Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-11-24
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THOSE who have tried it say croet
die tastes like veal. -
In the next Connecticut Leglslatu1
Hawley will have q greater show tha
Barnum. :.
GERMANY has a population of 46
$40, 600 against As, ,2S4. 900 BY the cer
sus of 1880.
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's rural HON
in the suburbs of Washington has bee
given the poetic name of coax View.
MRS. STEWART will has been &C
mitted to probate without contest. n
is a fool who thinks by force or skill t
turn the current of woman's will.
THOMAS BAILEY ALDR1cH, who. hs
just been undergoing the ordeal Of
anniversary, says a ma
should either die at thirty or live to b
three hundred. H.. 4
A DEPOSIT of pure asphaltum, fro1
fifteen to twenty feet thick, has bee
discovered near Thistle Station i
Utah. 1t is worth $40 a ton, and th
of mining is only 40 cents.
TIE stems and waste of the tobacc
plant are said to be equal to linen rag
in the manufacture of paper. Th
waste sells for less than $40 a tor
while linen rags bring as-high as $3.50
WILLIAM S. STOCKLEY, who wa
Mayor of Philadelphia during the Ger
tennial. and one of the best that cityeve
had, has become a candidate for an
other term in tho ~Mayoralty ~cha'i
They all like to get back it seems.
Ex-SEcRErAR1 Eof War Robert I
Lincoln is suggested as an availabl
Business Mems candidate for Mayor {
Chicago, the success of MIR. Hewitt i
New York suggesting the propriety
meeting upon man who is grea
way above the level of the ward pol
tician.
Two years ago Miss Mary Tyner wa
rowing on a Wisconsin lake, when on
of her oars broke. Prof. j. Fran
Barr, rowing in another boat, saw he
plight, and lent her pair of oars. j.
followed, and few day
ago wedding. Among tho floral dec
orations was boat with a broken oal
THE largest wooden structure III tn
world is said to be the governmen
buildings in the Capital OF New Zes
land. The block is four stories hig
and occupies an area of nearly tw
acres. The city itself is mostly woodel
on account of the earthquakes of th
region, and is called ''The city of pack
ing cases." and "The city of match
boxes"
MICHAEL DAv1rr is thus describe
~. e Cincinnati reporter: "He is
man 8! massive frame and gran
head towers above the broad shoulders
The forehead, broad and full, overtop
a pair of searching, coal-black eyes
while the lower portion of the face
covered by closely trimmed blac
beard" Evidently that Oakland gi1
is to have very impressive husband
II a prominent journal of that stat
is good authority, Illinois may justl
claim to stand at the head, in th
"Rowdy West" We quote: MIR. Peel'
Of Platt County, ILL.,, is said to hav
had no chance of election to the Legis
lature, for which he was candidate
until he got into fight and received
black eye. His prospects improved :
once and he was triumphantly elected
THERE are preachers and preacher
but the Rev. E. A. Farmer, of Plail
well, Mich, in addition to his cleric'
calling appears to be Prohibitions
In a recent sermon he said: ''An
Christian who refuses to vote the Pr,
hibition ticket ought to be yoked to Il
devil and made to toll for thousan
years on the hot pavemcnts of hell.
This was too strong for his flock an
the Rev. Farmer will be asked TO r
sign. IS
xdE DOSLOA ACNOAu ACAbSCS SA0(
well-known doctor of divinity. not no
living, was, like many of US, reticer
on the subject of age, and his youthf'
grandson was like other childre
CURIOUS about the same subject. (
the table one day out burst the que
ton: ..Grandfather, how old are 20,
How plainly I hear the familiar, d
iberate accents! ''Why, Eddie. I q
more than co." What! More than s
and not dead yet.'-. T. =
WHEN John Doane, miner, died 1
Wagon Wheel, Idaho, there were !
unmarried women in the village, b.
his death brought thither as mourne
two of his sisters. who were old maid
and his widowed mother. Before Il
flowers had withered on Johns gra,
the widow had been married to Il
Mayor of the town, the elder sister
Chor;F and TIM uox,n nrop <o a pro,nino,