Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-02-19
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March g. asbs&%E %
Pay your personal property tax. Thu
lot Of March is near.
w. r. Quincy is the rae-man; he ii
IN expert in that line of business.
Chewing gum is said to be often
only refined product of petroleum.
Ex-senator r. I. Smith, was in the city
last week for short visit with old friends
M. J. Slaven recently sold 100 acres
of land, four miles from Dexter, for 81,
$50.
"A fashionable proposal for leap yea
is, "Shall I darn your stockings here
after"
The records of some individuals in
this community are becoming quite
fragrant.
Mr.. G. l. Vests mother has beer
spending few days in the city, the guest
of her son.
--Fernald & Kimball have an order TO
the partial furnishing of the Corning
house. Something is coming to pass.
George Washington will have hi rth
day celebration next Friday, at the put.
lie school building. Geo. is not expected
to be present.
| 1T is said the best recipe known for
preserving woolens from moths is to give
them to the poor-not the moths-but the
woolens. DO you see?
Mrs. D. B. johnson, in stepping down
step, turned her foot, and is now suffer.
ing considerably from quite a severe
sprain in the ankle.
&c. E. Wilbour & Son have everything
in good running order in their new
quarters. Consult our advertising col
umns for extra bargains offered by them
Geo. White i. confined to his room,
and the greater part of the time to his
bed. Geo. is one of the best of fellows,
aud we hope for his speedy and entire
recovery.
We will tell you of last evenings
wedding next week. We know the bride
was lovely, and the groom happy, but
we could not wait tor the ceremony, and
must 60 10 press.
bad men seldom see good traits in
their neighbors. A perfect mirror, re-.
fleets bright and pure images" Let US
take these words and ponder them, and
try 10 profit by them.
-Jo. Schwan has closed his Granite
Falls boot and shoe store, and Mr.. A. j.
Studeman, who was running 1t, returned
to Austin, with his family, last week.
He will take his old position in the store
here.
-SoLD OuT.-C. w. Ransom has sold
his coal, wood and lime business to D.
NJ. Thompson, late of Wlnona, who will
continue the same at the old place, and
will be pleased to supply the wants of
all with anything in his line, for cash.
Miss Rosa Litchfield has been down
to Usage visiting her aunt, Miss Mary
Boynton, who is taking treatment at DIR.
Duucan's Water Cure. Miss Boynton
has been an invalid for many years, and
we should be very glad to hear Of her
recovery.
Tile rag man" has been in town and
added largely to his stock. The recent
heavy rise in paper, makes the saving Of
rags and waste paper source Of income.
The rag man pays ~ cents per pound
for mixed, and could well afford to pay
2. Save your rags.
"A gentleman from Mower county,
whose name we have not learned, came
to this place one day last week, and
bought Mr.. Walter Engle's entire herd
Of shor,-horns, some eight in number, be-
sides purchasing six of Mr.. VIM. A. Mil
Republican.
Geo. Fish, who has for some months
been engaged in the hardware store with
c. w. Austin, will now make himself
agre cable, and he can, you know, in the
dry goods store Of F. King. We are glad
Mr.. King has been so fortunate a. to Sc
cure such good assistance.
Mrs. Ira Jones' many friends will be
very glad to know that for the last week
she has apparently been improving. We
hope the gentle lady may yet fully re-
cover, and once Il. ore take her place in
society, where she is 80 much missed,
and in her home, where she IL its guiding
star.
e. G. Cooper, who has been with Mr..
HARDWOOD in the post.office for the past
two or three years, and Is a hrst-class
young man in every respect, we are
sorry to learn, leaves Austin today for
Waverly, Iowa. He takes a position in
his fathers Office, Clerk Of the Court of
Bremen county.
Frank Beard will be the next attrac-
ton in the lecture course. His peculiar
forte is with the crayon, and he will both
Instruct and amuse the audience. His
crayon pictures are reported very fine,
and he comes to us among the first in his
profession. His "chalk talks" are said
to be full of interest to all, both old and
young.
Mr.. Frank w. Kimball, once County
Commissioner of this county, and resi-
dent of Waltham, was in the city on
Monday. He 10 living at Parker, on the
A]gona extension of the c., NJ. b st. P.
R. r., and 10 working for the Co. 1T his
old business of civil engineering. By
his looks We should say tho world uses
him we'll.
Every we'll regulated family should
be supplied with one set of scales, if not
two-one for the house, and, If = farmer,
a larger en-, for the granary. No one
can better supply that want in Austin
than J. w. Eldridge. He Is agent for
the Moline Co. who manufacture a rood