The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-12-31

AcCOmuOu8llO0. ......... 100 H. III
L. T. WOODCOCK, Ag't
Cresco, lows
Squire Eddy is spending the holi.
days In Cresco.
John McCook retired from st
Paul on Monday afternoon.
A. G. Baumgartner and Lenas
Weld are spending the holiday-sea
son in Cresco.
Miss Nellie Clemmer Is ut home
from the Rockford Female Seminary
for the holidays.
Grace Church looks elcRently In
it's new coat OF paint. We believe
Geo. D. Chryst laid on the fine
shades II wears.
The Graphic reports the death ol
a child Of Thomas McCarville'e from
an accidental dose OF carbolic acid
self administered.
The st. Paul Globe says the beau.
til IL song 1.-THE Sweet Bye and Bye,
was composed by DR.. Fillmore BEN
nett OF Richmond, ILL.,, and the nu-
sic by j. p. Webster.
The Peoples Advocate at Atlantic
has the most spread eagle head we
ever gazed upon. 1t was engraved
on type metal by j. r. Sovereign,
one Of its editors and publishers.
Mr.. A. II. Caward. an old Dakota
resident, now OF Cresco, has u large
fund Ut common sense in the sug-
gestion that Dakota should be- al-
mitted as one state and not as two.
The Riceville Recorder is to APP
pear with the new year. The dis
play type for it has not come, though
ordered from Boston in November
and should have been on hand ten
days ago.
The case OF W. H. Klemme We John
McLay, appealed from the Howard
county circuit court, to the supreme
court, that court has affirmed the
Of the lower court. Barker
Bros. represent Kleinme, II. 7. Reed
OPpCuACu lOl WSA0ys
OF all the farmers papers that come
to this Office, the Western Rural and
American Stockman OF Chicago,
,urpassrs them all in completeness,
general makeup and In extensive
detail. The Western Rural with the
PLAIN DEALER one year, $40.
O. H. Wood is canvassing for the
Hartford Life and Annuity Com
pauy. OF Hartford, Conn. This Is
on. OF the safest and cheapest life
companies In the country.
It insures on the mutual plan, or
you may pay the entire sum In Ave
years.
The Cottaae Hearth, published ut
No. II, Bromfield st. Boston, month
" ut sl.5O q year, is one OF the rnr-
est and best family magazines pub
lished anywhere. Morality, fiction,
music, fashions, household recipes,
fancy work with special designs,
and art are among its fea-
lures.
Next Monday the board OF Super
visors commence the January scs-
sion, at which the bonds Of the re-
Gently elected officers come up for
approval. and the general settlement
with the county officers occurs, in
Guiding the returns OF criminal mat
tiers from Justices OF the peace, and
the settlement Of claims.
j. Lowry and DR.. Connolly enter
into possession OF the Drug store
and stock OF Lathrop & 6lawson, In
Cresco, to- morrow, having purchase
ed the stock, aud will commence the
with the new year. This
will be one Of our D,ost enterpIising
business firms, aud it requires 10
great forecast to predict for 1t y sue.
cessful business career.
That intensely wicked newspaper,
The Keokuk Constitution, had what
1t called the sinners fund" for distri-
button among the poor on Christmas
day. None but sinners were allowed
to give anything toward the fund.
and on that day the sinners had
come down So handsomely that lon
cords OF good wood was distributed
among the poor Of the city.
The st. Paul Globe for Christmas
was the most ela5orately illustrated
OF any holiday paper ever coming
under our observation. It was re-
plete in every department, and
shows the wonderful PROCESS OF that
paper under Its new management
II excess of Its usual edition, over
2O,OOO extras were required to sup
ply the demand for It.
Evs n In these days Of cheap lltera'
ture, the most and the best for thu
least money is the Household r.
ceipt Book; mailed free by d. 10th
ror s Co, Boston, for one two-cen
stamp. The cream OF books By
Marion HarIand, Mrs. Diaz, Susal
Power and others. The Household
Primer Is also mailed free on receip
Of one two.cent stamp.
We observe from the Spring Vale.
Vidette. that one OF our towns peopl'
has Spring Valley architect to plal
the re modelling his house. Sucl
cnterurise ought not to go withou
notice in q Cresco newspaper, inas
much us 10 4. D. Lent, we have u
architect IN every way the equal .
the one imported from Spring Vel
ley. Some people are never satisfied
with things furnished by their owI
mechanics, but are happy with u
Imported rubber stamp aud Its daut
Z. r. B. Mead, cousin of the edito
OF this paper, and an old resident 9
Rock county, Wis.,died ut his HON
lin Beloit, Tuesday last. from II strok
OF par..lyses OF the heart. Grease.
Mead was born Gear Gloversviilt
Fulton county, n. T., In 1925, All
was therefore sixty years OF age d
time Of Death. He had lived In Ne "
ark township. about eight miles Yves
OF Beloit for about thirly-sevc
years, and for the past two years hu
been q resident Of Beloit. He leave
| 4 wife, two sons, Lewis and Bradle!
q daughter, and many friends t
mourn his loss.-(Waterloo, wis
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