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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01
st. Johns Masonic Festival.

On Saturday evening last, the Mssons
their families and friends, spcn, a very
pleasant evening, at Masonic Hall in this
city. The hall was crowded, fully two
hundred being in attendance. The Misses
johnson, Stewart and Anderson, and
Brothers Crane, entertained the house
with sweet music. The good wives OF
the brotherhood prepared an excellent
supper, which was partaken of by about
$50 dersons, netting the lodge treasury
$37.65. After supper, public installa'
lion of The officers elect Of Fidelity Lodge
No. 80 took place, Past Master J. NJ.
Greenman insta'ling the Worshipfnl
Master elect, W. T. wilkins, and he the
remaining officers. Following Is the list
complete:
w. T. wilkins. w. II.
G. L. West, =. w.
Charles Whi,t,n, j. w.
A. Friedrich, Treasurer.
Joseph Adams, Secretary.
Rev. j. w. Eldridge. Chaplain.
]. NJ. Greenm~n. =. D.
F. I. Crane. J. D.
G. P. Morse, ). 8.
W. F. Sutherland, j. s.
A. Drost, Tyler.
After installation, Rev. Jno. Anketell
A. NJ, Of this city, who is a Mason OF the
Knight Tcmplar order. delivered shor'
and very interesting address appropriate
I" the occakiOn.
Pleasant remarks we're also made by
Reverends Alfred Creesey aud J. w. Ell
bridge, and Mr.. Thos. F. Stevnes, which
were listened to with interest. These gen
'leman are al Royal Arch Masons. The
occasion was pronounced a success in
every way by all present.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01
The Crowd at SOlner's {:

So1NERs got EN-; we mean dry goods,
not only for Austin but the whole sur:
rounding country. Nearly all kinds OF
goods have advanced, and are still ad'
vanc.ng, but solner is giving his Gus
TONERS genuine benefit, continuing to
sell at old prices. His stock Of dress
goods and trimmings are complete; look
them over. You cannot fail TO be pleased
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01
Weekly Market Review
BY MCBRIDE, THE GROCER.

BY MCBRIDE, THE GROCER.
COUNTRY PRoDucE-But:er, common
plenty at from 1914 to 15c per Id.
Choice table, more scarce, bringing
from Is to zoe.
EeGs-Scarce, and ready sale at 1Sc pei
dozen.
PoTAToEs-No market, retailing from
rs TO SOC.
LARp-Choice new, ready sale at SC.
GRocER1Es-No changes to note. Al
goods firm ut former advance.
FRu1r-Apples getting scarce and poor
retail from 40 to SOC = peck. Gran
berries, higher, best bringing 1870 g
quart.
SPEc1ALT1Es-Pure maple syrup, at 81
per gallon; amber cane syrup. at Coo
per gallon; a fair table syrup at soc
Go"d japan tea, at SOC, and choice un
colored Japan, 60c. Fancy Japan
Oo]onE and Gunpowder.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01
DIED..

In the town of London, Freeborn county,
Saturday, Dec. 2lst, 1873, FRANKIE p,
youngest child Of p. and n. 3. Bump, aged
IA months and l6 days.
Funeral services were held tho following
Monday by Rev. G. d. Belden. Of this city.
The beresved parents have the sympathy OF
. wide circle Of friends In this new sorrow.
FULLER-In Window, Wednesday, Dec 3lst,
1879, Mrs. SUBMIT FULLER, mother Of Mr..
Walter Fuller, aged 81 years.
Funeral services will bo held this Thursday
morning, 1T 11:ao o'clock, at the Baptist
hpreb n this city. -.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

The Weekly Inter-Ocean is probably
the most widely circulated paper in the
west. 1t is good psper--newsy and re-
liable. We can cheerfuily recommend
It. Read prospectus elsewhere In this
weeks paper. '..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

On the east corner Of Main and Mill
streets, II. Guuz keeps an immense stock
Of clothing, to be sold cheaper than any
other. house will sell them. Examine
goods elsewhere and then call and 0unz
will make you lower prices than ysu
could possibly think Of.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01
A BIT OF Advice.

TRY one of MRS. FISHERS oyster stews.
you will find her on the north side Of
public square, and east of the post-of1ce.
Mrs. Fisher has had eight years expert
ence, her rooms are very pleasant, her
bread, cakes and pies Of excellent quality,
and her lunch table always in order. Is
cents q meal is all she asks, and 30 do
not forget 10 give her call.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

LADIES wishing dress making and hair
work done in the latest and most approved
styles, will d" well to call upon Mrs.
Pe,eru,an, in the rooms oyer Park Place.
You will 6nd her capable and accommo.
dating, and all work done by her guaran-
leed 10 give satisfaction. Don't forget the
n1aeA
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

WHAT = driving, pushing fellow
6PRAguE must be. He has proven that
long ago, not only by his advertising, but
by fulfilling every promise, and by tho
squarest kind Of dealing. No wonder he
has built up such large business Of tn Q
most permanent character.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

G. w. SHAPLEY is agent at Austin for
the celebrated "Centennial Illuminating
OIL" which is really a. valuable article
costs only 8 cents per gallon 10 manufac.
ture, and families can manufacture the oil
themselves. Mr.. >shapley will furnish
family rights at tue small sum of $3.50
each. He also sells the right to manu-.
facture "Sherman's Improved Compound
Bar Soap" at the low sum Of 81. Call
on him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

REMEMBER Mrs. Morrisou's elegant
lunch table.
Buy Your Boots aud Shoes Cheap While
You Can.
The recent enormous increase in price
of all materials that 60 to make up these
goods, has already compelled manufac-
turers to advance prices from Is to so
cents per pair, and they are sure to 60
still higher. Foreseelng this state of
things, our enterprisug friend, TRuEs-
DELL, purchased early in the Seasonal
very large stock at the old rates-and
will be able, for some time yet, to sell At
the old low prices. In fact, he is now
selling many things looer than they can
be bought Of the manufacturers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

have struck bonanza winch Will pay
them better, our hes, wishes will follow
them to their new field Of labor; and for
the many kindnesses shown US, we hope
their wealth may increase, and thei,
shadows never grow less
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

BUTTONS, trimmings, kid gloves, rib
bons, corsets, handkerchiefs, everything
you want, nice ard cheap, at Hall s
Vests.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

GENTLEMEN who are DESTROYS of max
ing their wives or daughters present of
nice new dress f"r Christmas, had better
20 to Hall g. Vests.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

OuR stock Of goods was never more
complete than now. Don't fail to give
Us call, before purchasing elsewhere.
HALL & War;
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

SPRAauE's grocery store has become a
sort Of "land mark" in the town now, it
is no longer necessary to tell where to
find it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

THIS 10 dangerous season, and often
the fOndest mothers care is NO protection
against Coughs, Colds and Hoarsenrss.
DR.. Bulls cough syrup should be kept
in readlaess. Price rs cents.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

THINGS are seldom what they seem, hu,
Sprague's groceries are straight, through
and through.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

ANY one wishing bread, rolls, cake or
pies, will get tirst-class article by calling
al Mrs. M0rrison's
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

"WA1T for the wagon"-uot long--fo,
Sprague's delivery is just TN the rush the
most Of the time.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

REMEMBER Mrs. Morrls0n's oyster
stews. They are good to take.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

The incest and sweetest perfumery and
hair oil, at Hall s. Vests.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

DESIRABLE residence for sale. En-.
Quire of II. A. Fairbanks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

LIQUID Nitrous Oxide or Langhin,
Gas, ii H. A. Avery's Dental Rooms.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

Mrs. MORRISON will be found next
door to Mss Soper's with drst.class
restaurant.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

SEND to the TRANSCRIPT Office for all
kinds of legal blanks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

MONEY to loan, at lowest rates, annual
interest, on First Mortgage, on Improved
Farms. Apply to D. B. JOHNSON, Jr., at
the Mower County Bank.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

CUTTERS to rent or sell.
w. r. VAUDEVILLE.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

LEAVE your orders Tor Ice at Charley
Po"ler's drug store, and W. T. Maude-
vile will ill them promptly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

THE Universalist social will meet with
Mrs. L. Ii. Brockway, first door west
Of the Congregational church, on mex,
Tuesday evening. Let all be there.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

CONC down town the 9th er day, we
met a man. IIe said: II like the man
and like the store, and it is very crafty
ing to know that be is getting his share
OF the trade" W. said, "whxt In time are
you talking about" jHis only reply was,
"Sprague, the cash grocer"
NOW, if you want to buy calicoes,
sheetings, embroiderles, ribbons, laces,
tlannels, in fact any kind Of goods, At the
lowest market price, you should call on
CUM. 1t is The place.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

World" Depending from the center "f
the arch was Christmas bell. and below
this maltese cross, both trimmed also
with evergreen. The tree Stood in the
corner to the left OF the pulpit.
At THE LUTHERAN cHUcH,
A large number Of children were out
to participate in the festivities on Christ.
mss Eve. The old.fashi"ned pine was
there, and upon it were arranged. with
much taste and care, many family pres
enss, and smaller gifts for the Sabbath
school children. Songs aud exercises OF
the usual character preceued the distrib'
uti"n Of the gifts. Tue delight IT the
children was unbounded, ~ the brigh,
eyes and happy faces fully demonstrated
II was thought appropriate I" give the
past"r-Rrv. G. l.. Clausen-a little en-
enlargement in his work, and . little
purse of $15 WAS found amid the heavily
laden branches If the tree. Mr.. Johar
Void, superintendent, Of the Sabbath
school,, was presented with an elegan
marble.top table, - = gentle reminder
that his services had been we'll appre
ciated. And - passed the evening, will
speeches, songs and sweet things, making
Il . pleasant occasion to al.
| = BAPTIST. &c.,
The children Of the Baptist Sunday
school were entertained with q tree OF
Christmas Eve. The opening exercised
consisted Of nusic By select chorus o
voices from the schsol, devotional sxes
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

REMEMBER Mrs. Morrison's e1egan,
Nh
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had good time.
The clrrgymen Of Minneapolis have
published reQues, that hereafter, lit il
desired that, 10 far ~ possible, funerals
be from the house, and be attended with
~ lit.l= display as possible." THIS j.
good advice in the right direction.
-Chris,mas Was "s,unner." During
the whole day the cold was intense.
Christmas dav. 1879, will long be remem.
bered. We guess the ,het mome,ers were
. little surprised themselves. ~ , below
zero n 8 O'Clock 4. n, and 32e ut ~
4. II.
We have heard Of one or two cases Of
dIphtheria in town. We do hope, should
there be any positive Cases Of this drea.'.
fol disease among u. that our physicians
will go to it that every prec.u,ion /.
used to prevent Ito spreading in this com.
munity.
Last Thursday was one OF the hap
pies,, merriest days 10 Austin for many
Q year. The extreme cold prevented
much outdoor recreation and amusement
but entertainments, both pubic and pri
vaae, ~ tar - heard from, were pleassp,
I'D successful.
Communion service in the Conere
gational church next Sabbath morning
There Will also be some addition, to the
church 1t that time. Mrs.. g. Merrill, Mis-.
Allie Wheat, and Agnes Page, It'll,
daughter Of H. W. Page, having offered
1hemsslves for membership. .
1o1 cLeics Oysters for New Year,
eall,, 70 70 II. 6prsEus's Cash groessj
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

Butter and Eggs, and all kinds Of Country
Produce Taken In Exchange for Goods at
Cash prices.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-01

just from Market, bought at lowest Cash
! Prices. which we viii sell cheap for CASH.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-30

tives, when by an extra session, by right
aud by law, we can make it absolutely GER
tain to always have as Congressional repre-
sentatives, at least four Democrats Who
will dare assert, that if the present appor-
tionment stands year longer, that in the
next Congress we can confidently claim
that many7
There is but one thing to do. Let US fall
back on the Constitution. There is protec-
ton in it, because we have now the instru-
mentalities in our own grasp; that grasp ha
been. and is being weakened weakened in
the House of Representatives; shall we take
then any chances in the present condition OF
affairs The safety of the tax-paying people
is the supreme law-it is the safety of the
State BY an apportionment now, we can
for all time to come save Mississippi from
carpet-bag rule. for by just and legal APP
portionment of Senators from districts form
ed upon the justest principle of representa-
ton based on population, the taxpayers OF
the State can always have bulwark in the
Senate that will break and dissipate the
waves of Radicalism let them roll ever so
fierce Shall we do it-shall we secure Mis-
sissippi? The PEOPLE are listening for the
commanding voice of the Governor.
JUSTICE. .
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-30
The Railroad Discussion.

A powerful Railroad company in
New York has procured from it's able
Attorney, Mr.. George T. Curtis, a
reply to the opinion of Judge Black on
the right of Legislatures to impose re-
strictions on Railroads Having pub
lished the opinion of Judge Black, We
have given the other side hearing by
reproducing the argument of MIR.
Curtis The question on which these
greatlawyers have joined issue, is one
of vast Importance. They occupy
Numerically opposite positions. Judge
Black, writing at the request of the
New York Chamber of Commerce, holds
that the corporations are creatures OF
the State, set up for the use and con-
venience of the public and may be reg
ulated by the State; that they may be
compelled by law to fix their rates, and
to make them just and reasonable, with
out excessive charge or discrimination.
He maintains that ''the right of the peo-
pie to control the road is so deep rooted
that neither the legislative, nor judicial
officers of the State can bargain it away
any more than they can lawfully sell
the State out and out and deliver up the
entire population to sack and pillage.' .
Consequently charter giving to cor
poration absolute control over its
charges would be void. Mr.. Curtis
holds that the companies own the roads
built under contract with the State, and
cannot be interferred with in making
their charges for transporting freight
or persons. In word that they are
beyond the reach Of the legislative
power. Having studied the opinion of
Judge Black, our readers, by turning
to our first page, can read the case
as expounded for the roads, by their
ablest Attorney, Mr.. Curtis.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-30
The Money of the Country

The entire money volume of the coun-
try, including the bullion in the mines,
was, on November the 1st, as follows
Greenbacks, 1916, 681 ,016; bank notes,
s342, 063, 451 /; gold coin, s453, 1872, 692 +;
silver coin, $158, 320,911. Total, ST.
800, 948, 070; In 1875 the total coin in
the country was but $40, 900, 900, of
which S., 100000 was silver, and the
rest gold. The increase coin volume in
five years has been $50 per cent or
S472, 203, 603. Of the present money
resources of the country, a little less
than SO per cent is paper, and a little
more than AZ per cent is gold and silver.
The gold production of the country from
all its mines for the year ending June
80, 1880, is placed at $50, 0OO,O 900, and
its silver at s37 700, 600 Total, S73,-
700 The gold imports are still much
in excess of gold exports, and the in
crease in gold and silver from mines
and imports during the fiscal year upon
which we have entered has been estima-
ted at 800, 900, 900. The prophecies of
the monometalists in opposing the re-
monetization of silver that it would
drive gold from the country, have been
entirely disproved. Is there a sane
man outside of those who belong to
the bond ring, and are not the tools of
the organized capital that seeks to gov
ern the country, who would deprive
the people of any portion of the metal
lie currency
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-30
Claiborne's History.

The Publishers of Claiborne's History
are grateful TO the press for the kind
reception they have given it. To its
superior literary merits thus far all have
borne testimony. 1t is book Of
thrilling interest and ought to be in the
hands of every man, woman
and child in the State. The Pub
fishers have attempted to present the
book in style worthy of its interesting
contents, regardless of cost. If they
should be barely Unidentified for their
large outlay, they will be satisfied
They have not been able to serve all
their brethren of the press with it SIM
ultaneously, but it is their intention to
afford them all an opportunity to judge
its merits for themselves.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-30
The Next Congressional Apportion-
menf.

The New York Times points out a
fallaey into which the people of the
North have generally fallen. We refer
to the general expectation that after
the next Congressional superintendent
the South would lose a number of
Congressman. According to the Times,
if the present size of the House remain
as it is, the increase of population
throughout The country viii make the
next ratio of apportionment 1 to 170,-
900, instead of to 13f, 425 as at pres
emit. Surprising then that the whole
number of Congressman remain at 293,
the following table will show the allot-
ment of members to the various States
according to the census of 1870 and
1880:
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-30
Congress.

When Congress reassembles on the
9th of january there viii remain just
fifty days of Democratic Congress.
The Democratic members without unnec-
essarily consuming time viii no doubt
put themselves squarely on the record
for ga tariff for revenue only" and in
opposition to the Sherman-Hayes fnan-
cial policy as expressed in the message
Of the President and the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury. Also against
the asserted right Of the Vice-President
to count the votes for President and
Vice-President and against the policy Of
making the public debt perpetual in or
der to create standing income for the
benefit Of capital And above al things,
the Improvement Of the Mississippi riv-
" and its principal tributaries. should
nDt IN overlooked
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-30

THIS is highly civilized and very chris.
tian country but mob of Mississippi
lynchers burned man alive the other night.
National Republican.
The man was an Ohian. He had rep
resented himself as destitute and was
charitably furnished food and lodging.
While enjoying this hospitality, in the
dead hour of night, he chloroformed the
family consisting of father, mother and
child, rifed the house of its valuables,
and set it afre and burned all the un-
conscious inmates alive He deserved
his fate and if the sschristian country
from which he came has any more
emissaries of the sort to send South,
they had better profit by the example.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-30
The Democratic party Not Dead.

The Chicago Times adheres to its opinion
that the Democratic party is dead. The re-
turns of the recent election do not justify
the opinion. The total vote cast for Presi-
dent by the Republicans and Democrats was
| 8, 875, 429, of which Garfield got 4,439, AS
and Hancock 4, 436, OLA, leaving to Garfield
the meagre majority of 8, 401. A party that
is beaten by barely thirty-four hundred
votes in a contest where nearly nine millions
are thrown, can hardly be regarded as dead
or dying. Hancock's defeat may be likened
to the failure ofa party at State election
to carry its candidate for Governor by "a
votes in contest when S8,754 are cast.
The opposite party which had saved itself
by such hairs breadth, would be apt to
look upon its antagonist as anything but a
corpse.
The Democratic party never cast so many
votes as at the election this fall. 1t gave Han
cock even larger number than it gave
Tilden in 1876, when the latter was elected,
but was cheated out Of his Office by the
present Fraudulent President.-New Y ork
Sun.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-30
In It Blind Fanaticism. Or Wilful Iy-
ingP

Under title of 1.-The Weakness OF
Physical Force, a printed broadside has
been sent forth by some psuedo Peace
or pretended Religious Society" in
Boston or some other Northern city,
which, as a compendium of infamous
defamation and falsehood, is unequaled
by anything of the kind we have ever
seen. Purporting togive the substance
ofnumerous works on the condition and
treatment of the colored population in
Guiding the books called FOOLS Err
rand, Negro Exodus, Reports of Mrs.
E. L. Comstock, and of the Society OF
Friends Charitable Agency to the
Freedmen, it draws bloodcurdling pic
lures, and attempts to palm them off as
real truth when they are but pure In
ventions of deliberate malice or disor-
dered minds. Among the modes of tor
ture which the which the white popula-
ton of the South are accused of prac.
Using, are enumerated, "cutting off the
arms of freedmen at the elbows, goug-
" ing out eyes, tearing out tongues and
" numerous other similar enormities. "
1t is charged that laws are passed ex-
clusively for the robbery and enslaye-
ment of the freedmen, dwellings,
school-houses, and churches burned, .
and divers other ''enormities" too nu-
merous to repeat. We have no means
of knowing how such fctions are credi-
ted in the North, but if we thought they
were generally believed we might well
desdair of the restoration of the spirit
of Cancellation so essential to the pros
neritY of both sections
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-30

A GREAT cotton fair, is to be held at
Atlanta, Ga, in September, October and
November of next year. 1t will be an
important exhibition. A permanent
organization has been effected at Allan
Ia, under the name of the International
Cotton Exposition Company. Il is to
be display of raw products. and of
machinery, and of manufactured fabrics
ofeyery sort; and doubtless viii do
much for the improvement in the cul-
ture and manufacture of the worlds
most indispensable staple, cotton.