Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-08-28
QUA llARvEsr FIELD.


Freedom county is to have another news
paper-at Alden.
Freedom county holds term of court |
commencing the first week in September.
There was a terrific rain, hail and wind |
storm at Saltwater on Monday, the 18th inst.
The Duchess of Oldenburg apple is max
ing a good showing all over the State this
year.
Caledonia Is to have two more newspapers
two more fools in a fair way to starve to |
death.
Albert Lea has four candidates for Treas-[
urer Of Freedom county. We understand
Hon. s. N. Frisbie, Of Oakland, is also candl- !
date.
DIR. J. Wilson, a travelling magic lantern |
tie, swindled the Hokah Herald out OF 1l10.
The DR.. paid his bill with us as cts.} nike q |
man.
ID. G. Parker, creditor of the Albert Lea
Standard, has built q warehouse and will en-
gage in the produce and commission business
in Albert Lea.
The Collector Of Internal Revenue for
this 1.-THE First Minnesota District reports
$93, s5O.40 as the collections for the year end
ing June LIST last.
Preston voted aid (the Republican don't
say how much) on Saturday, 9th inst, to ex.
tend the parrow gauge road from Caledonia
to Priest on this season. there being es8 lin favor,
and only IS against.
The Freeborn county papers seem to mis-
understand the case. W.. LOWS does live in
Moscow, and his appointment as member Of
the Republican central committee would
have seemed all right were it not for the fact
that he is, and always has been, an out and out
Democrat. That's the point.
1t is reliably stated that the Tracy branch
of the WinOna 4 St. Peter railroad, which is
point west Of the James river, will be extend
ed next year 200 miles further. A survey is
also going forward for the extension of the
Bismarck-the object being TO form connec-
ton with the Northern Pacific road at or near
that place.-St. Peter Tribune.
There were S6 votes in the Fillmore coun.
ty convention which elected delegates to the
judicial district convention. On balloting for
the choice of the convention for Judge, Hon.
ga@AA g. EaF|e55 James sst 6B9ies
good Endorsement for John O., against two
other candidates in his own county.
The following is Jane Grey swisshelm'e
plea for Kate Chase Sprague:
II call upon every loyal man in this land tc
stand back. Don't one of You set a foot On
ter. You owe me something, gentlemen.
understand woman better than you do, and
pledge my life for her innocence Of the
BY ee Bars the enc
and the Jessops., Do not join the pack OF
lbaying, southern hounds
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Churchill, of Provi.
dence, r. l., in paper upon 'Journalism,' u
presents the following points in regard to
w0man's work in iournalis4n:
What can women do for journalism? WO.
men can bring into Journalism good will, NOR.
al courage, purity of thought and expression
condense without dullness. Women should
write the poll ce reports. They would not be
inclined to treat crime as q joke, or to wittily
women journalists need to exercise much
strength of mind and caution.
The Dalrymple farms in Dakota aggregate
an area of 10000 acres of solid wheat, and art
estimated to yield an average OF 20 bushels te
the acre. A correspondent who has just Wis
thirty-five reapers and seif:binders is tireiess
" passing around the outskirts of the last
field he visited. A small army of harvesters
IS
threshing machine, and the engine is run en-
tirely by straw fuel, the straw being fed int
the fire by an automatic stoker. The Who'll.
} yield of wheat will be between 100000 an(
900 900 bushels. Already a large force of mel
, and teams are delivering wheat from the field
. into the cars of the Northern Pacific railroad
aud, when under Roadway all these farms vii
| send away twenty-five loaded cars each DAY
until the entire yield is disposed of. Anothe
, Dakota farm, thirteen miles from Bismarck
J is Mr.. Clark's, and contains twelve THOUSAND
acres, fifteen hundred being under pillow anG
and quality. Forty.fve miles east of the Mis-
souri, is the Bachelor Steele farm of sever
thousand acres, eleven hundred acres beinl
under pillow and q section in oats, which ar
ts Is }6s f. farm Of
thousand acres and thirteen hundred under
) tillage, and in the immediate vicinity OF THU
point there have been broken this summer
twenty thousand acres of wheat land apo
, ma Republican.