Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-10-10

Ia, over Sunday. He returns to that
place and then, with his present en-
ployer, he will go to st. Paul, Kansas,
where he will take a position similar
to the one he now occupies.
To the Democratic Central Com
mittee of Howard county: Having
decided to leave this county, find it
necessary to withdraw my nomination
as County Treasurer on the Democrat
ic Ticket. j. M. MONTAGUE.
No fair of the Agricultural society
ever held has had the amount of adj
verse criticism as the one recently held.
Whether deserved or not the criticism
is made, and they making it feel that
it is merited, and it is made without
reserve and bitterly.
The ancient order of the Red Cross,
will hold a meeting Tuesday, Oct II,
at 7:30 p. M, in M. w. A. hall. All
members and all who have made ap-
plication for admittance, also certif-
cate holders who have not been obli-
gated are requested to be present.
Jas. Fl. Upton, we are told, has pur-
chased the interest of Mr.. Bents in
the nursery and the farm and build
ings. 1t is one of the most valuable
pieces of property in the county. We
understand that for the season just
closed it paid 10 per cent. on a capital
| of $50, 900.
Improved 160 acre farm, one mile
Cresco, $40 per acre. Also 160 acres
improved land miles from Cresco,
1888 per acre, and 16O acres improved
land, S25 per acre. 1 have 25 other
farms for sale, located in different
parts of the county, some spe cial bar
gains. JOHN M. CANNON,
Sw4 Cresco, Iowa.
State Dairy Commissioner Norton
has returned from another trip in the
dairy interest of the state. While alb
sent he apprehended and fined one vi
olater of the olemargarine law, and has
another under bonds for appearance.
The first is railway contractor by the
name of Hausch in Grundy county; the
other is a contractor named Mccarthy
in Tama county.-Des Moines Ne,rs.
Mr.. Richard Wentworth has a
lumber wagon made from selected
timber and thoroughly ironed by
himself which will be a bargain to
some man. Also a good secondhand
cook stove, a new dump cart and a
secondhand buggy which he will dis
pose of on advantageous terms. He
asks UrIuSe III rrcCa of-u.as--<.s ei.-ss
articles to call, see them and learr
prices.
We publish elsewhere the proceed.
ings of the Prohibition County Con.
vention, the resolutions adopted and
the list of candidates named. The
men who composed that convention
| have convictions upon the questions
4 involved, which they are not likely tx
c, ignore for the sake of policy or politi
!. cal prefermenta at the expense of theil
convictions of right and duty. These
: convictions will lead them away from
: the paths of those who preach temper
ance as a matter of policy.
$ Mr.. viii Burkhardt of ST. Paul, DIR
), Conway of Chicago, and Mr.. Johl
:. Clemmer and Mrs. Peck, of Cresco
O with a few LIE Roy people, were enter
tanned at the Frank home last Sunday
~. MIR. Michael Coyle, of LIE Roy
ls and Miss Lizzie Peters of Oakdale
+ were married at Riceville, Ia, in th
II Catholic church, Monday, October
l. Mr.. and Mrs. Coyle will reside in til
house soon to be vacated by Richar
k Maxfeld.. I. !. Mrs. Bessie Usher an
,r child of Warren, ILL.,, is visiting he
If parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. Mcknight
t, as is also Mrs. Eugene Mcknight, {
Melrose, -Minn.-Leroy hdependen
= Mrs. Usher will be remembered
- Cresco as Miss Bessie Mcknight, WI
~ ~ has often visited at the home of G. Il
Miller.
Moses Folsom, the genial ar
3. efficient travelling agent of the Gre;
10 Northern Railway, was in Cres'
IN Friday in the interest of that gre;
is line of travel and transportatio
That road runs through a magnihcel
region with the finest quality of lam
ed for grazing and agriculture where tt
LA land are subject to homestead ent
ne all through Dakota, Montana al
as Idaho. This road was built witho
20. government aid and hence the lands
No. bought outright cost but $l.25 anacl
as While on the Northern Pacific TO
es- the.alternate sections were givento t
nd railway, the price of the governme
M land retained being $3.50 an acl
This is an advantage the farmer h
who locates along the line of t
OF Great Northern, just one half the CT
ho of the lands along the other line.
asst
nd
me- During the winter of 1897 Mr.. Jan
Reed, one OF the leading citizens. a
merchants of Clay, Clay Co. w. v
nc struck his leg against cake of ice
n. yNpr