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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-01

Said Senator MMton In his speech. On
Jaou.ry 3ad: .Geologists tell rs there was
. period in the earth's crust when there
were .kulless ver,ebrates. Now We have
got to the period whore there arc verte.
bfa,elesD skulls"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-01
.AAA Can't b made by every agent
~ every month in the bus,u-ss
10 furnish bnv tSoaa ziliinv

I" work can easily earn dozen dollars day
sight in their own localities. Have no room
:" cxplsin here. Business pleassn' aud hon
men. We will furnish you complete out6t
rec. The business pays better than any:
hing else. We will bea- expense Of starting
sou. Particulars free Write ani SOC. Far
n.rp md mach >uaoa, their SIMS and dxuxh>sss
aud al elsssss In na~d Of paying work ct
nome. should write 20 40 and lssrn oil shout
he work ct once Nov 10 the time. Don't
delay. address TIus / Co., Agases, Mai ..
~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-01

"Stesdy. aim. one. two. three"
Were the words then heard by the COM
pauy.
One moment Of horror for Bennett and
May,
And they bravely turned tail and trotted
away!
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Coon KEwa.-H. 0uns has just received =
dns collection of Dry Goods which have h-en
bought 1t eztremel low prices. aud Which
b. now offers again st prices :ar lower thsu
oveI bolose. Of
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First publication Janurav 4th
NTAIE o. MINNESOTA, COUN.

First publication .Janusav 4th)
GTA1E o. MINNESOTA, rOUN-
TY OF MOwER.-ss.
IL Probate Court.
In the matte, u tho estate Of James Foster.
deceasei.
Notice is hereby given to the heirs Of said
deceased anu to sIi other pers"ns interested
in said estate that the Fetit'"n 1T Judith
and William, NJ. Foster. executors ct the e.
tate Of said deceased, for = final settlement Of
their account ~ such executors and for .
tina, discharge in the premises viii b. heard
before the Judge II Pr"hate for snid County
ut the Probate Office, in the city Of Austin,
On SATURDAY the 9th day of Jania-y. A. D.
1877, vt ! o'clock p. n.
Ordered. That notice Of the time and place
Of said hearing he given to ell persons inter.
sstsd in s.,d estate, by publication of the
foregoing n",ise in the Nower County Tran
script. for tho term Ut three weeks previous
tn .aid day of hearing.
Dated 1t the city Of Austin, this lat day 0 {
January A. d. 1877.
SAMEUL HAkTER,
4O-t4 Judge Of Probate.
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CONNECTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
At Burlington, with Toledo. Peoria 4 War
Jaw R'y for Peoria. indianapolis. La ayc,tr,
and Cincinnati; with Chicago. Burlington 4
Quincy K. K. for Chicago, kcokuk. Quincy /
St. Louis West to Oitumwa and all points in
Kansas and Nebraska. and with Burlington 4
Southwestern KY for Farming '"n. f,o"n,.
field. and all paints in Missouri and Kan-aS.
At Columbus Junction. with Chicag" i
South Western Railroad tor Washington and
Lcavenwnrth.
4, Nichols. with Muscatine Div. D., c. K.
s NJ. for Mus"a:ine.
At West Lib rty. with Chicago. Rock r.
land 4 Pacific Railroad. tor Iowa City. Des
Nome. and Davenport.
At Cedar Rapids, with Milwaukee Division
Of r.. c. r. 4 ~, tor t"ucFerdencc, West
Union, P""tville and McGrry"r; with Chicago
/ North Western Halfway for Omaha. C"un-
ci, Bluff. AMI Chicago. and with Dubuque i
South western Railway for Dubuque.
At Waterloo and Cellar Falls. with INinoi:
Central Railroad Ter Independence, Dubuque,
Fort D"dyc ana Sioux City.
At Shell! Rock with Stage tor wavcrly.
At Nora Junction, with Milwaukee, L 81.
Paul Railway. for Mason City AID Charles
;:ity.
At Plymouth. with Milwaukee 4 st. Paul
Railway, tor all points in MINES TIA.
At st. Paul. for I'll points on Northern Pa
cifc Railway: the x eat Lake Superior r.:
si"n. AMI III: points North AMI Northwest.
E.F. WINSLQT, GcnI Manager.
CO.. IVES. GcuI rars. L Ticket Agent.
Cedar Eslide. Iowa
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first ;nse.tion Decembc 2Sth.]
II ORTG.AGE SALE.

Nj oN1''''E SALE
De:ault has been made in the payment Of
the sun ot Two hundred and niaety do;ia...
witch IL claimed IL be- due ut the safe VI this
notice upon y CERTAIN mortgage. duly execu.
ted and delivered hy Ole Olson Staac. =" "te
Benson. bcs.ins date the J.; b day OF Nuv.m-
Der A. b. 1875, md dull, rec.r"ed in tho
office "f the kSgis,er Of Deeds. in aud Tor the
County of Mo wer. and State of Minnesota, On
the 2Gth day Ut November A. b. 1873, 1T II
o'clock 4. NJ. 10 Book 20" Of Mortgages, ON
page 4lS. Said mortgage was, on the 18th
Gay ot December A. d. 1876, duly assigned
AID transferred BY ths said Ole Benson to ".
+. " iikine. and said assignment WAS duty re-
corded IN the Office II the Register Of Deeds
. t"rcsaid, IN tho 18th day Of december A. b.
1871, in Book 49, IT mortgages, ~ page us
Aud To action Or pro c-edinE 1T law ar "ther-
wise having been instituted to recover the
debt SECURED by said Mvrtyag:, or any part
thereof:
Now therefore, notice is hereby given. thut
by v,sluU VI y power If sale con tvined III
said mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in
such csse made and provided. tue said Mort,
gage will lie i"rccius, d BY sale of the prem
ises described in mud c"ve,ed by said uort
gage .ix: The East half 81 the North East
quarter VI section number twenty-six 1851,
also three ,3) acres "u the North side IT the
South half uf the North East quartet Of tho
Southwest quarter q, Section number TWEEN
ty EIGHT l2S), all in Township number one
hundred and one tlol), North Of Ksuso sew
en'een ~ west, in Mower County. aud
State vi Minnesota, with the Entertainments
and sppurtsnsnces, will b" sold at public
auction, to the highest bid, O.. for cash, to
l.sy said debt and interest, amt the taxes, ii
any, ~ said prcmis ). which will hs made
by the Ske,if IT said blower County
1T tho trout door "f tho Court liou>e .,
! IN the city uf Austin. in said County
aud State, on the lU:h day cf Feb
| ruxry A. b. 1877, At 10 o'clock a. n Of that
day, suhjuct to redemption at airy time with
| IN on. year lr"m the day Of sale, as provided
| by law.
DATED. December 2sth, A. d. 1876.
". I. WILKES
D B. JvHxeox. JR.. Attorney. 39-t7
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-01

II IL now in order to inquire who bull.
daes9 shs Cophseacs commitses.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-02-01

BLESS

OUR HOME is thu name Of ths mnst elegant
French Oil Mnttn Chr'rD,' ever issued. The
MOTTO is surrounded by nnc Of the m.et :x-
qu'sir. and richly c"I"re:i wreathes Of beau
tiM, flowers IN dark ba:ks. "uo.l. aud is Pe-
feet in all its teta'ls It il II Is. We send
This m"t," chrom" ant hs Rosrox wEgKsY
H., III. large cigb' -pag" family, story aud
nov. paper. with asri"u'' u,si, chess. pussle.
household. AVID all p"pa!a: departments. )
M"D'hs. for only 80 cents. Chr"mn aud pa
per. s months tor $500. 4 hrautiivl holiday
gift. Agents wan:ui. Adde'S.
WEEKLY GLOBE,
c2S Washington street.
4G:f Boston. Mxss.
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s}ISCELJANEOVS.

The acting secretary OF the treasury
has issued forthwith call for redemption
OF the $40 bond, Of 1865, May and Noycm-
Der,
Special agent Stuart, Of the treasury
department, who has been in Chicago for
several day, looking into the accounts OF
the Chicago postofice, has discovered that
Gen. MArthur, the postmaster is deiauter
to the amount Of $3S 900,
The Cincinnati Southern railroad bridge
over the Kentucky river is said to be the
highest ia the world. The distance from the
bed Of the river to bottom Of the bridge is
two hundred and soventy-hye feet 1t con
sists OF three spans Of three hundred and
seventy.fve feet each The structure was com,
menced in October and finished Saturday,
February 18th.
Yankee girls are now cutting and pol.
ishing diamonds. The art has been mouopo.
li2ed by Amsterdam experts, who have uni.
iormly refused to teach any apprentices eN.
cept Dutch boy' Of their own selection
Henry y. Morse, after employing Dutch dia.
mond.cultcrs IN Boston for many year,
learned thc secrets oj the trade. Heopened
a shop in BoSburr, and privately taught SIX
or eight young women This mysterious occu
pltiop. q hnalIy8rprised his Dutch work
MOI, thqt American huys must he TAUGHT bN
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4 Paris Rail Dress,

Lucy Hooper in one OF her letters to
the Philadolp phia Telegraph says;
''Ball dresses are growing tighter and
tighter, not only as to their waists, but
their skirts. Where does the pre,en;
fashion intend TO stop recently saw
a young French lady at q party, in -
eoTsd fT,iulc..e dress Of pale salmon-
colored silk, lifting as closely and with a-
little tulne.s in the skirt SIS pos
siblc. There was not a particle of
dral,ery or ilounces about the dr,ss the
only trimming being a flat band OF rm-
hroidery in pale blue and silver on &
dark ground that went around The waist,
sleeves and skirt, and transversely JcIoss
the front from shoulder to skirt hem.
When the vourg wearer sat down, tue
effect can better be imagined than de-
scribed, as she looks like figure moulded
in peach lice, and As the waist WAS cVt
very, rfrg low, and there were no sleeves
at an To speak Of, she might hayesat as
model to 4 sculptor with perfect ease,
nat to say propriety. I an totl that
there is now question in the higher
circles Of fashion OF suppressing entirely
all undergarments Of linen or muslin,
their place to be supplied by bucsskin or
cbamois-cCstlerunderwear'
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Scientific Miscellany.

An inventor proposes q vessel that
will not br a0' cted hy waves ut sea. \
!,oIhw .hply i to he suhplSrtet several
v4y,s- below thc surflcC' ut the water;
ard above the. suffice; supported by
s,runr posts, is 10 he the parJ Of the yes-
sci ist r->eHrer.. The piopplliug ma
cbiacry /. to Re in hcTlhmerre1 portion.
. Ls.Mi,hiog la)1e,'inSS, H.tys bcen the
, ,,'':,Iii2' il. ~rniH pIata'lo%rtilik}3 4 little
'ifi-#SttY GA the cloth bcfirE pressing,
a,.it gives thc ineu hard and brilliant
surface Thi> practice has heen found
10 leetruy the fabric in 4 short time,
through the grinding action OF the crv--
tal, OF hvdrate Of lime formed in the
threads.
j.. Nentilators Tor admitting fresh air at
windows are now made with screens Of
cotton supported by the wire-webhing,
after the manner OF 4 respirator. The
Assirn ni this pattern Of ventilation is
to imitate the tilteriug action Of the res
pirator, and to thus exclude dust and
,dampncss from the house while securing
constant supply of pure air. .
/ Anew form OF emery-wheel iOl knife.
grinding has been introduced. II is
| made in the form Of a. cap, and is hung
/ horizontally on its longer axis, Tine
! knife to be ground is placed before the
open end or tops of the cap, and held
against its circular edge as the cap is
turned rapidly on its axis. This style o
grinding surface is said to give a smooth
edge admirably adapted for grinding
straight knives,
Mr.. Richard 4. Proctor, in his recent
addresses and writings, has considered
the objections to the theory that the
planets Jupiter and Saturn are still *
! intensely hot rs to shine, to some extent
by their own light, and he pronounce
the objections untenablc, He thinks il
demonstrated that these giant planets
are really in state of intense heat, ant
says that II they are ever 10 be th,
abode Of life they will probably not bt
ready to subServe that purpose for hun
dleds OF millions Of years. He think
that one fifth Of Iupiter's light is due
iho Inherent luster o! the planet, auC
the re4, In reflection trJu the cloud
which surround it,
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Passed Mr.. Eden from the committee on
war claims, reported tack senate bin extend
Ing for two years the act establishing the
hoard Of commissioners Of claims; which aas
passed tn. conference report on theuagal
appropriation bill were non coucarrea in,
and the conference committee, Atkins.
Wells pud Foster, was appointed The house
then tool, recess. Last day--1he last day
Of the fartg.rom,lH congress begun at noon.
The conference I.port on the rost0lliee up.
preparation biz ht, been agreed 10. On the
postal ear iaciiitiesG new conference mas been
ordered. The franking privilege is restored
for all public Documents published by order
Of congress. Al the evening session, the con.
ference report On the p0,tcllcn apprdpria.
ton bill was agreed to, the senate having re-
ceded from the steamship subsidies, and the
house compromised on the appropriation Of
Sq2J0 900 for m8il iltcIviCc, instead ot $qGoO,.
coo, ~ provided hy tle senate. Mr.. Ellis
mOved to suspend the rules aud pass bill
: ,202 900 for rcpQirins the ltyee OF The Mis-.
sissippi river and rcCiHmiug the &Iluvi&.
| lsnGs Of Delta, the money to be expended
under the direction. Of the chief Of engineer
OF the army. Defeated yeas 73, naysll5. The
senate amendments to the southern claims
appropriation bill have been coucurred in
Holman reported the conference on legisla.
tiyeNr appropriation bill had been unable
to agree on the PRESIDENT salary, and moved
further conference. Mr.. Clymer, OF conierets
moved that the house recede. Agreed to
the yeas and nays being refused, and the
presidents salary remains at fifty thousand
dollars, and the Legislative appropriation
bin passed Adjourned.
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says inc huss'"h government Is giving mos'
P"clnc assurance WHICH, 1t No''u appear, "''
cleu''eu ever! "ie'e eAoei, ~ ''eni' NUS
Sia 'r0nA'y '"t'A'''ee t''"' 'ne mas no Nlsn ''
hhSNc N"r' anu "o"'" oo ""PP! " "es''' IRON
hoS''''''cS were some leSafu P"lu 10 'er 'eeI
'hB7 o"" 10 'ne Po'''ioh III ""'c" e"' i
PlAecu' lure ~ ~ 'hlS moment ever!
chahce oil aVo'uihB " CONNECT II ufkey cal
De inuuceu 70 appoint some cnFi7''"n gov
efhof anu make 1t ooha nue y tempt al 'd
'''i''s'i"tloh n"I'lofNi'aS guy" Po"'' "lSne
10 90 'ne'i"s' 10 HnS"eI 'ie h"ssI"n circular
no written "h'ner VIII P'ooHoIy po INei
lor come uhe' Inc uhi'eiSHl silence ah'
'he ehPefoi' SPteo" AZ tno opening 0
NeiohsIG seenislo h"Ne pIouucea NSope!lhi
enec' Ut o'' Ie'er'ou's'
a spec'al from halliaH says thaI
question "l pfeceuence hhNihs arisen Of
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CONGRESSI


In the house, on the 23l, went into
committee Of the whole, Mr.. Bnckner in the
the chair on the civil sundry appropriation
bill. TIE paragraph for thcYnymeat Of Mail
carriers in the southern states hefere the
war hsriug been rc.ched, Mr.. Couger made
the point Of order that it WIS contrary to the
express law Of congress. Without action
Oh the point Of order the committee at 3I5,
/ on motion Of Mr.. Clymer, rose. Mr.. Cimer
, then moved to take n recess till 10 o'clock
! tomorrow Goth motions were made in rapid
succession and with good deal OF commu.
! ton on the floor, the general understanding
being that the object WAS 10 stave off any
! futther action on the presidential count, Us
| d rumor had Just reach the halt that the de-
ci.ion OF the commission in the Oregon case
was adverse TO the democrats. The republi.
cans insisted on vote being taken by yeas
and nays, which resulted in yeas l3O and
nays 100.
In the house on the 24th Mr.. Atkins
from the appropriation committee, reported
the army appropriation bill, 1t reduces the
! HuNlhST VI SANdIv ISSilucutn tO.VlSub avn
lery four, snlintantry to sixteen, and cou
tanning provigo prohibiting any of the
money appropriated by the bill from being
applied for the pay of transportation or sols
lenarce dftroops to be employed insupport
of the claim Of either Nichols or Packard as
governor Of Louisiana, or in support of the
rival legislatures in said state and prohibits
the employment of any portion OF the army
in support Of the claims Of any officer o
said state until duly recognized by congress
Ordered printed. The speaker laid before
house communication from justice Nathan
Clifford, informing the house that the elee
toral commission had considered and decd
ed the question iutrusted to it in regard u
the votes OF Oregon, and had transmitted it.
decision to the president OF the senate. Mr
Hale then presented the following order
/ "Orderrd that the count OF the tlectura
vote Of Oregon -hl,l proceed IN conformity
rith a.. decsiouo' thr electoral cummi.
sOoa.' Nh Lane offered TIE following as
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japanese Fans.

Mr.. Annesley. English consul at
Hiogo, reports that the expectation OF
fans from Hiogo and Osaka in 1875 ro'e
to about three million in number, valued
at 500. 900. The increase was duo 10 a
great extent TO the appsoach of the cen
tennial exhibition at Philadelphia. AZ
most all the fans are shipped to the
United States. In the oiden days n'
seclusion from the outer world the sale Of
fans in japan seldom exceeded ten thou,
sand in year and the highest priced
fin was not more than five ven. Since
the arrival of foreigners some'tew tsns
have been made to order at as high q
price as ten dollars or fifteen dollars each;
but the demand OF the highly ornamented
fans is not sufficient to encourage the
production 0! large quantities OF first
| class work.
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4 talking machine reproducing 'ne
sound OF the human voice has been con
structed by NJ. Fsber, Of Vienna. The
principle Of the machine Is that OF the
organ. Tic keys are labeled aecordlnS
to the light or heavy sounds produced
bv the pipes with which they communi-
cate By single touch the simple or
vowel sounds are produced; by SIM
ultsneous manipulation Of several keys
those ofthe corsonants which are comoi-
nations Of tie yowels, Hence, pfae-
practice in the working Of the keys pro
duces iutelliglble words and phrases ~
any language. Before an audience IN
lha Grand hotel, Paris, the mschine dis,
tinctIy pronounced theword', mamma, !,
"papa.d the proper names Fanny
"AIaua. hmma, "EEl1leth, he
names OF the cities OF Cincinnati
"Pbiladelphia, "Paris, London" I'
ia q Dolyglot mechanism; that is il Il pos
sible. by certain notifications o4.teetal'S,
TO max: !. conform t : the pronunciation
u any language
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!, ne Spanish ministry is engaged upon
4 qHaft qI treaty Of commerce with the
hleo States. ..".. |.'.
An egteemeut h'jwRn Turkey and
|Otyla has been concluded, the latter az.
ptlns the former's condition, except those
Nmihg equality for the Jews in Serwa,
q ne right Of the Porte to be represented
ssffbelsfade. .-..
tne buildipgs for the great Paris ex-
sll'on OF 1873 are making rapid progress.
ef goo wOrkmen are employed with 200
sesidesnumerous barges and circu'
tallFay, and all the work on the founda,
lps hes been completed.
aSqi Gordon.writes "The khedive has
sen qe absolute. authority over the Son
s'st.. addition to the provinces o the
uator except the Red sea coast. il will
" he ny fault if slavery does not cease
~ lss sfhesc vast countries are not open {,
~Qflt the whole secret OF the mnttel
10 9 nc government Of Soudan, and Il III,
w ~" lelds tAot isaga.Egt l4.,f, i;EousI
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FACTS AND PAYCIEs.

PRIZE conundrum--Why don't wo.
man like to hear her husband make
public zpeeEh Answer tby a LADY,
because she don't.
JOSH Billings says he knows people
who are So fond OF argument that they
will stop and dispute with a guide-board
about the distance to the next town.
THAT was a good prayer which the old
fashioned Methodist minister uttered
go, lord, start Us right, because if we
get started wrong We are herd to turn
4 YOUNG lad whose teacher is rather
free with the rod remarked the other day
that they had too many hOller days at
their school" "
A NEWARK woman married police
man because, as she explained, her
mother was once robbed Of two dresses,
and she thought policeman was good
thing to have about the house,
THE English DR.. Kenealy is a used.up
man. He is unpopular, and the COM
mon people no longer give audience TO
Nj harangues. Such is the final usual
fate Of demagogues,
TaE poem Of "John Gilpin'- Ride"
by Cowper, has eightythrce per cent. Of
its words in one syllable, while shak
speare has eighty-one and Dickens
seyenty.dye
PROFESSOR in p.ychology-"Now,
Mr. D., in regard to hOw the mind fOrms
a material thing from several precepta
take an apple and illustrate" Mr.. D.
II don't care if ! do" Glass murmur
pass 'em around ~
PARIS DANDY: You always tell me.
madam, that am dull; pray inform me
what is the difference between dull and
brightw Answer: "Jhe difference is
the same a. between q smell and per
lume.'
The number of square miles in the
United States is t,088,66 Tie real
and personal property in the United
States is S29,842, 2,77S,4i3. The number
of persons who cannot read are 4, 44fi5O3
The number Of those who cannot write is
555I3ll.
| ONEofthe billsnow pending inthe Wis
consin legislature aboIishes sentences for
specific periods in punishment Of crime,
and leaves conyicts in prison until the
warden believes they are thoroughly re-
| formed That is simplicity itself.
SIR" said one man to another, be"
ware To day you have kicked me,
Yesterday you struck me-. Day before