Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-12-20

". ~. eyuOluS, WHOse Stage name
is Walter Fame, and Miss Vessie
Farrell, both of the Frank E. Long
Company were married this morning,
Dec. 20, at the residence of NJ. A.
Kline, by Rev. W. K. Lane.
tor handmade harnesses and shop
work call on Fifeld & Cummins, un-
der Miller u Webber's hardware store.
There is no use in buying factory
made goods when you can get hand
made work at the same or less prices.
The Frank E. Long company had
tnll house Monday night, and gave in
tense satisfaction to those attending.
The company will appear every night
this week, with new play each night.
Tickets are given out for bicycle
drawing which will occur Saturday
evening.
Thos. Chyle has been appointed
Postmaster at Protivin, to succeed Ferd
Lukes, removed. AS both are demo-
Gratis we can account for the change
only on the ground of business rivalry
both being prominent merchants in
their town and both being worthy of
the office.
The special souvenir edition OF the
Elkader Register of December Is, be-
ing the initial number of its 22d year,
is fine specimen of typographical
excellence, combined with elegant
illustrations, and with much valuable
local history of men, places and coun-
ty progress.
Mrs. f. Dana Mead returned Satur-
dav morning from DR.. Keith's SAM
tarium at Bellville, Ohio. greatly i'm
proved in health and is steadily, if
slowly, gaining in every way. She
has every confidence in the treatment,
which she will continue, and is conf
dent of complete cure eventually.
Absolutely pure is the claim made
in every advertisement of the Royal
Baking Powder and absolutely pure is
the verdict OF every housekeeper in
the land using the Royal. 1t is the
standard among baking powders,
worth the price sold at, because of its
purity, bealthful bread-making
qualities and the strength that makes
small quantity go long way. No
trouble about delicious biscuit and
pastry when the Royal is used.
Mitchell county is a great place for
the local press of the state. A short
4ir,a cipoa IL bod a ,,,,,,1o, ~ n.,;d
now it has human fiend named Var
mum, who maltreated au eleven year
old boy whom he had taken from the
state institution for fliendless chill
dren, and had adopted, and for which
inhuman and cruel treatment he was
tried and convicted, paving n fine of
500 and costs. Aud in Newburg, Miss
Kate Ogden, a plucky schoolmam. was
called upon by a young william named
Wallace Burnett who demanded her
hand IN marriage and being refused.
met her at her school and demanded
$125 or her life. Not being willing to
part with either, she drew revolver
and sent u couple Of shots whizzing
after him as he fled the state.
The case OF j. F. Koboliska vs. j..
w. Swehla, appealed from the District
court of this county TO the Supreme
court, John McCook for Koboiiska.
Willett & Willett for Swehla, was de-
cided in the Supreme court last week,
reversing the decision of the District
court and giving the verdict to Kobo-
liska. This was case in which Kobo-
liska aud Swehla were Joint makers of
q mortgage which Koboliska paid to
protect his own interest in the premi-
ces. Swehla was alleged bankrupt
aud the only hope of Koboliska for re-
covery of the money paid to release
the mortgaged premises was to sub
ject Swehla's interest in the premises
to the payment of the money advanc-
ed. To obtain this judgment McCook
not only had to reverse the Distric,
|court but also former decisions of the
state Supreme court, that court thus
I5placiug itself In line with sound lega
4 principles whose foundation is righ
and justice.