Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-01-22
OUR HARVEST FIELD.

OUR HARVEST FIELD.
Mrs N. A. Liyermore viii lecture in Roch-
ester Feb. It'll.
STD births and EOS deaths in Treeborn
county in 1879. :sss 49, *
-Decorah public schools have an attend
ance Of about coo pupils.
The First Baptist church in winona 10 to
have = pipe organ to cost 81 500.
Moore, of the st. Peter Tribune, is dirsc-
i tor In q national bank. The idea!
Mrs. Ann Eliza Young 10 being greeted
with large houses every where.
The Whittle-McGranahan meetings in
Rochester resulted in about Is conversions.
20 pounds of twins were born unto the
house of Corpstein, at Caledonia, last week.
The Hokah Blade has been revived by
Sam. Wall. Can Hokah support two papers
-Dodd's Switch il the name of new STA
ton ON the 8. NJ. r. r. five miles west of Al
den.
| Tho length of the Southern Minnesota
railway from La Crosse to Flandreau, is 3ll
miles.
| The 8. NJ. r. r. Co. have 17s, ITO acres Of
new lands on account Of the recent extension
to Flandreau.
! Mrs. c. r. Easton, of Lanesboro, procur-
ed the divorce-on Tuesday Of last week, at
Albert Lea. How ia that2
The students lost by the burning Of Carl
eton college at Mortified total Of $1,000 to
$500 in bedding. clothing and books.
| y. c. SMITH, the well known merchant Of
La Crosse, is the proprietor Of ten stores in a.
many different towns ON the Southern Mime
sofa Railroad.
The LIE Roy Independent 10 a very weak dis
penser of local news. Wake up Bro. Bishop,
and post us as to what's going on in your
neighborhood.
"A Beloit saloon, says the Graphic, has the
following inscription painted in large letters
on the wall: I'm God we trust, but every
other man must pay
Prof. Alexander, principal Of the High
Forest high school, was admitted to the bar
~ practicing attorney last week Wednesday.
before Judge Farmer at Albert Lea. The En-
te,prise says he passed ''creditable examina-
tion."
The St. Cloudites wish to dam the Missis-
sippi at that point, and will give liberal bo-
nus to = water power company that will build
the same. The dam 10 estimated to cost any
whore from fifty to seventy-ive thousand
dollars.
In Owatonna tho county commissioners,
instead OF appointing county physician, au-
thorize the employment of any doctor who
will furnish drugs to attend upon the poor,
upon the written application Of any one com
cent Of regular fees.-EE.
The Edwards family, Of Chatfleld, had a
grand reunion the first week in the Now
Year. The parents-Mr. and Mrs James Ed
wards-having been married just fifty years
on the day Of the reunion. These worthy
people became residents of Chatfeld more
than quarter of century ago.
j. N. Larrabee sold on Tuesday, Jan. ID,
ing. to Nessrs. Window and Ech, OF Bradford,
Iowa. The twenty head weighed 1890 pounds,
and brought, at cents pound, the hand.
some t little sum Of $e.S: flour farmers would
would not be long before prosperity would
Smile upon their efforts.-LeRoy Independent.
The Daily Herald, of Owatonna, is the
newest thing in the Newspaper line in South
ern Minnesota; It il about the size Of q full
sheet Of letter paper; neatly printed, and IS
full Of news, but the makeup Of the reading
matter needs more care, it being thrown TO-
gether without any system; and boys, if you
will use that plea, run it on page by itself.
"A new time-card went into effect last
week on the s. NJ. R. R. No change Is made in
the running time between La Crosse and Full
da. A mixed train is put on from that point
to Flandreau, which leaves Fulda, going west
At 7 O'Clock a. m, arriving at Flandreau al
II o clock M; going east. leaves Flandreau al
two O'Clock p. M, arriving at Fulda at I
o'clock p. m.
Some peculiarities of 1880: There will be
four eclpses of the sun and two Of the moor
during the year. One of the eclipses of thu
sun and both of those Of the moon will bt
total. There will also be an ocsultation o.
Mars to commend it to star-gazers. It is LEAF
year and there will be five Sundays in Febru
ary. Fourth of July will como on Sunday
Lent will begin February 18th, and Easter
Sunday falls on March 2sth.
--JEr.-The mineral itself is nothing NOR.
, or less than a species Of pitch coal, found il
. detached masses, grained like wood, splitting
horizontally, light and moderately hard. It'll
often COMPOUNDED with ''cannel' coal, but i
10 quite distinct. Camel coal is much harder
than Jet, has no grain, and splits in any airec
ton. Jet is not easily fused, and requires
} moderately strong heat, burning with a fine
} greenish white flame. and emitting a bituni
, nous smell. The particular value Of jet is, O
course, it's susceptibility for taking on 4 fin,
polish. Jet abounds more or less all over thu
j.. v orld.-Scientifc american.
Mr.. Wyman Elliot Secretary Of the Min
nesota Amber Cane Growers Association, ha
just received a very fine sample Of sugar.
manufactured by Hon. Seth Fl. Kenney, mad,
from amber cane-the crop of 1872 that show
3 there is something to be proud of by the PEG
pie OF this great northwest, and that there il
largely entered into by the farmers Of GU
state. All growers and manufacturers of am
Dor cane are requested to send samples of su
I gar and syrup mot less than one quartz to MI
Elliot, to be placed on exhibition at the an
> nual meeting to be held at Minneapolis Janu
: ary ed and 23d.-Minneapolis Tribune.
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