Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-11-06
TRANSCRIpTIONS
M Hammond IL IN town.

Good butter, 25 cents a pound, and
scarce At that.
MIR. Slaw's lecture, "Phases Of Pun
''tanism," next Monday evening.
Capt. Sherwin, Of the Railway House,
spent a part of last week ut Minneapolis,
Mrs. James Corrigan, of the third
ward, is sick, and very dangerously SO,
we understand.
II. w Woodard. Esq, came down
from Wells Monday to cast his vote in
favor Of impeachment.
WELL, we will be there to hear the
lecture Of o w. Shaw, and to eat the
oysters. See if wc are not.
"A new $500 piano sdorns the parlors
of Mrs. Ira Jones, and brings the music
from the heart to the finger ends Of little
Bell.
Mr.. David Smith, Of Window, has a
good new house. nearly completed, to
take the place of the y which was
burned.
The lecture at the Universa::ist church
on Thursday evening, by the Rev. DR..
Wechsler, OF st. Paul, was finely deliver
I'd and an able effort.
austin GRAIN MARKET.-Wheai,
NJ. l, CSC; NJ. 2, 92c: NJ. 3, sec. Bar
ley, 25@40c. Oats 10000. These are
Yesterdays quotations.
The Lacrosse Chronicle says Dan
Van alkenburgh, son Of Maj"r B. j.,
is bu, ing wheat at Independence, and Is
developing into a keen business man.
The music by the band on Wednes-
day evening, at the Davidson House, ON
the occasion Of the oyster supper, was a
rather brilliant and enjoyable appetizer.
Miss Kate Farmer IS in the CITY again
and will remain through the winter with
her sister, Mrs. O. w. Gibson. She has
many friends here who will gladly well
come her back.
MIR. Lewis, the gentlemanly city
editor of the Owatonna Journal, was in
town on Saturday, and had time 10 Tighten
up gu sanc,um with his genial presence
FIR q few moments.
Next Sabbath we can 60 to church
in a rather more devotional spirit than
for the past week or Two. Last Sunday
was a hard dry for the christian politician.
Thoughts would wander, You know.
-Dunkelmann's fine block is nearing
complexion. J". Adams is rushing the
work OF finishing up the inside, with his
accustomed energy. The handsome
French glass from, is already in place.
-PoAmas,ers are obliged to keep a
correct list Of letters, postal cards and
other matter mailed tue first week in
November. Write lots Of letters this
we. k, so as TO make a good record for
Austin.
Mrs. I. Ingmundson has been con.
fined to her home now for nearly tw"
weeks, being threatened with fever. We
are glad TO learn she is better and will
soon be able to attend to her duties at the
Office again.
DR.. Patterson, Ut Boston, an able
Univcralisl divine, delivered a ermon IN
This city on Sunday evening, Oc,. 25th,
which was %a,tentively listened to by a
large congregation. and was full of
thought and argument.
Mrs. L. 8. Willard and two youngest
children returned on Friday last from q
visit to her parents ir Canton, III. While
there, her mother suddenly died, which
saddened her heart, and made the latter
part of her visit less enjoyable.
Many thanks are due Mr.. and Mrs.
Bulls for their kindness and attention to
guests at the oyster supper, and the hos.
pital,,y of their house. which was fully
appreciated by the ladies and friends Of
the Baptist church and s"cie'y.
Mrs. S,las H. Coleman and Mrs. G.
w. Winfield, mother and sister Of Mrs.
Brnjamin Mason, arrived yesterday from
Beaver Dam, WIS.,, in answer to the tele.
gram, summoning them TO the saddened
home of Mr.. BENJAMIN Mason.
The oyster supper at the Davidson
House, given by the ladies of the Baptist
society, was a most decided success.
Over two hundred parto"k of the supper,
and all participating seemed to enjoy both
the supper and the evenings sociability.
MIR. :. H. Coleman and Mrs. Whin-
field accompanied Mr.. Mason and little
daughter, to Beaver Dam, Wis, where
Mr.. Mason will 60 to bury his wife. The
sympathy of many friends will 20 with
them on their sad journey. They lett
this morning on the Southern Minnesota
Mrs. E. NJ. Fairbanks left yesterday
morning for Chicago, to take a course of
study in the Women's Medical College
of that city. Mrs. F. has our best wishes
for success in the profession she has cho-
sen. She expects TO be absent about four
months.
-A0VAu AAAS 10 q 6OO~ WY 0A~ "
host wit hin himself when deeds of kind
ness are in waiting for . helping hand.
He Is stopping, for the present, with Mr..
Bulls. al the Davidson House, and proves
himself to be a prompt and efficient clerk
and assistant.
"A. ]. Macdonald, once a citizen of
Austin, and the publisher for a short time
of the Austin Independent, - in the city,
visiting his father.in-law, Capt. B. F..
Jones. Nc. is q resident of Cedar Rapids.
Iowa, and is engaged in the "show" bu-
siness at present.
BY a recent order OF the postmaster
general, pos,masters are required to
stamp on the back Of letters received by
mail, the date of their reception. This
red-,ape Arrangement necessarily hinders
The delivery Of letters here some minutes