Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-03-25

john Christensen, q strangerin Grand
Meadow who was stopping at the Carroll
house, committed suicide Monday by
cutting his throat. He obtained the keys
to the water closet and locked himself in.
Shortly after blood was discovered flow
ing from beneath the door, which was
burst open and Christenson's dead body
found. Papers found on his person in
dictated that he came from Lake county.
Dakota.
Charles W. Perkins, who died in
Chicago, Thursday, Feb, 5, was we'll
known in Austin. He had large real es-
tate interests in Dexter township. He
died of congestion of the lungs. and was
sick but short time. His age, 4S years.
He was we'll off in this worlds goods-his
estate being valued at about $75.0 600.
Had no family of his own. He had been
married. but only lived with his wife a
short time.
The Waterloo Courier says nineteen
new fat cars for the Minnesota & North
western passed through Waterloo gong
north on the Burlington road recently.
They are said to be the latest style Of cars,
thirty-three feet long, with a capacity of
10000 pounds each. The company has
had two hundred Of these cars built, and
if the balance of the rolling stock is as
good proportionatcly as these, the road
will certainly he we'll equipped.
Henry Studer, of lakewood, Milwau-
kee county, Wis, relative Of G. Seebach
of Dexter has recently purchased of
Richardson & Day of this city the Dave
March farm Of 1870 acres IN the town of
Marshall in this county. for $3.50 cash.
1t is a good piece of land. with a fair
house upon ii, and was purchased at a
great bargain. Mr.. Studer is young and
enterprising fellow, just the kind of men
we are glad to welcome to Mower county
Have just receired Key to Smiths
Diagram of Parliamentary Rules" pub
lshed by Review and Herald Publishing
Association of Battle Creek, Michigan.
This little work, which presents in mar
velously condensed form, the whole mat
ter of parliamentary rules, should be IN
posted in the conduit of public Assem-.
blies. It is highly commended by com
petent authorities on tue subject. Price.
80 cents. postpaid.
The New York Gr.phic of March II,
has the following in reference to Hon. D.
G. Rollins, surrogate Of the city of New
York The item will be of especial inter
est to Austin readers, As Mr.. Rollins is u
brother of Mrs. 0. w. Shaw of this city:
Much Of the present efficiency of the
Surrogatcs Office IS due to the fact that
Mr. Rollins is one of Tie best lawyers in
the CITY, He he's also afaculty for select
ing good assistants. When his term as
Surrogate ends he will 90 back to his law
practice, and his partner will be Chester
Allan Arthur. 1t will bt great team.
1t will perhaps be news to the older
settlers Of this vicinity to learn that Mrs.
Samuel Clayton, who in the old times
lived on the farm now owned by NJ. Tee
ter in Lansing township died in Gage
county, Neb., a year ago last fall. Robert
Dobbins, another old settler for whom
"Dobbins Creek" was named, also died
about year ago in Kansas, aged about
IS. Joseph Miller is also dead. Both
Dobbins and Miller were sons-in law of
Clayton, and settled in this vicinity about
1855. We are indebted to John Mathie-
son for this information.
The Star Marble and Granite Works
of E. Downie & Co.. Owatsnna, now
make the claim that they have no sup
erior in the West. They employ con-
stantly seven () men in the shop, and
four ~ men on the road. They aredirect
! importers of granite from Scotland, ship
ping their marble direct from the qualries
They can and will undersen any shop in
the state doing good work. Their fore
man has been 81 years at the bench, and
as designer and engravcr. has no equal
| in the state. Our readers are requested
to keep this firm in mind when in need
of anything in the marble line.
Report of school taught in the vii
lage of Rose Creek. for the month ending
March 20. 1885:
No. of days taught 90. No. of pupils
belonging 50. No. neither absent nor
tardy H. No. of cases of hardness II.
Time lost by hardness hours 20 minutes.
Total No. Of days attendance 604. Total
No. of days absence Sc. Average daily
attendance 80 Is. Average daily absence
4 As. The names of pupils neither
absent nor tardy for the month are as
follows: Alice Sutton, Daisy Dean, Lii
liam Williams, Flota Snyder, Mary O'Mal-
ley. Thomas O'Malley. Arthur Sutton.
Willie OMallcy, Maurice Elliott. James
Elliott. Harvey Snyder. Alex. Mitchell,
Sarah Mitchell. John Mitchell.
W. G.. ELLIOTT. Teacher.