Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-07-23

Re lowest.
George Fish, George Hamberg and
George Merrick left Austin yesterday
morning for Miles City, Montana. They
will go out on the ranch where Mr. Fish
spent part of last summer, and rough it
for about thirty days or more. Austin
still has a few Georges left whe may
follow If these do we'll.
MIR. Basford has received his COM
mission as Postmaster, and will take pos
session OF the Office Friday morning.
Gilbert s. Day, as faithful and efficient a
clerk as was ever employed in a post-ofice,
is to be retained as assistant. Charley
Squires has also been employed as clerk,
and is now receiving his first lessons.
r. King is advertising this week that
he will close out his entire stock of dry
goods at cost, and less than cost, and when
F. King makes this statement we know
the thing will be done-so now if the read
ers of the TRANSCRIPT wish to buy goods
at Chicago prices all they have to do is
to step into Kings store and give their
orders.
Miss Minnie Darrah left Austin last
week for Sioux Falls, where she will spend
a few weeks with her friend, Mrs. Rose
Garter. Miss Darrah enjoys her position
in the public schools of St. Paul, and we
know she must give the best of satisfac-
ton else she would not be retained.
Austin girls always stand at the head of
the class.
Miss Gertie Sherwood, and Miss Della
Anderson start Saturday for Wisconsin.
They will visit Mrs. McWhorter and Mrs.
Carpenter Wright at New Lisbon, as Mrs.
Wright is spending the summer at that
place. They expect to be absent from
home until Sept. list, and will also visit
friends at Oconomowoc, Columbus and
Milwaukee.
DIR. J. Mark and family, of Hamilton,
O., arrived in Austin Monday, and are the
guests of their relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. J..
F. Cook. The many acquaintance they
have made in their previous visits have
anticipated their arrival with much pleas
ure. Minnesota, with her broad prairies
and cool breezes, is glad to welcome
many such.
Mr.. Eli Stevenson, salesman at Hall s.
Vests, who was called recently to Utica,
N. Y, by telegram informing him of the
serious illness of an only brother, arrived
at his destination too late, as his brother
was dead upon his arrival. Mr.. Steven
son had made all his plans to visit this
brother this summer, and the visit home
will be sad one.
WIN. Bliss of Moscow, Freedom
county, died yesterday morning, of asth-
ma. Mr.. Bliss has been resident of
Moscow fer the past % years. He was
66 years of age, and leaves devoted wife
and four children, two of the children at
home. The funeral will be at the brick
school-house in Moscow, this (Wednes-
day) afternoon at o'clock.
Miss Sarah Beatty, Librarian of the
Austin Circulating Library, resigned her
position this week, and Thursday will
leave Austin for Belvidere, where she
expects to spend the coming winter with
Mrs. John Yourt niece of DR.. HOLSTER.
The Library Association are sorry to do
without her efficient services, and large
circle of friends will miss her socially.
The new roller skating rink is doing
a land Office business. The gentlemen in
charge, Messrs. Briggs & Burr, are max
ing many friends in the city by their gen
tlemanly bearing, and the rink is very
popular on account of the good order
always maintained and the courteous
treatment always received. We are glad
indeed to see these gentlemen successful.
! The Trauelers' Official Guide of the
railway and steam navigation lines in the
United States and Canada for July, is re-
Iceived at the TRANSCRIPT Office. Its &C:
Icurate and exhaustive compendium of in
formation renders the Guide indispensa-
BILE to the traveller. 1t published by the
National Railway Publication Co., &c
Bond street, New York. Price so cents.
! "A monster rattle snake was killed by
Frank Wall, in the Hard Scrabble timber,
Fillmore county, Friday, the 18th inst.
The snake measures six and one half feet
in length, and eight inches in circum.
ference. Its color is yellow, ringed with
brown. Old settlers pronounce it the
Largest rattle snake ever seen in Fillmore
county. Mr.. Wall is nephew of Mrs.
W.T.. Wilkins Of this city
DIR. G.. G. Robinson, who is visiting
Judge Allen, discovers in Dr.. ]. P. sauiress
of this city, one of his former pupils in
! the first school he ever taught. This was
in Evansville, New York, near which place
both gentlemen were raised. DR.. Squirea
was a small boy then, and had frequent
doses of birch medicine as school tonic,
but teacher and pupil now look back
with interest and pleasure to those days
Iof yore. s
Mrs. G. Schleuder anticipates starting
for Germany in abeuta month She ex:
|pects to sail on the steamer Rhine, 81
the German-Lloyd line She will leave
the steamer at Bremen, about $50 English
miles from her home, which is at Callies
situated about Is miles from Berlin
This will be Mrs. Schleuder's first visit
since her marriage. fifteen years ago
Her Youngest son, Herbert, will accom-
Slpany her. ..'79-