Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04

| There will be an ice cream sociable
given at the residence of James Walton
Friday evening, June 4, for the bene-
| fit OF the Vernon Springs Sunday
school. This is in lieu of the chick
en- pie sociable wrongly advertised as
occurring on Wednesday.
John f. Flemming, of Armstrong,
funeral of his brother-in-law, Ed
Byrnes, was Winneshiek county boy.
He is engaged in the machine trade
and is dealing in grain. w. r. Flem-
ming, a brother. is post master there,
having three wears to serve.
DR.. Clemmer is looking over the
various Polled Angus cattle of the
country with the purpose of purchas-
the best bull TO be found If money will
buy him. His herd has ranked among
the very best, but the demand for
thcm has been so great that he has
disposed of his bulls nearly, and then
be thought it would profit the herd
not to have too much in-breeding. His
ambition in the stock line is to con-
tinue to have the best.
Archdeacon Hoyt preached a very
able sermon at Grace Episcopal church
last Tuesday evening, and while here
was sounding the people Of the con-
gregation as to the advisability of con-
Meeting the dioceses of Decorah and
Cresco, as heretofore, with the pastor
resident at Cresco, which may be done
some time in the future if suitable
clergyman can be secured. In the
mean time occasional services will be
held as the pulpit can be supplied.
Lovers OF athletic sports will not
fail to attend the exhibition at the
Opera House on Saturday evening.
"The Farmer has the reputation of
conducting orderly and decorous en-
tertainments of this character and
will conduct this in the same manner,
so that anyone wishing to see a fine
exhibition Of wrestling, sparring, and
muscle development may be sure of
being offended by no rowdyism of any
of any kind. The bills announce the
price of admission as So and so cents.
This is a mistake. The price will be
25 cents and 35 for reserved seats.
The State Line Old Settlers Associ-
alton will hold their annual meeting
at Leroy, Mimi, Saturday, June 18th
1897. Tha meeting will be called to
order promptly at 10 o'clock, a. M,
Rev. +. P. Shaffer of Cresco, Iowa,
orator Of the day. A cordial invita-
tion is extended to all, both old and
young to come ana JOIN with us in
this our 18th annual meeting. Come
and hear Rev. Shaffer, one of Iowa's
best orators. All the friends in Now
err, Mitchell, Fillmore and Howard
counties are invited.
w. E. HAsKINs, President.
j. M. WYKoFF, Secretary.
Wednesday we were looking over
the nursery OF j. b. Mitchell to some
extent and In noting the effect of the
late freeze upon the new growr
branches of evergreens, observed the
Norway spruce had the twigs of this
growth entirely killed while the new
twigs of the Black Hills spruce were
uninjured, though fully as we'll grown
as on the others. There were places
in the rows where there are trees o
both varieties growing side by side
the one with all the new twigs killed,
the other entirely uninjured, which
shows the Black Hills spruce to be the
harder tree. Mr.. Mitchell's berry
crop is all destroyed except a few
straw berries which he covered with
straw last Sunday night. MIR. Mark.
ham had a large bed Of Strawberries.
also other small fruits, all of which
were destroyed by the freeze Sunday
and Monday nights last. We also learn
that the large beds of strawberries
and of raspberries of Bents & Upton
were all killed.
Some weeks ago we copied an arti-
Gle from the Decorah Public Opinion
concerning the death OF a man named
Kostka, near Protivin, in Winneshiek
county. resulting from injuries intlict'
ed by a son living at Protivin. The
Winneshiek authorities notified Coun
ty Attorney 'Wilbraham, who, we un.
derstand has communicated the Whine
shiek authorities that. if any crime
has been committed, in all probabili
ties it was within their borders instead
of in this county. The testimony o
reputable witnesses from Protivin ant
vicinity, go TO show very couclusively
; that when the old gentleman left Pro
twin a day or two after the day h'
; was alleged to have received the beat
ing, he was in good health and showed
the marks of no injuries, while the
> coroner found eleven ribs broken an,
bad bruises on the forehead and else
where. Furthermore, our informant
state that the son has assisted in th
support of his father who had left hin
but wanted to return, and that the so
told him that ,he could not now kee
him, but used no violence whatever