Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-28

our city with the best of music; however
the singers of Austin under the competent
and able leadership of DR.. Phillips, have
given one night week for the past -four
months to the cultivation of their voices
and are now prepared to give the citizens
of Austin rich treat by way of con
cert at Jones hall, next Wednesday even
ing March It'll. 1t Will be the pleasant
est entertainment Of the season. Tickets
35 and Is cents.
&C. H. Brown, proprietor Of the Stal
Marble Works Of Owatonna was in the
cityzlast Friday. Mr.. Brown has appoint
ed Wilson Beach Of this city as his agen,
for Austin and all parties desiring any
thing in the line Of monuments or head
stones will do we'll to see him. The Star
| Works is an old established concern, hav.
ing been doing business in Owatonna fol
the past ten years. Mr.. Brown makes
occasional trips through Southern Mime
sofa, and will visit Austin again IN about
three months.
Geo. II. Brown, OF Plymouth, She
boygan county, Wis. was visiting Edwin
Brownsill Of this city last week. Mr.
Brown has been investigating Dakota
He likes southern Dakota better than
Northern, hut seems to like southern Min
nesota better than any portion of Dakota.
Mr.. Brownsill is trying to induce
him to settle near Austin, where i'm
proved farms can now be purchased very
cheap. This is the country for thrifty
farmers like Mr. Brown. They can buy
cheap farms near railroads. with their
schOol-houses built, and roads and
bridges already made and paid for
Senator Hollistcr has. secured the
passage of his bridge BILL which appro-
PIRATES $500 towards building bridge
across the Cedar on the south line of the
city of Austin. 1t is believed this appro-
priation will stick, as it is said there is
money in the state treasury for bridge
purposes this time. The only time before
this when Mower county has had any
chance at the bridge fund was two years
ago when Hon. j. D. Allen got through
an appropriation of 5000, but his bill,
together with many others, was vetoed by
Gov. Pillsbury because there was no
money in the treasury for bridge pur
poses.
The St. Paul branch of the Austin
furniture store has really assumed large
proportions. under the guardianship and
control of Nessrs. Fernald & Wheeler
We visited these gentlemen last week
finding them very pleasantly situated,
with large and elegant stock around,
above. below. and on either side of them,
and they, with their several helpers, are
busy as bees in June time. We are glad
to note the visible prosperity of Messrs.
Fernald & Wheeler, and Austinites wish
ing anything in their line which cannot
be found at home, will do we'll to call up
on them. We can assure all who do call,
courteous treatment and good bargains.
A CLOSE CALL.-Thcre is still a good
show for Mr. Greenman's appropriation
The bill passed the Senate all right some
time ago, but when it came up in the
House was indefinitely postponed, so we
supposed Grecnman was ''done for" this
session. Last Friday, Hon. Burdctte
Thayer of Fillmore county, moved recon
sideration of the vote by which the bill
was indefinitely postponed, stating he did
so at the suggestion of the chairman of
the finance committee. Mr.. Hicks oppos
ed the motion and called for the yeas and
nays. The vote resulted yeas 80, nays 33.
when the speaker gave the deciding vote
in favor Of the motion to reconsider, so
the motion prevailed, and the bill was re-
ferred to the finance committeee,-and
there is yet good reason to believe the bill
will finally pass.
The next Teachers Association will
meet at Brownsville, on Saturday, March
10, unless stormy, services to commence
at 10 Il. IN. The following program is
suggested:
Teaching fractions to beginners-Lyle
Lynch.
Glass in oral Geography-Helen S. Wilder.
Best method in teaching History-D. A.
FOOte.
class in Reaiing-H. E. Perrin.
Multiplication table Henry A. Davis.
Corporal Punishment in School Capt A. J.
Hunt.
Primary Grammar-Iizzie Anker.
Select Reuding-Lillie Brown.
Developing originality in pupils-Milton
Bowers.
Question box-Supt Beldcn.
A careful record is kept of attendance
at these teachers meetings. All teach
ers who can be present are expected to
attend
"A friend of Austin writes us as fol-
lows about the real estate boom which
we are to have this spring:
Il hope you will have the real estate
boom that Austin is entitled to. ard
'whoop it up lively next spring and sum-
mer. Lyman Baird has got splendid
ad, and little more of the same is all that
is needed to make Real Estate in Austin
and Mower County in active demand. A
Real Estate Association, for united and
systematic work, and judicious advertis-
ing of the advantages of Mower county
for couple of months, would undoubted-
ly pay large returns to- the investors
There is no better country in the West
than that around Austin, and no place
where land is now so cheap, and if the
facts were we'll advertised, there would
be no lack of buyers, and Austin would
surely prosper"
Capt. Aaron S. Everest, formerly q
resident of Austin, now represents the
city of Atchison as Senator in the Kansas
Legislature. As matter Of news it may
be interesting to note that the Kansas
Legislature has had a resolution before it
which proposes re-submission of the
prohibitory amendment to the constitu-
ton of that state. We have before US a
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