The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-21

1nS c0IUOr OF the OSSlan beacon
looked in upon the PLAIN DEALER,
Tuesday.
o. IL Wood writes that he will be
in Cresco, March LIST, and will cry
auction sales IS usual. His address
IL Storm Lake, Iowa.
BALLoU's Monthly FOR March Is
among the best Of its excellent Mon
THY issues. Send 10 cents to
Themes & Talbot % Hawley street,
Boston, for sample copy.
Tho China Tea Set to be given as
. prize with Baking Powder at
Barber & Lowrys, was drawn by
Nra L. Emnaoad. We arc glad she
had the lucky number, although we
laad hoped It might be ours.
The Agents Herald. OF Philadel.
phta, Is pursuing the lottery frauds
OF the country with a vigor, zeal and
truthfuluess touching their villain
Gus character, which ought to meet
with hearty response from the
better part Of every community.
Seeds for the Children's Garden.-
Joseph harris, Rochester, n. Y. Of
fers to send seeds to the children at
Is per cent less than catalogue ia. IS.
His seeds are the rery best. We have
used them aud can recommend them
Catalogue for 1884 free. Send for it.
n. A. Kline is making arrange
meats t. open a marble shop in
Cresco. He is an excellent marble
cutter and without doubt would 10
we'll here and get good living sup
port; the people OF the county being
as rule, in condition financially. to
mark the resting place OF friends
with q suitable monument.
John 7. Clark has returned to
Cresco to resume his law practice.
His Office may be found over Jack
sons drug store. We are glad to
see that his health Is improved and
that he is, as in days OF old, ready
to enter into contested cases for
clients.
On Monday, a number OF our peo-
pie left for the South to recuperate
health aud for observation. DR..
ClemMer and his wife go to New
Orleans, where Mrs. Clemmer will
remain until spring opens here, II
the sunny south relieves her of the
neuralgia from which she has been
u great sufferer for the entire win
ter. w. B. Webster and wife go to
New Orleans for observation and
rest; s. b. Carpenter and wife ditto;
S. p. Fuller and w. G. Nichols go to
Jennings, La, for obsel walton and
speculation il there Is an opportuni-
ty.
The skating contest ut the Cresco
Rink, Wednesday eve., 18th inst,
was very pleasant and entertain
ing affair. A good sized audience
was in attendance, and the skating
was the finest ever witnessed In this
section, all the participants going
through the difficult and intricate
figures with an ease and grace that
called forth the applause and admi-
ration OF the spectators. In the fig
ure-skating contest by couples, the
competition was very close; the
prize medals being awarded to Miss
Oracle Alleman and Mr.. Jerry Clark,
whose unity and precision Of action
attested their superiority. The hal!
mile race was decisive victory for
Jerry Clark over three competitors
the prize being handsome silver
cup. An effort will be made TO ar
range q prize half mile race. between
DEBORAH and Cresco, soon. Mr.
Wheeler. the proprietor OF the Ores.
&C Rink Is deserving OF much ,.edi,
for furnishing place for the limo,
cent and healthful exercise or skat.
ing, and should be we'll patl onized.
The February term OF the Circuit
Court for this county closed OF
Saturday last, having been In con,
tinuous session for nine days, ant
having devoted u large percentag,
OF It's time to hearing the variou.
phases Of tho cases In which the
Fish Becs., John Deere & Co., and
Enoch & Wordcn Strother were par
ties, and In which John McHugh was
receiver. These cases involved the
title to . large amount OF personal
property, including agricultural i'm
PIGMENTS, farm machinery. horses
colts, cows and other live stock and
promissory notes. Nearly tho en-.
tire time OF the Court Was occupied
In hearing the various questions in
vOlved In these matters and all were
disposed Ut 30 far Ms We learn, t.
the general satisfaction OF counsel
and parties litigant. The only ques.
ton in the matter in which he gen
eral public Is interested Is Ms to the
ownership Of notes which the ma.
kers In some instances had declined
to pay on this ground. These notes
We understand, were declared to be
the property Of Enoch Strother, to
whom they must be paid. The at
torneys employed were Reed 4
MarAh. for Enoch Strother, and Me-