Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13

| Bents & Upton sent the PLAIN DEAL
Err couple of boxes of straw berries
of what the family thought were Sc
lected especially, and were surprised
that they were OF the regular picking
for the day. No finer ones were ever
seen.
Miss Nellie Mullen came from
Crookston Saturday, to visit with her
mother, sisters and other friends, in
Cresco. She was accompanied by
her friend, Miss Azilta Fortier of
Crookston. They will remain several
weeks.
Prof. John Thaler has the time at
his disposal to give few more music
| lessons on his trip here every Satur-
day. Now, when the children are out
of school, is good time to take music
lessons. Enquire at this Office or send
him a letter at Calmar, Iowa.
Mat Quay has son who is in the
army. He has just been promoted to
a captiancy by president Mckinley
over the heads of 72S lieutenants, from
which it seems the ratio of this ad-
ministration is 72S to l. No 16 to
foolishness about that, 72S to is its
Standard.
F. S. True, fomerly deputy treasur-
er under H. A. Cook, when the county
records were kept at Howard Center,
is looking over the ground where in
1857 he was known of every person Of
mature years in the county. Now, as
then, he is person of eminent re-
| spectability, one whom it is credit
to know and remember as friend.
The Cresco Times makes mention as
follows: "Miss Lauraine Mead goes to
Florenceville and Granger every week
for two days to instruct a class of Is
pupils in music. Miss Mead has two
excellent qualifications which adapt her
| to the profession she has chosen,
which she pursues SO successfully,
musical ability and unbounded energy
The father and mother of DR.. Buck
came from Milwaukee Saturday morn
ing, for a short visit. They had been
in attendance upon an educational
i
il 20, 600 educators and friends of educa-
tion were gathered. For more than a
third of century Prof. Buck has
been a member of the faculty of
Grinnell College.
| Gen. Weaver hits off Weeks in the
following pertinent and truthful way:
"The republican leaders in Iowa are
opposed to fusion between the demo-
Gratis, populists and silver republicans;
SO is MIR. Weeks. The republican
legislature is opposed to fusion; so is
Mr.. Weeks. The republican bosses
| hope to see formidable populist bolt;
so does Mr.. Weeks. How good and
how pleasant it is for brethren to
dwell together in unity
At the Minnesota soldiers home,
located near Minnehaha falls, we saw
two soldiers, former residents of this
county, last week. They were VIM.
E. Davis, of Company E., First Mlnne-
sofa Cavalry, and Patrick Foley, of
Company b., 81 Illinois Infantry.
Both made their home. at or near
Lime Springs, Mr.. Foley being a
section hand on the railroad for about
four years. Mr.. Davis was we'll ac-
quainted with his welsh neighbors,
many of whom he inquired after.
The strike of the coal miners COM
prise an army of 253,000, who are an
addition of more than fourth of a
million to the two millions of idle men
that were tramping the country.
Whenever the coal barons wish to
resume work from this Amy of tramps
and paupers, they can gather all the
help needed, and at compensation
barely adequate to supply their food.
1t is part of their financial policy to
maintain this army of tramps that
they may have cheap labor always in
sight.
A wasnout and wreck detained the
traiR at Avon, 80 miles north of st.
a Paul on the Great Northern, from 4 a.
m. until 6 p. M, Wednesday last. A
freight train went upon the treacher-
Gus bridge only to drop into the crew
ass made by the raging floods from the
rains of the night, making most
complete wreck of the entire train
breaking up the cars as though they
L had been tindor. One person was
: killed in the wreck, the engineer an6
e fireman severely injured and all or
! board more or less shaken up. Anoth.
er wreck almost equally destructive o.
rolling stock occurred on the Milwau.
. kee road near Medford, Wednesday
morning last, putting the engine il
. the ditch and piling the cars up pro
q miscously. A wrecking train sen
from Austin to it's relief went onto ,
j. bridge weakened from the flood ant
a the engine went into the ditch uncere
n moniously unloading the wreckins
e car. Both engines and the cars wer'
lying where they were wrecked Thurs
day night near dark when our trail
t, came over the improvlsed track nea
i, them.
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