the home of
Mrs. Herman Held, Friday afternoon at
8 o'clock. The usual program will be
carried out. -
The Springfield Advance is anxious
that the unsteady inclined in that city
take up the Community Singing idea,
and urges the Springfield folks to pattern
after New Ulm and other cities that
have made move in that direction.
Mrs. Elizabeth Chambard, mother of
George Chambard of Hanska, died few
days ago at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. J. A. Whitman, near Fairfax. She
was pioneer and quite well known to
many Brown county people. I'll
The Hanska Shipping Association,
organized about year ago, is said to
have proven a decided success. Since
it's inception the association has shipped
out seventy-two car loads of cattle and
hogs, for which the farmers have received
8,301.84. " --E
G. R. Barns, veteran newspaper man
of st. Paul, and for many years editorial
writer on the Pioneer Press, died at the
state hospital in St., Peter last week.
Mr.. Barns was we'll known to the older
generation of newspaper men and poll
ticians of the state.
A. w. Chute, a mail carrier out of
Hanska, met with a mishap few days
ago while on his rounds near that place.
He was thrown over a mail box that he
was approaching, receiving several severe
bruises. His wagon which was tipped
over at the time, was badly demoralized.
A farmers institute is to be held at
Golden, on Tuesday, February 6, under
the auspices of the Agricultural Extern
sion Bureau of the University of Mime
sofa. The business men of that village,
and farmers of the vicinity have promis-
ed to do all in their power to make it a
success.
Otto R. Kohn of the New Ulm Rural
Telephone Company, and Lineman
Herbert Grussendorf We're at Minnea-
polls last week attending the conven-
ton of the Minnesota Independent
Telephone Association. The head
quarters of the association is in the Mill
City. I'LL
Charles H. Adams, we'll known and
popular merchant of Comfrey, died at his
home in that village last week, from the
effects of stroke of paralysis which
he suffered few days before, He had
been engaged in the hardware and
furniture business at Comfrey for the
past fifteen years. ri: 90.
Sleepy Eye has public library with
a total of 2,491 volumes, large number
Of books having been added during the
past year. There was a daily average
of twenty-five in attendance at the
reading room during the year. It was
pretty good, but wait till you read the
report of New Ulm's library.
The Board of County Commissioners,
in session Monday, appointed Charles
N. Robertson engineer of ditch No. 43,
in the township OF Linden. Ath. Henle,
William G.. Frank and Edward Nc
Gowan were appointed appraisers. The