Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-09-27
City News, Notes and Comments.

months visit.
Miss Jennie Redner returned to Win
nebago City Monday.
There were ten buildings burned by
the Grand Meadow fire.
Mrs. Ben Mayor is visiting her broth
er Will, at Butte City, Montana.
Rev. c. D. Belden preached for the
Baptists at Spring Valley last Sunday.
A harvest dance is announced for
Jones' hall, Friday evening, Oct. 18th.
Tickets 81.
= The cold wave reminds us that it is
time to dust up and set up our coal
>yisitstoves.
Geo. E. Wilbour and his son Charles
will move into the house vacated by
Hiram Smith.
Joe Wright, of Frankfort, claims a
yield for his White Prussian Wheat of q
bushels per acre.
Rev. E. NJ. Williams preached at the
Congregational church in Spring Valley
Sunday before last.
The mass convention called by the
Farmers Alliance for the Goth inst, has
been postponed to some future day.
The family of w. F. Sutherland are
now comfortably settled in their very
pleasant new home on Chatham street.
R. Richards and wife, father and
mother of Frank Richards, expect to ar
rive in this city next week, for their frs
visit in the state.
"A. 0. Jahren, formerly of Austin
but now of St. Louis, was in the city two
or three days of last week. He appeared
in good health and spirits.
We acknowledge several calls from
our east side friends last week. Among
them were Hons. w. E. Harris, of Racine
and s. Bostwick, Of Frankford.
Miss Maggie, daughter Of L. Nugent
of this city, left home last week Thurs
day for Evansville, Wis, to spend the
winter with her aunt and cousins.
The Baptist socable at Mrs. L. J.
Smiths this "Wednesday evening. Mrs.
Smith extends cordial invitation to the
friends of the church to be present.
Lafayette French is improving his
lot by filling in 1875 loads of earth in
front of his house. The addition of turf
will make his yard one Of the neatest in
town.
The NJ. E. church sociable will be
held this wednesday, evening at the
residence of Rev. E. R. Lathrop. All
are cordially invited, and pleasant time
is anticipated.
Mrs. r. I. Smith leaves to-day for
Chicago to purchase fine new stock of
millinery goods. The ladies of Austin
may look for a large line of fashionable
goods when she returns.
The Austin post-office issues Foreign
money orders on England, Ireland, Scot
land, Germany, Italy, France, Austria,
Prussia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Hol-
land, Luxumberg and Canada.
DIR. Dorr and G. Schleuder returned
from Chicago last Wednesday. They
have purchased large stocks of goods and
are now busy marking them and arrang-
ing them for display and sale.
The mother of Oscar Ayers arrived
last week from Sun Prairie, Wis, accom-
panied by little grand daughter. Mrs.
Ayers is over eighty years Of age; she in
tends to make Oscar good visit.
&C. NJ. Fernald and L. G. Wheeler,
two prominent young business men from
Austin, and who have considerable
capital, are here for the purpose of open
ing a furniture house.-Pi0nee1' Press,
Sept %.
Rev. Utter of Spring Valley, occupied
the pulpit of the Baptist church in this
city last Sunday morning and evening"
We had the pleasure of listening to him
in the morning, and we heard good SER
mon.
The lands delinquent in this county
for taxes of last year were all sold Sept.
18th, to W. F. Lindeman, of Viroqua,
Wis, James Davidson, of Sparta, Wis,
c.. H. Goats, of Austin, and w. II. White,
of Lansing.
Joseph Schwan, Jr., and his sister
Carrie. will return to-day from St. Paul.
Miss Carrie has been visiting Mrs. James
Noble. and Joe has been arranging for
the shipment of arms and accoutrements
to the militia company.
Mrs. G.. II. Litchfeld gave dinner
party last Thursday for Miss Ella Chan
dler and herself, it being the birthday an
niversary Of both. The same company
took supper the same day at the Wind
sor House on invitation of Miss Chan
dler.
We have calls for 100 extra copies of
the TRANSCRIPT this week, and in order
to fill the order we shall have to impose
upon some of our friends. Those re-
ceiving half-sheets will please accept
them as tokens of our deep and abiding
lone.
Mrs. Senator Officer left Monday to
visit her mother and sister who reside
near GAINESVILLE, Ohio. She will return
in about three months. Mrs. Officer has
been ill for several months. and we
hope that the temporary change of eli
mate will greatly improve her health. .
Two stacks of hay. containing about
ten tons, were burned during the storm
of Monday night, on j. F. Cooks farm
in Window township. The fire was set
by the lightning. The loss falls upon
Samuel Requa, the lessee, and is consid-
cradle, as the hay was of extra quality.
The cold gloomy weather of Sunday
last eliminated in a heavy thunder shower
in the night. Morning saw the streets
and fields filed with pools of water, and
the air freed from the dry restless dust.
The rain came OPPORTUNITY, for the
ground was so dry and hard that blowing
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