Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-08

Mr.. Waldecker, our Austin gunsmith,
has patented valuable gun improve,
ment, half interest in which he has dis
posed of to his advantage. The Mime.
apolis Tribune has the following reference
to it:
The Remington Arms Company have
just acquired half interest in what ap-
pears to be a very valuable discovery,
made and patented by H. G. Waldecker,
q gunmaker of Austin, MINI. The pat
entee had observed that very great pro-
portion of the accidents which occur
with guns have arisen from the premature
explosions caused by twig, a finger or
other obstruction touching a gun at the
trigger or lock when carried at full cock
10 obviate this danger, the inventor car
rles thin metal rod from the head .of the
butt, through the butt to the triggers,
against which it rests in way that pre-
cludes possibility of the gun being dis
charged unless pressure is applied direct
~ to the heel of the butt. In the center
or this the above spoken of rod makes it's
exit, it being headed by small knob. In
the middle Of the stock there is spring
which keeps the small end of the rod
pressed against the triggers. When the
gun is to be put into use, the force which
ls applied to hold the butt against the
shoulder presses the knob land with it
the rod) into the stock and releases the
triggers sufficiently for them to take up
discharged with the usual pull. The in
vention is applicable to hammerless guns.
Our good friend, Walter F. Suther-
land, sends copy of the Biddeford (Me. }
Journal, of June 26, from which we take
the following:
Thirty three years ago Assessor Frank
j. Smith and George B. Cutter, of this
city, and Walter Sutherland, of Austin,
Minnesota, were boys together. They
were bound together by the closest ties
Of friendship, and what one possessed was
shared in by the others. They sailed the
same boat in the river. and pint of pea
other two as much as himself. Each had
a private mark known only to himself
and the others, and trees and posts in
umerable about town were efaced with
inscriptions testifying to the affection ex
isting between this Damon and the double
Pythias. If one happened to steal off
by himself he was sure to leave upon
some tree the private marks of the others,
and when the three were together they
often occupied their time by cutting in
shingles or blocks Of wood the symbols
of their friendship. When the war broke
out Sutherland enlisted and went to the
front, and after the rebellion ceased he
removed from Biddeford to Austin, and
was not seen by either of his friends for
sixteen years. He came on one day this
week, however, to attend the Grand
Army encampment in Portland, and
while in town stepped into Assessor
Smiths crockery store. The meeting Of
the two friends can better be imagined
than described, and it was as affecting as it
was cordial. After they had talked and
talked of thei1boyhood days and recount
ed early exploits and Joys. Assessor Smith
went to drawer behind his counter and
brought out a block of pine wood in
scribed with the private marks of the
over thirty years ago by Sutherland, and
had been treasured by it's possessor all
these years.
Sells circus is moved in two sections.
The first section arrived in Austin with
out accident or delay. but the second train
was wrecked at Owatonna, at the crossing
Of the Chicago & Northwestern railway
and milwaukee, & St. Paul railway, at :35
a. m, Tuesday morning of last week, while
en- route to Austin. The train was going
at the rate of twenty-five or twenty six
miles an hour, and several cars jumped
the track at the crossing, where the tres
tie begins just west Of the railroad bridge,
which crosses the roadway, and is over
twenty-five feet high. The trucks were
demolished and the cars damaged other
wise. Seven cages were thrown from the
cars, two upside down, one containing
the zebra, which was unlnjured. A $500
kangaroo was killed, and an Gland badly
injured. The other animals sustained no
injuries. All trains on both roads were
delayed. None of the train hands or cir
Gus employees were injured.
The circus was very largely patronized
in the afternoon, the seats being nearly
all filled all around the large, double ring
canvas. The parade was not as large as
expected in the morning on account of
some ~ or Is cages of ANIMALS being alb
sent at the wreck near Owatonna. The
circus performance was very good, and
the animal display, in the evening, after
the cages had arrived from the wreck,
was large and choice, and alone worth
the price of admission. The hippcpo-
tami and the giraffe were fine specimens.
Then there were 9 elephants, which are
always interesting, one of them being the
best trained elephant we ever saw.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg was in
Appleton, Wis, Saturday evening. June
9th. That our Austin people may have
some idea of what is IN store for them,
we re-publish the following account of
the concert as taken from the Appleton
Daily Post, June Goth:
Doubtless Major Ponds old home
scarcely realizes the full debt of gratitude
it owes to him IN the opportunity 80 re-
Gently achieved of hearing Clara Louise
Kellogg, within the lines" The Satur-
day evening concert was all that fancy
might have painted it and more. Miss
Kellogg was in perfect voice and IN q most
sympathetic mood. The selections were
altogether happy ones and the support
was admirable. A voice of unchallenged
charm, a superb stage presence and a
winning, gracious and sympathetic man
ner make up the 'outer signs" of the inner
fire, which has made Miss Kellogg's ca
reer so phenomenal, so strongly charac-
terlstic, and 50 American. The jewel
song from Gounod's Faust" was Miss
Kelloggs first number, and it was render
ed with the rarest intelligence and the
utmost charm of voice. 1t was so
skilfully interpreted as to have made
it almost indeDendent of the accessories