Mower County transcript., 1897-04-21
TRANSCRIPT
AUSTIN. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 81, 1897.
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How we wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like an airship in the sky!
The new street signs are up.

The new street signs are up. ;,
Ground oyster shells for your
hens at Pooler's.
Cash paid for cast scrap iron at
Austin Foundry.
See the beautiful display in Mrs
S. G. Seavey's window.
New houses are going up in diff.
ferent. parts of the city.
"A. class of Austin Elks is to be in.
itiated at Mankato the last of May.
ID. H. Stimson declines to become
a member Of the Board Of Health at
present. .;'
Otto Martin, the. barber, is proud
of that baby boy born at his house
last Wednesday. :,
&C. G. Carpenter of Minneapolis,
passenger agent of the Sante Fee
route, was caller Friday.
The Ladies Cemetery Improve
ment Association are making prepa-
rations for May. day party.
Timothy, clover, blue grass, red
top seed and corn at
10 DECKER Bros.
Little seeding has been done in
this locality up to date although at
tempts are made to rush it this week.
&C. D. Belden went to- Minneapolis
yesterday to attend d meeting of
creamery managers and cheese manu-
facturers.
The business houses close at I
o'clock every evening this week ex-
cept Saturday on account of the Hunt
meetings.. 2,
Miss Clara Brundin of this city
left this morning for a. visit with
friends and relatives in Mankato and
Albert Lea.
No wonder that the Fox. Hotel is
so popular with the travelling public:
Its service is elegant and clean and
it's patrons are stayers, ~ i; :za i; ss
- Special Easter.services were held
at several Of our churches with .elab-
crate musical programmes. 1t was "a
sunshining but windy day.: 49,
The street commissioner has been
doing a good job on our: streets by
dragging them smooth with a steel
harrow. Country roads should receive
like treatment. $50 :.
d. H. Stimson and L. Frenrh re-
turned from Dallas, Texas, Friday.
They inspected the country pretty
thoroughly within radius of $50 miles
around that point.
An original hymn was writted by
Mrs. q. M. Morse of this city for the
Goth anniversary meeting of the ladies
foreign mission society which was
held at Minneapolis last week.
The ordinance forbidding bicycles
to be ridden on the sidewalks of the
city will from this time be rlgidly en-
forced If you are fined for breaking
it, no one but yourself is to blame.
We have placed with US limited
amount Of money to loan on farm
mortgage at 81 per. cent. interest.
Please call and see US if this interests
you. .~
9 KINGSLEY & SHEPHERD.
The commencement honors at
Carleton college this year are partly
won by two former Austin young
ladies. Miss Addie Dewart is to be
salutatorian and Miss Eillie Dewart
has one Of the orati0ns.
The committee on. the Southern
Minnesota Normal and Business COL
lege to be esta blished in Austin next
fall has received word that the con-
tracts have been signed by the gentle
men who will open and conduct the
school.
Three papers week for two dol
lars. These are the TRANSCRIPT
every Wednesday and the Minneapo-
lis Tribune twice week, every Tues
day and Friday, with the latest news
of the world. A splendid offer for
everyone of our subscribers. = If
Lieut.. James W. Davidson, youn-
ger son son Of G. H. Davidson, who
has been war correspondent in
China and Japan for a year or two
past, has just been appointed y. S.
# Consular Agent at Taipi Ecu, For.
mosa, with a good salary attached.
Good for jim.
The township mutual insurance
companies of Minnesota had good
year in 1895, the figures taken from
the report of the state insurance de.
partment showing that they wrote
insurance amounting to $20,719, 597,
and paid : losses amounting to
$8O,864.81, The Austin Mutual in.
sured propertyt to the amount Of $472,.
$50, only ten other companies out Of
the total Of 116 such companies in the
state making so large showing ol
business done. The Austin company
paid losses amounting to$1,61s.43 sin
1896. 155s#