Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-14
Joe Gallagher is the Mayor Of Ram

sey.
Last Sunday was the first Sunday in
lent.
One week of the Lenten season has
passed.
F. l. Crane has not sold out his lum
Der yard after all.
E B. Crane is home from Superior
City for short vacation.
We publish the street railway ordi'
nance in another column.
DIR. and Mrs. J. N. Wheat are expect.
ed to arrive in Austin this week.
| Next Teachers Association at Leroy,
Saturday, Feb. Gath, unless stormy.
-Laban, father of Oscar N. Hill, died
last Saturday night 70 years.
Grace, daughter of Samuel Dodge,
is very sick with inflammatory rhcuma-
tism
Miss Fannie Knox has been sick and
unable to teach for the past two or three
days.
Union services at the Baptist church
last Sunday evening, and a crowded
house.
Miss Richardson, of Usage, Iowa,
sister of y. NJ Thompson, is visiting in
Austin.
Congregations church socciable, for
old and young, with Mrs. Andrew Knox,
Friday evening.
Trade is suspended at Jones store
until the loss is adjusted. The adjustcrs
are expected to-day.
Mrs. Keller and daughters, of Mil
waukee, are in the city. and are the guests
of their cousin, Mrs. Hiram Smith.
This is lovely weather. This week of
February is doing its best to pay us back
for the Manitoba wave of January.
We are very sorry to hear of the con-
tinued ill health Of our esteemed friend,
W. ". Ranncy, of Grand Meadow.
Mrs. S. Y. Paddock, of Grand Mead.
ow, was in the city last week, the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. E. r. Campbell
The Universalist sociable will meet
with Mrs. W. F. Sutherland next Tues
day evening. All arc cordially invited.
The NJ E. church will give Il New
England supper on Washington's birth
day. Interesting particulars next week.
Il. C. Thatcher, of Brownsville, sold
out his stock of merchandise to Frank
Rolph of that place, about two weeks
ago.
Herman GUM, clerk of the engross-
ing committee Of the Senate, spent last
Sunday with his family and friends in
Austin.
DIR. J. G. Holland we'll said: 1T is
cruel thing to send boy out into the
world untaught that alcohol, in any form,
is poison"
-Hamline University, the Methodist
school located midway between St. Paul
and Minneapolis, was burned last week
Wednesday.
Baird s. Cressey, of this place, ex-
pcct to remove their stock of goods to
Worthwhile, Sphinx county, Dakota, about
the first of March.
Rev. C. E. Wright preached last Sun
day morning upon the subject Of "Proba
ton after Death" 1t was an earnest and
effective discourse.
j. S. Cox went up to st. Paul last
week, and secured work at his trade of
carpenter for few weeks until the spring
work begins in Austin.
james, son of Rev. ]. D. Todd, arriv.
ed at Albert Lea last week on a visit to
his sister residing at that place. He has
been out to Colorado.
The rumor is revived that the trains
on the Southern Minnesota division will
soon be run into Austin, and this be made
the terminus of the first division.
Sheriff Corey has been sick and con-
fined to the house for more than week
threatened with fever. We are
glad to hear that he is better
Harry Griswold is now at St. Paul,
clerk in the office of State Auditor Bra
den. We wish HIM success in his new po-
sition. Harry excels in book keeping
B. w. Lowell was in St. Paul last
week, and had the pleasure Of shaking
hands with Senator-elect Sabin. His i'm
pressions of Mr.. Sabin were very favorable.
Are you feeling very ill?" asked the
physician. "Let me see your tongue,
please" ITS of no use Doctor" replied
the patient; mo tongue can tell how
bad I feel"
Invitations were received in Austin
by several of the friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. G. Bascomb of Rochester, to "come
over and help" them celebrate their wood
en- wedding.
We have heard of a lady, who has
changed her religion, being determined,
she says to avoid her husbands company
in the next world. 1t must be great
grief to him.
Gen. Hawley sends Howard Berg, an
old member of the Fifth Minnesota, late
~ living at Albert Lea, to Milwaukee,
where he will become an inmate of the
Soldiers Home.
I'm the list of jurors published in the
TRANSCRIPT Jan. 31st, the name of War
rem Paddelford appeared as one of the
petit jurors. The name should have been
William Paddelford
g. G. Crane, of Deadwsod, arrived in
town last Friday. He is cousin of E.
B. and F. I. Crane of this city, whom he
is visiting. He expects to return to the
Black Hills in few days.
Letters from our friends, the VanVal-
kenburghs, of Green Bay, Wis, say the
mercury had registered at As below zero