Mr Eddy Sells Farm - 1865

EDDY

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 3/30/2007 at 09:11:07

Mr. Eddy, a farmer residing near Mt. Pleasant sold his farm last week for $5,000, the purchaser paying him $3,000 in hand. A few nights after his house was entered and the entire amount stolen. So says the Journal.

-- Burlington Weekly Hawkeye; Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa; March 25, 1865