Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-09-14

Parties wanting fall pasture for
horses or cattle, should call on or ad-
dress Martin P. Lydon, one mile west
of Cresco. Good water and plenty OF
grass.
AS a number of people have re-
quested Grand Opera for tonight,
.Il Trovatore" will probably be
rendered if satisfactory arrangements
can be made with Andrews.
Watch movements and cases are
advancing. We will sell out the
present stock at the old prices. Get
one before they are gone.
DIR. CONNOLLY.
During the Fridays program last
week Starter Grattan announced that
Cresco would hold a three days. race
meeting and 4th of July celebration
on the 2nd Sd and 4th OF next July.
Prof. Karl D. Fisk, the optician,
will be at the Strother House from
next Monday to Saturday. Call on
him ii your eyes are out OF gear and
he will fit them perfectly. Exami
nation free.
a brand new line of ladies', misses
AID children's Fall cloaks just re-
ceived from the manufacturers at G..
d. Nichols & Co. These are all of the
latest style, new in effect. Come and
make your selections early.
| Everyone about the office was so
busy last week that most Of the Fair
was lost to them and a satisfactory
write up is impossible, but we will, in
this or future issues, give the
premium awards and the races
Adamant, Stucco, Zenith Cement,
Imported and American Cements,
Wood Burnt Maquoketa Lime the very
best. no two kinds or any Oil burnt
lime here. Prices always reasonable
at VIM. F. RATHERT's, Market, Street.
A. j. Evans has sold the Lime
Springs Sun to gentleman named
Sheppard, from Minneapolis, who has
taken possession. We welcome the
new addition to the county fraternity,
and wish him success in his new loca-
lion.
The Sisters school at Protivin opens
out favorably, with an attendance OF
seventy pupils and employs two in
structors. 1t is in contemplation to
add third sister in the near fnture to
take charge of the instruction in vocal
and instrumental music.
Miss Counselman, Mrs. DeNoyelles
and Miss frankie Caward, the mil
liners at j. B. Caward's store, are ex-
pected to return to-day froma trip to
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
and milwaukee in quest of the latest
styles and novelties in the millinery
line.
+. +. Bartels, of Howard, and H. G..
Schnadt, of Sumner, were in this city
Saturday, making this Office pleasant
call. Mr.. Bartels is one of the extern
sive farmers of this county and Mr..
Schnadt is of Bremen county and he
owns quarter section adjoining Mr..
Bartel's.
| James Carroll OF New Oregon, be-
came a subscriber to tho Plain Dealer
in 1859 when it started, paying one
year in advance, which has since been
his yearly practice. His paid sub.
sciption for the 3Sth year was out last
Friday and Saturday the money
came for another year.
| The receipts at the recent Fair will
reach about $4,000, of which a,uout
$27oo was gate money, these receipts
amounting to 1920 on Wednesday
s11SS on Thursday and $500 on Fri
day. This will probably leave bal
ance in the treasury after paying
every dollar of Indebtedness.
Those who signed (and afterward.
paid) the note TO defray expenses o
the states exhibit at New Orleans il
1885, are requested to call at tht
First National Bank before October
and make proof of payment, and it il
now probable that they will be REIN
bursed.
S. A. CONVERSE.
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