Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-02-19

The last and best dance of the sea-
son will be givon at O'Malley's Hall
next Monday evening, Feb. 22ud. The
"F. F. F." orchestra will furnish the
music and good floor management
will be provided. Tickets rs cents.
Come early and spend pleasant even
ing in the best dancing hall in the
state.
Winter evidently struck Swenson &
Moen little early, judging from the
material in heaps on the front OF their
machine shop designed for side
walk there when it thaws out. They
are nov making boiler for use in
heating the Court House, the one
having been in use there having par
TALLY failed to respond to the needs
of its occupants.
A case of starvation is reported
from Mitchell, a small place lorth Of
Usage. The victim was small child,
the parents of whom have been in
destitute circumstances for some time.
What a sad thing this is in Z great
country. 1t seems almost impossible
that such conditions can exist where
the general cry is overproduction OF
foodstuffs. Rather say overproduction
OF people-at least this case would in
dicate it.-Lawler Record.
Rather say underconsumption Of
food products. The home market was
there, and also freedom to buy, but
lack Of money was probably the real
cause of the starvation.
We made trip to Perry's Green
house the first of the week and were
considerably surprised with the ad-
ditions and improvements he has made
during the fall and winter. He has
erected new green house just east of
and the Same size Of the larger one
erected year ago. and has q complete
heating apparatus all in one plant.
Over a half mile of four inch pipes
and two hot water boilers furnish the
heat for an area covered BY 5000
square feet of glass. He has fne
lot Of plants in bloom, among them
many fine lilies, azalias, roses and
fusohias, also a large lemon tree upon
which the fruit 10 just set. He also
has about 5000 small lettuce plants
which he will transplant into his new
green house, and in about month
will be able to supply our people with
large heads OF nice fresh lettuce.
Alexander Bull, the only living son
of the famous Ole Bull, in connection
with the noted soprano, Marguerite
Jensen, and Minette Sinclair Rollins,
elocutionist and impersonator, will ap-
pear in Lyric Hall. Monday, March,
1st. We append few press notices:
Mr.. Alexander Bull, son OF the great
Norwegian violinist, is now in New
York. He is himself q great perform
er. He plays with depth Of feeling
that reminds one of Ole Bull, and yet
with an individuality that 10 not weak
ened by this resemblance.-New
York Herald. He produces tone on
his instrument whose smoothness,
volume and singing qualities, decided
ly remind you of his father, and his
power of expression is truly wonder
ful.-Minneapolis. Mimi. North.
His manner OF singing melody is Pc
culiarly delightful, and Ole Bull him
self never played with more sympa-
thetic expression. New York Musical
Courier.
| The Del Norte Record. Crescent
City, California, contains tho follow.
ling notices of we'll known Cresco
| people,: Talk of the rolling land of
Iowa. said G. w. Combs the other
day. '.Why. have lived there all my
life and l never saw anything in that
state roll the way our steamer did
last Sunday, as we lay at anchor off
this port" On the passenger list OF
the incoming steamer Cleone, last
Monday. we're the names of G. w.
Combs, wife, and daughter. They
come from far away Iowa, and are on
a visit to Thomas and Edward Berry
their old-time eastern friends, and
will remain in Crescent City for a
month or more. Mr.. Combs express
es himself as we'll pleased with Cali
fornia. For the past three months
they have been visiting San Jose and
enjoying balmy weather there, while
their neighbors down east were
shoveling snow and thawing out water
pipes. They came over the Sierra's
of course, but nevertheless Mr.. Combs
says the highest thing he has seen in
California is the price Of land around
.lSan Jose. He should have visited
Los Angeles in the time of the boom,
where man was charged two dollart
for the dust he carried off on his
shoes.