Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-18

Elsewhere may be found the pro-
(! gram of the concert to be given in the
opera house on Friday evening of this
week. A perusal will show it to be
of great merit and we'll selected. Pop
ular prices.
Grand jurors drawn to serve were
as follows: P. j. Roche, G. A. Wells,
Thos. Walsh, c. H. Wallace, Job
Darrow, Fred Campbell, Pat Noonan.
q. H. Wallace was appointed foreman
and Jacob Welsh clerk.
Forty years experience in the use
of different kinds of lime convinces
me that the Maouoketa lime is tho
best ever US ed. Call at the Cresco
Brick and Tile Works for this cole
brated lime. N. B. WHEELER.
Geo. Morse Jr. of Emmetsburg, Ia.
is visiting at the home OF his parents.
Since leaving here he has been afflict-
ed by some disease of the eyes which
has resulted in the total blindness of
one eye and the other badly afflicted.
| Hayes B. Davis of Lime Springs
has purchased of Hatch Bros, town
ship rights of the s'Perfect Gem" fence
for Chester, Forest City and Albion
townships. Hayes is an honest worker
and will make a success of his busi-
ness.
The officers of the Agricultural So
ciety will begin their fall campaign
for the fair next week. Every busi-
ness man in Cresco, should aid the
enterprise by giving the society an
advertisement of some kind for its fair
pamphlet.
j. B. Mitchell, the New Oregon
Nursery man, is to have "Perfect
Gem" fence in front of his house, to
be put up by the Hatch Bros. this
week. Mr.. Mitchell is one of those
men who know good thing when
they see il.
The venerable Geo. Reed was bur-
ried from the home of his daughter,
Mrs. w. E. Laidlaw, Thursday after
noon. We believe he was upward OF
81 years of age, nearly half of which
had been spent in this county. Full
obituary in the future.
Many citizens of Cresco and vicinity
have requested Prof. Fisk the optican
to make regular visits to Cresco. He
has made such arrangements and will
be at Strother House, Cresco, Monday,
June 2lst, until Saturday. Examina.
tion free and all work warranted.
w. Strother and Mrs. c. D. Nichols
and her children left Tuesday after
J noon for Prairie du Chen where Mr..
Strother will takela course of baths at
Rathbun's Sanitarium. Mrs. Nichols
|goes to attend the commencement ex.
ercises at st. Mary's Academy, ol
which she is a graduate.
The people of Plymouth Rock are
arranging for q big celebration July
9Th, on VIM. Mullaney's farm. Hon.
L. E. Gossman of Croxton, MINI, is
the orator of the day. The afternoon
will be devoted to foot, horse, bicycle
and novelty races and a ball game be-
tween the Wexford and Iniscerthy
boys. Dinner and refreshments serv-
ed on the ground. Big bowery dance
and grand display of fireworks.
New subscribers to this great tam.
lily paper during the past week are
S. E. Graham, ,J. B. Jones, Thos. Bo.
han, F. L. Daubersmith, w. Frank,
j. w. Beaucher, Geo. c. Friend and
Richard Button. The following are
the pay-ups during the same time;
P. Noonan, Chester; Geo. Wells, A.
j. Caward, F. w. Frisbie, Leroy; j.
II. Heinmiller, Elma; B. Daugherty,
Lourdes; &. w. Church, d. d. Hunter,
A. G. Campbell, B. Chaplin, F. L. Dau-
bersmith, H. j. Webber, Fred Dunno,
man, S. G. Anderson, Anton Lickteig
! Sylvester Ferrie, John Milz. j. E.
Wells, w. H. Alleman, Cresco.
Wednesday afternoon, in response
to telegram from the conductor in
charge, Marshal Hall and Deputy
Sheriff Sawyer met the east-bound
passenger train for the purpose of re-
moving an insane man-so the tele-
gram stated; but the opinion of all
who saw the man and heard his story
and that of the witnesses of the affair,
is that the brakeman and conductor
were either crazy, fools or brutes.
The mans name is Flemming, and he
was enroute from Austin to Decorah,
north of which city he has son re
siding. He is totally blind, aged and
very feeble, and a courteous request
from him OF the brakeman being an
swered in an insulting manner, he en-
deavored to wait upon himself. Re.
turning, he got into the wrong seat,
the occupant raising great uproar,
whereupon the valiant brake threw
the old man across the seat, sat or
him and handled him so roughly as
to cause severe bruises and abrasions
and also knock the gold crown off a
tooth. He took the evening train for
Calmar, after having his tooth fixed
and being examined by two of our
physicians. He will probably insti-
tute damage suit against the rail.
way company, having a number ol
reputable witnesses to TIE occurrence.