Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-02-04
Albion and Bristol.

MISS Rix. of Spring Valley, is stay
ing with her sister. Mrs. DR.. Gowdy.
anna Usher is afflicted again with
one OF those spells that have troubled
her at short intervals for years.
HALLE Barber has been absent from
school now for some time on account
of illness.
John Sims Sr has been making q
trip to Cresco daily for about two
weeks past, hauling off his surplus
grain and hogs.
Herman Meckenburg has a little
BOY that is quite sick with some kind
OF throat trouble.
Oid MIR. Brink is sick with what the
FAMILY think is nothing more than a
very severe cold.
Inc Western Electric telephone
mas reduced its charges for messages
just one half, making it 10 cents to
any point in the county the same as
the Farmers line.
we are glad to note that Willie
Arnold Is very much better but sorry
to hear his mother, Mrs. jeff. Cole. il
Is somewhat indisposed.
The Sertiing Bros. are filling their
ice house in town with very nice
quality of ice, this season being ex-
cept!onally fine for the ice harvest.
Ohm Ludwig has sold his timber
lot to Eben Slawson for the consider
atlon OF 1876 per acre, We are told.
Old aunt Noblett, who is now well
up in the seventies made us yerv
pleasant visit one day recently. Her
son Purlee brought her in his sleigh
seated in her rocking chair and as
the day was fine she enjoyed the ride,
but no better than we did her COM
pany.
!, Our young people who attended
the theatre in Cresco on several
dlfferent nights last week, speak in
the highest terms of Frank s. Long
and his company.
We understand that Gus. Ilse is
buying butter and eggs to ship to a
brother OF his somewhere in Mich
igan.
There are but two vacant houses
now in Granger that are fit to live in,
and the report is, one of those the
owner will occupy himself as soon as
the sign comes right.
Mrs. d. NJ. Hunt is improving slow
ly, but the little child is not doing as
well as we would be glad to hear.
Our Florida weather seems inclined
to flirt, taking us whirl last
Monday and at night left us within q
mile and half of Klondike, however
us enough to show her teeth.
Mrs. Dick Salmon has been in
quite poor health for number of
weeks past, SO Mr.. s. tells us.
There was a strike in our town too,
last Monday, the foreman stood at a
safe distance and watched the affair
from the front parties
Miss Stella Springfield and her
pupils have decorated our school
room nicely with evergreen and
notices,
John Martin seems delighted to
have another blacksmith come to
town and says they will both have
SO much more time to play croquet
next summer.
Mrs. Charley Newmiller, last Tues
day, entertained Mrs. Charley Bright
man, of Bristol.
The mistresses of Fair Oaks and
Ivy Glen accompanied by Elmer st.
John went to Spring Valley for few
davs last Saturday.
Granger is to have an auction lof
dry goods. clothing, etc., beginning
Feb. 2, and lasting until Feb. 12.
January 31st being the Goth ami
versary of the birth of Griff Roberts,
OF Bristol, a large company of his
young friends surprised him and
spent very pleasant evening.
j. N. Brightman, who came to
attend the funeral of his mother Aunt
Ruth Bnghtman, has returned to
his home in Huron, s. D.
Mr.. Axtell, the new blacksmith.
has arrived and we understand the
business will be conducted under the
name of Axtell s. Wentworth. Horse
shoeing will be specially of the
firm.