The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-02-26
Work on Sd degree, at Cresco

Work ON I'd degree, at Crcsco
Lodge, No. $50, A. F. & 4. NJ, Mon
a v evening, March 2nd.
New, neat and nobby Soft and
Stiff Hats OF the latest Spring Styles
just received 1T the Golden Eagle
Clothing House.
Scright 4 Borthwick have some
excellent harnesses on hand, single
and double, which they offer at very
reasonable figures.
For the choicest quality Of graham
flour go to the Cresco Mills. No mil
Ter Of our acquaintance Gun equal
the old man Farwell in making flour.
The Cresco Times publishes a
communication from VIM. Theophi-
lus which says in allusion to COM
munication in that paper the week
previous "thc writer sees fit to des-
ignate me as the correspondent OF
the Lime Springs Graphic" In the
Times comments on the commune
cation OF Howard" who is proba-
bly, the editor OF the Times, il seeks
to convey the idea that Mr. Theoph-
illus admitted that he was the
author OF the communication in the
Graphic, when such is not the fact.
It is useless to wonder ii the Times
could be fair il il tried to-" Those
best acquainted with its course
know it couldn't.
Prohibition is q success in Cresco.
Only u arrests and as many convic-
tions last Friday and Saturday in
Cresco for drunkenness. That 1t
has been success in depicting the
treasury until the bonded debt Of
the town that became due in July
last, has had to be extended, that
which is to become due will show the
same fate and the current expenses
OF the Town are unpaid for want of
funds. Had prohibition prevented
drunkenness, we could overlook the
absence Of the revenue derived from
its regulation through licenses, but
it has not. On the contrary it has
permitted the evil to remain without
any tax to compensate for the vices
which these arrests and convictions
proclaim to exist. And some Of
the arrests made we are informed.
were Of persons who had not drank
one drop Of stimnlant Of any charac-
ter that day--in fact were sober,
which being unusual. perhaps let
the officers to observe how different
their conduct from other times, and
to conclude they were drunk. an.
perhaps the Hotel where they stop
ped had grudgc to settle.
The PLAIN DEALER two weeks ago
mentioned the fact that County
Auditor Davis had paid his election
BETS and advised him not to bet any
more, either his own or the county's
money. The Cresco Times calls it a
miserable slur' but says the audi.
tor did bet with q jealous democrat
that Iowa would give Blaine $4,000
majority and that New York would
go for Blaine. But the Times asks
forgiveness for the auditor because
the bet was such a mighty "little
one.' Its confession OF the fact as
charged and its appeal for sympathy
for the auditor reminds us OF little
story, as Mr.. Lincoln would say. It
Is this: "A girl who had been unfor-
tunate, having been discarded by
friends and sent adrift, made appli-
cation for work and home in o
neighboring family. The good
woman of the house was Mortified,
and Indignantly exclaimed, What, q
girl that has had . baby, seeks work
and a home in my house! Git out
you dirty hussey! = Bursting to
tears the girl replied that she knew
she had had q baby, but it was a
mighty l-e-e-t-l-e one"