Mower County transcript., 1908-10-14


H. E. Shedd of Austin on calendar.
Mr.: and Mrs. VIM. Howe of Wau-
bay, 5. D., stopped here last week to
visit relatives on their way home from
Preston, ::...:.>
The city council Friday evening
accepted the south Main street curbiDg
the contractors to put the street in as
good shape as before. - -:
Louis Anderw has resigned as
driver for the Austin Steam Laundry
and Ralph Craig will take his place.
Louis says he is going to get married
and CO. west and grow up with the
country.
Mr.. and Mr.. s Young spent Sun
day with Mrs Young's sister, Mrs.
Fisher, of Blooming Prairie.
DIR. and Mrs. 0. II. Hegge return
ed Friday from st. Paul. He attend, ,,
ed the meeting of the State Medical
Society.
The Roney lboys~ at the NJ. E
church Friday evening of this week.
Do not miss them.
Miss Frances Tidd has returned
from visit with her sister in Minnea-
polls and will teach the winter term
of school in the Vandegrift district.
Mrs. Elvina Arnold of California,
who spent the past month with her
brother, C.. H. Goats, left Friday for
Port Allegany, Penn, for briet
visit.
The Taft Jacobson republican club
at Dexter is at present the largest and
liveliest in the county. 1t has over
175 members and is increasing daily.
j. O. Hill and family moved Thurs
day to Austin and live at 2O9 West
Mill strset.
"A. N. Kinsman has finished putt
ing the glass ON his greenhouses and
has now nearly 44,000 square feet under
glass. He is cutting flowers sufficient
for all local orders. Send in all your
orders to him.
You might know that 0 w. Shaw
was q genuine Yankee by that pot of
baked beans which he takes home re-
gularly every Saturday afternoon.
The alarm of fire yesterday after
noon came from l.. M. Tollefson's
paint shop, corner Bridge and st. Paul
streets: The floor caught around the
stove. The fire department was quick
ly on hand and little damage was
suffered.
The golden wedding of Judge and
Mrs. John M. Greenman will occur
Saturday October %, and fitting cele-
bration Of the event will be observed at
Elk's hall iu the evening.
WIN, Lampkin, aged about %
years, while working on the city elec-
trio wires on the Grin j. Hill corner on
Oakland avenue Friday morning came
in contact with an electric current
through live. wire and was killed.
He had worked here only few months.
He was unmarried. His body was tax
On to New Hampton, Iowa, Saturday
for interment. This is the first fatal
accident in Austin from electric wires.
Rev. F. E. Knopf returned Thurs
day from Faribault where he attended
the Congregational conference. He
was chairman of the committee on rel
solutions and helped to have a resolu-
ton adopted favoring county option.
Ole Olson, one of the Milwaukee
train crew; was hurt at Lyle Thursday
by having a piano which was being
slip and fall on him cracking
his rib and badly bruising his hip.
The Congregational Ladies' Aid
are planning for state reception at
the chnrch Friday evening of this week |
when Minnesota will hold q reception |
for all the states of the Union which !
are represented in: Austin. Where do !
you hail from? -
We have received news Of the
death Of Miss Phebe A. Dorr August |
3, at her home at Neponset, Ill. She |
was . sister of Mrs. S. G. Bacon form-
arly of Austin and she lived here for
many years. She was nearly 81 years |
old.
DeMars who halls from
Quebec, Can. was brought before Judge
Kingsley on the charge Of entering 20.
+. Varcos store at Rose Creek recently
He plead guilty to burglary in the
third degree and was sentenced to the |
ST. Cloud reformatory for Ave years:
He gave his age as 22. sS4.S ..
!. AS c., j !. Myhre was riding his |
bicycle on Water street Sunday sfter-l
noon In turning out for an auto his |
hind wheel was. struck and hesWAs
thrown of, breaking 8 bone SHOVE the |
ankle besides bruisinR and epraininn
him He was able. I'D I'D bss 81 his, shop,
'yesterda ,satssit will lsta a1seaks zfor
the sElt bone TO knit agAin