Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-11
BR0wNsDALE.
-Every,hing lovely.
School commenced Monday.

! -0Custu VVMuASuCCW U1VuN0y.
ST. Valentines day will soon be here.
The wheat that we ough, to have goes
to D,Mge Center. ...
|. -Chas. U. Bigelow, station age mt, re.
ceived seven cars Of coal Friday, aud sells
the same at $3.50 per ton.
Il. G. Gillc,t finished pressing his hay
Friday and will soon he buying and press
ing here. A good thing for the farmers
to have ready cash market for their hay.
Friday evening another dance n,
Sleeper's Hall. Twenty-Five couples
were present. All seemed to enjoy
themselves immensely.
The beautiful rain. 1t has come
once more; and with the fog, Saturday
was not very pleasan, day.
Saturday Mrs. Roy Herrick was hap.
t,zed by Rev. Beaulieu, in the creek north
of the village.
Miss Hattie Stockman of Austin has
been the guest of Mrs. A. D. Brown the
past week.
-Aleck Kerr. the boss boy, Is stopping
with Sleeper & Sons. Aleck starts this
week on a visit to his old home IN ILL
nois, and will also visit Canada. He has
great many friends here, who will miss
HIM.
Last Monday F. L. Bacon made fly
ing visit to Fountain.
Greeley Sprague, having left the SER
vice of r. T. Glover, is now clcrking tor
himself.
| Miss Schellinger, our school ma'am,
has gone to her home in Wisconsin.
Mr.. John Warren, lately OF Sheffield,
Iowa, and who is on his way to Wiscon-
sin, Is stopping with his son-in.law, q.
o. Sleeper.
Rev. Bailey left here Friday for Iowa.
Rev. Beaulieu will continue the meetings
they have been holding at Christian
chapel.
John Robson, has returned from a
trip to Wisconsin, bringing two cousins
with him, the Misses Louisa and Sophia
Olcson.
Saturday evening there was smash
up two aud half miles west of Dexter, be-
tween trains No. 8 going west and No. q
going east. The engines were badly used
up. No one was badly hurt, but as luck
would have it, there was something tue
matter with the ashpan OF No. 8 engine,
and the train was standing still when No.
ran into it. If it had been RAINING,
there would have been a terrible COLI.
sion, and lives wouin have been lost.
The train dispatcher is blamed.
w. Webb came home Saturday from
Fountain. He was 10 the smashur, but
would rather he excused from anything
more Of the kind.
Sunday was very cold and chilly,
With indications OF snow. We hope We
may have snow enough for one good
sleigh.ride at least.
| The Office of the railroad station has
new coat Of paint, as we'll as new lat
ticed partition between the waiting room
and office, which improves the appear
ance Of things.
Miss Jessie Houch of Good Thunder,
Mimi, Is the guest of Mrs. George Curtiss.
Saturday Martin Stephenson took u
trip to Lyle.
MIR. John Hoy has finished nice and
commolinus barn on the farm he lately
bought of his son. Mr.. Hoy always will
have warm place for his stock.
No shoddy goods, I'LL choice and new
full weights. Go to A. L. Sleeper q
Sons, and be convinced.
B. F. Graves has put new addition
to his barn.
-G.orge Sanborn and wife visited Aus
tin Friday.
The Brownsville hotel is crowded
with guests every day.
Walter Lamb will move into the W.
Webb house this week.
Steve Ives store, when finished, will
be the incest in the village.
| Sam Fizell lives In the back part ot
the hotel lately occupied 10y HIS. Brow"
-Pro,racted meetings at Christian
chapel every night. Go and listen to DR.
B;aulicau's sermons. They will do you
good.
Phillips, the butcher, has his ice.
house nearly filed with ice.