Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-03-02

q. j. Grattan Of Austin, and Sarah A.,
daughter of William Cowan, Esq, Of
Window.
We'll, e. j., we were expecting this
new departure, from the way marks along
the line, but the curtain dropped for the
closing scene sooner than we expected
Mr.. and Mrs. Grattan are both we'll
known in this community, and their
many friends have but the best and kind
est wishes for their future happiness and
prosperity.
Lent, means "spring" according to
some writer's, because the days begin to
perceptbly lcngthcn, while others take
its meaning from the word lens, a lentiIe
which is largely eaten during the Lenten
season, which fast lasts forty days, Sun
days not included, and begins with Ash
Wednesday, ending with Easter Sunday.
This fast is in commemoratlon Of the for
ty days fast of our Lord in the wilderness.
1t is observed by the Eastern, Roman, An
glican Lutheran and some other churches.
Lent begins this year March Cd.
Monday morning, Mr.. E. Rensberger,
who has been at work at the Mansfield
House the past winter, died at his resi-.
dence, on Water street, next door to JAS.
Anderson's. He died of asthme;lc con-
sumption, leaving a wife and five little
children. The family came here from
Rushford, and Will return there this week,
taking the remains of the dead father
with them. We hope the good people of
Rushford will look after this family.
The children appear to be we'll trained,
and are unusually bright aud interesting.
IN. Corning has recently sold half
interest in the Windsor House property,
and all of the hotel furniture, to Mr.. d.
B. Germain, receiving IN exchange there
for tine. we!l-improved farm of 100
acres in London township, Freeborn
county, Mr.. German paying an annual
rental of $500 for Mr.. Corning's half of
the property Mr.. German took posses.
sion Of the hotel last Friday, and Mr..
Corning and family returned last week
to their former home in Lyons, Iowa.
We are sorry to have Mr.. Corning leave
Austin.
| Jessie Norton, aged 2 years and II
months, the son Of E. j. and Nina Nor
ton, was buried in the little cemetery
southwest of Moscow, Feb 25, 1881. He
! died with quick consumption, having
! lung fever sometime before. The funeral
sermon was preached from 2 Sam. 10 :22
%, IN the Presbyterian church at Oak.
land, by Rev. A. Cressey. This was their
only living child, a few months ago hav-
ing been called to bury younger child.
Now this home will be lonesome, but IN
the midst of their sorrow, there is COM
fort in this thought that Jesus takes these
! little clam bs' 10 himself.
AS will be seen by advertisements
posted about town, the Baldwin Blilliants
make their bow to the Austin public, on
the boards of Jones' hall, Wednes'
day and Thursday nights. Elsewhere
this company have met with brilliant
success and been greeted with large and
fashionable audiences. Rare attractions
are offered both in the unique and start.
ling performances OF Prof. and Clara
Baldwin, as well as in the phenoninal
oratoucal lucubrations of Wesley Ly-
man, and IN other fun and laughter pro-
voking displays too numerous to mention.
The children especially will be very
much entertained and instructed in wit
Messing the rare elocutioual powers Of
the boy, Wesley. Popular prices, IS and
| 30 cents
Election Of city officers next Tuesday.
Mr.. Il. o. Hall we hear tavorably men,
toned for Mayor. He would make a
good one. Robert Griffith, Fay Smith
and Z, D. Fenton will probably he re.
elected to the positions they now hold
or ought to he. In the 2d Ward, Har-
Ian ". Pa refuses to run again for al
derman, and we sire sorry. AS a manager
of the finances, he is almost indispensa-
be He is very useful man any place
you put him. In the 1st Ward, we de-
sire the reelection of G.. E. Wilbour.
We have the authority of Mr.. Page for
saying, without rejecting upon any other
alderman, that Mr.. Wilbour has done the
most work of any man on the Board dur
ing the past term. We hope he will &C.
cept reelection.
Parents, do you visi: the Austin pub
lie school? If not, why not? The often
er You go, the oftener you will want 10.
We find this to be the case most
emphatical]y. Yes, friends, go and
get acquainted with the teachers and your
children. When we go, we come home
in love with the school board, in love
with all the teachers (Which by the way
is not much of dose, as. with the excep.
ton Of the superintendent, all are
ladies', in love with all the children, yes,
and in love with ourselves for going; and
we feel as though Austin had the best
managed public school in the State of
Minnesota. And we want to throw our
hat and say, hurrah for OUT school board,
hurrah for our superintendent, and the
best corps of teachers in Southern Mime
sofa, and last, but not least, hurrah for the
dear blessed children, who will, we be-
lieve, with few exceptions, grow up to
honor their parents and the little city
which gave them 50 excellent a public
school.
"A BIRTH-DAY.-Tuesday evening,
about 50 Of the friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Haley of this city, walked into the
residence Of this family, and there seemed
to not only make themselves cat home,"
but 10 much surprise" the good
wife by SO doing. A cordial greeting
and hearty welcome, was however ex.
tended to all; and the dear little six-vear
old, who, much against his wishes, had