Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-08-06

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Wanted, butter and eggs, for cash
| or groceries. w G. Horrobin.
| "A solid car. load of woven wire bed
springs just received.
Austin Furniture Co.
| Don't they go, corn or gloss starch,
Z cents a package. -Four for Is cents a,
C. f. Lashbrook's cash grocery.
Why don't you trade at G. E. Lash
brooks. the cash grocer. Your neigh
bors all do. He will save you per
cent. II
H. P. Halversons. the grocery man,
wants every threshing machine man in
the county to cali on him before buying
his supply of oils for the season.
Webster dictionery, 1900 pages, free.
When future cash purchases of furniture
amount to $4,000 the customers will re-
ceive one OF. these valuable books. 4
Austin Furniture Co.
Mrs, 0. NJ, Nelson will close up her
millinery store next week. aud go to
Chicago, Ladies should call at once, as
there are few good bargains left yet.
The mason's of this city have been in
vitcd to lay the corner stone of the new
school building, A glorious time is ex-
pected should they conclude to do the
job.
Mr., A. N. Decker's new house is
nearly completed, 1t is very pleasantly
situated aud conveniently arranged, The
cage is noY ready-hut you all know the
| rest.
There will be nc public services al
the Baptist church for the next three
Sundays, during the pastors absence.
Sunday School and the Tuesday and
Thursday evening meetings as usual.
The wind storm last Sunday did
great damage TO crops in the northern
part of Olmstead county, and at New
Richlaud. Waseca county from $75, 600
to 100000 worth OF damage was done.
"A letter from Miss Lizzie Newman,
Spokane Falls. states that she will not
be home this summer, having decided TO
prolong her stay. She may remain an
other winter. Next week we will publish
letter from her.
-Stimson & Sargent. who lately
purchased the .Curtiss livery stable, are
adding to their stock of horses, and now
have some fine turnouts. Mr.. Curtiss left
them good foundation to build upon,
and they are making the best of it..
A shooting contest between our local
gun club last Thursday resulted as
follows: Sullivan, 90; Waldecker, &c;
Tubbs, 40: Gulden, 80; Kast, 16; out of a
possible IS. Asire II out of 25. Dudley.
13; Emerson. II; Hoy, 2; out of posi-
| BILE 20.
Last week as Mr.. ,Cowen, wife and
daughter Clara were returning from Aus
tin. the jolting Of the wagon on the
bridge near their home threw ont the
| rear seat, giving the women severe fall.
Mrs Cowen was we'll shaken up and is
still quite stiff from the jar. ssssas.a s
The Y. p. S. c. E. of the Baptist
church held its semi annual election of
officers Tuesday evening. July 80. Rev.
w. E. Stanley, President; Lottie Cotton,
Vice President; S. Belle Robinson, Sec
rotary and Ellie Kessler, Treasurer. The
meeting was led last evening by J. II.
jacobson, who expects to leave Austin
| very soon.
The Minneapolis Tribune of August
| 3, states that O. E. Halvorson of St. Paul,
formerly Of Austin. alleges that he saw
Jack Riley, who was tried for attempting
to shoot Judge Page and who was sup.
posed to have long been dead, in St.
Paul in February 1887. Riley was found
in his cell just expiring and was indentl-
fed by friends at the time of his death,
so not much credence is given the story.
Among the G. A. R. excursionists who
leave this week are Superintendent and
Mrs. Belden. Mr.. Belden has long done
yoeman service IN this city and county
first as pastor of the Baptist church in
Austin from November, 1874, to January
1, 1882, and then as County Super1ntend-
emit of Schools for four consecutive terms,
from 1882 to 1891. He is faithful and
energetic worker in whatever he under
takes and endowed with good traits and
experience is gathering many of hfe's
prizes. This is Mrs. Belden' first trip to
the east Pa ~s-
Three chaps drove up to Stimson g.
Sargeant's livery stable Saturday night
and had team put up. Not showing
up just as they should it was surmsed
that something might be wrong, and an
investigation proved their suspicious
were we'll grounded. The team was
taken from Mason City, and parties from
that CITY were up yesterday and took them
back In the meantime the gentlemen
had gone on to Blooming Prairie, there
engaging team to 60 to Owatonna, and
at last accounts were still on the road.
Attention, g.. A. Ri ..
A Grand Army picnic will be held
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