Iowa Old Press
Burlington Hawkeye
Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa
Sept. 10, 1874
Mrs. Amelia Wright, of Muscatine, has been taken to the asylum for the insane at Mount Pleasant, her insanity being caused by the free use of patent "hair restoratives." We always knew something would hairpin to the women from the way they mess with their hair.
Burlington Hawkeye
Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa
Sept. 24, 1874
Conference Appointments
The following are the appointments made by the Iowa Methodist
Episcopal Conference, held at Bloomfield, Iowa, last week:
Burlington District.
I.A.Bradrick, Presiding Elder, Burlington- Division street, J.C.W. Coxe.
Old Zion, J.B. Blakeney.
South Burlington, J.G. Barton
Burlington Circuit, A. Robinson.
Canaan, T.E. Corkhill.
Danville, G.W. Byrkit.
Dodgeville, A.Orr.
Kossuth, M. Bamford.
Marshall, J.C. Kendrick.
Morning Sun, J.R. Noble.
Mt. Pleasant Circuit, I.P. Teeter.
New London, J.R. Reasoner.
Wapello, A.J. Belknap.
Columbus City, E.J. Pike.
Winfield, N. Wells.
Coneville, E.W. Twining.
Ft. Madison, C.P. Reynolds.
West Point, Jesse Craig.
Ainsworth, O.C. Shelton.
Keokuk District.
John Haynes, Presiding Elder.
Keokuk, Chatham Square, W.H. Pillsbury.
First Church, S.S. Murphy.
Bentonsport, W.H.H. Smith.
Bonaparte, A.W. Haines.
Independent, W.E. Patterson.
Keosauqua, C.S. Cooper.
Lebanon, S.H. Thomas.
Montrose, James Hunter.
Troy, J.W.Cheney.
Winchester, C.H. Montgomery.
West Grove and Stiles, R.B. Allender.
Bloomfield, E.L. Schreiner.
Drakeville, L.C. Carroll.
Moulton, R.A. Carnine.
Birmingham, O.P. Light.
Cincinnati and Jerome, John Orr and M. Harned, supplied.
Mount Pleasant District.
W.F. Colesm Presiding Elder.
Mt. Pleasant, Asbury, J.A. Wilson.
Mt. Pleasant, Main Street, D. Murphy.
Agency City, J.B. Hill.
Batavia, J.P. Rice and Wm. N. Groom
Brighton, G.H. Clark.
Fairfield, Church Street, H.E. Wing.
Fairfield, Harmony, W.J. Spaulding.
Fairfield Circuit, J.H. Miller.
Martinsburg, J.T. Coleman.
Richland, W.I. Miller.
Salem, J.S. Ferguson, J. L. King.
Sigourney, J.G. Thompson.
Webster, H.F. Pugh.
Keota, John Davis.
Lexington, Wm. Poston
Washington, J.W. Chaffin.
I.W.U. John Wheeler, President; G.W.F. Willey, Professor, members of Main
Street, C.C.
Muscatine District.
J.C. Brown, Presiding Elder.
Muscatine, J.W. McDonald.
Muscatine Circuit, R. Stevenson.
Blue Grass, J.B. Hardy.
Grand View, D.A Waters.
Lone Tree, L.O. Housel.
Richmond, B.F. Kearns.
Sweetland Center, C.S. Jennis.
West Liberty, A. McClintock.
Wilton, E.L. Briggs.
Tiffin, T.C. Miller.
North Liberty, D.C. Bevan
Marengo, D.C. Smith
Kosta, R.J. Kenyon.
Millersburg, J.T. McFarland.
Williamsburg, W.H. Honn.
Pleasant Hill, A.V. Francis.
Victor, S. Hestwood, Sup.
Oskaloosa District.
B. Mark, Presiding Elder.
Oskaloosa, First Church, C.B. Clark.
Oskaloosa, Simpson, C.L. Stafford.
Oskaloosa, Wesley, T.J. Marshall, supply.
Pella and Otley, U.B. Smith, A. Kershaw.
Eddyville and Beacon, E. Sampson.
New Sharon, C. Morey.
Peoria, B.F. Shane.
Union, W.S. Hurt.
Springfield, A.V. Kandrick, A.C. Keeler.
Lynnville, S.R. Ferguson.
Montezuma, W.G. Thorn.
Newton, I.N. Busby.
Newton Circuit, J.W. Robinson.
North Newton, J.E.Corley.
Kellogg, J.M. Coats.
Grinnell, L.P. Causey.
Malcolm, E.P. Michener.
Brooklyn, W.G. Wilson.
Ottumwa District.
G.N. Power, Presiding Elder.
Ottumwa, First Church, J.T. Simmons.
Ottumwa, Main Street, T. Stephenson.
Albia, I.O. Kemble.
Albia Circuit, A.R. Jones.
Knoxville, E.H. Waring.
Knoxville Circuit, G. Nulton
Attica, John Harris.
Bellefountain, J.M. Mann.
Marysville, D.T. Monroe.
Hamilton, C.W. Shepherd.
East Melrose, L.S. Ashbaugh.
Unionville, C.R. Nolton
Cedar, M. See.
Centreville, D.B. Smith
Kirksville, T.J. Myres.
Ottumwa Mission, John Armistead, Supply.
Chillicothe, J. Potter.
Western Patents.
The following Western Patents were issued from the
United States Patent Office, for the week ending Sept. 1, 1874, as reported for
the Hawk Eye from the Western patent office agency, by W.B. Richards, solicitor
of patents, Galesburg, Illinois.
Iowa.
Drive chains- W.D. Ewarts, Belle Plaine.
Harvesters- Same.
Metallic roofing- Seth Cox, Oskaloosa.