Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-06-19
OUR HARVEST FIELD.
Usage will celebrate the 4th.

Usage will celebrate the 4th. IL
Lacrosse has three daily papers-twe too Il
many. s. - S. 81
Work on the Lacrosse street railway has 4
High Forest, will celebrate July 4th in y
rrand style.
The Usage public schools have an enroll
ment Of 500 pupils.
Two men were killed at Delavan last Sat-
lrday by well-damp. II
Prospects are aattering for a city tele-
graph office at Usage. .:.>7~a'>a s-'.~--s
The "Great London Circus" will spread its
canvas in St. Paul July 4th.
The coming circus is Coles. 1t will ex-
hibit at La Crosse tomorrow.
The Metropolitan Hotel, St. Paul, will be |
opened to the public this week.
And now it's Wall, of the Preston Republic
can, who is pining-for circus. :.. ~
--Hokah's best hotel-the Tremont-was
entirely consumed by fire on the 9th.
Blue Earth City has postponed it's 4th OF
July till the arrival Of the railroad.
"A saw for the times: mo man should live
beyond the means of his creditors. '-PUnch..
The meteor is on it's way east-its owners
hungering and thirsting after big money Tor
it.
"A salmon, weighing three pounds. was
caught in the Jumbo river, near Nantorv1lle,
the other day. ''''
Jackson has hobby new post-ofice outnt'
fitted up with the Yale patent lock boxes, and
aeverol other nice fhinua
If circus doesn't soon come along, our
clrcus.-Lake CITY Leader.
The Olmsted county Agricultural Society
will not hold fair this fall, as they have no
grounds and buildings.
Steel rails are laid on the c., NJ. & st. p.
Road j. s e Se%ssec and o'''an ana
They are petitioning for the removal of
| the present p. N. Of Harrington, and for the
| appointment of L. w. Johnson.
"A whirlwind upset house in Lyon Co. re-
Gently and Mrs. Mary uxhey was killed; but
the babe in her arms was saved.-Farminoton
Press.
| &C. c. Smith of Lacrosse, has the contract
for completing the grade and bridging the
Caledonia Narrow Gauge railroad.
The latest, from an exchange: The total
assets of Ammou, Scott & Co., Of DEBORAH are
$50 e2245, and their total liabilities $40
| Mrs. Hoard, Of this city, received few
days since over 81 800 as arrears of pension
On account of her son, now dead.-Atbert Leo
Prof. B. F. Underwood, of Massachusetts,
noted intidel, is to deliver three ''liberal and
scientific lectures at st. Charles, commence
ing July 5th.
! Now is the season when the average boy
| wrGgles along through life with one big toe
mashed back to the second joint, and beau
| tiful blue stone-bruise on the other heel.-Lake
CITY Leader.
Active tracklaying on the Heron Lake
| branch commenced yesterday, and the work
is to be prosecuted vigorously. "Drake's
ty to say the Neutrality-suspicious. 1Ts SS Journal is.
The editor of the Usage Press is building
| a new block. The foundation walls are finish
ed, and Tom says no better were ever laid in
that city. We are glad to hear it. Nothing
like building on sure foundation.
An editor, thoroughly experienced in the
pork market, being asked. DO hogs pay?''
the paper several years ana then have the
e SSss.'''' '''' '''A ''A'A'''''"'<'' D@
| The closing exercises of the blind depart
ment of the State institution for the deaf,
| dumb and blind, at Faribault, took place on
the 10th, under the direction of Prof Dow.
formerly Principal of Austin Public schools.
| "A St. Paul gentleman who has thoroughly
| studied the matter Of immigration and is well
posted, asserts that of the crowds now seeking
| homes In Minnesota. 1900 are worth 500 OF
| the sort that go to Kansas, and Is 600 OF the
! sort that IN Observation-Disclosures.
The Preston Republican says ''the Southern
Minnesota Railroad management win remain
the same as now until 1883" It should have
added-''unless the c., NJ. & st. P. Co. make an
arrangement with the bondholders to vacate,"
which is quite probable, we think.
In "a hours work the magnets in the
RSq aor Il BssS 5 fsGp
| binders were millers delight?-Rusttord Star.
Mel. Jones, of the Spring Valley Vidette, is
advertising for the ~. S. Hair Curling Com
pound" taking his pay in 81 worth Of the ar
ticle. 1t is warranted to "curl the hair as soon
as applied" As Mel. is a bachelor, it will
come handy for his SISTERS, cousins and
aunts.''
The Kasson Republican, not unlike many
other papers, has largely decreased in circu.
lation by reason OF the western emigration,
and the dead-beat accounts Of the editor have
as largely increased; what he has lost from
this class no has charged up to "y1nning ex-
penses.'
For unlimited and substantial cheek,
commend us to Judge Page. He is candi-
date for reelection as judge of the Tenth
judicial district. This is the meanest insult
ne has yet heaped upon the people Of that
he is despicable in the sight of three.fourths
OF them.-Hastin0s Era.
p. H. Rahilly, the big farmer Of Wabashs
county, publishes in the last issue Of the Lake
City Leader statement of his wealth, in real
and personal property, at cash value, $4,000
Total 1ncumbrance on said property, $1,000.
His last years wheat-11, 900 bushels-is still
unsold. Look out for the assessor, Rahilly.