Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-05-13
TRANSCRIPTIONS.

The Corning house will open TO-
business to-day (ThursdaY.)
Don't throw your sweepings into th'
street. They make 1t look "shiftless."
The first five days of last week wer
hot-4th of July days, every one OF them
Our good-natured friend, David
Banks. of Owatonna, was IN the city yes
terday.
Mrs. DR.. G. L. Lewis leaves Austir
to-day for her former home-Leaven
worth, Kansas-for 4 months visit.
On account of the cleaning and 70
pairing of the Baptist church, all tn
services :ext Sunday will be omitted.
Mrs. s. N. Frisbie, of Oakland left fol
Oberlin, Ohio, the fore part of this week
to see her mother, who is dangerously i'll
Mrs. H. E. Anderson and daughter
Caddie, returned homo last Saturday
from their winters sojourn At Sherburne.
j. 8. Cox has opened a carpenter
shop, one door west of the Sea ndinavian
Hotel, on Mill street. Mr.. Cox is good
| workman.
Miss Minnie Cook is making Albert
Lea her home for the present, being en-
gagged in a millinery establishment In
that place.
The grain seeding is finished, and
the most of the fields looking green and
thrifty. We all look for bountiful har-
vest this year.
AUSTIN Produce MARKET.-Wheat,
No. 2, IS cents; No. 8, S5c. Barley, 500
SOC. Oats 20 q csc. Hay, So q IS, &C.
cording to quality.
We understand that Il. L. Kimball
has traded his residence property In this
city TO Mrs. P. A. Livermore for her farm
in Red Rock township.
B. W. Lowell had $50 head of cattle in
the V. P. Lewis pasture north of town
over Sunday. They were taken north TO
some Indian reservation.
&C. H. Benton, who was law student
in Judge u. B. Johnson's Office in this
city few years ago, is now Probate
Judge of Dodge county.
-D.J. Tubbs, of this city, was next to
the lowest bidder on building the Albert
Lea school-house. His bid was $19, 500,
the successful bid, $1S,725.
E. B. Crane is building An addition
to his residence-the Rev. Parker place.
We do not know the dimensions, so will
report particulars at another day.
Herman GUM is one Of Austin's most
enterprising merchants, and he wants
everybody to know it. 1fyou doubt, read
his column advertisement in the TRAN
SCRIPT to day.
The seventeenth of May is the s,xty.
sixth anniversary of the independence Of
Norway. We haven't heard whether the
Scandinavians intend to celebrate tho day
in Austin this year or not.
-Gillett's hay press will be set up and
in working order in this city about the
middle Of next week. Gillett then wants
all the good hay he can get, for which he
will pay market rates in cash.
-Alonzo Fairbanks having moved to
the west side, vacancy occurs in the
Of the Third Ward. A
special election has been ordered for the
Goth day of May, to oil the vacancy.
John Lambert was not favorably i'm
pressed with Nebraska or Kansas. The
arou,h-the wind-the poor stock, espec-
tally horses-are all serious objections.
He wouldn't give Mower county for all of
Nebraska.
Two were baptized in the Cedar by
Rev. c. D. Belden last Sunday afternoon,
and three the Sunday previous. These
make eight who have united by baptism
with the church this spring, and others
are soon to follow.
Ward Strong has sold his Ramsey
'tage and goodwill to Mr.. Knut Goodwin
# this city, who will continue the stag
ng business between Austin junction
and Austin. We believe Strong
intends soon to leave Austin.
-STAKv1NG Citizens of
Austin, do not forget the meeting in be-
lalt of Ireland's poor, tom orrow friday
evening. Let there be large turnout.
t is cause worthy the aid and sympathy
# every citizen of Austin. Do not forget
he time o-norrow evening, at Jones'
lall
Peter Nelson, of the firm Of Nelson
Brothers, machine agents, has been sued
~ 8. Page, for w. K. Hunkins, on what
Pete declares is a purely trumped.up &C.
count. Of course the case is going to be
ried before Justice at Dexter, twenty
miles away. Page thinks they know
aim too well at home.
The law won't allow our sportsmsn
o kill ducks now, but it leaves them per-
ectly free to fish. By the way, L. H.
speared beautiful black bass
n the Turtle Monday evening, which
Weighed over nvo pounds; and 10. James,
i Moscow, speared ono in the same
tream, t be other DAY, Weighing over nine
pounds.
Trains on the Illinois Central now
'rrive at Mona, Iowa, At 7 80 A. NJ, and at
40 P. NJ. Leave Mona at II As A. n, and
rs P. N. This time-card took effect last
The onl v change from the
ormer time is in the arrival of the after
loon train at Mona one hour earlier than
heretofore, and the departure of the
train one half hour later than be-
lore.
Mrs. W. L. Austin, Mrs. F. ]. May.
lew, and Charlie Smout, started from Cal.
fornla last Monday for Wells. Mrs. Aus
in and Mrs. Mayhem are mother and
lister to Mrs. B. Smout of our town, while
Charlie is her son. The latter will pro-