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body was attached yesterday morning
 He furnished a bond of $250, however
 and was released. i The suit is returnable before Justice
 John R. Booth next week. It is claim
 ed by Mrs. Davis that the defendant in ! this action made remarks derogatory to | her character in the hearing of num- Der of persons. Both parties are Poles
 and the suit is the outcome of a neigh
 borhood quarrel Attorney Slade rep
 resents the plaintiff.
 Attorney Louis Jacobs yesterday brought suit against Arthur Bentley, druggist of Torrington, Conn.,, for
 S130 for breach of contract. The de- fendant bought cash register from the
 Hallwood company and then broke the contract. The suit is returnable before
 the common pleas court for Litchfield county.
 Notice of suit pending to foreclose a mortgage on Clay street property has been filed in the town clerks office by Asa l.. Fabrique against c. D. Maloney and George W. Shot of Hartford.
 The examination of simon L. Simp- son, the Grand avenue furniture deal CT, who has filed petition in bank ruptcy with Referee Newton, was con- tinued yesterday afternoon. Simpsons creditors claim that the petitioner made way with considerable stock be- fore filing his application and yester- day afternoons examination was for the purpose of finding out what became of the goods.
 o1, ;,~. a large number of high priced stoves in September but failed to turn them in with his assets.
 Horace B. Hunter of Madison, for whose adjudication as a bankrupt a petition was filed in the United States district court by G. w. Woolley & Son, of this city, has filed his answer to the petition. He admits that he is insol- vent, but denies that he has disposed of or concealed property as alleged in the petition.
 The Waddingham mansion in West Haven has been attached by George w. | Adams, the West Haven attorney for $100. The writ of attachment is dated | November and the case is to be tried | November 25 in the town court room | at West Haven before Justice Henry A. | L. Hall. Briston. Stoddard & Bristol | represent Mrs Nottingham, and Mar tin Conlin represents G. w. Adams. The amount claimed is $50 for legal ser vices as representative for the estate. MT Adams entered into several differ ent negotiate for the sale of the place and also went to New York in pursuit of that purpose. It is for his service in this connection that he claims the damages.
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SALE OF FRANCHISE RIGHTS.

EX-Judge Lynde Harrison in behalf
 of the Newport News and Mississippi
 Valley company, Connecticut corpora
 tion organized under the laws of this
 state and which for some time past has
 been in the hands of Lawyer Edmund Zacher as receiver appointed by the sl- perior court, argued a plea in abatement to complaint brought against 1t by Catletsburg, Kenova & Ceredo Water company, a Kentucky corporation To- cated at Catletsburg, Ky The suit was brought to recover damages esti- mated by the plaintiffs at S1S,000 by al- legged breach of contract on the part of the defendant corporation in refusing or failing to take water along the line of railroad operated by 1t in the Bour- bon state.
 Judge Harrison argued that the suit should abate as the defendant company no longer had legal existence, hay ing had its affairs wound up as pro- vided by statute. The plaintiffs claim, he said should have been submitted to the commissioners appointed by the court to be acted upon as other claims |
 A4awyer l.. M. Daggett, who appeared | for the plaintiff company, claimed it had not ceased to exist for all purposes, | and that if the contention of Judge Har- | rison was correct asked how it was that | he appeared for company that didn't | exist. He contended that the right of | a company to a corporate existence | had not been sold as claimed by Judge | Harrison, and could not be sold. It was legislative right not to be distn- suished by the dissolution of the com pany and receivership proceedings The lawyers will submit briefs to Judge El- mer on Monday next.
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AT CHRIST CHURCH.

The musical programme for the twen- ty-ffth Sunday after Trinity, Novem- Der 19, at Christ church will be as fol- lows.
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AT CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER

Recessional 675.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
Notes About the County

Tuesday morning, last, we departed
for trip through portion of the
county and now make notes partially
of what came under our observation
At Vernon Springs we note that H. c,
Salisbury has his mill dam nearly re-
paired and in week more will have
the dam full of water and be using
that instead of his gasoline engine for
grinding, The new dam is Il very sub
stantial structure. and will resist the
ice pressure if that can be done.
L. G. Sovereign has added to his pos
session the Cushing farm of so acres
which makes him very desirable and
well shaped farm.
VIM. Cummins is opening up ii 10 of
new prairie to the pillow this spring.
Joe Haubrick has 240 acre farm To-
Gated in New Oregon and Paris town
ships, the town line road passing be-
tween the two tracts. Beside thirty
ing orchard he has a grape vineyard
large enough to produce two tons of
grapes year when it gets into full
bearing. Heis having Henry Scholze
build him one of the largest and best
farm houses in the county. 1t will be
two full stories in height and contains
IL large sized rooms now already for
plaStering.
A mile further on Joseph Daughcr=
ty has openend up a new farm with a
large new farm house and barns and
out buildings and has planted out an
orchard which is in fine condition, and
has not forgotten the shad and orna-
mental trees needed to adorn home.
The Sam lIerrick farm which was
opened up in 1851, now owned by Robt.
Thompson, and in those early days q
land mark on the prairics, though in
fine condition has not left Single
land mark of those early days.
After pleasant calls upon Mr.. HILL
Mrs. G. =. Rice and Frank McCarvillc,
we called at Mr.. John Harris the I'M
necessary small poX scare fostered by
our local board of health for the pur-
pose probably of getting vaccine pois-
on injected into all the people, to the
profit of the craft, the sensible little
wife related her personal experience
with the vile poison when young and
her earnest protest against its intro
.duction to her children.
The nearer we got to Elma the more
frightful were the stories of the prey
alence of small poX at Cresco, and we
find the same true of Harmony, MINI.
We hope their fear is not inspired by
business rivalry; desire to get trade
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The old Resimentnl glee.

How beautiful is the flag as 1t unfurls
it's spotless folds to the May breeze,
and how proudly It's bearer walks, head
Ing the long procession! But, listen,
what is that cheer which swells far
down the line, leaping spontaneously
from q thousand throats? It is a cheer
for another flag, which has been I'M
furled. See, 1t is soiled and torn and
faded; that dark stain is the life blood
of a. bearer; that hole marks the path Of
a bullet. Hats are lifted and eyes grow
dim with reverent tears as 1t passes, the
old regimental flag which has cheered
brave men to win and die The Decora-
ton day procession Is gay with rib
bons, flowers and wreaths, but none Of
them is as beautiful to us as that
soiled, faded, glorious flag.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
when Two veteran. Meet,

Did you ever see two old comrades
meet on Decoration day? What pleas
ure it is to watch them; to see the warm
handclasp given and returned; to note
how readily they fall into the old mar
tial step. Listen, and you will hear them
use the old nicknames, unheard for
years, repeat the stories told by the
camp fire and renew the old strategic
controversies, with all the old warmth
Watch them as the band strikes up the
familiar air, or some old regimental
hero drives by. From them the weight
OF years has dropped as q mantle; to-
day, they are boys again Marching
Through Georgia."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
Meaning of Decoration Day

OF all our yearly feasts, Decoration
day is perhaps the most distinctly ma
tional. The adjoining Of the soldiers
graves is but the outward manifestation
of feeling which is all the stronger In
that our national history Is so brief
one. The men who fell at Chickamauga
or Bull Run need not share their honors
with the well-nigh mythical heroes of a
thousand years ago. They, themselves,
have written, the sagas Of our own race,
in their life blood, and they will be
passed on to generations yet unborn.
Monuments have been raised in their
honor, but the story Of their deeds, as
told from son to sire, will outlast the
crumbling stones. Little did these he
roes dream Of all this, as they marched
out to do and die. They had no vision
of honors to be heaped upon them by
grateful people. With the simplicity
inherited from their pioneer fathers,
they marched out to meet the foe, all
unconscious of the heroism which is the
dearest heritage Of their descendants
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RUNS INTO A LANDSLIDE.
by Heavy Rains DisIodging
Huge Bank of Earth.

st. Paul, Mimi, May ga Wabasha
(Minn.) special to the Dispatch says:
A severe wind and rainstorm passed
over this place early in the day. The
heavy rain caused landslide near
Kings Cooley, obstructing the track.
The Milwaukee passenger train due
here at $3.50 a. m. ran into the landslide
and the engine, tender and baggage car
were thrown from the track. John
Anderson, the night man here at the
coal shed, was badly injured and it is
thought he cannot live. The engineer
received some bruises, but is not dam
gerously hurt. The wreck caused a
blockade and some of the trains went
over the Burlington from Trevino.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
that they could not obtain by legiti.

UliaO tley could not obtain by legiti-
mate means
Night found us at the hospitable
nome OF VIM. Owens where we ALWAYS.
in his estimable family, find cordial
welcome. Miss Foley one of Prof.
Perry's pupils is teacher in the school
and makes her home with them.
John Wacha has planted out large
orchard OF Russian trees this spring
AIDING. thereby to the same kinds
farm.
Mathew Stevenson has erected a
large farm house on his farm east of
0ng r, Maple Leaf Store and Creamery.
Inc Maple Leaf Creamery finds the
demand made upon it SO increased
that the building has been enlarged
greatly. Its weekly output is 80 tubs
and is increasing. G. w. Hatch is the
manager and has Mr.. Unger us an as
slstant. The butter made by them
commands the best price on the mar
ket at all times.
| Wesley Moses has erected large
farm house on his farm half a mile
south of Saratoga.
e. Erbe has bought the Oripe Bur-
esh farm, making large and desirable
|
his daughters to remain on the old
homestead.
The kakac Bros. have been compel
led to enlarge their store, adding one
third to its capacity, evidence that
the public appreciate them and is en-
larging their trade.
IIrs. p. w. Clark has bought the old
creamery building and has put in a full
line of agricultural implements of
which p. w. has the management.
Their business is good in all lines of
trade, and calls for an enlargement of
| their place of business. A fine line of
buggies, wagons, harvesters, plows,
drills, cultivators, ETC., are on sale by
them.
| The Saratoga creamery now operat-
ed by A. O. Elvidge, of Elkader, VIM.
Searles being the butter maker. The
output is 1900 pounds Il week, butwith
the improved conditions of feed is inn
proving.
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exclaimed, with joyful reverence, "t1le
good Lord will keep Theodore"
There they come, the battle-scarred
veterans. There were not so many of
the Shields post as on last Decoration
day and their steps weren't quite so
steady as year ago, but they had not
forgotten to keep step, had they?
Next came the provisional guards,
Ted's schoolfellows; and Ted was 21
to-day.
Abncr was 81 when he "cut his way
through" and won his honors and his
sword.
But the rest We're getting into line
now. The stars and stripes foated tri-
umphantly ahead and the same merry
martial music rang clear on the notes
of yankee Doodle" as they came.
Therewere the merry lassies in white,
carrying armfuls of flowers and keep
ing time with springing steps to fife
and drum. In between the guards and
their sweethearts came the juvenile
band; boys in knee-pants with curls of
childhood still on their brows.
They were preparing for harder
marches than this one, maybe; and
their music seemed the sweetest of all,
while the folds of the old flag floated
over them.
She turned and went in the house,
trying to hum my Country 'Tis of
Thee but gave it up at the end of the
second bar. Abner would have sung it
vigorously, but some way she wasn't
quite like Abner-the mother-heart was
in the way.
The sunshine flooded the dining
room. 1t must be nearly noon now, and
Lefty would be tired and hungry.
There are many hard battles fought and
won without bayonet or bloodshed, and
though women must weep" they come
off victorious in scores of hard-fought
battles when the world notes nothing.
And the carol of the songster and the
caress of the doves white wing We're
q talisman.
Lefty, coming in a half hour later,
dusty and weary, was cheered to see
Grandma Neville smiling.
ooh, you've had news from Ted; good
news?"
The question came in glad anticipa-
ton.
mo, child, I've had no news; but /
had an omen, and it means good It'd
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i In Two Chapters.
n A Decoration Day Story
81 BY MANDA L. CROKER.
NV THE next room lay the roses
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

INV THE next room lay the roses
AM and lilies with the sweet
I ~ "a scented heliotrope he loved
80 well; then there were the daisies,
the punsies and sweet alyssum us I'm
ishing flowers.
Over there on the wall, where the
streaming sunset light FURNISHED the
hilt, hung his sword, with which he cut
his way through in that deadly charge
at the awful battle of Shiloh.
Yes, there it was, where Abner was
wounded, and he, so handsome and
strong when he marched blithely away
to the sound of the merry martial music,
came home cripple.
But she would always remember how
proudly he looked up to the stars and
stripes and touched the shining shoul.
der straps when, with sorrowful ex-
clamation, she took hold of his empty
sleeve. And somehow she caught the
patriotic fire, and was prouder of he1
one-armed soldier husband than she
had ever been of the able-boded Abner
He had lived to celebrate several Dec
Grafton days, and how much he made o,
them.
Since he had gone to rest in an
honored grave she had always tried
to do the same for his sake. To-day she
had double incentive for being pa
triotic.
Mrs. Neville counted her life as in two
chapters, and felt that the whole story
pulsed to the sound of fife and drum.
We have touched on the first chap
ter, which reached its blaze of triumph
April Z, 1862.
But after the setting light had beau.
titled the sword Of sixty-two, 1t fell in
golden halo on boyish, yet manly, face
beyond.
And the blending folds of the Amer
lean and Cuban colors just above the
picture marked the second chapter
which to-day was in the hands of time
and circumstance, and was coming out
in story form as fast as they could 'set
1t up"
She was thinking of this SO deeply
that she had entirely forgotten the girl
at her side.
The silver hair and careelined brow OF
the one, and the sweet, dimpled face OF
the other told that lifetime lay be-
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ings." Lefty listened to the incident of
the birds and the song with questioning
heart.
Did such things mean anything, and
did grandma know2
She hoped there was no mistake In
any of it.
"You put the flowers on your grand
fathers grave and watered them well,
Letty?"
yes; and Mrs. Jensen said that in
ratio as the flowers were fragrant the
memories were sweet and patriotism
true. wonder how Mrs. Jensen knows,
grandma? She has no soldier dead"
Grandma answered evasively, and
Lefty was left in doubt still.
Lefty" said grandma, presently, II
shall lay the table for four to-day. Abb
ner's plate opposite mine, as in years
agone, and Ted's and yours on either
hand, as hitherto. 1t will be one of the
memories Mrs. Jensen spoke Of"
AT eventide Vine cottage ut the end
of the white street received letter
from Tampa. "Going on to Cuba to in
terriew the Spaniards," he wrote.
Farther and farther away" grand
ma said, and her lips quiyered little
as she laid down her glasses. But she
went over to the table, and, gathering
up the flowers left over, made q pretty,
fragrant wreath and pinned 1t to the
American and Cuban colors, Just above
the bright, boyish face on the wall.
cit IS because am proud of him." she
said.
a month and two days went by,
cirnling over the white street in Somer-
set with all the conflicting news of the
Spanish American war.
Then came the battle of San Juan,
The wires flashed the news into Som
erset the morning after the fight.
Theodore's regiment was in that en-
gagement. Grandma Neville went out
on the long, low porch and sat where
the trumpet vine Swallowed her silvered
head from the July heat, but she did
not cry, as Lefty did Serenely quiet
she sat looking down the white street
down which Theodore had marched in
April.
"That song in the vines meant pro-
motion for the boy. and maybe this bat
lie is the time for winning it; who
knows% And the dear old lady bridled
her silvered head proudly.
Later came advices through the
press; the newsboys cried it all down
the white street that Theodore Neville
had been promoted to the rank of lieu
tenant for his daring and bravery; land
he didn't get scratch" shouted the
newsboys, triumphantly.
And Lefty went out among the doves
and wondered which one made itself so
famous on Decoration day.
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wounded, but they were carried away
by their comrades. The Americans cap.
tured six prisoners.
SYSTEMATIC BENEF1cENcE.
Subject Occupies the Attention OF
Baptlsts at San Francisco-A
Trip Around the Bay.

San Francisco, May 29.-The Bap-
fist anniversaries held only brief ses-
sion Saturday, meeting for but one hour
before noon. The commission on sys-
tematic beneficence had the right of
way, the report of the secretary being
the order of the day. This was fol-
lowed by a general discussion of the
topic, participated in by number of
delegates, who made pertinent and
practical suggestions regarding the
science of giving. The scheme of
systematic paying was warmly COM
mended.
AT noon the delegates were taken
around the bay in the steamer Ukiah,
visiting the various military posts and
other points of interest in the harbor
and cruising short distance outside
the heads.
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An Exception to the Rule.

Thirty-four years ago the last battle
of the civil war was fought. Since then
many battlefield has been titled by
the husbandmen; the tree which was
then but sapling lifts high Its head,
and our flag has won fresh victories
oven seas. Soldiers homes have been
erected in token of our gratitude, PEN
sions have been freely granted, mon
uments have arisen, homes for soldiers
orphans have been founded, and Dec
Grafton day is kept all over our broad
land. Let US be thankful that we have
not waited until our soldiers died in
poverty and neglect, to honor them.
Republics are proverbially upgrateful,
but the American people have proved
themselves here the exception to the
,,t1a
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tween them, notwithstanding their
nearness to each other.
They could hear the training on the
green, although neither cared to hear
just then. Their eyes met. "To-mor-
row is his birthday, too, and he has
never been away from home on his
birthday before"
'But we can think of him, Lefty, and,
of course, he will remember US, of all
days, tomorrow"
"War is something dreadful, isn't it,
grandma?" the girl whispered across
the grandmaternal knee, in fright
ened way.
Dreadful things come out of war,
and grand things. too, Lefty. 1t brings
out the bravery and nobility of man
kind, and unfolds the love of country
but the greatest heart breaks of earth
are the heartbreaks of strife. Have you
been to the office this evening, ehild?"
eyes, but there was nothing"
"Well, we will hear tomorrow, may
be. You must be ready early, Lefty, to
carry the flowers. cannot do 1t this
year, of all years. I am not brave
enough; the martial music will hurt me
so, child; 1t always does on Decoration
day. But l am loyal to the dear old
flag, and true to your grandfather's
memory, and to your brothers loyalty.
I would not have you think l am dis
loyal, Lefty"
II understand, grandma" And the
girl went softly out on the porch TO
cry all by herself, with no one to see
but the sleepy wrens clinging TO the
old trumpet creeper along the caves.
81 don't see." she began, 81 don't see
what Ted wanted to go away from
grandma for. She has kept us and
loved us ever since mamma died years
ago. And what if he should not get
well? There'll be just US two in Vine
cottage, o. dear!"
But inside the door sat grandma,
knowing why. Of course, Lefty was a
child; she didn't know. Over 80 years
ago Abner had marched away in the
prime of his life and manhood's
strength, and she was left with the chill
dren at her knee, to be loyal Shy the
stuff" and she knew why; and she
knew how. too.
The clear, martial music sounded on
the church square, and the people were
gathering from every direction. per-
feet sea of flags surging in from given
point announced the coming of the
schools, and the different orders"
The lovely wreath had been made,
watered with her tears and sanctifed
by prayer for her grandson in south
ern camp.
And Lefty had gone with it,
trying hard all the while to be pa
triotic enough to keep back her tears.
Grandma Neville stood looking proudly,
yet wistfully, the way she went.
And the boy? Yes, Theodore had
marched away down the square street
to the same national abr that Abner, his
grandfather, did Would History re-
peat itself?" Would Ted come home
with honors, even though it cost sac
rifice?
A great fear choked her. She put out
her thin hands deprecatingly to some
unseen presence, and went out into the
sweet May weather. She went and
stood where she might see the crowds
go by. A white dove from the cote
came and perched on her shoulder
while songster in the old trumpet vine
caroled forth a melody triumphant
and pure as Heaven.
That mesas peace and yictoryi" she
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Favors Insurance Companies.

Little Rock, Ark, May 20.-The SUI
preme court of Arkansas has handed
down an opinion in the celebrated anti
trust suits against the insurance COM
panies by the attorney general of the
state in the Pulaski circuit court. Cir.
cult Judge Martin in a recent decision
sustained the demurrer interposed by
the insurance companies, whereupon an
appeal was taken to the supreme court.
The supreme court by its opinion Sat-
urday sustains the decision of the low.
err court. Many insurance companies
have reopened their offices for business.
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No Honor Is TOO High.

Decoration day will find new graves
this year; perhaps even here and there
a long, low mound upon which the
grass has not yet had time to grow.
You can cover them with flags and
flowers, that is all. But to the living
veteran you can give the honor and ten
derness which make glad hiS declin-
Ing years, remembering not only for
one day in the year that he, too, gave
his best Of youth and strength to make
ours "a union strong and great"