Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-06-22
Probably before another month pass

Probably before another month pass.
es, work on the foundation of the new
court house will have commenced.
Everything is progressing favorablY.
The title to the square is settled upon, the
architect is busily at work upon the
plans, negotiations for the best stone pro-
durable are in progress, and Pat. Barrett,
or some other good stone mason, will be
laying them before many days.
Mrs. J. J. Hayes, last Friday even
ing entertained number Of guests invited
to meet her brother, Mr. Stephen Cook,
who is visiting friends and relatives for
few days. Even the delicious ice-cream
and cake could add nothing to the socia-
bilty of the occasion, and at late hour,
all went home pleased with the effort to
make them forget business and dull care
in engaging con versation and good music.
Austin, Minnesota, has board of
trade; is to have ten new street lamps,
Fourth of July celebration, and the new
court house tor Mower county. Verify,
s. P. must be dead or gone, to justify
dame fortune IN so lavishing prosperity
upon the metropolis Of Southern Mime
sofa. But the best of all is the machine
shops of the c., NJ. & St. P. R. r., which
are to be located LIBERALIZATION ID. ~
Sentinel.
Med Lewis of this city, handled the
engine which hauled the directors train
which passed through this city recently.
Ned made the run from Blooming Prairie
to Ramsey, 10 miles, in exactly IL minutes
Ned is considered one of the best engi-
neers on the road, aud was highly compli
mented by the officers of the road, and
presented with substantial testimonial
when he reached the end of his "-un" at
Mason City.
Thursday evening, June 80, at 8
O'Clock, in Jones' hall, the graduating
exercises of the high school will be held.
They promise to be interesting and wor-
thy the excellent class which has finished
the work Of the course. The following is
a list of those expected to graduate on
that evenlng-all of Austin: Ida Smith,
Agnes Bump, Una Little, Gertie Ellis,
Dora Pratt, Hattie Anderson, Jennie
Crandall, Annie Leach.
H. G.. Weisel, Ferdinand Kirchof
and Erastus Calkins, of Austin, Minn.,
passed through Madison on Monday
with herd of 265 head of cattle, en-
route to the Black Hills. In the drove
were over 100 head of mich COWS with
calves by their sides, and nearly all the
rest were yearling heifers. They we're
four weeks in reaching this place from
Austin. The stock was all in good con-
Naturalization ID. IT, Sentinel, June II.
The Board of Education have chosen
the following list of teachers for the Aus
tin schools for the coming year, positions
to be hereafter assigned:
Prof. Albert w. Rankin, Principal.
! Miss Jean c. Sherwood.
Miss Alice Shultes.
Miss G. A. Packard.
Miss Jennie F. Redncr.
Miss Minnie E. Darrah.
Mrs. c. J. Short.
Miss Arminda J. Smith.
Miss Ella Chandler.
Miss Hattie E. Lambert.
Miss Lottie Morgan.
met in this city last week Wednesday,
There was good representation as fol-
lows: Deloss Tanner, Red Rock; A. j.
French, J. c. Hawkins and Edwin
French, Window Dexter Parritt and Hi
ram Thompson, Dexter; John Mathieson
and Jonas Haney, Lansing; William
Lewis, Grand Meadow; F. A. Ticknor
Austin; A. c. Bisbee, Nevada; and John
Guy, Moscow, Freedom county. F. A.
Ticknor read an interesting article on the
wintering of bees.
REDUCED RATEs.-The c., NJ. & St.
P. r. Il. Co. will sell excursion round
trip tickets for the Fourth of July to and
from all their stations in Minnesota at
one full fare and fifth. They will be on
sale July I'd, Sd and 18th, return coupons
good until July 5th.
For the Saengerfest to be held at Chi.
cago June Goth to July I'd, excursion
tickets will be sold from all stations at
one full fare and a third for the round
trip. Tickets on sale June 9th to July
1st, inclusive. Return coupons good
until July 5th.
Josie Bernier, bright little French
maiden, arrived in Austin last week, all
the way from New Orleans, alone She
came up the river as far as Winona, re-
ceiving only courtesy and kindness from
all, and says she enjoyed the trip. She Is
the guest and niece of Mrs. John Lam
bert, of this city; also, niece Of Mrs.
Harcor Lyon, of Lansing. Miss Josie has
never seen frost or snow, and what will
she say to Minnesota blizzard? We hope
this little Southern girl, whose home has
always been where summer lasts all the
year, will enjoy this, her first visit North,
to the fullest and brightest of her antici-
pations.
Tomorrow (Thursday) morning,
some twenty or more of the Knights
Templar Masons Of Austin and vicinity
belonging to st. Bernard Commandery,
U. D., and their wives, will leave for
Saltwater to attend the grand conclave
of Knights Templars of the state the next
day. The c., NJ. s, St. P. Railway Co.