Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-05-12
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Officer Tom Riley brought in last
Saturday Christian G.. Finsand from
near Lake Preston, OAK, on the charge
of being implicated in the forged school
order on District q for ga. 10 which was
cashed by Treasurer Case last June. His
home is IN Bsscobel, Wis, but he has
relatives in Marshall township. Ole A.
Berg, the clerk, being his brother in-law.
His case will be heard before Justice
Noble at 10 a. m. to. day.
We have received the following
notice. It explains itself; and all IN
terested should remember the date, and
be on hand with their complaints:
ST.. PAUL May 8. 1885.
The State Board of Railroad and Ware
house Commissioners will meet at Aus
tin, in the County of Mower. on Monday.
the 18th day of May, 1885, at 2 p. m.
All persons having business with the
Commission, or whe desire to consult
with them upon railroad or grain matters,
are lnVltcu 10 ne present.
E. S. WARNER,
| Secretary of the Board.
The Ladies Missionary Society of the
Lutheran church. at their Basket Sociable
held at the Norden Society Hall, realized
from their Log Cabin Quilt $25, and from
the supper $3.50. Miss L. Thompson of
Lansing, was the possessor of the lucky
number that drew the quilt. The ladies
extend their heartfelt thanks to those
who gave so literally to their society.
This money, together with more earned
by the ladies during the year, is now on
the way to Africa. where the Lutherans
have large and successful Mission.
| Decoration Day, May 30th, comes on
Sunday this year, therefore Monday, the
31st, will be celebrated. Preparations
are being made in Austin for celebra-
ton worthy Of the OCCASION. The com
mander-in.chief Of the Grand Army of
the Republic, in his general order CON-
mandina the observance of Memorial
Day May 3Oth, appropriately calls special
attention to the following action of the
Nineteenth Annual Encampment on the
subject of this observance:
| Memorial Day is the choicest in the
calendar of The Grand Army-a day Of
sweet remembranccs dear to every loyal
heart, and any violation of its sacredness
by making it the occasion for frivOllty
and amusement, such as characterize the
Fourth of July, should be treated as an
indisnity to the comrades who died that
this country might live.
Col. VanLeuven, of the Spring VAL
ley Vtdette, gives our distinguished fell
low citizen, Col. Jas. H. Mansfield. the
following very complimentary send-eff
for the People Democratic nomination
for State Senator. Of course the Democ.
racy Of Mower county cannot we'll do 9TH
erwise than bcstow this homer upon their
veteran and gallant leader.
| Col. Mansfield of Austin is announced as q
| peoples candidate for Senator from Mower
county. 1t is we'll. The breaking up time has
man to be on top. Col. Mansfield will make q
good senator. He has ability: is a ready, for.
chile, and clear:sighted speaker: and man
can be elected. We think he will be, cspect-
ally il his canvass is judiciously prosecuted,
as no doubt it will. The Tidette intends to
the campaign warns up: and the light grows
hotter, and hotter. Col. move Immediately
upon the eneIny'y worksl
| The sad news comes to US of the
death of Patrick Kilroy. For the past
two or three years he has been station
agent at Angus. Polk County, Mimi.
Mr.. Kilroy was graduate of the Austin
High School, class of 80, and the COM
munistic troubles of to-day, prompt US
to give the subject of his class essay,
which was Communism and Socialism"
1t was meriterlous paper. and we pub
lished it IN full at the time. We have no
particulars of Mr.. Kilroy's death. 1t
is thought he died at GAINESVILLE, as he
had recently left Angus for that place
He was 81 years Of age the 18th day of
last March. His mother, Mrs. Mary Kill
roy, who lives in Aberdeen. D. T.. was
in Austin last Wednesday, on which day,
at the TRANSCRIPT Office, she first heard
Of her sons death.
The members of the Racine Farmers
Alliance do not take kindly to the tres
passing on their farms of 50 called 'sports-
men," and have published the following
declaration of independence for 1885:
! Whereas, the practice of certain fine
haired persons sometimes called sports
men") of driving over our improved lands
and grain fields at certain seasons of the
year, with dogs and guns hunting prairie
chickens, has becomes nuisance. There
fore Resolued, that we the undersigned
members of the Racine Centre Farmers
Alliance. do hereby forbid any person or
persons trespassing on our lands for the
purpose of hunting game at any season
Of the year A. D. 1885. Resolusd, that as
we do not purpose to be out-done by any
Sporting Club, we offer reward of $25,
for the arrest and conviction of any per-
son violating the game laws of this state;
provided said violation was committed
on our lands. And that we pledge our
selves individually and collectively to
maintain and enforce this resolution.
J. R. Camp6eld, Pres; w. F. Glover,
Vice Pres; w. E. Harris, Treas; s. J.
Sanborn, Sec.; Eli Leonard, F. II. Reed,
F. Skyhawk. J. F. Carson, c. w. Cham
berlain, G. D. Knex, W. F. Leonard.
| freeman Leonard, -. ~. OanDOrn, II. III.
Lee, F. L. Severson, A. Eichorn, E. A.
Nicholson, F. E. Gahringer, j. Krouse,
H. F. Eppard, r. G. MiIlstt, Geo. Cham
berlain and e. 8. Wilson; officers and
members of Racine Centre Farmers Al
lance.
COUNCIL NoTEs.-Regular meeting,
May Z. All present.
Grand Army of the Republic invited
the Common Council as guests. also to
cooperate in preparations for oelebrat-
ing Decoration Day, May a1st. Invita-
ton accepted. and cooperation referred
to Mayer French with power to act.
Petition of C. n. Beiseker and 83 eth
ers, to grant the n. s. n. w. r. R. Co.
right TO lay branch or spur from juno
tioa 1t Ash street, south through Ash to
| Water afreef and west tn Enulo g. "a q