Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-08

Miss Ada Noble spent day or two
in Austin last week with her father and
mother. She has returned to her position
as teacher In Curtis commercial college,
Minneapolis. :....
Our postmaster, r. I. Smith, is quite
indisposed, not having yet been able to
personally superintend the business of
his office He is improving, however,
and will doubtless be able to attend to
business in few days.
&C. L. West left for st. Paul the first
of the week, and expects to bring back
fine assortment of dry goods left over from
the late fire of the large house of
Auerbach, Finch, Culbertson & Co. Char
ley West will not be found behind the
times.
H. &. Reynolds, editor Of the Herald,
of Gouvenier, N. Y, spent several days
in Austin last week. Most all editors are
frst-class men, but this man carries the
evidence with HMM his face. We
know he Is one of the kindllest, straight.
est, best Of men.
Miss. Ella Mapes, primary teacher
in our public school, has not returned
from Rochester where she went to spend.
her weeks vacation. We understand she
is i'll, not seriously however. The little
folks in her room vera turned out yester
day until they are supplied witha teach er
Internationally Northwestern Tele-
graph Co. has reduced their rate, on mes
sages Qor the first ten words), from Aus
tin to Milwaukee and Chicago from ST
to so cents. This will be glad news to
all patrons of the telegraph. The new
rate went into effect on Monday Of this
week.
| MIR. George Fish, everybody knows
George, has a brother visiting him and
looking about Austin. The brother il
Mr.. VIM. J. Fish, of Keene, New Hamp-
shire. A pleasant, cultured gentleman,
aud one whom we should be glad to have
mako his home among us. Himself and
wife are for the present stopping with
Mrs. F. King.
-"She sang soprano sweetly, ther voice
was like Tyre, but on Sunday she ate on
Ions and busted up the choir" Well, what
if she did. We say, eat onions, they are
good for your lungs, good for your liver
if you have one, good for your digestion
if you have none. Yes, eat them, and sor.
row no more over onions rotting and
sproutlng in the cellars.
flake her up tenderly, young and 50
fair, fashioned so slenderly, handle with
care" Yes, he did; we saw him, ooh
g-raciousw We saw her fall, too, and
dreadful to tell, he put his arms about
her, and SAID, don't go getting down of
this box any more, and there she stands
in front Of the popular dry goods house
of Herman GUM, clothed and In her right
mind.
Mr.. John G. Smith had 39th birth
day at his home in Lacrosse, April 4th
A pleasant gathering, consisting of thu
employees of his Lacrosse store. Con
: gratulatory letters were received from tn
T clerks in his ten branch stores. A mag
nlficent gold headed cane was presented
Mr.. Smith with the wish that their EN-
ployer might celebrate many similar oc
casiens. Mr.. Smith is the owner of tn,
. 5 cent store in this city,.
Z M~-.--a.paul Smith appeared Sal
urday night in Jones' hall before an ap
preciative audience. We ind him upo
the stage thoroughly self:possessed, dig
nitied and modestly "at home" We Tx
, Master Smith fully as well in his earnes
: impressive defamation as when person
ating character. His voice is strong an
clear, his enunciation pleasant and di.
tinct, his dramatic power and abillt,
astonishing and captivating. In his i'm
presentations of character the transforms
ton is SO sudden as to almost bewlider
and we wonder if, as in "Marie Aimee,
the little French girl is not before u
We expect to hear more of this youn
man hereafter.
j. M. Egap, of the Southern Mime
l o 1t0 of of
kee Co. assumes control of the forme
line the general Car building shops viii
be brought TO this place and the locomo
tive department will probably be trans
ferred to some other point.-H0tah He,
aid.
''The other point'' for the ''locomotiv
I department" probably means Austin-o
should, at least. This city should offe
inducements to the c., M. 6 St. P. Co. I
change the line of the s. NJ. from Ramse
to Austin and establish repair shops hers
This is of importance to Austin, and W
, hope to see the change effected this sea
, sou.
Last Tuesday morning the resident
, of River street were good deal disturbe
? by the running away Of a span of hnraea
~1s wagon attached. The horses be
2 long to Mr.. John Clark, who lives at tn
: foot of Mil street. They started nea
John Chambers house on Water stree,
Mr.. Clark's two sons being in the wagon
Fred, young man Of about 81 years
was thrown out nearT. K. Keyser's, witt
broken and badly bruised leg the result
The young man, though but boy in ar
pearance and stature, is grit clear through
enduring the painful operation of seps
rating the torn and mangled flesh fro6r
the wound, and settlng the broken bone.
with scarce an audible groan. Ths
young man would make soldier, d.
HOLSTER is attending him.
Mr.. Levellen Piper, another one o
Austln's early settlers, died on Sunda
morning at 3 O'Clock, April 4th. M,
Piper was born at Hagerstown, Mary
r.