Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee, Iowa
November 6, 1886


Charley HARRIS came up from Burlington to help the Phils "do up" the Waukons. He returned Wednesday.

Paul TURNER came up from Fayette and spent Sunday with the home folks. He is taking the commercial course now.

Subscribers this week:
E. SWENSON, H.B. TAYLOR, C.A. HARRIS & Geo. CARSWELL.

We suppose Bert BURDICK is now wandering over the prairies of southwestern Kansas. We hope he may strike "paying dirt".

STAFFORD is putting in the underpinning and cellar under the SANDERS' building.

Joe GRAY drops in his periodical advertisement this week.

For sale. One horse, 9 years old, one saddle horse, 8 years old, one carriage, one 2 seated open buggy, one single harness. Will sell regardless of cost. W.S. ROBERTS.

Will DARLING was another of the former Postville boys who put in last Sunday at home (or at the home of his "best girl", we don't know which). We are glad that he has a good situation in Dubuque.

H.E. HIGBEY is back from Latham, Kansas, on a visit, and rumor says he is not going back alone. He reports that Will HAINES, W.H. STRICKLAND and all the Iowa people in his section, as doing well and being happy.

E.B. LAMBERN & Co. have decided to go out of business at Luana, for good and sufficient reasons.

List of letters remaining at the postoffice, Oct. 31st, 1886:
H.J. KAIZER, Mrs. Olini O. KRUMME, Rhuben MOSLER, L.D. MORAN, Mrs. Mary SEGRIST, Mr. W.D. SIMPSON, Mrs. Florence SMITH & Miss Ida SHAVER.

WOODEN WEDDING.
One of those occasions that are far to infrequent in this selfish world of ours, was the "wooden wedding" down at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John L. JEMISON, last Saturday evening. A goodly number from town met a large company of the more immediate neighbors of the bride and groom of five years standing, and whiled away the evening hours in social converse. Nothing happened to mar the pleasure of the evening, except that Will WARNER was disposed to be a little noisy. [extracted from a lengthly article]

DEATH.
Mrs. Dr. BARNES, of Waukon, died this week of consumption.

OBITUARY.
Mrs. SYMONDS died at her home in Frankville, Iowa, Thursday, Oct. 21st, 1886, and was buried the following day. She had a complication of diseases and was a great sufferer. She left one daughter, three sons, and her mother to mourn her loss. She was a presbyterian and is said to have been a good christian.

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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
November 13, 1886

J.C. TAYLOR and family will soon be off to their future home in Kansas. Elisha HARRIS will accompany them and proceed to California, where he has a daughter, and where he expects to remain a year or more in hopes that the climate will benefit his impaired health. His many friends here hope so too.

Jas. FRAWLEY will sell a span of horses, buggy and harness at auction in front of the postoffice in Postville, at 1 o'clock, on Saturday of next week, the 20th.

We understand that L. MINNICK will soon open a meat market in his building on Lawler street.

Mr. M.Y. McMASTER, on Wednesday thought he would find out what he had in his pond in the way of German carp. It is generally known that 3 years ago last spring he stocked his pond with young fish of the above variety. Since then myriads of young fish have been seen and of late some good sized ones have jumped out of the water, and there was quite a curiosity to know if there were any larger ones, and if so, how large. Accordingly he got Mr. McDANELD with his net and some other neighbors and drew two or three "pulls" under difficulties, as the bottom of the pond is full of snags and cradle knolls. But they got out enough to satisfy the most incredulous that fish culture is a success. Three specimens were very large, the one left with us being 25 inches long and weighing 9 pounds.

Bert BURDICK returned from Kansas on Monday, much sooner than he expected to.

S.F. CLINTON, the new lumber man, will occupy the S.C. PERRY residence on the west side, Mr. PERRY's young people having gone into the ROBERTS house on Tilden street.

Col. A.G. STEWART will be the next nominee for senator from the district composed of Allamakee and Fayette.

Last Friday Judge HATCH sentenced SCHMIDT to be hung on the 4th of Jan., 1888.

Alex. BISHOP, brother of "Cale" BISHOP, visited the latter this week. He is a successful farmer and stock raiser in southeastern Kansas, where he located 18 years ago, when he left Postville.

H.A. STOWE and family were here, or at the COURSON residence, over Sunday. Mr. STOWE went on to Fort Dodge on Monday, which will be their home hereafter. Mr. STOWE is still in the employ of the Plano company.

Mr. and Mrs. W.J. CAMPBELL left on Tuesday for a visit of 6 months or a year to friends in New York.

Subscribers this week:
W.J. CAMPBELL (2 copies sent east), E. BOLLMAN, Geo. CARSWELL, Oliver KACKEY, Guy A. SMITH, Mrs. M.B. HAINES & Jas. H. McGHEE.

Mrs. SANDERS returned from Nebraska by the way of Rudd, last Saturday.

Abram HART has finished husking corn and says that it is the best crop he has raised in 5 years.

Scott ROBERTS was up to Northfield over Sunday.

We understand that R.S. BARCLAY has sold his farm to Henry WEIHE.

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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
November 27, 1886

The Postville postoffice was properly draped and closed for a time on Monday, out of respect to the memory of ex-president ARTHUR, who was buried on that day.

It is said that 17 deaths have occurred from diptheria in and around Ossian this fall. This begins to approximate the Postville scourge of several years ago.

ROBE LOST. On Saturday, Nov. 13th, somewhere between R.S. BARCLAY's farm and the R.R. crossing near W.J. CAMPBELL's, a buffalo calf robe, lined with jeans. A liberal reward will be paid for the robe if left at this office. Edwin SHAFFER.

Elisha HARRIS left on Wednesday with J.C. TAYLOR and family. He will accompany them to Kansas and after remaining a few days will proceed to California, where he will remain for the winter with his daughter, and possibly longer. We are glad to see Mr. HARRIS take this trip because he deserves the relaxation and is amply able to take it. Besides there is no doubt but the trip will benefit his health.

The B.C.R.& N. Ry will sell round trip exursion tickets from all principal stations to California points, at very low rates. For further particulars call on J.E. HANNEGAN, Gen'l Tkt and Pass. Agt.

The dread alarm of fire rang out on the air Tuesday evening at about 7:30. The cause was a chimney burning out on the old STAADT building. It was soon extinguished and the excitement subsided. The wind was blowing a gale from the west and if the building had burned, Mr. KOEVENIG's house, ours and Mrs. BETTYS' and Dr. BROWN's would have been in imminent danger.

STILES & BOYNTON, painters. Plain and oramental house painting, kalsomining, paper hanging and decorating done in the latest style.

H.J. SCHULTZ, Postville Dray Line.

T.B. EASTON, dealer in furniture & undertaking.

DIED. At her residence in Franklin township, Allamakee Co. Iowa, of bronchial consumption, Mrs. Ruth KEISER, aged 38 years, 4 months and 1 day. Deceased was born in Piqua Co., Ohio. Her maiden name was Ruth A. ASHER. She came to Iowa with her parents in an early day in the history of this state, residing in Allamakee Co. most of the time since then. She was married to Rudolph KEISER April 25, 1867. She was the mother of 3 children, one son and two daughters, who with her bereaved companion and an aged father survive to mourn her decease. Deceased was a professor of the Christian religion and a member of the United Brethren church. The funeral was conducted by Rev. W.D. HARTSOUGH, of Castalia, at the last residence of the deceased, in the presence of relatives and a large number of friends and neighbors. The remains were buried beside those of her mother in the Minert cemetery.