Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-05-31
BROWNSVILLE.
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big deal" at Sleeper & Sons:
Sunday was a most beautiful day.
This is the boss weather for wheat
--latest styles in straw hats, at Sleeper
& Sons.
"A May party was held in Colby's
grove Friday.
Mrs. Cassidy will do fine starching
and laundry work.
Mrs. Hannah Priest returned to
Cresco, Iowa, Friday.
Il. Calkins moves into the Abercrom
bic residence this week.
Miss Winnie Priest went up to Bloom
ing Prairie Thursday on visit.
DIR. Beaulieu's house is going up very
fast, and will soon be enclosed.
Frank Stimson and Co. go fishing a
good many times,--but nary fish,
Landlord Harris had quite crowd of
drummers at his hotel over Sunday.
Sleeper, Thatcher, MCGOWAN & Co.,
went to Austin Wednesday on Masonic
biz.
Brad Sylvester and family have gone
to Kilbourn City, Wis, and will reside
there.
Elder Rounce preached his farewell
sermon Sunday evening to a crowded
house.
B. F. Graves was engaged Monday
putting blinds on the residence of A. L.
Sleeper.
The funeral sermon of E. Percy was
preached at Thompson's school house
Monday.
80 kinds of tobacco, 20 varieties of
canned goods, IS kinds of soap, at Sleep
er & Sons.
Occasionally "prairie schooner"
passes through our village, on it's way to
the far west.
Willie Sleeper of the firm of Sleeper
& Woodward, of Fountain, was in town
the past week.
-Messrs. Thatcher, Knox and Wrinkle
took in the minstrel show at Austin
Thursday night.
Our market-Wheat No. 2, 1922;
potatoes zoe, oats soc, corn 60c, butter
124c@2Oc, eggs 14c.
Steve Bacon is finishing O. Hanson's
house with plaster, kalsomine, &c. He
is good at the trade.
Sleeper s. Sons will finish manufac-
turing their celebrated fly poison, for this
season, during the week.
-Messrs Chas. Goats and DR.. Hollister
Of Austin, were in town Wednesday of
last week, taking in the sights. :.
The corn is not all planted yet l..
c. Gillett has so acres to seed. The
acreage of corn here will be large this
year.
"A. V. Ellis man, of Austin, was in
town Friday, with load of evergreens,
and disposed of them in short order, at
SO cents each.
II. K. DAZZLE, our enterprising hard
ware man, is setting out a good many
evergreens on his lots. Tommy has a
very nice lawn around his house.
Capt. A. ]. Hunt and Hiram Hunt
are finishing off the rooms over s. Ives
store, and are doing some fine work.
Their work always proves satisfactory.
The G. NJ. & St. P. r. r. Co. are
grading the track west of town with
gravel, and putting it in good shape.
About thirty of their laborers stop here.
-Chas. Knox has traded his house and
lot in town for Elder Rounce's residence
and ten acre lot half a mile north of
town. Charley pays Mr.. Ronnce differ
ence of $500.
Thomas Hunt is our champion croquet
player, and has very nice grounds to play
on, at his residence, and it is we'll patron
lied by good many of our citizens in
their spare moments.
james Weiser. Esq., is the champion"
rat and mice catcher. He will discount
any rat terrier you ever saw. He uses
nothing but his hands, and he is sure des-
truction to the vcrmin.
AT Sleeper g. Sons you can get CASH
meres, Shetland shawls, ladies' fine hose,
Spanish lace ties, dress linens, yards
toweling for Csc, &C., &C., &C., and no
back talk. Goods as represented.
"A. L. Sleeper & Sons will receive, in
few days, the largest stock" of goods
that ever came to this place in one order
-direc ct from New York City-al the
latest styles in good goods, and sold at
bottom prices.