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I I s* IT ItIf 4 \t New Ulm Review. MtANDT A WEDDENDOKF, Publishen. HEW TJLM, MINNESOTA ,i E labor bill now before the Ger an reichstag provides forth rigid enforcement of Sunday rest. AT Zschoppan, in Saxony, a an was fined $3.50 by the police for in scribing his occupation on the census blank as a starving weaver." isn't wanted very much there. E vast number of people dying now at the age of 10 0 a upward leads to the reflection at whereas "there were giants in those a there are herculean liars in these. A N Indianapolis an challanges another to a contest in getting off trains. With a good many|people who indulge in this sort of sport it is a con test to a finish. E S tongue is said to be one of the choicest delicacies known to epicures. Doubtless there are times when Sullivan feels as if he could crunch the entire animal. A N I E W E S E is said to have been the first editor of the first college paper published in this country, the initial number appearing at Dart in 1809. These journals now number 190 in the United States. UM CHEWING will have to be classed among the manias soon. A Ohio teacher chastised a girl for refusing to give up her wad, whereupon she and her mother attacked him and gouged his eves out. E apprehension at exists con cerning the oyster's ultimate fategives rise to an awful dread at the provid ers of food a be reduced to the necessity of cutting them in two in or der to see at each stew has its repre sentation. CHARLOTTE SCOTT, the colored wom an who contributed the first five dol lars paid toward a monument for Abraham Lincoln in Washington, and whose name is on that account in scribed in bronze on the base of it, died recently. Now the "boomers" are invading the Cherokee strip. The misguided in dividuals who "boomed" into Okla homa last year are now enthusiasti cally retracing their steps as rapidly as providence and their finances will permit. E E are a few demonstrated truths in politics and one of them is that a party gets along most prosper ously and comfortably when it puts its best foot foremost. We may add that this truth is of universal appli cation to all parties, at all places, at all times. KING OSCAR of Sweden is a cruel man. He inflicted a lot of speeches upon the people before he ascended the throne and he is now getting them together for the purpose of publica tion and yet the world wonders when a nation breaks out in revolt against its rulers. IN ARKANSAS, and probably the other southern states, the little fish follow the big fish, No less than thirteen county treasurers in Arkansas are short in their accounts by amounts raging from $100 to $1,000. This is natural in a state which has twice been defrauded by its treasurers within a short time. COUNT VON MOLTKE compels all the members of his family to spend at least one hour each day in the open air, even if the rain be pouring. This is what the ordinary boy would call a "picnic," especially on Sunday, and the announcement is calculated to make jthe count extremely popular with the rising generation. PROP. ITALIANUI, the handsome ten or, whose voice was more sweet and pure than his morals, had died. An admiring friend, writing his obituary. had intended to say that "Henceforth he will jsing in another world," but the woodeg-headed compositor, building better 4han he knew, translated it to type as follows: "Henceforth he will singe in a nether world." IT IS now being fouud that goat's £t .blood is a cure for consumption. The & tests being made show surprising re it is alleged. The discovery is Iftdue to the observation of the doctors at the goat never had consumption. iiliBut who ever saw a mule that had an affection of that sort? If the rule is a general one specifies can be had for all diseases. Some animal may be found that never had fits or delirium tre- EVENTS OF A WEEK. Mashed by the Wires of the Telegraph Condensed and Classified for Convenience of Readers. Washington, Foreign, Accidental, Per sonal, Criminal and Other News of Importance. WASHINGTON. The president has sent to the senate the following nomination. Henry Bordewick, postmaster at Granite Palls, Minn. The census office issued a corrected bulletin of the population of Alaska. There is no material change in the figures already published. At the meeting of the coinage committee the free coinage men were defeated in an attempt to limit the hearing on the silver bill by a vote of 7 to 5. A delegation from the State Farmers' Al liance, headed by President Polk of the National Alliance, awaited the hearing of the committee on coinage. A delegation of Sac and Fox Indians had a conference with Secretary Noble recently, and urged the immediate payment of the $185,000 appropriated by congress for the purchase of their lands. Secretary Blaine said with reference to the dispatch from Ottawa, which gives from a Canadian source what purports to be the manner in which the proposal for reciproci ty negotiations came to be made to the United States, that the statements concern ing himself and his action in the matter were utterly without foundation. The report of the army officers detailed by Gen. Miles to investigate the fight be tween the Indians and the troops at Wounded Knee creek, involving Col. Forsyth, of the Seventh cavalry, has been received at the war department, and is be ing considered by Secretary Proctor and Gen. Schofield. The navy department has ordered the Pensacola, which is stationed at Monte video, to proceed to Chili and the Baltimore, at Toulon, to proceed to the same coast. The orders were issued several days ago, but were not made public. There are no United States men-of-war in Chilian waters and the recent troubles suggested the pro priety of having a naval force there for the protection of American citizens in case of an emergency. The monthly debt statement, issued at Washington shows that the aggregate in terest-bearing debt, exclusive of Pacific railroad bonds, is $617,145,750, and the debt bearing no interest, $402,758,534. The ag gregate debt, including certificates and notes, Jan. 31.1891, was $1,544,677,354. The bonded debt decreased $4,093,970 during January. Cash in the treasury reserved for redemption of certificates, etc $627,201, 764 available for coin not full legal tender, etc., $698,082,309 total, $1,325,285,073. The net decrease of debt during the month was $15,835,496. PERSONAL. Elie Bertrand Berthet, the French novel ist is dead. He was born in 1815. Lieut. Schwatka is slightly improved. The doctors now think he will recover. His spinal injury, however, may render him a cripple for life. The Very Rev. E. H. Plimptre, D. D., dean of the bishopric of Bath and Wells, England, is dead. He had attracted atten tion of late by severe criticisms of Gen. Booth's scheme. A dispatch from Hot Springs, Ark., an nounces the death of Gen. Henry A. Mor row, of the First United States infantry. Gen. Moriow had gone there in hope of recuperating his health. Gen Morrow en tered the Mexican war as a private, and when the Civil war broke out he was made colonel of the Tvv enty-fourth Michigan vol unteers For bra\ ery on the field he was several times promoted, being breveted maior general at the close of the war He then entered the regular service, in which he died. His station at the time of his death was Foit Sidney, Neb. CASUALTIES. H. H. West & Co's stationery and book store in Milwaukee has been destroyed by fire. Loss, $25,000 insurance, ?7,000. A break in the Ohio canal within the Chillicothe limits, extending 100 feet, has entailed damages to the amount of $30,000, and threatens to undermine several ware houses along the bank. A wagon load of nitro-glycerine explod ed near St. Mary's Ohio. The drivet^horses and wagon were blown to atomk. A big hole in the ground was all thaHold the story. The report that hundreds of families were fleeing from the New Castle^niouiitams in Colorado because the mountains were on fire is untrue. The fire is confined to the coal mines and the loss will be small. At Detroit, Mich., Robert McElroy's re tail dry goods store was gutted by fire. Estimated loss and insurance as follows: On stock $100,000, insurance $60,000: on building $75,000, insurance $50,000. The fire in the pullman car shops in St. Louis destroyed the shops and their con tents including eleven cars, together with a number of small dwelling houses near by. The aggregate loss is estimated at $250,000 partly insured. News reached Helena, Mont., that Lewis ton was visited by a disastrous fire. The loss is estimated at $15,000. Only meager information was received, as Lewiston is far in the interior of Fergus county and re mote from railroad and telegraph lines. At Cleveland, Ohio, a building known as "Rotten Row," occupied by about 500 Italians, negroes and Turks, was destroyed by fire recently. The inmates, many of them scantily clothed, all escaped, but suf fered much from the severe cold weather. Of a party of forty men engaged in re opening communication with snow-blocked villages between Dimitzana and Tripolitsa, in the Morea, fifteen have been frozen to death and a number of others have been so badly frost-bitten that they are not exprcted to recover. Charles Durr, a waiter at the Union club, was found lying dead at the bottom of the freight elevator shaft in the club building. He had evidently fallen from the elevator, as a package he had been sent up stairs with was found on it where it had stopped at the fourth floor. WICKEDNESSES. W. C. Howells, -son of one of the most prominent lawyers in Southeast Missouri and at one time a member ofthe legislature, has been lodged in iail in St. Louis, charged with stage robbery committed in Colorado Aug. 25, 1890. L. E. Imboden, president of the New England Trust and Savings bank, who was indicted for forgeries to the amount of $12, 000, has been indicted on two more charges of swindling and embezzlement, each to the amount of $5,000. Imboden is out on bail. Brogard of New Orli ed with the stock of the store and about $10,000 in money that had been paid in by subscribers to a watch club scheme, organ ized by a company there. Frank Butler, ex-tax collector for Ridley township, Delaware county, Pa., has fled and a deficit in his aecounta of $7,100 has been discovered. His son, George W. But ler, was arrested as an older and abetter in the defalcations. In a tenement house in the Italian quar ter of Chicago, occupied by fifty femilies, a drunken free-for-all fight broke out among the inmates. One man will die and several were injured. *M. Trod, a Greek, had his head nearly severed from is body. ^he jury in the case of Hon. F. Ehret, who was -tried in Judge Shepard's court at Ctiicago on the charge of stealing a $10,000 package from the United States Express company, returned a sealed verdict finding the defendant guilty andfixing his punish ment at three years in the penitentiary. At Alpine, Tex., A. H. Howe and Fin Gilliland quarreled over a $6 calf, and Gil liland shot and killed Howe. When De puty Sheriff Cook attempted to arrest the murderer a regular fusilade occurred, in which Gilliland and his horse were killed. R. C. Canfield the old man arrested at Lansing. Mich., for the murder of Nellie Griffin, a school girl, has confessed. It is thought that he is insane. At Smithton, 111., Henry Brehold inflict ed injuries upon his sister-in-law which may result in her death, and then com mitted suicide Mayor W. B. Barker of Birmingham, Ala., was. held up by two robberss who choked and stabbed him. His injuries are serious. FOREIGN. Canada has decided to establish dairy schools throughout the Dominion. William O'Brien refutes Balfour's state ments about the plan of campaign origin. The khedive has ordered his own body physician to accompany Prof. Koch during the latter's sojourn in Egypt. It is announced that President Carnot has decided to commute the sentence of death passed upon Michael Eyraud. A women and her three children were burned to death in a fire which broke out in a carpenter's shop at Nancy, JFrance. An inspired note is published denying the truth of the report that Dr. Miquel will shortly relieve Chancellor von Caprivi of the Prussian premiership. The sections of the Irish party will prob ably meet soon when the result of the Boulogne conference will be announced, and a modus Vivendi will be proposed. A Belgian has been arrested in Paris charged with supplying German war de partment officials with plans of the Franco Belgian and Belgian-German frontiers. In the British house of commons Col. Howard Vincent, the noted champion of protection, asked a question in relation to the intentions of the governmeut as to the international copyright law. Bartholomew Sullivan, a farmer, was hanged at Tralee, Ireland for complicity in the murder of Patrick Flahive, an evieted farmer, at Ballyhague, County Ker ry, in August last. The famous cathedral at Novgorod, Rus sia, built after the model of St Sophia's at Constantinople, and filled with historic treasures, some of them going back to the time when Novgorod was an independent city, has been destroyed. SPORTING TRIFLES Joe Tansy of Mamphiz, Tenn and John Wortry of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, fought at Fort Madison. I was a finish fight for a $300 purse. Tansy won the tvs enty seventh round. It vv as one of the hardest fought battles that has ever taken place in this pait of the country. Wortry's defeat was caused by a badly sprained arm. Barney Allen, the well known Australian spoitsman, says he stands ready to back Jim Hall, middle-w eight ch ampion of Aus tralia, against Fitzsiminons for £1,000 to £5,000 Billy Dacoy of New York city has been selected to meet Andy Bower for a $2,900 puise befoie the Audubon club of New Or leans Dacey say& he will be leady to fight tour vv eek&. John Sullivan has announced that he would match Patsy Kerrigan, the Boston light-w eight, against the winner of the Ryan-Needham fight for $2,500 aside He will issue a formal challenge in a few days. Kerrigan and Needham fought their 106 round draw in California a year ago the 7th of this month. AMONG TH E TOILERS. A strike of 16,000 coke workers in the Connelhville region, Pennsylvania seems inevitable. The coal miners of Belleville, 111, and vicinity have inauguarated a strike to se cure a uniform rate for mining of 2 cents per bushel. Between 400 and 500 rnineis re'fused to go to work. The Workmen's league of Haverhill Mass., which is the central organization of the state labor party, has appointed a com mittee to seek a conference with the repre sentatives of the farmers of the state and make arrangements for the formation of an alliance. One of the committee states that the Alliance campaign of the West is to be carried on in the East and that an attempt will be made to amalgamate all labor organizations. IN GENERAL. The boomers propose to send five small bands on the Cherokee strip each day un til all are located. The Iowa Columbian exposition com mission has decided to employ architects to draw up plans for a a, 100,000 Iowa building at Chicago. The American Powder Company of Chicago has purchased the patent and ex clusive right to manufacture the Emmons explosive, or smokeless powder. The factory is located at Emmensite, Pa. The Manufacturers' Mutual Insurant Company of Chicago has been placed in thi the hands of a receiver. The liabili ties amount to $15,000 in addition to the claims of policy holders. The assets will amount to about $25,000. Elders of the Church of United Brethren of Kansas met at Abilene, Kan., and ex pelled Bishop Engle, who has been specu lating in Kansas real estate, and failed re cently with liabilities $50,000 in excess of assets. The keel of the first iron ship ever built in Maine has been laid at Bath, Me.—that of Cruiser No. 5, at the Bath Ironworks. The keel for Cruiser No. 6 was laid, and the work of construction will go radidly for ward. The mutual underwriters of the North west, as the report of a conferencein Chica go,, have formed a league to be known as the Manufacturers' Mutual Underwriters' association. The main object of the organ ization is the abolishment of the present system of commissions. The Consolidated Fire Insurance Com pany of Chicago has made a voluntary as signment. Assests, $802 liabilities, $35, 000. This company was originally ab sorbed by the Consolidated Mutual Fire In auran^espompany, which assigned recently BIGAMY IS CHARGE Peculiar Matrimonial Experience of a Former Wisconsin Couple at Seat tle, Wash. The Husband Marries Another Wom an Under the Very Nose of His Former Spouse, SEATTLE, Wash., Special Telegram, Feb. 9.—Mrs. Minnie Beard claims that her husband, Charles B. Beard, is a bigamist, and tells the following story: She was married to Beard three years ago at Hudson, Wis. He represented to her that he had been married before, but that his wife was dead. About a year previous to that lime Mrs. Beard left her home and taught school in Knapp, Wts. At the ex piration of the tern, she lived at Beard's home and kept house for him* and his daughter by the first wife. Here the court ship began, which resulted in marriage. Tbey came here about a year ago. Several months ago Beard deserted her, and, as she has since learned, began paying attentions to Mrs. Lottie Blackman of this city, and last month married her, the wed ding being quite a swell affair and made a great deal of in the newspapers. Mrs. Beard No. 2 was in ignorance of all this until a few days ago, when she came across a letter from the relatives of Wne No. 3. WOULD BURN SIOUX CITY. Incendiaries Seem to Be Carrying Things With a High Hand. Sioux CITY, Feb 0—The wholesale groc ery store of Tolerton, Stetson & Co. was burned this evening. Loss on stock, $35, 000 on building, $50^000. While this fire was raging Lyon's gun store, less than two blocks away, was dis covered to be on fire. The badly crippled department sent one hose team to work on the building, but the building being a two-story wooden structure, was soon Durned to the ground, together with its contents. The upper floor was occupied as living rooms by two families, and it was rumored two children were burned to death, but this is not verified. The fires were clear ly the work or incendiaries, done, it is supposed, lor the purpose of robberv It is now thought by many that it is the'sanie gang that tried to burn the little town of Covington, just across the river, three weeks ago. An attempt was made at 11 30 to start an other hre in a second-hand store in Pearl street, but the blaze was discovered and checked by firemen. PROFESSIONAL, WITNESSES. The Difficulty of Convicting Polish Crim inals £xplained. SHEN4.M)OAH, Pa, Feb. 9.—William and George Butsairage, Matt Moldazes and John Lalurnikus, four Poles, ha\e been com mitted to jail in default ot $2,500 bail each lor murderously clubbing and stabbing five of their fellow countrymen who were instrumental in having a friend of one of the accused sent to jail for assault and highway robbery. The men named are ringleadeis of a so ciety which has for its main object the avenging of wrongs done its members and the naymen of all expenses of members who get into trouble betore the courts. The discovery ot the society existence is of great importance. Oi late it lias been al most impossible for tne commonwealth to comict Poles ot crimes on account of the vast amount of testimony put up in favor of the accused This kind of testimony is now believed to have bee,i supp'icd by profes sional witnesses, members ot the society. RAPID GROWTH. It Bmdeis One of the New States in Get ting Settled Down. WASHIGTON, Special Iclegram, Feb 9 It is iearntd at the tre.isui^ depaitiuent that a proposition is on loot to cntnely re organize the sub-poits of entry on Puget sound. Considerable complaint has teen made of the location at Bellmgham bay and one oi twro other points, and an effort will be made to have them removed. This can be do.le by the treasury department without any legislation, as the act organizing the Puget sound collection district allowed the treas ury department to fit upon sub-ports of entry. There has been more or le«s conten tion about the affairs in this collection dis trict and the unsatisfactory state they appear to be in, and various people are petitioning for changes and removals and reorganisa tion. Most of these complaints, of course, are referied to the Washington state delega tion, as the members have more accurate knowledge of the existing state of affairs than can be obtained bv the treasury of ficials. The new fctate of Washington seems to have some trouble in getting settled down, and the rapid growth of various sec tions necessitates changes not foreseen a few months previous. GAVE HIMSELF AWAY. A Young Man Confesses Murder, Believ ing He Was Soon to Die. OMAHA, Feb. 9.—H. M. Rogers, a young insurance agent who came here irom Chi cago last week, attempted to commit sui cide after writing a letter addressed to the United States Mutual Life Insurance Com pany of New York, confessing that he mur dered his sweetheart last summer near Mercer, Pa. He did not mention names, but admits that he assumed the name by which he was known. When ne realized that he would live he made an eiton to se cure the letter, but the authorities had been apprised and secured the confession and took charge of-Rogers. The Mercer au thorities have been notified by telegraph Rogers is intelligent and of good address. Cause of Mike Wilkes' Death. STILLWATEE, Special, Feb 9 —Veterinar3r surgeons have examined into the cause of the death of the trotter and pacer, Mike Wilkes, who dropped dead on the ice race track on Friday. They found that it was caused by the rupture of a blood vessel over the kidneys, and this was done by a sud den strain. On Thursday he acted badly, making several jumps in harness, each of over twenty feet, which would account for the bursting ot the blood vessel. Negresses Slay Each Other. DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 9.—A brutal murder was committed in the negro quarter. Two young colored women named Adelina Scroggins and a Mrs. Gilbreath were at a ball, when a quarrel besan among them, which terminated in Mrs. Gilbreath being stabbed throught the heart by her in furiated rival. Before dying the victim seized an ax and dealt the murderess a ter rible blow on the head, felling her to the earth, alter which she droppeddeadr «The Action of Chicago Workingmen Anent the World's Fair. CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—The organized labor Chicago hotly asserted itself to-day regard ing the world's fair. It was at a regular meeting of the trades and labor assembly, a body said to represent 47,000 workingmen, and one of whose members was given a seat in the world's fair directory in lecog nition of the $300,000 subscribed by the workingmen to the guarantee fund of the fair. Intense interest is manifested in the sub ject. There had been much discussion be forehand in the meetings of individual un ions, and it was generally expected that a climax would be reached to-day. The excitement began when James O'Con nell, president of the assembly, arose and offer 3d the following. Whereas, when it was first proposed to hold a world's Columbian exhibition in Chicago, organized labor was appealed to by the promoters of that institution to as sist them in securing legislation and other influences in favor ot Chicago and, where as, the members of the various trade unions and labor organizations of Chicago have subscribed liberally to the stock of said ex position, and, whereas, inducements were held out by the promoters of said exposi tion to the working people of Chicago that in all work done on the buildings of said exposition union labor should be recog nized and have a preference over scab labor and, whereas, the present directors of said exposition indicate an intention of not only refusing to recognize union labor, but threaten to employ indiscriminately non union labor, thereby flooding the" labor market of Chicago with the ultimate design of destroying the trade unions, therefore, belt Resolved, That we, as union men, protest against this treacherous action of the di rectors of the world's Columbian exposi tion, and unless immediate action is taken in regard to this union labor, that we shall deem it our duty to oppose in every wav any further legislation, either municipal", state or national, in favor of said world's Columbian exposition, and we hereby rec ommend all working men who have sub scribed lor said stock to decline to pay any further assessments until proper assurances are given by the directors that said implied plans will be kept Resolved, That unless satisfactory assur ances are given by the directors that their indicated action will be chanced we shall deem it our duty to ask the co-operation of every body ot organized labor throughout the country to assist us in making our pro test emphatic. In an instant a dozen men were on the floor, and peppery speeches containing some pointed personalities followed. One speaker conclude with the assertion. "Tnereisno doubt that it is the intention of the directory to kill organized labor." Mr. O Connell here jumped up and shout ed "We will make the directory put a reg iment ot soldiers around their grounds they employ scab labor. The day has passed when organized labor can be ignored in a great public enterprise of this kind." This was received with cheers and loud cries of "that's right." STILL THE IRISH. Pttrnell Condemned and Harrington Criticised hy the Prelates. DUBLIN, Feb. 9.—A pastoral letter from the Catholic primate was read in Catholic chinches throughout Ireland to-da}'- con demning Mr. Parnell's conduct and warn ing those engaged in the Boulogne nego tiations to take care that the compromise reached be definite, as the country will have the last word to say on the issue. Demonstrations by the two rivai factions were held in Stradbally to-day Plenty of policemen were present, and both demoli sh ations were orderly. Mr. Redmond ad dressed the Parnelhtes. Several Irish bishops, following the ex ample set by Archbishop Walsh. ha\e written letters to the clergy of their dioceses in opposition to Mr Harrington's appeal to the members of the National League to eorgamze in view of the coming general elections. Aichbishop Walsh advised cler ical ineinbeis ot the league to combat such Painellitc "packing" bj re using to join the tr:ckei\. In leply to Archbishop Walsh, Mr Har rington says the archbishop misjudarcs the object ot the league's cuculai, winch is similar to those issued annually by the league Mr Harrington savs lie informed Messrs Dillon and O Brien be lore issuing the circular that in consequence of the collapse ot the Ainencm tour he had determined to ask the league branches to help evicted tenants. Air Harrington advises the archbishop not to commit the priests too hastily to a policy which will lead to two hostile camps in every parish. The Prrnell leaaership committee have agreed to di-soive in \ic\ of the accession oi Mr. Dillon. Valuable Stallions Bnrned HLRO\ S. D., Special Telegram, Feb. 9. —The livery barn of C. read way was destroyed by hre early this morning. Twen ty-.our horse3, several carriages, buggies, harness, etc were consumed. Among the horses were two stallions valued at $1,000 and$2,000 pach. The loss is about $12,000, only small insurance. The origin ot the fire is not known. The warerooms ot the Huron Furniture company were also badly damaged and some slock injured. The artesian well and the fire companv "aved the west portion of the town from "destruc tion. Jrtadlv .Bunged Up. NEW YORK, Feb. 9. The Hamburg American Packet company's steamship Polaria, from Copenhagen, regarding whose safety much anxiety has been felt, reached port to-day, five days overdue. Her foremast was gone, her engines were out of order, the bulwark lorward on her starboard side were replaced with rough, unplaned boards, and she presented a bat tered appearance generally. The damage was done in a storm on Jan. 27. A Millionaire's son Missing. CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—Thomas Dudley Eas ton, aged thirty-eight, said to be che son of millionaire parents living at Mount Sterling, Ky., has been mysteriously missing since last Tuesday Eastoh has been connected with an insurance company in Chicago for several yeai=. The last seen of him was at the entrance to the Palmer house, where he sterjped out ot a cab, leaving a loaded revolver on the seat. Mental aberration and foul play are the suggested solutions of the mystery. Wouldn't Give Up His Ticket. ECKLEY, Col Feb. 9.—Section men found the body of a man lyiug in a ditch west of here this morning. On examination the man proved to be S. Brayer ot Rochester, N. Y. A ticket was found in his pocket from Rochester to Denver The railroad men say he was ejected from the train be cause he relused to give up his ticket after the tram let McCook. Killed by a Hack. GKAND FORKS, N. D., Special Telegram, Feb. 9 —Last night the eleven-year-old sou of Mrs. O'Rielly was run over by a hack while driving down street and almost in stantly killed. The boy was a nephew of Senator ilcCormack. Sickness and Suicide- LAKE Crr\, Minn., Special ^grani./Ptb. 9.—Mre. Fred Cosen brook of tin's city com mitted suicide by hanging to-day while temporanlj insane consequence of phy sical illness. She leaves a husband and two young children.. WM. FRANK. Cottonwood Hills. Custom grinding solicited. Witt grind wheat for (one eigth) or ex change 84 lbs. flour, 5 lbs. shorts and fls. bran for one bushel of wheat. Flow and feed sold at low rates and delivered New Ulm free of expense. FRANK & BENTZIN. AUG. QUEUSE, HARNESS MAKER —and Dealer in— Whips, Collars, and all oth er articles usually kept in a first-lass har ness shop. New harnesses made to order and re pairing promptly attended to. NEW MLM, MIN» Empire Hill. Co. ROLLER MILL. 24 Rollers and 4 Burrs. We take pleasure in informing the public that we are now ready for bu» ness. The best machinery and all th* latest improvements in the manufac ture of flour enable us to compete with ihe best mills in the country. We are constantly buying Wheat, Rye, Corn, Oats* Buckwheat, At the Highest Market Price*. We sell all kinds of FLOVR, SHORTS, AT LOW BATES. Special Attention given to Custom Work An extra stone for giinding feed. Steam Cornsheller. Wood taken for cash or in exchange C^SH PURCHASES and CHEAP SALEfik H. HANSCHEN, Contractor and Builder, Special attention given to masea work in the city and country. New Ulm, Minn. The North Star Lung and Throat Bal sam is a sure cure for coughs and colds. HDEMKE & SHAFEKAHM, Carpenters, Builders and Contractors. NhW ULM, MINN. Designs and plans made to order and estimates on all work furnished and contracts faithfully executed. THE FIGURE 9 Thefigure9 in our dates will make a long ttay. No man or woman now living will ever date a document without using the figure 9. It stands in the third place in 1890, here it will remain ten years and then move up to second place in 190fy where it will rest for one hundred years. There is another "9" which has also come to stay. It is unlike thefigure9 our dates in the respect that it has already moved up to first place, where It will permanently remain It is called the "No. 9" High Arm Wheeler A, Wilson Sewing Machine. The "No. 9" was endorsed forfirstplace by thc experts of Europe at the irio Exposition of 1889, where, after a severe contest with the leading ma chines of the world, it waj awarded the only Grand Prize given to family sewing machines, all. ethers on exhibit having received lower awards* of gold medals, etc. The French Governmeati also recognized its superiority by the decoration of" Mr. Nathaniel Wheeler. President of the company,, with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. The "No 9" is not an old machine Improved* upon, but lb an entirely new machine, and thai Grand Prize at Paris was awarded it as the grand' est advance in sew mg machine mechanism of thes age. Those who buy it can rest assured, there^ ore, of having the very latest and best. WHEELER & WILSON CO., 185 and 187 Wabash Ave.. Chicago* For Sale by C/H. HORNBURG, New Ulm, Minn. y.^ ED. PAULSEN, Licensed Auctioneer** jjLINDEN, BBOWN CO., MINN. Correspondence promptly attended to*- 'f *J* f"\