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The Local News of the Week. Wm. Herian has resumed work at the •depot. Adolpk Seiter spent Monday at Win throp. The two banks in .Fairfax hare con solidated. A. child of Henry Durbahn's is dang erously ill. Charles Borchert is drilling a well for the Lafayette Creamery Co. Representative Christiansen spent Sat urday among his New Ulni constituents. Geo. Gieseke will rent his residence on South Broadway and return to the farm. Prof. Schaller delivered an English sermon at the Lutheran church Sunday evening. Wanton Greene, aged 82 years, died at bis home in Mulligan the forepart o* the week. Miss Flora Pfefferle and Miss Keenan are studying nasv millinery styles in St. Paul this week. Herman Pless walked down from Mor. gan Monday and covered the distance of ou miles in 7 hours. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wagner entertain ed a party of friends at their German street home last evening. The Northwestern now compels pas sengers to show their tickets at the sta tions before entering the trains. Henry Kaushau and Johnnie Fenscke hiked to Sleepy Eye Sunday afternoon. That doesn't often occur in March. All of the passenger trains under the new time card will make close connec tions with the trains on the Omaha. The Golden Gate Dramatic Company will render a play on the evening of March 23rd, entitled "The Rio Grande." Otto Kluegel left for St. Louis Mon day to accept a position in a machine shop. His father will follow him in spring. All the barrels and tubs used by the New LTlm Pickling Co. are now manu factured in this city by Haberl & Ja worsky. Mrs. Hagel, who has been the guest of Mrs. Gottlieb Schmidt for several weeks returned to her Chicago home Monday afternoon. While in Chatanooga, Mr. Grimmer spent many pleasant days with old Col. Sellers, the old gentleman whom Mark Twain made famous. Sam Sherman, Elmer Dungan and Oli ver Somerville of Leavenworth attended a Good Templars convention at Lamber ton during the week, A meeting of the Electric Light Co. will be held tonight to determine wheth er or not their system shall be changed to one of arc lighting. Miss Annie Velikanje has just closed a rive months' term of school in Bashaw. The Advance says that her work as a teacher is highly spoken of. A partial eclipse of the moon occurred Sunday night. It furnished fruitful topic for conversation for the loving pedestri ans to whom the hours were all too short. C. A. Johnson, of the firm of Johnson & Mueller, started out for his first trip on Monday, with a full line of samples from their ohirt factory.—St. Peter In dependent. Alexander and Leonhard Anderson, students at the University and old friends of Mr. Lind from Goodhue county, spent a couple of days of last week here with the ex-congressman. A number of Johnnie Hauenstein's friends tendered him a genuine surprise Sunday evening, by driving out as a masked party and taking posession of his home for .several hours. They all had a happy time. Miss Bertha Beinhorn left for Duluth Thursday morniniag to accept a position as teacher in the public schools. We can say without fear of contradiction that the superintendent at Duluth has secured a valuable assistant. The Springfield Building and Loan Association has elected the following of ficers: President, J. C.Rothenburg vice president, J. J. Ray secretary, Wm, G. Frank treasurer, M. Lehrer directors, Messrs. Lehrer, Ray, Frank, Forster and Jtfueller. 'v. Frank Nenuo is visiting relatives in Gaylord. A child of Fred. Klossner is very low with lung fever. A night crew is now employed in the local railroad yards. C. B. Liver of Omaha spent Sunday here with his family. Wm. Welter intends to go into the saloon business in Fairfax. Mrs. B. F. Webber entertained a party of friends at tea last Thursday afternoon. An Eastern Star lodge will probably be organized in Springfield in the near future. -v Fred Landwehr and Joe rehlmann are sawing lumber at the rate of 5,000 feet per day. Misses Emily and Gustie Baarsch were surprised by thdir friends last Saturday evening. Andrew J. and Wenzel T. Eckstein spent Saturday and Sunday in St. Paul and Minneapolis. E. G. Pahl is very low at Victor, Cali fornia, He is hardly expected to live but a short time. Col. Pfaender and his daughter leave for Germany to-morrow. We wish them a happy voyage. The Dramatic Section of the Turnver ein will present "Ein Tallessement" on the evening of the 24th. Rev. Pinney of St. James and Rev. Campbell of this city exchanged pulpits Sunday morning and evening. Clarence Saulpaugh is endeavoring to make arrangements for the appearance our local Dramatic Section in Mankato. Miss Mabel Doty of Courtland spent a portion of the week here while home from the State University on a brief vaca tion. Dr. Marcellus, says the Sleepy. Eye Herald, has purchased a farm near Char lottesville, Virginia, and will make that his home. A masked party of friends pleasantly surprised Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Brust last Wednesday evening. From all reports, it was a happy affair. Representative Christenson of this county was one of those who voted against appropriating any money for a new capitol building.' John Backer was down from Echo over Sunday. He is now running a feed store, but expects to engage in the sa loon business next month. Mrs. Follmann went to Chicago Mon day afternoon to purchase her stock of spring millinery goods. She will be ab sent the remainder of the month. Mrs. Huntress of Fairfax died at the home of Horatio Werring last Thursday of consumption. She was the daughter of PatrieK McGowan of Home township. Htnry Meierding, who has for some time been employed in one of the Fair fax banks, has been relieved of a posi tion owing to the recent consolidation and is now in this city. N. Henningsen has rented his residence on Broadway to Chas. Heymann and Dr. Mueller. Mr. and Mrs. Henningsen will occupy the rooms over Mrs. Pfefferle's millinery store which have been nicely fitted up during the pa&t few days. It was whispered to us this week by one who ought to know that Gene Gross jean's visit to Iowa was for the purpose of casting off single cussedness and em barking on the sea of matrimony .There's some sense in making a visit of that Kind, and we hope it's true. The Otto murder mystery will be probed by the grand jury. County At torney Miller was in Morton last Satur. day and Monday getting pointers to sub mit to that body, and it is understood that one of the jurymen is in possession of some valuable evidence. Redwood Gazette. The new time card went into effect Monday. The trains will hereafter arrive as follows: P«ssengers from the east at 4:28 p. m. and 12:20 a. m. passengers from the west at 6:45 a. in.'and 2:10 p. m. freights from the east at 4:25 a. m. and 1:40 p. m. from the west at 12:15 p. m. and 9:00 a. m. The Chautauqua m.t with Mrs. Lind last evening. Next Tuesday the Gircle will meet with Mrs. Newhart at which time Miss Herta Weschcke will give a review of the history of the sixteenth century and the decadence of Renaissance Architecture in the seventeenth century, and Mrs. Weiser will discuss the literary period from Pope to the French Revo tion. Mrs. Newhart and Miss Vdgel will sing a duet. VOLUME XYII. NO 13. W ULMj O W COUNTY. ^EDNESDA^ MARCH 1 3 O O E E ssa. Mrs. Louis Riecke of Lafayette is seri ously ill. ~t-\*-.V-" Henry Wankum will soon move into the Notehardt residence. ."" Jos A. Eckstein transacted legal bus iness in Morton last week. Mr. and Mrs. Lind left for Chicago this afternoon to be gone a tew days. Yesterday Madelia voted in favor pf license. It has been prohibition the past year. Martin Kunz, Frank Zschunke and Peter Altmann were over from Fairfax Sunday. Supt. R„nk conducted teacher's ex aminations in the High School room yes terday. L. G. Vogel and Otto Seiter went to Minneapolis on business for the Electric Light Co. Aug. Stork will occupy the Neumann buildiLg recently purchased by Wm. Winkelmann. Unas. L. Rous and Wm. Koch attended a miller's banquet in Minneapolis last Wednesday evening. Adam Buck, a well-known" politician in these parts in the early days, died at Henderson a few days ag». The state school apportionment for the year, 1895, gives Brown County 13,887 and Redwood $3,335. 1 Theo. Rein had his shoulder blade fracture 1 in a runaway last Friday. Dr. Schoch is treating the broken member. Arrow heads and odd shaped bracelets are among the trinkets unearthed by the removal of the- Indian mound mentioned elsewhere. It will interest the New Ulm friends of Geo. Wurmstein of Springfield to know that he recently became the father of another son. A. W. Binghimm returned from his eastern visit last Wednesday evening. It Was a visit that he claims to have en joyed immensely. Dr. Wheaton came up from St. Paul last evening to visit Theo. Crone, upon whom he operated a few weeks ago. He found him slowly improving. Aug. Heymann, for such a long time beer driver for Hauenstein's brewery, will start a saloon in Echo next month Henry Rolves takes his place here. The entertainment to be given by the members of the Baptist church will take place at Union Hall next Friday evening. An elaborate program has been arranged. Havemeyer's delivery team indulged in a spirited runaway yesterday morning. After flying through several streets, the horses finally fell over each other near Union Hall. Reno, the magician and so-called spir itualistic medium,will give an exhibition at Union Hall next Sunday evening. He has with him a group of educated dogs and trained birds. The Woman's Foreign Missionary So ciety'of the Methodist Church will give a Missionary supper at the residence of Rev. Baumgarten this evening. The price of admission for adults will be 25 cents and for children 10 cents. Joseph Stotz, who lives on the Weis gerber farm, Cleveland, went to New Ulm one day last week and brought back with him. Miss Mary Seitzer, who a few hours later in the day received everybo dy's congratulations as Mrs. Stotz. It does not take Jos. long to catch on to a good thing. St. Peter Tribune. Mrs. Caroline Simmet, of Lafayette* was brought before Judge of Probate Peterson Thursday by her husband to be examined as to her sanity. Dr. L. A. Fritsche, of New Ulm, and Dr. G. F. Merritt, constituted the examining board. She was duly committed, and as her in sanity is of a mild type it is hoped that she will get better in. a few months. The St. Paul Dispatch of Thursday says that William Eich was arrested Wednesday on a charge of assault in the second degree, having attacked his broth er with a hammer and beat him on the head, causing severe scalp wounds. His hearing has been set for the 22nd and he has been released under $200 bonds. He had been drunk about six weeks. Young Eich used to work on the Sleepy Eye Dispatch. Senator Peterson of Nicollet* county has offered a bill to appropriate $10,000 to erect a bronze monument at Ft. Ridg ley and to authorize the governor to name a commission to consist of two from St. Paul and-one each from Nicol let, Renville and Redwood counties to purchase a site and ereet a monument. The bill was tead a second time under suspension of rules and ordered printed, N '-tr' &&&K Mrs. Evans died at Courtland on Mon day. A Populist paper wilt soon be started in Fairfax. Wolf. Schmid returned from the Hot Springs Monday evening. Col. Pfaender was treated to a farewell reception at Turner Hall last evening. Henry Vedder came over from Win thrip Sunday to attend the K. P. social. Wm. Winkelmann was laid up several days of last week with an attack of the grippe. Chas, Brust and son George returned from a visit to-La Porte, Iowa, Monday evening. v~' The Turner Zoeglingsverein will cele brate their 26th anniversary on the 21st of next month. Wm. J. McHale has accepted a posi tion as station agent for the Northwest ern at Claremont. Mr.. Fred Seiter entertained a number of friends last evening in commemora tion of his' birthday. Gene Koobler is busy mounting three fine deer for Otto Schell and a peculiar specimen of a calf for Reinhart. Rev. Pinney who preached at the Con. gregational church on Sunday was one of the defenders of New Ulm in 1862. The election at Courtland yesterday resulted in the defeat of Doty and the election of Schlottmann by only four votes. The play which the Dramatic Section intend to present on a week from Sun day will be a translation from the Nor wegian by Bjornsterne Bjornson. Attorney Dalzell of Gibbon transacted legal business here on Monday. He in formed us that a vote would be taken in that village yesterday on the issuing of bonds to build a town hall.. Charles Stuebe's youngest boy fell off of a mule which he was riding on Min nesota street Sunday afternoon, and was thrown directly in front of the animal, but fortunately without serious results. When the boy picked himself up, he cried at first, but soon launched into a triade on the mule's propensities that would have challenged the revengeful spirit of one many times older. A horse with a history died in St. Paul last week. He is said to have been owned and.ridden by an Indian chief at the battle of New Ulm. In the engage ment he was captured by an old German volunteer, who took him to St. Paul, and finally disposed of him to Mr. Weick, who kept him till h« died. At the time he was captured he was 7 years old, and has enjoyed perfect health until the past year—St. Pete* Tribune. A lively debate occurred at Turner Hall last Saturday evening over the ef fects of the recent Chicago strike. PeT ter Scherer, Col. Pfaender, W. E. Koch, Hugo Fischer, Ernst Brandt, Lt. Louis Scherei and Wm. Hummel were the prin cipal speakers and the interest waxed warm'as they progressed. In addition to the debate there were musical selec tions, and Capfc. Burg read some of his inimitable dialect verses. iCol, Pfaen der's address on the principles of tne Turnverein was a masterly one, covering the ground thoroughly and with earnest ness. The farewell given to Col. Pfaender las': evening was one that could not have failed to impress him deeply. All of his Turner friends, as well as others were present and speeches were made by Chas. L. Rons, Capt. Burg,Peter Scherer.Judge Brandt and Julius Berndt,,Col. Pfaender responding in a happy manner. Songs were sung, and solos by Rudblphi, Malt zahn and Hartmutb, while recitations in dialect were made by Mr. Boesch, Mr. Fischer and Capt. Burg, that brought forth repeated, rounds of applause. It was an event that gave clear evidence of the esteem in which the Colonel is held by all. While excavating near Hunter's Rest for Otto Schell's new residence, one of those peculiar mounds, that have so long attracted attention, was removed and the skeletons of human beings unearthed. Mr. Lind and Mr. Heideman made an in vestigation on Sunday and succeeded in discovering thefragments of a complete skeleton. The lower jaw and teeth were in good condition, while the remaining bones had partially crumbled. There can now be no doubt but what the pe culiar mounds are not the work of na ture but of Indians at a very early peri od. Two mounds still remained un touched and will, if properly removed, offer better results for research. ,v: 4f aBfeS *.*•- *rS zmmdKt: "Geo. Oswald went to Gibbon Sunday on business.- Miss Kiesling has returned from a visit at Elbow Lake.v The children of Andrew Amann are afflicted with diphtheria. Alb. Winkelmann paid Redwood Falls a business visit last week. Klossner & Mueller received a carload of building paper this week. Miss Lou Hopt of Franklin spent Sunday with her New Ulm friends. The letter carriers of Chicago's sub urbs are mounted on Columbia bicycles. The Dramatic Section will hold its re gular-monthly meeting to-morrow even ing- :.v, ..' Miss Newton has rented a room above the Brown Co. Bank for a dressmaking parlor. Miss Bertha Koch will celebrate her birthday anniversary with friends this evening. Aug. Heymann and John Backer have formed a partnership in the saloon busi ness at Echo. A number of friends of Miss Olga Schleuder tendered her a surprise on Saturday eve. B. S. Marti will retire from the saloon business in Fairfax and go onto the farm. Anton Brand will take his place. The Fairfax Crescent changed hands last Saturday. Prof. Ray of Arlington is now the owner and Ed. Mahler of Le Sueur the printer. The quarterly meeting of the Brown County Agricultural Society at Turner Hall Saturday afternoon was largely at tended, twenty-nine of the members be-' ing present besides others. The report of Herman Pfaender, delegate to the state meeting, was read and approved. A resolution was adopted instructing oar members in the legislature to pass somevbill looking towards the eradica tion of the Russian thistle and other noxious weeds and expressing preference for a measure compelling the townships to look after the matter also a resolu tion recommending the passage of the bill appropriating $5,000 to exterminate chinch bugs. A letter from the Bree der's Association asking the Agricultur al Society to co-operate with them- in case the city allows them to build a track was read, and the plan unanimously ap proved of. There was also a discussion of fir and fruit trees, and a decision to hold another fair during the present year. The literary meeting at Turner Hall Sunday evening was the best held up to date. About two hundred people were present and all apparently enjoyed the entertainment as they seldom have be fore. The program was a good one,con sisting of some splendid vocal solos by Miss Josie Pfaender, an essay on Ameri can poets of the present day by Miss Scherer and one on Riley by Mr. John son, a recitation by Miss Meta Seiter from Carleton and a flute and zithern duet by Chas. Toberer and Max Burg that fairly made the audience go wild. The remainder of the program was in German. Albert Steinhauser read a cri ticism on Fred Dougla3, Miss Bogenand Mrs. Albert Seiter recited, and Hu go Fischer gave several humorous dialect selections. A piano duet by Misses Heilmann and Schuetz and one minute impromptu, speeches by several of those present were also features of the evening's program. Another meeting will be held on Sunday, the 24th, in the afternoon and it is hoped that as many will attend as did at the last one. The "Smoke Social" given by the Knights of Pythias on Monday evening was by all odds the most pleasant of the season. The boys had invited^'their friends to be present,and they came with, every intention of passing an enjoyable evening, and in this they were not dis appointed. Mr. Steinhauser presided over the affair and welcomed the guests, and. then the K. P. Quartette sang a song. H. L. Blethen read from Carleton and Mr^McElhianey also read a selection, while it devolved upon Dr. Schoch co fire Pennsylvania Dutch literature at those who were present. Henry Vedder favored them with several zither selec tionsandMr. Koffund of St. Paul delight ed all with his stirring "yodles". The writer was also fortunate enough to be present and wascalled upon to say a few words for the well-being of bis Pythian friendsg^Tfce lunch which was served by the boys was excellent, and at the con clusion the party became informal, en joying themselves till a late hour. The boys can well be proud of their-effort. AV-A..'« G. A. A Grind ShoWiltf vf the jtefr Goods at Jtclr £rice$+ Dr?Ss Qoods, Si1lj$, Wash Qoods, potions. My Spring Goods are in. It is the largtsi line of our goods evei shown here. Dress Goods. A fine 36 inch cashmere at 25 cts. A Sftter grade 35 cts" Muslin. old 5 Wash Goods. -•Pjffl ~k *5 FOB SELECTFl HAVANA* CIGARSifl SMOKERS III4 in rts ,-%' cts.- Armi wool cashmere 50 cts., last year price 75 cts. A fine black Serge at $1. These goods are mad 2 from the finest Austrian wool. A fine line of colors in half wool and half silk. The best goods ever brought to this city. Call and see these goods. The are just the goods for wedding dresses. Price $1 per yd. 20 pieces of New Summer Goods. Crape Goods fine shades at only 12£ cts. this year. 2000 yards Ponge* light and dark pattern, price only 10 cts. 500 yds. linen Chambry only 12* cts. a yd. 2000 yds, fine French Gingham at 10 cts. per yard. White Goods. Th« largest and best selected line I have ever shown. Something new. Tou must call and see these goods. 2500 yds. fast colored print only 4 cts. yards better goods at 5 and 6 cts. A fine brown muslin 5 cts. A heavy brown muslin 7 cts. 36 inch bleached muslin 6 cts., 7 cts. and 8. cts. 46 inch pillow case muslin 9-4 and 10-4 sheeting cheap. Embroidery. 2 cts. a yd. You can get a fine pat tern. Call and see the line. Laces, Torchoit and,Linen Laces. a big as* sortment. Black Silk Lace cheap. Laces for trimming dresses, I have just the thing. Dress Button" 5 cts. 25 gross pearl Dress Button. This year only 5 cts. The finest line of SILK lor waist and trimmings I have just received. Hosiery, 125 dozen Socks very heavy Goods 5 cts. 25 dozen Ladies Hose 10 cts, 25 dozen seamless Ladies Hose 15 cts. Children's Hose 10 2ts. a pair, ileavy Black Goods 15 and 25 cts. -i KOnOlEYER ,wi 'i 5000 ''C