Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-13

Have you gazed upon the beautiful
display OF handkercheifs in the north
window Of the store OF j. B. Caward &
Co. OF course the store has lady
clerks or SO tasty display would not
be made.
Owing to a change in the business
Hazeldine is going to close out his
stock OF Piano-Organs, octaves, and
s octave organs before, Christmas.
You can get an organ now at whole
sale price or less.
Abner Wylie had the misfortune to
get his hand caught in hay press
which he was operating at Bonair, on
Monday afternoon. Although badl Y
torn and smashed, it will not necessi-
tate an amputation.
1t has just come to our knowledge
that Harvey Mitchell. the popular bar
Der in Epps' shop, was married about
Nov. Is, to Miss Mary Jones, of Dixon,
ILL.,, who will join her husband hero
about holiday time.
Court convenes next Monday, Judge
Hobson presiding. There will be, no
jury cases tried and there is only a
light calendar, eight probate one
criminal and thirty-nine civil cases,
eighteen Of which are new causes.
The Sacerdotal Silver Jubilee of tn e
very Rev. M. A. McCartey, will be ap-
propriately celebrated by the pupils of
the School of the Assumption in an
honorary entertainment to be given at
the school on Tuesday, December II,
at 80 p. m.
Thos. Hooper Will have an auction
sale OF personal property on his farm
in Paris on the 23d instant, including
horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and all
kinds of farm implements. Sale opens
at II a. m.; lunch at 12; ten months
time at 8 per cent for approved paper.
o. III. Wood, AuctiOneer.
Peter De Greve, living on the How
ard Marshall farm in thisstownship,
sold to d. Barnes last Tuesday some
last springs pigs. about eight months
old, which weighed 800 lbs. each. Pete
says, "If any farmer in Howard coun-
ty has pigs of the same age that will
weigh as much as his he would like to
hear from him. Now don't all speak
at once.
Mr.. A. B. Van Dee, some years ago
a successful Clay county teacher but
whose home is now in Minnesota, is
making q protracted visit here among
relatives. Oflate years he has devo-
ted his time largely to house decora-
tion. Last week he frescoed suit Of
rooms for Mr.. and Mrs. j. @. Adams
which, we are told, is very artistic
piece of work.-Clay County News.
The TwIcE-A-WEEK PLAIN DEALER
and the Silver Knight. large 9-col-
umn paper edited by Senator w. NJ,
Stewart, published weekly, both
for $1.35 year. Subscribers to the
PLAIN DEALER who have paid for it in
advance can have the Silver knight on
payment of 35 cents. The Campaign
of 1896'will be fought desperately for
and against silver. The Silver knight
will be its champion.
From the number OF drilling machines
that are heard about town, water will
be more plenty ere long. During the
past year there has been expended in
we'll drilling in town more than $4,000,
which had our water works system
been extended so as to reach water
consumers would have been, avoided
and the money paid out, whatever it
might have been, would have gone to
liqnidate our water works debt Of
SIG, 900, or thereabouts.
Tho following persons have credit
on subscription account with the
TwlcE-A-WEEK Pee DEE: Dennison
Brown, w. H. Tillson, F. A. Hess, w.
r. Owen, Miss Carrie Doolittle, Mrs.
J. j. Mason, w. A. Stockman, Lorens
Swenson, J. S. McKy, Henry tScholze,
A. N. Wentworth, C. H. Rice, Peter
Hanson, Cresco; J. II. Roberts, Bristol
Mimi; Eben Slawson, Florenceville;
Francis Chihak, Jr., Bartley Norton,
Lourdes.
The recent execution OF Hayward
after the full confession of completely
in the murder Of Catharine Cling, and
at least of two other murders, reflects
but little credit upon John Day Smith
and w. w. Erwin, his attorneys, who
must have known of his guilt in the
case then on trial. An attorney should
require the legal conviction OF client
from the evidence submitted to the
court and the jury, but efforts TO turn
such a man as Hayward loose upon So,
ciety is as reprehensible as would be
the turning loose a mad dog.
The camp fire entertainment in the
opera house Tuesday evening was the
means OF drawing large house to
greet. Major Hendershot and son and
the best Of our home talent in literary
and musical entertainment. in which
the home talent suffered none by COM
parlson, several OF the vocal SELECTIONS
and tho recitations and drill by the lit
tie boys being excellent, while in the
camp fire scene a number OF the old
boys showed themselves as active as
ever in pursuit of of the nimble gray
back and granted a longer lease of life
to piggie than they once were wont to.
As the term of our district court
Will be held during the ensuing week,
1t may not be out of place, to- publish
the lines Of James Beattie, a Scotch
poet, who was born early in the 18th
century and died in 1903. II the laws,
OF his time warranted the conception
expressed in his short verse, language
would be inadequate to express his abb
horrence of the laws which permit
trusts and combines Of all snrtn and