Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-25
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Gopher Tails.
struck in several places dur
ine,the recent storms. ~

Shell Rock is agitatsd ovsr saloon run
~ gentlemen club" o. @ &
s Til. sid. wall. Of tae Ab.rs 81. post
'iaos fell last Wednesday; noslve5sl lost. e: =
The barley crop In sQlaatsa county is
reported to DO an almo 81 totsl failure.
The Winona Herald ammo uuces GOAL dis
'overies along tho sides Of tho bluffs in the
owor portion of Winona county.
The Pennington Press says Il. T. Archi-
bald L Co., of D undas, shipped 600 barrels
of -four direct to Scotland last week.
Tho ladies Of Worthington enjoy bathing
very imn ense'y. They spls sh in he 0kabo-
no . nd it seems to have been 0. K.
Down in Bremen county the young reo-
pie are taking to horseback weddings. In
that way "bridle tour" can be enjoyed by
any average eouFle.-Osage News. y
Those folks who used to attend the circu 8
only to see the wild animals were out in
force Is usual. The children had to go-of
oourse,-cf cour.e.-Osage Ne.os.
Bennett of the Usage Ne.c. says he wears
something green In his hat to deaden the
heat. He is honest to confess it. Maybe
that's why his paper il 50 fresh and crisp.
Fergus Falls IL disguised. A negro Of
the town was recently married to . white
girl.-Dodge Center Press.
The negro probably deserves sym PATTY.
Tho excitement over tho Page matter in
Austin seems to be on the increase, and may
culminate in trsg edy yet, if We can believe
What people there s.y.-Freebor" County
Standard.
"A gentleman came over from Austin to
induce some of our citizens to attend Pages
Friday night reception, but the general feel
ing was that demonstrations Of the kind pro-
posed. would not be productiv i've Of any good,
so nobody went.-Freebor" County Standard.
Tho name of WORTH ngton, on the North
ern Pacific railroad, has been changed to
Valley City. Worthington, MIMI, mixed up
mail matter and freight so badly that =
change was desirable. The new name is worry
appropriate as we'll as pretty.
"A man who left Waseca county last
spring owing tho publisher Of the Radical
several dollars on subscription, was killed
some days ago by falling under the wheels Of
moving gravel train. The wheels Of cars
grind slowly but grind exceedingly dne.
"A small one story cyclone visited Blue
Earth county, = short time ago. 1t cycled
past mans house; he had seen it and held
q family reunion in the cellar. His duck
pond short distance from the house was
emptied clean.
Reports received at the Office of tho Sec
rotary Of State from $50 out of the $50 town l.
ships in this State, indicate that there are
about 100000 acres in wheat this season
an increase of nearly one-third over last
years crop.
The survey Of the branch railroad to
Chatfeld has been commenced. The line
leaves the W. l. St. P. road mile and half
west of Eyota. and its general cours is
southeast to Chatield. $4,000 asked tor to
aid the read, has all been voted.
We hope that the people of Dodge Cen.
ter will not allow distant portions of the
county to absorb all the premiums on the
babies this fall.-Dodge Center Press.
We don't doubt the ability of the good
people Of Dodge Center, but isn't that rather
short notice.
According to letter writer, Gen. Grant
confessed artlessly to an acqusint ance il
Rome that he was glad to get out of Germany
because they bored him to go and see tn
churches, while he was perfectly satisfied t.
be in England, where the horses were the hes
in the world.
-Hamlin University is in financial diff
Guilty. Forty acres of its land has been paid
for, and there are 81 900 due on the remain
ing thirty -seven. A committee Of thre ha
been appointed to determine whether to rails
the money, or sell all but eighteen acres o
the land to relieve the institu ton Of debt
Meal Dow says of Maine: "Liquor ha
absolutely vanished from three-fourths Of tn
State, in the country districts. It fingers
little in the low places Of the city among tn
foreign popula ton. Maine, before the law
consumed annually $1S,0O0,00o worth o
liquor. The sixty Eight distilleries no longer
exist. The effects can be seen in better homes
bette farms and better living"
! "A farmer named Richard Johnson, livinI
near Benson, has shown his fendish instincts
and run away. He committed dastardl,
outrage upon Polish girl, IA years old, wh<
was working in his family, effecting his pur
pose by tying her hands behind her, and j,
presence Of his wife. Johnson's wife has re
turned to her people in this county. Sheriff
McCuber was on bis track at last accounts
He was fleeing towards Dakota.-Farniugto'
Press.
-.Some man could reach the glory OF. Ed
olson by simply inventing lasting perfume
to use on socks.
1t is said that an expert can read the
messages which pass the wires Of the tele-
graph by observing tho little birds who 81
on the wire and bob their tails for every tick
If the Dollar Weekly, from which these two
extracts are taken. don't desist, much as w
like the Weekly, We shall stop our paper just
~ promptly as though We owed for subscrip
ton.
Down in Indiana they are goins to have
"The seven Elephant Great Rsilway Show
which will exhibit in all its oversh ad win &
and undivided vastness! It is colossus
of captivated zones, . stupendous steel -screen
guarded geological garden, . tent-temple Of
prodigies, peerless, separate gas lit, and
Aladdin-de decorated arena Of the universe
and has massive squares of vehicular spec
tacls and handicapped lairs, the whole got up
with . special eye to the approval of the
mothe, and daughters of the land" "
Hero IL what Horace Greeley said in re.
gard to local editors, the truth Of which i,
easily realized by al who have had expert.
ence at tho business: eve never say aLy-
thing that anybody does not like but We soon
b ear Of it-everybody tells US all about it. If;
however, We once in awhile say = good thing,
We never hear Of. it; no one seems to notice
It. We may pay one hundred compliments
and give him dozen pufs, and he takes it