Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
OUR HARVEST FIELD.

% Touring mills in Blue Earth county.
-Diphtheria is said to be raging in Red
Wing.
La Crosse is to be favored with a new post
Office building.
-72172 homestead entries at the Fargo land
Office in October.
Alderman woman of Hokah gave birth
last week to twins weighing 10 pounds!
The individual who was accidentally in.
iured BY the discharge of his duty is still very
low.-E1.
-TheWells & Mankato railroad was formal.
ly turned over to the Southern Minnesota Co.
last week.
j. NJ. Nye, formerly Southern Minnesota
official, will soon open school for students in
telegraphy at Wells.
Minnesota is said to lead all the other
States in Touring mills. She has now ITO mills
with $50 run Of stone.
On Monday and Tuesday Of last week, the
Caledonia Narrow Gauge railroad shipped
lightweight car loads of stock.
Lake City has lady physician-Dr. Mary
Whftney-who has just graduated at the Med
Huntsville is the name of the new station
at the junction of the Clinton, Dubuque &
Minnesota, and the Southern MinnesotaR. X. g.
"A LIE Sueur miller ships the larger portion
of his dour direct to Liverpool, England. He
recently received an order for 5000 barrels.
The s. NJ. II. r. was completed to Pipestone
City--10 miles beyond Edgcrton, the present
terminus-last week Wednesday. This point
Is zoe miles from La Crosse.
-340, 600 was the number Of bushels Of whea,
raised on the Dalrymple farm this year-ar
average Of 20 bushels to the acre Dali viii
put 70, 900 acres into wheat next season.
Two women at Union, Tenn, had duel in
regular man style. They both fred at the
word, and one hit q boy who was climbing 0vel
the fence with a watermelon, and the Other
hit q calf in the field.-E1.
Look out for celebration as is q celebra
ton. The Narrow Gauge r. X. will be running
into Preston next week, and VIC suppose Pres
tonites will feel just as happy over it as they
would if it were full-blown broad gauge.
An easy way Of remodeling last winters
dresses is to trim them with bands and scarfs
Of brocade, and if the dress is Of silk to add {
passes the brocade may be easily ripped OF
En-.
1T is the impression of clear-headed mel
that farmers contemplating adding more acre.
to their possessions would do well to buy now
The same advice, Of course, applies to those
who are about making investments in city
property.-StiQrater Gdzettc.
"A fat hog under years of age, was solt
in Cresco a few days ago, weighing zoo pounds
so acres of hogs of this weight, allowing onl!
pay much better than the same number o.
acres of wheat at 81 per bushel.
The Southern Minnesota Railway Com
pany owns 600 cars, 10 locomotives, and oper
ates nearly $50 miles of road. Two new pas
senger coaches are expected from Dayton
Ohio, daily. Air-brakes aud Miller's plat
forms and bumpers have been put on all pas
senger trains.-Veus Advocate.
The county board in Murray county &C
cepted an offer to take the 160 acre farm Q
an aged couple, which farm is to be decided t
the county and the county is to support tn
pair hereafter. The Currie Pioneer think:
that Murray county can soon own about al
the land around there on the same terms.-E1
An exchange, abiding to the class laltc
gether too numerous In all places) who do no
support their home paper. uses the following
plain language; "A man who is able and n
fuses to take home paper. no matter whethe
it's politics agree with his own or not, is not
good citizen. and is an enemy to the place il
which he nves.'
Miss Jennie Flood, who, according to r.
port, Is betrothed to u. S. Grant, Jr., IL tn
only daughter OF Jamer c. Flood, the head o
the Bank of Nevada, and next to Mackay, tn
richest man on the Pacific slope. Miss Floo
Is about twenty-four years old, has dar
beautiful teeth and a tall, han1so me foru
She was educated in convent, and is an al