Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-22
Mr.. aud Mrs. F. KING started for Chi

MIR. and Mrs. F. KING started for Chi
cago Friday of last week. They expect
to be absent nearly two weeks, will take
In the sights of Chicago, visit their mil
lionalre relatives, and Mr.. King will SC
lect and bring back one of the neates
stocks Of dry goods that has ever beer
spread upon Austin counters.
Geo. F. Goodwin, F. Il. Warner, Ole
E. Loe and o. A. Finhart, all Of Grand
Meadow, paid their respects to the TRAN
SCRIPT office Monday and Tuesday OF
this week. Every one of them are de
cidedly pleasant gentlemen. All are
jurymeu, except the first named, who is
a promising limb of the law"
H. G. We,sel spent nearly all of last
week in Yellow Medicine county, nea:
Minneota, where there is quite a settle
ment from Austin. He brought good re-
ports from Messrs. Graham, French
Hooker and others. Jerome B. Rogers
has also recently taken up land in that
vicinity. MI. Weisel sold his claim.
MIR. VIM. j. Fish has left Austin, we
are sorry TO say. He will spend several
months travelling in the interests of John
sons Encyclopedia, as his contract does
not expire until April. Mrs. VIM. J. will
spend the winter with the family of Mr.
George Fish, her father-in-law, who has
purchased handsome residence on Mic
olet Island, in Minneapolis.
REDUCED RA1LRoAD RATEs--The
Chicago, Milwaukee s. ST. Paul Railway
Co. will sell tickets on Sept. 9th, 2Sth
and Goth, good to return Tuesday, Oct
9Th, to Chica.g go and return, for $3.50, in
Guiding ticket to the Exposition. There
will be another sale Of tickets Oct. 1S, 49,
20 and p, good to return the Tuesday
following. The Exposition closes Oct.
23d.
Mrs. Norwood Bowers has made her
promised visit, and rejoiced her many
friends in this city by so doing. Miss
Alice Ludlum will not soon be forgotten
in Austin, if we must say Mrs. Bowers "
Mr.. and Mis-. Bowers expect to settle
"by and by" in new home, in the pleas
ant little town of Detroit, on the Northern
Pacific, situated about 80 miles from
Fargo.
The Board Of Education organized
Saturday evening by electing officers as
follows:
President-Dr. w. L. Hollister
Clerk-Rev. G. D. Belden.
Treasurer-W. T. Wilkins.
Examiner-Rev.C G. f. Wright.
On account of sickness, Miss Sargean,
sent in her resignation as teacher of the
1st primary, and it was voted to employ
Miss Hattie Lambert to fill the vacancy
An exchange says there is law in
this State which requires that owners OF
occupants of land shall cut the weeds in
the highways adjoining their premises
before the 1st of September Of each year
The enactment is virtually dead letter
in this part OF the country; but the time
is coming when land owners will regret
that they allowed certain weeds to flour.
ish unmolested, when half an hours time
each year would have kept them IN sub
lection.
Joseph X. VanNortwick. a farmer
living near Corning, N. Y, and G.. G
Beardsley, hardware merchant of Troy,
Pa, are IN the city visiting J. c. Kaiser
and Mrs. Isaac Baker. The first named
is brothcr-in.law OF Mrs. Baker and the
latter nephew. We acknowledge cal
from these gentlemen, whom we found
to be very sensible men, and of cour Sc
sound Republicans. They are quite
we'll pleased with Minnesota, this being
their first visit to the west
R O. Hall is a free man once more
The indictments found agains, him in
Freeborn county are all disposed of. al
last, after costing him two or three hun
dred dollars, and bene6ting no one bu,
Law, crs. AT the recent term of court in
Albert Lea County Attorney Lovely en-
tered nolle prosequi in the indictment
"compounding felony" and in the one
for "misdemeanor," Mr.. Hall made &
Of his case TO the court, and on
payment Of fine Of $40, the state OF
Minnesota was declared satisfied.
The DISTRICT CoURT.-The Septem
Der term Of court commenced Its session
yesterday at II A. NJ, Judge Mitchell, Of
the Winona district, presiding. His
charge to the grand jury was according
10 law aud common sense, and so clear
and explicit that child could not fail tc
understand 1t.
Sherman Page claimed that he did mo-
know that Judge Mitchell was to be in
until the day before the term
of court, and consequently was not ready
10 try his libel cases against the Pioneer
Press Co. and others, and asked for their
Judge u. B. johnson, in
behalf of the defendants, said they were
ready and anxious for trial, and OBJ
jected to the continuance. The cases
we're continued on the plaintiff 3 written
aff1davits.
Suicide at Brownsdalo.
MONDAY, Sept 20, 1880.
Editor Of Transcript:
This morning the terrible news was
brought to this village that George F.
Ricketson, who lived three miles north.
east Of here, had committed suicide by
shooting himself through the heart, kill.
ing him Instantly.
Mr.. Ricketson had been such a quiet
honest, upright man, that the news could
hardly be credited; but alas! it was too
true. The facts in the case as revealed
were these: Mr.. Ricketson's sister from
Rochester, this state, had been visiting
him, and was to start for home this morn
ing. So as to give her an early start the
family were to arise early, and afte
l. g., - a.