Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-05-23

c. n. Miller is confined to his bed
as the result of fall from a step
ladder while at work painting, last
week, at the residence of A. r.
Kellogg.
Annual Meeting of the New Oregon
Cemetery Association, Thursday, May
25, 1905, at 10 a. m.
BY order Of the Board.
N. s. DURa1N, Secy.
The annual graduating exercises OF
the Cresco High school will be held
Friday, June End. w. 1. Crane,
Superintendent Of schools, from Mar
shalltown, Iowa, will deliver the ad-
dress.
l can furnish eggs for Matching
from my Cresco and Austin prize
winning Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Enquire of w. E. SCHoLz at Clemmer's
drug store or call OK 307a, N. l..
'Phone.
Cleanse your system Of all impuri-
ties this month. Now is the time to
take HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea.
1t will keep you we'll all summer. IS
cents. Tea or Tablets. Sold by DR..
Connolly.
We have received the first copy OF
the Cunningham, Washington, Ca
zette, new paper started in that
town by A. j. Harder and B. R.Hickie
who recently moved to that state
from Cresco.
Don't let the children suffer. II
they are fretful, peevish and cross,
give them HOLSTERS Rocky Moutain
Tea. The best baby tonic known.
Strength and health follow It's use.
IS cents. Sold by DR.. Connolly.
Mrs. Emma Marshall is visiting her
children in Howard Center township,
coming up from Algonquin, Illinois,
last week. Her son Will Marshall
recently sustained serious Injury,
eaving an arm badly crushed in q
stone crusher about which he was at
work.
Will Farrell was laying up a chin
ney, yesterday, when the scaffolding
broke and he fell to the ground and
was struck on the head by several
brick that followed him In the fall.
His head was badly cut by the brick,
necessitating the taking OF several
stitches in his scalp.
The Secretary of the Howard and
Winneshiek Union Mutual Insurance
Association has issued notice of the
annual meeting of the association to
be held in Woodman Hall, Cresco,
Tuesday, June 9th, at 10 .. m. Three
directors will be elected snd the b1si-
ness for the year will be transacted.
Remember the breach Of promise
case Of Morton VS.. Burgess, to be
tried at the Congregational Church,
Thursday evening, June 1st. This is
q law suit to be conducted by the
men of the church; thirty-five men
have been assigned parts, and have
agreed to give a realistic representa-
tion Of an actual trial in the state
courts.
Assessor Frank Blandin was In Cres-
co last Thursday and Friday report
ing on the recent census taken OF
Riceville. The figures show popula.
tion OF 835, 492 of which are in Mitch.
| ell and 343 in Howard county. 1t may
be interesting to note that while
| three-fourths Of the towns in Iowa
are showing decrease Ia population,
RiGeville shows substantial increase
Riceville Recorder.
! The "Big Five" Teachers Associa.
tion meeting held last Friday and
Saturday, was the most lagely attend.
ed meeting in the history OF the as.
sociation, and for time Friday after.
noon it seemed almost impossible to
provide lodging for all of them, as
preparations had not been made en-
tertaining so large a crowd. We ex.
pect in our next issue to give the SEQ
retary's report, together With notes
) on the meeting by two Of the county
prominent educators. =
4 AS the result OF an assault by two
brothers named Enright, Fred Leon
hart. living near Bluftton, was badly
beaten and bruised and for time II
was feared his injurieis were yer!
serious. The Enrights had been re
leased from jail on promise to &
home and they asked for ride yisl
Leonhart and another parry. Whel
near 3. d. Burma place they knocked
him out of the buggy and beat him
: but he got away from them and wen
! into Burrs where he staid about al
hour when he started afoot for home
carrying q club toy ptoteetion, ant
was again set upon and beaten witt
, the club which was taken from him,
Rev. W. g. Stlke and Il. Glendel
Of la Grande, Oregon, have bee'
spending few days in LIE Roy. MI
Silke is interested IN the building Q
Q new town in the Canadian north
west ). LIE Roy will celebrate the ri
union OF the Old Settlers In June. /
IL an event In which all the citizen
Of LIE Roy, Chester and Bpr-apndin
IS country always takss . great interes