Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-12
I NEIGHBORHOOD RAKINGs

Mason City has ten exclusive grocery
stores. :
-Beiva Lockwood lectures in Albert Lea
Aug. I'D.
Albert Lea has a society for the detection
aud prosecution of horse thieves.
Rochester is just commencing to talk wa
ter-works. although very guardedIy.
&C. e. Marvin, who has just returned to
Rochester. from trip "out west," brought
with him beautiful little young antelope.
"A cinnamon bear is said to be roaming
about at his own sweet will in Mason City's
own county, and is making his own sausage
from the farmers fall porkers-one party
losing eighteen hogs, another thirty-si1.
We heartily welcome DR.. Leonard's return
to the. chair EDITORS The Rochester Post
has always been a good paper, but it has
hardly seemed natural the past five years
with its old editor way of in Calcutta, India.
-Owatonna has brought the r. R. Co.'S. ito
time." and the Northwestern and Milwaukee
Co.'S have announced reduction of 10 cents
per 100 on first class (from 90 to 50 cents) and
the same ratio on the other classes between
Owatonna and Chicago.
The Lake Benton Ne,Us has arrived. It is
published by c. NJ. Morse, the boy Secretary
of the Minnesota State Editorial Association,
the youngest member Of the Minnesota State
Legislature, and President of the Council Of
the City of Lake Benton.
"A number of families have been recently
poisoned at Mason City, by eating pressed
beef purchased Of the local dealers who pre-
ia H,,o m
of decomposed pieces with the good meat.
Those butchers better look a little out.
The Rushford Star is authority for this
statement: Should Alexander Mitchell re-
sign as President Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railway tho only ones eligible for
that position are ]. c. Easton, John Planking-
ton and John Lawler, with Easton ahead.
The post-Of1ce war in Preston is decided
in favor Of Wells man Hall. Grattan mas
made big fight-and lost. Now he had bet
ter quit, and give the community peace. In.
ternal dissension, we'll persisted IN, will come
nearer killing town than anything else we
know Of.
The practice Of feeding trsmps when they
call at private residences Is bad. It is an en-
couragement of vice and idleness. They speed
lily learn to shun bulldogs, hot water and re.
VOlVerS. -hQSSON ftepuOttC0n.
No, brother Shaver, the average tramp
breads aVork worse than anything else on this
earth. Give him chance at it, Ia return for
his victuals, and he will soon learn to shun
you.
"A correspondent from Usage says: "We
are sufficiently near the state line for parties
to 60 to Lyle In carriages, which they often
do, and I'LL their stomachs and pockets, and
sometime more. A pretty holy contested
suit has recently been adjudicated here on
appeal from St. Ansgar, to determine the
amount Of liquor man may have in his pos
session for his own use, and decided IN favor
of fifteen cases of beer, two keys of beer, and
a quantity Of whisky"
The Dodge County Record will Iease credit the
railroad spike article published July Path the Reg
ster and then it will be O. <. We don't write those
articles every week, and when we 10, it seems Of
though ought to have due credit tor them and not
let the other fellow'' get the credi-Austin ReQis
ter.
We supposed that Davidson was the only
man in Austin that could do that job and
| therefore credited to the TRANSCRIPT. With
| increased respect for the edit,rietical ability
| Of Austin we gladly make the correction
Dodge Centre Record.
Please tell us in your next, brother Phillips
whether you intended this as compliment to
| Davidson or not.
| Seven years ago last January Gordon Will.
lis Of Bancroft. bought of Nds Johnson for
$l8 "a grade Devonshire COW. During the
seven years the COW has had eight calves, and
| from them Mr.. Willis has raised q head OF
cattle, two others having died. He has sold
six head receiving for them $3.50, and has Is
left which he values at $405, as follows: I
| milch COWS; calves, of which are heifers;
yeaTling heifers; bull, x short.horn, and
| now six years old, is the mother and grand
mother Of head. Her first calf, now 81
years old is x short-hor and is the mother
and grandmother Of head. Taken altOgeth
er this is a remarkable family, and Mr.. Willis
! challenges comparison with it by anyone il
the state.-AtbeTt Lea Standard.