Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-10-08

| WANTED.-A house keeper for ,
man with two small boys on a farm
in the county. A widow with no
more than one child, er single mid
die aged woman preferred For in
formation apply at this Office. 52tl
The democrats of Howard made
the following nominations for town
snip officers at the caucus held last
Thursday evening: Jas. Clear fol
trustee for full term, Earnest Bartels
for Justice OF the peace to fill vacancy
and John Kerkman for constable to
fill vacancy.
Four new houses are in process OF
erection on the Gillett addition by
WIN. Birtwistle. Geo. Lusk, Albert
Gravos and Mr.. Wilson. That of
Mr.. Gravos will be built by that mas
ter mechanic, Herman Genshow, and
will be 14x1G, with additions, one lax
16 and the other 12X1G.
We received, last week, several
copies of the Sacred Heart Fair Jour
nal, neat little S-page daily pub
lished during ten days fair held by
the Catholic church society ut Usage.
1t was certainly u credit to editors
and publishers and was evidently re-
lnunerative to the society.
Now don't every body go down after
coons just because AL
the champion coon. hunter of this
place, assisted by his coon dog, Curly
Tail, freed three coons in one tree in
the woods down on the Turkey, re-
Gently. II is perhaps unnecessary to
add that they got the coons.
Time and time again has ii been de-
monstrated that one can always rely
on Cresco girl in an emergency.
Last week several of our young lady
bicycle riders went on a search for
crab apples, but after finding them
bethought themselves that they had
brought no sack. But we'd like to
know what bloolners are for anyway,
if you can't put those voluminous
folds to some use.
Mrs. T. E. Lewis, of Cresco, arrived
Saturday for u weeks visit with her
sister, Mrs. Henry Myers......Mrs q.
ii. Miller and son drove up from
Cresco Friday, and visited her cousin
Mrs. Mcknight, a couple of days......
Mr. and Mrs. A. Rivers, Mrs. Jas.
Thomson, Mrs. Jerusha White and
Emory and Ransom White uf Cresco
attended the funeral of Mrs. Garner;
as did also Mrs. Chauncey Potter of
Ricevllle.-LeRoy independents.
A travelling man came near furnish
ing startling local item for us on
Friday afternoon. He came acars
from the Strother House and think
ing the train coming fronl the west
was from the east set his grip down
just across the track and i'll front OF
the engine. The engineer saw him
and threw on the air brakes and a
fellow traveldr called to him so he
moved enough that the engine simply
struck bundle on his arm. 1t was q
close call and whitened many spec
tator's face.
Just as q sample of what Howard
county is doing in the corn line this
year, we publish some figures con.
cernlng couple of ears shown us
last week by AL Daughenbaugh. One
ear was of the Whitecap variety and
measured 10 inches in length, 9t in
circumference, weighed 2Of ouLces,
and had % rows of Kernels containing
a total number of 1882. The second
was Yellow Dent and was 1Oa inches
long, weighed 1Ss ounces, and had 20
rows of kernels with a total of 114O on
the ear.
b. F. Davis and others have com
pleted q canvas of the saloon petition
just filed and claim it is in worse
shape than any previous one. Their
canvas was hasty and the figures
given must be taken as somewhat ap-
proximate. The total number Of
names on the petition is 1899 and 1889
constitute the required 60 per cent.
But the committee throw out about
100 names, making II shortage of 40,
and recent court decisions, if SUSTAIN
ed by this court, would throw out
many more.
The great number of dead and dv-
ing black-oaks which may be seen in
groves all over the county and ada
cent territory is the cause of consid-
cradle comment and alarm. The
trees so affected have all withered
and died since leaving in the spring,
and as examinations by several have
resulted III the finding of no DESTROY.
ing insect or worm, the only cause
which can be assigned is the contiuu-
al drouth, as it is well known that the
black-oak favors a moist soil, and
that the early groves were made up
principally of these oaks and were al
ways found in wet places. The con.
tlnued dry seasons must be the ause
OF this serious injury to the groves.