Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-29

"A little child belonging to A. T. Anderson,
Of Bancroft, Freedom county, was scaldcd to
death, on the 3Oth inst, by pulling q teapot
OF the stove, the scalding liquid flowing over
Ito faoe and breAst.> e. H. # T. |,
Tho Owatonnai Journal has 'Rduoa&ioual"
ahd Temperance Depart llents-theA rst b.
isg eidted " 10 Principal Of the Public
Schools, aud the second by the WOman's
Christian Temperance Union.
Rev. E. H. Alden, formerly q C0ngrega-
ti0nal minister ut Albert Lea, but now Indian
agent at Fort Berthold, d. r., Is undergoing
"investigation." He is charged with crooked
ness In the financial department.
Work will bo resumed ON the, extension
west OF Paramount In about three weeks. Some
% Ia % here for that purpose. Next year the |
cOmpany's intentions are to extend the road |
stil farther west.-Weas advocate, Asg. r.
The Austin TRANSCRIPT devotes . column !
to abusing Judge Page and heads It Hell"
Lovely town to live in that.-Albe't Lea STAN |
dasxl. |
That heading was strictly appropriate. We
were writing about He'll.
Two tramps have been working upon the
Lacrosse, recently-0ne protesting to be blind
and the other sti6 legged and armed, when, in
fact, both were healthy loafers, with good eyes
and timber joints.
The editors Of the Caledonia Journal and
Window Reporter love Page. The Journal man
was getting q little on the track about the
time of the bar Investigation" but Page
wrote him q letter, and he has kept In the
traces ever since.
The Usage News invites the citizens of
Mower, together with other counties, to COM
pete for premiums at the Mitchell county fair.
Thank you. Aud the Mower county society
are prepared to extend like invitation to the
citizens of Mitchell county.
The Ltbcral-D Democrat has been recon-
structed, and changed its name to Chr0ntclc.
Now, II the Rcpubatcdn-Ledder win drop the
head or tail to its name-it don't matter which
La Crosse newspapers will no longer be dis
graced with top-heavy titles.
The Press gives the total Indebtedness Of
Mitchell county, Iowa, at "a 400. With all the
''thieves'' and ''scoundrels'' We have had in
once in Mower county, We have never had
| dollar of permanent Indebtedness, and it Is to
be hoped we never will have.
! The wheat yield is proving much heavier
| and of q better quality in some localities
than was at FIRST anticipated. The st. Peter
1rtbsHc publishes notes OF several quite large
yields Of wheat varying from eleven to twenty
| bushels to the acre, and some of it grading
good No. 2.
| 1t is lawful to shoot prairie chickens in
| Minnesota. Consequently our spOrtsmen are
careful to bring home only Minnesota chick
ems. Nevertheless, it would puzzle Philadel-
Phia lawyer to decide just how near Usage the
State line runs. Minnesota is an immense
State, and is rapidly extending its borders
southward-Osa0e Ne,os.
| The St. Louis passenger train runs through
from Albert Lea to Minneapolis, distance of
los miles, In four hours, making thirteen stops.
This Is an average Of q miles per hour inclu-
ding stoppages, or over 30 miles taking them
out. The Albert Lea Standard says: No other
train In the state makes rs fast time.
| The Burlington road has about one hum
! dred miles of steel track and viii lay twelve
more this season, Mr.: Ives says he viii Icy
ton at the end Of twenty years than iron is
| when it has been subjected to the same use
for six years, while the former costs only ten
dollars per ton more than the latter.-Albcrt
| For the benefit of professional thieves and
named ''Dublin jack has been ''caged'' at
Winona. Send him to Saltwater for life, or to
Austin for thirty days.-Douor Weekly.
Stowe, according to your estimate of Austin,
it is very proper place for you and Hotch to
| 'meet In convention and nominate q candi.
date for Congress, isn't it,
"A widow lady living near Albert Lea or
dered tombstone to mark the resting place
of her dead husband. She was in q hurry fol-
it, and waited as long as she could, and order
ed another one from the next agent who came
along. Both stones arrived about the same
time, and she is now fully supplied, and the
earth-mound well marked.
! Hon. NJ. H. Bovee, of Chicago" the great
anti Observation-Disclosures dead-beat, was In Wi
mona the other day. Austin was "honored'
with his presence q year OF 80 ago, and he
took several advance-payment orders for his
book on the subject Of capital punishment;
but at last accounts none of the books had ever
been received by the subscribers.
!. Friend Chamberlin, Of the Jackson Rcpstb
Ne, fs going to Minneapolis and st. Paul to see
the big show. And he will crafty his curios'
lily, in the following order: First, by viewing
Jim Blaine, second, the great trotting horse
'Rarus,'' third, President Hayes! Geo. is 4
traitor. It is evident he thinks more Of q
good trotting horse than he does Of the Presi'
dent of his country.
! Marshal Conant, of La Crosse, agent for
the sale Of trust lands Of the Southern Mime
sofa railroad and w. G. Kellar, of Albert Lea.
have been appointed to appraise the unsold
and unapproprtated lands belonging to the
Southern Minnesota railway company, lying
railroad. These gentlemen vim appraiee these
lands at fair valuation and they will be sold
to settlers upon favorable terms.-AIbest Lea
Standard.
The Wells Advocate thinks General Mana
ger Van Horne, Of the 8. n. r. r., is going ia
be considerably fooled on his estimate, that
his road viii not transfer over one and hall
million bushels Of wheat this year. 1t viii
undoubtedly transfer near three millions, II
not considerable over that amount. II the
Grade Of grain had been as good ~ the yield
this State would have fallen but little behind
last years exports.
Since the 3oth of May last the old telegraph
poles on the en-. 4 st. p. r. r. have been 70
placed with new ones, between 4cGregof and
Owatonna. The Peoples Pres says it IL TIN
intention Of the company TO continue the
work to Minneapolis this fall, and then stretch
third wire over the route, 20 ~ to have fl
cilities for doing their fast increasing bus
mess. owires have been found insufficient
for their present work.
Five appointment citisens," sothe STANDARD
says, were arrested 'fof disorderly conduct
, on the streets last Sunday evening" Q6th.
Two plead guilty and were fined, the Other
three had q jury trial, and were convicted, the
justice imposing Ane on them Of Us each
and costs. They made motion for IN appeal
which was oyerru1ed. They have now applied
tn Judge Pare for a wit Of error, which vii