Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-15
Our Harvost Field.

Our Harvest Fold.
There wore fifteen persons baptissd At q
Toe Lake Sunday before last.-Er. v
Tho extreme heat killed tho fish by hun Y
reds in Bufalo Lake. north Of Fairmont. 8
Tho Monte 10 Ezpress has something 70 Ia
~ about . "Polandsr." which IL short for 3
Pols," We suppose. :
"A Rochester lady presented pistol for .
! tramp to look into few days ago.. Tho
light nerved him to skip away.
Tho "Hesperians," It seems by tho H.
10 ps~dent, are inviting tho LeRoystsrs to
earn to sing. May they learn.
Dodge Center is to have ito fair and
baby show and though tho time IL short they
promise to have tho babies ready and on
timo.
-Videns Jones, whom do you alluds to by
tho affectionate name of "Mush Pot" No.
that We feel guilty, you know, but just ask
for fun.
"A great many Of our Houston county
thieves rendezvous in Bad Axe. Bad Axe
has bad name. Helve name.-Aouston Coun-
ty Journal.
Tho editor of tho Rcd Wing Argue ad- |
vertises money to losn.-Ercho"ge.
Spot him! He's thief, and any fool ought
to know it. Tho idea of an editor with
money to loan!
-We remember seeing, years ago, in .
paper, the following, which is appropriate to
the timea 1t il estimated that single f.
male horse fly will produce s5,o5s,sls eggs
Great heavens! what will . married one do
| -"Tommy" Gibson has "gone west"-like
all young men should-to SEQ his folks. They
live At Lansing, Mower county. Hope he
will return soon. 1t looks quite unbusiness-
like to SEQ Coelln's back shop idle.-Sto.oe's
Wyckc@y.
w. H. Crasdall, ono of Austin's best
attorneys, was in town Wednesday and gave
US call. He is ono of those good natured,
we'll posted follows, with whom it is pleas
ure to converse. Never pass US BY when you
Como this way, Will.-LeRoy Independent.
"A white girl, 20 years of ago. named
Laura P. Marston, who is said to DO we'll
connected. has MARI led full blooded negro
called Prince Honeycutt. 1t Fergus Pals.
Of course she's we'll connected--to . good
husband, we hope.
Well, we'll, from tho Rochester Post ono
would think that . pretty tough town. Slabs
and knock downs and DRINKS and disorderlys
and Jail rows, fill it, columns. Too much
beer, and toe little piety, We reckon.
Tho Midland Narrow Gu.ge- Railroad
recently completed from Wabasha to Zum-
brota, q distance Of some sixty miles follow
ing the trail through the valleys, has been
purchased by the Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Paul railway.
"A Lady in Spring Valley hates mice too
bad for anything. She discovered . couple
of them in her cupboard yesterday afternoon
and threw Ratchet at them. OF course she
missed the mice, but knocked about ten dol
lars worth of dishes into smithereens.-
, Vidette.
"A steam thresker went through town on
Monday, tho engine acting rs . locomotive
: drawing one wagon loaded with water barrels
and straps" and pushing the separator, to
which was attached a team, mostly for ste Or
t ing purposes.-Dodge Center Press.
e Wehope that's true-but its very straining
i "A Mrs. Mannheimer, Of Rochester, il
one Of the heirs Of = deceased sister, of Mi
! chael Reese, the lately deceased fourteen.
: Millionaire. There were six sisters. Wei
f bet Mrs. Mannheimer il "good society" il
: Rochester now if never before.
; -Worthington has had fire, destroyinf
Miller Hall, in which were rooms occupied
d by private family, the Journal Office Sac
l. bath school, and private libraries and othe
1 Offices. Partly insured. It is general,
b thought to have been incendiary.
Recent legislation has greatly stimulated
the planting of forest trees. The returns no Y
e coming in to the State statistioian, for in.
s stance, show that Rock county has planted
r 1,419 acres Of forest trees and 1858 rod!
along public highways; and Mobiles co unity
}. Itrees.-Eechange.
Goldsmith Maid is nowhere. "Rarus'
j. is the king Of the turf, having recently trot
0 ted mile in 2:134, the fastest time on record
J. This nag is advertised to do his best q
s Kings show in Minneapolis, and also At tn
: State fair, to be held in St. Paul on Sept. 2
;, 4, 5, 6 and7.
g. Put a tablespoonful of sulphur in tn
g nest as soon Is hens or turkeys are set. Til
;. heat of the fowls causes the fumes Of th
u sulphur to penetrate every part of thei
le bodies, every louise is killed, and as all nit
are Matched within ten days, when the mothe
leaves the nest with her brood she is perfect
- ly free from nits or lice.
- -Fore2augh's Circus and Menagerie es
80 hibits in St. Paul on the 18th inst, at Min
3 neapolis Sept. I'd. At Still water the counc
'e charged him 5000 license he will pay
n but will make his patrons pay it back
charging them seventy-fve cents admissio,
10 Old Adam has 'em this time. But Look 0,
N for thieves.
~ In Faribault county ten days ago tv
?? brothers were driving = reaper. One fe
e from tho seat in front of the sickle and th
Ii machine passed over and so pped on hil
ne The smaller one unhitched the horses, til
e. them, and mounting the fourth, brought a
a. sistance to remove the machine. Skull IN
To scalp were seve, ely injured. but recovery
y not hopeless.
e And now, in addition to poor crops, ,
ia have got to fighting over the poorness
n them. At least such was tho case in Roche
~ ter, where ono Crowley stabbed Patrit
Woods in the back in response to kick
-, the said Woods. Each thought tho other
liar because he could not agree about Il
smallness Of tho crop. Woods is all hunk
~ and Crawley is in durance vile.
~ "A fellow by tho name Of Bailey, who r
r. Gently assumed tho position Of "managir
a editor" on tho Leroy Independent took =
#. vantage Of tho temporary absence Of t
~ proprietor, Mr.. Kennedy, recently, and q
no tempted to turn tho Independent. wrong d
le out by making it into . Page organ. Up.
~ the return of tho proprietor, Bailey receiv
,. tho "grand bounce" and ~ . last reso
OF sought refuge with tho old boss he-devil
h the northwest in tho Mower County Repub
ca" Office At Austin.-Spring Valley Tidet
Jones evidently has seen somebody vi
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