Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-07
;rifling. The girl that tritlcs with her

tritling. The girl that tritlcs with her
reputation is sure to lose it, and once lost,
? it is lost forever. The only absolutely
safe way is the absolutely proper way.
See to it, young girl. that you in no way
trif1e with that good name that is infinitely
of greater value to you than all things else
on earth. With the women of the earth
rest purity, virtue, morality. And unless
they keep pure, virtue must perish from
the earth, moral chaos will ovcrspread it,
and a night of barbarism once more en-
velop it.
Rev. David Swing is the Benedict
Arnold of his sex. Behold how he be-
trays men when he holds them up to ridi-
Guile before the gaze of women, when he
says in substance: Fancy three men
trying to represent the Three Graces; let
them join hands, and let the middle man
be about foot and a half taller. than the
others then write underneath the great
est of these is Charity and observe the
emotions that rise in your soul. Orthink
of Il couple of men trying to represent
Night and Morning-onc dressed all in
white, light mustache. white hat, gold
headed cane, with his face wrcathed in il
smile looking toward the east, represent
ing Morning; the other dressed in con-
ventional black. with apratical mustache
and black kid gloves, with his head aver
ted and turned away to represent Night,
and examine the sentiments in your
hearts, This is the rankest of heresy, to
say the least, and is calculated to invite
battle, murder and sudden death.
AS a reminder Of the necessity of pay
ing better attention to the manner in which
letters for the mail are directed, we print
a few specimens of self-cvident careless
ness which have come into the Aus
tin post-ottice. Nov. l, a postal-card was
found with the supcrscription ID.
James," After studying over it awhile,
we OWNED it might be b. J. Ames, and
So it proved. Another letter directed to
H. Alames, we conjectured must belong
to H. W. Elms, our popular County Aud
tor: and sure enough, to him it belonged
Neither do we fare any better in our own
business. A letter came Oct. Is, address
ed to 20. H. Danlan." Suspecting it
might be for us, after it had remained in
the office two weeks, we examined it, and
found it was communication on bust
ness meant for C. H. Davidson. Not
only are we puzzled by such strange mis-
takes as these. but carelessness on the
part of many people in directing their
mail adds greatly to the work and unccr-
tainty of the postal service.
| The annual report Of the Supcrin-
tendent of Schools for Mower county,
ending August 81, 1883, presents the fol-
lowing statistics
| No. OF districts common school, 49,
independent 9, joint s. total 121.
| School houses, frame 1O7, brick 5, stone
3, log 2, total III.
| One new frame building erected during
the year.
Valuation Of sites and school houses
$104,274
492 81.
No. of teachers employed during the
year: males 40, females 143, total 1873.
No. who have tang Int years continu-
ously in one district 4, two years 8, one
year 3d.
| Teachers examinations have resulted
as follows first grade certificates, males
3, females 3, total6 Second grade, males
80. females SO, total 113. Third grade
males II, females 148, total 165 No. of
applicants rejected g. No. of certificates
revoked 2.
No. of graded schools 5, viz: Leroy,
Brownsville, Lansing, Grand Meadow
and Austin.
county associations have been held
and institutes.
Average length of schools, 81 months.
SEVERE ACCIDENT.-Saturday even
ing just after the switch engine had
assisted in moving train up the track,
and had returned to the crossing, a cry
of distress from under the engine was
heard by engineer McFadden As quick
ly as possible, the motion was reversed,
and investigation revealed the body of a
man closely wedged in under the brake
beam. A wrench was applied to the
beam, and the man was released from his
precarious situation. His right leg was
broken above the knee. and the left knee
badly torn. The facts drawn from him
were as follows His name is Alfred
Miller; his age is "a and his home, from
which he had been absent 5 years, is in
Clay City, Ill.,, where his father resides.
He had been harvesting near Blooming
Prairie, and having but little money,
stole ride on the $50 train as far as Aus
tin, intending to ride all night. AS the
train came into Austin, he left
his perch between the baggage car
and the engine, and stepped on
onto a side track to wait for the starting
of the train, when suddenly he was borne
down by the switch engine, whose ap-
|proach he did not hear IN the general con-
fusion. As quick as he struck the track
he passed under the step board, and in
that condition was dragged five car
! lengths, pushing the gravel before him.
AS soon as the engine came to the planks
at the crossing, Miller received a. severe
blow, mangling him as before stated, and
doubtless, but for the gravel breaking the
force of the blow, would have killed him.
g In ,frS1 fnl L
taken on shutter to Jake Fischers, who
refused to allow him to remain He was
then taken, through the kindness of Scott
Shoemaker, night clerk, to the Railway
House. Drs. Squires and Gibson were
called and the limb set. Monday noon he
was removed to the house of James Cor
rigan, who has kindly taken him in for
the present. We cannot commend too
highly the spirit of true Christian benev-
Olence which characteriZes this act of Mr.
and Mrs. Corrigan's, and trust his friends
and neighbors will see that himself and
wife are no losers.
P. s. Young Miller died Tuesday
evening.
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