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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
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We publish in another column the
names Of some Of tho citizens of Austin,
who arc engaged in cultivating the soil.
Inquiry upon this subject was prompted
by the persistent efforts that certain inter-
csted parties arc making for the promo
ton of personal and political interests. 1t
Is the purpose Of such parties to section
allzc tho different industries and profess
ions, and especially to nrray the city and
country against each other. There is
no natural antagonism between the rep
rcscntativcs Of the different business In
tercsts, and none would be created were
it not for spirit Of jealousy which DEM
agOgucs know so we'll how to excite.
The business interests of the city and of
the country, cannot possibly clash. What
ever promotes one fosters tho other.
When wheat brings only 70 cents, the
merchants cant keep their drafts from
going to protest, bu, when it; is worth
81 90 money is plenty, and supplies can
be had ut reasonable prices. lfthc city
builds up manufacturing establishments,
it furnishes merchandise to the country Mt
the lowest rates, and takes in exchange
any commodity which may not he de-
manded for expectation. This is the law
that governs business everywhere. Its
own interests make friends Of those who
represent its different departments, but
the case is much stronger when in city
like this we find that the principal bust
ness men are tilling their own land, and
seeking profit thcrefrom, in precisely the
same way that other farmers are seeking
it.
Suppose the business men of Austin,
owned all the land in the county now un-
der cultivation, and rented the same to
the men cultivating it, or if you please,
hired them by the month, would their
interest be any different in kind from
what it is now? Not whit. Their true
policy would be then, to cultivate
the soil as cheaply as possible, and do it
we'll. The excess Of income over expen-
scs would he profit. Very we'll. What
ever is realized by the present owners be-
You'd expenses, Is the sum which they
can invest in improvements of various
kinds, and this sum goes inevitably into
the pockets Of those who furnish the ma
terial for these improvements. At any
rate 1t cannot b. denied that great ma
jority ofthe prominent business men here
have large personal interest in agricul-
ture. Then none can doubt that they desire
the general prosperity Of the farming com
munity, because whatever the condition
of the farmers as class, such must be the
condition Of those living here who have
embarked in the business. Surely none
who can correctly discern the relation Of
things, will claim that the city of Aus
tin, cultivating as it does, not less than
10000 acres of land, and owning three
times as much more, is hostile to the in.
terests of the country surrounding it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

Dr.. WILLIAMS Of Rochester, a
brother-in-law Of E. G. Dorr, has been
here visiting hie friends.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
QTATE or Mr%:tts0ij11lAll,
- District Csurt, SIS. - 4.
f>nsh JuIlieial Disspief CnseAev II

~ District csust,-S:s.
tenth Judicial District, County q 0eUsss
Summons.
I. N. Eawkips. Pl't6, ". Thos. il -, Det:
The State VI MiDnssoia to the skSvo oo0ea
Defendant: .tx
You are hereby summoned snd rs4alFe9 IL
snswer the complaint IL this sesieos VIZ =
has been fled With the Clerk IL said ooost, y,
his Office in said county, snj 4" sssvo 0oP..~
Of your answer {" the COMPLAINT - ~ -
Mowrr County sf"re.sid, vi,his ,~estJ e.
after til. xeryi"c Of this Summons Ups0 -,
exclu.i~c Of the day If such servieeb - II
you fail to anrwer the said compliant WteBs
the tim. aforesaid, the p'ain:iG in 'his aeooo
will take ju ,gment against you for ,hs - -
eighty (:s") doIIars, and inserest thssooo
from February 18th. A. b. 1894. 1t ~ ss>ssf
twelve per cent. yer annrn, befides eS6eS ~
action.
Dated March ll,h. 4. n. 1874.
Z. o. WHEELER. f.r1i Any.
50 in,,;o, Nii E.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
DENTISTRY.

|DR. P. B. PECK, would respectful
IL ~ inform tho People Of Austin and vi
cinity that he has opened an Office over Aus
tin l. Shouts Hardware Store, for the Prsc-
tice of Dentistry, having had l3 years sxpe-
rience.
Teeth extracted with tho least possible pain
Teeth filed 50 - to preserve and restore
them to their natural look and usefuluess.
Teeth inserted on Gold Silver and Vulcan
zed Rubber.
Particular attention given to tho regulation
of children's teeth.
All work warranted. n25.v6-1y
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

II. H. & A. N. COLwELL, with theil
families, started last Tuesday for South
crn Iowa.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

GUMS store was moved aside and
raised up yesterday, that it may not
interfere with the progress Of /" Ira's''
plans for Z flue brick building.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
FARMERS INSURANCE ASSo-
CATION.

Sher1vood's raid upon this
Observation-Disclosures Of the
Farmers. has greatly in
creased its hold U2o0za the
public confidence, and :siv-
en- an impetus to its b]si-
ness Which nothing else
could hare done. 1t Is the
best advertisement at the
least cost, which could hare
been i,apr0vised.
3. VOSBuRC, Agent,
Austin, MINI.
March 18th, 1874.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

A young lady named Mary A. Col
lens, whose mother lives on tho east
aide, died yesterday Of consumption.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
For Rent,

TOT N0uls
The upper rooms in the building
on Main Street, known as the Park
Place. Enquire Of
n1-v7tf f. L.BUCk
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

GRAM In this vicinity is suffering for
the want Of rain.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.

For good nice stylish boot, good fit,
begged or scwed, 60 to J. SCHWAN'S.
n5.3m,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

The evidences Of prosperity in this city
have never been more abundant than ut
the present time. We shall soon attempt
an enumeration OF the improvements now
in progress.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
r ISTOF LETTERS REMAINING

r ISTOF LETTERS REMAINING
i unclaimed in the Post Office, at Austin
Mimi, Saturday May Is.
Tc obtain any Of these letters tho applicant
must call for Advertised Letters, and give the
date of this list.
If not called for in ono month they will DO
sent to the Dead Letter Office.
Bowls. Miss Hattie Murphoy, Patrick
Cole, Thomas ". OBrien, J.
Dunn, John Padel, W. NJ.
Jaycs, Mark Schoufeld, Julius
johnson, ". C.. Sloan, Patrick
Long, Miss Maggie Weed, Dr..
4. E. MEIGS, L. NJ.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

The present is splendid time to re-
pair the roads. Let this work be done
if possible before the heavy rains
which generally fall in the month Of
June.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
NEW ADS.
VIM. NJ. l. G. H. Howe. Foundry
W. H. Anderson, 1oe.Crcam.
Oleson & Nicolaison, Furniture.
JUD0E ROeE has 9ono to Chatficld,

No prosecutions this week for obstruc
ting sidewalks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

smsll Fruits, 0nsns1tal Trees, aaa 0A11A.
bery. eosrssponding1y lov. Liberal Gsss1nt.
from these prices 70 Gsa1gss aaA iaAivia1als
heying In la1gs qua2tities.
You can save TIE sxpsoss Il ~ agent ea1-
wasting, BY buying ct The Kursssy and nakisE
your own selse tio1a, o. By ssndiDg yssr se1er
to ALBA ulLL81,
O8co With Craadan 3 1ro0oA.
Narsssy mile from town, % IL La1siDg
road.
Austin, March II, 1874 seo3
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

~ T. cRANDALL, LAFAYETTE FRENCH.
IRANDALL l. FRENCH,
~ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Austin,
Nin..' Oaes in Bank Block; adjoining
Tn >xscalPr ONCE. Collections Aud other bus
i,sss attended TO carefully and promptly.
Aa1NTS OF THE RTNA ms. co.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02
J : The Negro in Congress.

Of the six negroes in Congress but
one excited any notice during the ses-
sion that has just closed-EIIiott, of
South Carolina, and he only because
of a single speech which was sup
posed to be remarkable because it did
emanate from negro. Better speech
es were made every day by white
men which provoked no comment
The other Representatives of the black
and mulatto race in Congress- Rainey
Cam, Walls, Ransiet. and Lynch-were
complete nonentities. Wenotice this
in no spirit of prejudice, but because
the fact has political and social value.
These six colored men may properly
be supposed to be the pick of their
race, the best representatives of its
intelligence and culture. One of them
is serving his third, and two of them
their second terms in Congress, so
half of the number have had some
Congressional experience. And yet,
immediate epresentativesfh though they
be Of race numbering four millions
ofpeople, not one of them has origin
ated a measure or put forth an idea,
not one has distinguished himself by
committee work, not one has appeared
above the dull level of mediocrity ex-
cept Elliot, who made one speech
which occasioned notice because, az
we have said, it was made by anegro.
Lynch, it is true, has also made a
speech. but it was in Republican
caucus, in which he declared that no
matter how bad the Republican party
may be the negroes would stick to it,
because it had given. them freedom"
Old Daddy" Cain is a noted charac-
ter at home in South Carolina, where
much of his time is spent in defend
ing himself in suits brought against
hiEn for alleged corrupt practices. He
is a Methodist preacher, edits a small
religious and political weekly paper,
which is a curiosity in literature, and
would drive Josh Billings wild with
envy if he should see it, and is gener-
ally regarde as good -humored and
amusing old darkey. Rainey is a
Charleston ex-barber, who abandoned
a trade in which he stood first among
all competitors, to become statesman
without reputation. Walls and RAN
sier are plausible, talkatfve young me-
groes who control the politics Of their
respective localities. The six picked
men of the negro race sit in Congress
as mere lay fgures-sit there appar-
emily on .sutferance, nodded at patron
izingIy by a casual Republican mem
Der, and ignored almost wholly by the
rest of the House. What are, we to
learn from this failure in negro state
craft? Shall we put it together with
the failure : Of the negro youths at
West Point and the inconspicuous
position reached by negroes who
have entered the learned profess
sions, and conclude that the race as a
whole is incapable of rising above the
intellectual average which has charac-
terized it since it has been known III |
history? Or shall we, accept the plea
of its particular friends, and believe
that it is emerging from its childhood
and needs only the. white mans forty
centuries of culture and experience to
rival him in his intellectual achieve
ments? The question Is one Of inn
.portance, because it bears upon the
future of our politics, our
social condition and our material
prosperity World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02
BLACK Rnunnets.

A curious report comes from the
South. 1t is said that several enter
prising gentlemen of New England
extraction residing in Mobile have
conceived scheme for making a pro-
digious fortune out OF the Northern
people if the pending Civil Rights bill
becomes a law. They propose to go
to the neighboring plantations and
hire for the heated term this summer
several hundred OF the blacklist, greaS-
lest, raggedest, dIftiest, most insolent
aud most odoriferous field hands that
can be found, and take them just as
they are, barefooted and bareheaded,
buck and Wench alike, and ship them
to the North. One hundred, for in
stance, will be precipitated upon Bos-
ton.s The best accommodations will
be demanded at the St. James, Revere,
fremont and Parker houses, and the
bucks will take the range of the bars,
moking-rooEass bathrooms, barber
shops, dining rooms, gentlemen's par
lors, ands bridal-chambers, and the
Wenches the run of the halls, parlors
and ladies' ofdinaries. The theatres
and:chnrches will be visited and the
choicest seats selected. On the palace
steamboats, on the Sound the bridal
chamberslSndr supper saloons will be
occupied Large parties will be sent
over the railroads whenever it can be
ascertained that the sleeping cars are
but PARTIAL v full, so that the vacant
berths Gan be used by these flowers
of The South" The same course will
be taken in reference to the Pullman
palace cars by day. Long Branch is
TO be visited by another delegation,
which will lounge around the hotel
piazzas and parlors, trip the light fam
tastic toe at the grand hops" and ell
bow the other guests at the Presidents
levees. In short, these dark-hued
bouquets leflthe sunny saYannas will
attempt to go everywhere and do
eYerything that the most fashionable
of our Boston beaux and bellies go
aud do. And tits just here that the
enormous profits of the enterprise are
expected to come in. Many hotels,
railroads, steam boats, theatres, liquor
saloons, barber shops, and restaurants
will refuse to entertain the pets of the
nation, and then suits st law will be
instituted against them and swinging
damages realized. Such eminent law
yers as General Woodford, Of this
State; Judge Hoar, Mr.. Kelley, of
Pennsylvania; and the late Mr.. Schuy-
Ter Colfax will be retained. We CLEAN
these facts from the correspondence
of a Louisville paper. For fertility of
invention and shrewdness of execu-
ton, these Nav England gentlemen
squatting temporarily in the South
ere certainly unequal ed World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02

In the Coshocton County Temper
ance Convention held in the nj. E.
Church. Coshocton, on the 18th inst,
Rev. Galbraith of Jacobsport is re-
ported to nave said that if he kneac
that by licensing the traffic in whisky
drunkenness would be diminished ten
fold he could not support it. What a
sincere temperance man that Reverend
gentleman must be, and what would
he not do to do away with drunken
ness. The pitiahle fooIishness, inhu-
man lpFoscriptiveness and Venomous
cussedness of certain zealots and big
OTIS ahiliating herewith are the great
est blocks and hindrances in the for
ward movement of the temperance
cause that the real friends of. the or
ganization have to encounter.-Co Coshoc-
ton Democrat. - .5r5
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02

SUCH apathy as exists among the
Republicans has not been known in
Illinois since the party was created.
Rock Island County gave Grant 1,078
majority. 1t has nineteen towns. Its
Republican Convention of june 6 to
choose delegates to the State Conven-
ton contained representatives from
but two towns, and even this beggar-
ly assemblage quarrelled and the Con-
vention adjourned in row. Mclean
County gave Grant 2, $40 majority, and
its Republican Convention of June 8
contained delegates from only thirteen
of twenty-nine townships Will
County gave Grant s, ,275 majority, and
its Republican Convention of June 10
contained delegates from but twelve
of twenty-three towns. Winnebago
County gave Grant 2, 758 maj ority, and
nine of the fifteen towns sent no dele
gates to its Convention. Here are four
counties which gave Republican ma
1ority in 1872 of S.62I. They contain
together eightY-seYen towns, but IN
their Republican conventions only
twenty -four wererepresented by dele
gates. Reports from many other
counties are of the same character. a
State convention held under such ciF-
cumstances will be the dTeariest Kind
of a funeraE- World. sit 4e
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02

On the evening of Tusday, June 23d
a most appalling catastrophe occurred
at Syracuse, N. Y. A strawberry fes-
tival was being held at the parIors OF
the Central Baptist Church, when
without any premonition the floor
gave way precipitating thepeople into
the story below. The parlor was on the
second floor and the room underneath
was also full. A fire alarm was given
and fremeR hurried to the scene. Soon
ten thousand people were there and
tremendous excitement prevailed. The
number of persons injured is given as
133. Sixteen were killed outright,
all the wounded are said to be recov-
ering.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02
Hon. A.G. Thurman.

The Springfield Transcript pays
this eloquent and just tribute to SEN
afor Thurman i'f 55iI 5sei
- I'm Yenal age he has been pure; in
d amercenary age, he has been free from
avarice in time serving age, he has
never swerved from his convictions !;
in the tempest of war and passion,
like Garnet of the Roman SOUL he
has stood unbent, sunawed by power
and unseduced by gain 80 '5Ai#
Let the Democracy of Ohio and of
the nation never forget that when
their hosts were oft beaten, discomfit-
ed and about to surrender, the trnfn-
pet-toned voice of Thurman gathered
them once more into compact phal-
anxes, and led them to victory. AL
honor to Thurman, worthy of the
mantle of our most illustrious Demo-
cratic dead, and worthy to be called
Ohio's great and incorruptible Sena-
for, the ablest Roman of them all. %
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02

THKRE is a member of Congress
whose tinges of conscience as he con-
fronts smoral bribery are interesting
20 contemplate. He is our own Gar
field. Hear him: -.
s.Mr. Garfield (Rep., Ohio called at
tention to the proyiso that the Con-
gressional Record, or any part there
OF, shall 60 through the mails free OF
postage. He regarded it as a little bit
of moral bribery. Under that a mem
Der could have his speech under the
heading, Appendix to the Congress
iouaa Record and could have IL sent
throHgh the mails free, If that was
not q species of moral bribery, he did
not know what was i..5i..if7s5s.5i
What species of bribery is it to &C
cent Credit Mobilier stock at par when
ii IL worth an advance of four hundred
per cent. payment Of the faee thereof
to be made out of diyidends S-Egl1.i
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02
EAvENNA. rHURsDAr. July :. 1874.
DAWES has written letter decIin-

DAWES has written letter declin-
ing a denomination for Congress.
THE Democracy of Missouri Penn
sylvania, and Ohio, all hold their State
Conventions on the 26th of August
IKE Atlantic and Great Western
Railroad stockholders have ratified
the. lease of their road to the Erie
Railway.
NINETEEN states are now controlled
by the Democrats. Aud yet some
people pretend to believe that that
party is dead. s
This would hardly be a proper
time for Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
to revive the Byron scandal
ilGEsERAL AQUA WILEY declines to
be candidate for the position of
Secretary of State, before the coming
Democratic Convention. s
THE State of Ohio will be entitled
to about Sc, ,OO0.0 more banking cap
ital under the redistribution made by
the new currench act. 9bn8
THE Rhode Island Legislature has
adjourned to meet in january with
out electing an United States Senator.
The UniVersalist State Convention
of Maine has recognized the eligfhili-
ty of women to the christian ministry.
IT islrumOred in Washington that
late Postmaster General Creswell will
be appointed minister to Austria.
ASHLAND is srepeaIing the "McCon-
nellsYille ordinance" on the ground
that tits destroying the business of
the place. sa = 3sos
The following is the official vote OF
Oregon for the officers named: Com
gressman-LadoW, Democrat, 9,542 /;
Williams, Republican, 9,340; Daveh-
port, Independent, $3.50. - ssltas
THE Legislature of Massachusetts,,
the home of Dio Lewis, the head of
the. crusading business, passed the
License Bill last week. They have
tried prohibition and found out IT was
not all that fancy painted it.
..JUsT as totalprohibition lawsare be-
ing urged in the Western and Middle
state, Massachusetts,, where the thing
has been tested for many years, has
decided against prohibition and in
favor ofllicense. id saa
GOVERNOR Moses, of South Carolina,
haspardoned the three Commissioners
Of BarnweH county, who were recent-
" convicted of larceny and sentenced
respectively to three, nine, and len
years in the Penitentiary. usi5l.ta
The Maine Democratic State Con-
Yentiendast week, adopted resolutions
denouncing the protective tariff, an
inflated and irredeemable paper cur
rency, and Republican misrule gener-
ally,and nominated JosephA. Titcomb
for Governor. ap9i sEBi
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02

NEwsPAPER CHANGE. Toledo
Democrat and the Democratic Herald
have been consolidated and will here
after be issued under the name of the
Democrat and Herald. 1t will here
after appear as morning paper and
will be the only Democratic morning
daily in the State outside of Cincin-
natl. lis not only an able advocate
of Democratic principles but in every
respect aes0spaper .at 4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02

THIRTY more Chinese students are
expected to arrive in this country
soon, on their way to schools in Mas
sychusetts and Connecticut. Those
who have been studying in New Eng
land for the past two years are all fit
ting for higher grades of schools, and
viii enter scientiffc schools and colIeg-
es as soon as they are prepared to do
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02

& THE Radicals are 50 ashamed Of
Governor Moses, of South Carolina
that they are attempting the old dodge
OF calling him Democrat, but that is
little too thin. The Democrats have
not had a foot-hold in that state since
the rebellion. 1t has been wholly un-
der the rule of the Radical carpet-bag-
gers and negroes. .a
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02

The President appointed Hon. Eu-
gene Hale, of Maine, as the seccessor
of Creswell, for Postmaster General.
A Washington special says this ap-
pointment was not made, as has been
foolishly reported, in the interest OF
Speaker Blaine for the succession, but
of President Grant himself, who by
this means expects to secure the sup
port of Michigan and possibly OF
Maine, fer the nomination. Mr.. Hale's
acceptance fully commits him to Grant
against all others.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02

AN cid farmer said "When Idie,
am going to leave behind me, as
heritage for my children, the home
where they were born, made as beaa-
tiful as my means and educated taste
will allow pleasant memories of the
home fireside, and of the sunny sum-
mer days, with true regard for the
dignity and worthiness of the calling
which their father followed" A most
capital legacy. ftH sifi 1asg
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02

THE State Temperance CohYention,
in session last week at Springfield, set
apart the fourteenth day of August as
a day of fasting and prayer in the
cause of temperance. 9m 37aH1s
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02

Oh Wednesday Postmaster Gener-
all Creswel sent TO the President the
resignation of his office which was
promptly accepted. iOf.coulse every
thing was lovely, between Grant and
the retiring Cabinet officer, for the
correspondence says SO. aza 4sa
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02

We always have such reported re-
ductions during the year when Con-
gressmen are to be elected. The only
draw back is that at the next session
they pass deficiency bill more than
swallowing them up. This dodge of
the present Congress in the sembIanee
of economy is, therefore, an old one.--
Enq. l-i. - l'II - p. ~ lLl