Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-18


15c per dozen. Pays for choice Tub But
ter 18cents. Pays for Jar Butter 10 to II.
Adrian Drost, the watch maker and
jeweler, can be found on Mill street, op.
posite the Windsor House, with New
man. Mr.. Drost does good work and
would be pleased to haYe his friends cali
on him. .-. .-s j. a.. ~
Some figures at Giles & Tryon's s.
Pure boiled oil, Chicago or Minnesota,
60 cents per gallon. St. Louis Red Seal
Lead, $3.50 per cwt. Senour mixed
paint $3.50 per gallon. and tinted lead
all colors. by the pound 7 cents per ID.
$500 guarantee that these goods are abso-
lutely pure and the best made.
Mrs. w. H. Adams is agent for the
Dress Makers Magic Scale. Mrs. Adams
has many testimonials to the simplicity
and perfection of this scale for dressmak-
inc, If you are doubtful about it's mer-
its, call and have test lining cut and be
The Band Of Hope entertainment at
the Opera House last Friday evening was
a very pleasing affair and worthy of the
large house that gathered to witness its
rendering. The entertainment was
credit to all taking part in its preparation.
No admission was charged, but those
present showed their satisfaction by
very generous contribution.
Two of our boys started out last
week to do up the wild west, but before
reaching Ramsey, the gentle young man
known at home as Sergeant, found him
self done up as to ticket Pretty hard
for first western experience but then
the boys must 60 through it or they
would never cease to be tender feet.
These western adventures must expect
to pay for their experience.
1T won't bake bread.-In other words
Hoods Sarsaparilla will not do impossi-
billties. Its proprietors tell plainly what
it has done, submit proofs from sources
of unquestioned reliability, and ask
you frankly if you are suffering from
anv disease or affection caused or pro-
noted by impure blood or low state of
the system, to try Hoods Sarsaparilla
The experience of others is sufficient as
surance that you will not be disappoint-
ed in the result.
"A new time card went into effect on
the Chicago. St. Paul & Kansas City rail
road (Minn. & N. W. last Sunday. The
train from St. Paul IN the morning, leaves
there at 835 and arrives in Austin at 1908.
The afternoon train leaves St. Paul al
$50 and reaches Austin at 11:10. Going
to St. Paul. the train leaves here al 4:O5
a. m. and arrives in St. Paul at 7:3O.
The afternoon train leaves here at 3:17
and reaches St. Paul at Gas. A freight
passengers to Hayfeld leaves
here at $50 a. m. and returnsat f. IS a. m.
Ed. Downie, of Owatonna, the vet.
ern granite and marble man. has been in
town for the last week and sold some
very fine granite monuments, amounting
in all to oyer two thousand dollars. Be-
ing one of the largest importers of Scotch
GRANTEES in the northwest enables him to
offer rare inducements to buyers. Ed,
German, of this city, the local agent.
will at all times cheerfully give prices
and make contracts. Mr.. Downie in
forms us that if suitable building can
be secured, he will open up large works
here
The auditing board has completed
the examination of the county treasurel's
accounts, and found them accurate. The
books show the following since January
1. Collections: Current tax, $103, 1893, AZ;
auditors duplicates, $6.892.22; public
lands, $5215.6S; miscellaneous, SASS. 8S;
total $119, 705.40. Disbursements: Or
ders and warrants, $19,921.52; towns,
schools, $32, 047.66; redemp
ton. 1852 SO; miscellaneous, $24,S00.89;
total, 1914, 361. Al; balance in treasury, $685.
1851. For the first time in years Mower
county is entirely free from indebtedness.
and has surplus in the treasury. This
strikes us as being rather pleasant state
of affairs. If we must be in debt our
selves we can brag on the county. Let
us rejoice.
The St. Paul Globe seems to be rap
Idly getting to that point where it finds it
impossible to tell the truth on any sub
ject. On July 9th it published table
which undertook to show that saloons
had increased in this state under the high
license law. This list took in .78 Mime
sofa towns. The Globe man seemed to
have no use for Austin and she was left
out of the list. The papers from all over
the state are now making it interesting
for the Globe by showing that the figures
given are entirely deceptive. In numer-
Gus instances the Globe showed an In
crease under high license by counting in
the drug stores as saloons during the high
license wear and not counting them at all