Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-30
OUR HARVEST FIELD.

80 fatal cases of diphtheria are reported
at Greene, Iowa.
Dry goods war in Owatonna. The journal
says "such prices were never before heard of. !"
One of the students at the Chapel Hill (N.C.)
College is son of the Siamese twins-or rather
one of them.
Three brothers Of the late William Cullen
Bryant live near Princeton, Illinois, and are
well-to-do farmers.
According to the Journal, the taxes in the
village of WOrthingtOn and county of Mobiles
'are simply outrageous"
They have a medical association in Mitch"
ell county, Iowa. 1t held its eighteenth annu-
al meeting at Usage recently.
The Albert Lea Enterprise will accept
Mexican dollars at par on subscription-in
isolated cases. "Isolated cases. is good.
-Rev. W. H. satterlee, Minnesota's noted
temperance apostle, has started the down.
ward road to ruin. He is about to become an
editor!
The committee on the location of the
Northwestern Park will make Anal decision
in the matter the last day Of tho present
month.
Most of the carrageen or Irish moss used
for cooking purposes in this country is gath
cred at Scituate, Mass, where about l5O fam
lilies are engaged in that labor.
Salary of county attorney of jackson
county only $s75. Jacksonites must be
very peaceable people, there being but eigh-
teen marriages in that county last year.
The Faribault Democrat says the only
house-plant they heard of as being frosted
during the late cold weather was a rum bios
som. 1t wasn't well covered and was out late.
The watch worn by Mai. Andre when he
was arrested as spy IS in the possession of
lady at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 1t is curious,
oval shaped time piece, inscribed inside, John
Andre, l774.
The great Washburn mill will be compile
ted at Minneapolis soon. 1t will be one OF the
most extensive and perfect in the world, and
will have capacity Of from ZOO to ], 500 bar
rels of -four per day.
The well in Owatonna is to be bored two
hundred feet further. If at the bottom OF that
500 feet, the Owatonnaians don't strike a
stream of flowing water, or something else,
they will probably retire in disgust.
The Owatonua RevictU says "Jas. Gregg,
the deaf and dumb peddler who was recently
severely injured on the railroad track near
Claremont, has entirely recovered and gone
to his home, in Austin" We don't know hlm.
The Scientific American announces that
half the vinegar now sold is rank poison, and
a Massachusetts, Chemist states that out of
twelve Jars of pickles, put up by different
wholesale dealers, he found copper In ten OF
them.
The japanese government never until now
has authorized any portion of the Scriptures
to be published in that country. Recently 1t
gave authority to japanese publisher to
print an edition of the Book of Genesis in the
Chinese language.
The Worthington Journal says many of
the farmers in that vicinity are taking their
teams to Sheldon, Iowa, where they hire out
to husk corn. They get One-f1fth of all they
husk, and board for themselves and their
teams.
Usage wants q connection with the Mil
waukee & St. Paul Railway. The business
men have held a meeting to aid the project.
The Ners says the ilhberal, cast-iron un-
policy of the Illinois Central road
is killing the town as business point.
The popular idea of perfect health is free
dom from physical suffering; but it 1s far from
being true one. ApersOn may be ''sick unto
DEATH" and yet receive no intimation of the
fact from nerves either naturally wanting In
or deadened by disease.-Dr. Foot's
Heath Monthly.
An Ohio editor says. mot one newspaper
man in the Ohio penitentiary." To which the
Winona Herald retOrts, ''FOr the reason they
are all holding appointments under Hayes"
Perhaps its unnecessary to remark as to the
politics Of the Herald. We think such ''pin-
ted ''retorts" are awfully wicked.
You might know there was q lady editor
connected with the Worthington Journal,
from the numerous notices therein which
start OF like unto these: "Lost-a silver
"A new baby at" '"The chapter
on Dress-making in the Delineator for Feb.
makes it more than usually attractive" q
leading editorial ON ''Womankind," &C., sc.
Will Colonel Forney please stop his pro-
gress? In the first number he published Z. A.
GOdey's picture, and Mr.. Cooley died. Next
be had sketch of Caleb Cushing. The next
week Mr.. Cushing was no more. Mr.. F0rney
will greatly 0blige us by ceasing the publicar
ton of his paper, after sketching Dennis Kear-
ney and Ell Perkins.-O1 CITY Derrick.
If our modesty didn't forbid, we might sug-
gest name or two for Col. Forney's artist be-
fore he quits business.
Fillmore county has come of victorious in