Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-08-11
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all window screens.
-"Original Bad Boy" is coming to
Austin during fair week.
"A surprise party visited Mrs. julius
Smith last Friday afternoon.
"A. NJ. Fleck has fitted up his hotel
with a steam heating apparatus.
"A Chinese laundry has been started
on Mill street. IN the Parry building.
Next Monday is the 18th. You a
kill prairie chickens then with q clear
conscience.
"A pushing, driving man is Sands,
the Dry Goods man." Read his adver-
tisement this week.
Saloon No. IA will start up on Mill
street in Knut Goodwin's old stand, by
Horrobin & Evcrson.
Go to J. Kecnan's. and get n of
his celebrated Steam or House Power
Thresher Outfits, and make yourself nse-
full in the country.
Prof. Grothe, Brooklyn Board of
Health, says Red Star Cough Cure is
free from oplates. and highly ef1cacious.
twenty-five cents.
Rev. A. w. Edwards will address
prohibition meetings at Cedar City on
Wednesday, and Bose Creek Thursday
evenings Of this week..
e. B. Crane was out in Dexter last
week, surveying snd plating SIMON
Aldcrson's new Village on section 8.
where the Hayfield line has a station.
Mrs. E. l.. Skinner of this city. IS
dangerously i'll with a disease of the kid
neys. Her son, Dwight, arrived from
Kansas last Saturday, in response to q tel
egram.
The leaves Of the trees are dying,
the corn is willing, the pastures are fail
ing; what shall we do If this drouth
continues much longer7 Nothing like
it known since 1871.
After the most exhaustive practical
tests in hospitals and elsewhere. the gold
medal and certificate Of highest merit
were awarded to St. Jacobs Oil, as the
best %pa,n-curing remedy, at the Calcutta
International Exhibition.
The DEBORAH Business Institute gives
a complete course for $50. The students
of this school will be furnished day
board, during Sebtember, at the same
price as the students of the DEBORAH In
s%titute; males, $1.45; females, $1.35.
We understand hunters hereabouts
are openly violating the game laws. We
should like to sec any and every man
who goes into the country and slaughters
prairie chickens before the 18th, arrested
and punished to the fullest extent Of the
law.
Rev. Rice of Philadelphia, editor of
the American Sunday School Union pub
locations, preached in the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday morning and
evening. He was q school-mate Of
Judge Ormanzo Allen of this city thirty
years ago.
Why did the movement for closing
the stores these summer evenings, at 8
o'clock, die out 50 quickly. The j~ealou-
sizes Of rival tradesmen ought not to in
terfere with doing justice to the hard
worked clerks. In the large cities, nearly
all the retail stores are closed at 6 p. m.
"A meeting to organize q Band of
Hope" will be held in the M. E. Church.
on Thursday afternoon, at three o'clock.
Aug. 10Th. The children and young
people are especially requested to be
present, and a cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all who are interested in tenn
perance work.
In our Rose Creek Directory last
week, the name of one of the business
houses was omitted, that of IF. A. Wood
ward, groceries and tinware." 1t was in
the copy furnished US, but was overlooked
by the compositor. We are sorry the
mistakc-.which was purely and simply q
mistake-occurred.
New books added to the Library:
We Two; The late Mrs. Null, by Frank
Stockton; Merry Philbrick's Choice, and
Hetty's Strange History, by H. Jackson;
High Lights; Jack and Gill; A Daughter
Of Fife: Boots and Saddles. by Mrs. Gen.
Custer; The Wreckers:; Bernie's White
Chicken; and the Alhambra. by Washing
ton Irving.
The Democratic city caucuses in this
city were held last Friday night, with
the following results:
First Ward-G. Nj. Cameron. Chris Johnson,
Wiiliam Todd, John Walsh: SECOND Ward
william Dugan, Mike Meyers. Henry Herzog.
They ore strongly in favor of Hon.
Thomas Wilson for congress, and claim
the county to be the same.
The canning factory started up in
full blast Monday. Two half days were
put in Thursday and Friday OF last week.
If conditions are favorable $50, 600 to
200, 600 cans of sweet corn will be packed
this season.: also q good many tomatoes
more than in any previous season.
The corn is coming in rapidly, and it is
thought the contractors will be able to
supply all that is required. Contract
price, $5.5 0 per ton.
Burglars are getting altogether too
numerous in Austin. Last Friday night,
the festive burglar removed q screen.
walked into the window of Tom H,llam's
house, (third house west Of o. w.
Shaw's.) took his %pantaleous by the
throat. and choked out of them $25 in
solid cash. C. I. Lsuck's house, whose
back yard joins Hlllsm's, was also Wis
tied same night, but the thief was scared
of by Elmer Loucks who happened to
be awake.
Another one Of those careless shoot.
ing accidents occurred Monday after
noon. Jno. p. the 11-year old son of
p Gora ohtv and .sShordv J." aOn IF Tam