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Algona Courier from Algona, Iowa • Page 5

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Algona Courieri
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Algona, Iowa
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TALL OPERA HOUSE ONE NIGHT ONLY. speaks at Burb next day. Dr. Keneflck spent Sunday at Belmond with his folks. Friday Euening, Nou.

1. Three Great Comedians! Favorites of the People 1 All Handsome Costumes Their own Orchestral Seats on Sale at F. W. Ding-ley's. LOCAL NEWS! The Andrews Nov.

1. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. in Nebraska.

J. Adams are Mrs. Wgi. Salisbury of Fort Dodge ji visiting relatives in Algona. The Anclr ews' opera company in tfjjjthe "Pretty Persian'' Friday evening, 1.

I Wilfrid P. Jones sells the Monitor windmill, the best machine on the market. See his advertisement. For a pork or kraut barrel or cistern call at the butter tub factory. They are making a splendid line of these goods.

At a cattle sale near Humboldt last week a herd was sold and they averaged $85 per head. The cattie were short horns, well bred. The Bancroft races were declared off last Saturday on account of the weather being unfavorable. A good string of horses were entered. Ed.

Atkins is back from Wisconsin. A warrant is out for his arrest. He is charged with thecrime of seduction, the complainant being a daughter of Mrs. Aug. Brown.

Marshall Hays of Garfled township iitook 29 premiums at the fair on grain, vegetables and flowers. He secured 7 first and .12 second premiums, all the cash value of $17.90. Marshalltown entertained the Odd Bellows in royal style last week. City was selected for their place next year. The orphans' home goes-to Jefferson.

F. S. Norton has the best storm sash made. Call and see for yourself. Twenty-five men are wanted to work on the new school house at Wesley.

Will Cook of Burt has gone to New Mexico in the hopes of getting relief for the asthma. Wilfrid P. Jones sold four Cooper wagons Tuesday forenoon. The Cooper takes the cake. M.

Liddy of TFhittemore has a spendid quarter section farm to rent. Excellent improvements. It is not much of a trick to raise $20,000 or 30,000 in Algona for any big improvement that will help the town. Mrs. Cheever came home Tuesday.

She and the baby had been down in Indiana on a visit for the past six weeks. The official ballot to be voted November 5 will be printed in theCOUKIEK next week. The Republican office prints the tickets. Peter Winkel and W. A.

Ladendorff started Saturday for a two week's hunting trip in the vicinity of Heron Lake, Minn. Mr. Resseague's boy is under arrest for having hit a neighbor with a stone. The young man will have a hearing in justice court today. Mr.

L. Witham of Oresco was mar- aied this week to a lady of the name E. B. Eddy is back from Missouri. Did Bro.

Starr's trip south convince him that the war is over? in Des Mr The school board of Unoin township having adopted a uniform system of books, all children of the town- jsbip having old books can exchange for new ones at Myron Schenck's place next Monday. of Polly A. Hasz. We wish and Mrs. Witham much joy.

E. A. Patterson sprained his ankle coming down the stairs at home last Thursday, and has since been perambulating about on crutches. W. A.

Chipman will have a bio- public sale at his place in Portland Wednesday, October 30, of horses, cattle and farm machinesy. The celebrated comedian, Ed. Andrews, takes the comic part in the "Pretty Persian," suited to him. Ed. is a whole show birnslf.

Geo. E. Olake has been Moines most of the week. Mr. J.

L. Rice's father and mother are out from Elgin, 111., on a visit. Mr. P. Kain expects to moye into town from Plum Creek next week.

When our shoe factory gets to running with her 300 hands we'll make things hum. Mike O'Rourke has 220 acres of corn to husk and says he finds it difficult to get help. Mrs. J. A.

Kennedy and daughter Therasa, are making a visit at Lansing. E. Ohrischilles was over from Whittemore Wednesday taking a sniff at our big shoe factory boom. Geo. Galbraith is having a fine new barn built at his place.

Gardner Cowles also contemplates building a new barn. J. W. Sullivan, executor of the Plumley estate, informs us that claims to the amount of over $3,000 are filed against the estate. E.

0. Tuttle has leased and will conduct the Wolf hotel. Walter Stebbins has leased the hotel at the Milwaukee dopot. The gentleman that bought out Mr. Ladendorff is having a large oven built in the rear of the building.

He will run a first class bakery. Mr. O. Ingalsbe of Riverdale left B. B.

TIME CARDS. South- Pass Pass B'SOnm 2: North- Pass Pass Freight IO Pass, arrives at Chicago at 7 a and it m. arrives at Des Moiries at m. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE ST. PAUL.

PASSENGER TRAINS EAST. C1 M11WaUkee St Paulll Minneapolis No. 2 departs at 10-ZZn. No.4 departs at PASSENOEK TKA1NS WEST. a No THE MONITOR; B.

C. H. N. AT EMMETSBURG. No.

61 No. 63 6:28 am. South-Pass. No. 60 l-BOnm No.

62 North-Freight. No.65 No. 67.. 10:80 pm North-Freight. No.

84 Get your Winters' ton. Patterson eggs. wood of Hamil- Son pay 14 cents for Special bargains on wood at Hamil- uOD Look at ladies and childrens under- ware for 2o cts. at Galbraith Go's. Wood in cord or stove lengths at J.

A. Hamilton Go's. We sell Beckwith Round Oak and say it is the best. J. Robinson Apples! James Patterson's.

by the barrel, at VtMUcUG IGI'U yesterday for Raymond, South Dakota, VH1V nP 4-U buy a couple of thousand which he will feed this winter. sheep, a Calhoun county resides a of the name of Wood. Among ithe children are a line lot of young Wfl support the following pecu- par names: Burch Wood, Oak Wood, gDord Wood, Maple Wood, Ash Wood f'and Linn Wood. We are in receipt of a very pleasant List of advertised letters for week ending Oct. 19: Mrs.

J. W. Anderson, John Clough, Wm. Douglass Chas. E.

McQuaid, Geo. Rowley. Palo Alto county last week paid up the last of her outstanding bonds and is now out of debt. Kossuth has been out of debt for a great many years. According to the Ruthven Free man in Palo Alto county WJ.

i'At personal letter from Dr. Ensign. The Doctor is in Pomona, Gal. He says that California is not all gold, oranges or sunshine, that she has her drawbacks, and is not the best country in the world for a poor man with a Press a raised 110 bushels of flax on five acres an average of 22 bushels per acre. He sold at such a price as to realize $16 an acre on his land.

The Dickinson County Herald, a democratic paper published at Spirit Lake, has been bought by Beaumont Parker and converted into a republican journal. How do you like that Bro. Funk? W. T. Bourne and Thos.

Hanna will have a joint sale at Mr. Bourne's place P. T. Ferguson and son of j.j iu Creek, came to town Friday afternoon to hear Gov. Boies talk.

Mr. Ferguson's boy has been husking cribbing 80 bushels of corn each Jday for the last two weeks. One day "he started out to crib 100 bushels, and would have succeeded had rain notset in before night. Mr. Ferguson has the best corn this year that he ever raised in the county.

We stated in-a three line local last week that Anthony Bronson had rented his building and would retire from the jewelery business. We were mis- Mr. Bronson says that he made enough money yet to re- It is his own fault if he has not. Had he advertised judiciously he would have made his fortune and retired years ago. That is where some fellows miss it.

The Corwith Hustler relates that W. Oxley, of near that place, har- two crops from one field this eason. He harvested a crop of oats bat yielded 70 bushels to the acre, nmedlately behind the binder fol- a disc harrow, the, driver sow- illet in front of the machine the seed as soon as This millet matured jn 60 days ided one ton of hay and 16 Us of seed to the acre. Where is a country in the world that can fthat? imetsburg has a citizen, H. F.

who is a lineal descendant of first Lord O'Neil and incidentally to be one of the varied heirs anded property in Ireland valued $80,000,000, embracing the entire inty of Antrim in the province of Her. Mr. O'Neil'has lived there Iseyeral years and he claims to Je proofs to establish' his claim, A Beting of the heirs of the estate will fe Jn Chicago this month to take pn towards recovering the estate TOO Emmetsburg relative will be at the meeting. in Union, Tuesday Oct. 29.

They will sell 15 head of cattle, and farm implements. W. A. Chipman will have a sale at his place the 30th of October. The Burt creamery received during the month of September 317,513 pounds of milk, an increase of 82,389 pounds over the same period last year.

The amount butter 'made was pounds. The average price paid was 84 cents. The Whittemore Champion reports that Escar Bailey has stored his merry-go-round at Fairmont, for the winter after clearing about a million dollars the past season, with which he will start a racket store in Bancroft. License to wed have been issued the past week to Walter Garvis and Mamie Wilson, Granville Dourte and Mamie Kerr, W. J.

Burton and Nora A. Mott, N. A. Bushnell and Jennie Mclntyre, Geo. Aman and Kate Shaben, Edward Sanborn and Sarah Dale, L.

Witham and Polly A. Hasz J. O. Burton and Mary L. Gillett, Ohas.

K. Schockelford and Mary Ward, Cbas. Mann and Lucy Calkins. There was a quiet home wedding at the Mclntyre residence Friday after J. J.

Ryan is having a house built in the north part of the county. He should build a mansion in Algona, and then get some one to occupy it with him. Ves Kennedy has quit the employ of Jno. Goeder's and gone to Bancroft to clerk for his brother-in-law, 0. McLaughlin.

He is an excellent young man. T. H. Conner is drafting a plan for Algona's new city hall. The city- hall committee will report to the council at the regular meeting Saturday evening.

A. D. McGregor placed some fine furniture in Mr. Kain's home in Algona, Wednesday. Mr.

McGregor handles the best in his line, and there is nothing too good for Mr. Kain. Fred Schaler, a young man working for E. McWhorter of Plum Creek, met a bad misfortune this week. He was riding horse-back and the animal fell upon him breaking one of his legs.

Rev. Davidson has tenderd his resignation as pastor of of the Congregational church, to take effect the first of the year. Failing health is the reason assigned. He has been pastor of the church for seven years. Examine the genuine Round Oak closely, note the perfect fitting and construction, then look at an imita- Lion, We are showing the largest line CoT" of Don't do anything about that set of dishes until you get Walker Bros.

prices. monf- nof vi latif of Rood taste to mention that groceries from Walker Bros, are to the Queens taste. You can get a nice Safth's pair of ladies $5 00 at A shining example of elegance in Walker and Both Pumping and Geared Wind Mills. The Wigwam. WILFRID P.

JONES. Algona, Iowa. For a short time loan go to Haggard. If you need a heating stove vvhv not buy one with a reputation. The genuine Round Oak exceeds in sales those a th lts iraita added together.

See name on leg. One Cent a Copy. The twice a week edition of the Sioux City Journal, issued on Tuesday and Friday of each week, containing the very latest telegraphic news and complete market reports fresh from the wires at time of going to FhfLY in oan addf ess at the following cash in advance rates: One $LOO Six months 59 Three months Sample copies free. Address Perkins Bros. Publishers, Sioux City Iowa.

noon. In the presence of a dozen or so invited guests Rev. Stevens performed the marriage ceremony which united in the bonds of matrimony A. Bushnell and Miss Jennie Mc- lntyre. It was a surprise to many.

The bride has always lived here. The groom is in business at Brewster Minn. The triangular contest between the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad company, the Sioux City and St. Paul railroad company and the set- tiers, backed by the United States.

ior title to and possession of certain lands in O'Brjen and Dickinson counties, was settled by the supreraeccourt of the United States Monday, in favor of the settlers and the United States, In an opinion delivered by Justice Harlan, This Is the case which Geo. Clarke went to Washington to make an argument in before the supreme court some mopths ago. The Leader says that Frank Wiemer and wife have returned to Ledyard after a very pleasant visit of several weeks duration in other parts Mr Wieiner visited Kentucky and several other states while gone. W. S.

Kirkhart proprietor of the circus that showed here during the summer, suicided a few days ago at King City, by taking poison. Domestic troubles and business reverses were the cause. His show collapsed at Centerville, Sept. 20. County Attorney Raymond and Attorney McMahon went to Bancroft Monday to give Mike Beimler a hearing.

The gentleman who was stabbed was reported to be confined to the house and unable to appear in court so the hearing was postponed to the first Monday in November. Col. Thos. F. Cooke and wife arriv ed in Algona Wednesday rnornin from their trip abroad.

They hav absent since June and sav pretty much all, there is to see in th old world. Both are in health and enjoyed their visit abroad very much, and are now glad to bo a home in again in Algona. The Democrat office is in receipt of a beautiful souvenir sent "from Look JJUUK out Mountain, Georgia, by Mrs. Ten nant, of Algona, who is traveling in the south. It is a paper knife the blade of which Is made of celuloid and the handle consists of a fawn's foot.

It is a gife we prize very highly, not only for its value, but it is pleasant to know we are remembered by such lady as Mrs. Democrat. A young man of the name of Ed James was arrested by Mr. Hunter yesterday morning. He was wanted for burglarizing the house of Geo.

Steltzer of Burt. While the family were away from home Wednesday he entered the house and carted off a watch and chain, a shot gun, an ac- cprdian and a number of smaller articles. Squire Clarke the young man (o the jury in the sum of J200 bonds. He will occupy ua jte5j in the county jail until that body meets in December, Public Sale. At the farm of W.

T. Bourne southwest of Burt and 9 miles northwest of Algona, commencing at 10 Tuesday, October 29, '95. of horses-1 span matched mares i and Norman, 1 span matched mares and 4 years old seven-eights rm "iV 1 are Norman, 2 mare colts half and seven-eights Norman, 2 geldings coming 3 one of them I Coach, 1 span mares, and 3 colts coming 4 year old i Norman. 51 head of milch cows some of them fresh now and most of the others to be fresh by January 1. 13 steers 2 and 3 years old, 1 thoroughbred short horn bull.and 3 one-half blood Red Polled bulls coming one year old.

Hogs- one recorded Poland China boar, 1 sow with 6 pigs, a number of head of brood sows. Farm machinery, 1 four horse power, 1 feed mill, 2- hole corn sheller, 2 stirring plows 14 and 16 inch, 2 fanning mills, 1 disc cultivator, 1 spring wagon, 1 lumber wagon, scales farm bell, harness, flv nets tools, etc. etc. House hold Chairs, extention lounge, bedstead. 2 churns, washing machine, 2 meat cutters, milk cans, and many other articles.

Free lunch at Terms: Sums of $5 and under, cash over that amount one year's time approved security, 8 per cent. 5 oti for cash. All articles must be settled for before removed. W. T.

BOUUNB, A TT TIIOS. HANHA. A -Haggard, Auct. E. J.

Murtaugn, Clerk. ALGONA MARKETS. (Corrected every Thursday.) Ho 8.35 Cattle rn 15 Wheat .43 Flax 75 Barley go at 11 Hay 5.000600 Butter 10 Eggs 14 Awarded Highest Fair. THINK don't buy a heating stove every year. Buy the geunine Round Oak and have comfort ever after.

Everybody knows it and will say a good word for it so don't rush, investigate, you'll be glad you did when zero weather comes. See the name on the leg. Look out for imitations. Sold only by State Street, Algona, Iowa. J.

W. Robinson, CREAM Wm We are making- a Special Sale on Ladies' and Children's Fine Underwear for 25c. Galbraith Go's. MCGREGOR, The Furniture Man, HA.S- The Cleanest Stook, Greatest Variety, 40 YEARS THB Algous, Iowa, D. McGBEGOB.

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1893-1899