Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-29
OUR HARVEST FIELD,

Mason City has erected IS new build.
ings this season.
Prairie wolves plentiful short dis
lance north of St. Ansgar
The St. Ansgar Touring mill has
been converted into q roller mill.
Caledonia is to have a new court
house, the Commissioners of Houston
county having appropriated SEC, 1000 for
that purpose.
The St. Ansgar Enterprise says the
Otranto creamery has been sold to Pen
ncy Bros. of Stacyville, who will remove
it to Mona.
-Winona has already subscribed $780,
600 in stock as an inducement to the
Rochester Harvester Co. to remove to
that city with their works.
-Kasson is having course Of lectures.
Hon. Gordon E. Cole delivers the second
one in the course Dec. 1st, on '.Zenobia,
or the Queen of the East"
The Spring Valley Mercury has been
improved by reduction Of one column on
a page in size and by large addition to
its amount of electrotyped reading mat
ter.
The Caledonia Argus calls $3.50 per
cord for wood thigh, and says "at this rate
fires are necessity tinged with luxury"
We, that pay from 81 to So, can't see it in
that light
Last Friday morning. brakeman
named Barney Tierney, while coupling
cars, was run down in the yard in Albert
Lea, the cars passing over one leg, ncces-
stating amputation.
Neither Armstrong, Of Freedom
| county, nor Clark W. Thompson, of Fari-
bault, were elected to the Senate but
they scared them badly.-Caledonia argus.
Yes, these gentlemen made very sue
cessful scare-crows.
On Dec. 6 the transit Of Venus takes
place. 1t staggers one to think how vast
will be the power and population of this
country 1870 years hence, when the bril-
liant planet will again hide her beauty
| within the suns fierce glarc.-Er.
The creamery company intends to
keep their teams running all winter.
| The farmers who have winter COWS will
find it q good investment to lay in a
| stock of bran and shorts. The former
$13 per ton.-Spring Valley Mercury.
Thanksgiving will have grim and
cherries aspect to Rev. and Mrs Gleason
of the Window NJ E. Church Their on
ly children-a little boy and girl-were
drowned last week by breaking through
the ice on the river The account of the
accident is pathetic in the extreme. The
boy broke through first; and after running
to neighbours house the girl returned and
in attempting to save her brother lost her
own life.-Er.
AT the postoffice the other day. sew
| eral of the victorious party were display
ing their pictorial Dubuque Heralds s.,
and having little jollification meeting
when one of them asked John Annett
where the republican roosters were this
season. John answered that the republi-
cans were not showing any roosters this
fall, but that they still held the old hen,
and would hatch out crop of birds in "a
that would astonish the country.-Neao
Hampton Courier.
The twenty-five cent rates from
points in Southern Minnesota to St. Paul,
Ola the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul,
have developed magnificent business
and all trains are packed as closely as
| sardine boxes. Wednesday afternoon
four coaches carried 430 passengers. an
average of 1914 passengers to the coach.
while the seating capacity of each is about
halt that number. At Mortified anoth-
| er coach was added to the train, but it
did not perceptibly relieve the pressure.
Two hundred of the passengers we're
from Albert Lea alone, all bound for St..
Paul and Minnea:nolis: mostly for ne 2 9th b
| er purpose than to 60 up and PACK tor 81
| cents.-Faribaallt Democrat. Nou. "a.