The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-23
PLAIN DEALER,
THURSDAY, JULY %, 1885.

Ben Hunting and wife, are doing
st. Paul and Minneapolis this week.
Mrs. Sherman goes to Lake Co.,
ILL.,, to visit her father who Is rep 0rt-
ed on the sick list.
p. N. Glathart, Eben Baldwin and
his son AL, are in Cresco this week
attending to business and pleasure.
Send one dollar and have four
copies Of the PLAIN DEALER, weekly,
till after the election in November.
Spread the light. tt
Mrs. Clara Webster is having her
Millinery Store enlarged by adding
to the rear part OF the building.
School year at DEBORAH Business
Institute begins August 31st. For
circulars address A. w. Rich.
The Smoke Stack to the Phoenix
Elevator Is being rebuilt preparatory
to the fall and winter campaign.
Sam G. Ballard has disposed Of
what he had in and about Cresco
and gone to Spaulding, Greedy Co..
Nebraska, where his children are
with their grand parents.
Mrs. Bucknam desires notice to be
given that the sofa pillow for which
numbers were sold was drawn by
No. So. The society desire that the
person holding the lucky number
present it and take the prize away.
The increased sale Of tho Snow
Flake Baking Powder is due to the
the fact that it has stood the test Of
all its guarantees; purity, strength
and healthfulness, and all who try 1t
bear witness to that effect and will
use no other.
Every member Of the Agricultural
Society is invited to bring any valu-
BILE or thoroughbred stock to the
Fair grounds and offer it for sale ut
auction or otherwise.
NJ. B. DooLIrrLE, Pres.
The building OF the DEBORAH In
stitute is being enlaIged. Furnished
rooms in private families from 80 to
so cents per week. Text books are
rented.
j. B. Mitchell had a Seeding ap-
pie in Cresco, July 21st, II, Q good
condition Of preservation. The ap.
pie Is OF medium size, is said to be a.
good bearer, of fine delicate texture
and flavor and is OF course an excel
lent keeper. The tree has stood the
winter In excellent condition.
A severe storm Of wind, rain and
hail destroy ed ten thousand acres
OF wheat, involving a loss Of at least
200, 600 bushels In the vicinity Of
Grand Forks, Dakota, last week.
No lives were lost except . sin gle
person near Lakota killed by light
ming during the storm.
Nichols g. Son sold three head of
HOlsteins last week, o COW and calf
going to s. Bush Of Fort Atkinson,
Iowa, and the bull Van Vrankin, No.
1866 q. H. B., to G. P. Brnndriff,
Missouri Valley, Iowa. Weight OF
Van Vrankin, one year old weighed
100 pounds.
A trip through the county shows
the crops to be fully equal to the best
we have seen in the county at any
time In twenty eight years. Grass
is one Of tho important crops since !
changing tho evetom OF farsaasre from l
e,roin TO otUvk. The crop OF nay 10
heavy and Is being secured In fine
condition grain also is good and pro-
misses fine yield.
W. K. Barker's new residence near |
" completed, will be o model OF con-
venience, taste and workmanship.
The carpenter work has been done
bv 4 u. Lent and Sons. and Is q /
credit TO their skill In executing, rs
well ms to their judgment in design |
ING. The mason work has been done
by Jas. b. Thomson, and when com.
pleted, will be In all respects In keep
ing with the general superior charac-
ter and style Of this new and beauti-
full home.
List OF the names Of persons drawn
to serve Us petit jurors at the Sept.
1886 term OF the Circuit court:
T.ovi Siaco VernOn Strings