Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-04-28

The first of the course of illustrated
lectures at the Court House Hall by
Arthur C. Jackson Monday evening was
fairly attended. The views were very
interesting and set forth in carefully
worded descriptions. Dickens the
Prince of Novelists," will he given this,
Wednesday evening, and Friday evening
the same continued. As per centage Of
the receipts go into the Floral Club Ii
brary fund we hope the entertainment
will be literally patronized.
1t would be we'll for our advertisers
to remember that paper that is filed
with mammoth advertisements is only like
a huge poster. Short advertisements the
gear around, will pay the advertiser bet
ter than an occasional column. A short
advertisement, in paper we'll filed with
choice reading matter, will always pay.
''The value of newspaper to advertisers
is destroyed when it is filed with large
cheap advertisements, to the exclusion of
reading matter" says the Owatonna
Journal
AT the regular drill of Co. G on the
18th inst the following order was issued,
that two drills each week, Monday and
Friday evenings, should be held until
further notice. The lockers have been
move from the side room, and placed in
the west end of the armory. giving the
apartment formerly occupied by them up
to Mr.. Keenan,, for which considerable
reduction will be made in the rent. This
change has been necessitated by MIR.
Keenan's largely increasing business.
The outlook Of Co. G is very favorable,
and they have held their own financially,
George w. Harrison of Petersville,
Md, father of S. H. Harrison, of Austin,
was accidentally drowned at Harper's
Ferry, April 7. He left his home with
horse and buggy to transact some bust
ness at the Ferry, and when last seen was
near the canal. The alarm having been
raised, an immediate search was made,
and the canal drawn of, when the body
of the unfortunate man was found some
half mile below where he was last seen.
A post norton examination revealed the
fact that he was probably dead before
reaching the water, as his head had been
cut. by striking the wall while falling
The funeral occurred the following Sun
day. Mr. Harrison was q carpenter by
trade, and was highly respected in the
community where he resided. He left q
wife and ten children.
The first two chapters of William
Henry Bishops new serial, The Golden
Justice, appear in the atlantic for May.
The scene of the story is laid in a western
city. and the novel opens in so original
manner as to pique the curiosity of the
reader. Charles Egbert Craddock's in
stallment Of I'm the Clouds" is in her
best manner, and is one of the strongest
and most thrilling piece Of work which
has yet come from this remarkable
writer. Henry James continues his
princess Casamassima" in characteristic
style, transporting his hero to Paris, of
which he gives some interesting incident
descriptions. The fiction of the number
is completed by a tender little sketch of
New England life, Marsh Rosemary, +"
by Sarah Orne Jewett. 1t is a number
altogether admirable. Houghton, Mlf
film & Co., Boston.
"A great deal of interest has been ex-
cited in Austin and Brownsville during
the last few days over the re-opening of
the Insurance cases of George E. Rolph
Of brownsville against the Milwaukee
Mechanics Insurance Co., and the German
Insurance Co., OF Freeport, III. August
| 2, 1884, Relphs saloon in Brownsville
was burned to the ground with its con-
tents, with an estimated loss of "a, 800,
insurance, $4,000. The insurance poll
cies were in three companies, Of which
the Concordia of Milwaukee settled their
claim Of $3.50. IS, but the others appealed.
Pinkerton's detectives were put on the
scent, and Saturday night, sufficient evil
dence having been obtained to warran,
proceedings. the following were arrested
George E. Rolph, on the charge of per-
jury. and Dan Darling. bar tender at the
time of the fire, for arson. The mair
facts as far as ascertainsd are that short
! time before the IRE the liquor was deliv
cred to Clarence Warren, who took two
loads out to his farm few miles from the
village, and buried them, about nine bar
rels, IN the ground. Monday the case
was brought up before Justice Noble Of
this city, and Rolph was bound over fol-
trial at next term of the District Court ir
the lsum of $500, w. L. HOLSTER OF
Austin and George Wood of Lansing
as securities. The preliminary ex
animation of Dan Darling was postponed
until to-day. Lafayette French wal
counsel for defendant, and R. b. Lains
of Minneapolis, L. A: Pierce and J. NJ
Greenman for the prosecution.
| -DGAAd VI ~. -. NdASE.-Vt Clip luS
following from a late number of the
Toledo (Ohlo) Bee. Mr.. Chase was a
prominent citizen of Austin for several
years, and was we'll known In Lanesboro
where he had also resided. His widow
and son have the sympathy of numer
Gus Austin friends IN their bereavement
Col. c. L. Chase died at the residence
of his brother in law, COL E. D. Bradley,
in Styker, Ohio, April 13, from abscess
of the liver, after nine weeks Of grea,
suffering. Col. Chase was q native Of
Vermont; left the Green Mountains in
1914 to participate in the Mexican war
came to Ohio in 1854; was extensively
engaged in various manufacturing in
terests, the most prominent being the
manufacture and exporting of black
walnut lumber, much Of which was ship
ped to Europe. At one time he was
Stryker's most prominent citizen, hi.
shipping headquarters being in Toledo, o.
At the first call for troops in 1881. he