Mower County transcript. [volume], October 07, 1896, Image 2

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A LARGE STOCK OF
Fur Overcoats
IS BEING RECEIVED.
Notwithstanding the advance in the wholesale market we are pre
pared to sell at lower prices than ever before offered in Austin:
Dark brown Dog, coon trimmed former price $25.00
Dark brown Dog, coon trimmed former price 22.50
Dark grey D»g. nutria trimmed former price 19.00
Dark grey Dog, coon trimmed former price 18.00
Dark Fox former price 22.00
Dark Fox, nutria trimmed former price 26.50
Dark Wolf former price 25.00
Spotted Dog former price 8.50
Spotted Dog former price 6.50 3*^^
Laboring men! But a few days work buys you a good, comfortable
Coat at our store.
The largest stock of Men's and Boys' Gloves and Mittens
in the city. The best quality at the lowest prices.
Women's best wool Laggings former price, 50c, now 35 cents
Children's best WJOI Leggings former price, 40c, now 25 cents
Women's black wool Mitts former price, 50c, now 50 cents
Women's black wool Mitts former price, 25c, now 15 cents
Misses' black wYol Mitts former price, 45c, now 30 cents
Misses' and Youth's black wool Mitts.. .former price, 25c, now 15 eenfs
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
The state synod of Presbyterians is in
session at St. Paul.
A sisters' school will be established
by Canton Catholics.
Joseph Lombardo of St. Paul died
Saturday of hydrophobia.
A. F. Lively's planing mill at Staples
has been destroyed by fire.
The state Baptist convention will be
session at St. Paul next week.
Reports of forest fires in the vicinity
of Carlton have been exaggeratod.
Carlton college badly defeated the
University of Minnesota football team.
The Leip hotel at Lake Shore, White
Bear lake, has been destroyed by fire.
Gustavus Adolphus college at St.
Peter will celebrate its 20th anniversary
Oct. 21.
The State Agricultural society h^ a
balance of $16,572.50 as a result of tlie
fair this year.
The Interstate Elevator at Franklin
burned with between 7,000 and 8,GJO
bushels of wheat.
Moorhead Odd Fellows and United
Workmen have jointly dedicated their
new Fraternal hall.
The northern conference of Minnesota
Methodist churches was held at Anoka
Friday to Monday.
The state agricultural school at St.
Anthony Park opened Tuesday. About
300 students are enrolled.
Ole Lindholm and Peter Norden,
farmers, living near Mora, were nearly
killed by drunken Indians.
The Bohemian Catholic General
Union of America held its annual meet
ing at New Prague last week.
Reports to the state superintendent
show that the summer training schools
-for teachers were a great success..
It is rumored that a large saw mill,
•with a capacity of from 10,000,000 to
18,000,000 feet, will be erected at Fra
rzee next spring.
Eight more" members of the First
Swedish Lutheran church at St. Paul
have been excommunicated for being
members of beneficiary secret societies.
The Minneapolis Outing association
during the season just passed sent 303
persons into the county for short, vaca
tions. Of this number 338 were chil
dren and 55 women.
The state convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union was held
in Minneapolis last week. There was a
large attendance and interesting dis
cussions on many topics.
Amelia Branch, a little St. Paul col
ored girl, died of rabies. She was bit
ten by a tramp dog Aug. 21. This is
the fourth death in St. Paul from this
disease in a trifle over a year.
The following Minnesota pQstofficfes
were raised from fourth class presi
dential Wheaton, qgmpensation,
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being the most complete general stock from which to get Merchandise of any store in Austin. Everything First-Class.
Immense stock of Youth's, Boys' and Men's Overcoats, at
about half of usual price. Space does not permit of
giving special prices on this page. When you are
ready to buy we will show you through.
$16.00
15-00
14.00
n.50
16.00
18.00
18.00
450
Lake
$1,200 Dodge Center, $1,000
Benton, $1,000 Olivia, $1,000.
Dr. A. A. Ames of Minneapolis has
filed with the secretary of state his
papers as an independent candidate for
the office of governor. The papers in
cluded a petition signed by 2,100 citi
zens.
The Duluth city council has accepted
the proposition of Gay & Co., that the
city buy the water and gas plant for
$1,695,000, payable in 30-year 4£ pei
cent bonds. The mayor is expected to
veto the measure, however.
It is now expected that many of the
iron mines on the range, which closed
down on account of the poor demand
for ore, will resume again soon and en
joy considerable activity before the end
of the season for shipping. The ad
vance in. the price for pig iron and a
better tone tothe market is the cause.
The October apportionment for the
schools of Minnesota has been prepared,
according to law, by Superintendent of
Public Instruction Pendergast. The
total amount of money to be appor
tioned is $852,562.35, and this, divided
by the total number of scholars, 293,966,
T^es the per capita allowance of $2.90.
There have been unloaded at the
Willow Brook (St. Paul) hatchery be
tween 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 eggs oi
Grand Portage trout, and during the
summer to come the commission hopes
to bring into active life a greater and
hardier school of trout than have ever
yet been reared under the care of the
state.
State Auditor Dunn has sent to
county auditors the state tax levy
for 1896. The amount required for the
various state expenses for the ensuing
year are based upon 1.8 mills, divided
by law into three classes, as follows:
Soldiers' relief law Of 1887, 1 of a mill
funding tax law of 1893, .2 of a mill
revenue law of 1895, 1.5 mills. In ad
dition the annual state school tax is
called for on a basis of 1.15 mills upon
all the taxable property of the state.
This is in addition to the local mill and
special taxes for school purposes.
THE EASTERN PROBLEM.
I'owers to Settle It by the Separation of
Turk* and Armenians.
LONDON, Oct. 6.—The Vienna corre
spondent of The Daily Mail declares
that the agreement of the powers for
the settlement of the Turkish problem,
which this correspondent announced
last week he had good authority for
publishing, includes the formation of
an Armenian zone in the Turkish em
pire on the basis of the Jewish pale in
Russia, the powers guaranteeing the
safety of the Armenians therein with
the idea that the zone would become
the germ of anew Armenian state.
"The active operation," this corre
spondent proceeds, "^pvill be under
taken by England, France and Russia,
while Italy will cooperate if necessary.
As far 'as England is /concerned the
harbor Smyrna lyill play an important
par$ in the final settlement."
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As Cheap as Wheat, Oats and Barley The Combinations go to pieces when we publish our prices.
These prices are not leaders to draw customers to our place of business, but we are prepared to sell at equally low prices everything in our stock, consisting of
Clothing, Ladies' and Gent's Furnishing Goods, Dry Goods, Crockery and China
Ware, Quadruple Plate Silver Sets, Boots and Shoes,
The Largest Fall Cap sale ever held in Austin. Lowest
prices ever reached:
300 Fall Caps.
Boy's School Caps, 20 cents, now 10c, 3 for
Men's and Boys' Caps, 30 cents, now
Men's and Boys' Caps, 50 cents, now
Men's and Boys' Caps, 75 cents, now
Men's and Boys' Caps, $1.00, now !..
300 Children's Suits, old price $1.00 to $5.50, 4.^
sale price .......* 3OC tO $3.00
200 Boys' Sultstordinary price, $3.50 to $9.00.
sale price 3I*75 *0 ^5*5^
200 Men's Suits, ordinary price, $7 to $22,
sale price
We have Men's Fall and Winter Suits for
Overalls, orditary price, 60 cents to 90 cents, sale
price
Best Japan Tea soc
Wash Boards 20c
Bottle Blueing loe
Stove Polish *jioc
Carpet acks, 2 barrels
Coffee Essence, 6 packages 20c
French Caper Sauce 20c
Maple Syrup $i.,)0
Sorghum Syrup 60c
Ground Cinnamon, Mustard, Ginger per lb 35c
White Fish ioc
EUTTMABY OF THE WEEK'S HEWS
Tuesday, Sept. 29.
Wednesday, Sept. 30.
Herbert Booth King & Bro., New
York advertising agents, have made an
assignment.
James W. Sperry, prominently iden
tified with the business interests of the
San Joaquin valley, died at Stockton,
Cal.
A dispatch to the London Post from
Constantinople says that the Turkish
marines aided the rabble to loot the
Armenian houses in Galatea on Sun
day.
The president has denied the applica
tion for pardon in the case of Arthur
D. Andrews, sentenced in California in
1894 to three years' imprisonment for
depositing obscene letters in the mails.
President Clc. nnd has completed
the commission authorized by con
gress to determine the correct loca
tion of the boundary lines of the Klam
ath reservation in Oregon by the ap
pointment of Richard P. Hammond,
Jr., of San Francisco.
Thursday, Oct. 1.
Kansas Prohibitionists have three
state tickets in the field.
Leprosy in its worst form exists in
Montreal, Lee Tung, a Chinaman, dy
ing of the disease.
The world's champion, Jupe, reduced
the record for 2-year-old trotters at
Readville, Mass., to 2:1S.
The Democratic national speakers'
bureau is engaged in arranging an itin
erary for Mr. Bryan's tour through the
Western states.
The Jewish quarter of Fez, the prin
cipal city of the empire of Morocco, has
been burned and several persons have
perished and many are fatally injured.
Hiram R. McCullough, formerly gen
eral freight agent of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad, has been ap
pointed general traffic manager of that
company. Marvin Hughit, Jr., will
be general freight agent.
Friday, Oct. 3.
Rothschilds are said to have secured
an option on the reminder of the Ana
conda stock for $18,000,000.
Many towns in Florida were swept, by
the recent cyclone, and at least 100 lives
are known to have been lost.
St. Paul is to have another winter
carnival this year, and the chances are
that it will be an annual feature here
after.
Colorado Republicans at Colorado
Springs, while endorsing free silver
coinage, resolved to support the Repub
lican national ticket, relying on the
promise of the party for an effort to
ward international bimetallism.
The extraordinary tribunal at Con
stantinople has convicted the first Mus
sulmans for the murder of Armenian
and sentenced them to 15 years impris
onment. At the same time, however, a
long list of Armenians, suspeoted of-be
ing implicated in the outbreak, were
condemned to death.
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25 cents
15 cents
30 cents
40 cents
50 cents
i. a*
$3*75 to $u.oo
$3*5°
50c, 75c
GROCERY DEPARTMENT.
ORDINARY
PRICK.
SALE
PRICE.
30c
10c
05c
05c
10c
10c
15c
60c
35c
20c
5c
Saturday, Oct. S.
The Cpreckels supar refinery at Phila
delphia has shut down for an indefinite
period. Dull trade is the alleged cause.
Thomas Newkirk and Henry Ashcraft
of Middleboro, Ky., fought a duel with
Winchesters on the Long Fork of Shelby
comity. They were both suitors of Mary
Dean. Both men were killed.
Captain John Hart has been held in
$1,000 bail at Philadelphia on the
charge of violating the neutrality law
in sending a steamer to Cuba loaded
with arms and ammunition.
The monthly treasury statement
shows September receipts to have been
$24,584,244 and expenditures $26,579,535,
leaving a deficit of $1,995,291. Deficit
for three months of fiscal year, $25,914,
129.
Fifteen students and the president of
Concordia college, at Milwaukee, are in
a precarious condition as a result of
eating tainted fish. About 60 students
were made ill, but the others not
seriously.
Monday, Oct. 5.
Actor Alexander Salvini is reported
to be dying.
The National Democrats of South
Dakota have decided not to put up an
electoral ticket.
Walter C. Sanger has accepted a chal
lenge to race in a match of five miles
with O. R. Hachenberger, the fast Den
ver rider.
An immense bed of gold ore, of which
a million tons are said to be "in sight,"
has been located on the west slope of
Mount Tacoma, near the snow line.
The First National bank of Joseph,
Wallowa county, Or., was robbed of
$2,000 by three men, one of whom is
dead another badly wounded, while the
third was pursued by a posse.
An effort will be made by the regu
lar Democratic organization of New
York to keep the National Democrats
from getting on the official ballot, on
account of the similarity of its name to
its name to the old organization.
Tuesday, Oct. 0.
The First National bank of Mount
Pleasant, Mich has failed.
Kearney and Haines, the Irish Amer
ican suspects, sailed from Rotterdam
for New York Saturday.
The treasury lost $122,500 in gold
Monday whioh leaves the true amount
of the reserve $125,100,896.
After four months' recess the United
States supreme court will reconvene on
Monday, the 12th inst., for the October
term.
The mysterious "Johnson" charged
with being the principal in a tobacco
smuggling soheme uncovered in De
troit in June last, has been arrested.
Secretary Herbert has awarded the
contract for one of the 80-knot torpedo
boats to the Union iron works of San
Francisco, and the contract for two
smaller 30-knot boats to the Bath, iron
works of Main*.
Working Waists, ordinary price, 75 cents, sale
price
Men's Celluloid Collars,
Former price 25 cents
Men's Paper Collars,
3 boxes for
Lhdies' Dress Flannels, at 30 per cent, discount.
Corsets, usual price 75 cents.
Reduced to
Best German Knitting Yarn,
USJJHI price $1.00
Large Ribbon stock at 40 per cent discount.
Large stock of Ladies' Dress Buttons, at 40 percent, discount.
One niece of Table Felt, ordinary price, 75 cents,
duced to
Best Oil Carpet, 2 yards wide, ordinary price $1,
sale price
Best Oil Carpet, 1 yard wide, ordinary price 60c,
sale price
Store Fixtures for Sale:
1 Platform Scale, costSI6.00
1 10-ft Show Case, cost $15.00.
1 Improved Counter Scale, cost $10.00
MR. PORTER ACCEPTS.
New York's Second Democratic Candidate
Stands on the Platform.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.—W. F. Porter,
the nominee for governor on the Demo
cratic ticket, has sent this telegram of
acceptance to the state committee:
"Your notification of my unanimous
nomination for governor by the state
committee and request for an imme
diate reply is received and, using the
wire, I will say that I appreciate the
high honor and the responsibility, and I
accept the nomination, standing square
ly upon the Buffalo and Chicago plat
forms, and am an earnest supporter of
the Chicago nominees. Later I will
communicate my acceptance by letter."
MONTANA LEADS IN WOOL
Her Production This Year Is Twenty Mil
lion Pounds.
HELENA, Mon., Oct. 6.—Montana
leads all other states this year in the
production of wool, with 21,530,013
pounds. The National Wool Growers'
association estimates the crop this year
to be, unwashed, about 272,474,708
pounds. When scoured the total
weight will be reduced about 60 per
cent, or to 115,284,570 pounds. Oregon
comes next to Montana, with 19,889,
976 California third, with 19,179,769
Texas fourth, Ohio fifth, New Mexico
sixth, Utah seventh, Wyoming eighth,
Michigan ninth, Colorado tenth, Wash
ington eleventh.
Harrison at Richmond.
RICHMOND, Ya., Oct. 6.—Ex-President
Harrison spoke to about 6,000 people
here. The meeting was held in the
Auditorium building at the Exposition
grounds, where Mr. Bryan addressed
from 15,000 to lb,000 a few weeks ago.
On the stage were many of the leading
Republicans and gold Democrats and
also a sprinkling of silver Democrats.
Only One "Democratic" Ticket,
SPRINGFIELD, Bis., Oct. 8.—Secretary
of State Hinrichsen has expressed the
opinion, following the presentation for
filing of the names of the nominees of
the "Independent Democracy," that
not more than one ticket called a
"Democratic" ticket can lawfully ap
pear on the ballot.
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Chicago Yeast Powder 25c 15c
Picture Frames $2.75 $1.25
Stand Lamps and Shades $1.50 90c
Axel Grease 5c 6 for 25c
Decker's Electric Polish 15c 5c
Great Northern Stock Food 50c 25c
Extra Fruit Jar Covers, per dozen 10c
TOBACCO.
Spear Head 45c 38c
Jess
40c 25c
Kickapoo 45c 35c
TICKNOR & GOODRICH,
BRYAN IN THE NORTHWEST.
Will Make a Tonr of the Several States in
a Few Days.
CHICAGO, Oct. 6.—Mr. Bryan will not
be in Chicago Oct. 9 unless his itinerary
is changed. According to .the pro
gramme mapped out by him he will speak
at Burlington, la., Oct. 8, in the fore
noon, and at Marshalltown at night.
He will then make a tour through
North and South Dakota, speaking at
Yankton, Aberdeen, Sioux Falls,
Watertown and other points thence
east through Minnesota, reaching St.
Paul and Minneapolis Saturday night
at 10 o'clock. Mr. Bryan will probably
make a tour through Wisconsin and
Michigan and enter Illinois about
Oct. 21.
50 cents
10 cents
10 cents
40 cents
65 cents
50 cents
50 cents
25 cents
11.00
9.00
5 50
South Side.
The board of managers: of the farm
ers' institutes of the state held a session
in the office of S. M. Ofren, in the Lum
ber Exchange, Minneapolis. It was the
annual meeting and the old officers were
re-elected. It was decided to hold in
stitutes in the following counties this
fall and winter, bdginning with Pine
county, Nov. 24: Pine, Carleton, St.
Louis, Kanabec, Hubbard, Becker, Wa
dena, Otter Tail, Grant, Douglass,
Stevens, Traverse, Pope, Stearns,
Wright, Anoka, Washington, Ramsey,
Hennepin, McLeod, Renville,Chippewa,
Lac qui Parle, Watonwan, Jackson,
Martin, Blue Earth, Faribault, Free
born, Mower, Fillmore, Houston, Olm-.
stead, Wabasha, Dodge, Waseca, Rice,
Dakota, Le Sueur and Norman.
The Roof Collapsed.
Sn
JOSTKR, O., Oct. 6.—While raising
on the farm of Daniel Wile near
West Canaan, O., the framework broke
just as the men had roof timbers in
place, letting the heavy mass of oak
fall upon 20 men engaged in the work.
All of them received injuries, six of
them having limbs broken. Cyrus Ew
ing, who had his jaw broken, and Heny
Scott, all of the ribs of his left side, it
is thought will die. The accident was
witnessed by 300 people who had gath
ered to assist in the work.
Italian Troops in Readiness.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—The Daily News
correspondent at Rome is assured that
negotiations are pending between Eng
land and Italy with a view to the latter
government holding in readiness a large
body of troops to sail at a moment's no
tice for the Levant.
Work for Four Thousand.
LAWRENCE, Mass., Oct. 6.—The Ever
ett mills started up Monday in all de
partments after a shut dowi? of more
than two months, giving employment
to 4,000 operatives.
IX'
ORDINARY SALE
PRICE. PRICE.
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Made It Three Straight.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 6.—The Baltimores
took their third straight game in
the Temple cup series from the Cleve
lands by dint of brilliant playing by a
score of 6 to 2.
Blew Open a Mill Safe.
WAVERLY, Minn., Oct. 8.—The Wa-'
tertown roller mill was broken into by
robbers and the safe blown open. A
thousand dollars in notes and other pa
pers were stolen.
Agreed to Depose the Sultan.
LONDON, Oct. 6.—The Chronicle says
that it learnB from a good source that
the ozar and Lord Salisbury hare
agreed upon a policy for the ultimate
deposition of the sultan.
Kansas silverite wrathily writes to
the New York Tribune to stop his pa-1
per, but the Tribune refuses to, com-'
ply with his request. It proposes to"
undertake the job of educating its
Kansas subscriber at its own expense.