Worth County Index (Newspaper) - October 6, 1898, Northwood, Iowa The Index TEAK IK WORT TY INDEX Volume 17 Northwood Iowa Thursday October 6 1898 Number 46 The Index Job f at Only elMi work Wednesday October 12 18 months past lias been utl immense amount of about needless hardships endured by our in camp and at Hie front and the yellow journals especially have almost turned lurid i of alleged criminal displayed by the medical and commissary departments of the It is i fruitful and one ted to enlist the quick anil ready I i of people and a once great I political party with a rare faculty furl is keeping A representative of the McKibbin Fur Company of St Paul with us on above date with a complete line of FUR JACKETS and ALL GARMENTS DELIVERED ON DAY OF SALE We invite every lady of Northwood and vicinity to call and look these garments GREAT CLOAK AND JACKET Every Day From Oct 1 To 1 1899 the Goods that It's a SIESEL Prices right Sold by LUND PAGE Styles Correct Remember the Fur Sale Day OCTOBER 12 Yours DIRECTORY M D C ASD 0 W A Worth County Index ud In I SCAMMON Publishers OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER Or L- C to Dr M L yl your J H GRIFFIN AH promptly ul- THE WEEK F peacefully at the home of liia iu Mass He would have been 70 yearn old had until the of A pitched battle between union strikers and imported negro occurs Pana 111 and TOO are hurt that the whites know of The Democracy of New York arc a chaotic convention and at midnight are all at sea The crats of New Jersey nominate a Mr Crane for governor Their platform re- affirms devotion to the creat aud vital principles of the Democratic party on national t tin Is i morn lor tho J R All kmd ol iU 4L Forbes if ro- H r t ponton Al Ai aoor wen ol Index 1 Butler Lamb Willing HUO Forost BUU law whatever they are but the present campaign should be conducted on Mate issues am the duty of the present federal administration responsible lor and the horrible results of incompetency of government iu the management of tlie war Thursday ufred queen the royal matchmaker and mother-in-law of dies at Copenhagen Among her children who attended at her bedside and who mourn her death are the dowager empress of Russia King George of Greece andra the princess of Wales and other members of The Democrats of York Augustus Van Wyck to lead the tight against Roosevelt The platform raises the one issue of scan The peace also meet and if a Madrid dispatch is to credited the American commissioners state the purpose of country to re- tain all the Philippines The Madrid special savs the ment creates almost a state of j stupefaction but the Spanish ment decides to combat that position of the I adjourns until Friday perhaps to allow the members time to recover from some of that Merrill late Manila arrives in Paris and is closeted with the U S commissioners His and the report of Admiral which he has will doubtless have much weight in shaping this country's plans the The schools of Santiago Cuba open American Throe frush regiments of U S are ordered to Porto Rico of Iowa Democratic attempts tu make political capital out of complaints against Trar department is proving a in the governor of opens campaign wide in St Hear Island Minn Indians 1 UIB uf thc war is s while all the aud dis- grace is the heritage of tho Republican party A little sheet at Waterloo this suite indulges appeal to pre- ihr Yes and ilm aud hit the and party responsible fuf il have been nondescript ui triune forces of which certain alleged in ind hospitals ivo due to the partisanship of outfit which put responsible nothing but fa I hers or i the on boasts that Dowcy ai d ami MiMit ind nearly ail tho oilier men who have won the war are neither statement is trim U-it with a chump who if on it thai the every aud fur every di war lhat ami Lcc and arc they are patriot antl ul- them then or them they win for ind Iu service for their The found Lee vork in kept him it and Wheeler UK many another Democrat it has been freer from partisan and has done more to break down lines than any other thai ever held the of Sensible people 3.1 realise that and flic who arc in lies to and charges are only which are bound to and finite the thrower in the face is no denying the war lias attended by n woeful amount f sickness War been so at- will be till earn war no more it Doubtless ii of the and death of the late war might have been avoided if alous abuse by holding lance ami md tho uc so are dispatched from he scene of the that S i to j Miles and at of U S the of those in authority had beer equal to their hidd but mini ii fallible anO and un- less they arc incapable of it are K something by experience tlie progress at tile close anci death v well as camps aud and a boy who the last would have to death in the natural order of things there been no Shafter Stem and who have on the subject the soldiers themselves were re- sponsible for much of the sickness that prevailed it to them realize the itv for care and for camps We never miss the till the well runs dry and it is bial that the mci reckless uf heal til and heroic and intelligent i certainly were were none and impatient of very many of their due to tiV their owu some of the H irom at 1 to i in Percy son H I of City of the writes irom ho has the call to quarter Ill V Sus and Baggage Line HARNESS SLEIGH BELLS WHIPS everything clue in the horae line low at any the president ind the fearful int loss of out and that han brought upon the and a of on the mountains Colorado and foresta of by fearful fires and a destruction of property much loss of life Is feared rains the forest fires in sin but meanwhile the property U enormous and loss of life is reported At one hundred inhabitants of the arc it feared that most of them are Chinese at ton discredits tlie reported death of tlie deposed emperor 01 In- is CUM Wood tho sanitary con- vastly rood report telline Of Manila received at the war department Col John Hay is sworn in of troops ut to quell the at peace pet down Bavard of afe laid ut rest in war in- is probing itiU the conditions which existed at Camp to the places of the nir miners decide to return to Alabama peace commissioners hold then irst joint meeting They will divulge concerning their 200 families am a- a result of the Wisconsin forest Many people in the burned in wells while and others have an exciting t life their into while the llames were literally in hut pursuit Too many are still though some the one re- ported lost are turning up nalit Ares in kill cattle on the ratios tint no tion of human life is reported frum there as yet Sunday regular West Indian hurricane rapes the coast South Carolina much and some loss of life the sea is lands The is driven above the tide lines and vast tions of the shore are submerged 1 rice crop is practically has another Sunday riot out of a demonstration It will he is the witness ex- Uy the war He tells au interesting stury of tiie tiago campaign He says Gen deserves there in the army and shortage of rations and of hut in tile were The tir was ly to climate and Col for the of ot his is the war Merritt slates Ills views to the at Th Illinois is i tlie that me d in the hurt iean the red men of Island reservation are on the war to surrender the Ii S authorities arc there he iJ I al Sava tnr They iad Indians tu tlie is fur but in one case tlie nvt d of in they ilo not It is very tuncil tt iti H it The volunteer of Sliaw i ant should be 01 Ly at hy HH experience Iml sume uf the ye 111 t til Ull Tilt ol U- V t if t at the is ructions from Ih to ins may break ott take a nava de- ir that way I1 t it nf ir are keening f Iho Royal to tho buking tots il gooi further any Absolutely Puro advent them of the man adopted the primary thod and appeared to get along tite smoothly with it so fact that to most of them it will be startling to have it set down aad farce and up to a realisation of the red fact that which in their ig- they discarded was the real iff with the political blown in the bottle while that they adopted was spurious -...tten and bad we feel we let the matter by without a for misguided friends who have like heathen in his as the ry wise man of the Anchor would it appear the nearer you can pet a action to tlie people at nearer yuu purity less chance you ve for corrupt that require nf a number of persons insure success You cannot t lite of a county or even to be dishonest the primary system tase f tlie time and no more of than the caucus voter lias to do is to vote is quite liable a canvass under e as under the of that he wants the it is a deal easier to a false rumor and make it count a uf where the bunch than to make it ive at a where the in by ones or twos during a til primary properly con- is no mure productive of rows than a general election that the only serious political the party lias ever experienced county was caused by the action a convention composed in part of alleged to have been chosen corrupt means in caucus Like all human devices the primary system has faults the only mentioning that lax and nol to the party may in their votes But that fact the man's v piny aud it be borne in iml the defect easily as witness primaries here Democrats were ut possibly that is where the shoe For it is certainly funny to ne that last year when the primaries etc abused our appeared tranquil and pleased while this year when worked as nearly perfect as he of them in ul and condemnatory numbers to his Itle audience In nine cases out of ten a senator is virtually elected in ne of the dominant party of state and we know of 10 one outside professional politicians thinks the method a food one Ir ct u that United States the should be elected by vote of the people has been for years and is one ol the re- bound to come cannot sec that liro Hamilton is happy iu I he role of a political to lead our benighted people out rihi wilderness of their mistakes ul fact his jab at our brings readily 10 a thLt seems quite A few years airo boosted by some people of the kind who are ever Tint brooms Mr H to vc this county fne benefit of his experience und of of county fairs au to Do as vait as the was profound How up lo His our fair has prospered Udder that accumulated weight of ex- ami wisdom is a matter of Now without to be at all sarcastic or ill-natured live matter the query naturally Is liere iny reason lor that Mr H would mure a success in running llian ile has ir running are 0 the of Hie credit for they want and when they decided lo discard the caucus ami ami to commit their On- polities the safer ami fairer of to political always in f certain patriots and inv attempt to uring 10 weed will we feel bo Irow SPAIN American Review Tbt ita a revelation to writer its features will be of interest to the general reader ly if we cull them an we mean to do virtually in the own words Spain has an area a little less than t of France or Germany and it lation about that of France one-third that of relative size compared this country ii II 1 to in population cd as 1 to It n most separated from bj the Pyrenees chain of which icr ISO miles i pierced by a wagon road country an compared with its area but nevertheless commence is not developed since the not highly productive in an elevated plateau in bj mountains in manner that the and the harbors on the ii difficult to maintain The author from Irviuff to the effect that stead of what picture to a region decked out with all the of Italy is for the part a melancholy country with rugged mountains and ed sweeping plains destitute of trees and silent and lonesome partaking of the and solitary character of The mountain cut off the rain fall from great districts reserving it for others thus in some parts emerald meadows and in others barren wastes Certain valleys support a butter and ese industry and there root crops do well anil some beet supar is In other valleys orchards cider abound Still others produce grapes and wine The famous vale of is a tn of unexcelled climate and but undeveloped possibilities n agricultural and fruit growing ie -ion A chief check to its lies in the fact that the soil is in possession of a few landlords who not possess the skill of encouraging A flora throughout the valley below At Seville much tobacco is aud manufactured As this country is fitted by its climate to tiele with Cuba in the production of and tobacco for the Spanish market it has experienced great since the war with Cuba has a rival and the war trith United States has cut off all im- of American tobacco In the river valley on the white chalk of the Jerez hills near Cadiz is of sherry the sack of convivial literature the Mediterranean shore Spain ents a narrow ribbon of fertile de- country This region is often cai 1 The Garden of and its arc active and industrious I- lite province of Valencia from the y of the same name to Alicante follows close upon garden are grown wheat wine raisins dates and olives In these is successfully practiced and the greater part of the of the short coast streams is thus employed Little rain falls and what is dreaded because of the violence of the storms and the damage done by floods to tlie voirs papers of a few days ago told of much havoc and many death wrought in that fertile region by flood It is a great contrast to pan from these tropic shores to the wind swept of the interior Some of the lands form wheat growing Others arc devoted to the of and the hatred for the forest haa canned a gradual stripping away of covering and the of other Classes have been sacrificed those of the owners The rough and unwatered of Spain arc barren and bereft of population The political capital is in the centcrof Spain The leve country in which it has been dropped as it by accident is for the most part a waterless plain swept in winter bj the piercing winds from the nake mountains of the north sweltering in summer under the effect of the sun rays on bare rock and soil of Madrid has been tersely by its inhabitants as three months o winter and nine of can be readily teen from the fore Spain is a country sharpl divided into geographical and indus trial regions of diverse character He whole industrial life is in so condition that no great 1 in has yet taken A further study of the resources an industries of Spain and perhaps of th 1 and political conditions of he le will be given in next issue 1 A PEN TER CUl L Congress y of A St Paul Dispatch sayi Missouri people arc to the president to stop oil at St i lo see tile sights an he the of W J of fre frum the go The annual ot n a Uncle Sai date I'll was ei and still and with wards Slates f es the we fancy the la an ieh we we tho S treasurer s l -in all one tim nd n r I meet eir work The hog ing there is t ul turf of history and the nul ny oti either -id unless it is of Our nS editions corrected up to nations lave been put to late and the country has L remarkable impetus urn A tgo uf chief were the its Vc are line islands cr now they but of the Hie most Of tiler loth to ignorance with we or right inn lias been school d ive read ler's nil a Spanish it across d again the uf Carlos have d two captured Florida the time bombarding in al many evidences of of tile but how i American know Easiness is very good Another business place in town Dr Griffin is quite busy these days See those shoes at E C they are dandies Liveryman L E possessor of a line new surrey tis reported that C F soon locate in Minn The caucus last Friday was well a and a hot time is reported will vote for litt Norwegian for Congress ar no mistake M Robb has moved his to Nura Borings and goes to Oklahoma u a location n school under the skillful of Prof Stiley is rapidly Siting to the front and the aiv increasing very fast about grain markets we can truthfully say that Carpenter's mat is a hummer and Buyer Roe is than raising the dust S- With the dump scales in it is much easier in unloading and thermore the scales are correct Notice of Special tion o the voters township of Bristol iu county of State Notice is hereby given that will be held in said township Bristol County of Worth State of iva on the 17th day of October Bristol school house the same being e place where the general election is held in said Township of 1 for the purpose of voting upon the estion of Iowa Minnesota Northwestern Company by tion At said election the will be to the vole of said ip of aiding the Iowa Minnesota orthwestern Railway Company in the of its railroad through id Township of Bristol from Lake Us Iowa in a southeasterly iu to an intersection or crossing of e Milwaukee St Paul between Mason City Iowa nd Clear Lake Iowa by the levy and of a five per cent tax upon e taxable property in said Township Bristol which tai shall be levied at c time of levying the ordinary talcs the year 1899 upon the valuation of year at the rate per cent and shall be collected at the of collection of the ordinary of the year The amount of work upon said ved railroad required to be clone bej re such tax or any portion thereot become due and payable to said company shall be as The construction of n standard gauge from Lake Mills Iowa to an or crossing of the Chicago St Paul Railway be- Mason City Iowa and Clear ake Iowa through some portion of id Township of Bristol with new eel rails weighing not less than x pounds to the lineal yard and said company shall build and ir a good and substantial passenger rl freight depot on their line as located in Bristol Township a point one mile north of South line of Bristol township and point two miles south of the north ne of Bristol township and said work hall be commenced on or before De- ember 1 and said railroad fully between the points above 11 on or before the first day of 1900 so that railroad trains re run thereover and said depot built d the running of trains over said between said points and the ng of said depot shall be evidence of full completion of the required and which conditions shall e fully performed before such tax or ny portion thereof shall become due nd if railroad be not so fully between said points named or before the first day of October JOO so that railroad trains are run by said date and said depot then said tax shall be void and nny tax shall have been collected he County Treasurer the same hall be returned to the person or ns so paying the same At said election the question of such will be submitted in the the following public measure c Shall the Iowa Railway Company be aided in ic construction of its railroad through lid township of Bristol from Lake ion to an intersection or crossing of Chicago Milwaukee St between Mason City Iowa nd Clear Lake Iowa by the levy and of a five per cent tax upon he taxable property in said Township f Bristol which tax shall be levied at he time of levying the ordinary i of the year 1899 upon the valuation f the year at the rate per cent foresaw and shall be collected at the ime of collecting the ordinary taxes the year The amount of upon said posed railroad required to be done ore such tax or any portion become due and payable to said railway company shall be as The construction of a standard auge railroad from Mills Iowa o an intersection or crossing of the St Paul We are Competitors in the CLOTHING BUSINESS and please remember We ARE In It We want your trade and there are many reasons why we should have it carry a complete line of the best goods sell these goods below prices charged by our competitors who think they are in but really are not stock is MEW Because in a nutshell we sell you the best goods for the least money and treat you right Our Line of H Specialty The Celebrated Gordon Ferguson make Positively the best and most complete line of Fur Coats and Robes in Northern Iowa For your fall purchases in Clothing Gents Furnishings Boots and Shoes Remember Your Clothiers STRAUSS Our Great Premium Offer With every cash aale we lor the chased and on the return of these in the amount of we GIVE AWAY FREE a very neat and valuable FAMILY SCALE now on exhibition at Call and ses them That we hare constantly 00 hand A full line of Wall Paper Paints Oils ive us a call Window Shades A Co Fertile Iowa o reduce my large stock of l I will for a limited time offer it Don't wait until the best is gone but call early and get a bargain Steam Heat A SPECIALITY Bicycles and Bicycle Repairing Work from to 45.00 thing I 1 and n into this moralising an article by s on Spain's industries published in that one of tlie cleanest stores in II this region J I appears to and we o it And now comes a in the pos Dr Grillin is the Republican and will enter the as one of Uncle in a couple of week Dr mini ha bought the drug store uf M Ivil and will put in a line of fancy g drugs Aud we know that tm doctor will be a druggist and physician With a system of waterworks electric Northwood is to the front as a progressive and prising city In a trip out west the southern part of Minnesota ye cor- respondent noticed that almost town of from four hundred in- habitants as fitted with a of waterworks and invariably lights were all progressive towns Take -i look through county and sec how they stand It would that they were all afraid of a little taxation poor deluded tals Can't you see that the increase of will be offset by decrease of And works if put on proper basis soon pay for themselves Here is luck to Northwood and her progressive citizens Scott of the treasury department rules that teachers by county Chicago Milwaukee way between Mason City Iowa Clear Iowa through some iou of said Township of Bristol with new steel rails weighing not less than fifty-six pounds to the lineal yard and said railway company shall build maintain a good and substantial passenger and freight depot on their LC as hereafter located in Bristol Township between a point one mile north of the south line of Bristol township and a point two miles south of the north line of Bristol Township ami said work shall be commenced on or before December 1st 1898 and railroad fully completed between the above named on or before the day of October WOO so that railroad trains arc ruu thereover and saii depot built and the running of trains over said road between said points and the building of said depot slia I he evidence of the full tion of the required conditions and which conditions shall be fully formed before tax or any portion thereof shall become due and if said railroad bo not so fully completed be- tween said points named on or before the day of October so that trains are run thereover by aid date and said depot built then sair tax shall be void and if any tax shall have been collected by the Treasurer the same shall be to the person or persons ing the same question shall upon as provided by law and if a majority of votes be for the adoption 1 then the clerk of township r the clerk of said tion shall certify to the Audit it Wurth county result of said per so by said township year during which the same is to the or t- company to which such tax is and the I iine tei ins und con- ins which the same when tn he miller the con- in- ami of this notice v nil copy of thin in f Lowest priced in the country C F LUBIENS CARPENTER IA Oct 00 Original In the District Court of the Suite of tor Worth Turin I Se A Defend YOU n Ilk In thi ol Worth cou in tho iibi titled Is now on of ty Iowa of noli won in of li IKS mill ku writ of an your in AnJ you to iu J on or Mon of t iTe in ortl I ri w.ur to IH th ill on day WHS I MW Iu M- A- for Oct ic ol I to Sl of Worth Counly it Muy Court i u-l count s 11 I X W In i tri ulO da and Diarrhoea am the stomach and all unnatural f It always cures EXAMINATION An examination for persons wishing certificates to teach in Worth county will be bold at my office in Northwood Friday and Oct 38 and 29 S B TOYK Supt ee my ot Stylish Fall and Winter MILLINERY argent assortment MISS 8 O D 0 STAM GENERAL A SPECIALTY All work done promptly and in a thorough workmanlike manner
