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mrnrn pFRd STOESSEL FIRM IN HIS CONFIDENCE IN

SAVING POPvT ARTHUR.

HIS MESSAGE TO THE CZAR

AN AWFUL BLAST ' KILLS MANY MEN

EXPLOSION SOUTH

IN GAS PLANT CHICAGO, ILL.

AT

MEN CAUGHT IN DEATH TRAP

Declares He Can Hold Out Until Baltic Fleet Arrives in March if Sup-

plied with Munitions and Other Supplies.

St. Petersburg, Ncrv. 19.—Gen. Stoes-sel has telegraphed to Emperor Nich­olas that Port Arthur can hold out several months.

London, Nov. 19.—The Daily Mail's St. Petersburg correspondent says that Lieut. Gen. Stoessel's report ex­presses a firm conviction that he will be able to hold out at Port Arthur until the Baltic squadron arrives in March, on the condition that he is supplied with munitions and stores. The government, the correspondent addB, has instructed its agents abroad to supply Lieut. Gen. Stoessel's re­quirements at any cost.

Russian Arsenal Blown Up. Tokio, Nov. 19.—A telegram from

Moji reports the destruction of another Russian arsenal and magazine at Port Arthur. The Japanese discovered, it is said, the location of the arsenal and centered their artillery fire upon it. After dropping 200 shells in the locality i

• they succeeded in blowing it up. The Japanese are widening their saps

: ' and are using them to move their guns : forward. The Russians continue their

.-^ .spirited sorties, using hand grenades ?w?.in their attacks upon the Japs. ks'Jsw Jap Troops in Korea.

Possiet Bay, Siberia, Nov. 19.—Ac-; cording to estimates made here ex-A •••: elusive of the garrison of their Yalu tii'- river positions, the Japanese have 25,-

000 men in Korea, including 600 at Gensan, 2,300 at Hamheung and de­tachments at Hamkyong whence scout­ing parties go so far as Poukchen. The discontent of the Koreans is increasing. Cases of armed resistance to the Jap­anese are reported.

Japanese Repulsed. St. Petersburg, Nov. 19.—A dispatch

from Lient. Gen. Sakharoff dated Fri­day says that during the night the Jap­anese attacked the Russian position in front of Poutiloff Hill, but were re­pulsed.

Bight Bodies Are Recovered—Ten or More Kissing and Probably

Dead—Cause of the Disaster.

BLACK MAY ENTER THE NEW CABINET

FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK SLATED FOR A PLACE.

MAY BE ATTORNEY GENERAL

His Friends, However, Intimate That He May Not Accept the

, . Position for Various ; tsf'' Reasons.

Mr -

DEATH OF FORMER JUDGE.

Thomas A. Moran, of Chicago, Suc-cumbs to Heart Disease In

iNf- \ ; New York City. ^

New York, Nov. 19.—Ex-Judge Thom­as A. Moran, of Chicago, died suddenly Friday at the Waldorf-Astoria in this ' city. He was 64 years of age. Judge j Moran's death was due to heart disease. He had arrived here from Chicago Thursday on business and retired Thursday night apparently in good health. During the night he was taken suddenly ill, and was dead before a physician, who was summoned, reaohed his room.

Judge Moran resigned from the bench in 1892, having previously served on the lireuit court, Cook county, and in the appellate court 12 years. After retire­ment from the bench he entered thq practice of law at the -head of the firm of Moran, Kraus, Mayer & Stein. He was born at Bridgeport, Conn., October 17, 1839, was a graduate of the Albany (N.Y.) law school of the class of 1866, and was aftei'wards given a degree of LL. D. by several prominent colleges.

SLAIN FROM AMBUSH.

Mi'"

Unknown Assassins Kill Man and Woman and Wound Another

•••;• in Kentucky.

m-Williamsburg, Ky., Nov.

Curd and Emma Durham 19.—George have beeq

killed and Thomas Curd fatally wound-** "ed near Cumberland Falls. Th# Curd

brothers owned a large tract of land, -. and had had trouble with squatters.

Aa they were passing the cabin where 1 the Durham woman lived they were

- flred upon. Thomas crawled two miles to his home, and George was dead when

|fW found. The Durham woman was prob-ably killed and burned to cover identity,

v :x The shooting occurred from her house.

THREE DROWNED.

Hotel Keeper and Two Quests Lose I Their Lives on Tenderfoot

Lake in Wisconsin.

Eagle Blver, Wis., Nov. 19.—Horace Bent, a summer hotel keeper, Fred­erick Anderson and an unknown east­ern tourist, a guest of Bent's, were drowned in an attempt to cross Ten­derfoot lake in a canoe through a heavy sea. Bent was a splendid swimmer and could easily have saved himself, but It is thought he lost his

' life in an effort to help his guests. The bodies have not been recovered.

Chicago, Nov. 19.—With a crash like a mighty bombardment a number of tanks under tremendous pressure from charges of acetylene gas exploded in the plant of the Chicago acetylene gas branch of the Pyle National Erectric Headlight company at South Chicago Friday, spreading death and destruc­tion. Forty men were at work close by when the blast came. Many of them were picked up crushed and mangled at long distances from the scene of the ex­plosion, where they had been blown by Its force.

The intense heat, coupled with the momentary danger of a second ex­plosion, that would make the first ap­pear insignificant, for hours prevented the fire and police officials from learn­ing the extent of the havoc to life and limb concealed by the clouds of smoke that poured from the veritable inferno produced by the explosion.

Eight bodies were taken out by noon and it was said that at least ten more bodies were in the ruins. A number of others were missing.

Scene of Disaster. The scene of the explosion is the old.

Hyde Park gas plant that passed into the hands of the combine with the con­solidation of the gas Interests. Three immense steel tanks with a capacity of millions of feet of gas towering above a row of low, scattering buildings are the characteristic features of the plant familiar to thousands of South side suburbanites. Fear that the flames would communicate to the three big tanks caused familes for blocks around to desert their homes in panic-stricken swarms, apprehensive of an­nihilation, while the bursting of com­paratively email tanks shook the ground and destroyed property blocks distant and showered flecks of asbestos and debris over districts more than a mile distant.

Cause of Explosion. Through lease the big plant is occii>

pled by the acetylene concern which is largely engaged in supplying illumina­tion tor railroad coaches. The highly explosive llluminant Is forced into •mall retorts ten or twelve feet long and less than two in diameter, which when attached under the floor of a car wilt supply it for months. In order to make that possible the retorts are charged to the extreme of 150 atmos­pheres or a pressure of 2,250 pounds to the square inch.

It was such a tank that caused the first explosion, spreading death and destruction on every side. Without warning of any kind it burst with a blinding flash and a roar that shook th« earth and seemed to lift the building from its foundations. Amid a perfect hurricane of debris workmen were blown out of the structure, far Into the street or into the extensive yard about the building. Before anyone realized what had happened retort after retort exploded in 'vuch rapid succession that it was impossible to distinguish the detonations. There were 19 suoh re­torts in the building.

Buildings Torn Apart. The main structure of the gas plant

and the lesser buildings were torn apart and the material entering their con­struction was thrown high in the all and scattered in every direction. The Impact was so great that not a house tor blocks escaped damage. Borne will never be habitable again.

Story of a Survivor. **I was in the building working when

the first explosion occurred," said C. W. Grant, one of the injured. "1 believe one of the tanks in the row east of us blew up. The ground trembled and seemed to heave upward when sudden­ly there was a rip and a roar and I don't remember what occurred after that un­til I came to in the street about 100 feet away. I know there were about 40 men in the plaoe and 1 don't believe many of them escaped. After I left the build­ing it almost oompletely collapsed. It was horrible."

Carelessness on the part of an em­ploye searching for a leak Is attributed by Superintendent Wells as the cause. "All I <fan see," said the superintendent, "is that one of the men went into the storage rooms, where the gas tanks which are charged have been stored, with a lighted torch. Of courae, a leak in one tank would cause an explosion and the employe would be killed/'

New York, Nov. 19.—The World says: "Former Gov. Frank S. Black, who re­turned to New York last night from his home in Troy, has been tendered an ol-fer of the attorney generalship in Pres­ident Roosevelt's cabinet for the term beginning March 4, 1905. While Presi­dent Roosevelt has not formally invited Mr. Black to become a member of his official family, the tender of the attor­ney generalship has been made in a

THANKSGIVING ENTERTAINMENT.

Program of the W. 0. L. C. 1. A'j. Annual Benefit, Nov. 24, '04.

PART I.

Double Quartette: Selections from "Princess Bonnie" Spencer

Misses Webster, Hammond, licet, Mrs. O'Malley, and Messrs. Hattor,

Burgess, Patterson aud Brown.,

Son? and Chorus: "Toyland1' trom "Babes In Toylttnd"

The Misses Kuth Whfelcr, Helen Boyer, Grace Hoy and Edna Wanless.

Soloist: Miss Florence Wheeler. Violin Solo: ''Poet and Peasant" Supi e

Miss Ruth Connolly. Duet: "A Lay of China Land" Mlllrr

"Oo Long" and "LI." Contralto Solo: "Oh That We Two Were

Maying" Nevin Misa Green.

J'AltT II.

Sjntr and Chorus, with Drill: "The Willow Pattern Plate Sti art

Ten .Japani-se Girls. Roadlng: "A Village singer"...Mary E. Wllklns

Miss .Jones,

Spanish Dance Irene Riley aud Alible Mnllunapliy.

Soprano 8)lo: "A Soug of Thanksgiv­ing" Allitson

Miss Hammond. Sextette Irom "Lucia, Bride o£ Litnimer-

inoor" Donizetti Miss Webster, Mrs. n'Molley,

Messrs. Patterson, Burgess and Hatter. Mrs. Clyde Mitchell, Accompanlest. .

PRANK S. BLACK. Who May Be Attorney General.

way that carries with it the assurance of the president tha-t he would like to have New York's former governor in hU cabinet of younger men -which Roosevelt 1b understood to want as hi* associates during the new administra­tion.

"It Is the view of ex-Gov. Black's friends, both in New York and Albany, that he will not accept the attorney generalship, because it would mean sac­rificing a law practice which, it is said, nets him nearly $100,000 a year, and which his friends say he could retain if he should be elected to the United States senate. For this reason, the ex-governor's friends assert, he would pre­fer to talce the senatorship.

Crcsco High School team defeated the Decorah team last Friday by the handsome score of 47 to 4, and banded them a few extra jolts for good measure. Decorah "sports" came up wltti the team all prepared to take the town and on the road made their boasts that they would put Davis and Herdman out of the same in short order, but Cresco was prepared for ibem and a blow or a kick from a De­corah man at once got its punishment, and Decorah's gang of bullies went home a thoroughly wbipped and cowed lot. No doubt the Decorah papers will all have a long and loud bowl, but the fact is Decorah came up to "slug" the Cresco boys but the tables were turned. ?

A WAY THEY HAVE.

What ibis Cresco citizen savt only corroborates th« story

of thousands. The particulars related by this r i

resentative citizen of Cresco are siiu< lar to hundreds of others in this city When there are scores of people all anxious to tell about the benefit re celved from the use of Doan's Kidney Pills the greatest skeptic in Cresco must be coDviDced. Head the follo­wing:

John E. Peck, produce dealer of Peck St., says: "I am more than satin-Red with the results obtained from the use of Doan's Kidney Pills and recom­mend them as a preparation of more than ordinary merit. For some years I had attacks of kidney complaint de­spite the fact that I used remedy hfu-i-remedy. When in the acute sta<ff; sometimes the pain across my back was almost unendurable, rendering it impossible to lift anything or to stoop without suffering excruciating agony. Even when the severe pain was not in evidence a lameness and soreuess across the small of my back was often pronounced every evening and accom­panying the backache trouble with the kidney secretions existed. Read­ing about Doan's Kidney Pills induced me to go to the Shuttleworth Drug Co's store for a box. Gradually they lessened the pain attending that attack until it disappeared. This prepara­tion acts directly upon the kidneys. You can tell that from the change in the condition of the kidney's secretions W hen they become normal the back' ache ceases."

For sale by all dealers. Price 50c. Foster-Mi lb urn Co., Buffalo, N. T sole agents for the U. S.

Remember the name Doan's and take no substitute

Sent to PriBon. Kansas Olty, Mo., Nov. 19.—John A.

Fagg, the former clerk in the registry division of the post office at the Union depot in this city, found guilty of stealing a package containing $8,000, was sentenced to four years at hard labor in the state pentitentlary.

Warning! ;• , The undersigned warns all parties

not to hunt or trespass on his farm, under penalty of law.

I. K. RICHARDSON.

For Sale! Pure bred Duroc Jersey Swine:

brood sows, old or young, choice young boars ready for service.

UPTON BROS.. Cresco, la.

For Sale. I will sell my business and fixtures

at a bargain. Best location in city. Don't miss this chance.

ROBT. PHELAN.

Forest Fire in Illinois. * Peoria, 111., Nov. 19.—The forest fire t raging in the Illinois bottoms, seven p miles north of this city, has now.devas-

tated seven square miles of territory, f The countryside is filled with small

game driven from their lairs by the flames. Hundreds of farmers have been attracted to the scene and are lighting the flames. Few farm build­ings have been destroyed.

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The Vote in Colorado. Denver, Col., Nov. 19.—The o:

count of the vote in all counties except Denver, Pueblo and Arapahoe, with the unofficial figures from these, shows that Gov. James H. Peabody ran over 40,000 votes behind President Roosevelt. Roosevelt's plurality is 31,419, and Ad­ams' majority over Peabody 10,106. All candidates on the republican state ticket except Peabody were elected by plural­ities ranging from 3,000 upward.

gy Bank May Be Raised. Paris, Nov. 19.—A dispatch to the

Temps from Constantinople says that negotiations have been resumed for raising the American legation to the rank of an embassy.

' Died in Prison. Macon, Ga., Nov. 19.—Taylor Delk, a

whit* convict sent up for life as a re­mit of one of the most famous murder trials In the state, is dead at the state prison farm at Millegdeville. His death, occurred while the board of pardons was considering his application for a pardon.

Snow in Montana. Butte, Mont., Nov. 18.—The first snow

storm of the season occurred here Fri­day. There was an inch at Woodville. It is snowing heavily in the mountains.

Calls for Bank Loans. Washington, Nov. 19.—Becretary

Shaw has announced a call upon nation­al banks holding government deposits to the amount of 25 per cent, of their holdings, ten per cent, to be paid on or before January 16 next and 15 per cent on or before March 16 next. This, the secretary estimates, will bring into the treasury about 126,000,000.

Bodily pain loses its terror if you've a bottle of Dr. Thomas' Eclectrlc Ol! in the house. Inst'tnt relief in oases of burns, cuts, sprains, accidents ol aoy sort.

"Neglected colds make fat grave yards." Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup helps men and women to a hap py, vlgerous old age.

For Sale or Rent! { A good 6 room cottage on Berg's

Addition; good well, good cellar aud oiattfh. Appl* to *obti Btrtwiittoi

^ -v.1*1'.•

Poland Chinas. The largest and best line of heavy

boned Poland Chinas I have ever raised, both males and females, ifor sale. ' ; W. J. WEBSTER.

Notice! To R. N. of A. members—There

will be no regular meeting, Nov. 24, 1904. By order of Oracle.

Women love a clear, healthy com­plexion. Pure blood makeB it. Bur­dock Blood Bitters make pure blood.

Home-made Bread

makes American men the tallest and strongest in the world—and no wonder. The most and best of it is baked by their wives and mothers, and raised with the cele­brated Yeast Foam. Such bread is light, sweet, nour­

ishing and productive of men of size and

strength.

MARK

is a compound of the finest malt, hops and

corn, made in the cleanest and best-equipped factory in the country. It's always fresh and ready for use. Try it for griddle cakes, buck­wheat cakes, or anything where yeast is used.

The secret is in the yeast. Put up in a neat package

containing seven cakes-enough to make 40 loaves of bread—for 5c. Sold by all grocers. Send for book, "How to Make Bread," free.

NORTHWESTERN YEAST CO,,

Real Estate Transfers. The followiug transfers were tiled

with the county recorder for the week ending Nov. 19, 1904. Wm. Volkman to Martin Volk

man e i se i sec 24-100-11 $ Frank Novak and wife to James

Newbauer n } ne i sec 19-98-12 Sarah A. DeCamp to M. B. Doo-

lHtle, lots 14, 15, and 16, blk 5, In Cresco

R C. Hall and wife to John Johnson, e i lot 15 in 19. ...

F. A. Huber and wife to John M e y e r , u n d h a l f i n t i n n f w } e i sw i and n > w i sw i sec 23-98-11

4800

4000

1800

20

2000

CRESCO MARKET-(Corrected twice a week.)

Wheat 80@85 Oats 22(^24 Shelled Com 25(i$35 Timothy seed per cwt. 1.90@ Barley 28@36 Flaxseed .100@ Clover seed per cwt 8.00@11.00 Live hogs 4.00@4 25 Beef on foot 2@4 Steers 2i@3 Creamery butter per lb 15(220 Cream per quart 18 @ Milk per cwt 64 Eggs per doz 18 Potatoes 25@

James ^.Sovereign is Dying at Wallace, " ^ Idaho.

Wallace, Idaho, Nov. 19.—James R. Sovereign, former master workman of the Knights of Labor when that or­ganization was a power in labor cir­cles, Is dving at bis home here of hem? orrage of the brain. Bis condition is considered hopeless. He wq,s suddenly stricken. Sovereign came here but a few days ago to assume control of the Idaho State Tribune, an organ of the Western Federation of Miners

MARRIED. AURINGER—SMART — In Jamestown

Twp„ Nov. 15, 1904, by Rev. F. H, Linn, Mr. Arthur F. Auringer, of

. Becker, Minn., and Miss Euphemia Smart of Riceville,

BIGALK-^WALTERS—At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Walters, in Albion Twp., Nov. 15,1904, by Rev. J. W. Weln-ands, Mr. Albert Blgalk and Miss Olga Walters.

The Le Roy Independent publishes a lengthy obituary of IsaaoH. Thomp­son who died at bis home in the old Town Sunday morning, Nov, 13, aged 13 years. He lost bis wife six years ago, Mr. Thompson bad been a resi­dent of Le Roy since 1870. His daugh­ter Mrs. Wm. Theophllusof Daven­port had been with him several weeks prior to bis death and was the only relative, but not the only mourner at the funeral.

A Good Cause and a Very Fine Entertainment.

The ladies having the lecture course in charge are to be congratulated on tbe success, both in the musical feature they were so fortunate in securing and also in the large audience that greeted the Ernest Gamble Com pany on Friday evening last, which was the first number of the course. As the object of securing this course of lectures and musical . entertain­ments is to further the cause of public library in our city, those who have hesitated in securing season tickets should secure them at once aa in BO doing it is not only promoting a worthy cause but an entertainment such as was tbe Gamble Concert Co. tends to tbe elevation of each life and a desire for the beautiful.

As tbe nature of the entertainment given by the Gamble Company was musical, the evening was spent in listening to solos, both vocal and instrumental, which in the opinion of the writer were faultlessly rendered Mr. Gamble is the possessor of a love< ly bass voice which he handles to tbe admiration of his auditors, and in the rendition of "The Bandolero" and similar tastily selected solos he won the applause of the audience. Miss Verna Page is a beautiful lady and In tbe rendition of her several violin solos quite captivated her audience in the graceful, easy manner in which she performed her respective numbers of the program which were of medium difficulty. Mr. Shonert is a very fine pianist and handled tbe difficult solos that he rendered with ease, bis touch as before described, being light as feather and at times as heavy thunder. His work in aGCompani' ments was exceptionally fine.

Special Notice. We wish to call your attention to

the Stove we are glvine away, one ticket with every 25 cent purchase. Remember that the issue of tickets closes Nov. 19th and drawing takes place the 26th at 2 p. m. Holder of tickets will please take notice that they must be present at time of draw­ing or lose their chance.

CBESOO HARDWARE Co.

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Notice-Until further notice I will not be

in my Cresco office on Monday of each week, but will visit Lime Springs on that day and use the rooms formerly occupied by Dr. Hutchinson,

DB.E . H. ALLEN, 20 tf , Dentist.

~ A Card of Thanks. We wiBh to thank the many friends

aud neighbors who so kindly assisted us during tbe sickness and death of our loving husband and father.

Mas. A. J. EDDY OKWBMMf

Dad Tells You Right Now Crystal is a choice white flour, milled with the health part left in, Buy it, try it, $155 per sack. Don't be fooled the equal of Dad's good cheap flour never was sold in Cresco. Mixed feed i bran and i shorts by the car load $17.50, by the single ton $18.00,

Phone No. 103.

Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarhoea Remedy. This is tbe most successful medicine in tbe world for bowel complaints, and is the only rem­edy that will cure chronic diarrhoea. Every bottle is warranted. For sale Shuttleworth Drug Co, T

Eczema, scald head, hives, itchiness of tbe skin of any sort instantly re­lieved, permanently cured. Doau Ointment, At any drug store.

FLOUR IS CHEAPEI At our warehouse than at any other place in Cresco, Quality equal to any and often better.

Cyclone A Strictly Fa.ncy Hard Winter Wheat Flour. No better flour made. Per sack .$1.50

Washburn's Best The First Grade Fancy Patent, made by the lar­gest flour mill in the world. Per sack.... 1.60

PiJIsbury's Best You know what that name means. Per sack..,. 1.60

Baker Choice " This is made by a first class mill and it's the best baker's ever offered you at the price. Per 48 pound sack 85c You can pay 25 to 30 cts more for poorer flour.

N. GRAF & CO.

1890-1904-

S . F I S K Making Ophthalmic Examination of the Eyeball.,-J

Skill and True Merit Always Win. I have had phenominal success in Northeastern Iowa in the past eleven

years. I make regular visits every 60 days to<Oelwein, New Hampton, Greene, Rockford, Cresco, Decorah, Postville, Waukon, Lansing, McGregor, Elkader and am at home office in West Union every Saturday.

48TH REGULAR VISIT TO CRESCO He will be at the Strother House; >

Tuesday, Nov. 29th to Friday noon, Dec. 2d.

Spectacle lelises are ground In'so many combinations, that It Is a rare tblng to And two people who can wear tbe same glasses with absolute satisfaction. Few peraonB bave two eyes exactly alike. Each eye must be Otted separately and a glass ground to fit It, I have fitted 14000 pairs of glasses In 15 years. Among my many patients are hundreds who will tell you of the remark­able success I have had. You receive the benefit of my fifteen years' experlunce. Office hours 9 to 12 a. m„ and 1 to s p. m., at the Strother House. All work guaranteed.

No Agents Employed.

Some Early Howard County history As Gleaned from thr Cresco Plain Dealer of 18701

OCT. 28TH. Last week we briefly announced the

death of Frederick M. Baldwin. It seems that Mr. Baldwin with J. C. Smith and wife were returning from Waukon, whither they had been at­tending a grange meeting of the pat­rons of husbandry. This was on Wed­nesday evening, Oct. 19, at about 9 o'clock, when in turning a corner of the road upon sideling ground and in the extreme darkness of the night they got oft the track, when the horses, being rather spirited, started oft at a rapid gait upsetting the car­riage throwing Mr. and Mrs. Smith entirely over the fence and several feet into the field, while Mr. Baldwin clinging to the lines was drawn to the ground more rapidly and was thrown with such force against a strong board fence as to break through, Smith be­ing stunned and unconscious for near­ly an hour; Mrs. Smith so badly in­jured that consciousness was not re­stored until after she had been re­moved to a house nearby, and Mr. Baldwin expiring about the time help was procured.

Mr. Baldwin was born on the 2nd of August 1826 at the town of Ergomont, Berkshire county, Massachusetts. He leaves a wife and three children to morn his untimely end with a mother, father, sister and brother. In their deep affliction they have the sympathy of the hosts of friends of the deceased.

; NOVEMBEB 4. /; A summary of the trade in Cresco

in the several branohes of business aside from purchases of grain gave the total amount of goods sold $575, 500 for the year.

C. H. Webster was seriously injured last week at Granger by being thrown from a horse.

David O'Donnell was dangerously injured last week in being caught and wound up in tumbling rod to a thresh­ing machine he was oiling. X ^ :

NOVEMBER 11.

The cold, chilly winds of November have been playing lively airs about here the past few days.

Rev. Rldlington will deliver a series of sermons on "Future rewards and punishments" commencing next Sun day evening.

Married—At lhe Webster House on the 6th Inst, by the Rev. J. W. Wind-son, Mr. Mi H. Tinker and Miss Viola Kendall, both of the county.

NOVEMBER 18. The first snow of the season last

Sunday. Hereafter the post office in Cresoo

will be open on Sunday from 12 to 1 o'clock p. m.

Thanksgiving services were announ­ced for Nov. 24 in tbe Episcopal church by Rev. J. A. Woodward.

Dr. J. A. Jillscn of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was announced as a guest of friends In Cresco, also the return of Mrs. Beadle from her visit in New York.

The report of money paid out lor grain and live stock for the year end­ing with September shows it to have been 8673,847.

St. Paul Is receiving thousands of barrels of apples from New York by the way of Duluth thence by rail, the total freight being 78 cents a barrel. The freight on a barrel from McGregor to Cresco is fifty-eight cents. , i-

sSH • i/-T3S? No Poison la Chamberlain** Cough -j<. Remedy, V-;^'

From Napier New Zeland, Herald: Two years ago the Pharmacy Board of New South Wales, Australia, had an * analysis made of all tbe cough medi­cines that were sold in that market. Out of tbe entire list tbey found only one that they declared was entirely free from all poisons. Tbis exception was Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, made by tbe Cbamberlain Mediciue Company, Des Moines, Iowa, U. S. A. The absence of all narcotics makes this remedy the safest and best that can be had; and it is with a feeling of security that any mother can give It to (her little ones. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is especially recom-mended by its makers for coughs, colds and whooping cough. When taken in time it prevent pneumonia. This rem­edy is for sale by Shuttleworth Drug Op. T

1200 Sacks of Flour In last six weeks we have sold that

many of Cyclone, and all speatc highly of the quality. Per sack 31.60. Ita a high grade Fanoy patent.

N. GRAF & Oo.

Administrators Notice* Estate of Jane Jobes, Deceased.

Notice Is hereby given, That tbe subscriber has been duly appointed administrator to the estate of Jane Jones, late of Saratoga twp. In the County of Howard, State of Iowa, deceased, Intestate, and has taken upon himself that trust and quail-fled as the law directs. All persons

of tne

persons 1 upon to make payment to

OHAB. tf. WALLACE, Executar.

Creaco, Oct. 28, 1804 88W8

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Call on F. C. Woellstein. Just now he is making1 a specially of Robes and and Blankets with the"finestt assort­ment ever in the city, and will*sellyou,

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Robes and Blankets for LESS MONEY than you can buy at any other place in the county. Give him a trial and he will convince you.

F. C.