Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-26
NEIGHBORHOOD RAKINGs.
State Fair, Sept. TIP.
-Decorah fair Sept. II. -
Fair at Mankato Sept. IA.
fair Sept. 1919.


Albert Lea has Bachelors Club.
Rice county fair at Faribault Sept. Is.
Mitchell county fair at Usage, Sept. 1918
Waterloo, Iowa, IL to have a street rail-
way.
Mower county fair, the best of all, at Aus
tin, Sept. 1917.
w. w. Williams now talks of starting q
"mugwump" paper at Albert Lea.
The new transfer bus at Dodge Center is
drawn by fine span of greys costing $780,
-Chas. r. NcKenney has sold the Rushford
Star to G. E. Kirkpatrick of that place. and
has since purchased the Lake City Sentinel.
Hon. Adolph Biermann of Rochester il
now Collector of Internal Revenue for Mime
sofa. He took possession Of the Office In St.
Paul last Saturday.
Mason City, Iowa, has just completed q
system of water works costing So, 900. *
miles OF main. The water furnished is pure
spring; forced from the reservoir through the
main by two Blake pumps. Coed buildings
for engine and pump house. There are q
hydrants located along the line Of mains at the
street corners, and water gates.
The B., C. R. T. N. have struck q great
scheme for protecting their brakemen from
accidents on their bridges along their lines.
They have erected ON either side of the bridge
couple of poles, on each side of the track.
These poles are fastened together ut the top.
and from the cross-piece is suspended a net
work OF small ropes. This network hangs
low enough to strike the brakeman in the face
thus reminding him OF the approach to the
bridge.-WaterlOO Courier.
M. T. Grattan declines to accept the new
Democratic postmaster at Preston as his post
master, and thus arraigns him:
here. His family has been connected with the
circulation or scurilOus anonymous letters. He
defeated his creditors by taking advantage Of
the bankrupt law. He Was most violent cop
acknowledged. His appointment has been Oh
tanned in spite OF the earnest efforts Of large
majority OF all the people in this village.
'You will. therefore, in future, direct my
mail to Isinours, Minnesota
Last winter yankee Robinson was taken
sick on the train while near Jefferson, Wis.,,
stopped off there, died. and was buried bv the
Masonic lodge of that place. Wednesday last,
after the performance by Sells Brothers, tho
entire show people formed in procession, and
led by their band, marched to his grave, when
an GRAFTON was pronounced by one Of the
sh0wmen. purse was then made up amount
Ing to $e5, which was left to the town with in
structions to procure monument and place
the same over the grave of the veteran show.
man.-LGCrOsse Chronicle.
w. E. Smith, who keeps . low doggery
near tho depots, was struck over the head with
heavy implement, last Tuesday morning, by
Charley Congrove, for standing in front Of the
latter's eating house, and telling travellers
not to stop at nigger se.-O,UdtOnnd Jour
nal.
Yes, the last time we had occasion to take
meal in Owatonna, fellow who keeps an eat
ing-house and we presume 1t is this same
Smith, says to US, as we passed the darkey's
place, "You do not want to stop there, that
place is kept by a Niger" We answered that
We did not know what difference that made II
he dealt by us fairly. Those who know the
circumstances will not object to Smiths being
punished by bis ''nigger'' competitor.