Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-04
Our State.

our state.
Hans Jester, living near Lancsboro.
becoming sleepy from an overdose of
"ciyhty rod" sought rcposc on the rail-
road track. A train Of cars happened
that way, Hans forgot to awaken, aad
is now sleeping that long sleep.
Sparks from a locomotive burned
a house in Red Wing worth $500.
Suffering children on the border
Of our State were recently the rccipi-
c"ts Of fifty dollars from the Delaware
school children, the same to be invested
in books and slarcs.
Forty frontier families received y
thousand dollars from the relief fund.
Two hundred barrels of beer and
about $500 bushels Of malt and barley
were destroyed by fire on the 29th ult
near Winona. $4,000 WAS the value.
"A drug store in Dundas, with all
its contents, including q jewellers stock
Was consumed BY fire on the oath ult.
The stock and building were valued at
ahou: 81 900.
The Masonic Lodge of Mankato
has adopted che life membership fee,
which is regulated by life table SINH
lar to that Ct insurance companies.
This is said to be the first Lodge to
adopt the new system, and it is said
will eventually come into general use.
The Second Minnesota Regiment
are preparing to "rc-unc" at Rochester
on the 10Th inst. Lieut.. A. X. Hall
delivers the address.
-Sibley couaty is to indulge in the
expensive luxury Of a Democratic
newspaper.
Our State boasts of 81 ,5GS Master
Masons. At the Annual Communica-
ton out of scvcnty-scvcn lodges seventy
were represented.
| -Mantorvilie is talking about
cheese factory, and cherishes the fond
hope that it will prove a profitable en-.
terprise.
| WOLVES in Houston county Toast
on sheep.
st. Cloud has had fire which
!, consumed the Central House stables,
together with the hay, oats, harnesses,
robes, &c. contained therein. Strange
to say, not single animal was lost, al
though the Journal says that some of
the genus sus were rescued in 'dec;d-
edly warmed up condition" The loss
was estimated at about $4,000, with an
insurance Of $500.
Otter Tail City is not a good place
Ito be sick, because tho nearest physi.
clan is thirty-6ve miles distant. They
. want one, bad.
! $4,000 cash is what St. Clsud
} gave as bonus to the St. Paul & Pa.
ci6c Railroad Company for "going
through" the place.
The Saltwater Messenger tells its
readers to look out for sun stroke,
which is decidedly seasonable for that
unusually hot (?) cline.
Tho !Lcssenyer devotes four col.
u,nns to the growth of Saltwater in
1871, and says that the improvements
foot up S594,o20, with an increase in
population of two thousand.
Thomas II. stokely, sentenced te
: Imprisonment for lite for killing George
. Northrup, of Duluth, has been par
doned Ivy Gov. Austin, it being helc
that the act WAS committed in sclt:dc
fence.
-Waseca must be ''roaring" town
: Hans Hansen got his skull cracked tn,
other day while engaged in a saloo,
' fracas.
J. Away up in Pope county they ar
n cudeavoring t" have tho Legislatur
- pass bill authorizing the commissi ion
- ers to issue $4,000 in bonds for tn
O relief of the suffering poor.
J., THE Rochester Post mentions a sur
prise party that lately came off in tina
city, that is worthy of imitation. A,
}, aged couple live there who were in yer,
s. destitute circumsta nces. A number o
At citizens made them friendly visit, an
~ left with them wood, provision, an
n money enough to keep them from sui
re tcrins all winter.
IS Mr.. S. G Dick, of Hartford, in thi
y county, accidently shot himself, te,
It. days ago, receiving quite a sever
~ wound. lie was pulling shot gun Ia
" ward him, carelessly, when the loo
~ caught on chat: in the room, discha,
al ging the gun, and sending Who'll
70 load Of shot between his eyes. 1t va
B. a glancing shot, and he was not dan
perously wounded, although his face
terribly mutihted.- lNinona EepuLlt
can.
THE Eau Claire Lumber Comp
has now thirty-fivc camps on the Ea
Claire river and its tributaries, an
e. should tho winter prove favorable 70
! numbering, will probably bank" abou
- 60. 600, 900, feet of logs. They en-
p ploy 600 men, $50 horse teams, an
IS yoke of cattle.-W mona RcpuLl
81 can. .~
% THE Post says that an Englishma
n named fletcher, living short distanc
- from Alexandria, was frozen to deaf
7s near Holy Cross, last week. He ha
u a been on a visit to neighbor about tw
a. miles distant, and started home in til
o. evening. Next morning he was foam
e6 dead within short distance OF h
20 home.
~ ON and after the first IF Januar