Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20
OUR HARVEST FIELD.

-Chattield expects to count up to 1900
Liquor license in Owatonna costs $3.50.
-sellss show is billed for Winona June g.
Spring Valley has saloons. License $500.
The Minneapolis news-boy has to pay a
license Of 81.
-Four years ago Minnesota had two cream
cries. Now she has eighty.
The censns-taker of Winneba2o City re-
ports population of about HOO.
An exchange says our. 'Dick' Jones. of
Rochester, is to remove to watertown, D. T.
The census has been taken i'm Usage
and the inhabitants 1,S64-148 less than in 1880.
The census enumerator for Mankato
claims the population of that city will reach
5000.
M. Halvorson, of the Albert Lea Enterprise,
after one year of farming, has again taken up
| the editorial tripod.
Col. H. c.. VanLeuven Of Spring Valley. is
at the National Hotel, Washington. He is a
candidate for postal inspectorship.
1t Is SAID the Kelley Brothers will soon sur
render the Rochester Post to it's owner, Mr..
Leonard, who is now on his way home from
Europe.
-Chatfleld has, fixed the liquor license at
$500. No saloon allowed on the second floor,
and no billiard or pool tables, or other games,
allowed in saloons.
The Spring Valley Vidette is developing in
to good Administration paper. 1t gave
Grover good ''send-off last week in the
leader, ''Tell the TRUTH
The new postal card, under the contract Of
1886, will be delicate pink lin lieu of the cream
color OF the cards now. The texture of the
| paper is SAID te be improved.
The st. James Journal intimates that hens
are laying double-yolk eggs this year, for the
! purpose of showing that the country is pros
| porous under q Democratic administration.
The result of the $500 liquor license in Far
| ibault to date has been to reduce the number
! OF saloons in the city ten, and to increase the
| revenue derived from license, 81, 500 over that
of last year.
Tom Hall is the Kelly Doran-W Wells candi-
date for postmaster OF Preston. NJ. T. Graf
| ton is fighting for a Mr.. Dougherty, and is
doing his work direct--is ignoring the syndi-
! cate. Three men are stronger than one. Hall
! will probably win.
The National Guards are to have tn rec
days shooting contest at Fort Smelling in Sep
| tember. The first day there will be shooting
| by teams representing the First and Second
| Regiments; on the second, the contest will be
between teams representing companies; and
| on the closing day there will be individual
| contests.
| -TheO. l.. Tyrer, the Albert Lea real estate
swindler, having served out his term in states
| prison, walked forth a free man yesterday,
| May 10Th. The Standard says it is not likely
| that he will be prosecuted under the other in
| dictments pending against him in this county.
! He intends, we are Informed, to join his wife
| in California.
| Bishop Ireland is reported to have con-
at W Washington, D. c., for the site Of a Catholic
university, of which much has already been
| said. The directors decided last week to locate
the university at WASHINGTON, and to Bishop
site. The price agreed upon IS not made
| known, but the Bishop paid over s. 900 toward
it. It is thought the fund for founding the
| university will reach 100000.
We don't 20 much on the religion of the
man who, after hearty breakfast, on his
Bonded knee returns thanks for the care of a
bountiful Providence, then arises, takes down
| his shot gun, and goes forth to shoot a spur
row plucking berry to nourish and sustain
its young. The soul of such man is too
small to be religious.-C Platndealer.
-Alf. P. Swineford, who has just been APP
pointed governor of the territory of Alaska,
minutive village of Albert Lea, territory of
| Minnesota, the first paper started in this
county. It was called the Minnesota Star and
from it has developed the Standard. May LIST,
| born County Eagle. He sold the paper to Isaac
Botsford, Feb. II, 1859, He is an able and en-
terprlsing newspaper man and has always
been at the front: he went from here to La
| sent location, where he has been very pros
perous.-Albert Lea Standard.