Mower County transcript., 1893-07-12

The roof of the city hall was re.
shingled Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dell Wright went to
Clear Lake Saturday to spend Sunday.
w. G. Strouts sold his residence on
South Main street last week to Bar
ney Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. Lehman went to
St. Paul Monday morning to be gone
about two weeks.
The new cement sidewalk on the
south side of the court house square
is going in this week.
Ada Morgan, who graduate at
the Mankato Normal school in June,
will teach at Mapleton, Mimi, next
year.
A special meeting of the city
council will be held Friday evening to
consider bids for drilling the new city
we'll.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Baptist church will try again to have
a picnic up the Cedar next Friday aft
ernoon, taking the trip on the Belle of
Austin. Rain interfered LAST Friday.
The heavy foundation stones
for the new Baptist church edifice are
now being hauled upon the lot ready
to put in position. The work of lay
ing the foundation commenced Mon
day..
George r. Martin and family, of
Minneapolis, spent the Fourth with
friends in Kasson and Mantorville.
His numerous Austin friends would
have been glad if he had also included
this city in his visiting tour.
The record of F. A. Ticknor's
Jersey COW made on the farm of J. D.
Rugg last week which was made to
read six days should have been 81 lbs.
best quality hard butter made in four
days, being at the rate of IA pounds 7
ounces per week.
Clerk of court Sweningsen is now
at his fathers at Durand, Ill. He
drove through from Austin in six days
and half, averaging fifty miles day.
He has spent about a week at the fair.
He is not expected back before the
last of this month.
Harry G.. Griswold, who has been
making the examination of the books
in the city treasurer's Office at St.
Paul, under the direction of city
treasurer Miller. will be given d per-
manent position in the office. Mr..
Miller announced the appointment of
Mr.. Griswold Friday.
Assessor Wiltour has completed
his returns for the city of Austin and
turned them over to the auditor. His
totals show some increase in the per-
sonal property valuations of the city
and also show an increase in the i'm
provements in real estate in the city
for 1892 to exceed 100000. From
present appearances, this amount of
Improvements will again be eQualled
this year.
Mr.. Wills, proprietor of the Racket
store, had brother and his family
living at Pomeroy, Iowa, who passed
through Thursdays cyclone. His
brother was uninjured but the wife
was badly bruised about the head, and
one of the three children was SO badly
hurt that he was unconscious fol
twelve hours. Almost everything in
the town was swept away.
The annual school election will be
held next Saturday. The voters OF
this district should turn out and elect
the best men or women to be found
for the responsible duties of guard.
ans of our educational interests.
There will be no use of complaining af.
ter election, if the trustees chosen are
not satisfactory. The right thing to
do is to 60 to the polls and elect salts
factory members.
Another citizen, Of London, Free
born county, will soon be a resident of
Austin. Mr.. Corning has bought the
residence of Mrs. NJ. G. Morgan on
Alleghaney street and will take pos.
session in the fall. This is the house
built, we believe, by D. 3. Smith.
There is quite group of Londoners
in that part of the city-the Ashers.
the Mannings, the Bumps, and others,
living in proximity to one another
And still they come. A warm vel.
come awaits them. They could fine
no more thriving or desirable city fol
residence, and they evidently have
come to this conclusion.
| List of letters remaining uncalleG
for in the Austin post-office for the
week ending July 8, 1893:
| Mrs. Lucy Auslin,. Mrs. B. Bassett
Mrs. Clara Bennett, Charley Brandand
Park Brandon, Miss Katie Buchanan
Martin Fairbanks, Geo. Fannon, Sole
mon Felt, Miss Lena Hanson, Geo. w
Hunt, Chris. Jensen 2, Dave W. Jones
Mrs. E. J. Jones, Ludwig Karlson, E
w. King, G. Kittelson, Will Linde