Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-05-24

A\SNl St)tltd, w IS, tuc1C Is IcpO1lCu
to be a pigeon-roost half a mile wide and
twenty miles long, and this is not very
good year for pigeon stories either.-Er.
"A six-legged COW is on exhibition in
San Francisco. She could come mighty
near kicking up skies and sevens, but
where would the fellow go to who did the
milking.
1t was man on Broadway who I'M
pinned the tidy and wiped his nose on it.
It's comforting to find man once who
knew the best use to put it to, as men
usually sit on the tides.
The Albert Lea Common Council is
quarreling over the election of president
of that honorable body. The councilmen
stand 8 to 3. A large number of ballots
have been taken without break
Prof Pike of the State University
brought a wild student to time the other
day by shooting him with his revolver,
the bullet inflicting painful and danger
Gus wound in the right thigh near tle
groin.
DIR. Joseph McCutchen, a former
resident of Faribault, died in New York
on the 18th. He was very wealthy, his
possessions being estimated at from $780,
900 to $1,000, 900 in value He is the man
who cashed the first $50, 900 of the Austin
school bonds
"A man in Texas had kind mule
which he wanted to trade. To show how
gentle the mule was he stepped up behind
him and gave him brisk slap. Says the
local paper: There was private funer-
al over the mule traders remains two
days after. "-Er.
-Postmaster-G General Howe has issued
an important order. 1t directs that after
the first Of July next, all letters on which
full rate of postage has not been pre-
paid, instead of being forwarded to the
dead letter Office. shall be held by the
postmasters Of all letter carrier or free
delivery offices, and the addressee inform
ed by official postal card that it is only
necessary to remit the postage due to re-
CclVc the leLteT.-EE.
The above is a very sensible order-but
why not extend its benefits to all post
offices?
"A few days since man called at this
office and wished to sec the St. Cloud
papers. We gave him one. He was
hunting for the address of firm which
does business in that city, but could find
no card in the paper. 1t was his desire
to have sent an order to them; but he was
forced to order from St. Paul using an
advertisement in the Pioneer Press as a
guide. This shows whether it pays to
advertise or not. The mans business
with the firm he ordered from will amount
to several thousand dollars.-Sauk Center
Tribune.
Mr.. John Weger, P. NJ, Kasota, recent
~ sent So to NJ. A. Dauphin, of the Louis
lana State Lottery, of New Orleans, La,
for ticket in the drawing which occurred
on the 9th inst, and on Thursday evening
last Mr.. Weger received a telegram from
Mr.. Daupin informing him that his ticket
No: had drawn the capital prize of
Thirty Thousand Dollars Mr.. W. came
over here on Monday morning to make
the collection through the bank of this
place. The general opinion here is that
he will get the $50, 900 without any trou-
BILE, and we hope he will. He is getting
old and this snug sum will come very
handy for him and his lady in their de-
clining years.-St. Peter Tribune, l7th.
The latest news is that the Kasota P.
NJ. has received tho full amount of his
prize without discount.
DEATH OF j. F. W1L11AMs.-Col. J.
F. Williams, proprietor OF the Railway
House at Prairie du Chen, died
Tuesday morning, last week. The Colo
mel was well known among the travelling
public, and especially among the railroad
men of the Wisconsin and Iowa roads,
He made an excellent landlord, serving
his patrons with scrupulous care, anxious
that all, of whatever station in life,
should feel perfectly at home under the
hospitable roof of the Railway House.
In politics he was republican and took
an active part in campaign work. He
was mayor of Prairie du Chen for two
or three terms, and delegate in county,
congressional and state conventions. He
has been exceedingly liberal toward char
liable institutions, and especially kind
and considerate of the poor and needy.
He was man of genial qualities. His
death is severe loss to Prairie du Chen
in which he took personal pride.-Mc.
Greg0r Times
There is small wonder modern whis-
ky incites men to such acts when we note
how it is doctored, An old liquor dealer,
now retired from business, in an interview
says: I'm most of the gin sold there will
be found oil of vitriol, of turpentine, and of
almonds, sulphuric ether, and extract of
grains of paradise. It is in the manufac-
ture of whisky, however, that the adul-
terators do their finest work. You can
purchase oils and essences from which
whisky of any age can be produced. This
style of whisky when tested will show sui
phuric acid, caustic potassa, benzine, nux
vomica, and other poisons. This is the
sort of stuff that bores into the coatings
of the stomach and creates ulcers. Pure
whisky, in my opinion, will hurt no one
when taken in reasonable quantities, but
this adulterated stuff is murderous. In
porter you will find opium, herbane, cap
sicum, cocculus, indicus, copperas to-
bacco, and sulphuric acid. In beer, alum,
opium, nux vomica, green copperas, Wit
riol, ub-carbonate Of potash, and ialop
are used."-Er.