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George Erler has removed with his family to Butte, Montana. Weig&nd Hauenstein is critically ill ^at his home on North Washington street. Cobden gets a state farmers' insti tute on the 14th and Sleepy Eye one on the 15th. Chas. Stuebe has been confined to 5ns home the past few days with an attack of the grip. Jos. J. Sperl has been engaged to buy hogs at Searles for the New Ulm George Graen Farmers' Elevator Co. Leslie and Dorothy Helmes of St Paul are at the Dakota, the guests of their aunt, Mrs. Johnson. Peter Arbes returned to Renville Thursday after helping out for three •weeks in the drug store of his brothers. Gilbert Gulbrandson, aHanska boy, will soon enter the employ of the Great Northern road as a. telegraph opera tor. Wm. F. Schmidt and family of Red Held, South Dakota, have been spend ing the week with the former's parents on Valley street. The Minnesota Probate Judges As sociation will hold its annual meeting in St. Paul on January 15th and 16th. Judge Ross will attend. John Schaefer started east Saturday in the interests of certain prospective automobile purchasers. He will visit •Chicago, Lansing and Detroit. City Engineer Blomquist, having been granted a leave of absence by the council, is spending his vacation at his old home in Stockholm, Wis. Capt. Hatcher, the state's military ^storekeeper, inspected and checked |pver the property of Company A and %he Second Regiment band on Thurs day. Peter Lenz, one of the participants 5n the Indian war of 1862, was granted •a pension last week by Adjutant Gen eral Wood. Mr. Lenz now resides at Mankato. It is the intention of Henry Rudol phi and wife of this city and Carl Berg and wife of Sleepy Eye to pay a visit to their old-country home next sum mer, the* two couples starting from here about the first of June. Eli Southworth, the Shakopee attor ney, who is also secretary of the State -Board of Law Examiners, was in the city Saturday looking up evidence re lative to charges that have been pre ferred against a Lyon county attorney. News was received here Saturday of the death in Minneapolis of Mr. Grin nell, at one time a popular traveling salesman in this territory and of late years a member of the produce com mission firm of Grinnell, Collins & Co. During the month of February Mrs. Clara Fischer, wife of Hugo Fischer of Indianapolis, will read papers be fore the Indianapolis Historical So ciety on "The Humor and Pathos of Hood"' and "The Relation of Byron to Goethe.'' Oscar Bierbauer, the erstwhile miss ing Mankato malster, returned to his home last week a very sick man. So ill is he that up to this time no one has thought ot asking him how he came to disappear or where he was during his absence Christmas brought Andrew Ohn over from Franklin to see his wife and children who are still being cared for at the home of Mrs. Olin's parents, Postmaster and Mrs. Peterson. John Peterson, a son of the postmaster and an employee of Mr. Olin in the Frank lin bank, accempanied him. I You Failed to get au Edison Phonograph as a Christmas Gift remem ber we still have a large stock of all the New Machines and are willing to help you gladden your home by selling you a Genuine Edison on the easy payment plan.—There is oothing that will give the family so much genuine pleasure and comfort as an Edison Phonograph Buy one now and enjoy its comforts. Prices $12.50, $25.00 and $35.00. A large new assortment of^Jbotb Edison ai^ Victor Records just received. Call and hear the new German and Swedish gen%A. Pfefferie, Mrs. Baker of Redwood Falls visi ted during the week with her daugh ter, Mrs. John Juenemann. %%. hj. Or. Hage, the Hanska banker, will go to Milwaukee the end of the week to consult a specialist concerning his eyes. Peter Herrian is suffering from an aggravated case of Tlood poisoning, the result of scratching his leg on a piece of tin. Mrs. Moes of Columbia, South Dakota, was a Sunday guest at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A marriage license was issued at Mankato on Wednesday to George J. Sperl of this county and Miss Minnie Othoudt of Lake Crystal. When Matt. Eichten returned from his farm at Wanda last week he brought with him his son, Joseph, who will attend school here until spring. Scarlet fever has invaded three or four homes throughout the city, and although in a mild form has brought with it the necessity of a rigid quaran tine. Wm. H. Meyer, the well-known city representative of the Gund Brewing company in La Crosse, visited with New Ulm friends from Tuesday until Friday. Before the Humboldt Society of Co lumbus, Ohio, on December 15th, An ton Leibold, a former resident of New Ulm, delivered an address on "Pio neer Life in Minnesota.'' The famous Sperl will case will be given its third trial before Judge Morrison of Norwood at a special term of court to be held at the court house in this city about the middle of the month. G. W. Schlottmann has traded the Pauling brick block in Courtland to E. N. Allen of St. Paul for 320 acres of land located about fifty miles north west of the Capitol city. The Pauling building was valued at $8,000. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Feigel of Hopkins and Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Kruggel of St. Louis Park are being entertained at the home of Mrs. Anna Wicherski. Mrs. Wicherski and Mrs. Feigel are sisters and Mrs. Kruggel is the former's daughter. A. Li Mohler, vice president and general manager of the Union Pacific, is soon to be transferred from Omaha to San Francisco to take charge of the Hairima-n coast lines. Mr. Moh ler was general manager of the Minne apolis & St Louis at the time it was built into this city. Public meetings under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation are being held this week in the vacant building next to F. H. Behnke's grocery. The corps of speakers in cludes F. E. Eastman and Joseph Billman of Owatonna, Emil Herman of St. Paul Park and Andrew Leavitt of Hamline. Carl Ludwig Albrecht, a Brown county pioneer and one of the defen ders of New Ulm against the Indians in 1862, died recently at his home in Morgan at the advanced age of eighty four years. In 1864 Mr. Albrecht was married to Henrietta Dannheim, and of the thirteen children born to them eight are still h\ing. The annual convention of the Chris tian Endeavor societies of the Welsh Calvinistic church in the states of Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota opened in Mankato Thursday with Rev. Jones of Cambria presiding and about a hundred delegates in attend ance. Next year's convention will be held :n Cambria, notwithstanding a bid for the gathering was made by the delegates from Minneapolis. 3&1 s. John Hauenstein Jr. called on his St. Paul friends the latter part of the week its Clarence Mowery arrived fronV1 Northfield Friday to spend a few days with friends. The Oakland Creamery near Kloss ner was closed yesterday owing to lack of patronage. Miss Mary Gelhar of Stillwater visited during the week with her sister, Mrs. P. J. Eichten^ W J. A. Ochs, the merchant, made a hurried business trip to the Twin Cities Monday morning. Miss Hannah Slebert has gone to Sykeston, North Dakota, to visit with her sister, Mrs. Hamann. George W. Rosenau, a land agent at Ambrose, North Dakota, is here on a visit. He will remain several weeks. Robert Koch was taken to the hos pital yesterday to undergo another operation for the betterment of his legs. Mrs. Paul Klinkhammer of Spring field is spending a few days in New Ulm the guest of her sister, Mrs. Anton Reinarts. Four cases of smallpox have been reported in Lafayette township and have been placed under a strict quar antine by Supervisors Youngblom and Quandt. "The Man of the Hour" has been played over five hundred times at the Savoy theatre in New York, and still there seems not the slightest abate ment in its popularity. Eric O. Lundberg, a veteran of the civil war and for nearly forty years a respected resident of Linden township, died about ten days ago of old age. He was eighty-six years old. Two valuable horses belonging to Liveryman Ghent of Sleepy Eye were drowned in a creek in the town of Leavenworth last Wednesday. The drowning came as the climax of a very lively runaway. Editors Hodges and Whitmore of Sleepy Eye, Mahler of Springfield and Eggensperger of Hanska were in the city Friday talking over next year's county printing proposition with mem bers of the local press. Dr. Rothenburg and family of Springfield were Christmas day guests at the home ot George Doehne. Other Springfieldites who enjoyed the hos pitality of New Ulm relatives were Henry Langmach and family and Druggist Ernst Weschke. Two New Ulm boys, John Groebner and Alfred Puhlman, are aboard the New Jersey, and another, Constantine Schmidt, is aboard the Tennessee, both battleships forming apart of the great squadron which Rear Admiral Evans is taking around the Horn to Magda lena Bay. After spending a week at Rochester studying the work of the celebrated Mayos, Dr. Andrew Kaess came to this city Christmas day to pay a visit to his mother. The young doctor is now located at Fargo, North Dakota, and is enjoying a lucative practice. He is also coroner of the county of which Fargo is the county seat. The annual meeting of the Minne sota Sheriffs' Association was held last week in St. Paul, Sheriff Julius of this county being in attendance. Sheriff Gerber of Ramsey county was elected president of the association in place of Sheriff Dreger of Hennepin, and Sheriff Forsyth of Watonwan was tshosen as one of the vice presi dents. M. Leary, the Northwestern bridge builder, came home from South Dakota Wednesday to spend the week with his sons. During nearly all of the past year Mr. Leary has been re building bridges near Gary which he constructed thirty years ago. In February he will probably be sent to take charge of some repairs on the big bridge over the Mississippi river at Winona. Koftend and Geo. W. up from Minneapolis Maj. Geo. S Barnes came Friday to consult with resident direct ors and officers of the Consolidated Casualty Co. and the Commercial Men's HeaithAssociation. Mr. Barnes says that the new accident insurance company of which he is the head is at the present time issuing between eigh teen hundred and two thousand poli cies monthly. William Kane, manager ot the Northwestern Thresher company's branch office in Mankato. dropped dead ot heart trouble while eating supper at his home Friday evening. Mr. Kane was seventy years old and had intended to retire from business with the close of the current year. His acquaintance in New Ulm was confined solely to machine dealers and hotel men, but am^jhg these he was highly respected. A. C. Zeug of St. Paul helped swell the week's list of home-comers, as did also W.JF. Collins of Crocker, South Dakota, Aug. Marschner of St. Paul, and the Misses Gertrude and Martha Vetter pf Minneapolis. Ofhers' who visited W during the holiday* were. Mr. amf Mrs. Henry Schwer|feger of Sanborii, Wm. Tonn Jr. of Cambria, Wis., a Mother ^of Mrs. L. Mayor Silverson is in St. Paul to day. Frank Friedmann Jr. was up from St. Paul Friday visiting his parents. Miss Mowery of Northfield is in the city, visiting with Miss Addie Olsen. Joseph Tastel has decided to go in to the building and contracting busi ness^ -f~ y— MI mis--" *TeVv£ Henry Fiedler has returned to New Ulm from a half year's stay in San Francisco. Miss Hughes of Mankato arrived yesterday to spend New Year's day with Miss Lou B'aasen. Dr. George li. Koch, the Minne apolis dentist, has been spending the week here with relatives. W. C. Miller and wife ate their Christmas dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ewert in Mankato. Nic. Reinhart and wife of Courtland and Mrs. John Reinhart of Cotton wood Sundayed with Springfield friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cavanaugh of Sleepy Eye are spending the holidays at the home of Mr. and Mrs. August Puhlmann. The Current News and Woman's Literary clubs held a joint meeting at the home of Mrs. H. L. Beecher yester day afternoon. A game «f basket ball was played at the Opera House Friday evening between the Alumni and High School teams. The former won with a score of 11 to 7. Jos. Goblirsch of this city has, in partnership with Aihert Olsen of La fayette, purchased the saloon"of Bier augel & Johnson in the latter place and will take possession today. The board of public works held a meeting at the council room Monday evening to levy assessments for certain public improvements. A large num ber of complaining property holders were in attendance. MaxPfaender will return Friday from a brief term of service in the forestry division of the department of agricul ture and will hereafter devote his en tire attention to work on the Pioneer Nursery, owned by his father. Dr. Marden, the veteran dentist/ was eighty-three years old Sunday. In spite of his age he is enjoying excel lent health and seems almost as active and vigorous as when he first came to New Ulm over thirty-five years ago. A Wabasso special to the Minne apolis Journal is authority for the statement that Stuebe Bros, have al ready shipped over $3,000 worth of muskrat skins from their branch office in that village to their headquarters in New Ulm. Among the many welcome holiday visitors in New Ulm was Prof. Richard Fischer of Madison, Wis. Prof. Fischer at present not only holds a chair in the faculty of the Wisconsin state university but is also the state's official chemist. Gov. Johnson has appointed L. G. Prendergast of Bemidji to succeed the late Col. Trowbridge as custodian of the old capitol. Mr. Prendergast is a veteran of the gallant old First Minne sota and was Gov, Johnson's running mate on the democratic ticket in 1906. The Young Ladies'Society of the Catholic church of St. George held its annual meeting a few evenings ago and elected the following officers: President, Bertha Dummer vice presi dent, Sarah Klingler secretary, Ame lia Dummer: treasurer, Gertrude Bushard The annual election of officers in the Germama Sisters lodge resulted as follows: President, Emilie Neumann vice president, Amanda Frenzel re cording secretary, Franciska Bellm: financial secretary, Emma Gebser: treasurer, Amanda Wicherski: trustee, Rosa Schnobrich guide, Bertha Goetsch inner watch, Selma Gebhardt outer watch, Josephine Zeller. F. H. Behnke and wife, H. L. Bee cher and family and Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Miller celebrated the greatest day of all the year with relatives in St Peter. Otners who went out of town for the day were Judge Ross and fami ly and Editor and Mrs. Walter. The former were the guests of the Bigot family in Springfield and tbe latter of Mrs. Walter's parents in Le Sueur. Deputy Public Examiner C. E. John son of Mankato was elected colonel of the Third regiment Friday evening at a meeting of the regimental officers held in St. Paul. Col. Van Duzee, whom he succeeds, was prevented from accepting a re-election by reason of business engagements outside the state. Major Resche of Duluth suc ceeds Johnsen as lieutenant colonel and Capt. Matson of St. Paul becomes a major. ,.- At the annual meeting of the Nicol let County Fair association last week C. W. Carpenter was re-elected, presi dent and E. E. Miller secretary. Directors for the western towns are as follows: New Sweden, Theo. Ostrom: Bernadotte, Ole Peterson Courtland, Henry Bode, Jr. Lafayette, Cla^s St^bson West^Newton, JuJatt W~*&*\ Brighton, Adam Eppeif* Erntest Kienlin. TJbte total|p the Jas fair were $2,74ofl tal expenditures 12,590.94. 3M& 3 Thanking all my nfany patrons for l^y their patronage during the past season, I wish one and all f* Mfrrj^Chris-fcrnas$J%£e&i%H*tm-mmf Business Locals. I had very poor vision in one eye and a great deal of headache. Dr. Addison Jones tested my eyes care fully and fitted me with glasses which have helped my vision and headache greatly. I am well pleased. Annual Meeting. The 24th Annual Meeting of the Stark Farmers' Mutual Fire Insur ance Co., will be held at the City Building in the City of Sleepy Eye on Monday, January 13th., 1908. The meeting will be called to order at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Dated, Dec. 27th., 1907. JNO. CUTTING, Secretary. Good Opportunity. For Sale: Dwelling house and lot, northwest corner Minnesota and 3rd South street. Fine residence and business location. Send offers to J. H. Strasser, 501 Lyndale Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn. 52-tf STATE OF OHIO, CITY Oh I O O, I LUCAS COUNTY I A A flapptf NeAYfeisiW. W. C. HAUBRICH Jeweler and: Optician LEONORA WILLETTE, Blue Earth, Minn. Franz Niemann wishes to an nounce that he has removed his black smith shop from the old stand to his new building just a little north of the old place and that in his new and com modious quarters he is better pre pared than ever to give good service to the public. His wagon-making de partment is in charge of Henry Theis sen. a competent wagoner of long ex perience and everything turned out from the Niemann shop is guaranteed to be of first-class workmanship. He therefore invites tho patronage of old patrons and new ones as well. P-4 1 had eyestrain and headache. Dr. Addison Jones, the Chicago Special ist, treated my eyes and furnished me with lenses. They give perfect satis faction. MRS. R. P. GOTTSCHLING, Kiester, Minn. S8 Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney «fe Co., doing business in the City of Tole do, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN DRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A, D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON, Vf^1"^ NOTARY PUBLIC. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mu cous surfaces of the svstem. Send for tes timonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. Sold bv all Druggists, 7."c Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa tion. Now is the time to subscribe for shares in the New Ulm Savings and Loan Association. Shares taken be fore Dec. 26th will participate in the dividends of the Association on July 1st next. Payments of 25c per week will mature one share of $100 in about 6* years. Shares can be taken any time during tbe year. Parents or guardians can hold shares for child ren or minors. Application for loans accepted any time. Apply to W PFAENDER JR. Sec, Schell's Block. Dorft forget the good things for Xtuas—kitchen and table supplies, choice groceries, household necessities that will make the preparation of the holiday feating easier—just the quality and the prices that will suit eve»-yeconomical housekeeper. Better pay us a visit to-day and see the ar ray of choice holiday special ties for yourself. Kodol for Dyspepsia and Endiges-, tion is the result of a scientific com bination of natural digestants with vegetable acids and contains the same juices found in a healthy stomach. Itj is the best remedy known todav for dyspepsia, indigestion and all trou bles arising from a disordered stom ach. Take KODOL todav. It is pleasant, prompt and thorough. Sold by Eugene A. Pfefferie. CRONE BROS. SPECIALS. Oh Nuts! Nuts-for men and outs-for women, Nuts for boys and nuts for girls, Nuts for young and nuts for old, Nuts that's warm & nuts that's coldy~ Sugar coated, nice and sweet, Nuts of all kinds, good to eat. Nut in every climate grow. For the best nuts to Crone Bros. go. Do you have backache occasional] or *'stitches" in the side, and some times do you feel all tired out, without ambition and without energy? If so, your kidneys are out of order. Take DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. They promptly relieve backache, weak back, inflammation of the bladder and weak kidneys. Sold by Eugene A. Pfefferie. Real Estate For Sale or Rent. Lot 4, block 75, N New Ulm, ^nust be sold within 30 days and will be sold cheap. FOK RENT—After May 1st. Store room now occupied by Model Drug Store. FOB SALE—The Albert Jungquist farm in Nicollet county. FOR SALE—Lot 2, Block 156, North. FOR SALE—Lot 6, Block 206, North. FOR SALE—Lot 6, Block 15. South. FOR SALE—Lot 14, Block 57, South. FOR SALE—Lot 1, Block 109, Soulh. FOR SALE—Outlot N. 138. 200 acre farm in Section 10 & 16, Township of Mulligan, good soil, val uable improvements, $45.00 an acre. Inquire of ALBERT STETNHAUSEH. When you want the best, get De Witt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve. It is good for little or big cuts, boils or bruises, and is especially recom mended for piles. Sold by Eugene A. Pfefferie. MARKET REPORT. Corrected Jan. 1, 1908 Wheat No. 1 $1 Flour, Patent 100 ft 2 Strait Bakers Graham' Rve Shorts Bran O a Rye Flax Corn Potatoes, per Bushel Butter, per lb Eggs, per Dozen Cows and Heifers 100 ft.. Steers Calves Sheep Lambs Hogs PROF. W. J. ROBERTS Instructor of— Piano, Organ, Sightsinging. Chorus, Orchestra and Band Director. «*_ Instruction given at homes of pupils if desirous. ^ISfelrr,- Res. 622, N. State. *Phone, 403 Rural. Turner J4&II -v J: te*r**J Program of Classes in Gymnastics. Boys'class, ages W*Q 11: Wednesday afternoon, 4:30 to 5:30 Saturday forenoon, 9:00 to 10:15. Boys' class, ages 11 to 14: Monday and Thursday afternoons,4:30 to 5:30 Youths' class, ages 14 to 17: Monday evening. 7:30 to 8:45 and Friday eve ning, 7:30 to 8:30. Girls' class, ages 6 to 11: Tuesday af ternoon, 4:30 to 5:30, and Saturdav forenoon, 10:15 to 11:30. ^-gF Girls'class, ages 11 to 13: Tuesd and Friday afternoon*, *,30 to a a Men's class: Tuesday a^ nings, 8 30 *^ft5. Fencing clasV «"w^ to 11:30. Sunday Sch l©:30£«r a 8 "6-