Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-19
OUR HARVEST FIELD.
is to have street cars.

AdAhuIO ~ u nave SCreeC cars.
Fillmore county fair at Preston Sept. %
-Owatonna's contribution to Rochester,
Sl,Gss.
coming year.
--Faribault and Mankato were connected by
telephone last week.
Hon. w. G. Ward contributed 800 to the
Rochester sufferers.
minnesota Congregational Conference
meets Mt Lake City Oct. 1921.
Number of deaths from Rochester cyclone
lin the city ,5, in the county6.
Next meeting of Dairymens Association
will be held in Rochester next February.
Judge Parker, of Albert Lea, reports los
bushels of wheat from acres of ground.
Wheat yield in Blue Earth county this
year ranges from II to Is bushels per acre.
-Winona, tho handsomest town in the
state, is to have street-car line instanter.
Carleton College opens the fall term with
an enrolment of 24l, larger than ever before.
What would the capitol official do without
Hawley to pilot them around and show them
land himself) of?-St. Paul Dispatch.
Mitchell county has fair at Usage
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this
week.
"Wednesday, Sept. 5, rs excursion tickets
we're sold in Faribault to parties visiting the
state fair ut Owatonna.
--Owatonna city received 4493 for licenses
during fair week. 1t is to be be turned over
to the State Fair Building Committee.
The Standard has no doubt OF it-that the
railroad shops will be removed from Wells to
Albert Lea. We have little doubt.
Albert Lea had an q, 500 fire September 9Th,
in the destruction of Kleven's grocery store
and Bickenbachs harness shop. Insurance
$4,1OO.
The sale of pine lands in St. Cloud last
week embraced one hundred and seventy-five
thousand acres, realizing sass 1851, or an
average of about 50. IL per acre.
w. J. whipple is back to his post rs editor
of the winona Herald, after years respite.
w. ]. sticks by the old Democratic ship, al
though the Minnesota craft is weak one.
The Hon. J. w. North. of California. a
well known business man of this city at an
early day, and for whom the town of Northfield
was named. is making visit among his many
friends In MtnneSOta.-HGstln0s Gazette.
Republican county conventions for Fill
more county at Preston, Sept. 25th, to nomi-
nate candidates for Treasurer, Judge of Pro-
dent and Coroner.
the animals killed by the cyclone has buried
7horses, cows, 2 calves, colt, Al hogs, LOTT
chickens, cats, and dogs. Dead carcasses
are still being found.
The completion Of Dryers building gives
Albert Lea the first solid brick block from
corner to corner. Austin will have one this
fail, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
You bet, and we think our solid block will
''lay over yours.
The Mississippi is getting so low that the
fish are carrying parasols to keep their com.
plexon from tan and freckles, and the small
boy who swim wear busters to keep of the
dust they stir up in the eddies. Large num-
bers of sunfish and black bass have been sun
struck during the week.-Little Falls Sun.
An unbroken line of rail now extends from
Portland Me-, to its namesake in Oregon. A
commission house has arranged to dispatch
ten freight cars filled With canned corn put up
by Portland, Me-, firms direct to Portland, Or
egon, without change. The train started on
the 18th.
The case of Clark w. Thompson-or rather
the wife OF Mr.. Thompson against J. C. Eas-
ton, which was tried at the last fall term of
the District Court of this county, and in which
Mr.. Easton. has been heard from. The case
was appealed to the Supreme Court and that
Court has set the verdict aside and ordered a
new trial.-Prest0n Republican.
line STATE 10lr receipts July guarantee the
payment of all incidental expenses, the pre-
miums in full, 81 500 of the old debt, and $500
added to the Society's assets, of which $3.50
was expended for extra stabling. This is
showing of which the Association may feel
proud, and every Minnesotian cherish a feel
ing of satisfaction. Had Friday been as pleas
ant as anticipated a handsome surplus would
have been netted the managers, but they have
no reason to feel otherwise than encOurag-
ed with the financial result.-OCGtOnnG Press.
This means that A. v. Ellis has taken to
OwatOnna his fine herd of Holsteins, some Is
in number. We suppose Mr.. Ellis is the larg-
est breeder of HOlsteins in the State, and will
doubtless secure the first prcmiums.-AUsrIN
TRANSCRIPT.
Go slow. Bro. Davidson, and you will very
likely hear something ''drap." Waseca coun-
ty "war thar" with her famous herds, as
you may have "heard" ere this-both short
horns and HOlsteins.- WasecG Radical.
Yes,-but we are talking for Mower county.
Wait until the returns are all in.
The Willard reception and banquet cost
St. Paul $4,000 to $4,000. The Minneapolis
affair probably cost as much more. How is
that for squandering money. Seventy-f1ve
thousand dollars would fill the hearts and
mouths Of a great many poor. But the poor
we have always with us and are likely to have.
-Wdsec1 Radical.
There is some satisfaction in knowing that