Mower County transcript., 1888-04-11

you Will ma the lowest prices ana pest
goods at Blue Front Shoe Store.
-Messrs. Gregg. Dickson and other
members of the Institute force were at
the depot Saturday on their way from
Grand Meadow to Wells, to spend Sunday
with MIR. Curryer.
The books Of the firm of Dalager Bros.
will remain at the old stand, and an early
settlement of accounts is required on &C.
count OF the change of firm. Please call
in at once and settle up.
DIR. Curryer, the horseman of the
Farmers Institute, was injured in rail-
road accident near Mankato last week.
causing partial paralysis. It is thought
that he will soon recover.
Cash paid for anything and every
thing designed either for use or orna-
ment about the household, Except cold
pancakes) at the Austin 2nd Hand Store,
on Mill street. opposite NJ. Majors.
u. L. Hildcbrand will commence the
erection of his new barn just as soon
as the weather becomes a little settled
Mr.. Hildebrand is Still making improve
Hents. and is going TO have first class
hotel
Albert Lea only cast 900 votes at their
city election last, week while Austin
cast 664. How do you account for it
anyway Day? Must be the "boom" we
think which is getting away with Albert
Lea right along, every day.
Owing to washouts on the railroad
Mrs. Lathrap was not able to reach Aus.
tin for her appointment Saturday even
ing or Sunday The ladies of the w. G.
L. U. will endeavor to secure her presence
in the near future if possible.
"A. Friedrich says he is ready TO take
other jobs to put up awnings at 50. 90.
Jimmy Hay was growing about his avn
ing. dreading to put it up, it being such a
hard job, and offered MIR. Friedrich So to
do the job for him, which he did in just
two hours.
They say that when Harrington was
found last Friday after getting into the
water, he had fioated down stream, got a
Lakeside organ on cake of ice and was
playing the Irish Washerwoman." Mr..
Harrington, however, says it is mistake,
as he had sold the last organ.
Mrs Hildahl has returned from Chi
cagO, where she remained several days
selecting her spring stock of millinery.
While in the city she visited some of her
lady friends engaged in some of the finest
millinery retail departments in Chicago,
and had the best of opportunities of see
ing the latest styles of trimmings.
DIR Peck is putting up convenient
cottage and expects to move into it the
last of the week. He bought the house
of Frank Ticknor and after moving it on
to his lot put on an extensive addition,
making roOmy and convenient house of
it. These are the improvements that we
like to see going on. They are what
count.
"A small party gathered at the resi-
dence of Mr.. r. Dunkelman last Thurs
day evening, at the request of Misses
Bertha and Anna Dunkelmann, in honor
Of their guest, Miss Ruth Brooks. The
evening passed very pleasantly with
music and visiting Miss Brooks return
ed to her home at Owatonna Friday after
noon.
-Messrs Gregg and Dickson made q
short stop in Austin Monday. They re-
port that DR.. Curryer is improving and
will come out all right. Mr.. Dickson says
that his object in stopping IN Austin was
to see how that colt is coming on that J.
}. Furlong has been praying for, but the
roads were too bad to get out to see the
effect of Johns treatment.
"A teachers examination will be held
at the Court House Thursday, April 12.
The State Teachers Institute will be held
next week commencing Monday and con-
tinuing until Friday Families that are
prepared to board teachers during the
institute will please send their names to
Supt Belden giving the number they can
take and the price of board.
The birthday party, April 4th, given
by Mrs. G. G. Adams IN honor of her
mothers 10th anniversary, was an ex-
ceedingly pleasant occasion. Rooms
frightened by profusion of flowers,
hearty greetings, genial sociabil;ty and
most tastefullY spread supper table, all
combined to make the gathering worthy
of the serenely beautiful afternoon of
life.
The rains descended and the floods
came Wednesday night. for some of the
denlzens of the city. We hear reports of
damp walking. or wading perhaps, by
those on the street about midnight. The
region about the north end of Main street
presented all the variety of an uninter-
rupted surface of water. High water
marx on tne north side OF the Austin Fur
niture store was established at ten inches
above the sidewalk. Rather a sloppy
place for walking and few cared to try it
a second time.
-"Grandpa" Ellington, died Monday
night at IL o'clock of pneumonia, at the
age of 83 years. For five years he has
lived in Austin making his home with his
daughter Mrs. w. W. Engle, where he
breathed his last. Funeral services will
be held at the residence of Mr.. Engle at
IL o'clock to day, after which his remains
will be taken to Wauconia Iowa, for bur-
ial by the side of his wife. Mr.. and Mrs.
Marshall of Wauconia and Mrs. Fisher of
Waterloo arrived Tuesday morning just
too late. During his stay in Austin he
made many friends, who will learn of his
decease with sadness. A sketch of his
life will be given next week.
Believing that our growing city needs
better hearse, we are now having made
for US in the East something in the funer-
al car order, decided improvement on
anything ever brought to this market
AUSTIN FURNITURE Co.
Save time and money bv having Laxa.