Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-05
TRANSCRIPrIONs.

There are no new cases of diphtheria
that we have heard of:
The wood trade is active. Good dry
body red oak sells at Sc per cord, deliv'
cred.
r.. O. Hall Is quite good deal bet
. ter. So much improved that he is able
to he out.
Mrs. Belle Sherwood has. been con
fined at home by illness for three weeks.
She is better now.
MIR. and Mrs. Leonard French LEFT
Austin last Monday for short visit to
friends IN Waukesha, Wis.
Mrs. Charley Kenyon is quite sick
with lung fever, but we are glad to learn
not considered dangerously 50.
H. O. Basford didn't attend the edi.
torial convention after all. It's all the
same, however-he wanted to 60.
Tuesday night was another cold one.
Wednesday morning the mercury indi-
Gated 90 > below zero at O'clock
Thursday we advertised for reader
for little girl. It was forthcoming Fri
day, and the little one was made happy.
Cheap Charley Il. Dettelbach) leaves
town on Saturday for New York and
Philadelphia, in the interest of the poor
man.
DR.. Wheat has been quite under the
weather for several days. We are per-
mitted to say tina. his trouble is not Sc
rious.
MIR. Van House, who was so Ill tina:
his friends felt uneasy about him, is so
far recovered that they have no farther
anxiety.
| The Chatfeld Democrat says NJ. T.
Grattan was recently rendered editorial
management of the Sporting Journal of
Chicago.
The little girls of the Methodist
Sunday school meet every two weeks and
sew, to raise money to buy books for the
Sunday school.
Last Sunday was Sexageslma Sun
day-which means the second Sunday
before Lent. Quinquageslma, or Shrove
Sunday, is next Sunday.
! M. T. Grattan has closed contract
with the McCormicks for 1880, which
WI IL be his sixteenth consecutive year OF
service with that company.
The Dunlcvy Brothers are running
their paper at Lansing, Iowa, as Demo-
cratic, organ. The boys have not
changed, having always been Democrats.
The meetings are progressing. A
good deal Of interest is manifested, and q
large attendance. We think our city
pastors have good reason for encourage
men1.
Mrs. c. L. West, with her two little
ones, are spending few days with her
sister, Mrs. Lyman Baird, in Faribault,
and Charley is dong his best at keeping
"bach."
Mr.. John G. Morrison, of Albert Lea,
has been spending few days with his
mother, Mrs John Morrison, OF this city.
John is her eldest son, and a railroad en-
ployee.
The good Lord, it seems, Is trying to
see how beautiful He can make our
Minnesota weather. Although its cold,
our days and nights are perfect in their
lovleiness.
austin MISUNDERSTANDING quo.
tations: Wheat, No. /, $1.00; No. 2,
98; No. 3, 9Oc. Barley, 30@45c. Oats,
20c@25c. Dressed Hogs, $425@$450.
Timothy seed, 1925.
We were in error last week in re-
porting two deaths in V. Richards fami-
ly. There has been but one death from
diphtheria in this family, and the other
sick one is fast improving.
! Miss Minnie Richards is visiting her
brother, Will and wife, who reside in
Minneapolis. Miss Minnie missed the
leap year party-and thereby failed to
enjoy the privileges of the occasion.
The snow plow was brought into use
for clearing the walks on Friday Of last
week tor the first time this winter. The
snowfall of the winter came last Thurs
day night-abou! twelve inches on level.
One of Austin's leading industries
these winter days IS checker playing.
Its devotees are untiring. We venture
that Austin can furnish more checker
talent to the square block than any other
town in the state.
Mrs. G. j. Short, who had been out
Of school for two weeks, was able to at.
tend to her duties two or three days last
week, and is now so much improved that
she Is at her post every day. She is one
of our most faithful teachers
We had forty.six minutes more Of
sunlight the first day of February than
the first day of January. Old Sol is com.
ing towards US, and will soon thaw US out.
Just now sunlight is increasing on us by
a triae over two minutes per day.
Rev. Jno. Anketell left Austin Tues
day for New Haven, c., being called
there by the intelligence that his mother,
of over eighty years, is in failing health
1t will be quite long ride for mld-win-
ter. A safe journey to the rector.
Well. we shall miss him-George E.
Wllbour, we mean. We did not suppose
he would try to get so far away from US.
His friends viii! find him now in the
pleasant rooms in Jones' block, over
Sprague's grocery store. Good bye.
We this week print the prospectus
of the brightest and best paper in the
West, the Ptoneer.P Press. Its Republican.
ism is independent, but sound to the core,
Read the prospectus, and when you want
the best paper going, subscribe for it.
Harry Grlswold, with his good wife
and awaef hahv have noved into tho