Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-27

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AUSTIN, MINNESOTA:
THURSDAY MORNING. FEB. =, 1870.
CITY AND VICINITY.
TUE banks closed on WashingtOn's !
birthday-Sa:urday.
LOOK up the advertisement concerning |
removal Of county seat"
YESTERDAY was the first day OF Lent
the Lentcn season lasting 40 days.
We are going to the wedding, mama,
mama. To see them get married. la ha,
ha ha.
NELSON BROTHERS, of this city, dealers |
in agricultural implements, have branch
warehouse at Leroy.
The total valuation of real properly in |
this city is $370,095; personal, SIS, 482;
rate Of taxation in mills, %.
REV. c. D. BE1DEN will preach in the
Chapel, on the east side, Sabbath after
noon at 8 o'clock. All are invited.
BLANK Arrears of Pension Applications
for sale at this Office. Orders by mail
promptly filled at Is cents per dozen.
BEFORE the issue of another number
Of our paper, Mr.. J. NJ. Wyckof, County
Auditor elect, will assume the duties of
that position.
Mr.. P. HALEY has recently purchased
the Jaynes property, on Mill street, OF E.
O. Wheeler, for $1,000. This is less than
half what Jaynes paid for it.
TUESDAY was a very cold, stormy night,
the winds searching and finding every
crevice and corner. Mercury Wednesday
morning at ~ o'clock, 22o below zero.
ANY person desiring to purchase
tlrst-class improved $50 acre farm, within
two to six miles of three markets, cheap,
can hear Of such an opportunity by ap-
plying at this Office. See advertisement
On next Sunday evening there will be
an address delivered at the Unlversalist
church upon the duty Of Christians, in
regard to the use and sale Of intoxicating
beverages. \ general attendance is de-
sired.
We are very glad to say there are no
new cases of dlphtheris, and no diphthe.
ria in the city, save in tue family Of Mrs.
Ames over the river. Her three children
that have tnow are convalescing and do
ing we'll as could be expected.
THE "Gleaners' of the Un,versalist
church will have q neck-tie social ana
oyster supper at the residence Of E. B.
Crane, Esq, on next Friday evening. The
purchase of neck.tie will insure you .
partner to the supper. All are invited.
DURING the season Of Lent, there will
be special weekday services ID. w a.
Christ Church, on Wedne sday afternoon
at 4 O'Clock and Friday evening at ~,
with lectures on "The Parable of the
Prodigal Son." Ali are cordially invited
to attend
A Mr.. BLAKE, Of Brownsville, had the
thumb Of his LEI, hand amputated 1t the
second joint on Tuesday, by DR.. Geo. L.
Lewis Of this city. Some time in January
Ar. Blake was waylaid BY a ruffian in his
own yard, and in the fight that ensued,
his thumb was bitten by the scoundrel,
poisoning it 30 it had TO be amputated a.
above stated.
ALL are cordially invited to the Con.
gregational church sociable to be held
with Mrs. F. King on Friday evening of
this week. These sociables have been
largely attended through the winter, and
are very enjoyable; so come everybody,
and give Mr.. and Mrs. King the pleasure
Of welcoming "house full" to their hos.
pitab}e home on Friday evening.
DURING the past week we have been
favored with visits from two or three
tramp printers. Poor fellows, they told
the same old story-"no work." and
smelled the same old smell, poor whiskey.
We wish these fellows would reform
their personal habits, and we think there
would be fewer Of them roaming the
country out Of work. There is always
something in this world for the sober,
honest, industrious man to do-suf1c,ent
to keep him in food and clothing at least.
TIE st. Paul Globe biegrapher speaks
good word for the Legislative Postmas-
ter-who is an Austin boy-as follows:
LYMAN D. BAIRD,
Legislative postmaster, was born in
Austin, Mower county, October II, 1857.
His parents were New Englanders-fath-
er from New Haven, Connecticut, and
mother from Worcester, Massachusetts.
At the age Of seventeen the young man
went into the mercantile busin ess, IN his
native place, with his father-6rm name
"Geo. Baird & Son." Subsequently they
exchanged their store for q good farm,
which the son now superintends. the
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