Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-13
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More of the "beautiful snow" falling.
old winter and lovely spring still
embrace.
Vacation over, our public school will
open next week.
Next Sunday is sEaster Sunday"
Lay in your eggs.
Seed time is coming, and so IS the
lovely spring bonnet.
w. G. J. Hermann is employed in the
Spring Valley Tidette Office.
Yesterdays Austin quotations: Wheat,
No. 2, SIC; No. 3, 70@75c. Barley, soc.
Oats, SOC.
Hon J. D. Allen, of lie Roy, was in
the city last week shaking hands with
hosts of friends.
Misses Sherwood, Shultes and Pick
ard will board for the the coming term at
Mr.. c. L. Vests.
The Flandreau newspaper package
of date Feb. 14'h, arrived at the Austin
postof1icc April II.
The old fashioned flowing sleeves OF
lace arc again popular; and wide collars
are " orn with them.
Rev. c. E. Wright exchanged pulpits
with the pastor of Spring Valley, Rev.
Fairbank, last Sunday.
Embroidery and hemstitching IN the
finest styles of the art, now add their
beauty TO our table linen.
Mrs. Mary Garfield has moved into
the rooms over the millinery store of Mrs.
r. I. Smith, on Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. BENZ. Mason will be
found costly settled this week in the Lewis
residence on the Lansing road.
-Vennor said March would go out
lamb like instead of like the lion, and he
was lynn when he SAID it.-Er.
Frank Rayman is building granary
on his premises in this city for storing
the grain products from his farm.
See first and fourth pages of the
TRANSCRIPT this week for the annual
financial statement of Mower comfy.
Mrs. Oscar Ayers very pleasantly en-
tertainea few friends last Friday even
ing, the occasion being her birth day.
Stock in the new St. Cloud, Mankato
and Austin Railroad company is worth
something now. 1t has land grant to
back it.
Time now 10 clean out the cellar and
get ready for the back yards. Typhoid
fever turks In every dirty corner. Re.
member this.
j. Solner is in Chicago this week.
OF course this III cans that a large stock
of dry goods will follow his return the
latter part of this week.
Herman CUM, after safe and pleas
ant voyage to his early home in Bavaria,
Germany, returned to his family and
friends in this city last week.
1T would be worth the while for our
country readers to compare Austin prices
for produce with neighborlng markets,
where butter and eggs are quoted from 8
to 10c.
Hon. Frank NJ. Goodykoontz, al one
time resident Of Leroy IN this county,
but now of Mason City, Iowa, has resign
ed his office of State Senator of the 47lh
Iowa district.
"A. A. Crandall, of Rochester, who was
the very efficient Supervisor of the Cen
sus for the 1st Minnesota District, was IN
town last week Thursday. We acknowl-
edge pleasant call.
j. A. Mills has moved into the city,
and formed partnership with Henry
Curtis IN the draying business. These
men will be found trusty and faithful,
friends, so give them job.
r. H. Avery of Leroy, A. D. Harris
Of Adams, and w. E. Mitson and Charley
johnson of Taopi, were in town Monday
evening, in attendance upon meeting OF
St. Bernard Commandery.
The planet Venus, the goddess of
love, now reigns queen of the western
sky. She will shine in her great brillinn.
cy until May 9th, when her brightness
and glory will begin TO wane.
-Vice-President Arthur has son 16
years old who is six feet two inches tall.
-Er.
We can beat that. We have a nephew
who lssix feet one inch tall, and only four.
teen years of age.
&C. NJ. Fcrnald left town Monday for
st. Paul and Minneapolis, whittier he has
gone 10 make few purchases IN the fur
nture line. He will leave for the east to
buy his main stock in day or two after
returning from the north.
-Seed.time and harvest is promised us,
and again we find that seed-time is here,
and our farmers, with hopeful hearts, are
again getting ready for it, Next week
they will have begun in earnest. Some
have already commenced seeding.
j. F. Andrews was taken from his
hardware store to his home last Wednes-
day afternoon very sick man, and many
feared the illness nigh, prove TO be very
serious. Yesterday he was much better,
however, and we hope soon to sec him
again at his place Of business.
Clayton, eldest son of D. B. Smith,
has left his paternal roof for short time,
and is now in Chicago, in the shops of
the Marsh Harvester Works. Clayton is
a good boy, has nice position, and we
learn is giving the b est of satisfaction,
all of which we are glad to know.
The directors and stockholders of
the St. Cloud, Mankato and Austin CON-
pany and the Austin aud Mankato Rail.
road company met in St. Paul Yesterday
for the purpose Of consolidating the two
companies. Hons W. H. Officer and H.
W. Pare went m Monday to attend the