Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-29
TRANSCRIPTIONS.

Snow, slcighing, and colder weather
Will Jones is the name Of the tele
graph operator at Ramsey. =.
MIR. and Mrs. F. A. Ticknor returned
from their eastern visit last week.
Mr.. II. O. Basford left Tuesday for
st. Paul, to attend the state editorial con
vcntion.
Cal. Taylor left Spring Valley last
week Tuesday tor the Hot Springs, in
Arkansas.
The Union services now in progress
at the various churches are unusually
we'll attended.
MIR. and Mrs. G. r. Ransom, of Alder,
Lea, are spending few days in this city
with their son c. W.
A new choir has recently been or.
ganized in Christ church, with Miss Car
rie Schwan tie organist.
Mr.. E. G. Bascom left Monday for a
trip to Iowa and Nebraska. lie expects
to he gone about six weeks.
No. : wheat in this market has com.
manded not much over IS cents per
bushel, for several days past.
A large amount Of cord wood is be-
ing shipped to Austin via. S. NJ. railroad.
1t comes mostly from Houston county.
Mr.. D. II. Stmson left Tuesday for
South Wallingford, Vermont, to see a
sick mother who is not expected to live.
&C. J. Miller, one Of the good boys of
the round-house force, left Monday for
Lac qui Parle county to locate soldiers
homestead.
ANY little girl or boy who will leave
a secondhand third reader at George
Wilbour's store, will do Kindness for a
poor little girl who has none.
Key. E. NJ. Williams, formerly pas.
tor of the Congregational church Of this
city, pays personal property tax, in
this year, Of $e05.64.
Capt. Sherwin's h;altll, which has re-
Gently been much impaired, is improving.
He was out to an evening company last
Thursday, for the first time this winter.
MIR. and Mrs. James McGrath, who
were recently called to Chicago by the
of his father, returned last week.
They report the father as not likely to
live
Brother Wright made a sensible,
solid talk at his church last Sunday
evening. Logic is a good thing to mix
with ones religion, and Bro. Wright does
this.
The first number OF the Lansing
Journal, gotten out by the Dunlevy boys,
is on our table. 1t is genuine credit to
the boys, as we'll as the town it issues
from.
1T you wish back pension you must
apply for it before the first of July, 1880.
Ii you apply later the pension CON-
from dale Of application. This
IS the law.
MIR. F. King and Mr.. F.. Mcbride,
will move their stocks of dry goods and
groceries, in few days, to the store now
occupied by G. E. Wilbour & Son, in
Revord's block.
The iremcn will please take notice
that the apparatus of the Austin Hook and
Lader Co. has been removed to the build
ing formerly used by Q. A. Truesdell as
pump shop, on Bridge street.
The domino party and dance, last
Friday evening, for the benefit Of the
Cornet band, was fairly patronized. By
the way, boys, isn't it about time for
those Clothes to be forthcoming?
Mr.. William E. Wheat, OF Oberlin,
Ohio, arrived in Austin last week We'd
nesday, in time to attend the silver we'd
ding of his brother, DR.. j. N. Wheat.
He will stay with US few weeks.
An Austin 7-year old said the other
night: TELL me story mama; make it
up, an awful long one, and put lots Of
bears in It; say, now, hurry up-cos' Pm
% sleepy
The mill at Moscow has had its ca.
oacity increased by the addition of
another water-wheel, two run OF stones,
and patent process machinery. 1t is
said to be grand success.-Albert Lea
Standard.
-Messrs. johnson s. Smith, our enter
prising pillow factory men, have invented
q harrow which has given perfect salts
faction wherever tried. When seeding
time comes, our farmers should bear
This in mind.
Mr.. Lynch, the manager of the Helen
Potter troupe, told the writer, that in all
his travels he had never found heater,
better kept hotel than our Fleck House
here IN Austin. We publish this we'll
deserved compliment with pleasure.
We understand that the family of v
Richard, in the Sd Ward, has been attack
ed by that dreaded disease, diphtherla,
and two Of the little ones called from
earth away-one dying on Monday and
the other on Tuesday. Two more of the
are sick.
Rev. Morse, who Is much interested
IN such matters, attended the horticul-
ural convention at Minneapolis last
week. 1t will hardly be possible for
MIR. Morse to get any information which
will add to the size or the flavor of his
luscious strawberries.
One of our school youngsters, in re.
ferrlng to some new rules on absence in
our public school, RECALLED his parents
with the following interesting and valu-
able bit of Information: swell, if your
father and mother die, you can stay
home long enough to go TO the funeral"
B. J. Van was expected in Austin
last week, but failed 10 appear. He is
to he lost. A number of friends
are ready TO offer reward for his dis
covery. Hope Van hasn't gone down out
Of sight in sympathy with the falling
wheat market. Hope to see him this
week.