Newspaper Articles From September 1899

The Clinton Mirror
P.O. Lyons, Iowa
Clinton, Iowa, Saturday, Sept 23, 1899

OYSTERS at Buechner’s.

FULL STOCK of fall millinery at Mrs. Doran’s.

QUINCES and sweet apples for canning at Buechner’s

SOCIETY CIRCUS under the auspices of Lodge, I. O. O. F., Sept. 28^th.

CO. L is invited to reorganize and rejoin the renewed 49^th regiment.

KEEP it before the people-Victor coffee is what you want.  At  McPherson’s.

CAPT. KNAACK and party are home from the Klondike, where they located valuable claims.

FIRE destroyed the barn and burned a good horse for W. G. Newsome, at Sabula, on the 16^th.

RAILS for the new D. C. & E., road arrived at Clinton last Monday night, 27 car loads of them.

ALBERT W. POWERS, of Clinton, has had his pension rate increased from $3.75 to $8 per month.

READ School Board minutes, with reports of Secretary and Treasurer.  Mr. McPherson was r-elected  Secretary.

FOR a cough or cold try a bottle of Schenk’s cough balsam-it gives prompt relief.  Get Schenk to fill your prescriptions.

A TRAMP attempted to robe the DeWitt C. M. & St. P. depot., Wednesday night, but operator Butterfield drove him off with a revolver.

ALBANY had a Methodist declaratory contest Tuesday nigh.  First Prize won by Rev. G. C. Clark of Sterling, Rev. J. L. Leek of Dixon second.

A FULL and complete line of school books, tablets slates and blanks, for the county schools, always on hand at the corner drug store of D. B. Snyder.

THE RAIN last Saturday night and Sunday came none too soon.  It must have helped pastures, but did not seem to affect the price of creamery butter any

WM. CROAKE, saloon-keeper of Clinton, had a little shooting match, late Monday night, with three men in his pace; no one was hurt and no money lost.

Now is the time to paint.  Lead and oil are advancing.  Westbrook will sell you lead and oil at the lowest prices.  Come and see at Westbrook’s drug store.

THE Clinton county Veteran Soldiers and Sailors’ Association with soldiers’ of the Spanish war, will hold their second annual reunion at DeWitt, Oct. 4t^h and 5^th.

Mrs. C. H. ANTHONY, of Iowa City, has been engaged as an additional Assistant Principal in the Lyons High School.  His standing is high and the district fortunate.

REPORTS OF condition of the Lyons First National and Savings Banks on first page, and of the Citizens’ on the 4^th.  The condition of each is always favorable,  Look at their figures.

LYONS SCHOOL District now contains 1950 persons between the ages of 5 and 21, as enumerated by Mrs. Stebbins for Secretary McPherson.  About 1200 of them are attending school at home and abroad.

DOMANN & Henningsen, two active young men, have bought the Clinton Anzeiger, and will make things go.  Mr. Fedderson will carry out the Wheatland Gazette and Anzeiger, as heretofore, in good style.

THE PEOPLE seem to be laboring under an error.  G. W. Schenck is not selling his household goods, and is not moving. 

CLINTON Y.M.C.A. Course 1899-1900.

The Young Men’s Christian Association of Clinton, per Secretary Sinclair, announce a superior series of concerts, lectures and impersonations for the approaching winter.  There will be eight numbers, viz:

On Wednesday, Nov. 15^th—Chicago Symphony Orchestra, grand orchestral concert.

Tuesday, Dec. 5^th—Leland T. Powers, impersonator, in David Garrick.

Tuesday, Dec. 12—Hon. Henry Watterson, Money and Morals.

Tuesday, Jan,. 9^th—Russell E. Conwell, Acres of Diamonds.

Monday, Feb. 5^th—Miss Kate F. Olliver, The Little Mininster.

Wednesday, Feb. 21^st—Macy Grilley Combination.

Wednesday, March 14^th—Alexander Black, Miss Jerry.

Tuesday, March, 27^th—Katharine Ridgeway Concert Company.

Member of the Association can procure tickets free after Oct. 1^st.

Course tickets to non-members $1.50.

Reserved seats $1.50 and $1.25 for the season, or 15 cents and evening.  Nov. 1^st, 8 P.M. opening sale.  The boxes to be sold to the highest bidders for the full course.  Admission to single entertainments, 50 and 75 cents.

If bringing first-class music, speaking and rendition within the reach of people with moderate means, every winter, was all the Association did, instead of being but one of its many good works, that would be abundant reason for its existence and support by the public. 

                DISTRICT COURT.

Judge House reconvened District Court Monday last, and petit jurors were qualified.

Case of Lewis Roofing Co. against Sheriff Hudson decided in favor of defendant.  Attorney George from county.

Jennie Burlingame obtained a decree of divorce from Milo Burlingame; Anna Bevens from Wm. Bevens.

Oscar Hulburt, Sig. Kirtley, Frank Utter, Fred Smith, and Jos. Richter, previously indicted, were arraigned, and Attorney Holleran elected and appointed to defend five, and Attorney Pringle for the sixth of the accused.

All plead guilty yesterday.

Case of Blanche Devier vs. Economic Life Ins. Co. won by defendant—Ellis ^ Ellis, Murray & Farr for plaintiff; Hayes & Schuyler for defense.

Case of Mrs. John Brownkant vs. John L. Althouse, $2,500 claimed for damages by being run over by a delivery wagon (third trial,) went to the jury at 2:30 P.M. Thursday.  McGinn for plaintiff; Waliker for defendant.

Verdict in favor of plaintiff for $700. 

                Great Season Opens.

The Economic Theatre since cooler weather arrived, is warming up.  Busby Bros. Famous play, Mr. Plaster of Paris, was presented Saturday night last; the Romance of Coon Hollow Monday night; the Hottest Coon in Dixie Wednesday night; the Glad Hand Tuesday night; and more good ones coming.  The average attendance was large, and, without attempting to criticise, we can only say that upon the whole the audience were greatly pleased with the entertainments.

Messrs. Busby Bros. Evidently understand their difficult business, and are here to serve the public well. 

JOINT MEETING of the Rock River Association of Illinois and Davenport Association of Iowa, at Lyons , November 6-7, 1899.  Rev. E. B. Dean of Clinton, Prof, Brainerd of Lyons, and Rev. T. R. Elwell of DeWitt, are on the programme for important parts.  Rev. A. D. Kinzer, Chairman of Committee on entertainment. 

THE Bell Wire Mattress Company have bought the Winter-Anderson building in Manufactures’ Valley, and will fit it up for their work.  The mattress men came from Eldora to Clinton to secure a wider field and better point of distribution; and Secretary Sanborn, of the Commercial League is credited with bringing them here. 

GREATER CLINTON.

BY B. F. MATTISON.

CLINTON COUNTY PAPERS which have the good of the Republic part at heart all seem perfectly satisified with the county ticket, and think the men named will put up a strong fight; but it will not be a still hunt, it will be and aggressive fight from start to finish.  We have nothing to defend; our party acts speak for themselves.  We glory in the fact that ever since we had the planning of affairs, things in this country have been looking up.  We are not losing sleep as to what the people’s verdict will be in 1900.  Ditto this fall.

It is human nature to have a kick coming, but we see no reason for it in the matter of raising the salaries of our city officers.  There may be and will probably be a difference of opinion as to what is just the right thing for each, but certainly it is ridiculous to ask some of them to serve for the compensation offered for the past thirty years.  Clinton is way ahead of her hamlet days, and instead of cow paths she has paved streets and other things to look after.  Then let her pay her servants a fair compensation for their work. 

CHIEF COLE has had rather a hard time lately with sickness at his home.  His wife is slowly recovering from what at one time was feared to be a fatal attack of typhoid fever; but faithful care on the part of doctors and nurses now make it look as though she may recover all right.  Their many friends al hope so at least, for the fact is apparent in their family, as in most others, that the loss of the mother takes away the main stay, every time.. 

ALTHOUGH Fred White wants to be Governor of Iowa, real bad, he don’t start in right to get there.  He claims to have belonged to the brigade that crushed the rebellion, (Crocker’s) and yet he would have us believe that in these later days our old flag is but a piece of bunting and ought to be lowered in the Phillippines, if it does disgrace its brave defenders.  Oh no, Mr. White.  You will find before you are elected to the place you hanker for that there are several old soldiers in the State who think you are talking through your hat for votes you won’t get. 

THE Clinton Herald, we are pleased to arraigned, see, is granting liberal space this fall to discussion of the merits of our county candidates.  This is right to our mind.  Every paper published, if it has a party or a principal ought to speak right out in meeting every time, be it a daily or a weekly.  Its supporters expect it,  and it fails in and usefulness to party unless it does it duty to the party. 

PROPERTY OWNERS on Camanche avenue are just now objecting to the new saloon being started just across from the new round house, on account of the hundred foot limit, the building to occupied for the purpose being only about six feet from a dwelling house.  The building has been used before as a saloon, but never did a successful or paying business. Perhaps “things have changed since Hannah died.” And the present owners think they have a bonanza.  Time will tell.