EVENTS PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL
FROM WEEK TO WEEK
DURING THE YEAR l89l:
JANUARY lT.H. SCHENCK succeeds MILLARD F. STOOKEY as Clerk of Courts.A joint debate is held at the opera house between ELDER F.C. WATKINS, of
the Adventist Church and ELDER J.R. LAMBERT, of the L.D.S. Church.One MULLIN, of Decatur is tried for the larceny of a boy and fined $l00
and costs.MRS. ANNIE WRIGHT died at her home at Van Wert.
Installation of officers at Masonic Lodge, followed by a supper at the
restaurant.The residence of R.H. JOHNSON in Eden Township, is destroyed by fire.
JANUARY 8The infant son of MR. and MRS. O.E. TULLIS dies.I.O.O.F. install officers for the year l89l.
MRS. J.M. GARDNER died at her home in north Leon.
MRS. P.F. JOHNSON is adjudged insane and taken to asylum at Mt.
Pleasant.
JANUARY l5MRS. A.E. CHASE receives $3,000 from the New York Life Insurance Company
on account of the death of her husband.The Methodist Sunday School purchase three hundred volumes for the
Methodist Sunday School Library.FULLER & SIMPSON dissolve partnership.
The Pocahontas Club gives a Whittier entertainment at the M.E. Church
for the benefit of the Sunday School.The Decatur County Agricultural Society select officers for the year
l89l.The Baptists carry on a series of meetings at their church.
JANUARY 22ELZIE MARTIN is arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ledgerwood for seduction.I. HALDEMAN died at his home in Humeston.
HON. J.W. HARVEY and R.L. PARRISH form a co-partnership for the practice
of law.MRS. RACHEL JENKINS dies at her home.
BELLE MCCULLOM is arrested at Creston for drunkenness and sent to her
home in Leon.
JANUARY 27MISS CORA SMITH is sentenced to the penitentiary by JUDGE TEDFORD for
burglary.A son is born to MR. and MRS. WM. BROWN.
A young man by the name of CLYMER is arrested for larceny.
The trial of DR. MITCHELL for murder in progress. The jury returns a
verdict of not guilty.JAMES FARRIS is boring a well for electric light plant.
BARNEY FITZSIMMONS, a former resident of Leon, is shot in Creston, while
engaged in a game of poker in a joint.
FEBRUARY 5J.A. HAWKINS purchases an interest in the grocery of J. HOFFHINES.
FEBRUARY l2MILLARD F. STOOKEY purchases an interest in the Bethany Republican.MRS. P.F. JOHNSON dies at the asylum.
PROF. BALLARD, the Red Oak poet, appears before a large audience of
Leonites.L. VAN WERDEN purchased-MRS. CHASE's interest in the drug store of CHASE
& VAN WERDEN.W.A. BRANNON was adjudged a spendthrift and the court appointed a
guardian for him.
FEBRUARY l9Residence of JOHN ALLARD is destroyed by fire.The Farmers Institute in session.
Death of MRS. RACHEL L. JOHNSON.
A revival meeting is in session at the M.E. Church.
FEBRUARY 26The McMillan Opera Company exhibited at the opera house.The "white owl" appears at Drake's.
G.A. BLOMBERG and MISS MAUD HELCHER are united in the holy bonds of
matrimony.
MARCH 5The plant of the Leon Bottling Works is sold to GEO. GASKILL, of
Chariton.The C.B. & Q. make an economical strike. A.N. FRASER, one of the oldest
agents on the road, is laid off.REV. MITCHELL, from India, lectures concerning the habits and customs of
its people.Literary entertainment given by the Senior Class of the High School.
A HOLLINGER is acquitted on preliminary hearing for the charge of rape.
MAYOR ALBAUGH is re-elected Mayor.
MARCH l9Marriage of DAN D. TEW to MISS LILLIAN E. WARREN at Des Moines.
MARCH 26The death of BESSIE SANKEY, daughter of MR. and MRS. E.J. SANKEY
occurred.GEO. VAN HOUTEN, State organizer of the Alliance, organizes in Leon.
Death of NELLIE BABCOCK in Denver, Colorado.
GEO. ZIMMERMAN is arrested for boot-legging whiskey.
APRIL 2Death of JOHN ROBERTS at his house in Leon.
Edison Electric Light Co. bring suit against the city for $l,500.
Marriage of D.W. POTTS to MISS MAGGIE CHAPMAN.
APRIL 9W.J. SULLIVAN & SON open a grocery store.
JOHN HORTON, of the Horton House, Davis City, dies suddenly of heart
failure.Death of LEWIS J. RUMLEY.
Death of ALLICE E. GOODMAN
MARTHA SMITH, of this place, is pardoned by Governor Boes.
A mad dog is killed south of town.
APRIL l6Death of CHARLEY GIRDNER.
APRIL 23Death of H. ROBBINS.
J.D. BROWN is elected delegate to the G.A.R. National Encampment at
Dubuque.OLIVE E. CRAMER, a former resident of Leon, kills M.T. BORNE in
Oklahoma.Fiftieth anniversary of the Methodist Church in Leon is celebrated.
MAY l4W.S. JOHNSON retures from the JOURNAL.
MAY 2lSTOOKEY & BROOKS assume control of the JOURNAL.
PROF. M. SCHOENERT locates in Leon and estiblishes a musical
conservatory.
MAY 28Resignation of REV. M. NOERR, of the Presbyterian Church.
Graduating exercists of the Leon High School takes place at the opera
house.Memorial Day is duly observed with appropriate exercises.
JUNE 4The last of the school house indebtedness is paid off.
JUNE llAt a meeting of the citizens the money is raised and site selected for a
roller mill.The Cross building on the southeast corner of the square is completely
destroyed by fire.
JUNE l8J.G. EARLY & SON, of Lineville, put in a stock of lumber in the I.R.
ATLEE yard.Normal Institute is in session.
Knights of Pythias Memorial Day is observed by that order.
JULY 2Death of MORRIS ALEXANDER at Elm Creek, Nebraska; brother of W.A.
ALEXANDER.Marriage of CHAS. DUPREE SMITH, of Denver, Colorado, to MISS CAROLINE
YOUNG.
JULY 9DR. J.W. CROFFORD arrested for counterfeiting.
Installation of I.O.O.F. Officers.
Death of MRS. LYDIA BINNING.
JULY l6The Leon infirmary reorganized.
People's party convention met in Leon.
REV. C.P. REYNOLDS, father of MRS. I.R. ATLEE, died at his home in
Toledo.
JULY 23BROWN & HORNER dissolve partnership, DR. A. BROWN retiring.
First concert given by the K.P. Band.
WM. WOODARD purchased the fair grounds of the agricultural society.
JULY 30Death of WM. LOVING, one of the oldest residents of the county.
AUGUST l3M. HAUGHT purchases the opera house of E.A. DAUGHERTY.
Storm of August 9th, which did much damage to growing crops.
Old Settlers meet at Garden Grove on the 6th.
AUGUST 20Death of BRYANT O'NEILL, one of the leading stock raisers in southern
Iowa.
AUGUST 27Death of RAYMOND HARVEY, infant son of MR. and MRS. J.W. HARVEY.
The Republicans held their county convention and nominate officers.
On the 2lst MR. FRED TEALE and MISS EUGENIA SANKEY were married.
In this issue appeared the announcement of the Leon High School.
SEPTEMBER l0Postmaster HARVEY is instructed to examine the fourth-class office in
the county.The death of MRS. M.E. BECK occurred at her home in Leon.
HON. H. BOYDSTON moves his family to Marshalltown.
SEPTEMBER l7County Superintendent, A.A. ROY is married to MISS LOU ARMEL at
Holdridge, Nebraska.Musical entertainment at the M.E. Church under the direction of PROF.
SCHOENERT.
SEPTEMBER 24Mysterious disappearance of a St. Louis traveling man.
New scenery is placed in the opera house.
OCTOBER lJOHN LEDGERWOOD takes charge of Ward's Hotel.
OCTOBER 8Senator Allison, U.S. Senator from Iowa, addresses the citizens of Leon.
MR. and MRS. W.J. SULLIVAN celebrate their twentieth marriage
anniversary.EUGENE R. VANDERPOOL is killed by a train while switching in the yards
at the Q. station.Death of ROLLAND MILLER, the infant son of MR. and MRS. MODE MILLER.
OCTOBER 22Bridge across Grand River at Davis City is completed.
OCTOBER 29Col. Hepburn addresses a large audience in Leon.
NOVEMBER 5RUSH-PENNIWELL marriage.
Halloween entertainment at Ward's Hotel.
NOVEMBER l2S. WOODMANSEE is quite badly hurt by the bursting of a shot gun.
NOVEMBER l9The whereabouts of DR. S.C. THOMPSON disclosed by death at Olympia,
Washington.Death of MRS. JULIA HEBENER.
Letter of ED. K. PITMAN explanatory of his relations with DR. THOMPSON
appears.
DECEMBER 3Hunt & Van Etten appeared at the opera house.
M. HAUGHT falls in business.
DECEMBER l0WM. THARP is injured by a falling scaffold.
MISS RACHEL LUNDEGREEN is induced to return home by a bogus telegram,
which she paid $3 for.RICHARD WILLIAMS, a colorad man from Leon, elopes with a white woman.
FRANK BENNINGTON leaves unexpectedly with a number of disappointed
creditors.
DECEMBER 24Trotting-bred colt sale.
MR. and MRS. S.C. PENNIWELL celebrate their twentieth anniversary.
MILLARD CHANDLER is arrested for punishing a student.
"Daniel", a sacred cantata, at the opera house under the direction of
PROF. SCHOENERT last night.
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