Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-01
TRAN8CRIPTIONe.

Wheat promises . good yield.
Jim Farmer was in the city Monday.
/ Plenty of new potatoes In ths market
at 40 cents per peck. !.
-Mosquitoes-too many In the hill, and
too many with thor bill H.
Barley is headed out, and the harvest
will commence in about three weeks.
DIR. Boyd, Of Greeley, Colorado, a
bro.her-in.law of W. T. Wilkins, l. IN
the city. -. .-, ~
Prof Keysor will spend the summer
vacation with his parents IN Mankato.
He leaves Austin today.
The Congregational sociable which
met with Mrs. A. v. Ellis last Tuesday
afternoon, was largely attended and .
very social occasion.
All persons going to the Congress
ionsl Convention, will please bear in
mind, that! to get to Wasecs the same
day, it Is necessary to 60 via Albert Lea.
1T may not be generally known that
the name of 81. o. Basford, of the Austin
Reqtster, was presented for the post Office
ship in this city made vacant by tho death
of r. I. Smith.
Parties along the line of the G. NJ. &
St. P. r. r., Iowa and MINI. Divisions,
DESTROYS OF attending the convention at
Waseca, can reach that place the same
day by going via Albert Lea.
The boys and girls are all coming
home again from school. Northneld re-
turns seven we belieyo to this vicinity,
and we shall no doubt return the same
seven with several additions this fall.
Rev. H. Slade, of Usage, Iowa, &C.
cupicd the pulpit at the Universalist
chapel last Sabbath both morning and
evening. We were present at evening,
and we seldom have the pleasure Of list
enine to more interesting and profitable
discourse.
Word was telegraphei from Spring
Valley last Friday afternoon to w. T.
Wilkins that W. J. Wall, brother Of Mrs.
w. T. wilkins and Mrs. Hayward. was
dying. They left on freight train for
Spring Valley, returning home the hrst
Of the:wsek. We underst and the brother
is better.
Mr. J. s. Cox has recently completed
one of the neatest pieces of carpentry,
in the way of portico over the side en-.
trance to the Mansfield House, that has
ever been constructed in this city. 1t .
piece of work creditable to the designer,
Mr.. Cox. See his advertisement in another
column.
The Fourth of July will be cele'
brated in Austin this year on Saturday,
the Sd. The arrangements are complete
for a good time. For particulars see
bills and programmes. A large crowd
is expected to visit MS on that day. Let
everybody come. We promise them a
happy day.
Mrs. ]. S. Corning will open ice
cream parlors in the third ward, ana we
should think the project would meet
with good favor. Her residence is very
central, being near the chapel, and also
next the foundry. Her parlors are pleas.
ant, and we believe her ice cream will be
good. Give her a call.
Miss Jennie Crandall, who has been
teaching the third ward school for the
past winter and spring, was remembered
at the closing exercises of her school,
by many little tokens of kindly remem-
berance, showing that her efforts have
not been unapprectated. Miss Crandall
has been faithful worker.
Station agent McGrath reports nine
hundred and sixty-two freight cars re.
ceived and forwarded at Austin, during
the week ending last Sunday--three hun
bred and eighty Of them filled with
merchandise. All the freight trains be.
longing to the Prairie du Chen division
were sent via. Ramsey on account OF the
wash-outs east of Prairie du Chen.
"A large number of invited guests
were delightfully."- entertained at the resi-.
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Ayers, Of
this city, on Tuesday evening, the
eleventh anniversary of their wedding
day. The evening was cool, the house
we'll filed, refreshments bountiful and
most excellent inequality, and An informal
sociabili,y prevailing in an unusual de
gree.
CENSUS ITEMs.-La nslng has 500 ill.,
habitants; oldest person, "a years; old.
est couple, 70 and 81; largest family, ~
These facts we're furnished US by Mr.
Kent, the enumerator.
Mr.. A. w. Sanborn, cnumerator fol
Racine, gives US ss5 as the. total populs
ton of his town.
Mr.. L. G. Scribnsr reports TAI souls
residing in the town of frankfort.
Capt. W. Stanley gives the population
of Lyle township, 636; village, 1879.
AT the close of the evening service,
at the Congregational church, last Sun.
day, Mr.. Norwood Bowers, of Wisconsin,
ana Miss Alice Ludlum, Of Minneapolis, a
teacher in the high school of this city,
were, after short aud pleasing marriage
ceremony, by the Rev. G. E. Wright, pro.
nouncsd husband and wife. Prot. w. W
Keysor as groomsman and Miss Alice
Shultes ~ bridesmaid, we doubt not gave
strength to the bond, and with Mr.. F.
A. Richardson and Mr. Charlie West as
ushers, all things we're done decently and
in order. Thoughtful and loving friends
brought and arranged many beautiful
boquets and baskets Of flowers which add
Cd beauty and brightness to the occasion
Many congratulations followed, and the
HAPPY pair started out on life's journey
anew with the loving and friendly in
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