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

The Masons have recently newly pa
pered, painted and calcimined their hall
in this city. The officers chairs have
also been newly upholstered, and have
the appearance of new, besides several
other Improvements have been made,
which certainly gives the Masonic ira
ternity of Austin as nicely 4 furnished
lodge room IS there IS in Southern Min
nesota.
DIR. G.. L. Lewis, a resident of this
city who was adjudged insane and taken
to Rochester Insane Asylum last spring.
recently died at the the asylum, and a
week ago last Sunday was buried. at
!Spring Valley, where he has brother re-
siding. His disease was softeniug OF the
brain. At last accounts his wife and child
were at Leaven worth, Kansas, with the
parents Of Mrs. Lewis.
Oscar Ayres is expected to return
from short trip to Jackson, Michigan,
the latter part of this week, after very
enjoyable season of both profitable and
pleasurable benefits of the reunion
OF the manufacturers and agents of the
Jackson Wagon Works. He is do.
ing considerable visiting also. His
last visit on the trip will be with a
sister at Sparta. Wis. We hope the "big
doings' of that Jackson Wagon Co.will not
tire the tellov, and though good M any
perfect jobs are put up and turned out,
we much prefer that our County Com
! missioner should neither get bored or
sprung while absent.
! The Mccormick Harvester Co., Of
Chicago, have re.established their dis
trict agency for Southern Minnesota at
Austin. NJ. T. Grattan, so long their ag.
ent, and who removed the Office from Aus
tin TO Preston a few years ago. has resign
ed the position, aud Geo. :. Ritter, of
Columbus. Ohio, has been appointed in
bis place. Mr.. Ritter is now in the city,
making arrangements to open the Office
He is very much of gentleman in ap-
pearance, and is understood to be thor
oughly qualified IN every way to perform
the responsible duties Of his position.
The McCormicks are large corporation,
and do an immense business in Mime
sofa. We welcome Mr.. Ritter to Austin.
| james Truesdell, who for thirteen
years has been in the boot and shoe bust
ness in Austin. has sold his stock to Frank
Ticknor, who at once takes possession.
Mr.. Truesdel came to Austin thirteen
years ago, rented a wooden building of
John Kevord, which stood where John
Walsh's brick store now stands, and en-.
gagged the services of John RevOrd and
Frank Ticknor. He has been good CIT
izen. alio successful business man, ow.
ing somewhat TO the fact, no doubt, that he
has been persistent and continuous ad-
vertiser for the thirteen years of his bus.
mess life IN Austin. Mr.. Truesdell will
probably remain in Austin few months
longer to close up outstanding business,
after which he contemplates visiting a
milder cline for the benefit of his health.
Our two worthy contemporaries had
"those children awfully mixed" last week
in summing up the injuries received by
Will Geddis about two weeks ago, al
Mason City. One OF them left HIM dead,
the other only took a leg off; and, strange
to say, the young man made quite 1--we
ly corpse about town last Saturday, and
stranger still, had both legs with him
For the benefit of the public, the TRAN.
SCRIPT would correctly inform them that
his lett car was the damaged member,
and that was SO sklllfully repaired that
Geddis looked almost as good Us new.
Will was engaged in coupling cars load
ed with lumber, when he was struck on
the side of the head by a projecting
board, and his left ear was badly torn.
We are right glad the accident was not
more serious.
"A SAD SToRY-Last June a little
family by the name of Weber moved to
and settled in Marion Centre, Kansas
Mrs. Weber going from Austin, having
been spending year with her sister Mrs
J. B. Furtney, who resides in the third
ward. Typhoid fever entered the famil,
last Novcm Der, and the little three-yea,
old daughter was carried out to the Gem
etery in that new home. The day before
Christmas another grave was made b,
the side of the little daughter, and TIT
husband and father saw his beloved wife
borne past his sick bed and out from his
home, to come back 10 him no more
But his days Of mourning were of short
duration, as. on New Years day, another
grave was opened for Joseph L. Weber
and he was LAID to rest beside the wife
and daughter. The remaining child, a
babe Of eight months, when warmer wealth.
er approaches, will be taken to its grand.
parents, who, both on the father and
mothers side, reside in Canada.
ST.. BERNARD CoMMANDERY The
Knight Templar Masons of Austin have
been working diligently for several weeks
past for the establishment If Comma nd
cry in this city. Some difficulty was en-
countered from the Sir Knights at Albert
Lea who opposed the location of a com
mandery so near to them: Austin came
out victorious, however, and last Sa,ur
day word came from the highest Office,
in command that dispensa,ion had beer
granted for u conmandery at Austin tt
be known a. "St. Bernard" with the fol
lowing as its drst three principal officers
Eminent Commander-D. d. Smith.
Observation-Disclosures Wood.
Captain Gencral-J. 8. Anderson.
E. c. D. B. Smith has handed in the
following list of names of Sir knights
whose appointment 10 the positions desie
dated will be made by him at the frs,
formal conclave of the Comma ndery mex,
Monday evening, Jan. 31st.
Prclate--D. B. johnson, Jr.
Senior Warden-J. G.. Warner.