Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-10-05
TRANSCRIPTIONS.

Miss Lot,ie Johnson spent last Sum-
day with relatives in Farlbault.
The genial Sol. Snow, Of old time
memory, arrived in town yesterday.
-Potatoe. are worth from IS to 70
cents per bushel cash in this market.
Those who were up early enough last
Wednesday morning saw quite frost.
The wet weather has greatly retard
ed work on the court house foundations
Miss Carrie Schwan leaves Austin to-
day for schoo! at Sinsinewa Mound, Wis
John Frank of the big farm at Leroy,
spent last Thursday night with Hardware
Jones.
The children are bearing in mind
the circus that is to arrive in Austin
Thursday.
%. N. Olberg, of Taopi, has recently
started general merchandise store in
Albert Lea.
Teachers examinations in this city
Friday and Saturday of this week. See
advertisement.
Herman GUM is getting ready fol
business. We will tell you more about
HIM next week.
We are under obligations to Mrs. D..
L. Smith for some facts regarding last
Thursdays storm.
Prices of coal for October: Nut and
stove, $12 per ton; egg $11.75. A liberal
reduction in car lots.
Mrs. Oscar Ayers arranged a very
pleasant visit for some of her lady friends
last Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. o. Basfofd have been
spending the past week in Chicago and
Mil waukee with relatives.
Mrs. Lafayette French and Miss Min
ME Richards are expected home to-day
from their Wisconsin visit.
The Sir Knights of St. Bernard cote
Owatonna today to attend banquet Civ
en- by Cy1ene Commandery.
Mrs. Dr. Berry, sister of Mrs. D. A.
Lord, is expected In the city this week.
She comes from Des MONIES.
Yesterdays Austin market quota
tons: Wheat, No. 2, $125; No. 3, $1.15
Barley, 60@80c. Oats, 38c.
Eugene Hoy is building new house
on the lot next west of the Eldridge resi-.
dence in Parker & Browns addition.
Mrs. Hilliard, of Calmar, Iowa, with
her little granddaughter, was the guest 9
her frieId, Mrs. L. A. Sherwood, last week
Monday NJ. Majors sold five carloads
of potatoes, one OF onions and one of cab
bages, to be shipped to Columbus, Kansas
Garfield was inaugurated Friday
This will strengthen the superstitious in
the belief that Friday is an unlucky day
j. K. Chadbourn Of Dexter was il
town Monday with load of potatoe
which lie sold to Majors for 70 cents pc
bushel.
Il. G.. Bastord has been painting an(
renovating his store neutrality-suspicious.
to filling it up with choice stock of fn'
groceries.
The ladies' library is at Mrs. F
Kings, the residence of our new libra
rian. Those wishing books will please
remember.
Col. Daniels last week sold the three
cornered piece of land west of Ira Jones
place, to Messrs. Jones, Seymour johnson
and D. H. Stimson.
The ganders Of the city are disconso
late. The Austin ladies are entertaining
each other by giving what the gentlemen
dub as "goose parties"
Our public school is we'll at work
Prof. Rankin is fast making friends, and
winning to himself laurels among hi:
associate teachers and pupils.
Rev. Belden and wife, Judge Aller
and wife, and Mrs. Geo. Wilbour Were
the delegates from Austin to the Baptist
convention at St. Paul this week.
Ed. Browsill, of Lyle, has 20 stack
Of wheat-the product of 100 acres
which he expects will "shell out'' $50
bushels. Mr.. B. is good farmer.
F. L. Buck, 2 miles west of town, re
ports yield of IA bushels of wheat an.
25 of barley, to the acre. He also has L
acres of as fine corn as he ever saw.
Mrs. Bell Faust, a bookkeeper IN on
of Milwaukee's business houses, was thu
guest of her cousin, Mrs L. A. Sherwood
of this city, for a few days last week.
And the rains descended and tn
floods came, and continued to come until
we have wished again and again that W
ght have a new "spell" Of weather.
ACharlie Miles, of Austin, Texas, arri,
ed in the city last week to visit his brotl
er Matt, whom he has not seen for seve
years., Charlie intends making Mimi
sofa his home.
If our children take cold these dam
days in those cold school rooms, who vii
be responsible? 1t is time the heatin
arrangements in our public schools wer
ready for use.
The Langworthys have rented II
Mercury establishment to r. r. Marsh,
gentlemanly appearing young man, VIII
has been working on the paper since l
first publication here.
John Frank of LIE Roy, has $50 acre
of No. /. corn, from which he expects
yield of so bushels to the acre. He ais
has 10 or 10 acres Of potatoes. job
struck it rich this year.
10. Ober left Austin Saturday Fl
Chamberlin, Dakota, where his headqua
tiers will be for the present He is EXPIRE
messenger on the Iowa & Dakota div
sion of the c., NJ. & st. p. r. r.
i e. A Keller, the mail agent who sto
tho roriotorod lottoro Of 1oNrooco O vo