Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-09-16
An odd Dispute.

One of the big ice companies of Chi
oago had dispute with a patron few
days ago over the payment of bill for
its commodity. The bill is still I'M
paid, and as 1t is too small to sue for
the Ice people expect they will lose the
sum. The customer, reports the
Chronicle, is the same man who in 60
Ing away last summer left the gas
lighted In three rooms and had a dis
agreement with the gas company over
a large bill. In the former case he had
to pay, not liking the idea of having
his gas shut off. But the ice business
he regards as different. The iceman
had furnished the stomers wife with
small card which was to be hung out
on the back porch whenever she need
ed Zoe. The scheme worked all right
until the family went to the country
month ago. The iceman would leave
lump on the porch, which little
later would be put in the icebox. The
housewife forgot to take in the card
when she went with the rest of the
folk to the country. The iceman in
obedience to the cards legend con-
tinued to leave his daily block behind
the vacant house. Each lump wore it's
life away unheeded in the hot sun
shine until the spot where it had stood
was but little puddle in the. evening.
The next day its successor would
share the same fate and the iceman
never learned his mistake until the oc-
pupants Of the house returned. The
customer claims the blunder was the
fault ofiap unobservant iceman. The
Ice company claims the customer
should have taken in his card.
For originality Of spelling restau.
rant on West Madison street Just west
of the cable barns certainly takes'the
plum. Its bill of fare is q remarkable
one. On the front cover patrons are
informed that the place is an ideal
ladies' and gents restawrent." Turn.
ing over the leaf the first thing that
strikes the eye Is list of "omeletes,'
and under this head each separate
jomelet Is characterized as an "omlet.' u
Farther down the page is the informa.
tion that all sandwiches" are five
cents each. Other articles on the bill.
are Vegetables" "sardeenes," roast
'Nveel," and "pastery." At the bottom
OF the bill of fare is the following foot
notes ARTICLES with no prices 'at.
Itatched' not served to-day" This 1,
original spelling with vengeance.
The Press quotes from letter writ.
ten by the wife of wealthy Cuban to
Ler sister in New York. 1t reached
New York by way of Vera Cruz, Mexi
lco, and was mailed in Havana more
than three weeks ago. The writer
says, 1.-THE little food we have al
homo is buried in the cellar, and wher
we eat our meals we hide In an upstairs
room 30 that the starving people can.
not look in through the windows and
see US. When we ate in the dining.
room they would break in and snatch
our food away. We know if they were
to see us eating now they would take
away our last piece of bread and
meat. 1t is unsafe for anyone to be
caught eating"
A regular army officer who was
wounded at Caney denounces the fur.
Their use of Springfield rifles against
Spanish troops armed with the Mauser
Every time Springfield rife was
fred" he says, st was like starting
"a signal fire, and it was followed in
stantly by hail of bullets from Span
tards we didn't see, and who didn't
know where we were until they saw
the smoke from the springfelds going
tup from the bushes" The testimony
IN favor of smokeless powder is unani
lmous.
A recent Issue of the Gloucester
lMass.) Times contains the following
peculiar advertisement: This is to
give notice that my wife, who left my
house without sufficient cause, has re-
turned, and is glad to get back again,
and will not leave again in hurry.
IL.