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

The Sioux City and St. Paul railroad
has been in operation five years, and not
single passenger has been killed.
journal: The St. Paul Dispatch ev-
identity counts Worthington's "editorial
liars" on the minneapolis PLAN"
Journal: We understand that quite
large party will leave Worthington tor the
Black Hills in the Spring.
Advance: Saturday about l o'clock
there was circle Of light in the sky exactly
overhead, punctuated with number of sun
dogs. Inside the large circle was crescent
having the hues OF the rainbow.
Richard H. Belknap, of Ransom, has
fatted eight hogs on corn raised on his own
farm, and recently sold one that weighed 800
pounds. He has also thirteen head of young
| cattle, and is determined to stay and continue
the stock business. The grasshopper will yet
prove blessing in disguise, for it will drive
| many of our farmers into stock raising
Advance: John II. Scott, of Ran
som has fifteen head of cattle, eight of which
are mich COWS. Mr.. Scott intends to work
into dairying and stOck.raisiDg and thus defy
the grasshopper. We are often asked whether
we can advise men to come to this country
under the circumstances. We say 'tyes,"
emphatically, if they will engage in dairying
and stock-raising. Our farmers are proving
now the superior advantages of this country
as stock region.
DIR. E. G. Cross has ssboy calf less
than a week old, that he values at 5000.
is from one of his best short horned COWS. He
has sold several calves of the same gender
from this COW, the lowest price being $500 and
one bringing $500.
Scarlet fever is epidemic in Roches-
ter. A physician in the city says that in
small pox the emanations from the body of
fall to the ground, but in scarlet fever the
poison is so light itpermeates the atmosphere,
and one case may be sufficient to spread the
disease over whole city. Several deaths
have occurred already, and too much care
cannot be taken to guard against this terri
| BILE disease.
Record:-It is said that the millers
Of Minneapolis are endeavoring to purchase
all the best wheat in the State, 80 far as possi-
| bic, in anticipation of a scarcity ofwheat an
other year. It is also stated that they are now
purchasing wheat in Milwaukee for the pur-
pose of preventing the mills from shutting
down before the new crop is harvested.
Mr.. r. L. Cotterell, of Dover, has
one OF the best, if not the best, orchard in
this country. It contains some four or five
acres, filled with the leading hardy trees,
both of crab and standard varieties. He has
. number oftrees which were purchased some
fourteen years ago, that are now overa foot in
diameter. Last year his orchard was so
heavily laden with fruit that many trees were
seriously injured by the breaking of the limbs
His success in fruit-growing may be readily
seen from the crop OF apples raised last year.
He sold over $500 worth Of apples, besides
using a large quantity himself and manufac-
turing several barrels Of cider. He. also stor-
ed away sixteen barrels of fall and winter
varieties Of apples for his use during the win
ter. He cannot give an accurate statement Of
the number Of bushels OF apples produced,
bat says that he had no difficulty in disposing
Of his Duchess at s4OO per barrel, when i'm
ported apples were selling at $3.50.
New York Commercial: Mrs. Spill
kins had seventeen calls yesterday.
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