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.4 W. ALLEN, M. D. "RUSH MEDICAL." Physician and Surgeon. Specialties—Eye and Ear, Throat and Chest, and diseases of Hbmen. Call office Giles & Shepherd's drag store. Residence. Water street. Austin. Minn. QT. BERNARD COMMANDERY. K. T. O NO. 13. Meets first Monday evening of eaeh month at Masonaic HalL 1 J. S. ANDERSON, K. C. F. I. CBAHX, Recorder. 0. G. T. AUSTIN LODGE, NO. 107, Meets every Monday evening in their hall. Strangers stopping in the city, belonging to this order are cordially invited. ROYAL BEACH, C. T. WHS.L. C. LOWRY,WILSON Secretary. ARCH CHAPTER, NO, 14 The Stated convocations of this Chapter are held in Masonsic Hall, Austin Minnesota. onthesECOSS and FOUBTH Friday evenings of each month. EUGENE WOOD, M. E. H. P. D. Z. ROBINSON,Secretary. JjilDELTTY LODGE, NO. 39, A. F. & The regular communications of this lodge are held in Masonic Hall. Austin, Minnesota, on the TIKST and THIRD of each month. O. O. F. Wednesday evenings WM. TODD, W. M. L. G. BASFORD,Secretary. I. The regular meetings of Austin Lodge, No. 80, are held in their hall every Tuesday evening. Odd Fellows from other jurisdic tions. whose business may lead them to Aus tin, are cordially invited to visit us. LAFAYETTE FRENCH, N. G. O. L. GIBBONS. Secretary. INTYRE POST, G. A. R. Meets on the first and third Saturday of each month, at 7:30 p. m. at Grand Army TTall. j. N. OWENS, Com. E. C- DORR, Adjt. CHAS.MTT.T.F-R,Quartermaster. M. W. A. VAN DUSKO CAMP NO 243. Hold their regular meetings the first and £iird Friday of each month at Norden Hall, 7:30 p. m. J. E- KOBINSON, Consul. J. R. LUCKEY,Clerk. WW.Judge RANNEY, C. J- SHORTT, of Probate. RANNEY & SHORTT. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Agents for Sale of Real Estate, and Repre sentatives of the German, of Freeport, III., Milwaukee Mechanics, and Concordia Fira Insurance Companies. j£INGSLEY & SHEPHEHD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office in Rear of Austin State Bank. Bates $2.00 per day. Free Bass to all trains. STRICTLY FIRST CLASS. J. E. ROBINSON, Proprietor, AUSTIN, MINN. Main Street, opposite corner from Post office. Farmers' Fire & Storm Mutual Insurance Co. OF MOWER COUNTY, MINN., Is in a healthy and safe condition, and is just the place for termers to insure their proper ty. We would recommend it as a safer and more reliable iasuranse than the old line com panies. J.J. FURLONG. President. G. SEEBACH, Treasurer. R. BCKFORD, Secretary. Directors: J. J. Furlonjr, R. Bckford, G. Seebacb, J. J. Hunt, John Schroeder, John A. Thompsson, B. S. Hoppin, S. B. Woodsum, Daniel Williams. For blanks and particulars inquire of R. Bckford, Dexter. SALE OF STALLIONS. One 5-year otd, seven-eighths Norman—a good foal getter. Two Spring Colts, fifteen-sixteenths Nor man. Will make good heavy stallions. One yearling colt, fifteen-sixteenths Nor man. A heavy colt. All bred by the imported Norman. "Duke of Magenta." Will give time on itood notes. Above stock can be seen at my place, three miles south of Blooming Prairie. P. A. PETERSON. In England Bestai ntaMMery. FRESH BBEAD, BOLLS, CAKE, PIES, ETC., EVERY DAI. ICE CREAM By the gallon for parties a specialty. The Best Stock of A N I E S In Austin, and a full line of FINE CIGARS. STATE KENT SCHOOL. THE C&RXEH STORE LAID BY THE GRAND LODGE OF FREE HASONS. Kscorted by the Sir Knights. The corner stone of the State Indigent School at Owatenna, was laid Tuesday, by the Grand Lodge ef Free Masons, escorted by the Sir Knights. A large number of Masons and Sir Knights were present from different parts of the State. Speeches were.made by State Auditor Braden, Ez.Gov. Barto, Hon. M. H. Dun nell and others, after which the corner stone was laid in due form by the Grand Master, and the erection and completion of the building turned over to the archi tect. The ceremonies were very impressive, but we have not the time to give an elab orate description of it. But this we must say, that the workmen from abroad were cared for in Owatonna's usual bounteous style, and the occasion one lone to be remembered. The following Sir Knights from St. Bernard Cemmanderv participated in the exercises: S Anderson, E C, A Friedrich, G, West, G, E Wood, P, E Dorr, Tr. I Crane, R, A Vanderwarker, W, A Mattice, S B, W Vandegrift, S B, Schwan, W, Smith, W, Goodwin, S Jones, E Deily. O Cornforth, A Friedrich, Haley, John Ober, N Hay, W Tryon. S Clark, Lott, O Hall, Geo Baird, E Crane, Lyman Baird, Miller, A McFadden, W Suther land, N S Gordon, Austin. A Love, W Hard, Preston. Thos Nevins, Lyle. W A No lan, W Bently, Greening, Grand Mead ow. Farmer, Spring alley. And the following Master Masons from Fidelity Ledge: Wm Todd, W M, Will Earl. N Earl, Geo Morse, Wilbour, E Day, E Earl, A Sharpstein and Becker. Mrs Mattice, Mrs Lott and Misses Fan ny and Clara Gies assisted the Austin contin gent by their presence. KILLED BY LIGHtlXG. The following is taken from the Lorain Ohio Times, The young lady spoken of was the youngest daughter of a brother of Henry Jacobs. During the severe thunder storm of Sat urday night, Miss Hattie Jacobs was killed by lighting at the home of her parents on the Oberlin road. She per ceiving the approaching storm proceeded up stairs to close the window Going into the closet in which was a window she was in the act of closing same when the lighting struck her. Her parents knew nothing of her sad fate and not until the next morning did they learn of her misfortune. Her mother upon call ing up stairs to her received no response and she supposing her to be out of doers went immediately in search but did not find her. Upon going up stairs and look ing into the closet found her behind the door, it being partly closed. The terror stricken mother not supposing her daugh ter to be dead attempted to lift her toner feet, but alas, life was extinct. The funeral which was a sad one was held at North Amherst on Monday afternoon. The procession wasjunusually large there being forty-nine carriages beside the hearse. She was aged sixteen years and five months, and leaves a host of friends to mourn her untimely death. A SLUGGING MATCH. The game of base ball last Friday af ternoon, between Austin and Lyle at Lyle was too slow and too much one sided tft be interesting. The Austin boys really won the game in the first inning, when they piled up 16 runs. Austin played a rather loose same in the field, as is shown by the scores they allowed Lyle to get, but they made up for it at the bat, hand ling the willow in fine shape. Allen did some very effectual work in the box, striking out 7 men out of 15. He retired in the 6th inning, having turned his ankle by stepping into a hole. Lyle has the making of a good club, but they need practice, and a curve pitcher, as straight throwing is all out of date. The home team treated the visitors shame fully, allowing the visitors to pay their own hotel bill, a thing never before heard of. The score stood 48 to 16 in favor of Austin. Killing Gophers. Prof. Budd, of Ames, Iowa, gives the following as his method of destroying gophers at the college farm: "We cut middling sized potatoes into halves and rub the cut surfaces with strychnine crys tals, These pieces are stuck fimly on the sharpened ends of stiff twigs about 18 inches in length. As the bunrows of the gopher are opened apiece of potato is run in the length of the stick, the outer end being fastened by sticking it into the earth at the mouth of the hole. The gopher finds the obstruction not easy to remove, he gets a chance to taste the poisonous potato and pronounces it good. It put loosely into their runs they throw it out in nine cases out of ten un tested. We have had no trouble in clear ing land of these mischievous root eaters in »bout one week." Tax suit begun by the government last week to disestablish and disendow the Mormon church, threatens to be the se verest blow that the Mormon hierarchy has suffered, There seems to be no rea •on why tine suit should not be successful an established church is clearly illegal. If the suit is successful, it will be hard for the Mormon leaders to continue their opposition to the United States 'JiWfe MOWER COUNTY THAN ALMOST A SMASH VP. The tender of the Engine on the south bound freight ran off the tat^t near Lansing at noon Tuesday, delaying the passenger train for about two hours. No one was injured and little damage was done. A Horrible Accident. While workmen were engaged in re moving the damaged wheat from the burned St. Anthony elevators at Minn eapolis last Wednesday, one of the massive stone walls yet standing, tell, completely burying six of the men a dozen feet deep, under great stones, huge timbers, and blackened wheat, a seventh man was buried waist deep in the debris, but was rescued considerably burned and bruited but no bones broken. The fallen wall and wheat was yet so hot that they had to be drenched with cold water before the victims could be rescued. Railroad Commissioner's Decision. The State Railroad commission has made a decision which is a partial victory for the Business New's Associa tions. The Chicago. St. P., M. & O. has been charging a rate of 45 cents on first class freight between Duluth and St. Paul, a distance of 177 miles, while their charge from Mankato to Duluth a distance of 263 miles has been 85 cents on the same class of freight. The commission decides that this sa violation of Sec. 7 ot the state Railroad law^knd directs the railroad to so amend its schedules as to conform to the require ments of said section as well as other provisons of the law. Chatfield Democrat: A case has just been decided in the supreme court that is of considerable general interest. In 1876 one L. S. Mitchell deposited a sum of money in the Mower County Bank, then owned by Easton and Wilkins, and was given a certificate of deposit. This was allowed to run until after the failure of Wilkins, when the certificate of de posit was presented and payment refused. Suit was brought by Mitchell in the dis trict court, which was decided in his favor. The case was taken to the sup reme court by Easton's attorney, N. Kingsley, and the decision of the lower court has just been reversed. Plaintiff's counsel argued that a certificate of deposit in the ordinary form is in sub stance and legal offect a promissory note, is due at once and no actual demand is necessary to set the statute of limitations running, and, such being the case, the certificate was barred, more than six years having elapsed since payment was made on it. We believe Mr. Kingsley has never lost a case in the supreme court—certainly out of about a dozen cases, where we have printed his briefs, he has not lost a single one. There are few attorneys, probably none in the state, that can show such a record. MOWER COUNTY FAIR. I wish to impress on the minds of the farmers and others ofMower andadjoining counties that the time set for the annual Pair of Mower County will soon be at hand. A little work now by all, will make the Fair a grand success as all things go to Bhow that it will be. It is earnestly desired that each and every one will make calculations on being present and that as many as can, will have some thing for exhibition and compete for the premiums The Executive Committee have offered liberal premiums and it is hoped that the people will be benefited by the same. Mower County stands to day as one of the best farming and stock raising coun ties in the state, and we trust that farmers and others will show by their presence and exhibitions that she is fully sustained in what she claims. Exhibitions of this nature are the best schools that farmers can attend. They can see on exhibition the different kinds of stock, grain, and vegetables and die cuss their qualities among themselves and in this way can easily gain inform ation that would require considerable time in any other manner. Trusting you will be all present, I have the honor of being yours obediently, J. J. FCBLOKG. Pres. Mower County Agricultural Society. •«5 BKWAJtD FHIJCJTD MOSXS: If you succeed in get ting the |25 offered by the Austin Gun ning Club, take our advice and invest it as quick as you can in concentrated lye and soft soap. We are informed that these ingredients are good disinfectants and are sometimes useful in removing tar and feathers. Tou know in this coun try it is fashionable for swine and poul try to become our guests after which thorough renovation is in order. Soap and lye are very useful at such times. LAMPTO BFOTTKBS. GOT LSVT. Ask Jim Anderson how he came down from Owatonna on the freight Tues- S 'f 1* fist' VOL XX.—No. ai. AUSTIN, MOWER COUNTY, MINN., WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10, 1887. TERMS: $1.50 Per Annum, in Advance. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. A son of David Pratt was kicked by a colt Monday night and received danger ous internal injuries. Dr. Allen is caring for the sufferer. —All kinds fresh fruit at HorrobinA Rice. 5 —Fresh tub butter 18 cents per pound at Horrobini&Rlce. —Landlord ^Maxwell reports three boarders at the'present time. —Sam 8hupe anff Alta Crosson were married Monday forenoon. Where are the cigars. —Everybody come and get fresh select oysters 60 cents per can Saturday morn ing at Horrobm&Rice. —There will be a match game of base ball Saturday, between the Austin and Adams clubs for a purse of $20. Spring Valley. Mercury: John Cook of Austin is in Spring Valley this week, a guest of his brother-inlaw, Judge Farmer. —Mrs.Anna Thompson of Spokane Falls W.T. will be in Austin next Thurs day for a visit. Hhe will be the guest of Mrs. W.W.Engle. —N. B. Solner sends us No. 1. Vol. 1. of the Citrograph, a bright interesting paper published at Redlands San Bernar dino county California. Spring Valley^ Mercury: Lafayette Frence. the popular mayor of Austin came over on Wednesday, on some law business with Judge Farmer. He return ed to day. Rey. C. E. Wright has in part accepted the lengthened vacation tendered him by his people. He intends to return to Austin in tune to occupy his pulpit on the last sabbath inAugust. —Capt. Christie starts today with the Commission to look up the soldier's homes at Dayton O. and other places. It isthe in tention to erect a temporary building to be used until the permanent one can be finished. •The Good Tempters will hold their social Friday evening Aug. 12 at Mr. Tee ters.They will meet at the hall at 8 oclock sharp when teams will be in readiness to convey all those desiring to attend. All are cordially invited. The big premiums offered for fine cattle at the Minnesota State Fair are bringing in the cattle breeders and there is a scramble for room. A large number of herds from other states will be present in addition to every herd of importance owned in Minnesota. —Dr. Macdonald has gone to Chicago, where he will en^er the office of some ca tarrh specialist fc^jthe **r. nose of inves tigating and studying the use of the new catarrh remedy. He will thoroughly ac quaint himself with its workings and purchase an outfit'before his return. The Doctor proposes to keep up with the times, and will spare neither time nor money for the relief of his patients. We will give a full description of this new catarrh remedy when he returns, and those afflicted with this trouble (and they are not a few) should see the doctor on his return, as you will find something that will be of benefit and relief to you. Mr. Frank L. Cox, Foreman Herald and Times, Gouverneur, N. Y., writes: sprained my ankle very badly and suffer ed intense pain. One bottle of St. Jacobs Oil cured the sprains and re duced the swelling," Another Flab Cncht. A party of eight from Chatham street went out Friday bvening and a young lady friend of, the party caught a salt mackerel, the omy fish caught by the par ty but they had a gay tune. Austin fish ermen are comingto the front fast. Han story. The following yery able lie comes from Missouri. It is too good to lose: A hen half black Spanish and half game, has been doing a land offiee business in Rol la, Mo. She laid her first egg on the 10th of May, 18867 and has laid an egg every day since. She went to setting as soon as she laid her first egg and is still on her nest. She comes off every morning to get water and food and then goes back. She has hatched one egg a day except the three first weeks of her career. She has now been laying one year, and is the mother and hatcher, ef 844 chickens one-half roosters and the other half pul lets. The Minneapolis Exposition holds from August 31st to Oct 15th. On Aug ust 90th and on ill.. Tuesdays and Thursdays during its Continuance Special Excursion tickets to Minneapolis and return will be sold at a fare and a third, with twenty five cents added for admission coupon. Return coupons good until Monday following date of sale. From September 8 to 17th inclus ive Rate will be fare one way for the round trip with twenty cents added for admission coupon. G. E Colbux, Agent C. M. fc St. P. Ry., "A PlMSljpf. tor, the favorite table Simmons Liver Re home remedy, is entirely vegetable, and is the purest and best family medicine that is compounded. No error to he teared in administering, no injury from exposure after taking no loss of time. It is the best preventive medicine and safe to take no matter what the sickness mup be, and. in any ordinary disease, wol effect a speedy cure. Demand the Gen uine, having the Z-Stamp on wrapper. MINNESOTA NE^S. —Devil's Lake, Montevideo and Mill bank are the latest victims of the Tribune's artistic fiend. The wife of John Henry, editor oi the Janesville Argus, has eloped with Rev. D. Seymour, pastor of the M. E. church of that place. Albert Lea is in a ferment just now over the discovery of natural gas. We hope they have it, as it will be a great thing, not only for Albert Lea, but for all this part of the state. A railroad meeting was held in Roch ester last Saturday night, at which time a committee was appointed to meet Pres ident Stickney, of the Minnesota & North western road, and see if they could in duce him to run a branch from some point on his road into that city. The St. Cloud, council has voted to sell the city water works to Phelps & Sykes of Minneapolis for $20000. Three miles of new mains will be laid immedia tely. The money obtained by the sale will be used in improving the appearance of the city. The sale gives general sat isfaction. Liberty Hall has sold his paper, the Glencoe Register, of which he has been editor for many years, and on account of ill-health will retire from the newspaper business. He will hereafter make his home in Kansas City. He was recently appointed a member of the board of state prison inspectors. Natural gas has been struck a few miles northwest of Albert Lee and con siderable excitmeut prevails there. A company has been formed to be known as the "Freeborn county Petroleum Gas company." They have leased 10000 acres of land for thirty years, and intend to begin operations immedatelv. A woman living thirteen miles from Marshall spent a night in a well into which she descended to rescue her child who fell into it accidentally. The well was twenty feet deep and contained three feet of water. They remained there from the middle ef the afternoon until teu o'clock the next day,' when they were rescued by the neighbors. President W. R. Merriam went to De troit and Cleveland last week to secure attractions for the races at the Minne sota 8tate Fair. He will try and arrange to have Harry Wilke% Oliver K., Patron Jay:Eye-See. all among the fastest trot ters now on the American turf, trot in the big races. These horses will prove to be immence drawing cards. In ad dition to these dozens of the most, prom inent trotting, pacing andrunninghorses of the country w-11 be on hand. A large number of fast horses are already on the grounds and hard at work getting in shape to capture the biggest prizes ever offered at a state fair in this country. Great excitement Has been caused in the vicinity of Paris Tex., by the remark able recovery of Mr. J. E. Corely, who was so helpless he could not turn in bed, or raise his head everybody said he was dying of Consumption. A trial bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery was sent him. Finding relief, he bought a large bottle and a box of Dr. King's New Life Pills by the time he had taken two boxes of Pills and two bottles of the Discovery, he was well and had gained in flesh thirty-six peunds. Trial Bottles of this Great Discovery for Consumption free at Dorr & Wold's Drug Store. 2 GENERAL HEWS. Maxwell, the St. Louis murderer has obtained six months respite by the grant ing of a writ of error in his case. Three persons were killed and several injured at the launching of the large steamer. W. H. Wolf, at Milwaukee Sat urday. A verdict of guilty was speedily reached in the case of the Chicago boodlers. Seven were sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, and the rest were fined $1,000 each. Judge Berry of the supreme court is not likely to recover from the dangerous illness from which he has been suffering for two months past. A consultation of physicians has been hdd, which led to the conclusion that the illness is caused by lesion of the brain. His condition is now considered very critical. Vigor a»d vitality Are quicklv given to every part of the body by Hood's Sarsaparilla. That tired feeling is entirely overcome. The blood is purified, enriched, and vitalized, and carries health instead of disease to every organ. The stomach is toned and streng thened, the appetite restored. The kid neys and liver are roused and invigorated. The brain £1 refreshed, the mind made clear and ready for work. Try it. aug NOTICE. j. Cmraa Townaaxp. COM** O* Mown, Mmnoti, June 87, 1887. Notice is hetehratven. to all pexsoaa that may hereafter nae. run or drtvesteM en gtnes over the coeds aad tarifeas ta said town Uat they will be haSTfar ail ess. of the Board. PBTBit OONN1PP, A. QB1MM, -h:, -St* V.V.KHBALL&GO., CHICAGO. Pianos & Organs. The Kimball goods have a world wide refutation, which is SBfficicnt en dorsement. Call on W A At Hayes Jewelry 8tore. Mr. Day has been in the business a number of years, and can give you advantages over a transient dealer who has no record and is not located. 21-37 The Shooting of Stonewall Jackson At iMUicellarsvill e. After night fell, Stonewall Jackson rode out with his staff to reconneiter in front of the line he had gained. It was his idea to streach completely around in the rear of Hooker and cut him off from the river. The night was dark and Jackson soon came upon the Union lines. Their infan try drove him back, and as he returned in the darkness, his own soldiers began fir ing at their commander, of course mis taking his party for the enemy. Jackson was shot in the hand and wrist, and in the upper arm at the same time. His horse turned, and the general lost his hold of the bridle-rein his cap was brushed from his head by the branches he reeled and was canght in the arms of an officer. After a moment he was as sisted to dismount, his wound was ex amined, and a litter was brought. Just then the Union artillery opened again, and a murderous fire came down upon the party through the woods and the dark ness. One of the litter-bearers stumbled and fell, and the others were frightened they laid the litter on the giound. the furious storm of shot and shell sweeping over them like hail. Jackson attempted to rise, but his aid de camp held him down till the tempest of fire was lulled. Then the wounded general was helped to rise, and walked a few steps in the forest but he became faint, and was hud again in his litter., Once he rolled to the ground when an assistant was shot, and the litter fell. Just then General Pender, one of his subordinates, passed he stopped and said: "I hope you are not seriously hurt. General. I fear I shall have to retire my troops, they are so much broken." But Jackson looked up at once and ex claimed: "You must hold your ground. General Pender you must hold your ground, sir This was the last order he ever gave. He was borne some distance to the near est house, and examined by the surgeon and after midnight his left arm was am putated at the shoulder. When Lee was teldthat his most trust ed lieutenant had been wounded, he was greatly distressed, for the relations be tween them were almost tender. Jackson has lost his left arm," said Lee. "but I have lost my right arm."— From "A Great Battle in a Forest," by General Adam Badeau, in St. Nicholas orAugust. AS EPIDEMIC: A Violent Form of Cholera Mor bus at Belknap, Iowa, Pros trates the Whole Com munity. A Plain Statement of the TYirtit^rya loiit lag Mcrckamt of tfe* Town. Last summer we had an epidemic in this community in the form of cholera morbus. Nearly eAery man* woman and child was prostrated by it, and it seemed to be a very violent form, we tried every medicine we had or could find without relief. I then went to Ottumwa and Blake,. Bruce & Co., wholesale druggists, ad vised me to take home Chamberlains Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme dy. I done so and distributed it, and .it gave relief immediately, it worked like magijfe. I ordered more of the remedy a! once, and sold it daring the day Sit my sKoe^udit night at my home. Isold as moeh during the night as I did during the day. The people here ean not say enough in praise of Chamberlain's Colie, Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy. J. H. HKLEWW, Merehant, Belknap, Iowa.