Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee, Iowa
March 3, 1888

I have a quanity of corn for sale at my farm. S.W. COURSON.

The Ladies Reading Club will meet with Mrs. W.S. ROBERTS Tuesday afternoon, March 6th.

Hardy BARNES has moved to town, and is received with "open arms". His sale last Monday was very satisfactory.

Mrs. Geo. CAMERON has gone to Battle Creek, Mich., to be with her daughter during a surgical operation.

J.K. PHILLIPPS wishes to announce that he has recovered from his recent bout of sickness and is now able to attend to the wants of those who want an easy shave or a neat hair cut.

The Mrs. Harry MOTT residence on Sumner Street, Postville, including two lots, is for sale. Call on A.P. ABOTT, at Mott & McAdam's hardware store.

John COLE, Jr. who has a train on the Canada Pacific railroad, out on the Pacific division is home on a furlough, the first in about two years.

HOLSHAN & BUGGY will handle a full line of agricultural implements in Postville the coming season, including Keystone corn planters, Standard cultivators, Norwegian plows and Lever harrows.

Our roll of honor this week:
E.F. SMITH, Mrs. Kate THOMA, Robert WATERS, J.G. Ratcliffe, G.A. WATERS, Geo. REDHEAD, W. LIVINGOOD, F.C. LUTTMAN, Hugh SHEPHERD & H.W. BUDDENBURG.

Rev. C.A. MARSHALL has been called to the permanent pastorate of the Congregational church at McGregor.

Letters remaining at the Postville postoffice for the month ending Feb. 29th, 1888:
B.S. GASTON, C.A. MERRIL, Fred. SICKMAN, R.S. WILLIAMS, V.B. FISHER, Norris M. GENHAM & Jno. SHELTER. by N.J. BEEDY, P.M.

At a caucus held Feb. 29th, 1888:
R.N. DOUGLASS was elected chairman and J. PERRY, Sec'y.
J. McEWEN was nominated for mayor.
R.N. DOUGLASS and Jas. SHEEHY were nominated for councilmen.
Wm. SHEPHERD was nominated for recorder.
W.S. ROBERTS was nominated for treasurer.
Jas. PERRY was nominated for assessor.
Wm. THOMA, E. SHEEHY & G. STAADT were appointed as corporation committee.

MARRIED. At the residence of the bride's father, Feb. 2nd, 1888, by Wm. SHEPHERD, Esq., Mr. Wm. ROBBE and Miss Mary STOCKMAN.

DIED. On Tuesday, Feb. 28th, 1888, Horace A. HARRINGTON, aged 68. the deceased was born in Jefferson Co., N.Y., in 1820. In 1856 he came west, and settled in Clayton Co., Iowa. He became a christian at the age of 20, and joined the Baptist church at Adams Center, N.Y. After coming to Iowa, he was for a time connected with the church at McGregor. When the Grand Meadow church was organized, he became on of its most consistent members. He is "asleep in Jesus". His wife and one son survive him. The funeral was held at his late residence, six miles south-east of Postville, March 1st. Rev. W.H. SLINGERLAND conducting the services. In spite of the storm and bad roads a large number of friends were present. The interment took place at the Postville cemetery.
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
March 17, 1888

Men's drawers, 25 cents, at Luhman & Sanders.

We understand that three deaths have occurred from measles in one family between here and Clermont this week.

HARRINGTON's sale next Friday & REDHEAD's sale next Tuesday.

J.W. PATTERSON bade goodby to his friends and got away to his western home on Wednesday evening.

The delegates chosen to the county convention were W.N. BURDICK, Jas. PERRY, J.I. SHEPHERD, John BURHANS, Ellison ORR, J.H. MEIER, W.H. CARITHERS & E. SWENSON.

A large and pleasant party was given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. HANKS on Tuesday evening in honor of James, who will return to Fayette next week. Our reporter says it was good to be there.

Henry TEEPLE, a young man aged 22 years was taken to the Insane Asylum from Waukon last Monday.

In our "moving" list last week we omitted Joseph RILEY, who moved into Mrs. GLINES' house, and J.B. BUCHANAN, who occupied the rooms vacated by John PIXLER. Since then J. HUGHES has moved down to the creamery, and Mr. PRESCOTT is building an addition to the house thus vacated, which later will be occupied by A.M. THOMPSON.

The M.E. University at Mitchell, Dakota, was burned one night last week and twelve of its inmates were seriously injured, one of whom died soon after. Among the injured Miss Hattie TAYLOR, formerly of Lansing, who was a teacher of elocution, received severe injuries by jumping from the second story.

Quarterly meeting services at the M.E. church, presiding elder, W.D. MABRY, will officiate.

DEATHS.
--Frank TEABOUT, the founder of Frankville, died at Sanborn a few days ago.
--Mr. Charles PIEPER, one of the old settlers of Ludlow township, died yesterday morning of catarrhal affection. His age was 61 years. He was a native of Germany but came to this country when a young man and for many years had been a resident of Ludlow township. His wife and five full grown children survive him. --from the Waukon Democrat.
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Postville Review
Postville, Allamakee Co. Iowa
March 31, 1888

Dr. TOPLIFF gives us a card of his business this week.

Warren STILES moved to his Hardin home on Thursday.

The HARRINGTON family has moved into the REED house, on the north side.

M.Y. McMASTER desires to sell or "give away" the Joh GILLEN residence, on the north side.

Mr. George HAMMOND has returned home from the Hammond' business college, New Albany, Indiana.

Mrs. D.N. TURNER has gone to western Minnesota to visit her mother, who is indisposed, and D.N. is a lone, lorn widderer.

The Modern Woodmen were the first to pay the death loss on S.S. POWERS. The heirs received $2,000 from this society two weeks ago. The other societies have not yet paid their losses.

Having sold the harness business I desire that all indebted to me call at once and settle, thus, enabling me to close up the business. Joseph BEUCHER.

John H. ANDRICK has finally been appointed postmaster of McGregor.

Cash on subscription this week:
H.C. BURNHAM, Mrs. J. RILEY, H.J. SCHULTZ, Edward STAADT, R.N. DOUGLAS (who sends a copy each to E. DOUGLASS & Mrs. N. HAMILTON), T. FOLSOM, S.C. PERRY & H.T. BOLLMAN.

Henry WITTLER has opened a shoe shop in the room first door south of the postoffice. Repairing a specialty.

Charley BAYLESS is in Des Moines passing an examination for a registered pharmacist.

Cornelius CLARK, just beyond Jas. McKINLEY's in Grand Meadow township, will have an auction sale of stock and farm machinery, on Saturday, Apr. 7th.

We are glad to learn that Joe MARSH, who was reported near to death's door at Waukon, is better and hopes are entertained of his recovery. In driving the Postville and Waukon stage one very cold day he got badly chilled and has been sick ever since.

Wm. MOTT has purchased the Mrs. C.H. EASTON residence, corner of Tilden and Sumner streets.

Tom KNUDTSON was up from Elkader and spent Sunday with his acquaintances and friends here. He has a good position with Chas. LEIBROCK, one of the oldest merchants there.

Twenty-five couples of our citizens met at Skelton & McEwen's store on Tuesday evening and went in a body and called on Mr. and Mrs. Hardy BARNES, tendering them a genuine surprise. If the capacity of the house had been great enough everybody in town would have been there to welcome this universally popular couple to Postville. We trust that Mr. and Mrs. BARNES realize, perhaps more than before, that in their new home they are surrounded by hosts of friends and no enemies. May they live long and prosper.

DEATHS.
--Mr. McADAM received a dispatch this week announcing the sudden death of his mother.
--Died, in Luverne, Minn. of heart disease, Southard CHAPIN, aged 30 years. He was a brother of Mrs. S. MORSE.

SUICIDE.
John BEALS suicided at Waukon last Saturday night, the probable result of unrequited love. Foolish man!

OBITUARY.
Andrew ANDERSON was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, Dec. 27, 1821. In early life he lost both his parents. In his youth he was apprenticed to a carpenter, and followed that trade for many years, in Glasgow and Edinburgh. In 1849 he married Catharine McDONALD, and soon afterward came to America. He lived for a short time at Milwaukee, Wis., and afterward at McGregor, Monona and Postville, Iowa. At this place his wife died in 1871. They were the parents of six children, 5 of whom are now living. In 1875 Mr. ANDERSON married Miss Jessie DRUMMOND, who survives him. Soon after his second marriage he removed to Franklin Co., Iowa, and settled on a farm near Sheffield, where his death occurred on Friday, March 23rd, 1888. While residing at Postville he became a member of the Free Will Baptist church, but after his removal to Sheffield was not connected with any church. Owing to the fact of his having lost his parents so early in life, Mr. ANDERSON's educational advantages were limited; yet he became a studious reader of many books and thoroughly investigated many subjects. He was interested in all reforms. Before the civil war he was an ardent abolitionist, and since then has been the friend of all causes that tended to advance the interests of the people. In business matters he was a man of sterling integrity, and a hater of all shams and frauds. As a parent he was kind but not indulgent, and required implicit obedience. Wherever he lived he made many friends, and always had the good-will of his neighbors. Physically, he was always rugged and healthy, until about a year ago. Since then he has rapidly declined, yet was able to do some work right along to the time of his death, which was very sudden. On Thursday evening, March 22nd, he retired with no indications of special illness; in fact, he expressed himself as feeling specially well. Friday morning he was found to be unconscious, and from this unconsciousness he never rallied, and passed away, apparently without pain, at 7:30 a.m.
"How swiftly the torrent rolls,
That bears us to the sea,
The tide that hurries all our souls
To vast eternity"