Newspaper Items from August 1894

Source: Clinton Weekly Age, Page 7, Aug. 03, 1894

LYONS: CITY CHAT

W.W. Buell and family returned to Chicago, Saturday.
J. A. Nattinger is spending a few weeks with his mother at Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Rev. A. R. Bickenback is home from an enjoyable visit with friends at Freeport, Ill.
The ladies of the M. E. church will give a sociable at the residence of J. L. Pollock Wednesday evening.
Prof. W. L. McArthur and others go to Fenton Center, Ill., Thursday, to assist in a literary and musical social.
It is rumored that J. Hagge, of Andover, will take possession of theTransient House about the first of August.
The big shower which visited Clinton Saturday morning came near passing Lyons by, but very little rain falling here.
George Keeler has obtained the contract for carring the mails between Clinton and Lyons, to go into effect August first.
Funeral services over the remains of the late Edmund Briggs will be held at Grace Episcopal church at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The dedication of the Congregational church has been postponed until Sunday, August 5, on account of the delay in receiving seats.
Miss Martina Schroer is suffering from a broken arm, the result of a fall through an open cellar way at the Co-Operative store Saturday.
Extensiveimprovements are being made on the Central school building.  The estimated cost of the improvements now being made is $1,200.
There will be a lawn social at the residence of Mrs. Julia Deeds this evening under the auspices of the ladies of the Presbyterian church.
Republican caucuses, to select delegates to the county convention to be held at the court house in Clinton on August 6, will be held in the several wards in this city Thursday evening.
Miss Louise Blaine arrived home Thursday evening from an enjoyable visit with friends in Moline, Ill.  She was accompanied by Miss Irene Wilson, who will remain her guest several days.
Miss Minnie Madden was pleasantly surprised by a party of her young friends last Thursday evening the occasion being in honro of Miss Madden's sixteenth birthday.  The popular young lady was presented with a handsome diamond ring.
The neighborhood in the vicinity of the street car barn was somewhat excited Sunday afternoon by a shooting affray, which took place in a little one story house just south of the Santiago cigar factory.  It appears that Paul Junger left his wife in Clinton some weeks ago while he went to Elgin, Ill. to look for work.  He returned Sunday and found his wife gone.  On inquiry he learned that she was living with John Oleson in this city.  Junger forthwith came to Lyons and finding his wife and Oleson under the dame roof he immediately proceeded to mop up the floor with the latter.  Oleson ran; and while attempting to escape through a front door Junger shot him in the right arm with a 22-calibre revolver.  Dr. Hofstetter extracted the bullet and dressed the wound after which Oleson disappeared.  Oleson stated that Junger had deserted his wife and that he had taken pity on her by renting a house and engaging her as housekeeper.

BIRTHS REPORTED

The following births were reported to the county clerk Saturday:

Gus Leete, farmer, Malone, July 8, girl.
Robert Shocky, farmer, Malone, July 9, girl.
Lorenz Johnson, section foreman, Malone, July 24, girl.
William Dalrymple, brakeman, Clinton, July 23, girl.

The following births were reported to the county clerk Thursday:

Ernest Chapman, carpenter, Clinton, June 4, girl.
Fred F. Riedesel, laborer, Wheatland, July 16, girl.
Mathew O'Meara, farmer, Charlotte, June 26, boy.
William James Costello, farmer, Charlotte, June 30, girl.