Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-08-07
OUR HARVEST FIELD.

1t is stated that ex-governor Seymour, of /
New York, has been engaged to dcliver.thc
address at tn, Minneapolis fair III September.
"A load of new wheat made it's appearance
in the Rochester market, ON the 9th ults;: 1t
weighed GO lbs. per bushel, and brought 80
cents. The yield per acre was eighteen
bushels.
The firm of Cargil s. Van, of La Crosse,
arc largely increasing their immcpse business
this season. The Chronicle says they will
probably handle more grain than any purchas-
ing firm in the west.
There is mill at Worthngton, the fuel
in which is used is hay exclusively. Five run
of stone are propelled, with consumption OF
81. tons of hay daily: The hay costs $50 per
ton, ard is fOrked into the furnace WithOu ut
twisting.-Glyooon Ne,rS.
Preston stands Il good show Of securing
an extension of tho narrow gauge railroad
from Caledonia. The towns of Canton and
Harmony, in Fillmore county, have voted 4
bonus of $4,000 each to aid the enterprise.
According to the calculation of Mr.. G. T..
each household in England and Wales is equal
! to s25,000 quartern loaves, the produce OF &c,
900 acres of wheat, and enough to feast annu-
ally 100000 people. An ounce of meat wasted
y
People sometimes mistake prairie chick
fore the law allows. We always shoot 50 us TO
miss it ii it is chicken and hit it if it is Snipc.
| 1t sometimes happens that 4 fellow shoots at u
snipc and hits CHICKEN. Cases Of this kind
arc not "covercd' by the law.-HOrthin0to,l
! Adrance.
! Track laying on the S. NJ. II. II. extension
is completed to a junction with the St. Paul
| G. itxv1 ut TOGn re
bavc been let for building the S. NJ. II. II. to
Flandreau. An exchange says: '"rhc South
cru Minnesota will build to Flandrcau, thence
to Sioux Falls, and ultimately to Yankton
The manifest intent is to unite the Southern
Minnesota with inc Milwaukee & St. Paul, at
some point in Dakota, and operate Il trunk
line to the Black Hills"
A case of interest to newspaper s,bscri
bcrs and readers has just been decided in
| Dayton, Ohio, under the newspaper law. Mr.
Wolf, the Dayton distributor OF the Gazette
and Of the Journal, left Il copy of the paper II,
the wrong door for several months. Tho
paper was accepted and read, and when Mr.
W. called to collect the money for it the part,
who had taken and read the paper refused tt
pay for it On the ground that he had not or
contest, offered to compromise for half cost
but the party asserted that he couldn't col
lect and refused to pay anything; Suit wa:
bill. That is the law, and parties who wan,
something for nothing will make a note O
it. The defendant in the above suit coult
have notified tho carrier, who first made tn,
error, that he did not want the paper, no
having subscribed for it, but he did not do So
and thought to pinch the paper for nothing
Exchange.
"A father and five children found water
grave IN East Pennington, Polk county, Wis
last week. The Saltwater Gazette gives til
following account of the occurrences:
Mr.. John kranz was returning to his HON
driving Il double team, and having with hin
six of his children, the oldest & girl Seventeen
years Of age. He stopped to water his horse
1T the margin OF Il small lake. and as they fin
ished drinking and threw up their heads, on
!: Of the rcins caught under the end of the pole
Mr.. kranZ walked out ON the pole to discngag
the rein when the horses took fright an
dashed into the lake. Reaching deep water
the box containing the six children, bccam
detached from the wagon, and the childre
were left struggling in the water. The Oldes
girl could have saved herself, but with sell
. sacrificing hcrOism seldom paralleled, sh
/ seemed only to think of the impending DANCE
to her younger brothers and sisters. And
Il desperate cndeavOr to save them her ow
life paid the forfeit. The oldest boy, min
} years of age, leaped out of the wagon whe
Z he found they were approaching deep waite
u and swan ashore. Mr.. Kranz made frant
Z efforts to save his children, but without avail
l and lost his own life in the attempt.