Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-02-27
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of new boy.
To-day is Ash Wednesday, the begin
ming of the Lent season.
| "A little pensioner arrived at the home
of DIR. Squires yesterday.
The 22d was duly observed in this
city as Birthington's Washday.
Albert Lea opened a $4,000 skating
rink last week. Who says it is hard
| times?
We are indebted to Cal. w. Taylor
for a copy of the Jacksonville Times
| Union.
The Commissioners of Rice county
| pay their Chairman an extra fee for sign
! ing county orders.
Mrs. G. E. Hancock, of Blooming
Prairie, has been visiting G. K. Hanson's
family for several days.
Mrs. M. Majors left Austin last Thurs
day for Sterling, ILL.,. being called there
by serious illness in a sisters family.
The Poultry and Pet Stock show at
Rochester, 10, 20 and 81, was a success.
The hen is very consequential these days.
Special communication of Fidelity
Lodge No. 80, at Masonic hall, this
"wednesday evening, for work on the Sd
degree.
| Mr.. Wilkins had to run the bank
alone for a few days last week on account
of the illness of his right-hand bower,
Lon Hollister.
The Crescent Creamery Of Rochester
manufactured 500, 900 pounds of butter in
1883, and the Spring Valley Creamery
$50. 900 pounds.
The new fire engine has been ordered.
See Council proceedings. Now for an
engine house. 1t should be located at
the north end of Main street, where water
can be easily obtained.
Rev E. R. Lathrop will exchange
next Sunday with Rev. F. B. Cowgirl, Of
Spring Valley. Mr.. L. will, by request,
speak on temperance Sunday evening,
and Mr.. Cowgirl do the same here.
Amos H. Hill has sued the city for
$500 damages to his building, stock and
business by reason of the falling Of the
Basford block last August. Lafayette
French is the attorney for Mr.. Hill.
We see that Miss White, of Iowa, is
again visiting her sister, Mrs. 8. H. Judd.
Miss White having poor health we hope
she may extend her visit till she receives
| benefit from our Minnesota climate.
old SETTLERs.-A meeting of the
old settlers of Mower county will be held
at the Fleck House on the 10th of March,
All old settlers are cordially invited to
attend. Signed, Thos. Gibson, A. M.
Fleck, VIM. Rutherford, J. F. Cook.
Rev. Lathrop received an awful pound
ing last Wednesday evening-and there
were so or go who took hand in it,
Strange to say, however, the Reverend
gentleman bore it all in good part. In
fact, he rather enjoys poundsociables.
We have just added to our Office a
new Leader Paper Cutter. 1t is a great
improvement over the old-style pillow cut
ter which we have been using in Austin
for the past twenty years, and eur work
men feel very happy over this improved
piece of machinery.
Rev E. R. Lathrop went to Dundas
last Friday to visit his brother, Rev. N.
Lathrop, whose wife was lying very low
with consumption. The lady died Friday
night, and was buried Monday. Funeral
discourse by her brother in law, of our
city, Rev. E. r. Lathrop.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press of Sun
day, says that Matt Miles, of Austin,
route agent on the Lacrosse and Sioux
Falls run, will be transferred to the Chi
cago and Minneapolis run. w. W.
Sweet, of Leroy, will be appointed on the
run from Lacrosse to Sioux Falls
VETERANS, ATTENTION.-A Post of
the Grand Army of the Republic will be
organized at Odd Fellows hall next
Saturday evening. All veterans DESTROYS
of joining are invited to be present and
bringing their discharge papers. Albert
Swift of Brownsville, will do the muster
ing in.
DIR. Towns, eclectic physician and
specialist, of Montreal, P. c., will be in
Austin March Sd, for few days, treating
chronic diseases in all their complicated
forms. The Doctors reputation is world
wide, and has been gained by absolute
success for series of years in his profess
sion. Consultation and advice free and
confidential. Office at Fleck House.
j. N. Wheeler, editor Of the TRAN
SCRIPT in 1878, was in town over Sunday
with his wife and little daughter. Mr..
Wheeler has been publishing The Frank,
spicy daily paper, in Elgin, ILL.,,
since he left Austin, and this is his first
vacation in all that time. He expressed
himself as very much pleased with our
fine new courthouse and business blocks.
-Acc1DENT.-Sunday morning, Feb.
II, at daybreak, the large cattle shed be-
longing to Hon. John Frank, of Leroy,
300 feet in length, costing $500, and con-
tanning $50 head of cattle, fell to the
ground with a crash. Some half dozen
OF his thorough-breds were killed, and
many others severely bruised. The cat
tie were turned loose in the woods. Mr..
Frank is rebuilding the fallen structure.
The disaster was caused by want of
proper staying of the building.
The city election comes off on the
18th of March. The entire list of officers
at large are to be elected, besides a JUS
tice of the peace and constable for each
ward. Also an alderman to succeed Orris
Hayes in the LIST ward, E. J. Phillips in
I'd, and Thos. Meany in Sd. For Mayor
we hear the present incumbent, DR.. Dorr,
favorably mentioned. There are many
who would be glad to see Lafayette
French elected to the position, but we un-
derstand he positively refuses to allow his
| name to be used in that connection. For