Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-04

,-Messrs. e. schle,ider and Dorr &
Void are making arrangements to length.
en- and otherwise IMPROVE the store build.
ing which they own and have occupied
together for so long a time. They need
more room, and several modern improve.
ments. So they have agreed upon a
general ovcrhauling. The store will be
extended ~ feet, making it 80 feet in
depth. Excavating for the foundation
of the extension has already commenced.
The present bulged front will be replaced
with new French plate glass and with
new iron columns like the ones in the
new stores. The floor of the store will be
lowered 12 inches, and the old floor re-
newed. The front will be entirely new,
and made to correspond with the new
stores A new cornice is also to be built
of galvanized iron. These are valuable
improvements, and will add very much
to the good looks and convenience of
this we'll known store.
Company G., Austin National Guards,
stands we'll among the companies of the
second regiment, considering its youth.
1t IS well differed, and has a fine lot of
Austin's best young men in the ranks.
The men who compose Company G have
the pluck and the courage to make their
Company second to none in the regiment.
We expect to hear good reports from
them at the coming encampment. The
citizens of Austin are proud of her soldier
boys, and appreciate their efforts to make
good soldiers of themselves. All of the
boys should make their arrangements to
attend the encampment at New Ulm from
July 9 to Is. twill be good discipline
for them, showing them q little of the
practical side of soldiers life. Trans
portation and shelter will be furnished
by the State, but each company will be
required to furnish subsistence, cooking
materials and blankets for the men. Com
pensation will be allowed the troops at
the rate of 81 per day.
The hottest day on record was last
Sunday. Wasn't it a scorcher, though
The mercury registered 100 degrees in the
shade in several thermometers in this city.
The following is what the Pioneer Press
has to say about it, from St. Paul expe-
renee:
The heated term eliminated yesterday (Sun.
day. in the hottest day, not of the year merely,
the establishments Of the United States signal
office in st. Paul: in the year 1872 has mercury
etricai tube as it was yesterday afternoon;
and the day, il not the warmest that has ever
been experienced here since the advent of the
white man, was certainly the warmest on
record. 1t is difficult to imagine that at any
time the heat could have been greater. Ac'
cording to the signal Office observations. mer:
O'clock yesterday afternoon. and residents
of different parts OF the city report even
higher registrations, some persons claiming
grees. The great problem Of the day was how
to keep cool, and very few there were that
found a successful solution thereof. People
who supposed they could keep comfortable \,
needless exertions, found the experiment q
failure and life a burden, while those who
went out upon the streets, even though they
stood in danger of being parbOiled. Hundreds
Of people fed from the city to the lake resorts
and the camp meeting grounds, but even In
still continuing to swelter and to complain OF
the intense heat.
"A few years ago bright young Irish
girl by the name Of Katie Gallagher was
seamstress in Austin, going out by the
day among our families. Her work was
we'll done, and so work was plenty. She
came from CrescO to Austin, going from
Austin after time to Sioux Falls. While
there she became acquainted with gen
tleman by the name of G. M. Bernard,
who sought Rates hand in marriage.
She loved him, and became his wife. Mr..
Bernard was q man of wealth, of Irish de-
scent, American born, and well educated,
and at the time of their marriage held the
position of Post Office Inspector. After
ten months of happy married life this hus.
band was killed in railroad accident
near Denver. Mrs. Bernard was guest
at the Mansfield House Friday night last,
being en- route for Dubuque, where she
will remain few days before going east
to spend the summer at Coney Island.
She goes to the sea- shore with an invalid
father. Mrs. Bernard has visited Cali
fornia, travelled much in the far west, and
twice visited Europe. She is reported to
be stock owner in valuable mines, and
lives in elegance and luxury upon the in
tercst of her invested capital. She is a
cousin of James and Patrick Geraghty OF
this city, and her friends will be glad tc
hear of the most fortunate change in hel
financial condition.
Mrs. Bernard has made several fOrtu-
nate investments in Dakota land, and
her returns have been large in each
case. The Des Moines Register of q
recent date has the following in
regard to that part of her fortune
"Among the recent guests Of the Nor
gan House is Mrs. Bernard, formerly a
resident of Cresco, Iowa, but until re-
Gently living at Denver, Col. Mrs. Ber-
nard, who was left widow when quite
young, determined to provide a compe-
tence for herself, and with great sagacity
concluded that her best chance to do SO
was to try wild lands. Some four or five
years ago she located land claims around
where Bridgewater, Dakota, now stands,
and she departs thither this morning to
see whether she had better close out her
holdings or wait for higher prices. She
talks freely about her gains and losses in
the past, and is entirely unperturbed about
the losses. Mrs. Bernard is handsome
young Irishwoman, and is well &C.
quainted with the whole West and Yves
tern ways. She will doubtless be worth
500, 900 before many q Des Moines man
now working on good wages will have
500 in bank"
THE New COURT OUsE-ToB BE Com
PLETED THIS SEAsON.-WOrk on the new
courthouse is progressing very satisfac
torily The carpenters will be through
with their work on the roof and the tower
this week. The stating material for thu
roof and galvanized iron for the tower il
all on the ground. The skaters are ex
pected daily: After their arrival, the
roof will be rushed to completion. Lather:
will be put to work Immediately, and
plasterers in about two weeks. MIR. AL
Sip says he will hardly be able to have the
courtroom ready for the September SEES
sion, but he does expect to have the rooms
ready for all the county officers by the
middle of October, and the building en-
tirely completed, ready to deliver to thu
county; by the first Of December, or a,
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