Mower County transcript., 1903-02-04
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AUSTIN, WEDNESDAY. Feb. 4, 100;

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AUSTIN, "WEDNESDAY. Feb. 4, 1908.
AUSTIN NEWS IN BRIEF
Co. G. will give a grand ball at the
arnnory Monday evening, Feb. 23.
I Wanted a young man to help do
chores and drive milk wagon. s,*@
4r. '# NV. KIMBALL.
EFor sale a. Registered Yorkshire
Boar. Inquire of J. E. Milbrad, Rural
No. l. so
Engineer B. n. Lewis of Minneapo-
lis was down Saturday making his
friends glad.
Rev. G. D. Belden supplied the pull
pit OF the Baptist: church in. Owatonna
again Sunday.
Miss Anna Meahey, who has been
at Ortonv'lle, Mimi, for several months
returned nome Sunday.
j. W. Carr has bought a farm near
Heeitt, Todd county, MINI. and will
move there with his family in i few
days.
"A. F. McLain, on the Teeter farm
north of the city, had an addition to
his family Monday evening, AL pound
boy.
We shall issue ten page paper for
the next two or three weeks on account
OF the space taken up by the county
printing.
ID. H. Stimson was in the hospital
Saturday and had a portion of the dead
jaw removed. He is now at home and
doing nicely.
Mrs. G. w. Benton was out for a
short ride Sunday, the first time she has
been out since her recent sickness from
typhoid fever.
Warner Scullin of this city has
just gone into the U. S. Railway mail
service having run from Elroy to
Owatonna and return.
The entire financial statement
which appears in this issue was set by
Austin printers. It is unwise to have
such work sent away to the cities.
Oscar N. Finbraaten, round house
clerk on the Milwaukee road, spent a
pleasant Sunday at home with his folks
E. Nelson Finbraaten's at Grand
Meadow.
Will L. Nichols and family return
home to Fargo, n. D. today. Mrs.
Nichols has been visiting her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Du gan since be-
fore Christmas.
The Austin Lodge, knights of Py-
thias, will have special initiation of
eight candidates in the third degree on
Monday evening, Feb. %. About sixty
Knights are expected from Albert Lea
and their team will confer the degrees.
Max Gender, who has been in the
junk business here for the past eight
years, is moving his household goods to
Albert Lea where he will 20 in the
junk business with his brother Nate
who has lived in Blue Earth for nearly
the past three years.
"A succession of Jacks at the social
given at the Congregational church
was amusing and interesting. There
was good program and large attend
ance. The prize for representing the
best Jack was awarded. to Jack and
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Grace Anderson.
B. F. King had two runaways and
wrecks last week from his team being
frighted by dogs within the city limits.
In one of the accidents he had a mar
row escape from being killed. Another
illustration of the folly of allowing
worthless dogs to 60 untaxed. ANY
man who owns dog ought to be put
under $1,000 bonds: to guarantee paw.
ment for damage done by the cur.
The postoffice was moved Saturday
night to the commodious building OF
James Keenan, on South Main street
Now that the location is away from
the business convenience of the city, il
would be we'll for the authorities to:put
on one or two more carriers so that the
mail could be got round the same day
it comes in. The mail at this office
crawls along at any old hour at pre-.
sent.
The official board of the Methodist
church met Monday evening with pre-.
siding elder, Rev. Peter Glare, and can
vassed plans for raising their church
building two feet and putting in 8
basement and also for building an ex.
tension to the building to give larger
seating capacity. A building commit
tee consisting of J. F. Fairbanks, J. L
Mitchell and several others was ap
pointed to get plans, estimated cost
etc, and report at later meeting.