Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-03-23
NEWS AND NOTIONS.
is prohibition.
CITY voted for license.


Charles City voted for license.
Freedom county has Cane Growers
Association. 1872
-Bjornston Bjornstone, the Norwegian
poet, lectured at several points In Houston
county last week.
saloon today: wen, my darling, said he,
a saloon all day, would you2"-Ex.
Conductor Rowley, Of the Winona & St.
Peter road, was injured in a railroad accident
several months ago. Recently his head has
been paining him considerably and upon ex-
animation of it DR.. Hunt discovered and re-
moved a long piece of glass from the scalp
Er.
The editor Of the Herman Herald thinks
wolves are becoming altogether too frequent
in that vicinity. He was on his way home the
other night and met a free-and-easy gray fell
low at the corner of the depot. Both animals
were badly frightened, but the editor got
away t1rst.--Ep.
The Peruvian will not be the only bark
,7ss dogs which inhabit our county will this
year and hereafter pay into the treasury one
dollar head.-C0ledonia Argus.
The new law taxing dogs is just one, and
We hope will have tendency to reduce the
supply of dog-bark on hand.
The train on the Southern Minnesota
division arrived last evening on time from
Falrmont bringing mail postmarked the 18th.
that reached Fairmont, was on Tuesday, the
Sth inst, and that train broke an uninterrup-
ted blockade of nineteen days. In other words,
that station has had but one train in thirty
days.-LaCrosse Chronicle, 10th.
By Tuesday yesterday if no storm inter-
vened, it was expected train would reach
Jackson. The process Of shoveling out on the
Of difficulty in moving men. There are en-
gines all along the line, but the fuel supply
is scant and needed for the use of the people.
For this reason no trains are now moving on
the cleared sections west of Jackson.
Our readers will recollect that sometime
last fall Marshall McCarty had difficulty
while coming from Austin to Lyle with con-
ductor Hoxie, who insisted that he had not
paid his fare, and who stopped the train and
attempted to eject Nc. from the car. Nc.
brought suit against the NJ. & st. P. r. R. in
our District Court, claiming $4,000 damages
for the rough treatment. At the last term OF
the District Court Mr.. Clark, an attorney re-
presenting the company, came here and filed
a cross bill, claiming 50 cents from Nc. that
being the fare from Austin to Lyle. This was
done in order to increase the amount in con-
troversy to over $500, so as to get change Of
venue from the State to the United States
Court, which change is not allowed unless the
amount exceeds $500. Mr.. Clark for the COM
pany and L. NJ. Ryce for the plaintiff, argued
1,ofor Ind WI
the change of venue, and the case came up
last week before Judge Love on argument.
He held that Judge Ruddick erred in making
the change and ordered the case back to this
county for trial on its merits; Fhe case will
come on for trial at the next term of the Dis
trict Court.-Osa0e Io,ca) Press.
FOLLOWING are the names of the new town
officers for the towns of Oakland and Moscow,
Freeborn county:
Supervisors-Henry Zero, chairman. Gran.
vile Kearns, Charles Kittelson.
Clerk-Evan Morgan.
Treasurer-Thomas O'Leary.
Assessor-Michael O'Leary.
Justices of the Peace-S. N. Frisbie and G.
w. King.
Constables-N. F. Earl and Geo. Ryan.
OAKLAND.
superintendent Merchant, chairman,
| D. G. Kenevan, A. Lerum-
Clerk-A. p. Wiseman.
Treasurer-J. j. Roulston.
| Assessor-E. Cotter.
Justice-W. Christie.
! Constables-W. Pilgrim, NJ. Swanson.