Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-21
BROWNsDALE.
Business in town is improving.

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All,wool G. A. R. suits at Sleeper
g. Sons.
Mrs: G. s. Beaulieu returned home
last week.
Phillip Kramer is repainting his fur
niture store. es
The Railroad Co. has recently re-
shingled the depot.
"A new lot Of dress goods from &c. up,
just in at Sleeper & Sons.
II. A. Phillips has moved to Spring
Valley, where he will vend steak as Of
yore.
The Misses Lynch will build resi-
dence on their fathers farm south of
town.
W. s. Woodward, assessor, paid his
taxes last week, which amounted to
$260.80.
The acreage of corn in this vicinity
is about one-fourth of what it was last
| season.
Jim Farmer and the editor of the
Spring Valley VSdette were in town last
Saturday.
20. A. Sleeper does a cyclone insur-
ance, as we'll as fire, issuing policy same
day application is taken.
Fri Colby is out on the street again,
| after being confined to the house by sick
ness for the past six months.
| &C. o. Sleeper has purchased the
Moses B0liOu place toward the east end
| of Main street. Consideration $3.50.
Knox Brothers have lettered the front
sore-fo0ted animal to place of relief and
comfort.
Mrs. A. L. Sims of the city hotel and
| restaurant has street lamp out directing
the traveller from the night trains to her
hosiery.
j. B. Graves is sending out loads of
lumber throughout the country. and
many building improvements are being
made in consequence thereof.
Now that corn planting is over, we
trust road-masters of the several districts
will get to work and put the roads and
bridges into more passable condition.
Many inquiries are being made re-
garding real estate in this vicinity by
well-to-do farmers from the eastern
states, and goodly number of transfers
will be made during the season.
Moses Boliou's house in Waltham
took fire from spark from the chimney
as supposed, and through the brave
efforts of his wife alone, was extinguished,
! after burning large opening through
the roof.
"A. L. Sleeper went to Lacrosse last
| week and to Chicago this week, where he
will remain until after the convention.
Then he goes to Saratoga Springs, Mon
treal and New York, and will be absent
about two months.
| MIR. Minar, of Riceville, Iowa, is the
new landlord of the Brownsville hotel,
which has been thoroughly repaired and
renovated, and everything throughout il
as neat as wax Mr. Minar comes to Us
highly recommended, and we bespeak fO]
him liberal patronage.
q. A. r. C1RCULAR.-Heary Rogers
Post No. II, Dept. of Mimi, having been
invited by Mcintyre Post, No. sc, t.
unite with them in proper observance
of Memorial Day, on Friday, May 80th
will convene at the Windsor House in the
| city Of Austin, at eleven o'clock A. NJ. OF
that day. A cordial invitation to al
citizens is hereby rendered, to rest from
their daily labors and meet with us in the
cemetery at Austin, not only to honor
the memory of those who sleep there, bu
to honor the memory of all those whose
noble lives went out on the rolf battle
fields of the south, or whose remains liz
hidden beneath the waves of the silen
deep. The graves Of our dead comrade.
in Greenwood cemetery will be decorated
in the early morning. Memorial service!
will be held in the churches at Browns
dale Sunday, May 25th.
CHAs. GAGE, Com mander.
| ALBERT SWIFT, Adjutant.