Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-02-01
TRANsCRIE,TIONS.

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Willard Leslie commences work to
day for Ball & Griswold.
Charley Boehmer has put a new
Halls safe into his store.
-"Down with tine taxes" Is the cry o
the Albert Lea STANDARD.
Geo. Maynard is in the employ of J
A. Walters for the present.
-"Everything new" at Sweningsen
Johnson's. Read their ad.
-Diphtheria raging at Pickerel Lake
and Nunda, Freedom county,
Rev. G. L. Clausen held service in the
Lutheran church last Sunday.
And still they come, cash subscribers
to the TRASscR1Pr ct $3.50 in advance
The eloquent John B. Cough is to de
liver ten lectures in Minnesota this WIN
ter.
Ed. Cook of London, Freeborn coun
ty, will plant five acres of tobacco this
spring.
The Strengthening" W Gather of the
past two weeks may prove good small
pox killer.
The ice has its perils. Will Fisher
fell upon it the other day and dislocated
his shoulder.
Saturday morning was a cold one.
The mercury indicated anywhere from Ii
to 190 below zero.
The two or three smallpox victims
at Albert Lea have entirely recovered
and no new cases.
Toys and Christmas goods have had
their day. Now valentines take their
places in the shop windows.
j. Ward Strong, the Ramsey stage
man Of other days, is now at Albert Lea
running the Hall House for Frank Hall
They all like it. 1t is so plain and
clear-the TRANSCRIPT for one year fol
$3.50 cash in advance, and the paying up
of all arrearages if any.
Some Cannibals out in Minneota ate
their pork raw, and were taken with
trichinosis. Moral, cook your meat, and
then these wiry worms are not so lively.
johnny, son of Lawrence Nugent OF
this city, who has been visiting friends
and relatives for the past month at Evans.
vile, Indiana, is expected home this
week.
The inquiry what men need wives for,
can be readily answered these cold, frosty
mornings, when the thermometer IS down
20 degrees below zero and the kitchen fire
to build.
"A shoemaker named albert Kelfer
working at his trade tor A. Mauch, in the
Sd ward, January Esd packed up Mauch's
tools, valued at about SIS, and "skipped''
the country.
The books nf the Albert Lea default
er, Theodore Tyrer, show deficiency of
eight to ten thousand dollars The as.
slgnee does not think the estate will pay
10 cents on dollar
e. Fl. Gerard and wife leave Austin
next week for Grand Rapids, Wis. to spend
q few weeks. The lumber business will
be left in charge of O. L. Gibbons, who
will give it faithful attention.
Thompson is determined his patrons
shall not be out of wood this winter. He
has about 400 cords of oak, maple and
soft wood piled up about town, and when
all arrives that he has purchased, he
will have fs}ly 500 cords.
Ball & Griswold are justly earning Il
good reputation in the grocery line. For
bargains call upon them. Customers
will always receive kind and careful at
'cntion, and can always depend upon get.
ting the best at the lowest prices.
-LosT.-On Friday last, black Few.
dog months old, small white
spot on breast, answers to the name of
Mig" 1t returned to the undersigned
will pay reward. 3. w. LOWELL.
AUSTIN, Jan. 81, 1882
THE MARKETS -Considerable wheat
has been marketed during January, most
Of it grading No 3. The following are
yesterdays quotations: No. 2 whea,
$1.10, No. 8, Csc, rejected Coo. Oats 80
@32. Barley 40@60. Timothy seed ST.
-"Where would we be without wo-
man." asks q writer. Its hard 10 determ-
Inc just what way the majority would
Drift, bnt some men we know Of would
be out of debt and out of trouble.-Er.
EYES," woman adds, land out at their
elbows"
Il. NJ. Ober has been appointed In
spector of Illuminating Oils for Austin
and Mower county in place of Edward
Bigelow, resigned. The appointment
was made by Mr. Hoffman, State Inspect
Or, and he gave the place to good
man.
Only one more week remains to take
advantage Of that EXCURSION Offer Of the
Illinois Central Co. The train leaves
Mona next week Tuesday for New Orleans
and Southern points. Tickets for the
round trip only $780, and good for 80
days.
The proceedings: of the Teachers
Association and the news items from Lam
sing were all in type for last weeks paper,
but were uninten,lonally "skipped" when
the forms were made up. We were very
sorry, and do the next best thing now, by
giving the IN publication this week.
j. NJ. Greenman has commenced an
action in the district court for this county
against the c., NJ. & 81. p. X. r. Co. tor
$4,000 damages, on account Of internal
injuries received bv Mrs. Annice McMa'
hon. the plaintiff, while riding in pass.
enger car on the $. NJ. division July Goth
last.
Mrs. R. o. Hall gave a most inform
al afternoon of pleasure to q few friends
Doth u|f or cOnrse mnst e,eoant