Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-11

-owatonna has organized Board Of Trade.
Dec. 10th State Grange meets at Albert
Lea.
Rosa D'Erina sings at Cresco, on the eve
ming of Dec. 10th.
DIR. T H. Everts has removed from Rush
ford to Boulder, Colorado.
The Preston Republican claims 10000 in
habitants in Fillmore county.
Rev. Milburn, the eloquent ''Blind Preach
err" is to lecture in Northfeld soon.
considerable fax was raised in the vicinity
of Alden, Freeborn county, the past season.
The editors OF Minnesota will meet in con-
ventivn at 81. PAU, wednesday, January 9TH,
1850.
The business men Of Owatonna want the
business places on the principal streets num-
bered.
France has two national schools of deco.
rRtive art; one for men, tho other for women
The latter is superintendent by a woman.
Gen. c. T. Brown, Of St. Peter, formerly
Surveyor General of the State. died Sunday.
Nov. 30th, at the age of IS.
Some Of our exchanges quote Farmers
at 8S3. Friends, why don't you give
the correct fgures-1,0s3?
Page holds second adjourned term Of
court at Albert Lea Dec. ed. Judge Farmer
holds the regular term January 18th.
$4,000 of St. Paul i've per cent. bonds, rum
ming Is years, were recently taken by the
Merchants National Bank of paul.
-Ex-Queen Isabella, of Spain, is a practical
photographer. She has taken a great many
views Of her villa at Fontenay, herself.-Er.
&C. Wilson, the l5O0-acre lawyer farmer
of Rochester, is about to give up the farming
part of his business. He has tired of the sport.
The Hokah Herald has changed hands.
Keller & Gregory are the new proprietors.
pencil.
Bishop Whipples wife is seriously i'll.
The Right Rev. is trying to get some other
Bishop to fill his appointments throughout
the state.
About 10000 bushels of damaged wheat,
saved from the burnt elevator in Pennington,
was sold last week, at auction, to Lake City
Arm for $6.75O-about shilling bushel.
w. NJ. West, the Principal of the Waseca
schools, has resigned hie position beeuse the
Board Of Education employed an under teach
er without consulsing his wishes in the matter.
The authorities of Mason City, Iowa, bor-
ed hole l47O feet into the bowels of the earth
for a flowing artesian well. Here the drill
stopped, striking the hardest kind Of granite
rock.
Col. John r. Jones first came into Fillmore
county q years ago. He settled In Chatfeld
in 1854, which, although it only consisted of
three or four claim shanties, was the county
seat.
An exchange says the authorities at Winnie
bago City have enforced quarantine against
the towns Of Prescott and Lura to prevent
Of $50 fine for its violation.
Charles Kittelson. the State Treasurer
elect, has to give a bond of $4,000. The
EDITOR OF the Standard agrees to stand half
Of it.! Pshaw! The editor of the TRANSCRIPT
could stand a million, and not half try.
The "Old Settlers" at their annual meet
ing in Lanesbero recently, elected officers for
the next year as follows: Hon. Morton 8.
Wilkinson, Of Wells, President: o. G. Wall,
Of the Lanesboro Journal, Secretary; and b.
F. Farmer, offspring Valley, Treasurer.
Albert Lea levies tax this year Of mills
on the dollar to pay interest on railroad bonds,
and mills for general city expenses. Austin
raises a tax of S mills for general expenses,
and special tax Of $1,000 to pay of honda,
amounting to about mills in all, only q little
over halt the tax Of Albert Lea.
Tho N. w. Telephone Exchange Co. of
Minneapolis wants q monopoly Of the streets
of Owatonna for erecting telephone poles and
stretching wires thereon, for the period of
ffteen years. In confederation, the city will
be permitted to stretch wires on the poles for
the transmission Of hre-alarms! Such priv
ilege should not be thrown aside.
An organization has been formed by the
ladies Of Minneapolis. named moral and HUI
name Education Society of Minneapolis"
The object is to act in cooperation with the
society for the prevention Of cruelty to ami
mails in intoxicating humane and ennobling
sentiments In the rising generation. The first
work the society has in view is the formation
Of organizations to be known as ''Legions of
Honor" among boys of the public schools.
-EE.
Tho Pennington Press complains because