Decorah public opinion., November 29, 1895, Image 4

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By AKERS & HEWITT.
DECORAH, IOWA, NOV. 29, 1895.
CRESCO DOINGS.
[From our Regular Correspondent.!
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Garrett of Chester. Holi
dayed with their parents.
Miss Dora Carver and Miss Stockman are
home from Fayette for the vacation.
Carl Reed is home from the University of
Minn, for his Thanksgiving vacation.
The CrescoSocial Club threw theirdoors wide
open Wednesday night, and entertained a
host of lovers of the dance.
This week the American press tells of the
massacre of the “Turks.” Cresco people
made way with their full quota.
Cbas. Blackburn and wife of Milwaukee
made Cresco relatives and friends a brief visit
lust week. Mr. B. is a son of Jno. Blackburn.
Mrs. Paul Austin, niece of the Barkers, and
her little boy returned to their home at Mont
evideo, Minn., Monday, after a two months’
visit with relatives.
Frank E. Long’s Co. is playing to good
houses in Mason City this week. Frank can
show flattering testimonials from the press of
every town In which his company has ap
peared this season.
John Thompson, who has been confined to
his bed at his sister’s, Mrs. Maggie Moen, for
several weeks, is able to be around again. He
expects to return to his position at the First
National Bank, Decorah, soon.
Congressman Updegrati' lias secured evi
dence in the Wuite pension prosecution that
nmy have greater weight with the friends of
the blue, who are in a majority in the next
congress, than will be pleasant for that sol
dier hater Waite.
Out of sight of the public eye, the masculine
members of the Social Club have been enjoy
ing in-door base ball for several weeks.
Thursday afternoon two nines, gorged with
turkey and mince pie, played an exhibition
game, open to public view, if you had the
pri<>e.
Saturday evening occurred the death of
Miss Carrie Breedlove, daughter of C. Breed
love. For several months she has been an un
complaining sufferer from that dread disease,
consumption. The funeral services were held
In the Methodist church Monday forenoon,
the burial being in Oak Imwn.
The three Evans boys, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
B. R. Evans, are nearing the end of their long
trip by team. They left here in August, bound
fora warmer, dryercllmute in search of health
for two of their numiier. They crossed this
shite and Nebraska, visited Denver and Colo
rado Springs, thence going south into New
Mexico and on to Phenix, Arizona. Their let
ters have been very encouraging to their par
ents. It is to be hoped that the Arizona air
will put an end to their luug trouble.
Resolutions said to have been passed at a
meeting of the members of the Congregational
church were printed in last Friday’s Plain
Dealer. That sueb resolutions were drawn up
and presented at the meeting is true, but they
were promptly voted down, and other reso
lutions much different in tone were submitted
and adopted at that meeting. The author of
the resolutions which were voted down, sub
mitted them before the meeting to a certain
church member for approval. He with his
Christian spirit of forgiveness heartily en
dorsed them, and seized by a desire to serve
the public (?) copied the resolutions, added a
few head lines and handed them in to the
Plain ftealer and Times for publication. The
editors of the P. D. were not to blame for
printing them, but in justice to the members
of the Congregational church, to the whole
community, they should in their next issue
have branded those resolutions as not true.
How a man who post's before the public as a
conscientious worker in Church, Sunday
School and Temperance work could be so un
christian as to knowingly and with evident
lptentcauHe untruthful statements to be pub
lished, the result of which will injure one man
ant * his family and place the members of his
church in a false light is certainly a hard nut
oL “Charity is the very livery of
Christ, said Latimer. The charity displayed
by this man will we fear give him a heavy
balance on the wrong side of St. Peter’s led
ger.
HESPEH GLEANINGS.
A number of our boys drove to Decorah on
Monday.
Business called T. G. Meader to Decorah one
day last week.
Miss Mary Helen Carter of Decorah Hun
dayed with parents.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Tabor attended the opera
at Mabel last Wednesday evening.
Miss Edna Carter has returned from Fayette
where she has been attending school.
F. Donaldson of Canton was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. K. Reid part of last week.
Mrs. M. Jester, teacher of the intermediate
room in Mabel, spent Haturday in Hesper.
E. R. Haines is at present located at Bluff
ton teaching the young idea how to shoot.
Quite a number of the young married peo
ple surprised Mrs. Harper last Friday at the
home ofE. H. Weber.
Aunt Elizabeth Htreet, age 82, fell down cel
lar a short time ago, spruining her ankle
which confines her closely at home.
On the evening of the 22nd, in honor of Mrs.
H. I. Aiken, Mrs. Cyrus Burt entertained a
few of her friends, consisting mostly of rela
tives.
Thanksgiving services held in the M. E.
church on the evening of the 24th were well
attended, und the program was very good and
well rendered.
Mrs. E. M. Carter got kicked on one of
the limbs by a horse, it being supposed at
first to be only a bad bruise. It has terminated
into a fractured bone from which she is suf
fering considerable.
Jack and George Kew of Rockwell, accom
panied by their sister, Mrs. John Moorhead,
arrived Friday evening in response to a tele
gram stating the serious illness of their sister,
Mrs. Joslah Casterton of Eliota. Jack has
been absent for about twelve years.
E. E. Meader met with a sad misfortune last
Monday while descending a ladder. Think
ing he had arrived at the bottom, he stepped
accordingly, but more steps were there which
caused him to fall, breaking the lilp bone at
the socket. He Is suffering intensely and It Is
doubtful of his recovery as he is aged and
quite feeble.
♦
BLUFKTON ITEMS.
Mr. J. M. Akers is courting in Decorah this
week.
East Monday Mr. Frank Hanning left for
Castalia.
Mrs. Edmunds left last Monday for u few
days: visit in Decorab.
I)r. Phillip Hluck of Hesper held services in
the Friend’s church last Hunday evening.
Our school was opened last Monday, under
the instruction of Mr. E. R. Haines of Hesper.
Thursday, the 21st, Mrs. J. M. Akers was
very mucli surprised when u number of lad
ies walked into her house. Hbe was more
surprised wheu they informed her they came
to sew carpet rags for her.
BURR OAK ITEMS.
Pretty good sleighing.
Looks as if winter had set in.
A dance at J. Jewell’s Thursday night.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Oren Hazle Nov. 18th,
a son.
A dance at Henry Chase’s last week
proved a success.
Mrs. Thomas Morrison has been quite ill
but Is slowly recovering.
The boys have a pair of boxing gloves now
with which to pass away the evenings.
We understand Frank Morrison is studying
medicine with Dr. Emmons this winter.
School opened last Monday with Miss Car
rie Brode and a Mr. Strand of Decorah as
teachers.
There seems to lie quite a good deal of travel
since we have two stages and they have cut
the price down so low that pimple can afford
to go to Decorah for 25 cents.
Imst Monday evening a few of Mr. Reed’s
friends surprised them by reminding them
that it was their wedding anniversary and
brought quite a lew presents and a nice sup
per. A nice time is reported.
Something Pine.
A groat deal of interest is being man
ifested in tiie approaching engagement
of Clay Clement and his company at
the Grand ojiera house, Dec. 12th.
“The New Dominion,” the play that
will be presented, is a simple story of
life in Virginia, with a German baron
traveling Incognito in this country in
seaach of rare botanical specimens as
the principal personage. In this part
of Baron Hohenstauffen, Mr. Clement
gives playgoers a new phase of the
German character. The usual stage
presentation is that of an ignorant,
coarse and blundering Dutchman.
Mr. Clement, however, impersonates
an intelligent, refined and cultivated
gentleman, who. nevertheless is con
fused, perplexed and constantly en
tangled in the intricacies of the Eng
lish tongue. The love passages are
described as exquisite bits of acting
that make the whole audience sympa
thize with the lovers.
Many People Shot.
and the shooting still going on. No
one seems to interfere. The whole
country will be in an uproar soon.
Crowds ure seen going and coming
from Spurr’s Studio, some smiling and
some expressing themselves as perfect
ly satisfied that Hpurr is a competent
man with a photographic gun, and
that his photos are the nest in the
northwest. 38-4
Fully Petrified Man Found.
Savannah, lowa, Nov. 22. —Great
excitement exists over the discovery
of a petrified man in Harrison Figgan’s
field. It is now on exhibition at this
village. It is perfect, even to the hair
and mustache. He was evidently
murdered, for his hands are tied cross
wise at the wrists by a leather strap,
which is also petrified, and there is
a hole in the forehead as ifhe hud been
shot. It also looks as if he had been
disemboweled by a skillful hand and
then sewed up.—Chicago Record.
■ . .
A 28-Pound ’Coon.
A number of our ’coon hunters went
out Tuesday night and bagged two
’coons, the largest of the two weighing
over 28 pounds.—Lansing Mirror.
Your hunters will have" to get a big
ger hustle on themselves than this if
they want to be “in it”. Our Walnut
Creek ’Coon Club bagged a ’coon last
fall that weighed over thirty pounds.
Anybody With One Eye
Can see who carries the largest stock
of Pianos, Organs, and all kinds of
musical instruments in Decora)). Also
that Marsh’s Music House is doing the
music business of Decorah, and is run
entirely by musicians that understand
their business. No experiment on
your part when you deal with us. 36-4
The Time Has Come
When you can’t make people believe
that the “Moon is made of Green
Cheese!” Neither can you make them
believe that Marsh’s Music House isn’t
the leading music house in Decorah. 36-4
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thunk those friends who
so kindly helped us during the sick*
ness and death of our fatlier.
Thk James Marlow Family.
•
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our friends who
so kindly assisted us during the ill
ness and death of our beloved child.
Mr. and Mkh. Julius Hurd.
DIED.
LEWIS LEVI HURD—At the home orbits par
ents,:**} Winnebago Street, in this city, last
Friday afternoon at 8:80 o'clock, of bronchi
tis, at the age of :t years, 11 months und 13
days.
Ijewis was the youngest son of Mr. und Mrs.
Julius Hurd, and had been sick but a short
time. It seems hard to part with one so
young, but let us hope that it is all for the
best, for the Ixird doeth ull things well.
(lod in His wisdom has recalled,
The boon His love had given;
And though the body moulders here,
The soul is safe in Heaven.
Havior, now receive him
To thy bosom mild;
For with Thee we leave him,
Blessed, blessed child.
The funeral wa* on Hunday afternoon at 2
o’clock, Rev. F. P. Shatter otttciatlng, and the
remains wen; laid at rest in the city cemetery.
Those from übroud attending the funeral
were: Mr. aud Mrs. Harry Mattison, of
Bluttlon; Mr. and Mrs. Richmond and Libbie,
of Bluttlon; Fred Richmond, of Keeper Twp.;
and Mrs. Plorell Potter, of Hesper Twp.
We Join with the friends in tendering our
heartfelt sym|Nithies to the bereaved parent*.
MARRIED.
BANDLE—OXLEY—At the home of R. F.
Gibson, on November Jti. 18SJ5, Mr. F. E.
Handle und Miss Nellie Oxley, both of Burr
Oak, lowa, R. F. Gibson, J. P., ottidiatlng.
More About Schlatter.
Francis Schlatter, the alleged New
Mexican messiah who disappeared
from Denver last week, is expected in
Chicago the last of this month.
Testimony in support of his wonder
ful cures continues to accumulate. Wo
men have been cured of nervous pros
tration by the touch of his hand, and
hundreds of cripples who sought his
ministration are how able to walk.
From thef thousands of people who
visited him at his little cabin he re
fused to accept a cent. Hon. Joseph
Manley, the well known politician, in
a New York interview, says of Schlat
ter:
”1 drove to his home just out of Den
ver. It is worth S2OO, perhaps. I saw
5,000 persons in line waiting for
Schlatter’s daily appearance. I did
not need to be blessed or cured, but
my New England instinct was very
much strained when I saw this man,
poorer than Job ever dared to lie, re
ceive all this people, help them and
not take a cent for it. Five thousand
dollars was offered him to go to Bt.
Louis, but he refused it, saying that
he was not after money. Was not
that remarkable? They would think
him crazy down our way. Perhaps
he is.”
When he disappeared from Denver
he left a note stating that his mission
there was ended. Since his departure
10,000 letters have reached the Denver
postoftice for him, but they remain un
claimed.
It is generally believed that he pos
sesses some mysterious healing power,
and his refusal to accept any reward,
when he could easily make himself u
rich man in a few months, mystifies
everybody. At the present time he is
the biggest sensation in the west. —At-
lanta Constitution.
ROSENTHAL
™
Says he is not in the habit of
advertising, but as he has a full
line of FINE GROCERIES, he
wants to let the people know
the LOW PRICE
at which he is selling them, and
quotes the following prices:—
Granulated Sugar —20 pounds for SI.OO.
Package Coffee —20 cents per pound.
Good Valancia Raisins —5 cents per pound.
Oat Meal —3 cents per pound.
Lenox Soap— 7 bars for 25 cents.
Good Klour~"~at 75 cents per sack. •
And all other articles furnished in a first-class grocery store
at prices in accordance with the above quotations.
EMIL ROSENTHAL,
West Decorah,
Free Delivery to any part of the city. ~%bW
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Rather Aged.
The census department has just com
pleted the statistics regarding very
aged people in lowa, says a Des Moines
Telegram. There are 508 people over
90 years of age, and nineteen over 100.
Eleven of the centenarians are women
and eight men. Conrad Christian of
C6ffin Grove, Delaware county, is the
oldest, being 115. For a long time the
census reports have made him the old
est person in the state. John Williams
of Harrison county and Benjamin Vo
taw of Oskaloosa are each 114. The
latter is colored, but his age has been
satisfactorily established. The names
and residences of the centenarians are:
Conrad Christian, Delaware county,
115; John Williams, Dunlap, 114; Ben
jamin Votaw, Oskaloosa, 114; Lydia
Fisher, Dubuque, 107; Catherine Bar
rett, Blackliawk county, 100; James
Robinson, Jefferson county, 100; Lucy
Sykes, Wapello county, 105; A. Lepper,
Henry county, 105; Mary Flannery,
Independence, 104; Margaret Kelley,
Carroll, 104; Polly Kizire, Decatur
county, 104; Booker Fox, Ottumwa,
102; Mary Dugan, lowa county, 100;
Mary Linane, Madison county, 100;
Nancy Croughan, Monroe county, 100;
John Bush, Council Bluffs, 100; Sam
uel Wiscarver, Grinnell, 100; Maria
Karney, Franklin county, 100.
New York Apples.
I have just received a carload of ap
ples, mostly Greenings and Baldwins,
and those wishing apples for winter
eating should come at once and get the
best. No. 1 New York apples.
35 L. A. Marsh.
LADIES—Please call and get one of our
free books on Art Decoration, with
CREPE
gyg PAPER!
/AF COURSE YOU KNOW
we have the largest assort- WEISEH'S
YJwrA I ment of Crepe Paper in De-
W corah, and that ours is the DRUG
V-/ imported paper. We only '
ask the same price as you pay for the STORE.
American. Sometime* notice the dif
ference in them.
(Where they keep the big stock
and do Business on the Square.)
Great Reduction
IN
Ladies’Jackets and Fur Capes
A T
O. P. THOMPSON’S.
With a view of CLOSING OFT our entire
stock of LADIES’ JACKETS and FUR
CAPES before January Ist, we will from
now until they are all sold, offer them at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. All
interested are invited to call and take
advantage of these BARGAINS.
DRESS GOODS: A complete assortment of all
the Latest Novelties, especially suited for
the season.
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TRIMMINGS AND FANCY GOODS for Holiday
Trade; a Large Assortment.
OUR WHOLE STOCK is First Class in every
respect, and prices are reduced to suit
the times.
Shoes and Overshoes of Every Description.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY.
O. P. THOMPSON.
L. A. MARSH "
Grocer.
Has the Best Family Grc
ies Teas, Coffees an( V
Spices, which
He Sells at Astonishingly" 1 ,?
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PRICES^’
jURUITS and VEGETABLE
No. 1 New* York Apples, 'j
The Best in th°
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