Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-06-03

| auu Will Str0ctS, WOEA WHICH HIS lOuS
been needed. Tie streets are now in
very good condition. Mr.. Geraghty
''canr be beat in this line of work.
-"Humpty Dumpty" troupe sailed in
upon Austin with their mule aud monkey
on Tuesday evening Of this week. A
i good house awaited their appearance.
Their clown was one of the best we ever
saw. The extraordinary feats Of strength
and acrobatic performances Of the Daven.
port brothers were simply wonderful.
But there were Objectionable features to
this entertal nment. When females cone
from their dressing rooms with their gar
| ments so low down in the neck, aud so
high up in the skirts that we almost for
get they are clad at all, we know it is no
place for gentleman to take his vito or
daughter, and certainly if not proper for
the wife and daughter, the father and son
should not be there. With this exception
the entertainment of Hump,y Dumpty was
good.
Prof: w. w. Keysor left the city on
Monday for Minneapolis to attend tho
State University exercises this week.
We are indebted to him for the following
bits OF interest:
The University is q very interesting
place this week. Graduates and visitors
are going in from all parts Of the state
The exercises so far have been excellent,
particularly the address Of Prof. Camp
bell before the Literary Societies. To.
day (Thursdsy) the graduation exercises
are in progress, and are no doubt up to
the standard which such exercises
have attained at the university.
The crops along the road are looking
well indeed. If no bad weather prevents,
the promised harvest will be heavy one.
There are many new buildings in pro-
cess Of erection in Minneapolis, more
than ever before known at this time of
the year.
So far as I have heard Minneapolis is
not Grant city. Window first, Blame
or Sherman, second.
"A. Fredrlck, p. Haley and Marcus
Dreisner arrived home on Monday morn
ing last, at 2 o'clock A. NJ, having left
E. P. VanValkenburgh at Columbus,
Nebraska. They lett this city somtime
IN April last, on an exploring expedition
through western Minnesota, Iowa and
Nebraska. They are not very favolably
impressed with that portion of Nebraska
visited by them. Too much sand and
winds. and no rains for tive years. In
places they report the sand as being drift.
ted up in huge heaps and making it al
most impossible for their team to pull
their wagon through the drifts. E. P.
Van is extending his explorations into
southern Nebraska, northern Missouri
and, perhaps, Kansas. They travelled
overland, with their own conveyance,
camping out and cooking their own
meals. They claim to have thoroughly
locked over the country from here to
Niobrara, thence to Columbus and home
via Omaha. They claim to have had a
splendid time-and in this their looks
prove it-but saw no place they liked SO
we'll as Austin, and no lands equal to,
or that would compare with the poorest
of their own Minnesota.
| Mysterious Disappearance Of George
Merrick.
George Merrick was we'll and always
favorably known in Austin. He was
temperate in his habits, happy in his
family relations and upright in business.
He had many friends, and his mysterious
disappearance has caused = sadness out
side of his own stricken family circle.
While in Chicago, with his wife and
little daughter, he suddenly disappeared
on Wednesday, May 26th, at P. M.
Since which time, although police force
and detectives have searched assiduously
! there has been no news or trace of him.
He lett his brothers Office in Chicago at
the above date, known to have in his
possession $415. 1t is q theory that he
was decoyed away by parties pretending
to have for sale q membership ticket to
the Board Of Trade, and that he was then
foully dealt with.
The detectives, of Chicago, however,
do not believe that George Msrrick has
met with any violence, and his brother,
Mr.. w. H. Merrick, an attorney in this
city, is firm in the belief that Georgs's
mind has given away, and that he has
wandered off in deranged condition.
This view of the case is strengthened by
the fact Of his being engaged in estab.
fishing branch office in Chicago and in
general business transactions calculated
to produce unusual mental strain and
anxiety; - we'll ~ by his conduct on
leaving his brother 8 store, with regard to
the checks offered him. He declined the
eE and received bills, $500, implicitly
to purchase his ticket with, but immedi
ately forwarded SIS, Of that sum to Min.
nssota for taxes.
The wholeaffair 10 mysterious beyond
description. His wife is in Chicago
overwhelmed with grief, and his mother
in-law brother and little son are IN Aus
tin. A reward Of $500 has been offered
for the recovery of his person, and thu
following description of his appearance
has been advertised.
"Age 81 years. Has sandy hair, nous
,ache and chin whiskers: land il abou
ft.x513 inches tall. Had on dark su,
and black Derby hat: wsald weigl
about i45 pounds"
The afflicted family have the full sympa
thy of this community, that this dari
mystery may be brought 10 a speedy and
ljoy-bringing solution.
4th OF July In Austin.
AT the Ah of July meeting held a
Jon es' hall last Thursday evening, DR.. E
C. Dorr was elected chairman and II. o.
Basford secretary.
! The chair appointed the folio WING