The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-03-20
The public school closes this week
Friday for vacation vi three weeks.

The public school closes this week
Friday for a vacation vi three weeks.
The teachers normal institute will
commence Tuesday March "a, for a
two weeks term.
DR.. and Mrs. Clemmer returned
from their southern trip last Friday,
with Mrs. Clemmer very greatly i'm
proved.
D. Lathrop g. Cos, Little Men and
Women, is now in the fifth volume
and is improving with every month.
It's cost Is 81. a year Write the pub
fishers, Boston, Mass, for it.
Mckay the photographer has leas-
cd the room over Glass store lately
occupied by Mr.. Towns, and will be
ready for business in q short time.
Call and see him II you want solLe
good picturers.
J. W. Wentworth, of the Golden
Eagle clothing house, Of Wentworth
& Nichols, went to the eastern mark
cts last Friday with view of laying
in suitable and seasonable stock OF
goods for the spring trade. They
intend having one OF the best stocks
in the county, and will use the PLAIN
DEALER to ask you to come and cx.
anime prices and qualities.
Fremont township, Winneshiek
county has a special election Tues
day, March 25th to vote upon the
question OF five per cent. tax to the
Chicago, DEBORAH, and Minnesota
RAILROAD. A condition OF the tax is
that the road is to be built and in
operation with a depot within forty
rods OF the post office at Kendall
vile by January LIST 1886.
DR.. J. G. Bennett who left here last
fall to complete his medical course
having honorably and well acquitted
the work returns to Cresco to re-
sumo the practice OF his profession
Mr.. Bennett is OF the Homeopathic
School, thorough student well
versed in medicine and surgery. He
may he found at present at the
Strother House.
The skating exhibition by Mr.. Ben
Seery Of Milwaukee champion Of the
northwest, which took place at the
ice rink on Saturday and Monday
evenings last, was success in every
respect. Mr.. Seery was greeted by
a good sized audience whose en-
thusiasm and praise of his wonder
full execution of beautiful and diff
cult figures was unbounde,l. Tht
feat OF skating on one foot, taking
off and putting on his skate while
under motion, the sweeping circle
whirls, twists, grapevincs, and many
other pretty figures, attest his
right to the beautiful and costly
medals which adorn his skating
Jacket. Mr.. Seery made many warm
friends here who will all be glad tt
welcome him should he come again
| Last Saturday night at about thu
hour OF midnight the editor wa.
aroused by repeated violent ringing:
Of the door bell. fastening in re
spouse to the alarm he found 1
young man excitedly enquirinl
for his mother who a few minute.
before had left the house barefootet
and in her night clothes. Since thel
we've learned these facts. At abou
that time Charley Guyette in acraz.
state OF drunkenness came there II
quest of his wife who at times has
found refuge. from his drunken
brutality, with the old lady mention
ed. Surprising she had again sough
that as a "house OF refuge" he cam
there demanding his wife, and threat
ening to kill the old lady who slippe,
from her bed and escaped from tn
back way to the house OF il neighbor
where she was subsequently found.
For such outrages there should b.
a remedy. Prohibition don't furnish
| it. In years past when it prevaile'
here he had his beer by the keg, an
such episodes more frequently thai
before or since. Fines imposed, /
paid, simply rob and punish the VIII
and children, hence that is no RENE
dy, If not paid, Imprisonment is n
humiliation or punishment, but in
stead is burden and a tax upon til
decent portion Of community, VIII
have been outraged and shamed b.
such conduct in their midst. Their
is however remedy and it shoul
be vigorously applied in every sue
instance, but we presume there is no
n member Of our legislature who ha
the moral courage to apply the re
medy to wife heaters and bulldozer
OF this infamous class. The remed
is the whipping post" Such outrage
with the inadequate remedy provide
by law would almost justify Wig
lance committee in administering
suitably severe fiogging to teac
such men decency.