Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-03-30
NEWS AND NOTIONS.

"A Charles City man was fined $25 for
selling SKINNED milk.
Hay in Far,bault last week $12 10
SIG per ton. Bad roads.
AS starter, the Faribau.t refinery
produced five tons of amber cane sugar
last season.
st. Charles Winona county, fixes 5000
as its fee for licensing the sale of intox;-
eating liquors.
The Cincinnati Commercials accom-
plished Washington correspondent is a
woman, and brave one.
The Pioneer Press reports the total
fall of snow, at St. Paul, since the first of
November, as twelve and one-half feet.
"A child IN Grahamsville, N. Y, has
two grandmothers, two great.grandmoth-
ers and two great-great-gra ndmothers.-
E.
-$125, 900 is the amount it has cost
Superintendent J. NJ. Egan to fight snow.
banks on the s. NJ. r. R. Who's got the
cheek to ask him for pass now?-Er.
The Cook House, Rochester, tie lar
gest otcl in the State outside of St. Paul
and Minneapolis, is soon to be opened by
D. G. Miller of Genesco, Illinois.
The "mysterious locomotive" found
in the Prairie du Chen yard a few
months ago, has been shipped to Oska-
loosa, Iowa, where its owner was found
The present postmasters of the cities
of Hastings, Faribault and Lake City are
soon to enter upon their third terms of
service for Uncle Sam, thanks to Presi-
dent Garfield.
This is bad time of year for throat
diseases -Ottaaoa Journal.
What time of the year do you want your
throat diseases in? Don't be afraid TO
mention your choice.
The North Star is the name of the
new Albert Lea paper. 1t is published
by JAG R. Ellerston, the editor of the
.Skandtnao. 1t seems to US there is hard
ly room in A. Lea for third paper.
"A baby show is on the tapis Let US
have it: Chatfield boasts of the grandest
group Of fiue babies in the State, and we
should like 10 see them all huddled to
gether Whites hall.-Chat6eld Democrat
That "Mc" is the father of mice;
baby, no other evidence than the above is
required.
Most people will find it pretty diff.
cult 10 discover wherein "Pioneer Press"
is any less Objectionable than Journal
Press.-St. Cloud J-P.
"Pioneer. Press" is the more sensible
name, Ole, and you know it. The J..P.
has too sensible an editor to longer retain
so nonsensical a name as journal Press"
-Four copies of the Austin TRAM
SCRIPT, dated Feb. I'd, 9th, 10th and 23d,
reached US yesterday. Must have been
blockaded up In that country-St. Ansgar
Enterprise.
You should have added: "There must
be something wrong with that Austin
postoftice." OF course the weather had
nothing to do with the delay.
Mortified IS aeltated over a social
scandal owing to the too fatherly atten.
tons of two professors in ST. Olaf's col.
lege to fair student. The professors
have resigned.-E;e.
The whole trouble came from kissing
"A pretty little female student of 10 sum-
aers. The professors were in partner.
ship in the arrangement. and the trio were
caught III the act Of sealing their pledges
Of affection with smacks.
The Lacrosse Chronicle Of the 25tb,
tells in sober earnest the following story
of a railroad crews travelling over Min
nesota prairie on rudely constructed ice.
boats, with sails as the motive power:
Conductor 0. J. Ken.
dedy, Phil Allen, passenger brakeman,
and Will Statham, freight brakeman, after
lengthy snow blockade at Fulda, receiv-
ed Geographic orders from headquarters
to report forthwith al Fairmont, sixty.
three miles east. This order, reduced to
its simplest form, meant exactly sixty
three miles of walking and-as our nara.
tor stalled the case-the walking wasn't
first rate. There was strong northwest
wind blowing, and the crust was hard.
The teamstcr of the party began to long
for sleigh and team, and the sailor
longed for spread Of canvas. The gen.
Jus of the party combined-in his mind
these two seemingly hopeless wants, and
then proceeded TO work the idea out to
it's practical conclusion. With barrel
slaves and fence boards, q rude imitation
of the modern ice boat was hastily con.
structed, and for fear the crust would net
bear them, second one was made, the
carpenter work on each requiring about
ten minutes. Twenty yards Of common
shecting at ten cents 4 yard furnished ma.
terra! for sail 10 by Is which was
quickly made on a sewing machise, and
the mast to which it was nailed was in
keeping with the rest Of the outfit An
aged German, deslrous TO reach the out
side world, formed the fourth member of
the party, and with two to each boat or
sled, or whatever the nondescript contriv-
ance might be called, the procession began
~ move. Of the thrilling races which
the rivals had On route we have no chron.
lcle. We only know that they made the
trip Of sixty-lhree miles IN exactly Gig bit
hours, and landed in FaIrmOnt without
accident. AT Sherburne they halted = few
minutes, and the operator sent on notice
Of their coming, which had the effect Of