Mower County transcript., 1893-08-02
#. A. Engle spent Sunday in St.

Paul.
$3.50 ladies' shoes for 1926 on bar
gain counter at Schwan's.
Ladies' patent leather Oxford's,
formerly $500; now $1.45 at Schwan's.
For Sale. New brick at $sa thous-
and in any quantity. Geo. Duffy & Co.,
Austin.
y Mrs. Hiram S. Smith and Ida re-
turned from the Colum bian Exposition
on Saturday.
Judge S. S. Washburn was sick on
Monday so that he was unable to at
tend to his official duties.
Bert Banfield returned Monday
from his New Hampshire trip. He
has been drinking in the ozone on the
Yankee hills for several weeks.
j. H. Williams has closed his
Austin School of Telegraphy and
printing office and does not intend to
open again. He expects to return
to railroad work.
Cyrus Tryon returned from Maine
on Monday. He reports a good hay
and fruit crop in Maine, but light
fruit crop in Michigan and Illinois.
He went from Austin to Albert Lea.
Rev Myron G. Miner aad wife of
Steele, North Dakota arrived last
evening to spend their August vaca-
tion with relatives here. Mrs. Miner
is the daughter of J. G. Kaiser of this
city. Their numerous friends will all
be glad to see them again.
George w. Bliss has given up his
California projects and has decided to
remain in Minnesota. He has accept
ed the appointment of assistant cash.
ier in the new German-American bank
of Wells, just esta blished, and will as
sumo his new duties next month. Mrs.
Bliss now has brother and sister
living in Wells.
The Austin Flax Fibre Co. has
about exhausted it's stock OF green
straw and will run on short time for
few weeks until the new crop comes in.
President Highett will pay an extra
price for acceptable flax straw deliver
ed before Sept. Is. About 125 bales of
fibre have been turned out daily of
late and enormous quantities Of straw
have been used up.
Miss Emma Wilson, of Usage, who
has been visiting her sister. Mrs. Frank
Stokes, for the past month, returned
home yesterday, accompanied by her
cousin, Miss Delphine Wilson, who has
been in Austin during the past week.
They were interested callers at the
TRANSCRIPT Office on Monday, looking
into some of the mysteries of the art
preservative. Miss Emma is one of
the teachers in the public schools of
Usage and attended the summer school
here for two weeks. Her cousin is also
one of the Mitchell county teachers.
We attended the picnic at Austin
on Wednesday, given by members of
the Eastern Star of Austin, Spring
Valley and Albert Lea. It was pleas
ant party and the outing was enjoyed
by all. The following attended the
picnic from this city: A. R. Holman,
E. G.. H. Adams, S. A. Hunt, J. A.
Stevens, F. M. Davidson, B. w. Hunt
ley, B. Wall, and B. F. Farmer, all of
whomwere accompanied by theirwives;
Mesdames Laura Kalb, L. P. Hand, J.
D. Utley and w. W. Washburn; Misses
Emily and Emma Lobdill, Gertie and
Bay Lloyd, Eva Stevens and Holman;
and Mr.. HENDRIX. 1t is needless to say
the party was jolly one. .--Spring VAL
ley Mercury.
"A game of bal for the champion
ship of Southern Minnesota, was play
ed between Albert Lea and Owatonna
at the ball park in this city yesterday
afternoon. Eight and one-half inn
ings were played when the game
closed, the score standing "a to 6 in
favor of Albert Lea. There was but
a small crowd out to witness the
game. From the testimony of many
of those present, the game was rocky
one. The Albert Lea team was COM
posed of four Albert Lea men, three
from Iowa, one Shattuck cadet and
one from Faribault, and the Owa-
tonna club comprised nine vigorous
kickers without nerve. The "Cham-
pionship'' is supposed to be still at
large.-Fairbault Republican.
-Scribner's Magazine for August
is, as usual a fiction number, contain
ing six short stories, five of them
illustrated. and instalments of two
short serials by Robert Grant and
Harold Frederic. This idea of a
fiction number was first realized in
midsummer, 1889, and it has proved
one of the most popular features of
the Magazine. This year the writer's of
short stories represented are: Thomas
Bailey Aldrich, H. G. Bunner, Sarah
Orne levitt, Howard Pyle, W.. III.
Shelton and Grace Ellery Charming.
The artists who illustrate the fiction
Of this number are equally skillful.