Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-06-08

Hayes Brothers are hurrying up the
completion of their new brick store ad.
Joining the Mason block. Boys, you
want to know that jewelry and silverware
will shine in that handsome brick store.
Hurry it up.
james Keenan, returned Saturday
from long visit 70 his farm in Big Stone
county, having been absent since Dec.
10th. He is ready for business now, and
will talk up the Minneapolis Harvester
till you can't help but buy.
MIR. and Mrs. Sherwin, of the Austin
Railway House, returned from shor, visit
to Madison, Wisconsin, last Tuesday.
They attended the decoration exercises IN
that capitol city of Wisconsin where lie
buried about two hundred Union soldiers.
Mrs. E. Odion, late from Michigan,
and the sister Of Mrs. F. A. CARL of IDOL
pho, died at the home of her sister, three
miles north Of Lansing, last Friday
aged 81. Funeral services Suud ay, con-
Quoted by Rev. r. &. Spatlord Of this
city.
Miss Belle Rcdman, of Dubuque, has
made a patchwork quilt, which contains
10000 pieccs-and a fool she Is, too.
When any young woman can find no bet
ter way to kill time, than in sewing to-
gether ten thousand pieces for a bed
quilt, we say, may the Lord have mercy
On her poor soul.
John Snyder, Of Red Rock, had a
little eight year old son who met with
quite a severe accident last Sunday after
noon-the lad falling from tree on the
premises and breaking his arm, and also
quite badly bruising himself. DR.. Wheat
was called to set the broken bones, and
the little fellow is doing WELL
| AT Il meeting of the Iowa editors
recently, the following very pertinent res
olution was adopted:
Resolred, That we urge merchants and
business men TO denOunce travelling sales
men for job printing only with the same
v'gor as they expect us to q, nOunce men
of the class of travelling grocery men and
cloth peddlers.
The courthouse committee have re-
turned from Wisconsin where they have
been inspecting court houses and plans
for same. Their minds are about made
up, and decision will be arrived at
soon. A new courthouse Oh the public
squarc-thc best and most convenient To-
cation in town-is NOW only matter Of
time.
Mrs Henry Wheeler, who, with her
husband left Austin IN April for home
in Erie, Pa, is fast regaining her health,
which had been SO poor the greater part
of last winter. She has many friends in
Austin who will be glad to learn Of her
returning strength, and who hope that at
70 far distant day she Will again be sat
home" in Austin
-Austin's Board of Trade is getting
ready for business. Their meeting asst
Wednesday evening was presided over by
D. 3. Smith. On motion the fec for join
iuS vas Il Cuu'ICu l1Olll W oil. L NCulN
four new names were presented for mem
bership. F. l. Crane elected Secretary.
Another meeting called for last evening
at the courthouse.
The festival given by the ladies of the
NJ. f. church was success. The cream
was excellent, and the strawberries fresh
and of fine variety, and both were boun-
tifully served, which, with an abundant
supply of delicate cake, made every one
feel that they were we'll used, and would
be glad to come again when hidden Net
p rocceds, about $25.
Several of the business men of Aus.
tin assisted the Engle Brothers in raising
the heavy timbers for the frame work of
their fine mill building, last Friday. They
have one of the very best foundations of
solid banks Of stone masonry, and which
we should think might stand both storm
and freshet, built by Jim Sargent and Pa,
Barrett, both boss workmen.
Dick Jones Of Rochester, Mr.. Enos
of Rushford, and Mr.. Batcheldcr of Fari-
bault, were in town last Tuesday to try
the case of E d. Fenton, administrator of
IS. P. Thornhlll estate vs.. French W.
Thornhill. Mr.. Batchelder was to act as
judge; Jones was attorney for the plain
tiff and Enos for the defendant The trial
was postponed, a settlement being proba.
BILE.
Friends, paint up your bull dings and
fences; trim mp the trees about your
premises; cut down the weeds outside of
your door yard, and to sum up the whole |
matter, put on some style, and you will
benefit your town and to give to it an APP
pearance Of thrift and enterprise that it |
otherwise cannot have, beside 1t will pay
all cost more than double in the increased
valuation of your property
The Minneapolis Evening Journal
is now furnished to Austin readers early |
every morning. News Agent Cronon
receives the package of Journals on the
3 O'Clock A. NJ. train, so that an evening
paper is of some use to us. The Journal
is an excellent paper, furnishing the
news from both the cities of st. Paul ard
Minneapolis, as we'll as the rest of the
world. See advertisement elsewhere.
Austin will build new court house
on the public square. That's right; it
don't look we'll for a city like Austin to
administer justice III a tumble down con-
Germ, used as a makeshift for ten years
past IVlnne1ago CITY Press.
Well, Mr. Press, we are to have good
looking county building at last-not ex.
travagant, but handsome in architecture,
costing about 100000. The foundation
is to be built this season, and the court.
house com pleted next summer.
Bert Stoddard, who for about four
years has so faithfully served the public
at the Austin post office, will, after Friday,
do SO no more, for after that time, he will
have tak on oton b,rlor that :, - 49,. |