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,\jf» k* -i" "t «V:- TWICE-A-WEEK. VOL. XXXVII. NO. 103 High Art SIEMER, Most People Are you thinking of buying a Piano Small Musical Instrument 9vc' We guarantee satisfaction. Suppose you write us. 1 and 23 West 5th St., St, Paul., v'v-' ic- "V:'',- SUITS AND PANTS At the Lowest Prices over heard of in Howard county. Why buy a Ready-made Suit when you can get one made to order that fits for the same money that you would pay for a "hand-me-down. A Good, All Wool Suit made to your order for $15. A Good, All Wool, heavy-weight Pants made to order for|.$4 9 Is not confincd to music and painting. In the Tailoring trade there is endless oppor tunity to display skill and good taste. If you want a suit for summer that is as near perfection as possible, call on THE TAILOR HUE SPRINGS, IOWA are fond of music. It's certainly a most refining and elevating influence in the home and contributes to the enjoyment of the whole family. Sheet Music or Books. Music Organ If so, won't you drop us a postal card, mentioning this pa prr, and we will make you a special offer: There is no such' stock, either as regards quality or quantity, as ours anywhere in the Northwest, and we are both able and willing to make the lowest possible prices. W. J. DYER & BRO. This is the time to buy your Oils for Machinery. Eemember Quality is matter, Price next, can meet you on both Pro positions. Lomas & Kessel The Druggists. KELLOW'S I Is the Place to Get the Best. No Second Grade Stock on Our Shelves Call on us when yon want anytoing first-class in Groceries, Dried Fruits, Canned Goods, Elour, &c. •i Tie Largest aai Best Selectei Stock ol 509 and 511 Nicollet Ave. Minneapolis. vital We Croctery An examination o£ quality and price will demonstrate our 1 eadership in this lino. in tie City WM. KELLOW, Jr. "In old Madrid" tonight. John Vrba came up from Spillville, yesterday. Don't forgot "In Old Madrid' opera house to-night. A good second-hand, open for sale, apply at this office. at the buggy tf Reserved seats now on sale at the usual place for "In Old Madrid". Save money and buy your groceries of A. H. Caward. Starch still sells at Ave cents a paper at CAWAUD, the Grocer. Work has been commenced on a cement walk around the Strother House. For fresh groceries or a good moal go to M. Barrett's Restaurant, Market St., Crosco. sept lyl •Prof. John Tbaler will be up from Calmar next Wednesday to resume his music class in this city. Machine oil and axle grease very cheap and good. Amundson & Lofthus. We sell the coffees that will be sold exclusively at the next World's Fair. Try a pound. Amundson & Lofthus. Try our 20c bulk coffee. Its a winner. AMUNDSON & LOFTHUS, The Grocers. We are making vory low prices on all lines of canned goods to close them out. CAWAUD, the Grocer. Our 20c bulk coffee is a bargain. AMUNDSON & LOKTHUS, The Grocers. "In Old Madrid" is one of the best attractions which will appear at the opera house this season. You can't afford to miss it. Shacklock, now located on the south side of market street, with J.L.Henley will make your watch or clock come to time. Try him. Joseph Burnikel, of Chicago, a son in-law of Mr. Ohmacht, is visiting his wife hero who preceeded him several weeks, and other relatives. Remember we sell Chase & San burn's World's Fair coffees and teas Try them if you want the best. A. H. CAWARD. Why don't you use our clear quill corn and laundry starch, at live cents, it is all right Caward, the Grocer. Try a sack of that Great Jersey Cream flour and you will have the best. Amundson & Lofthus. Solo Agents. A. J. Evans of the Lime Springs Sun and Editor Barnes, of the LeRoy Independent were welcome callers on the PEE DEE folks Saturday forenoon. The M. E. church choir will give a concert of' vocal" and instrumental music in the church on Sept. 30. Watch for further announcements and program in future issues. The total receipts of the Howard County Fair this year, including the $200 received from the state, will be about $3125. We will probably give a detailed statement later. MARRIED—Sept. 9, 1896, at the resi dence of M. M. Moon, Cresco, Iowa, Mr. Arch Wilhelm and Miss Maud Woodward, both of Howard county, Iowa, by M. M. Moon, J. P. The L. A. S. of the M. E. church will give a dime social at Mrs. Wild- man's Thursday evening Sept., 17. All cordially invited. Mrs. II. A, Boughner, Secy. This is the season for machino oils and axle grease. Don't forget that wo have the best goods and make the lowest prices. CAWAUD, the Grocer. Jas. D. Garrett came down from Blooming Prairie Saturday evening and reports the silver sentiment con stantly increasing in Minnesota and all confident of Bryan and Llnd car ry ing the state. The Ladies Aid Society of the Bap tist church will meet with Mrs. Mitchell, on Thursdav afternoon Sept., 17th. A cordial invitation is extended. Supper served at 6 o'clock. By order of Committee. J. B. Mitchell returned Saturday from the Iowa State Fair loaded down with trophies in tho shape of premi um tags. *vinning tho sweepstakes on Russian apples, 32 first premiums and a large number of soconds on plat03 of apples. Johnson Brothers received a full carload of goods Saturday embracing nea'-ly everything nice and desirable in the way of general merchandise. Of tho bargains they will offer they will speak after getting goods on tho shelves and marked. Every body knowing themselves in debted to G. T. Watros proprietor of the Cresco Novelty and Plow Works of Cresco are hereby notified to call at his office by the 1st day of October and make payment of same and that after that date I expect to do no more credit business. Take warning and save costs. Tho railroads are giving rates to ex cursion parties going to visitMcKinley at Canton, Ohio, at about one-fourth the fare ever given to any other object or cause. Tho reason is probably that tho republican party in its plat form has nothing to say against gov ernment in the interest of the rail roads by injunction, thus enabling the railroads to reduce the pay of railroad employees to suit the pleasure of the sailroads, and by injunction to re strain them from leaving tbolr em ploy, really a condition of slavery, PLUCK, PROGRESS, PERSEVERANCE AND PATRIOTISM IN POLITICS. CRESCO, HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1890. The following persons have kindly remembered the printer with cash on subscription account with the TWICE A-WEEK: M. J. Fleming, Amil Mohr, Cresco, J. B. Enright, Maple Leaf, J. M. Montague, J- J. ICovarik, Lourdes, A. R. Zimmerman, Kalispell. Montana Wenzel Kadlec, J. G. Krall, J. V. Shuler, Protovin. A full assortment of new cloths suit able for fall and winter suits and for overcoatings just received at the mer chant tailor establishment over A. H. Caward's store. Prices made to suit the times. Garments warranted to fit. Goods and all material just as it is rec ommended. David Amundsen, tf Proprietor. The Ricevtlle Recorder admits that there was too much in the letter of A. R. McCook for it to reply to success fully by saying there was more in any one of its questions than in the entire speech ot E. J. Dean. The Plain Dealer accepts its statement as truth aud will not sneer at the ignorance of the Recorder man. Peckinovsky Brothers of Protovin are operating and own one of the most complete threshing outfits in the country and are giving the best of satisfaction with its work. It i9 a complete Minnesota Chief outfit, six teen horsepower with swing stacker. They will compete with any machine in the field for quality and quantity of work. Michael Kovarik says he has used many kinds of threshing machines and gives it as his honest conviction that the Minnesota Chief has no superior in the field and doubts it having an equal. The large barn on the John Mullen farm in Now Oregon was burned to the ground Friday night last. At the time it contained 150 large loads of hay worth about $400. Tha barn cost some $1200, on which was $800 in surance with $150 insurauce on the hay. The farm was conducted by Geo. Morris on shares. The chores at the barn had all been done at the usual hour and the cows after milking had been turned out. At about the hour for bed-time Mrs. Morris looked out and the flames were issuing forth from the roof. Morris went to the barn turned the horses out and got everything from the lower part of the barn that was movable out, the neigh bors from a mile away getting there before there was any fire in any part of the barn except at the top. From this it would seem that the fire origi nated in the hay at the top of the mow whether by spontaneous com bustion or from some othor unknown cause is not known. It is remarkable how the frost holds off, now the 15th of September and the tenderest varieties of vege tables as fresh and green as in -July. Corn the great staple for hogs and cattle is thoroughly ripened and there will be a prodigious yield and yot there is no overproduction. The sur plus product of the farm, the dairy, the workshop is what measures the wages of the farmer, the dairy man or the manufacturer. If the people are unable to use, consume and pay for the product of either from any cause the price is low and the wages or profit of the producer is small. The way to stimulate and make profitable the industries of the conntry, is to make better prices for its products. Before tho suspension of silver coin ago it always look a dollar to buy 1 bushels of oats, now a 50-cent piece buys 5 bushels of oats. Th's is not for tho benefit of the farmer nor of the printer, the mechanic tho mer chant, because at such prices the farmer is unable to profitably patron izo either. Such prices only bonelit the monied class. AUCTION SALE. We will sell at public auction on the Montague farm one-half mile west of Tjourdes, iu Howard county, TUESDAY, SEPT. 22nd 1890, Commencing at 10 o'clock a. in., the following property: Horses—One span matched horses, weight 1300 pounds each, ono span of flue mares. Cattle—Six line graded milch cows 1 bull, 10 steers one and two years old, 0 heifers one aud two years old Hogs—Thirty tine Poland China brood sow*, 10 fine young sows, 30 flue pigs about 3^ uioutha old, 40 line pigs, weanlings. 20 fine young bears, fit for service. These are all well-bred Pol and Chinas. Farm Machinery——Two lumber wagons, 1 buggy, 2 sets double har nets, 1 single harness, 1 set bob-sleds 1 1C inch plow, 1 14-iucli plow, 1 rid ing corn plow, 2 harrows, 1 hay rake, 1 hay rack, 1 4 horse hero feed grinder Terms—All sums of ten dollars and under cas-h over llint amount one years time will be given ou good, bankable notes at 7 per cent interest Two per ceut discount for cash. Free lunch at noon. Heinember, one-half mile west of Lourdes, Tuesday, Sept. 28, at 10 u'clock a. m. MONTAGUR BROS, Proprietors. JAMES WABDLAW, Auctioneer. "In Old Madrid." The brilliant opcratic comcdy above named has been sccurcd by Manager Lomas at tho opera bouse in this city for Sept. 15. Tho press of Chioago describes the music as charming, the acting as brilliant, the actors as clev er, the costumes and scenery as superb, und it as a clean, artistic entertain ment, Announcement. hereby announce myself a candi date for tho ofllco of county auditor subject to the action of tho Kepublu can nominating convention. Forest City, Aug. 21. '96. E. J. WILLIAMS. Council Proceedings. Regular meeting of City Council held Sept. 7, 1896, called to order by Mayor Kellow. Present, Aids. Howe, Mosher, Swensou, Richards, Piatt. Following bills were allowed: S. A. Hamilton, $12.55 Jo'"' Hallinan, J. 3.00 W S. Garrett, 24.10 R. C. White, 8,65 F. Salisbury, 3.75 J. A. Hall, 1.00 W. K. Blackburn, 5.00 F. A Glass 22.10 I-". A. Granzow, 10 Tlios Dale. 2.00 J. A. Siddall, 1.85 E. O. White, 82.25 Swenson & Moen,7.2o Western Wheel Co., $75.2!. Petitions for sidewalk by G. H. West, et. »!., granted also by E. J. Barnes and others for sidewalk on west side of Maple street, Gillette's addition, granted petition of J. E. Marlow and others, for sidewalk re ferred to street committee. It was moved and ordered that the hitching posts along North Park St., north of court house, be removed and placed in West Park street, aiong south side of the Mrs. Bucknam prop erty, in block 12, block 4, and along north side Park addition to Cresco. Report of Clerk read and approved. Report of P. C. Howe on dog tax ordinance was received and approved. The Street Committee reported on the matter of a road to the stock yards, which report was received and discussed, and the following action taken. Moved that the street com mittee be empowered to buy the right of way of Mr. Brown and open the railroad crossing to stock yards on Fourth street, Baldwin's addition. Democratic County Convention A delegate County Convention of the Democrats of Howard county will be- held in the Conrt House, Cresco, on Tuesday, October 6. 1896, at 3 o'clock p. 111., for the purpose of nominating candidates for the follow ing offices: County Auditor County Recorder, County Attorney, Aud one member of Board of Super visors, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the convention. The basis of representation will be one delegate from each township,aud one additional delegate for each 25 votes or fraction of 12 cast for W. I. Babb for governor in Novsmber 1895. Upon such basis the several town ships are entitled to the following representation: Afton 9 Albion 3 Chester 3 Forest City 3 Howard 8 Howard Center... 3 The total vote received for the sev eral candidates is as follows: McKinley 300 Bryau 725 Palmer 3 Levering 3 Bentley 1 The total number of Republicans voting is 580, of whom McKinley car ries 303, Bryan 277. The total democratic votf is 327, of which McKinley gets 37, Bryan 290. The total populist vote is 101 of which Bryan has 99, McKinley 1, Palmer 1. Twenty-six prohibitionists give Mc Kinley 10, Bryan 13, Levering 2, Beutley 1. Nineteen independents give Mc Kinley 1, Bryan 18. Nine who have voted mixed tickets give McKinley 1, Bryan 8. One American party man is for Bryan. Announcement. I hereby announce myself to the electors of Howard county asacandi date for nomination to the office of Countv Auditor, subject to the de cision of the Democratic free ooinage nominating convention. -V.l* met Adjourned regular meeting Tuesday evening, Sept. 8. Street committee was empowered to fix the crossing on South Park street, between S. W, corner court house park and Lyric Hall building. Street committee was instructed to temporarily fix the crossings ou Elm street at S. W. corner of court house park, aud at the alley from Bank of Cresco to Lowry's drug store. Street committee was also instruct ed to purchase half dozen street lamps. Ordered that the license fee of traveling shows now fixed at $2 per night, be reduced to St per ni^ht for each night after the first three nights during any one engagement. Ordinance was passed levying a nine mill tax for the ensuing year on all assessable property withiu the cor porate limits of Cresco, for the pur pose of defraying all general and in cidental expenses of the city. Also an ordinance was passed pro vidmg for a special tax of three nulls on *he dollar for the ensuing year for the purpose of providing a fund to cover the expense of running and operating the city water works. Event of the Seaioi. The subscription sale of seats for Francis Jones' engagement Sept. 15th proved satisfactory, and the exquisite operatic comedy, "In Old Madrid," will be seen on that date. As the title indicates, the scene of the piece is laid in Spain and the costumes and scenery are Spanish in oolor and de sign. The story tells of a young man who pulls the wool over his uncle's eyes and gets him to assist in his (the nephew's) elopement with the old man's daughter, without his knowing who she is, and furnishes a decidedly clever plot, out of which the author has conceived a remarkably funny and novel comedy. The operatic select ions introduced are the best songs and duets from the latest operas without the chorus. The attraction was one of the big hits of last season. Seats will bo placed on sale Monday at usual prices, 50 and 35 cents. CEESCO MARKETS (Corrected each issue.) GRAIN. Wheat 45® B» Barley 18® '5 Oats ff 13 Oom 15® it Timothy Seed per bushel 80 §9o Flax seed 5n Clover per cwt 3.00 5.C LIVE STOCK. Live Hogs S.40 2.00 Beef on foot 2@2tf Steers 2%&3 DAIRY Choice Dairy Butter 10® Choice Creamery Butter 15 @. Unsalted Butter 6 & llt Jamestown 3 New Oregou....7 Oak Dale 2 Paris 5 Saratoga 3 Vernon Spr'gs 12 Total 01 Township chairman are requested to call caueauses in accordance with the foregoing. P. F. MCHUGH, Chairman County Committee. The Dss Moines Daily News has been sending out ballots with each issue of the paper asking people to give their choice for president with how they have voted heretofore, ad ding name and address. The ballot was to close Saturday, and the fol lowing shows how parties are break ing up all over the state. MKRIULL BOWERS, Cresco, Sept. 10, 18D0. W. B. Ouslcy, D. D. 1st to 16th. All work ^ive satisfaction. S., in Cresco guaranteed to 15tf it Charles a Highest of all in Leopeoing Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report. 5 Cream per Inch 10 Milk per cwt 5a MISCELLANEOUS. Eggs per dozen S Potatoes 15 Onions 80 Beans 1.00 Hay, tame 3.fi0 Hay wild 2.00 Wood, hard, dry..' 4.50 Wood soft, dry 3.B0 Old Madrid To-night The Manchester Democrat pays a high compliment to the play "Old Madrid" which will be put on the boards in Lyric Hall to-night. The Democrat says: 'Every line of Old Madrid is spark ling with wit—good, clean, humorous and keeps the audience on the qui vive not to miss a thing. Francis Jones was never supported by any. but a good company*: anl tho play rutis rapidly and smoothly, the plot being sufficient to hold an interest, and the songs and specialties following in suc cession so closely as never to abate at tention, and not a line to annoy the most discreet taste. men tell you that they don't want a 53-cent dollar, ask them 'if they ever get any of those dollars, and If they have any to sell for 53 cents. You tell them that under free coinage the dollar will be the same size that it is now, the same weight, will have the sirne fiueness. It will be a legal tender, better than it is to day, because, while the silver dollar to day is a legal tender unless some body contracts against it, the new silver dollar will be of legal tender no matter whether any man hereaf ter tries to demonetize by law what tho government calls money. You tell him that if a dollar is worth a hundred cents to day, because you can pay taxes with it and pay debts with it and buy property with it, how he knows it is going to be worth less when you make it better than it is today?"—W. J. Bryan at Howelis ville, N. Y. Farm Lands for Sale- One farm consisting of 200 aeres. This is situated on the north bank of the Upper Iowa, 1J miles from Ches ter. Buildings are all modern and commodious, consisting of an elegant frame dwelling house erected last season at a cost of $2250: one barn 42 i30 feet, with 20 ft. posts and base ment one barn 5Gx32 feet. and all other farm conveniences including a wonderful artesiau well which sends forth cool, clear water with force anil volume sufficient for mill power or any other purpose to which it may be applied. I have also several other lands for sale including one forty acre farm in Chester township one quarter section of improved lard in Saratoga two farms in Jamestowu, one la Oak Dale and several city lots iu Cresco. For information call at my law of fice or address JOHN M. CANNON, 80tf Cresco, Iowa. o\'jst as TWICE-A-WEEK. Powder AB&OLUTEJLY PURE NEW QUARRYING METHOD. An Albany Man Now Cuts Htono virlth Wli'o (Kgpe. Those who hare indulged fea deep sea' fishing luysw kdnv tho-flih line cute deeply "into the hard wood 0'£ the^jun wpie as.it is hauled in while taat. "EVOUL an iron .protection,' affer tin^c, shJ\v.s ttoeSvear of thy rope, 'vjhicl^ is compara tively sofifc. 1*kis gives a olpw j&'tba.in venti'oa •'of ah Albany qilarrjSnau for cuitiag stonfe. Iastea'dr, however, says the Detroit I'rei? fress, olUienip,"lie pro poses to use*wire rope, aim with this he will carve Ihe-marble and Stono right out of ilsn&tive-bed. Uie wire isVoruncf iu Strands,' and has a very rfeugh sur^ face, powerful machinery- gives a stroifg gad steady strain, iliid 'the stdne, yield ing: to tile constant •yyear, .pfirts^wSth. gfliooth. edge. It itfould be ea£y-cnoug.li to out tlie^bloclis after thfey afc mnoved ftxftu the quarry, but where tk6 elever »ess of th« inyerttprJcwaes Jn-Brdevis itig mfeolwtfiisiB t&at can bfe apjiliefl to. •t'he stone while is'the qjMi/ry. Tha is effected by sinking t\Vo nds*.in the quarry to a de?{h of greater than that cftitjfe lowasb kr^l of the stoha to be cut. Tk« chnnnelsmay •fie froni S) again. PUBLIO &•& 'X$ $1.00 PER YEAR .fcti'e to lSO^feet, pr more, apart? At the bcrtfom oT each is i&do a gmalf hole to receive tie foot errfds 'of the shafts of the machine. This & tho only preparation of the q«arry neces sary. Tie ropeS, whic^Ei-are cotlgd ou Wuge drums, ere t&ds passed around. tSe chtmaals, n"iicl as tho drums reVol^o the'Cutting jwae'eeds. Sifitable brakes are provided for tie 'regulati^p of speed ani pressuCe. The'ordiaary spce& of thestsand is 800 feet A minute,*SO that a mile ltogth ot it passes.in site minutes. While the strand is nfcfring1, crushed, s-tsyie oi' chilled shot and w&ter-can ba iittrotluced increase tho attrition,: t"ax better, however, than either of these is a composition obtained flrom th^ail* tags of a itiagnetdc4ron separator, wiich, costs aWut one-tentlh as much-!as the chilled shot, -ft does apt lerfvc ttie lines caused jby the 'sheff-, and it can be used over and SE-RVICE IN' CHINA., Two Merits of the* Competitive EMnlk* ttonal System.. Ex-Secretary John. W. Foster, who. was the confidential adviser of Aihsf-etof perQr of Cfiiina in the £eace negotiations with Jfl.paa^contributes & paper On jVioeroy X1 Hueg Cliungr"- to tkto August' Century. Mr. Fostter say a-of, the"»fceroy: "He doea^not.regard the coinpetitivei educational sy^em of admission to tlfe, fiublio-service as a perfect method, and more^han once he has recommendetI"ta._ liis ei&peror material mortifications in the existing svstijpi. But it must be confessed that it has stood the teS^crf aentajries with, much be'nelit t.o Chiaa^ end its practical operation lias demon strated that it possesses two merits o'f inesomable value to any nation first, it brings all the offices of the empire within the reach of the lowest subject and secondly, it diminishes 1I10 incen tives to, au'd opportunities of corrup tion. and favoritism in securing "en trance into official life. But in. China! the competitive e^omifiatlon ends with the admission beyond that step promo tion must come through other inethods. Li llung Chang sccurcd the right of ad mission to qfflce through'lua assiduous application to study, and every suc ceeding step in his upward career has been attained by his own geniusnaml capacity." CURIOUS Wheelman MENT.AL FEAR. ldl^U Steed Would Shy tefAh Roller. Afraldi at Steffi] JERSEY CREAM" FLOUR Every Sack Guaranteed. "A man wlio has ridden horseback for manj' years," said a physician) "doesn't quickly lose his Reeling of un certainty as to wlfat his steed is going to do in, an emergency after I10 has taken to riding a bicycle. I had a curi ous illustration of this. 1 was riding my wheel up the boulevard when I met a- big steam roller at Ninety-second street. Horses that will rni nosfea against a moving train will shy at a, steam roller for some unknown reason. Iforsemen recognize steam rollers as things to be avoided at any cost. Now I have been riding a wheel fqr a year, but as soon as I saw that roller com •ing. down the boulevard I instinctively turned my wheel into*fo. side street to ovoid it. For the inoment I felt that I was in danger of being thrown. Then I realized the advantage that a wheel man has over a hovsebock rider when it comes to steam rollers, and I turned around and rod» past this particular, roller with great satisfaction." Try One and Be Convinced! Amundson & Lofthus, The Grocers