Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-27
FROM OUR EXCHANGES


urday night during the thunder storm
He was driving into DEBORAH near the
south pumping station when one of
the animals came in contact with a
down telephone wire, supposed to be
of the Iowa system, just as the line
was struck somewhere by a flash of
lightning.-Decorah Journal.
Prof. L. B. Parsons, principal of the
DEBORAH high school, has accepted the
SUPPLEMENTARY of the Sibley, Iowa,
schools. .... One of the sufferers from
the high water at DEBORAH Tuesday
night, was Geo. Schamel, a son-in-lnw
OF VIM. Kratz. Part of his house was
carried away and some of his house
hold goods destroyed. Mr.. Schamel
was married only two months ago to
Miss Sarah Kratz.-Ridge,cay Revie,o.
Mrs. Kennedy, of Albert Lea, Mimi,
arrived Monday evening for a short
visit with her daughter, Mrs. S. Fravel
Mrs. J. W. Conway is enjoying a
visit from her brother, John Byrnes,
of Cresco. -. Miss Thompson has re-
signed her position as teacher in the
school and has accepted a position in
the High school at :Lu Verne, Mimi,
at a considerable increase Of salary
1853. Miss Thompson and the 9th
grade were out botanizing last Friday
afternoon. Northern Io,oa Democrat.
One of the 4th district congressmen's
constituents sends him the following
modest request: II appreciate your
good will in sending the seeds, but my
eldest daughter, Ma tilda, is going to
marry the DOCTOR down to the village
next month, and wife and l think of
going there to live. II we do the seeds
WON'T be much good, as we shan't have
a garden, so II you could change them
for some stockings No. 8, and some
handkerchief or nice spring bonnet
for Matilda, would be much obliged. :"
Mason City Times Herald.
The Upper Iowa conference OF the
Methodist church will be held at
Marshalltown Sept. II, Bishop Hamil-
ton lpresiding. This is about two
weeks earlier than the conference
generally meets. -. The North Iowa
Veteran Association will hold its next
regular meeting at Riceville, Iowa,
Juue 10. A grand time is to be ex-
pected and alarge crowd will assem-
BILE to enjoy the program for the two
days session, The people Of Ricevillc
will give the boys royal welcome and
ntertainment.-D eco1ah Public Opinion
Mrs. Ed. Wentworth of Cresco, has
been visiting relatives here for few
weeks. -. WIN. Lcmke died at his
home near Saratoga, May 18th, at the
age of Sc years. The funeral was held
Monday at The Baptist church con-
Quoted by Ills pastor, assisted by Rev.
Packard, interment at Riverside GEM
etery. -. The Northern Iowa Tele-
phone Co. are at work putting in a
farmers lire from Riceyille to McIn-
tire by wayof Round Grove, Sumpter's
and Warburton's. They are also at
work on the Loftice line running from
here to near New Haven. A line from
here to Elna is also under construc-
tion.-Riceilk Recorder.
Oscar Ames and crew are busy,
moving tleir material back fIom
Lourdes, their labors there having
been cut short through the high winds
of Saturday night having finished the
work theyhad begun, that of moving
the old Catholic church building to
its new location. They had left it as
they thouiht, proof against any disas-
ter, but tile winds caught it, picked
1T up and, turning 1t half way around,
set it down so suddenly that it was
entirely wrecked. Other buildings
and uumeous windmills in that local
ity sufferd more or less from the
winds fuy thatnight.-New HAMPTON
Tribune.
Last Sunday while crowd of boys
were staT1ing on the banks Of the
Little Wpsie, the bank gave way let
ting littl six-year old frankie BOIL
into the water. The current RAPIDLY
took the.ittle fellow down stream,
where htfinally grasped a branch Of a
tree tha1hung in the water. Here
the nerv little fellow chung for dear
life. w are told that several people
came alog the road but dare not van
ture To Tscue the boy. He hung to
the treelntil boy drove to town and
got JohrSoukup who rescued the boy
after heaad chung to his perilous po-
sition tr twenty minutes. Elana
Vidette,
Two ayward girls, one living at
Mason City and the other at Charles
City beanie so enamored of male
member of a theatrical'company that
tn, y lef their homes and followed the
compan to New Hampton where the
mother,f the younger girl arrived and
took he daughter home. 1t is more
than passing strange that respectable
we'll bright up young ladies will SO
far ,foret their good bringing up and
a woma''s innate modesty and ruin
their wral reputatios by following
brief mle acquaintance. But real
ly intelligent and modest girl will not