Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-01-26
TRANsCRIPTION6.


urdav night, Parties from Cresco.
R. o. Hall is papering, painting and
thoroughly repairing Odd Fellows Hall.
The resignation of Rev. E. NJ. vii
hams, of Minneapolis, has been accepted.
Miss Lo,,ie Johnson is organist in
the Seventh street NJ. E. church, Of Mime
apolis.
Mrs. Geo. Haven, of Waverly, Iowa
is the guest Of her aunt, Mrs. E. P. Var
Valkenturgh.
This week Mrs. w. A. Ransom ex.
poets 10 60 to her husband, who has 4
steady situation IN Owatonna.
Charley Lord has "gone to be rail
road man." He is fireman of freigh,
locomotive on c.. NJ. s. ST. r. II.
u. NJ. Taylor is buying wheat a,
Blooming Prairie for Peter Haley, who
is just now making that market boom.
-Mankato has had wolf hunt. Gen.
Baker to the front. Where are the Mower
county hunters! We have the wolves.
Judge Harwood's position in the
War Department is in the division of
the courts, and his salary $1,000 per an
mum. =
"A union Sunday School has been
organized in the Woodson district. First
meeting next Sunday at the school-house,
at 3 O'Clock.
Mrs. Joseph Schwan returned Thurs
day from very pleasan, trip to St. Paul
Minneapolis and Hastings, where she
has been visiting friends.
DIR. J. J. Clemmer, Of Cresco, Iowa
was in the city last week Wednesday and
Thursday. Doc appears as fresh, vigor.
Gus and good-natured as ever.
Mrs. Will Brown, of Blooming Prai
rie, has been in the city with father and
mother Jones for few days. She re-
turned to her home Monday.
The rabbits are doing considerable
damage this year to fruit trees. Mr.. Her
man Warner has had good many flint
fruit trees entirely girdled by them.
The conjunction of Saturn and Jup1.
ter occurs April 18th. We suppose The
believers in mother Shipton think the
general explosion will come in then.
Jennie Thompson, neice Of Mrs. P,
T. Mcintyre, and whose home for the
present is in Austin, has just returned
from three months visit to relatives ir
Morris.
DIR. w. c. Jones, one of Austin's ear
ly settlers, and father of Capt B. F. Jones
of this city, is now living near Rock Isl
and, Ill.,, and is nearly blind from cata
ract.
Handkerchief flirtations are rather
dangerous sometimes. We would advise
all young men WHO would advoid sui,
for breach Of promise, to wipe their nose
on their coat-tails.
Dubuque is TO have an a6batoir OF
slaughter house for common use by al
her butchers-Er.
A sensible idea-one we would like to
see adopted by the butchers Of Austin.
Born, on Saturday morning, little
daughter to the home of F. A. Ticknor
and strange to y,her birth day bears thu
same date of the little three year old sister
All are happy and the New Year is well
begun.
Every woman should be taught tina
,ight-lacing is crime--aye, q double
crime, first against herself, and NOR
still against the children that may b.
born to her; and then, besides, its mo-
the fashion nowadays.
This winter bids fair to go into his
tory as being as steadily and continuous
ly coli: as any winter within the recollec
ton Of the oldest inhabltant. The ex
IRENE cold commenced early In Novem
Der and has not let up yet.
That we'll displayed quarter. column
lad" of "Ferd, the butcher" which ",
find four months after the gentleman i.
out of business, still "filling space" in tn
Mercury, is suggestive that the nine col
umn has room enough and to spare.
j. V. Owens returned last week Men
day from his new home in Big ston
county, where he has been for the pas
two years. 1t seems natural to see John
on our streets once more. He is stop
ping with his old friend, Dave stimson
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gies have com
menced Housekeeping In the pleasan
rooms Of the west half OF the Smith resi-
dence on Water street. We hope tn,
first home" may be happy one to tbi
newly welded pair, aud that sickness O
death may not enter it.
Mrs. c. L. West and Mrs. Lyma,
Baird went over to Albert Lea last Thurs
day TO visit Mrs. D. G.. Parker. As the,
did not return Saturday as was expected
it was supposed by some, that like thu
TRANSCRIPT man, who also went to Al
bert Lea last week, they "got left"
John Mcbride has been engaged b,
the North Star Publishing Company, t
do county work, and left for Tasting
Monday morning. We are sorry to hav
Nj. Mcbride leave Austin, and hope tina
when his contract closes with this house
he may return and again become q resi-
dent Of this city.
Reuben Williams drew his bacl
pension last week amounting to 81 ,653. 1a
and will hereafter receive q compensation
from Uncle Sam IF $12 per month, TO
injuries sustained while in the army
Albert Lea Enterprise.
MI. Williams il the husband O Jenni
Porter Williams, and we are right glad O
his good fortune.
WIN. J. Fish is manager and edito,
of History Of Minnesota now being pre-
pared by the North Star Pub fishing Co.
Philadelphia, his headquarters being ir
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