The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-01-22

German Lutheran service next
Sunday, Jan. 70, ut 2:3O p. m.
John +. Long has opened shoe
shop in the room recently occupied
by John f. Hess.
Aaron Patterson brother OF Wm.H.
Patterson was In Cresco the early
part OF the week.
J. Blackman, late OF the fremont
House, has returned to Crcsco after
q two months visit In the East.
james Hanegan, an old settler Of
this county, now OF Harrison county,
is renewing acquaintance here.
The Dubuque Telegraph and Dem
Ocrat have consolidated under the
name OF Telegraph Democrat.
The Humpty Dumpty troupe, ad-
vertised to be ut Cresco on the Goth
inst, failed to connect. Busted.
The health OFFS. s. Merrill General
Manager OF the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul railway is greatly i'm
proved.
Nels Shyan, Il timer in the employ
Of Stremel T. Anderson for a long
time who has been sick for some
months, died to-day.
There is an unpleasant rumor about
town In regard to Joe Hughes form.
erly Of Cresco, now Ut Grand Forks
or Lisbon, D. 7.
To day the men who profess to be
prohibitionists In Iowa meet In Des-
Moines to cuss st. John. The clergy
ought to meet and damn Dr. Burch-
ard.
Mercury thermometers some how
IRE nearly useless this winter as
weather indicators. The mercary
has such habit OF going into the
bulb.
We take pleasure in returning
grateful Acknowledgements to the
friends with strong arms and willing
hands who aided in putting cur new
press In position.
John T. Clark, Esq, one OF the ear
~ rettlers OF northern Iowa, gen.
tleman well and favorably known.
died ut his home in Postville recent
Is. His age was along in the seven
ties somewhere.
| A Bourbon sociable, with other
novelties. will be given by the ladies
Of the Episcopal church. ut Lyric hall
Cresco, Thursday evc.. Feb. 5. Re-
freshMents will be served. This prom.
Uses to be u very attractive entertain
ment and alt are invited to attend.
Steps have been taken looking to
the establishment OF y creamery al
Busti In the solthw part OF the
county. Such an institution there
would he OF great value to the farm.
ing interests about there and conse-
quently to the trade and business oil
the village.
The Lime Springs Graphic is a
new paper issued at our neighborinn
town by Frank Stillman, late OF the
Wancoma Pioneer. The paper has
u fine appearance and ought to have
= good paying support. There is nc
business enterprise that will make
the town SO widely known us Il good
we'll sustained paper.
Our valued friend Hollister oh,
|jectcd to our remark that he thought
, TO bust our agricultural society b,
resigning rs its president. Well
We take 1t all back. But how il
thunder did he learn what was in til,
PLAIN DEALER? that's the mystery
Been stealing its perusal. perhaps
!. us many loyal men do.
J. e. Mathew, Esq, cashier OF tn,
First National bank OF jamestown
N. L., died OF paralysis on the It'll
inst, and Wellington Woodward, O.
Kiantone, died on the 12th inst, o
J. pneumonia. The latter was for year
one OF the school commissioners o
Chautauqua county. Both were oil,
!. acquaintance Ut the publishers o
this paper.
4. The Mitchell County Press say
: John H. Andrick, Of tho McGrego
Times, was in Usage recently In con
; sultation with leading democrat.
looking to the removal OF his pape
to Osagc. Mitchell county ought /,
I have u better future for Il democrati
paper, such as tho Times is, thar
McGregor. It's removal there woul,
!. redeem Mitchell county from til
: stencil OF modern republicanism.
A letter from s. L. Cary, dated tn
l4th inst, brings tho sorr0wful new
that ]. 81. Wildnan, who remove,
from this place to Jennings. La. Il
: the early fall, died there recently Q
typhoid fever brought on from over
work in preparing his new home a
that Place, The widowed wife All,
fathellcss children will have th
deepest sympathy Of all our pecpl,
All the other Howard county peopl
there are reported well.
Several persons have asked L
who wrote the article abau, Fair
hairn which We published last week.
with tho exception Of tho last chap
ter. We presume It was written l.,
N. NJ Pomeroy. as It was pnblishe,
years ngo In PoMcrov's paper i'm
mediatelv after the occurrences q
the events mentioned. The state
Ments tell their own tale. and tn
general truth OF them have heel
familiar to the leaders OF tho God
and.mora.ity" party Of the distric
tor years,