The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-28
An Old Land Mark.

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Mrs. Octayia II. Goodwin OF War
rem county, Pennsylvania. sends us
copy Of the first issue Of the Howard
County Sentinel, published at New
Oregon, and bearing date Februar,
Is, 1858, by the Howard County print
ing Association. Mt ~ a year, J. How
ard Field. editor. The association
consisted OF some eighty members
who signed the articles Of incorpora
ton and who subscribed for shares
Of stock which were fixed ut &25 pei
share and were assessable by thu
board OF directors and officers OF the
association, certain per cent on
each share to pay for press and ma.
terial. some $14OO, and for any defici
ency from the revenues Of the office
for its running expenses-but one as.
sessment was made, few Of the share
holders responding.
The officers og the association were
s. NJ. Cole, President; ID. d. Sabin
Vice President; M. NJ. Moon, Treas.
and w. II. Mead, Secretary. The
board OF directors were Jas. Il. Upton,
]. f. Mitchell, John ). LAWYER, f.
w. Allen, Geo. w. Schofield, c. NJ,
Munson and J. J. Clemmer.
The purchase of the Office was made
on the individual joint notes OF j.
J. Clemmer, John s. Lawler, Samuel
Herrick, Geo. w. Schofield, +. w.
Allen, w. II. Mead and NJ. NJ. Moon.
Some OF the signers Of the notes failed
to respond, which made the amount
paid by those Of us who did, about
*4OO each.
The paper was published by the
association as a literary and family
newspaper, independent OF party
creed, or religion" until about the
first of August 1868, when it was bar
gained for by Silas A. Lamb and the
editor of the PLAIN DEALER, who
became its editor, making it demo-
cratic in politics. The Office was over
LAWYERS drug store in New Oregon,
and was destroyed with it some time
about Feby 1859.
In the number before us we find
the following county officers: Samuel
Murdoch, Judge 10 judicial district;
Jas. &. Upton, county Judge; w. II.
Mead, Prosecuting attorney; Jas.
Carpenter, Sheriff; Edmond Gillett,
Clerk Dist. and county court; Thos.
p. Davies, drainage commissioner.
H. A. Cook, treasurer and recorder;
Darius Seely, coroner; Chas. Thurber
assessor.
The Howard county advertisers
were j. J. Clemmer, physician ard
surgeon: Thos. p. Davies, genl. land
agent and notary public; G. NJ. Nun.
son, dealer in real estate; Samuel
Fellows, architect and builder; w.
II. Mead, attorney and counselor al
law and notary public; Loriston Ave.
rill, Exchange Hotel; j. 8. LAWYER
druggist and apothecary; Charles E.
Berry. attorney and counselor at law
and solicitor in chancery; en-. Nun.
son advertises for a partner acquaint
ed with the business and sharp as a
yearling brier, possessed Of three OF
four thousand dollars to help build a
Touring mill at New Oregon; Henry
Ferris has a house and lot he desires
to sell: Oscar T. Barber has stock
of stoves and hardware he advertises
Sabin & Moon advertise dry goods
carpeting, groceries, boots and shoes
wholesale or retail; Allen & Fellows
advertise furniture: C. NJ. Munsol
advertises dry goods and groceries
and asks those indebted to pay ID,
the first of April to ena BILE him to pa.
part of what he owes" w. r. Mead
as secretary of the printing associa
ton gives notice of per cent lev,
upon the capital stock, amounting tc
$l.25 per share to meet current ex
penses of the association. The coun
ty treasurer publishes report of the
receipts and disbursements of tht
county for 1853, as follows:
Receipts from all sources .....*3, 283. 3:
Disbursements....... .......... 2,942.O o.
Bal. cash in treasury. ! 34l.S 3,
Rev. J. w. Windsor and wife pub
lish card acknowledging u surprise
party Mt their home that Melted then
300 cash. They also take occasion
to say that one year and half ago
the town had but 5 or 6 houses, ant
then (Feby 1859, it had nearly on,
hundred.
Among the LOCAL items We motto,
that H. B. Mitchell is building .
house between Iowa and Uniol
streets;that new post Office has beer
established ut Sturgis Point, John l
Sturgis y. ~; that printing Office i
not the place to congregate and hol.
noisy discussions; that G, NJ. Munsol
had come to the assistance of tn,
editor with a fine pair of scissors
said to be the sharpest thing abou
the office; that the mail route from
New Oregon had been extended t.
LIE Roy, with assurances from Gen
Jones and Shields in the U. s. Senat,
that it would probably be extended
to Austin; of a cane owned by q. w
Schofield, sawed from the jaw of ,
whale, turned down with fine pol
ish, the knob being a piece of eve
memorable Charter Oak" of fiy,
large grey wolves cha,ing the stag
on its way across the prairie from
jamestown tn OSaDa