Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-20
TRANsCRIPTIONs.


Farmers, SOW the best seed you Cal
get.
Who shall be Austin's Queen of May
this year?
"A Struggling snow storm week age
Sunday and Monday.
Seeding may now bc considered vel
under way in Mower county.
MIR. and Mrs. H. w. Page have beer
visiting relatives in Minneapolis.
The churches in Austin were bcautl
fully decorated for Easter service.
Ravens, crows, doves and pigeons
pair for life. No divorces for these.
Peter Nelson of this city registered
at the Nicollet, Minneapolis, Tuesday.
Senator Officer returned last Saturda,
from short business trip to Sparta, Wis
Decide about the shade trees you will
plant soon as the frostis out of the ground
Fix the sidewalks, and right ava,
quick, else somebody may injure his-self
"A notice Of Rev. Cressy's silver wed
ding is unavoidably delayed until mex
week.
The Baptist social was very pleasan
at Geo. E. Wilbour's last Wednesday ev
ening.
Charlie Pooler is already settled in
the southern part Of town in the Day res
idence.
Clean up the streets; the. back streets
and back yards too, need Immediate at
tention.
Both horns of the new moon point up
ward, and the sign you know is dry
weather.
| Burt Stoddard left Thursday for {
short visit to relatives in Spring Valley
returning Saturday.
| Rev Eldridge is now in Iowa, where
he is dong we'll for his employers and
fast gaining in health.
Will Fen,on has been elected Alder
man in the fourth ward, at Fargo. Good
enough for an Austin boy.
The hens have now settled down tc
business, and we understand will organ.
ize a mutual Qaid society.
Six months of snow today, says the
Mitchell County Press of April nth.
Truly, truly what winter.
| The cuttie-fsh has three distinct
hearts Humans sometimes have more
than they can do to manage one.
Miss Anna Leach and her aunt Mrs
W. W. Holcombe, arrived from Stillwate
on the o'clock train Tuesday morning
w. T. Mills, an old Austin boy, and
brother of our J. A. Mills, was last week
elected alderman in the 4th ward city OF
Mankato.
Mrs. NJ. G. Cavanaugh, recently from
St. Paul with the new stock of mil linery
is fast making friends among the ladies
of A us,in.
&C. L. Chase has sold his interest il
the Lanesboro hotel, to John Mullen, ant
we are sorry to have Mr. and Mrs. Chase
leave this house.
Goods ordered from St. Paul one day
last week by a certain lady Of this cit,
will hardly be in time We think, as the
"postal" had no address.
We saw fine collection of plants ant
flowers in the Episcopal chapel, making
the chancel very attractive for the Easte
service Sunday morning.
John Walsh is laying the foundation
for an addition to his residence on the
! north side. john keeps on improving
and beautlfying his property.
The Assessors of the county vii
meet at the court house in this city, Sat
urday, April 3Olh, as provided by law
See notice Of County Auditor.
The pay-car made glad the hearts o.
the employees Of the c., NJ. & st. P. r. R
in this section yesterday, as the Co. wa
two months behind with the boys.
Mrs. Will Richards and little daugh-
ter will spend the summer with her par
ents in Netawaka, Kansas. Mrs Rich
ards is one of Austin's loveliest women
Some eastern paper mai! for Austin
as old as January Goth, reached us yes
terday from the west. 1t was carried by
to Fulda, and the snow-shovelers have
just released it.
MIR. and Mrs. E. G. Hoy will settl,
soon in Tracy, little town near Sleepy
Eye on the Chicago & Northwestern rail
road. Their departure will be regretted
by relatives and friends.
Senator Officer Is giving his mil
three coats of fresh paint, which will ado
very much to its appearance, and wha
will the pickerel say-when they raise
their eyebrows and look about.
The Misses Nellie Sterling, Eft,
Barnes and Gertic Sherwood have beef
selected as floral committee for the Con
gregatlonal church this summer. Tn
floral decorations are in good hands.
james Woodward has purchas ed til,
home, and the city sprink!ing go-as-y you
please esta blishment of his brother, Je-
HAL, and will hereafter continue to damp
en- the streets, both tor the just and unjust
Julius Johnson, one of the best youn!
men in this country, has been spending
few days in Austin and Kasson will
relatives and friends. He goes back tc
Sparta where he is engaged in drug
store.
e. E. Bunker, the gentleman who ha
been repairing stoves about Austin TO
some time past, and who, with his wifi
and child, have been boarding at the Da
wilson House, has had very sick bah
for severa. days.
The Unlversalist society had a yer
pleasant entertainment provided for thel
friends last Tuesday evening at the church