Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-21

AhotO Will o0 d qutItoiiJ luceGllS
in the Emmanuel Evangelical church
three miles southeast of Ridgeway,
Saturday and Sunday, February 22d
and %. Elder j. Knocha will ofiiciate,
assisted by the Rev. j. ID. Bohen, the
pastor. All invited to come.
Mrs. Ole Swenson and the children
took the Tuesday afternoon train for
their future home at Roseland, La.,
where MIR. Swenson has purchased an
elegant home. Roseland IS located
about 65 miles north of New Orleans,
and is mostly settled with people from
the northern states.
/. This city has musical talent which
If properly encouraged would give the
cit! the best entertainments in a musi-
cal way it could have from any source
Monday evening the Choral Club at
Lyric Hall, in the Fower Queen, did
itself much credit in the character and
quality OF its selections and in their
rendition, concluding with cotillion
party.
Pecinovsky Bros. and Slifsa returned
from Saltwater, Minn., Tuesday, hav-
ing contracted for a steam threshing
outfit complete, consisting of a 4Ox60
separator, swing stacker automatic
wire, 16 horse engine, 18 horse boiler,
and will be ready TO meet and thresh
as big a crop as can be grown and to
do the work in the shortest space of
time and in the best manner possible.
On Tuesday evening at the residence
of NJ. j. White, given for the benefit
of the Episcopal church, was in a
musical way perhaps one of the best
euer given in Cresco, and all by home
talent except Miss Jennie Davis of
Lime Springs and Prof. John Thaler
OF Calmar. Prof. Thaler is certainly
master of the science of getting out
| the best there is in violin, as the
solos in which he was accompanied by
Miss Lauraine Mead on the piano, suf-
iciently attest.
| Widow Warburton, who with her
husband, Rev. John Warburton, were
among the early settlers OF this vicin-
was brought in from Osage, Wednes-
day, aud laid to rest in the Kendall
vile cemetery beside the remains Of
her husband who died several years
ago. Mrs. Warburton was about
eighty years of age. She and her
husband had as they ,merited the
universal love, respect and esteem of
all who knew them. 1t is bat meet
that all should drop u tear to their
memory.
| The post Office at Bonair was broken
into Tuesday night and robbed OF over
$1,000 in cash; none of the stamps
were taken and none Of the mail inter-
fered with. The post Office is in q
part of the residence building with a
small stock of groceries and general
merchandise, the family occupying
the other part Of the building. The
entrance was made by breaking a light
of glass through which the person
reached in and got the money drawer
which was within an arms length of
the window.
Mr.. John Caspere has completed the
well which supplies the boiler at the
Mccoy mills, putting it down 1872 feet
and has over 1870 feet of water. maxi
ing an ample supply. The mill has
stood idle since in November. but will
start up this week. Mr.. Caspere has
made several important improvements
in the mill which will enable him to
do more and better work than hereto
fore. He announces that feed will be
ground at cents q sack, and will give
better work than is obtained for feed
ground under rollers.
Mrs. Ida Ferris-W Waterman, a former
resident Of this county and Il i;tyorite
with all her acquaintance is in
Cresco visiting with the family of her
uncle A. G. Mcmillan and other friends
Sne has Just returned from Waukon
where, with her two childaen, she
had been to deposit the remains of her
late husband, Frank Bainbridee
Waterman beside his parents who
sleep in Oaklawn Cemetary there.
Mr.. Waterman died at their home in
Conde, 5. d., Jan. 20. and leaves his
widow and two children to mourn
their loss.
The night of the / 4th filled many a
heart with joy, the principal question
on the proceeding day seeming to be
i'll regards to the St. Valentine ball
under the management OF Klingle &
Carroll, and the enjoyment of every
, one and the gentlcmanly way in which
the floor was conducted showed that
one mans money was as good as an
others. 1t was pronounced thorough
success in every respect and conducted
on the best gentlemanly principles
The hall was crowded and the music
by Mead Brothers orchestra was i'm.
mcnse. Try it again boys and we will
all be there. ONE WHO WAS THERE