Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-01-20

thinks to surprise US by surprising him
self with that sweet matrimonial tncum
brance-a wife. A few days before
Christmas, Mr.. Rice HE'D himself to the
snow covered hills Of Wisconsin. and at
Boscobel, on the 9th ult., Elizabeth
Curtis and Sherman Rice were united in
marriage, returning to Austin on the 9Th
inst,
Mkt Easter falls on the latest date
on which it can possibly occur, April 20
under the rule of the council of Nice,
which DEGREES that Easter shall be OBJ
served on the Sunday after the full moon
following the 21st of March. Its earliest
possible date is March 22nd. It is 152
years since Easter Day has been so late
1t will not again fall on that day ill 1913
Ash Wednesday will fall this year on the
10th of March.
LAST CALL, AND FAIR WARNING.-AIl
persons indebted to US, by note or book
account, will save costs by calling and
settling their bills on or before the 10Th
inst. You ask for credit until latter
harvest" and we willingly granted it,,
now it is the middle of January. and you
have not paid. We have waited until
patience ceases to be virtue. The next
call will beby the Sheriff:
C. w. TAYLOR & Co.
Sir Knight c. L. West is ready for
the degrees. right on up to the top, since
the arrival of that second little daughter.
II there is a man in this town we envy
it is he. Two boys and two girls. We
are mighty thankful for our two boys
and heap thankful for our one GIRL
but two girls, we'll, we are afraid our
daily prayer would be Bless me and my
wife, my two boys and my two girls, just
US and no more Amen"
-Waltham village soon expects to
have post office. A common minded
chap cannot understand why it takes
the P. O. Department so long to start a
new P. O. Waltham should have bad
this office months ago, and is suffering
great Inconvenience from the tedious
and unaccountable delay of the P. o.
officials. We hope they may soon be
successful. Mrs. J. A. Stefin is to be
postmlstress.
-Eben L. Merry. an old settler and
one of the first to come into the county
died at his home, in this city, yester
day morning. at 7:30 o'clock. He served
during the war of the Rebellion, in com
pany C, 4th Minnesota Infantry. Col.
Hubbard commanding. He was also E
member of Mcintyre Post, G.. A. r
His age was "a. The funeral service:
will take place tomorrow, time ane
place not decided.
The remains of Mrs. VIM. A
Richards arrived in Austin last Thurs
day from Netawaka. Kansas, accom-
panied byshusband and little daughter
The funeral services, conducted by Rev
c.. E. Wright. were Friday, at the resi-
dence of her sister. Mrs. F. A. Engle
Katie Richards died in the Christian
faith. triumphant. leaving messages OF
love to absent friends, and breathing
words of love and comfort to those about
her. to the last moment.
An important certificate, correcting
| a mistake, was filed in the Register OF
| Deeds office on the 9th inst J. A. Case.
civil engineer for the G. NJ. Il st. +. Il.
Co., surveyed and plated Palmer's ad
dition to Austin in September of 1869
In the certificate as then filed, Mr.. Case
failed to state any section or subdivision
in which the land plated was located
and in the plat he located said addition
! in the wrong subdivision of sec. 2. The
| addition is located in WI of SW4 OF
NET.
Here are some of the red letter day!
of 1886: St. Valentines day comes or
Sunday; Washington's birthday on Mon
day; Lent begins March 10th: ST. Pat
rick's day on Wednesday; April fool day
on Thursday; Easter Sunday will be the
25th of April; Memorial day on Sunday
Fourth of July on Sunday, and Christmas
on Saturday. There will he two ecipses
both of the sun-one on March 5, visible
| in the United States west of the Susque
hanna river. This will be annular. Tht
other on August Goth, visible as partla
eclipse.
Frank A. Richardson accepted
clerkship in L. s. Wizards dry goods
store last Monday. He succeeds W. A
Richardson. who has been with Mr.. Viii
lard since he first came to Austin, nine
years ago. Mr.. Willard seems to have
special liking for assistants of th'
Richardson name. And we'll he may
for w. A. has always been faithful
and devoted employee, and possessed o.
excellent qualifications. And the many
friends of Frank A. need not be told o
his special qualifications for any kind o
a position in merchandising-he is frs
| class.
We are indebted to City Recorder
Griffith for some interesting statistic
regarding the births and deaths in Aus
tin city for 1885, The number of birth
-56-ls the same as for 1884. TIL
descent of the fathers as follows: Unite'
States 81. Ireland 5, Norway 3, Swede1
3, Bohemia 3, Germany 4, Canada 2. Den
mark /. There were % deaths = les
than in 1884 were under year; 8 be
tween aud 10; between 10 and 20;
between 20 and 30; between 30 and AZ
none between 40 and so; between 81
and 60; l between 60 and IS: bctwee
65 and 70; between 20 and Is; between
IS and 80
OF all the hard problems that presen
themselves for solution, the hardest TO
US to understand is the fact that tn
Rural Neu- Yorker is not found in tn
home of every farmer in this country
Here is paper edited and controlled b
practical farmers, who give the result
| ,f actnal exnerience and who are nc