Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-04-17
OUR HARVEST FIELD.

The Owatonna Review Office is enjoying the
luxury of clean towel.
-30l ladies voted for school directors at tho
charter election in Winona.
Wing Lung, Chinese laundryman, hangs
out his shingle at Faribault.
-Barnunl, with his ''greatest show or
earth" Is coming west they say.
Minnesota was organized as a territory
20 years ago, or it will be 80 years next June
The German Library Association of Roch'
ester have engaged Gen. Sigel to lecture some
time during the present month.
A sugar refinery, for the manufacture OF
sugar and syrup from the Amber Cane, is
strongly talked of in Faribault.
-Winona has a bonded indebtedness OF
$lsO,ODO, including the 100000 issued to the
Minnesota Railway Construction Co.
Spring Valley is now said to be the only
no-license town of any prominence in South
ern Minnesota. A rose among thorns.
Mr.. ]. w. Loofbourrow-a funny name We
can't help but say-Prtncipal Of the Browns
dale schools, is formerly from Rochester.
The Commissioners Of Winona county
received nearly $500 last year in fees and mile
age. Why dosen't Judge Mitchell have them
indicted?
State Fair this year will be held at St.
Paul the first week in September, and Bill
King will hold his mammoth Exposition" in
Minneapolis at the same time.
Hastings, certainly not twenty-five per
cent. larger that Austin, has a bonded in.
debtedness Of 100000, requiring a tax each
year Of 5000 for interest alone, at per cent.
Tho farmers of Howard and adjoining
counties in Iowa will meet in mass conven.
ton, at Cresco, on the 10th inst, to take &C
tion for mutual protection against the drive
we'll and barb wire swindlers.
They are making arrests in Rochester for
illegal voting at the recent city election. Tie
poll lists of persons who voted who have not
as yet been identified as residents of that city.
The Red Wing Republican is authority for
the statement that boy in that city makes
three or four dollars every seasen out of the
pictures of MinnesOta's first citizens which
he has cut from Andreas' atlas, and sold to
tourists for the lkenesses of the Younger
brothers and other noted criminals.
The Chatfield Democrat proposes the name
Of Col. John r. Jones for Judge Of the Tenth
Judicial District. This might indicate that
Hon. H. r. Wells will not be a candidate, as
there is, we believe, a family relationship be-
tween him and the Democrat some way, and
the editor thereof probably speaks advisedly.
Mortified seems to be celebrated for
three features-it has the best college, pro-
hioits liquor selling, and has seventeen un-
married women who are trying to give away
their rbabies.-FGT7nin0tOn PTess.
If this statement be true, it is sad to con-
template how fearfully wretched would be
the state of society in Northfleld without her
college and her temperance.
.'Totally disabled pensioners-thc poor
fellows who have lost both eyes. both arms, or
both legs, or arc otherwise seriously disabled
ARE now paid 1854 per annum. There are
nfty classes of pensioners-invalids.besides
and upwards per annum. All these pensioners
the date Of their discharge to the date when
they first commenced to draw pensions, but
the rate will be hxed at the rate prevailing at
the date OF being placed on the rolls.-E1-
change.
-"ny doesn't some one commence lunacy
against Judge Page, of Mower
county, and have him shut up in mad.housc2
II him?-Mtnneapolts Tribune.
Wouldn't this lunatic have fun at St. Peter2
he could organize mock court, have two
sessions day, appoint and confirm his own
ailer, and fine all his comrades for contempt
Of court twice apiece around each session,
and then if they didn't "toe the mark" he
Kick the building down.
We thought that 80 cents an acre business
would get a setback very soon. The Wells
ADVOCATE says: 1.-THE report is gaining cre-
lence that there Is 1900 acres of land in this
county for sale at fifty cents an acre. The st.
PAUL dailies circulated the fact extensively,
nd letters are pouring in to our land agents
ands by the basketful from all over the !
Union asking is this so2' We believe
he local originated in our columns few
'eeks ago, but it was fifty cents an acre |
own, and the balance on long time.''
The Champaign (InJ Gazette, referring to |
be same subject which we discussed two |!
7eeks ago, to the effect that saloon keepers !
re themselves greatly responsible for any |
ceiling that may exist against their calling, !
or the reason that many Of them sell to all |
Who have the purchase money, minors, loaf |
re-, bummers, habitual drunkards, and all !
thers, among other truthful things, says:
1t is this disregard for law that compels |
nento oppose licensing saloons: We venture !
o make the assertion without fear Of contra
iction, that If every saloon keeper lived up
o the law, In spirit. not half the agitation |
,ould ensue. 1t would also most certainly |
nure to their profit, There would be no pros |
cutions for infractions of the law, and con- |
eQuently no flnes or imprisonment. If every |
aloon In the town was closed on Sunday, sold |
70 liquor to minors, habitual drunkards, or |
intoxicated persons, there would be little |
ause for much OF the complaint that now /
xists. Asa matter Of business, We should !
uppose 1t would be most profitable to obey ]
he law.