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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
A Funny Mistake.

From the Boston Commercial Bulletin.1
Telegraphicanecdotes being in order re-
minds us of q dispatch which some years
ago business man in this city sent to
his correspondent in New York, request
ing him to have room reserved for him
at;the hotel. as he should come on that
afternoon.
Arrived late at night he stood serenely
behind the crowd at the old Aston House
who were registering their names, even
till the clerk began to turn applicants
away for lack of room-assured that his
dispatch in advance must have secured
accommodation, but was surprised aud
indignant to find that no order for q
room had been received and was obliged
to hunt up lodgings for the night else
where.
EARLY next morning, in response to
the demand if his dispatch had been re-
ceived, his correspondent replied in
the affirmative and that q store house
had been hired for him in Beaver Street
as ordered.
"A store-house! I never ordered q
store-house."
The dispatch was produced. 1t read:
"Shall be on tonight; have room in q
store house secured at once"
Application at the telegraph Office re-
vealed the fact that the young woman
who received the message as it came
slowly from the wire supposed the oper-
ator had been abbreviating and she there
fore corrected (?) the spelling of the
message, which originally read: "Have
room in Aston House secured at once"
The division Of A-stor and addition Of
an produced quite different result
than was desired.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22

l. Every fully developed plant of q
cereal presents an ear superior in produc-
tive power to any part Of the rest on that
plant.
2. Every such plant contains onegrain,
which, upon trial, proves more produc-
tive than any other.
8. The best grain of given plant is
found in the best ear.
4. The superior vigor of this grain is
transmissible, in different degrees, to it's
progeny.
5. By repeated careful selections, the
superiority is accumulated.
6. The improvement, which is at first
rapid, gradually after long series of
years is diminished in amount. and
eventually SO for arrested that, practical
~, limit to improvement in the desired
quality is reached.
7. BY still continuing to select. the
improvement is maintained. and. practi-
cally, a fixed type is the result.
Fruit Trees by the Line Fence.
If the stem or trunk of the tree grows
so close to the line that part Of its
actual body extends into each, neither
owner can cut it down without the con-
sent OF the other, and the fruit is TO be
equitably divided. If the stem of the
tree stands wholly within the boundary
line Of one owner, he owns the whole
OF the tree with it's products, although
the roots and branches extend into the
property Of another. The law gives the
land owner, on whose soil the tree
stands, the right to cut it down at his
leisure, and to pluck all the fruit from
it while it stands. In New York state
the courts have decided that trespass or
assault would lie by the owner of the
Land over which its branches extend, if
he prevented the owner of tho tree. bv
personal violence, from reaching over
and picking the fruit growing upon
these branches while standing on the
fence dividing the lands. The owner of
the land over which the branches ex.
tend, may lop the branches close to his
line. He may also dig down and cut
the roots square with his line if he so
elect.-P0rtla,ad advertiser.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
Striking Head Lines

Are used to call attention to the fact that this is IN
sdvertisementof the CHICAGO, NIL WAU.
kEE a. ST. PAUL RAILWAY.
Its EIGHT Trunk Lines traverse the best por-
lions Of horthern Illinois, WISDOM
SIN, MINNESOTA, DAKOTA and
IOWA.
. Located directly on its lines are the cities Of
CHICAGO, MlIWAUKEE,Lacroese,
Wlnona, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS,
Madison, Prairie du CHEN, Macon
City, Sioux City, Yankton, Albert
Lea, ABERDEEN, DUBUQUE, ROCK
ISLAND, CEDAR RAPIDS and C0UN-
GIL BLUFFS, as well as tnnumerable other
principal business centres and favorite resorts;
and passengers going West, North, South or East
are able to use the CHICAGO, MILWAU.
kEE T. ST. PAUL RAILWAY to the best
advantage.
Ticket Offices everywhere are supplied with Maps
and Time Tables which detail the merits Of the line,
and agents stand ready to furnish information, and
sell tickets at cheapest rates over the CHICAGO.
Milwaukee f. st. Paul Railway.
s. 8. MERRILL, Avn. CARPENTER,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. and Tiki. Agt.
1T. CLARK, GEO. H. HEAFFORD,
Gent Sup't Asst Gen. Pass. Agt
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A Promising Experiment.

The Amherst Record says that new
experiment is being tried the present
season on the farm of the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College, by permit
ting individual students to hire from the
college certain lots Of land, and to raise
such crops as they desire, the profit, if
any, coming to them. This would Ger
tainly seem to be an excellent system in
every respect, as it interests the STU
dents in their work and gives them the
strongest of motives for doing their
work well. The hope of pecuniary gain
is generally sufficient motive to exer-
ton, and one is naturally more interest
ed in work that is personal in it's nature
and results than in any kind of mutual
or collective labor. The following stu
dents have embraced this opportunity:
Messrs: Putnam and Leary have two
acres planted in potatoes, and will raise
cabbages as second crop: Messrs. Bar.
Der and Chapman cultivate one acre.
which they have planted in potatoes and
corn; MI. E. W. Allen cultivates one
acre, and will raise potatoes and carrots.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22

CLARA JAM says that she shall never
be satisfied until women are permitted
to sue e we'll @ to be sued. Perhaps
il would be unkind to say that Clara
jane has never been sued; therefore, We
shall not sey it-lHos, zrans,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22
. above 10 . correct map Of the

The above 10 . correct map Of the
Albert LEA ROUTE,
and tn immediate connections. Through Trains daily
Prom ST. PAUL AND Minneapolis TO CHICAGO,
without change connecting with all lines
EAST and SOUTHEAST
The only line running Through Cars between
MINNEAPOLIS and DES MONIES, iowa.
Through Trains between
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS,
connecting in Union Depot for all Points South and
Southwest Close connections made with St. p, M NJ
n p. and St. p. & Duluth Railroads, from and to eli
ponts North and Northwest.
REAEABER! PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING
CARS on all night Trains. Through Tickets. and h"
cage checked to destination. For time tables. "
fare, ETC.. call upon nearest Ticket Agent address
S. f. BOYD.
Gen'l Tiki. 4 Pass. Art. Minneapolis.
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Food for Colts.

While climate and soil contribnte
largely to the bone, muscle and growth
of the colt, yet generous feeding and
comfortable quarters are necessary to in
sure the desirable size; care during the
first two winters generally determines
the future form of the colt. Especially
is this true with reference to the atten-
ton he receives during >the first winter
after he is weaned. If he has only rough
fodder, and is sub ected to constant ex-
posure, he is sure to be stunted. His
growth and prosperous condition then
seem to stop suddenly after he is
weaned, and he remains at stand still
throughout the winter and spring. till
the early grass again starts his growth.
But then much valuable time has been
lost in the period of his growth that can
never be recovered. Moreover, his sys-
TEN has been stunted, and his subse-
quent growth is, like that of the pony,
moro in breadth than in height. Ali
this is renedied if sufficient food and
shelter are given to the young colt dur
ing the first winter of his existence; and,
If the same generous treatment is con-
tinued during the second winter, then
the possibility of stunning him has
passed away. Every consideration,
monetary and useful, Of value and
beauty, favors the horse of fine size.
Whatever speciality the small horse may
fill, the large horse will serve much bet
ter.-Nati0nGl Live Stock Journal.
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and close In his arms as was falling,
and kissed my lips, my cheeks and eyes,
and forehead, and held me in his arms
for quite while, and called me his
dear, precious baby. What was I going
to tell you? Oh, yes; about the man
who fell from tho tight rope. That was
terrible! One end of the rope was passed
over the roof of house, and carried
down the side, and made fast to
wooden block underneath.
It had so happened that the block
had rotted off next the ground, and there
was no weight upon it whatever. Well,
anyhow, they tied the rope to the block,
and the professor was half way across
the street when he began to give an ex-
hibition of jumping. Suddenly we saw
that the rope was giving way. The
jerking had pulled the block up from
under the house, and was dragging it up
the side. The professor turned quite
pale, and stood and waited, He came
down slowly with the rope. It seemed
as if it never would stop slipping over
the roof like long, ugly snake. It soon
became slack, and it was of course much
harder to balance on it; but he never
lost his presence of mind, and stood per-
fectly calm and straight. When the
block had nearly reached the roof-it
was two.story house-the rope slipped
of, and 1 heard tho block drop to the
ground. I hid my face and .crouched
down against wall, and then I heard
him strike the ground like something
dead. Oh, it was so horrible!" She
peered around INTO the darkness and
shuddered. "Poor fellow! he fell fiat
on his face. It was the cruelest thing
that ever happened"
She sighed, and still gazed abstracted-
" at the people below.
"Did it kill him?"
"No, not quite, but he was delirious
for several weeks. When they picked
him up blood gushed from his nose, his
eyes, his ears. and bloody froth came
from his mouth. I wss little child
then, and dreamed of him every night
for two or three years. I dreamed of
him again last night tor the first time in
great while. I thought went to pick
him up. and could feel his broken bones
grating against each other, and his
bloodshot eyes stared wide and cold at
me-"
"You are not we'll tonight, Zoe,"
said the man of science, examining her
pulse attentlvely. He became thought.
full. IL don't think you ought to risk
It. he said.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-10

MINE ExPLoszox.-An explosion OF
gas occurred here on Sunday At about 5
o'clock p. m. killing two Cinnamon.
The particulars Of the accident, Whieh
happened in the No. tunnel, are, a. far
as your correspondent could learn, a.
follows: The explosion took place ir a
rock tunnel that had originally teen
driven till il struck q VEIN Of col per-
meated with gas feeders. There il
stood for some time, vlthous being
worked, and gas beginning to aocumu-
late, two fans were put in and two lots
Of bradish 20 circulate air and break 10
the gas before il got TO the main air
fans would canse little Of the gas to
break ont Of the tunnel at times, toward
where the fans were. Consequently the
fan-msn hsd 70 work in the dark for
safety. This difficulty vas being recti-
fed. and Is vas expected that BY today
Monday they would have the air box
e. fixed, 30 thst tho fan would overpov-
or the gas - fast a. made. The China
men Who turn the fan, Of whom there
are three shifts Who relieve each other
every eight hours. have been cautioned
from time 70 time both BY the foreman.
fireman and boes Chinaman, mot 10 20
past q certain place With ths naked
light, but to 60 IN the dark and rsIisvs
each other Ia the same way. Bat IL APP
pears the ons Who veot on at thrss
o'clock yesterday discarded tbe instruc-
tious be had been following, for the last
tuo weeks. - ~ vas found with his
lamp in his hand. Hence the explosion.
-TaopHs Ledger.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-10

Vas running ss fall speed A ssort dis
tance bsloz, train asn had 10 move
tso telegraph POLES that hy across ths
track Near Rockpost. rock weighing
eisks 'ozs rolled from a hill side. and
lodged on tue track The Waterman
sa- !. II time % stos trains going
either way. Seax Stoay Greek Station
four freight cars % the morning Lehigh
/ valley train we're overturned.
The Great Mail storm.
DEsyxz. May She damage by the
nail storm yesterday gill probably sg-
Rregate x.5nu Hardly residence or
public building II the CITY escaped IN
Jury Vegetable aud flower gardens IN
the city aud vicinity are conp,ete
wrecks, and young fruit trees Suffered
terribly. and every variety Of fr7it WIS
killed The los 20 ranramsn in the
immediate viciaIty of Beaver IA very
heavy Had the storm been general
throughout tbs State the los would
have aggregated millions.
>hsrt In HIS Aersnas~
LAKE CRY. Fla. May &c. B HEX
man, late receiver Of the Lake City Land
Once. Is defaaiter 70 :ne exten. of
$1,000.
Disposinx Of Gases.
E,sHrSGroy. Nav IA uz.nber of
cases have bsan finally disposed of and
stricken from the docket of the United
States Supreme Court during the term
Iust ended. There are 3sT cases. Com
pared with last term this is a decrease
Ut II in .he number of cases disposed
of. The number Of cases awaiting az
tioa confines year by year TO increase.
At the cad Of the term IN 1879 there were
undecided al cases. at eud of Oct. term
OF 1850 the number vas increased to So.
and at TIE emu OF this term there has
been decided increase. Among
those which the court still has
under consideration are several
civil rights cases; the Mercer Colony
Land case from Texas. and the case of
the county of SIN Mateo against the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
Railroad Mileage Constructed.
CHICAGO, MAY 9.-rhe fsil,oty RE
will say that during the first four
months of the present year the-e were
iioo miles Of main track laid. agi ust
800 during corresponding period list
year. The DECREASE is owing 20 q cold
winter and backward spring, which has
been interfering with thu work. Not
wi.hs.audiug this fact, the mile &c thus
Tar this season il greater than for the
same period of any previous year. ex-
cept lss2. Work was done on s-vsntv-
I'VE different lines in thirty one Safes
and Territories, and tho States which
lead In construction are: California,
la miles; Utah. l5;: New YORK. lis;
Pennsylvania. %; Montana. 81; Idaho,
-; Arizona, 81; Missouri, -. II is es-
Hmated thu. the railway building for
the year will reach 5000 miles.
'kiclfas About stamps.
DgTsoir, Iich, Nay 9.-Ths ioblcso
maru f;.cturers o. this cltv held full
today. at which letter To the
of Ints-na. Revenue WAS
adopted protesting against
the hsrdships 10 waich business is be-
Jag subjected because of the utterly in
adequate supply of stac.ps received.
Hundreds of thousands of pounds
Ut tobtcco are nov waiting ship
ment here for tho wan. of the ne
cessary stamps. Dealers denouncs the
situation SO seriously affecting their
trade, and an inaccessible outrage.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-10

A very good reason has been assigned
for the iuferiofity Of female labor, even
in industries where bodily strength II
not required. Girls. learn trade, NOT
a. life's business, but a. . means Of
earning q Temporary livelihood. They
are ever hoping that some day they may
marry, and after marriage they will
require 70 work at their trade no more.
This fact has an evil influence on their
success A man. on the other hand.
having chosen his trade or profession.
knows that his position In life depends
ON his proficiency, and that he has
nothing else to fall back upon- Hence,
IL be 10 only spared ON By tho ambi-
ton which every man ought TO possess,
he win almost certainly surpass his
female competitor.
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are out a'ew OF the Goods
advertised viii be application Thi. NO s "a
say you VIII everything
% ,, u e market We figures and
wnked pat come AMI
'o'h'hss Furnishing Goods Blankets Shoes ~ :"
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MISCELLANEOUS.

ana Compare Prices with other Stores
daily h
the low prices stronghold ana f,n
on - t~-~' F''e "s' ne ceoas we have
~
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WEDDING AxxIvE1aAxxU-Rint, par
per Wedding; second. straw wedding;
third. candy wedding; fourth. leather
wedding; hfth. voodsu wedding; teath,
tin wedding; twelfth, linen wedding
fifteenth, crystal wedding; twentieth,
dorai wedding; twenty hfth silver ved'
ding: thirfieth, pearl WEDDING; thirty.
9TH, china wedding; forsiesh, coral
wedding: fftie4h, gold veddiaR; seven
ty-ffsh, diamond wedding.
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Nxw Yosx. May s.-Nr. WIN. Henry
HuEibut, President ef The Press Pub
lishine Company, coupested today .
tran.fss Of he entir. propessy q the
Word nevspspsr TO NJ. JoA Pulitesr,
Of ~ ~ Louis Pei DiYsfeA- NJ:
Hnr:h1t WIN anno1nse III - ~ Work
to0oegUu moentnGs 81 - nsoe unn-
~ q ~ wsr8 un1eg - e6kooktoI
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rAssXxGgxs foR PORTLAND.

SAN FRAscrsco, May 9.-Passensers
namsd as follows sailed today on the
Ore ron for Portland:
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WAaHIx0roS, May 9-CoArlte keed
has been ssadying The extraditiou trsa-
siea, and finds our treaty with England
only reQuiree . ossti6sd copy Of an i'm
dicfmsns and certificate Of jurisdiction.
The treaty dos mot say that in this
country the Secretary of State shall be
the ultimate authority in granting . do
cision. It ssys Il may have besu when
the treaty vas being negotiated. Tho
question Of political offences came Mp,
and England refused them 10 BE- speed
tled - exsmpt from the operations Of
tho treaty. In regard 70 political
Offenders. England always has taken .
broad ground IN favor Of the right Of
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4 Costly sisoss.

LOUISVILLE, May at the stable of
tho Fair Association. this afternoon,
Nathan Bruce. a negro. became involved
III quarrel with another negro, and
drawing pistol attempted To shoot hirn.
third party struck his arm. Tho p,s-
toll was discharged. the ball going
through plank into the stable. strik-
ing a fine young mare in the neck. kill
ing her instantly. Tas mare was the
property Of Edward Wilder. of this
city, was valued at 5000 and WAS by
Jim Monroe, dam Whiriwind, and had
shown good speed.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-10

BlsxancK. Dakota. May 9.-Tho
steamer Rig Horn. which left here April
9Th. loaded with rs tons assorted mer-
ohAndise, consigned to Montana mer
chants. struck snag on the morning OF
Nay 9Th, i've miles below Poplar river,
oausing her to sink above her main
decks IN five Minutes. Boat and cargo
ne reported total loss. The steamer
1aa valued at $4,000. No insurance.
Cargo fully insured.
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WASHINGTON. May 9.-It is estimated
at the Pos.oflice Department that under
the recent change. in computing the
commission on fourth class postmaster.
there will be an expenditure Of $50, 900
more than would be required under the
old law. II will be necessary to settle
account of fourth offices up to
October LIST, when the two cent postage
law goes into operation.
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DAN ANTONIO, Texts. May 6.-Quite
sasattou was created ia this city today
9 the confession at Maj. WATSON, the
Rymaster alleged to have been rubbed
- vs4uU on train near Fort Worth,
soas the whole transaction vas . fraud
. oover his short account With the gov
st1ment Wassou is now under arrest
- headquarters here. Having failed 20
ostMn clue to the robbers. WATSON
- ordered here to turn over the BAL
nee OF the funds in his hands 10 Chief
xaymastes Terrell, and settle his 80.
sns. The examination b Col. Ter
~ exhibited shortages Of about $500.
.saon confessed his ds6oit, bat claim
. 70 have made COED the amount, and
eao bean robbed Of t3i 900. Ga beine
sezshee questionsd, be finally mads .
- breast Of the whole a2air. He
~ that be had pat up ths Job 10 cover
e e!u doin2s. BE uas immsliatsly
s.eed under arrest at headquarters
S1n saanty supply oe nsosssasisA and
n gaAsdod ~ no1dioFsI Is = oaid
~ ms Iowa bondamen sso good fos
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Railroad Accidcnt-..Ne Los. OF LIf,
Chinese Tor Victoria.

The steamship City of Toxic 10 ex-
pected to arrive next week, and will
probably bring 800 Cinnamon en- route
to Victoria, and 200 for this city. Most
Of these, however. are probably China
men returning from their New Years
visit home. The Toxic stopped at Ho-
nolulu on her trip. and left there, ii is
expccted. about COO laborers.
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FOR EIaN.


Bks1IS, May s.-Bismarck's defeat in
me heichstag. on the question of the
BUDGET. cannot Be considered decisive.
ise commission 10 which the budget
Vas referred contains q small majority
OF tories and eiericals, who probably
VII secure a second residing after su-
other rec-ss- The bill, cannos pass.
however, before the winter session. The
resui: . directly opposed 10 the wishes
OF the Emperor, rs expressed in his re-
cent message. During a heated debate
the last few days in tie Reichssaz. the
Emperors name has been frcely men
TONED. IL was generally regretted that
the Emperor shonld have deemed il ad-
visahle 10 throw the dignified reserve of
the crowns personal influence into the
scale OF political arguments.
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NJ! Ysxx, May s.-Gec. w. Lane
peGced At the ono hundred and At
ntn anniversary banquet Of the
vo1moer Of Commerce tonight. Grant
spoke 70 the toast Of tho United States,
seo Chauncey 81. Depew and Henry
wand BeochcF also 0sx}e nnanohaa
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MILWAUKEE, May "A collision 90
eofred on the Madison division Of the
OnicaRo and Northwestern road between
passengef and freight trains. The 40
Ssosut Y supposed 20 have been caused
~ eseiieencs. David Nichols, fireman.
- Killed. and q number Of others in
!uleo. u Is impossible to get further
railway officials.
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The steamer Hyl;on Castle, which has
been employed In the British Colnmbia
coal trade for the past year or two, will
soon sail for England. Her place will
be supplied By the new steamer Well
ineton. now on her way ont from Eng
land.
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Tive Perssns Drew ned hy Clead.
hunt.

WALLA WALLA, May S,-A cloud burst
Honday night, on Dry Creek. fourteen
miles from Walla Walla, drosned the
son OF William Brunton. aged 10. and
Dellis Llrgent, aged Il. Seven horses
were lost and barr was swept away.
Considerable DANG vas done along
the creek 10 fences. crops, and roads,
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Irish Necftnx.

OTTAWA. May Alt n meeting of
lrishmen here speeches were made by
senator Rowland, by John Donahue.
Prinespu McCsbe, and Patrick Parker
vile. Resolutions were passed repellins
With indignation the foll impusstion
cast upon the character Of Chas. Stew
art Parnell. aud expressing confidence
and faith IL the wisdom OF the coasiitu-
tionai policy so e,erce;icaily parsued
by him as the leader of the Irish parlia,
noentary party. A subscription list for
Parnells testimonial fund was opened.
Father whalen, the parish priest of st.
Pasrick's Church, was appointed treas
urer