Algona Courier from Algona, Iowa • Page 5

10 FRljJAlT MORNIKGK 1896. Attorney Cohenour at Spencer this tveek. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. E.

L. Stevenson Monday evening. Frank Nicoulin's mother and sister of Applington, are here on, a visit. The Latest The The Finest. Miss Edna, Mclntyre Department.

lias cliargfe of Algona, Iowa. clS. 1 2iyi R. TIME CARDS. Pass 8:18 am Pass 3:27 pm Freight 0:30 am Pass in Pass Freight 2:48 pm Pass, arrives nt Chicago at 7 a.

m. and 8 a. arrives ut Des Molnos at CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE ST. PAUL. PASSENdEIt TKAINS KAST.

Chicago, Milwaukee. St. Paul and Minneapolis trains- No. 2 departs at 10:22 a. m.

No. 4 departs at PASSENOEK TRAINS WEST. No. 1 at 9 a No. 4:24 p.

Freight trains east that carry passengers: No. 04 at 1:45 pm. No. 76 at 8:20 pin Freigh. trains west that carry passengers: No.

71 at 6:40 p. m. No 93 at a B. C. 11.

N. AT EMMETSBURG. No. 61. No.

63 No. 60.. No. 63 No.65 No. 67 10:30 pm No.

64 9:00 a in LOCAL NEWS. G. W. Lambert is recovering from a severe attack of typhoid fever. Don't forget the grange lecture at the court house Saturday afternoon.

John T. Voggenthaler, of Clayton county. Is here and would like to rent a good farm. We wiclerstand that the new Catholic chulbh at Llvermore Is to be a solid brick sWucture. If you would learn where the best of every thing is consult the advertising columns of the COURIER.

Read Taylor's new advertisements in this paper. He has the largest line of cloaks ever brought to Algona. The Clear Lake Mirror notes that Steve Wallace and wife of that place are visiting relatives at Algona. C. B.

Matson has located a clay county farmer on a $12,000 farm near Eolla, Missouri. B. Is a hustler. The Spencer Herald reports, that parties from Algona have leased a building in Spencer and will start a drugstore. W.

M. Strang has disposed of his eighty, west of town to Henry Walston. Mr. Strang will sell his personal property at auction and then move to Illinois. The Bancroft Begister says that a local land man of that place recently D.

Lucksmger, one of LuVerne's submibted an ofler of $3 an cas good business men, was up Monday. Chester Call is in Chicago. Fall trade is picking up some. There is a wedding on the tapis. Democratic meeting Monday night.

Enos Wernert was over from Whittemore Wednesday. Sunday night's freeze did no harm. corn crop had passed the danger weeks ago. torney Fellows was over from ley Monday. He reports the sleyites all alive and kicking.

Art Allen has moved his lunch room to the basement of Call's office block. It makes him good quarters. Mrs. J. J.

Wilson is visiting at Clear Lake. Her sister, Mrs. Nicholls, returned this week to her home in Wisconsin. The carpenters that are building the Ellsworth new dwelling in Emmet county say it will riot cost less than $18,000 when completed. J.

J. Wilkinson is in Des Moiries this week closipg a deal with a gentleman who takes his insurance business. He had a good but was made a good offer and it. Miss Edna Mclntyre has returned from Chicago and resumed her old place in Mr. Taylor's store, at the head of thelrnillinery department.

For new, tylish and up-to-date millinery Tay- r's is the place to find it. The Upper Des Moines this week says that the ticket nominated by the democrats last week is a strong one, and made up of as good men 'as 'there are in the county. The democrats always nominate good men, Mr. U. D.

M. Mr. and Mrs. J. Blackford will celebrate their golden wedding Saturday.

Invitations have been issued to a large number of friends and an excellent time is promised. Golden weddings seem to be all the rage just at present. Elihu Wright has traded his town property, the Moffatt place, and 120 acres of land near Wesley to F. L. McComb, our laundryman, for a 240 acre farm in Clay county.

Mr. Wright will move to Clay county, and Mr. MoComb will occupy the residence property here. The Gerraanla Standard offered a prize to the farmer sending in tho best report crop yield per acre. Their'premiuin was awarded to C.

C. Bosenau who had a patch containing 2H rods of ground which produced bushels pf oats which is a rate of 160 bushels per acre. Hon. Derthjck, deputy lecturer gf the of QhlPj ijie -JjalJ, qpn at "l-o'clock a faj-jnej, He reports everything quiet down there just at present. D.

A. Haggard had a whopping big sale at P. Ewen's last week. Cows brought from $40 to $42, and two-year- old steers $26 to $28. All other property sold well.

Lambert of the butter tub factory will make a display of their goods and supplies 'at the fair. They will have a hand separator on exhibition. Eev. Kennedy of the church preaches his last sermon here Sunday before going to the annual conference to be held at Webster City, commencing on Wednesday of next week. Land is still cheap in Texas, or at least some land is.

The state recently gave to the state university 2,000,000 acres of of land and it has been leased at an an annual rental of three cents per acre. Will Purvis is doing some artistic painting and decorating in Mr. Galbraith's new house. On the ceiling of the conservatory he has finished a number of would be a credit to any artist. F.

S. Stough was down from Minneapolis over Sunday. He sold his farm west of town to A. D. Clarke.

He has concluded to engage in the grocery business in Minneapolis. He has bought out the concern that Charley Waldo has been with for some time. We hope he will do well. The Estherville Democrat says that more farms are being rented for cash this-year than ever before in the history of the county. The rents vary from $200'to $300 per quarter, which is very cheap considering the fact that we can raise just as good crops as they, can in the more thickly settled parts of Iowa a.nd Illinois where land brings $3.00 to $5.00 per acre.

Mr. A. Eutherford, the old gentleman, has been confined to the house this week by reason of injuries sustained last Monday by being thrown from a buggy on Thornington street. He and his son, were leading a couple of horses behind the buggy, and when opposite the hotel, the animal that Mr. Rutherford was leading jerked back with such force as to throw him out of the buggy, one of the wheels passing over his body.

He was bruised consid erably by the fall upon the hard ground, and in consequence has, not been able to leave the house this week, The Emmetsburg Reporter has the following to say of our fair: The Kossuth county fair which is to be hold October, 1, 2 and 3, gives promise of being a good one. The press of that county have been telling such marvelous tales about big crops that visitors will expect to see ton pumpkins, half-top turnips, and other vegetables in proportion, As to corn, why, it will have to be brought to the fair on wood racks because the 'ears are top large to go into an ordinary wagon box. It is going to be a big show aqd everybody shoulfl see it. A big burly citizen of this place residing near the Milwaukee depot went home the other evening Joa4ed to the brim with forty rod whisky, or something equally as bad, and at once proceeded to clean, out the shanty. He commenced on his wife, who to the neighbors for protection, and up by breaking all ttie 1 dishes tili'e house, tjje Js a man, wltb.ft large and afjtor4 the perjqdjoaj sprees j'ftt he is b.abj pf Hjs to the owner of a piece of wild prairie land in this county.

How is that for high! A number of farmers report that their hogs are dying with the cholera in this county. The Fort Dodge Messenger reports that one farmer in Webster county has lost upwards of eighty-five hogs with cholera within a very short time. Last week, during court, the grand jury in Pocahontas county was declared illegally drawn because the list was taken from the wrong set of poll books. A new jury was summoned and the work done over again. In this county the old grand jury will serve as no new one was drawn.

Next week will be a busy one for Algona. Judge Thomas opens court Monday, the fair opens Tuesday, the county board meets in adjourned session Wednesday, and there will be theatrical entertainments at the opera house each night during the week. Over in Palo Alto county there were 132 teachers who took the examination at the close of the institute. Of tills number 75 received first grade, U5 second grade, 21 third and three were granted professional certificates, and eight failed on the examination. Fred Corey of Wesley matched his horse, "Dick Turpin," against Bert Vickerman, who was to ride a bicycle, in a five mile race, at the Britt fair one day last week.

The horse won the race. The time made by the cycle rider for the five miles was 15:37. The wind blew extremely hard. The race will be run again Saturday. The purse in the first race was $75.00.

Michael Liddy was over from Whittemore Tuesday. He reports numerous landseekers looking over the country tributary to that place. Ali of them are from Illinois. He has a number of friends here from Illinois, among the number. John 'Fulton sr and wife, John Fulton jr.

and wife and Dick McDonald and wife all of Elpaso, and John Ryan and two boys ofGilman. The entire party will re main a couple of Mr. E. Davenport of this place was married Tuesday to Miss Florence Winchester, of Eldora. Mr.

Daven port recently carrie here from St. Pan to take a position with A. D. Clarke Co. 1 and has been book-keeper foi the Deposit Loan Association since the retirement of Mr.

Evans Mr. Davenport and bride will go to house-keeping on north Dodge street The COUHIEK extends congratula tlons, and wishes them" much happi ness. During the month of August the Burt creamery received 388,006 pound of milk, from which was made 17,715 pounds of butter, which netlted at the creamery 184 cents per pound. Cos of making, including interest- on shares every item of expense, was 15 cents per pound of butter. Th average test was 3.80, for which we will pay 76 cepts, equalling 19f centi for butter, but amount butter made was 4,57 pounds to tb hundred of milk.

Andrew Mueller of Plum Creek ha had a serigus time with bis arm this summer the result of a kick from hoyse, One of the bones of his fore arm was crushed near the elbov whjch left the' joint Tuesda we.ek,Pr, Jjeneflck 1 J. J. Ryan was at Fort Dodge over Sunday. Will Purvis returns to Chicago this week to resume his art studies. Attorney Thompson was down from Bancroft Tuesday on legal business.

The two Misses Ramsey have gone to take a course at Cornell college. Mr. and Mrs. L. F.

Robinson are up from Des Moines for a visit with friends. S. W. Gray of Fort Dodge, brother- in4aw of E. G.

here Monday. Mr. Durdall was at Blue Earth, Minnesota this week on business matters. J. V.

Deeny, an experienced jeweler, is the new man who is working with E. G. Bowyer. Sheriff Samson and Clerk Grose went over to Mason City Tuesday evening returning the next day. Our architect, T.

H. Conner, is making plans' for a handsome Baptist church to be built at Bradgate. Charles City will build an ice palace this winter. A stock concern with $10,000 of available cash has been organized to carry out the project. Algona's celebrated band went to Eagle Grove and participated in the band contest Wednesday and Thursday.

Some of the best bands in the tate were there. Mr. A. Hulbert, the gentleman hat bought out Mr. Ladcndorff, has ad his storeroom repainted and has nacle some changes.

He is rustler nd has an eye for business. Perry a photographer o'f mes, and son of Leonard Ayers. of outh of town, had the misfortune a ew days ago at Ames to fall through defective sidewalk breaking one of lis legs. Will here Saturday from Nashville, and remained, ver Sunday. He and his family who lave been visiting at the Lantry left for their southern home Monday evening.

The Woodward Theatre Company ipen a week's engagement at the opera house Tuesday evening next. The Company has been reorganized since was here last year and good satis- action is promised. They will play at popular prices. R. II.

Wood worth dropped into town Monday evening from Madison, Wis. le is still with the A. W. Stevenson as a general agent with heari- luarters at Madison. He was ao Bancroft Tuesday, and leftr in the evening for Rock Rapids.

A dealer in Algona is advertising 40 pounds of granulated sugar for $1, We have not seen a sample and cannot testify to its quality. He must have a big deal on sugar selling at such prices, if it is worth anything at Tribune. Saturday afternoon a grain elevator at Rolfe collapsed. It contained 22,000 bushels of grain. The crash threw three freight cars off the track.

The rain was scattered in all directions and was thoroughly soaked by the afternoon's rain. fa.jnljy,n,ej$8, every, gent; i earn upgey end of pqe tjje' bpnes The aoetprs thtnV that Mr, never fully the 9 W. A. Ladendorff has rented Mr. Nugent's house.

Wesley is advertising for bids for her $6,000 school bonds. McGregor's fine display of new furniture is the talk of the town. Mr. Brownell is giving his customers free tickets to the fair. T.

H. -Lahtry's brother, Barney, is is seriously ill at Denver, Colorado. Crayon social at J. B. Willey's, Monday evening.

Sept. 30. Everybody invited. The clerk issued a marriage license yesterday morning to John Eden and Gertie Weigand. The County Fair opens next Tuesday.

The bicycle races take place Wednesday. The Bancroftcreamery paid for milk last month 75 cents, the Burt creamery 76 cents and the Seneca 78 cents. Hard coal in Algona is quoted at $8.25, and at Emmetsburg the dealers are selling it at $7.50, and at Estherville at $7.00. The Original Tennessee Jubilee Singers will be here October 14, and sing under the auspices of the Epworth League. F.

P. Kennedy and family, of Ossian, Iowa, have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.

Kennedy of Union the past week. There are several young boys in this town who are on the right road to the penitentiary or reform school if they do not mend their ways soon. Mr. and Mrs. John Altweggof Plum Creek township, lost a seven week's old baby boy Tuesday.

The funeral occured Wednesday and was -conducted by Rev. McElroy. Gov. Jackson has named Harvey Ingham as a delegate to the good roads convention to be held at Atlanta, in October. Harvey should go down and give the convention his experience at road making.

Wauge Foster have dissolved partnership in the barber business. We understand that Mr. Wauge will start a shop at Burt, and that Mr. Foster will continue the business. List of advertised letters for week ending Sept.

21: Frank Becker, Mary Buckley, E. G. Butler, John F. Guillos, J. W- Hogan, Miss Mattie Johnson, ill.

F. Jones, Mr. O. S. Korty, Soren Nelson box 50, Mike Troy, James Richards, Trace Taylor (2), A.

B. Toft, Mr. N. S. Swanson.

A School district in Hardm county has.been swindled out of $250 by an agent canvassing for some school supplies which he represented to the directors had the endorsement of the state superintendent. It would be, just as well that school directors keep their eyes peeled for such sharks. P. Larson of Plum Creek town-j ship reports a yield of 20 bushels ofj ilax to the acre. He had a pasture containing fifteen acres broke up last spring and sown to flax.

The yield was Immense, and the flax is free of all foul stuff. load to Sexton and sold it for 78c per'bushel. Thje Emmetsburg Tribune says: A bean crop is one of the specialties of Kossuth county farming this season. A. D.

Clarke of Algona has raised 65 acres of the astute food, The crop, he thinks, will reach about 1,000 bushels. Mr. may not know thii ins and out of a senatorial convention but he is evidently all right on beans. Mason City Is a very good town In many respects but she can not play ball with Algona, At the fair grounds Saturday.last our boys shut the visiting team out, and sent them home with a basket containlng'njne "goose eggs." A few years ago Algona went to Mason City, and the sports that went along would have been compel! ed to walk home had they npt been with return tickets. There WAS practically no money put up on Saturday's game, and as the game turned ouj; it.

was lucky fpr the Mason OJty 'bpys. that had the gopd pease keep their, mppey, jo jackets. We fihj seaspn Both are good workmen. Myron Schenck informs us that the school board of Union township has adopted a uniform system of school books. The new books will arrive in a few days.

Scholars having their old books can exchange them and get new ones free of charge. Geo. Boyle, the silver tongued auctioneer of Wtiittemore, was summoned to Algona iyesterday morning by telephone to land belonging to the Jas. Kennedy estate. It is an improved quarter west of Hobart and was bought by the present tenant for $30.25 per acre.

As a crop liar, Bailey, of the Britt Tribune, has no equal. Here is his latest: "Iowa don't know when to stop on crops this year. We had a fine lot of string beans in June; in August they began to bloom again and Sept. 15th we picked a nice mess of string beans from the same vines. This is something that we never heard of being done before." The New Hamption Racing Association has arranged for a big race meeting to be held at that place October 9 and 10.

One thousand dollars in purses has been hung up and everything is to be strictly first class. This is the first meeting of the association and no pains are being spared to make it a success. Excursion rates over C. G. W.

and C. M. St. PaulRys. Emmetsburg still feels sore over the whallopping she received at the hands of our boys in the ball game.

Their hired man, Baker, has left them, and their team has busted up. The Tribune says: "Algona papers are making a big pow-wow over their season's work on the diamond. Their hired men played well, no doubt. Algona could, put.up the stuff to get good players elsewhere when she did not have the material at home to man a winning team." The Woodward Theatre Company all next week, at popular prices. Emmetsburg's Co.

Is arranging for a big military ball Thanksgiving night. W. J. Broagton of Emmetsburg is the new day operator at the Milwaukee depot. Mrs.

J. D. Treleven of FOB du Lac, is here on a visit, the guest Mr. and Mrs. A.

D. Clarke. Jas. Patterson and Mr. Brownell are giving away free tickets to the fair.

Read their advertisements. The Frink case from Wesley comes on at the coming term of Not less than a dozen attorney's have a finger in the pie. The Democrat reports that an eastern dealer picked up a car of chickens at Emmetsburg Tuesday. He paid 5 cents per pound for them. The democrats of Clay and Palo Alto met and adjourned without nominating a candidate for the legislature.

There was no one who wanted to make the run. Anew process of obtaining cheap gas from peat is attracting much attention in Massachusetts, a state which has immense peat beds. Political meeting at the courthouse Monday night. Speeches by Hon. Lyman B.

Parshall, and Hon. J. J. Ryan. Everybody cordially invited.

A representative of the Iowa Land Company of West Bend, attended the Illinois state fair at Springfield this week, and distributed thousands of circulars booming Northwest Iowa. The postofflce department at refused to have anything to do witb Dickinson county's "Trilby," so her name has been changed to Terrill. There are too many Trilby postoffices in the country already. E. J.

Gilinore has just got in one of the finest cigar cases eyer brought to the town. It has a mahogney finish and all tha newest wrinkles for keeping cigars in nice shape. His stock matches the case. Dr. Baker, a patent medicine man, has sued J.

J. Bruce, of Rolfe, for $10,000, for some libelous remarks made about him by the latter. This is the same Dr. Baker that is making regular trips to this county. He hails from Des Moines.

The Oriole Opera Company gave very good satisfaction Tuesday evening in their rendition of the comic opera ''Said Pasha." Competent critics say that there have been better singers here with the Andrews, but for comedy and pure fun the ente hard to beat. pleased. The audience was well First class photographs, cabinet size, only $2, at the Photo car east of the Wigwam. ALGONA MARKETS. (Corrected every Thursday.) Butter.

3.50 8.25®5.00 .21 Wheat. 43 81 .34 .13 Hay 5.00O600 16 11 Notice of Probate of Will. State of Iowa, Kossuth District Court In and for Kossuth County. To all whom It may concern: Whereas, On the Oth day of a paper purporting to ho the last will and testament of George Helfrlch late of said county, deceased, was filed In my office, and was by mo opened and publicly road; and the 2nd day of October 1805, appointed and fixed as the time when the same will come before the court, at the October term thereof then to be held, as the duly executed last will and testament of the said George Helfrich deceased, at which time all persons interested may appear and show; cause why the same should not be admitted to probate. Dated this Oth day of September, 1895.

B. F. CUOSE, Clerk of the District Court. To all persons buying five dollars worth of groceries, on October 1, 2 or 3 (fair days) I will give one ticket of admission to the fair grounds. JAMES PATTEKSON.

Photographs, cabinet size, only $2 at the Photo car east of the Wigwam. SHERIFF SALE. Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of an execution on transcript, to mo directed by the Clerk of tho District Court of Kossuth county, Iowa, against the goods, chattels, lands, tenements, of 0. defendant, in favor of F. A.

Bennett, plaintiff, I will offer at public sale, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, at tho door of the court house, in the town of Algona, County of Kossuth, Ipwa, on tho lath day of October, 1895, between the hours of 8 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. of said day, all of said 0. Breeti's right, title and interest in and to tbo following described real estate, situated in Kossuth county, towit: The north half -(HV of tho southeast of section thirty Silence may be golden but silver talks at Walker Bros.

Patterson eggs, Sop pay 11 cents for For a short time loan Haggard. go to W. Thoroughbred English Pugs of Glen Fountain, for quarter ninety-seven (97), range west of the 5th p. Kossuth at irty (HO), township twenty-seven (27), uth county, Iowa, tho hour of 3 o'clock p. Sale to commence m.

of said day, Witness tny hand this 13th day of Sept. 1805. c. C. SAMSON, Sheriff, Kossuth county, Iowa.

Awarded Highest Fair. DR; Make my store your during the fair. JAS. headquarters If you are nearly out of patience drop into Walker Bros. $25.00 Reward, I will pay $25 reward for tlon that will convict the persons wljo cwt bee trees OR my land ajjd broke ftuntejs If mm MOST.WTCT^MADB, -w 8 40 STANDARD tu 4' a 5 i.