The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-03
will Howard is home from st. Paul

John +. Light came over from El-
ma for the holiday vacation.
Miss Eva Marshall closed the Ches-
ter school and came home to enjoy
the vacation with her parents.
DR.. Clelnmer has been wrestling
with rheumatism for few days, and
is getting the better OF it.
Mrs. Phelan's sister, Miss McCann,
has returned to her home ut Heck
ston, Ontario.
a brother OF Mrs. Hiram G. Berry
and his wife, Of Marble Rock, dropped
In to make the New Year q happy
one to the Berry mansion.
Benjamin Hunting has gone down
to Long Island to get away from the
wild rush OF business created by the
election of Harrison.
The Drum Corps wish to thank the
public for their generous and hearty
support at both the Christmas and
New Years dances. As result they
have about $3.50 in their treasury.
NJ. A. Kline and J. b. Barber have
formed aco-partnership for the manu-
facture of Monuments and Tomb
stones and for all kinds of cut stone
work. This makes good strong
firm with one Of the best workmen in
the person OF Mr.. Kline, to be found
in the West. They have the means
and the disposition to give their pat.
rons as good work as can be obtained
and at fair prices. In due time they
will advertise their business.
Diphtheria in rather serious form
has been in the family Of G. X. Berg,
his little daughter Emma, being the
afflicted subject. The home has been
quarantined against the public for
over q week, and we IRE glad to learn
that the patient is doing well. She
was at Saratoga visiting in family
where the children had been over the
disease some fifteen days when the
isolation should have been at least
thirt-five days.
Report OF School in Dist. No. s,
Saratoga, twp. for month ending
Dec. IA.
Number enrolled, II
Avg. No. present daily, 1916
Per cent attendance from dete of en-
rollment, 90
Per cent Of pnnctuality 06.7
No. days taught as per enrolment, 248
No. days attended, 226
Neither absent or tardy, Nora Helm
nalnan, Bertha Hennaman, Tina
Vogts, Emma vogts.
B. COOLEY, Teacher.
The day preceding Christmas and
on that day there were seventy pack
ages Of liquor brought by express and
rail to Cresco parties. They were
estimated to contain about twenty
drinks to the package, and judging
from appearances there were about
seventy who had from fifteen to
twenty inches Of booze to carry.
TIE sham OF religious by law il not
more apparent than temperate by
law.
The Des Moines Homestead, q
twenty page Agricultural paper, will
be sent four weeks free to every per-
son who will send their address on .
postal card to the publishers. They
do this that every person who wishes
may see what an excellent paper they
are making, confidently believing
that they will profit by an increased
subscription thus gained. Try it four
weeks, reader, it will only cost Q pos
tai card.
Corporal Bombastes was applied to
for his name to a petition asking the
appointment of H. T. Reed as Judge.
He declined, but generously offered
il Mr.. Reed would personally apply,
to write to Governor Larrabee and
have him appointed. Mr.. Reed wa.
too busy to apply and the plum went
to L. &. Fellows Of Lansing by the
small majority Of one-sixteenth.