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*JS ^r *r COMPANY A BOYSWINBANNER Xocal Militiamen Lead in National Guard Indoor Rifle Contest. Also Make Highest Average Score for Season's Shooting and Capture Medal. The results of the recently completed indoor rifle match between the fifteen •companies in the Minnesota National •Guard Indoor Rifle association were announced Friday and to the great joy of Company A the New Ulm team leads in the scoring and will therefore become the possessor of a fine banner. A Duluth company was second iu the •contest and the Worthington company third. In the match each company had seven mea in its team shooting fire shots each, standing, sitting and prone. The possible score was 1,050 and as compared with this the Com pany A boys made 976. The team was composed of Sergeants Adolph Klause and Herman Schleuder, Corporals "Wm Pfeiffer, Rosner and Henry •Grussendorf and Privates Clarence -and Herbert Grussendorf. Company A also was the winner of the adjutant general's medal for the best average score made in company indoor work during the season. Attorney Gilbert W. Punk was a business visitor in Mankato Saturday. Mrs. Palmer of Mankato is a guest at the home of her sister, Mrs. John Arhard. Mrs. H. O. Schleuder of Springfield visited over Sunday with her parents, Editor and Mrs. Ernst Brandt. Arrangements are being made for a •series of out-uoor-rifle matches be tween Company A of this city and "Company of St. Peter. The marriage of Henry Briggemann and Miss Mary Bastian of Ridgely is to be solemnized at the Catholic church in St. George next Wednesday. Dr. Mihleis was notified last week of the illness of his father at the old home in Ellsworth, Wis. He lefc for his bedside Thursday morning. It was all a mistake, the reported earthquake in Montana. Prank Schneider arrived in Great Falls that day and slipped on a banana peel. On July 1st the Springfield postoffice will become an office of the second •class, the annual stamp sales having reached a figure in excess of $3,000. F. H. Behnke has been summoned to appear at St. Paul on June 1st and serve his country for a few days in the capacity of a grand juror in the United States district court. E. C.Roberts of Minneapolis has been named to succeed Paul Kann as agent and collector in this section for the International Correspondence School. He will make his headquarters, as Kann did, in New Ulm. A horse belonging to Wm. H. Gieseke, and valued at $100, dropped dead the other day while being driven from the Redstone quarries into the city. Mr. Gieseke had purchased the animal only two hours before. Andrew J. Eckstein and W. C. Hau brich represented St. Patrick's Coun cil in the state convention of the Knights of Columbus in Minneapolis the forepart of the week. Among the officers elected at this convention were J. H. Nightingale of Minneapolis and E. F. Kelly of Faribault, both of whom are well known in New Ulm. The for mer will continue to be state deputy and the latter state secretary. The following are the scores made on the King target at Hunters' Rest Sunday morning: Geo. Jahnke, 158 2has. Hauenstein, 137 John Hauen stein Jr., 102 Henry Meyer, 161: Otto Oswald, 106: Cap. Nenno, 139 Wm. E. Koch, 167 John Muhs, 141 Wm. Pfaender Jr., 165. On the Standard target Pfaender made 37, Muhs 37, Koch 71, Nenno 62, Oswald 46, Meyer 42, Chas. Hauenstein 77, John Hauen stein Jr. 47 and Jahnke 37. Joseph Manderfeld, the last of the Manderfeld brothers who came to this county in the early days, and who after a brief residence in New Ulm became one of the pioneer business men of Mankato, died at his home in that city Saturday afternoon at the age of seventy-two years, leaving a wife, four daughters and a son to mourn his loss. The Mankato papers in announcing his death speak highly of his character as a man and a •citizen. ,, MAY DANCE Given for the benefit of the class at tending the National Turnfest at Cincinnati. -Saturday, May 29th, '09 in the TurnerHallGymnasium ADMISSION, 50ets. jrGents. "^&s£*s£&£s: Albert Nenno and wife have gone toy Springfield to live. ||F A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Berg of Sigel Sunday morning. Wm. Huhn of West Newton and Miss Lena Baumann of Fairfax were united in marriage yesterday.^ A. W. Bingham, the grain dealer, was a Chamber of Commerce visitor in Minneapolis last Thursday. Senator Clague of Lamberton has consented to be the orator of the day at Comfreyon the Fourth of July. Ray Brust, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Brust of Sleepy Eye, is now employed in a bank at Burlington, North Dakota. Mrs. Bertha Mueller Andre came up from Minneapolis Monday and sold her South State street residence to Dr. C. W. Miller, the dentist. E. E. Miller, secretary of the South ern Minnesota Short Ship Fair Asso ciation, has been elected second lieu tenant of theSt. Peter militia company. President Mullen of the Citizens State bank is back at his desk after an absence of nearly four months. With his wife he returned from Texas Thursday afternoon. Because Mrs. Mary Aschenbrenner addressed Mrs. Walburga Platzer the other day in language unbecoming a lady, Justice Henningsen fined her $5 and made her pay costs amounting to $3.95. Fred Hormann, a prominent farmer of the town of Leavenworth and a resident of Brown county since 1868, died at midnjght Sunday of asthma and dropsy. He was sixty-four years of age. Miss Malick's piano recital at the Turner Theatre last evening was one of exceptional merit. It reflected great credit not only upon the instructor but upon the painstaking efforts of the pupils as well. Capt. Louis Scherer and children arrived from Fort Mead, South Da kota, Sunday and are now domiciled at the home of the Captain's sister on German street. They will remain unti^ the latter part of June. It is rumored, and with some foun dation of truth, that a new brick build ing is to be erected next spring to take the place of the old frame structure now occupied by Anton Bartl and Wenzel Groebner. A local bank is back of the move. W. C. Haubrich has decided to sell out his jewelry store in this city and go to Marysvilie, California, to en gage in business with his brother, This move-on the part of Mr. Haubrich has been contemplated for some time and will be carried out either in July or August. Miss Mary Baasen from Milwaukee, a niece of Mrs. Baasen of this city, arrived here Saturday and on Mon day entered upon her newly accepted duties as a stenographer in the offices of the Eagle Roller Mill Co. Miss Baasen was formerly employed at Sleepy Eye. The Washington school teachers are busily at work arranging for the annual exhibit which i3 to take place on May 25th and 26th. All parents, friends and patrons of the school are cordially invited to be present on those days and inspect the collected work of the pupils. It is reported that A. H. Lienhard will dispose of his residence property in this city and take his family to some city in South Dakota, nearer to the center of the territory covered in his travels as a commercial salesman. His dwelling on State street is one of the cosiest in the city. Something like $120,000 will be dis tributed among the cities of the state that maintain fire departements as their share of the two per cent tax which the lire insurance companies paid on premiums received during the year 1908. New Ulm paid $36,448 in premiums, whereas its fire losses were only $10,788. Mrs. Dora Burgess of Minneapolis, one of the grand lodge officers of the Degree of Honor, paid an official visit to the local lodge Wednesday evening and addressed the members on matters pertaining to the new in surance regulations of the order. While in the city she was entertained by Mrs. O. C. Seiter. The thirty-first annual session of the grand chapter of the order of the East ern Star was held in Minneapolis last Wednesday and Thursday, W. B. Mather, Mrs. F. H. Behnke and Miss Dorothy Hauenstein being the dele gates from New Ulm. Mrs. Mary T. Molyneaux was elected worthy grand matron, Malcolm Aldrich worthy grand patron and Mrs. Mary C. Taylor sec retary. The managers of the Southern Min nesota Woodmen Picnic association, in arranging the program for the picnic which is to be held in Sleepy Eye on June 2nd, 3rd and 4th, have designated Thursday, the 3rd, as "New Ulm day." Harmony Camp and the Second Regiment band will take possession of the town on that day and an attitional drawing card will be a ball game in which a New Ulm team will compete with the Sleepy Eye players for a purse of $75. tgg J. H. Siegel and wife returned from French Lick Springs Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wech are the happy parents of a girl baby, born on the 10th.^ "x^ Dr. Weiser has sold his driving horse to Nels Anderson of Burnstown, the former sheriff. u. John Dorn, the painter who has established himself in business at Wabasso, moved his family to that village last Tuesday. I A daughter was born Saturday" morning to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ros coe, now living at Springfield. Mrs. Roseoe is a sister of F. J. Nenno. The male chorus of Dr. Martin Lu ther college, under the direction of Prof. Reuter, will give a concert at Nicollet village tomorrow eveninsr. It will grieve the numerous New Ulm friends of Miss Jennie Melby of St. Paul, who has visited here frequently, to know that she is dangerously ill with tuberculosis. Bob Jones, itinerant painter, bache lor and hale fellow well met, has re turned to his old haunts in Cotton wood township after an absence of nearly twenty years. Mrs. J. H. Coffmann has purchased the Arnold Stamm dwelling on North Washington street and will continue to make this city her home. The price paid for the house was $850. It is reported that a new time-card, restoring what was popularly known as the Richardson-Hughes schedule, will go into effect over this division of the Northwestern road next Sunday. Attorney Jos. A. Eckstein was called to Topeka, Kansas, last week on legal business connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen of which he is supreme foreman. He returned Friday. E. A. Arhard, the Lisbon, South Dakota jeweler, is paying a visit to his parents in this city and incidental ly enjoying the renewalof old acquain tances. He arrived Monday and will remain two weeks. E. F. Tetzlaff of Danville has been engaged as manager of the Nicollet County Co-operative company's busi ness at Courtland. He succeeds D. W. Vomhof, who resigned in order to go into the hardware business with John Havemeier Jr. Otto Pless and wife of Gibbon have been visiting here the past week with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Winkelmann. As soon as Mr. Pless can make arrangements for the^ purchase of a residence in^ New Ulm he intends to again make thfs city his home. Cashier Pfaender of the State bank, Cashier Koch of the Citizens State and Anton Schiller of the Brown County bank will attend the bankers' convention in Sleepy Eye next Friday. Why wouldn't it be a good idea for them to land the next meeting for New Ulm. Stephen Thome, clerk of the district court of Blue Earth county for the past twenty-two years, died Sunday morning of a complication of diseases from which he has been a sufferer for several weeks. Judge Pfau has ap pointed George Krost, the Mankato city recorder, to succeed him as clerk Rev. and Mrs. Amandus Norman of Hanska are in, St. Paul this week at teading the annual meeting of the Western Unitarian conference. O^e Jorgenson of Linden, who is president of the Minnesota Unitarian associa tion, was prevented from attending by reason of the fact that the county board, of which he is also a member, is in session at the same time. The Zoeglings of the Turnverein have arranged for a social hop at the hall next Saturday evening, the pro ceeds of which are to go towards de fraying the expenses of the class of actives thatj^* to represent the local society in the national turnfest in Cincinnati. The object is a deserving one and the means towards the end will undoubtedly meet with liberal en couragement. Christian Arndt of Cambria was ar rested Monday on complaint of Annie Kech, a New Ulm girl of twenty-one years, who charges him with being the father of her illegitimate child. When brought before Justice Henningsen yesterday morning, his attorney, Hen ry N. Somsen, asked for a continuance until Thursday of next week and this was granted. Eckstein & Funk appear in the case as attorneys for the state in behalf of the complainant. County Auditdr Freeman of St. Peter and County Commissioners Hodapp of North Mankato, Potts of St. Peter, Olson of Lake Prairie and Arnold of Nicollet arrived in the city Monday forenoon and were joined here by Commissioner Swanson of Lafayette and Representative Peterson of Bernadotte. Together they held a brief conference with some of our aldermen and then started in a big touring car on a tour of inspection of the Courtland and Lafayette roads leading to New Ulm and of the state road from Lafayette to St. Peter. There seems to be no question but that the board will render material aid in the matter of improving at least one of the highways connecting the western townships of the county with New Ulm. "Mrs. F. P. Starr went to Tracy yes terday for a brief visit with her par ents. #. Joseph Seifert and wife of Lamber ton spent Sunday here visiting rela tives. **•$,* C^ Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schell and son returned from their Chicago and Indi ana visit Wednesday afternoon. Miss Frances Krook entertained her associates in the Senior class of the high school at her home last evening. ~~~J. H. Weddendorf and Chas. Brust Jr\ returned last evening from doing grand jury service in the federal court at Winona. It is'now positively known that Jos. I Bruckbauer, the Sleepy Eye saloon keeper who disappeared three weeks ago, has gone to his old home in Ger many. Mr. and Mrs. August Gieseke re turned to their St. Paul home Wed nesday after a fortnight's visit with their son,Alderman Gieseke, and other relatives. Mrs. Gerhard Spaeth was the reci pient of a pleasant surprise from about twenty of her friends Sunday evening, the occasion being her birth day anniversary. The county commissioners held a special session at the court house yes terday. Some pending ditch matters were disposed of and saloon licenses were granted to George Fischer of Essig and Gerhard Gulden of Searles. Sleepy Eye will be represented at the state firemen's association convention in Cloquet on June 8th and 9th by John Wenger and Robert Hose. The Springfield delegates will be Hugo Schleuder, Dr. Hintz and John Eich mann. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. J. Grimm of Lamberton were among those who par ticipated in the celebration in honor of Rt. Rev. Monsignor Snndmeyer at the Catholic church and auditorium Wed nesday. Judge Olson's place on the bench here during a portion of next week will be filled by Judge Qumn of Fairmont, the former going to Jackson to try a number of cases in which Judge Quinn is personally interested and therefor', disqualified to determine. Among the weddings solemnized during the week was that of Hubert Reinhart and Miss Isabella Huels kamp, both prominent young people of West Newton. The ceremony was performed at the St. George Catholic church in the presence of a large num ber of admiring friends and relatives. Carl Nelson, one of the pioneers of Nicollet county, died last week at the age of ninety-three. Mr. Nelson set tled in New Sweden township in 1858, his homestead at that time being on the very outskirts of the new settle ments. When the Indians went on the warpath in 1862 many of his neighbors were massacred, but Nelson managed to escape and carried the news of the uprising to the authorities at Mankato. Rt. Rev. Monsignor Sandmeyer must have been the happiest man in Minnesota last Wednesday. In addi tion^t£"the magnificent tribute paid hlifihere he received congratulatory telegrams from Bishops O'Gorman, Cotter, Trobec, McGolrick and Stari ha and letters from nearly five hun dred priests and friends. He also re ceived many substantial tokens of es teearfrom the various auxiliary socie ties of his church. The government snagboat, which is to be used in an attempt to clear the Minnesota river of snags and obstruc tions, arrive&in §fc. Paul Monday. It is tne "DavicfTipton" and its venture into the Minnesota is no ordinary event. The boat is as large as any side-wheel steamer on the,upper Mis sissippi and many times more power ful, being fitted with heavy machinery for pulling snags out of the river channel. Inasmuch as the river has not been cleaned out in twenty-five years it is problematical as to whether the boat will get much beyond Shako pee. The famous Burns-Johnson battle for the heavyweight championship of the world, which was decided on Dec. 26th at Sydney, Australia, will be re produced in this city at matinee and evening preformauces next Sunday. The moving pictures, which permit Americans to see an event that oc curred in Australia, are said to be perfect in every way, and are marvels of the photographer's art. They were taken in the open air, however, and the conditions were ideal, as the plat form on which the fight occurred was elevated, and the day was bright and sunny. The full fourteen rounds will be shown, and will be accompanied by an intelligent lecture. 7^ w^0pf^ $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to core in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Ball's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the founda tion of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing ifs work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address: F. J. CHEKET & Co. Toledo, O, Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Puis for constipation Cottonwood Notes. Fire broke out in the Peter Fischer residence Tuesday afternoon but was extinguished before much damage was done.^ A Hanska team wasdefeated by the Cottonwoods Sunday by a score of 3tol3. The public dance given at Gulden's hall Thursday evening was well at tended. A number of young people ably surprised Mr. and Mrs. Sunday evening. All present good time. agree Bauer had a Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schnobrich vi sited with friends at Springfield over Sunday. FredEggert came up from Ozark, Oklahoma, last week to mingle for a few days with old friends. FOR RENT—Five rooms with bath, in my residence corner, Broadway and 1st North street. 2 0 Mrs. Helena Roos. Gocarts from $1.35 FORSTES. up. O N 13tf WANTED—Competent manager for well-equipped woolen mill, who will take reasonable interest—chance to buy on easy terms. Secretary Woolen Mills, St. Cloud, Minn. To Whom it May Concern. I have been treated by Dr. Addison Jones. The doctors here in Faribault told me the only way to get cured was by an operation. Dr. Jones has cured me without an operation, without any pain and without being delayed from my work. I think Dr. Jones is an honorable man and does all he claims to do. Any one troubled in any way will be well treated by him. TIMM WIEBEN, 7, Faribault, Minn. J3L N O at the STAR HALL Saturday, May 22nd, '09 Everybody is welcome to attend. New Summer Suits New Summer Shirts New Summer Oxfords New Summer Hosiery New Summer Union Suits RidFrontGrocer? PI The place where you can find good things to eat. Canned Fruits, Vegetables, Pickles, Preserves, Sardines, Salmon, Lobsters, Meats of all kinds, and lots of other good things. s" f&m? Try our Dill and Sweet Pic kles we know they will please you. For a good cup of Cof fee buy a can of Our Leader I at 25c per pound and you will be satisfied. *•*«$£ Smoked Halibut and White Fish. Cheese of all kinds, al ways on hand. Red Front Grocery, Have You Tried the BURG'S Commercial (Jlab 10c cfcfct* How Do You Like the She fleVil 5c »*l*+ BURG CIGAR C0.r Hem Ulm, Minn. Memorial Day, Monday, May 31st. New Summer Hats New Summer Shoes New Summer Neckwear New Summer Trousers New Summer Caps In fact bur Store is stocked up with the newest things in Men's and Boys' Apparel. Columbia Clothing Company P. ZSCHUMKE. rV„ F, A. MEINE. Is the coolest place in town. ELECTRIC FANS is the Cause of it. Good Music, Songs and Pictures. •ft^ New Ulm, Minn. Both Phones 43. Tf you want information and desire to better your con dition by making investments in the West, or coming West yourself, Address Milan Veli kanje, North Yakima, Wash ington. 50tf &*• m$