Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-09-13

of the corps of civil engineers on the CHI
cago & Atlantic railroad in Indiana. MIR.
Buck looks well after his eight months
absence; and he ought to, for he is doing
we'll and likes his work. In accordance
with his wish we take this occasion to
say that his father, who lost a thousand
dollars few weeks ago at Batcheller &
Doris circus; was literally robbed, his
money being taken while he was talking
with one of the monte men. He made
no bets, nor gambled.
There is now, and has been for long
time, real good restaurant on Bridge
street near the Post Office, and Mrs. j..
Fisher owns and runs it. It is the place
to go fer a regular meal, or meal or
lunch on short notice. Everything is
very neat, and home-like air pervades
the place. Mrs. Fisher will make you at
home and furnish you tip top meal at
bed rock price. A full line of confec-
tionery always on hand. And oysters!
Well, if you want a delicious dish of oys-
tiers cooked in any conceivable style at
any hour Of the day or evening, Mrs.
Fisher is the one to do it for you. Try a
dish and tell the truth about it to your
friends.
Merit and attention to business al
ways win, and for proof we point you to
the fourshing trade of Griswold & Elms.
They are wide-awake men who know how
to run a No. grocery store, too. 1t is
their purpose to keep all kinds of grocer
les of the best quality, and promptly to
attend to all orders for family supplies.
The abutment on the east side of the
river is finished, and work on the other
begun. Yesterday grading on the west
approach to the bridge was commenced.
The street will be filled out to its full
width, and will be fine street between
the city and the depot. The bridge is
needed exceedingly, and we hope it will
be put up as soon as possible.
Our fall term of court begins next
Tuesday. A short calendar is promised,
and therefore a short term. One of the
principal cases is the suit of Mr.. Casey,
who sues the city for damages claimed to
have been sustained by fall from a de-
fective sidewalk. J. W. Losey of La
Crosse has been retained by the city to
assist J. NJ. Greenman on the defense.
Judge Johnson and Lafayette French arc
the attorneys for the prosecution.
We are in receipt of a copy of the
Mauston wis., Star which contains a
beautiful tribute to the memory of Ed
ward r. Daniels who died in this city a
few weeks ago. We publish this extract
with pleasure, for we can endorse every
word of it. It indicates also how highly
Mr.. Daniels was esteemed wherever he
was known.
We were panied to see in the last issue
of the Star an account of the death OF
Edward R. Daniels. We remember Ed.
as one Of Mauston's Good Boys" He
was of splendid presence and man of
finer physique was never seen upon our
streets. We can see, in memory, the
smile lighting up his handsome boyish
face. His wife, Anna Wright, we remem-
Der as schoolgirl, and it was here those
sentiments were formed which afterward
ripened into that love than which there
IS none greater but Divine.
Adieu, dear friend; may that inheri-
lance, of which none but the just partake,
be yours forcvermore. 10 his wife and
little ones we offer our tenderest sym
pathy. It is the lot of but few women to
be the wife of such a man, and may God,
to whom she committed him,-her dearest
treasure-be her stay and comfort.
"A young man from the rural "dees-
tricks" came into Austin last Saturday
and filled up with crazy whisky. The
whisky gave utterance to fearful profani-
ty, and uncomfortable insults in the Post
Office. Tom Riley arrested the whisky
and it's human bottle, but he did not take
it to the lookup alone. Rather than
knock his prisoner down and quiet him
with policeman's club, he called three
men to his assistance. Each took hand
or foot and started up the street with the
swearing, yelling, drunken fellow, follow
ed by an admiring crowd. He was lodged
in the lookup, however, and remained
there, we are told. until Monday morning.
He was taken before Justice Griffith and
gave his name as Alfred Balloon. SIS and
costs were the financial expense of his
spree. But who shall estimate the loss
of character When sober, he was tract
able and apparently sorry for his yielding
to temptation. The affair is asgood tenn
perance sermon, and may Mr.. Balloon, as
we'll as others prone to follow his example
heed it we'll.
HE JUMPED AFTER DEATH!-Agair
we are called upon to chronicle one Of
those sad events. which are both mystic
rious and indicative of human frailty. G.
Millett, gentleman who has lived il
Pleasant Valley township during the last
sixteen years, committed suicide last Mon
day evening by jumping into a well
where he was found dead yesterday abou
ten o'clock A. NJ. The body was LODGED
in the we'll several feet above the water
and was found in position which war
rant the belief that instantaneous dealt
followed to dislocation of the neck. TIL
reason given for this inexplicable act i
mental depression. Several months ag'
Mr.. Millett signed an order for farm
machinery which he was to sell on com
mission. He was imposed upon by vii
famous rascal. The order was torn il
two parts; one of them forming perfec
promissory note. A short time ago thi
old man, Is years of age, who was out o
debt, was called upon to pay this note o
$40. He was thunder-struck. The frau,
and the loss preyed upon his mind. H
became gloomy, and was narrowly watch
ed several days before the termination o
his life. Monday night, however, he wen
out and was almost Immediately follow
ed; but he was not seen again until foun
as above described. Mr.. Millett was
| man of excellent reputation and respecte
in his town. His untimely death is sa
event, indeed, and one which all mus