Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-03-08
GRAND MEADOw.

IN. II. FJelSteO OF w ellis was In town last
week.
ID. B. Colman shipped carload of hay
one day Of last week.
Miss Minnie Howell of Frankford, took
train Wednesday of last week for Manson,
Iowa.
Superintendent Belden visited the Grand
Meadow school last week, of which he speaks
very highly.
Il. G. Moore has moved his job-press into
the rooms, up stairs, in the north wing Of the
Bell House.
j. and F. Bagley moved to Dakota last
week, their stock of furniture and utensils
occupying two cars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knoepel, late of Wis, arc
visiting their relatives in this place, the fam.
lilies OF Lawrence aud DR.. Gray.
-Alvah Hunt has been having repairs made
on his barn on his farm preparatory to stock.
ing the farm with a herd of mich cows.
Tommy Donaldson of Frankfort, went to
Minnesota Lake last week, to visit his broth
er John, who is station agent at that place.
"A brother of J. J. Gilbertson died of con-
sumption. on Friday morning, and was buried
Sunday. He leaves wife and four children,
Mrs. David Donaldson, and youngest
daughter, and son James, her mother, Mrs
Clark, and Wm.McCaskell took train at Roch
ester for Dakota.
y. McDevitt has sold his village property
to F. M. Pierson, consideration unknown
Jack" will move his family to DEVILS Lake
D. T., early in the spring.
"A brother-in-law of DR.. Termination from
Pleasant Grove, accompanied by his wife and
daughter. visited at the Dr.'s and returned to
their home on Monday last.
Mrs. Bentley returned from Lacrosse Fri.
day last. and the physician with whom she
consulted pronounced her disease eczema,
but we have not learned whether he has hope
of mastering the disease.
Rev. Vim. Copp has been delivering a
course of lectures on army life. We we're pre-
vented from attending, but hear that they
were very instructing and successful fnanci-
ally, netting nearly &3O,-which will be used
for church purposes.
The following pupils we're neither absent
nor tardy from the primary department of the
Grand Meadow graded school during the
month ending March Sd, 1882: Elgar Green
ing, Josie Greening, Carrie Jorgens, Thora
Skyberg, Nettie Schroeder, Lizzie Schroeder,
Lydia Schlieger, Stephen Whsle, Leon War
ner, BERTHE Larson.
We have hitherto neglected to mention
the well-earned promotion which our friend
a. J. Stewart received, when Mr.. Warner went
out Of the firm of Greening & Warner. Mr..
Stewart now is foreman in the tin shop, and
head clerk in the store, having charge Of the
buying &C., virtually taking the place made
vacant by Mr.. Warmers retiring.
w. w. Cargill & Bros. have shipped to
their elevator at this place a new separator
that is said to clean all kinds of grain in su-
perior manner, absolutely taking all foul
seeds out. and leaving the grain one or two
grades better. Now let them send In a mach
Inc that will produce twenty bushels of whea,
per acre and then wheat raising will pay
again.
The excavators in the creamery well have
met unexpected difficulties: at the depth OF
II feet, bed of quicksand was found, which
has thus far, put as an effectual stop on pro-
ceedtngs as would an injunction from the
supreme court. Various expedients have
been resorted to to prevent the quick-san6
coming in, but thus far unsuccessful. II you
want decided opinion, just ask Lowell how
the we'll progresses? Do, just for fun!
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Moore had returned
from neighbor's Saturday evening, and bull,
up large coal are AS the wind was blowirg
hard. after the fire had nicely got started,
Mrs. NJ. turned the damper in the pipe, and
unwittingly turned it too far, entirely closing
the aperture. Shortly after, their child, "a babe
of few months, showed signs of distress,
vomiting freely and falling over in its moth.
er's arms weak and gasping. The parents
attention was occupied with the child Until
Mrs. NJ. too, began to feel strangely weak and
dizzy, when it suddenly occurred to Mr. Moore
that gas was escaping from the stove in great
quantities. He reversed the damper, and by
an effort, succeeded in getting to the outside
door, which he threw open, letting In the air.
and what in few moments more, might have
become tragedy, was averted.