Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-03-05
TRANsCRIPTIONs.
st. Patrick's day, March 18th.

! Say, lend me five dollars2" Cant
do it, sir. Sorry. It's Lent"
Our pleasant friend, w. w. Ranney,
of Grand Meadow, was in the city Mon
day and Tuesday.
And now it is our privilege to con-
graduate Merritt Graves over the arrival
a 12-pound baby at his house.
Miss Maria L. Sanfords lecture for
Tuesday evening, March 4, on Venice,
will be indefinitely postponed.
DO not forget the Old Settlers meet,
ing at the Fleck House, Saturday, March
Is. All Old Settlers invited to attend.
Miss Katie Ross, who has been very
ill for several weeks is now considered
by her many anxious friends to be i'm
proving.
The members of the Floral Club will
hold a business meeting at DR.. j. N.
Wheat's, Tuesday, March nth, at p. m.
A iull attendance desired.
The sociable connected with the Uni
versalist church will meet with Mrs. E.
g. Hoy next Wednesday evening, March
IL. All are cordially invited.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. NJ Pierce was buried Monday after
noon, from the house of w. A. PERCY
Rev. W. E. Stanley officiating.
Beautiful spring is upon us with its
temperature 30 degrees below zero, and
the wind blowing great guns. Now, Bro.
Basford, bring out your 'icicle destroyer"
The Herman Warner homestead,
north Of the depot, has been sold, through
the real estate agency of L. D. Baird to
Isaac Guy, of Oakland. Consideration,
$4,000.
1t is not ode land oh goshen, but De-
Land of Fairport, N. Y, who manufact-
ures the purest brand of Saleratus and
Soda, we'll known in the American
market.
-"Open-eyed winter" has stopped
s'shedding tears" and gone into the biz
zard business with vengeance. Bro.
Basford will have to wait awhile yet for
his green peas and lettuce.
Republican City Convention, to NOM
mate candidates for city officers at large,
will be held Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock,
in grand jury room of old courthouse.
By order of Ward Committees.
Mrs. J. A. Smith has returned from a
two months visit with her son, Clinton,
at Emmettsburg, Iowa. She will locate
in Austia with her family, and has hired
the Fuller house in the north part of the
city.
"A caucus for the township of Austin,
at Gregson's mill, Saturday afternoon,
March 9Th, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose
of nominating candidates for town Of
fees.
By order of Town Committee.
-"Why is it unnecessary to import
foreign dudes? Because Yankee doodle
do."-EC.
Wish we knew the person who immor-
talized himself by the above. He's
dood-le-do most anywhere.
Second Ward Republican caucus will
be held in grand jury room of old court
house, Saturday evening, March 9Th, at
7:30 o'clock, to nominate ward officers,
and to elect delegates to the city conven-
ton. E. G. DoRR, Chm. Com.
"A fashion magazine has an article on
what will the coming girl wear?" Now
see here, Mr., it's none of your affairs
what the coming girl will wear" We
have one of those fairy creatures ourself,
and she will wear just what her pa tells
her to.
That monster whip which adorns the
front of Kaiser & Guiney's new shop is
not intended as a menace to passers-by,
but as "sign," that those gentlemen
will put fresh speed into their endeavors
to please the public, and furnish the best
work in Austin.
The caucus for township of Lansing
will be held at the Ramsey school-house,
next Saturday. at 10 a. m. At the caucus
year ago the hour for meeting was fix
ed at 2 p. M, but on account of the ALI
ance meeting in Austin in the afternoon,
the hour has been changed to 10 a. m. as
above.
Mr.. s. Dettelbach, who was taken
suddenly i'll with an apoplectic attack a
week age Thursday, is steadily improv-
ing. His daughters, Mrs. M. Arnold and
Miss Julia Dettelbach. both from Daven-
port, Iowa, are here. Abe Dettelbach, of
Brainerd, was also down, but has re-
turned.
The art exhibit at Mrs. Holway's
studio cannot fail to attract and please
No small amount of merit is shewn in
desig n and execution. Not a poor piece
is shown. The paintings on canvas
number over 300.-Osage Meas, Fe5 %.
We are glad to hear of Mrs. Holway' s
success.
A caucus of the Republic voters of
, the first ward will be held at Jones' hall,
Friday evening" March 9TH, 1884, at 7:SO
o'clock, for the purpose of nominating
I candidates for justice of the peace, alder
man, constable, and electing delegates to
the city convention.
By order of Committee.
, ---Messrs. Sweningsen & johnson have
, just put into their show window NAM
moth shoe, the handiwork of Jas. Trues-
: DELL and are evidently intending to do a
whole-soled business. 1t is really quite
work of art, being finely modelled, and
nicely painted by Messrs. Oleson & Malm.
' berg. 1t would match Gullever's own.
An editor IN Georgia says: "Gold is
found in thirty-six counties in this State,
silver in three, diamonds in twenty six,
and whisky in all of them, and the last
gets away with all the rest" Yes, and
: gets away with them bad, too. We have
I several specimens in Austin that fully de-
monstrate this fact.