Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-17
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for few days.
|. MIR. and Mrs. Charlie Sawyer left
Austin Monday.
g Wheat was selling for 81 bushel in
Austin last week.
, Taylor & Ball have melons for about
1000 melon eaters. Try them.
y Robert Stockman has returned from
quite an extended stay in Fargo.
7 Ellsworth Sterling is again on duty
r after months visit In Wisconsin.
Mrs. Jerry Yates has been entertain
ing New York state cousin of late
Both bands are now busily practic.
ing. Look out for some excellent music
soon.
j. @. Farmer is expected to arrive in
the city today, and viii be the guest of
J. F. Cook.
-"Skee:ers" have most venomous ap-
: petites. They take their drink on
draught too.
j. NJ. Weiser, of Brownsville, last
Friday returned from a pleasant business
trip TO Omaha.
DO not not forget the "bird concert"
tonight at the Congregational church.
Adm ission ten cents.
Mrs. ]. D. Todd has been confined
to her home by illness for about two
weeks. She is recovering.
MIR. and Mrs. Croker of Rochester
spent part of last week in the city, the
guests of Mrs. Oscar Ayers.
NO sensible woman will ever per-
} nit her husband to call her his bird-its
only another name for goose.
The 21st verse of the 18th chapter Of
the book Of Ezra contains al! the letters
Of the alphabet excepting ~"
You can 60 to Minneapolis or
Rochester fair week and return (com-
mencing Sept 5th) for go per cent. offull
fare.
David Smith is again on the streets
of Austin. His old time cheerful smile
betokens good board and fourishing bus
mess.
Mrs. Corey entertained Mrs. NJ. V.
B. Scribner and daughter IF Fairmont,
last week. Mrs. Corey Is sister of NJ V.
B. himself.
The cabbage worm is fast making
"sour krout'' of our late cabbage, and
what will our German friends do now,
poor things.
| The trout season has terminated, and
the prairie chicken is nearly ripe. Sept.
list, they will do to pick according to
Minnesota law.
Hayes Bres are crowding to com
! pletiOn the new store IN the Mason s.
Hayes block, which they now feet in a
hurry to occupy.
! Bert Stoddard has travelling posi-
ton for the P. D. Department. He is
engaged on post-route map work, aud is
now in North Carolina
| Mrs. A. H. Hill OF this city leaves
Austin about the list of September for a
visit to sister in the Pine Tree State. We
wish her pleasant visit.
MIR. George Maynard has secured
position in the boot and shoe firm of P.
J. E. Clementson, Minneapolis. He will
remove his family soon.
Mrs. W. w. Cook and Miss Minnie
are down from Minneapolis. They will
spend the rcmainer of the month with
relatives and friends in Austin.
A new post-ofice has recently been
established In the township of Sergeant,
in this county. Sergeant is the name of
both the post office and postmaster.
Mrs. Charles Lockwood, of Winona,
IS now in the city and expecting to re-
main resident with US. She is for the |
present guest at the H. o. Basford home.
Rev. Cressey, of Austin and Rev. Pye,
exchanged pulpits last Sunday. The for
mer delivered 4 stirring but practical dis
| course at this place.-St. Ansgar Enter
| PRISE.
Our old friend, Mr.. Green, Of Ian
sing, has finished his harvesting and
threshing. He has 1900 bushels of nice
grain, some of it being a yield of twenty
bushels to the acre.
Miss Eva Fenton has come down
from Minneapolis to spend few days
with her parents and friends. She vii
return in two weeks to resume teaching
in the public schools.
The dog business is considerably
overdone in Austin. We mean to keep
little quiet until dogdays are over, and
then we intend to pay little attention
to this branch of industry.
Mrs. Robert Stockman was called
home from Spring Valley by telegram
last week on account OF. the illness Of her
daughter, Miss Della, who for the past
week has been seriously ill.
Carleton College advertlses with us
ment is for you to read Carleton is col
! lege offering excellent advantages, and is
| worthy Of large number OF students.
MIR. and Mrs. VIM. Dutton, of Geauga
Co., Ohio, are visiting their relatives, Mr.:
and Mrs. H. H. Kent, of this city. We
think the Kents are unusually favored
this year with friends to visit them.
The slaughter of the weeds has CON-
menced, and already the streets and lots
appear cleaner and more like the home
Of civilization. We have cut the tall
weeds from our lot: have you from yours
Willie Tryon, one of Austin's true
boys, has been employed as clerk in the
post-oftice. He has had years expert
ence, is faithful to has duties, aud can not |
tail to give satisfaction to all concerned. |
Miss Lottje Johnson went down to !
Mason City yesterday to meet Mrs. George |