Iowa Old Press
Fairfield Weekly Ledger
Jefferson County, Iowa
June 4, 1868
Marriages
---On the 21st of May, at the Lutheran Parsonage, by Rev. A. AXLINE, Mr. Emanuel EHRNMAN and Miss Lizzie LAUNTZ, both of Lee county.
We wish the happy couple long life and great prosperity.
Bees.--- Mr. Addison JOHNSON, at Pleasant Plain, has parties out transferring bees to the Longstroth Hive and selling individual rights. The Longstroth has no superior. He is also raising pure Italian Queens for sale. Will have Italian colonies for sale after August 1st. Persons who are indebted to him are hereby requested and urged to make payment the first time they are called on. Be ready. He needs the money.
Ice-Cream.—The reputation of the ice-cream sold by J. C. & H. BLACK is on the increase. It was good at first, but it is better now, and if you are desirous of testing its merits call at their saloon over D. ACHESON’s grocery store on the North side. They will furnish you ice-cream of the best quality, and at all hours.
Proceedings of the City Council
Council Chamber, May 28, 1868
Council met with the following members present: Mayor C. DAVID in the Chair; Aldermen ALEXANDER, FERGUSON, MESSICK, MONFORT, and SHRINER. Absent: ACHESON, CRAWFORD, and PRATT.
Minute [sic] of previous meeting read and approved.
The committee to whom was referred the petition of D. P. STUBBS and others, asking that the crossing on Michigan street across Washington street be not removed, reported favorably on the same, and, on motion of Ald. ALEXANDER, the report of the committee was received and the petition granted. Ald’n ACHESON and PRATT appeared and took their seats.
The Committee on Claims reported favorably on claims of W. W. JUNKIN for printing, $14.70, and Sol. F. STEVER for timber, $6.00, and A. HEWITT for services as Marshal, $3.15, which, on motion, were allowed. Ayes – ACHESON, ALEXANDER, FERGUSON, MESSICK, MONFORT, PRATT & SHRINER.
Petition of P. N. WOODS and others, praying that the order on sidewalks, passed April 1, 1868, be changed so as to permit the laying of sidewalks the width of 5 feet 4 inches on the east side of Washington street from Church street south, was read, and, on motion of ACHESON, was referred to the Committee on Streets and Alleys.
Ald. ALEXANDER moved that the Committee on Streets and Alleys heretofore authorized to superintend the construction of the sewer on Jefferson street, are authorized to have the culvert on Church street remoddled [sic] and reconstructed, so as to avoid the present square angle in said culvert, and to have said sewer and culvert put at a lower grade, as may be judged best by said committee; provided that the change authorized in the culvert shall not interfere with the right of any one as heretofore given to tap said culvert with drain or drains. Carried.
Claim of W. W. JUNKIN, for printing, of $5.00, referred to Committee on Claims.
Ald. ACHESON moved that the Street Commissioner be authorized to purchase a plow and scraper for the City. Carried.
On motion, adjourned to Thursday, June 11, 1868, at 7 o’clock P.M. G. H. CASE
City Clerk.
Coal for Sale.--- Persons who wish to contract for the best coal can do so with Byron LAGRANGE, at the HOSKINSON coal banks, 6 miles Northeast of Fairfield. Contracts made for delivery at the bank or in Fairfield.
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Fairfield Weekly Ledger
Jefferson County, Iowa
June 11, 1868
STATE OF IOWA, JEFFERSON COUNTY.
September term, 1868.
To Edward C. RAHM, Louisa M. RAHM, W. P. MONETRY, D. M. and A. P. L. COCHRAN, MORRIS, TASHER & Co.
You are hereby notified that there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, Iowa, a petition of Ward LAMSON claiming of you the correction of a mistake in a deed executed by said Edward C. RAHM and Louisa M. RAHM, and quieting [sic] the title to the East fifteen acres off of the South forty (40) acres of the North fractional half of the North East quarter of section No. three (3) in township No. Seventy-one (71) range No. ten (10) in Jefferson county, Iowa. And that unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of the next term of said District Court, to be begun on the Seventh day of September 1868, default will be entered against you and judgment rendered thereon.
RATCLIFF & GILTNER
June 11, ’68 – 4 t p. f. $7.50 Attys Plff.
Robbing the Mail.--- John T. WORKMAN, mail route agent on the B. & M. R. R., was arrested on Monday morning last, charged with robbing the mails. A preliminary examination was had in Burlington on Tuesday morning, and was continued until next Tuesday. Mr. WORKMAN is a citizen of our place, and was appointed to his present position about two years ago. He was in town yesterday morning, not under arrest or under bonds, and in a conversation with him he asseverated his innocence, and asserted that no evidence could be brought against him that was not equally damaging to others.--- He had no doubt his innocence would be proved. We sincerely hope he may come out all the brighter and clearer from under the cloud that now hangs over him. His relatives and friends have been in deep distress since his arrest, but his conduct and conversation have dissipated their alarm.
[Ed. note: An article pursuant to this case appears on June 25, 1868.]
Marriages
---June 3, 1868, by Rev. J. E. BERGREN, at the house of Carl EHN, Mr. Carl JOHNSON and Miss Charlotte F. JOHNSON.
---May 12, 1868, by Alexander CLARK, Justice of the Peace, Mr. Richard FOREMAN and Mrs. Elizabeth WARD.
---June 1, 1868, by Alexander CLARK, Justice of the Peace, Mr. Christian HARADAR and Mrs. Sarah A. LEWIS.
---June 5, 1868, by C. E. NOBLE, Justice of the Peace, Mr. W. J. CARTER and Miss Elizabeth COOK.
---June 5, 1868, by Rev. Jonathan LEE, Mr. Cyrus G. CHURCH and Miss Sarah J. HARTER, at the residence of the bride’s father.
Annual Meeting of the Jefferson County Bible Society.--- The annual meeting of this society will be held at the M. E. Church in Fairfield, on Wednesday, 24th June, 1868.
The meeting for business will be opened at 3 o’clock P.M. with reading the scriptures, singing and prayer, and devoted to hearing the report of the treasurer and of the executive committee, and to the election of officers for the ensuing year.
In the evening the exercises will begin with devotional services, to continue from 7 ½ to 7 ¾ o’clock. Addresses will then be made by Rev. Mr. CALHOUN of Batavia, Rev. John HAYDEN of Libertyville, R. A. YOUNG, Esq., of Fairfield. Dr. C. C. HOAGLAND, the State agent, will be present to either lead or close in the addresses of the evening.
It is earnestly requested that the delegates from all the branch societies of the county will come with their reports and attend this annual meeting of our County Bible Association.
By order of the Board of Managers.
June 24, 1868
N. S. AVERILL, Sec’y.
Fairfield Weekly Ledger
Jefferson County, Iowa
June 18, 1868
Marriages
---On Wednesday evening, June 10th, 1868, at the residence of the bride’s parents, in this city, by Rev. W. C. SHIPPEN, Mr. Thomas L. HUFFMAN and Miss Ella, daughter of Dr. J. E. KING, all of this city.
Again has a bright oasis appeared in the desert life of a poor editor, and for the event that caused it we are duly grateful. May our friend HUFFMAN and his sweet bride ever live in the full enjoyment of all the bliss and happiness that falls to the human species.--- Our wish is that all their bright anticipations may be realized.
---June 4, 1868, by Rev. R. M. TRACY, at the residence of the bride’s father Mr. Abraham C. FISHER and Miss America E. ELLEN, all of this county.
---June 9, by Rev. J. A. WILSON, Mr. John A. O’NEIL and Miss Artie E. CHASE, both of this county.
---May 10, 1868, by Rev. J. G. CONDIT, Mr. Abraham HOLIPETER and Miss Sarah HUMPHREY, both of Jefferson county.
---In this city on the 7th of June, 1868, by Rev. C. DARBY, Mr. John McWHINNEY and Miss Catharine GIFT, both of this place.
---May 17, 1868, by Rev. Edward McCARTY, Mr. Sidney CURTIS and Miss Susannah PIERCE, both of this county.
Real Estate Transfers --- The following deeds to lands and town lots in Jefferson county, have been placed on record at the Recorder’s office for three weeks ending June 15, 1868.
J. J. HODGEN from Adoline WILLIAMS and husband, 40 acres in Walnut township. Deed dated August 17, 1867. 200 00
J. J. HODGEN from Nathan McCONNELL and wife, 10 acres in Penn township. Deed dated April 18, 1867. 400 00
John CASTEEL from J. H. TAYLOR and wife, 12 acres in Lockridgetownship [sic]. Deed dated December 16, 1867. 200 00
Randolph GAMBELL from Elizabeth LEECH and husband, 160 acres in Polk township. Deed dated May 15, 1868. 1,500 00
C. G. CLEVENGER from C. S. SCOTT <i>et. al.,<i/> 230 acres in Keokuk county, and 36 acres in Polk township. Deed dated November 3, 1858. 2,528 00
R. R. CASADAY from W. N. SMITH and wife, 1 acre in Penn township. Deed dated May 25, 1868. 8 00
W. W. MORGAN from Samuel ENGLAND and wife, 80 acres in Penn township. Deed dated May 1, 1868. 500 00
B. M. ALLENDER from Peter ANDERSON and wife, 15 acres in Lockridge township. Deed dated May 11, 1868. 75 00
J. D. CRAIL from George CRABBS and wife, the undivided half of 100 acres in Cedar township. Deed dated April 7, 1868. 1,410 00
J. D. CRAIL from George CRABBS, Ad’r, 100 acres in Cedar township. Deed dated April 7, 1868. 1,040 00
Sara FREELAND from J. H. YANCY and wife, 30 acres in Cedar township. Deed dated May 14, 1868. 200 00
R. T. GILMER from J. S. SCOTT and wife, 360 acres in Cedar township. Deed dated October 23, 1865. 7,000 00
R. T. GILMER from W. J. McCULLOUGH and others, 80 acres in Round Prairie township. Deed dated April 16, 1868. 500 00
August WALGREN from B. M. ALLENDER and wife, 7½ acres in Lockridge township. Deed dated May 11, 1868. 75 00
I. E. McCULLOUGH from W. J. McCULLOUGH and others, 80 acres in Round Prairie township. Deed dated April 16, 1868. 500 00
Owen HADLEY from Zeno HADLEY and wife, 26 acres in Blackhawk township. Deed dated June 3, 1867. 362 50
Smith BALL from Joseph RIDGEWAY <i>et. al.,<i/> 120 acres in Cedar township. Deed dated May 6, 1868. 550 00
Martin L. CREEK from Hiram SMITH and wife, 5 acres in Liberty township. Deed dated March 2, 1868. 150 00
Martin L. CREEK from William CLARRIDGE, 15 acres in Liberty township. Deed dated May 9, 1868. 225 00
B. C. ANDREWS from Barclay JOHNSON and wife, 40 acres in Penn township. Deed dated February 26, 1868. 1,300 00
A. B. McCLAIN from W. A. McCLAIN and wife, 45 and 6-100ths acres in Liberty township. Deed dated December 16, 1867.
500 00
Samuel COURTNEY from David COURTNEY and wife, about 97 acres in Walnut township. Deed dated April 17, 1868. 1 00
John GOBBLE from A. & F. BRIDGMAN, 5 acres in Polk township. Deed dated April 15, 1867. 35 00
J. B. GOBBLE from W. L. DUKE, 10 acres in Polk township. Deed dated December 17, 1866. 80 00
J. B. GOBBLE from A. MITCHELL and wife, 5 acres in Polk township. Deed dated January 18, 1868. 40 00
J. B. GOBBLE from J. H. SEARS and others, 5 acres in Polk township.--- Deed dated July 20, 1868 [sic]. 25 00
Ward LAMSON from Jas. F. WILSON and wife, 9 square rods in Fairfield township. Deed dated June 7, 1868. 12 00
[Ed. note: One rod is equal to 16½ feet as a measure of distance.]
Samuel ENGLAND from Nathan TALBERT and wife, 30 acres in Penn township. Deed dated May 1, 1863. 510 00
Samuel ESCHELMAN from C. T. COWAN and wife, 14 and 2-100ths acres in Des Moines township. Deed dated January 5, 1867. 610 00
Estate of Samuel PANCOAST from Wm. BALDING and wife, 5 and 8-10ths acres in Liberty township. Deed dated June 12, 1868. 125 00
James CASSADAY from Rufus CASSADAY and wife, 31 acres in Penn township. Deed dated June 9, 1868. 550 00
L. T. GILLETT from Charles NEGUS and wife, 80 acres in Polk township.--- Deed dated August 14, 1852. 100 00
David MAJOR from E. B. LONG and wife, 40 acres in Fairfield township. Deed dated April 23, 1868. 600 00
Jacob MILLER from J. J. HODGEN and wife, 20 acres in Walnut township. Deed dated April 4, 1868. 377 00
Union School Rooms
<i>Fairfield,<i/> June 6, 1868.
Association met pursuant to adjournment. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted. Exercises were conducted in mental arithmetic, history, select reading, grammar, object-lessons and practical arithmetic, by Messrs. HERON, MURRAY, MORRISON and GIFT.
Miscellaneous business now being in order, D. HERON was elected President, G. CASE, Vice-President, and Miss Maggie PATTEN, Secretary.
The committee on programme reported the following:
Inaugural address: by the President.
Grammar: Wm. H. AXLINE.
Elocution: Miss Maggie PATTEN.
Mental-arithmetic: E. I. HINSHAW.
Orthography: D. BROWN.
Declamation: Gideon SAMPSON.
Select-reading: J. W. CREAMER.
Object-lessons: Mrs. HOWE.
Essays: Misses KIRKPATRICK, STEVER and JEFFERS.
Penmanship: A. J. COMBS
Geography: Messrs. PIERCE and DAVIS.
In consequence of the next regular day for meeting being on the 4th of July, it was moved and seconded that the meeting be on the last Saturday in June. Carried.
Mr. MORRISON was appointed a committee of one to secure signers and form a choir for the benefit of the Association.
By order of the County Superintendent all the members of the committee of this county, on Institutes, are requested to attend the next Teachers’ meeting.
Adjourned.
Wm. AXLINE,
Secretary, <i>pro tem.<i/>
From the Presbyterian, May 30th.
DEATH OF REV. GEORGE JUNKIN, D. D.
On the afternoon of the 20th inst., the Rev. George JUNKIN, D. D., L. L. D., departed this life, in the seventy-eighth year of his age.
This announcement will fill numerous hearts, in many parts of this land and of the world, with sadness; for the deceased was widely known and greatly venerated and beloved; and the fruits of his labors, as a minister, an author, and an educator, are spread far and wide over this country, and in the missionary fields in distant lands. Dr. JUNKIN was born November 1st, 1790, in a stone dwelling, which is still standing, in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, near to the present town of Kingston.--- His father, Joseph JUNKIN, was born near the same place in 1750, and his mother, Eleanor COCHRAN, in Franklin county, on the banks of the Antietam, in 1760.--- both branches of Dr. JUNKIN’s ancestry were adherents of the section of Scottish Church usually called covenanters--- the staunchest branch of the great Puritan family. His great-grandparents migrated from Scotland to Ireland during the persecutions under the house of Stuart, and his grandfather came to America about 1737.
Dr. JUNKIN’s childhood and early youth were passed upon his native farm in Cumberland. In 1806 the family removed to Mercer county, Pa., then almost a frontier --- fragments of the Leni Lenappe Indians still lingering in the district. He entered Jefferson College, Pa., in 1809, and graduated in 1813. During his college course he attended chiefly upon the ministry of the Rev. Dr. John McMILLAN, the apostle of West Pennsylvania, and sometimes upon that of Rev. Dr. RAMSEY, of the Associate Church. In an autobiography begun but not completed, Dr. JUNKIN dates his first religious convictions, and he thinks also a renewal of his heart, as early as 1799, in his tenth year. From that time his conscience, as trained at the family altar, and under parental and especially maternal teachings, controlled his life.--- Thenceforward he maintained regular habits of secret devotion. Under Dr. McMILLAN’s preaching, his religious impressions were often quickened; but he mentions the ministrations of his pastor at Mercer, Pa., the Rev. James GALLOWAY, (subsequently his brother-in-law,) as the instrumentality employed by the spirit of God in giving him such clear and satisfactory views of the plan of salvation, and of his personal acceptance in Christ, as led to a public profession of religion in 1811, during his College course. In October, 1813, he entered the Theological Seminary of Dr. MASON, in New York, and pursued his studies under that prince of American preachers and teachers.--- He was licensed to preach the gospel by the Presbytery of Monongahela, (Associate Reform Church,) on the 16th of September, 1816. The Presbytery at first refused to license him on account of his views upon catholic communion of God’s people; but upon his asking to be dismissed to another Presbytery, they rescinded their refusal, and gave him license to preach. His first ministration was in the Court-house of Butler, Pa. After missionating for some time in different parts of Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland, he spent six or eight months in missionary labor in Philadelphia, and was ordained to the full work of the ministry at Gettysburg, Pa., on the 29th of June, 1818. He was called the same year to the united congregations of Milton and Pennell, (McEwenville,) Pa. On the 1st of June, 1819, he was united in marriage to Miss Julia Rush MILLER, of Philadelphia, with whom he lived a life of the most tender and perfect harmony for thirty-five years. His ministry at Milton continued about eleven years --- years marked by abundant labours, the influence of which is recognized and confessed to this day. To his pastoral labors he added for a time those of editor of a religious and agricultural bi-monthly. He was also, in a sense, the founder of the Milton Academy, which, under the Principalship of Dr. KIRKPATRICK, educated so many men who have attained to eminence and usefulness.
In 1830 Dr. JUNKIN was called to the position of Principal of the Pennsylvania Manual Labor Academy at Germantown, Philadelphia county, where he toiled assiduously, and sacrificed much in the cause of education. In April, 1832, he accepted the call to the Presidency of Lafayette College. Many a column would be needed to tell the full story of the arduous labors and self-denying efforts exerted in behalf of the College by Dr. JUNKIN, who spent time, and strength, and money in organizing its operations of labor and teaching, besides traveling to solicit funds in its behalf.
It was at this time, from 1832 to 1837, that Dr. JUNKIN took such a prominent part in the ecclesiastical contest that resulted in the disruption of the Presbyterian Church, and its division into Old and New-school, he taking the side of the former, and knowing no half-way measures in dealing with the party from whom he differed. At this time he wrote his work on Justification, which was printed by students on the Lafayette College press.
In 1841 Dr. JUNKIN accepted the Presidency of Miami University, Ohio, but returned in 1844 to resume the Presidency of Lafayette, Dr. YEOMANS having resigned, which position he again left in 1848, when he became President of Washington College, Virginia. Here he remained nearly thirteen years, until secession compelled him to leave Lexington, and abandon the chosen home of his advancing years. His patriotic resistance to the rebellion is well known to the most of our readers; his farewell words to the students were, <i>”I will never hear a recitation, or deliver a lecture, under a rebel flag.”<i/> In 1844 he was the Moderator of the General Assembly in Louisville. In April, 1866, he received the honorary appointment of Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy in Lafayette College. He also wrote numerous books of a practical character.
The last seven years of Dr. JUNKIN’s life were busily spent in frequent preaching, and in public efforts in behalf of temperance, and in opposition to legalizing Sabbath desecration. His voice will no longer be heard in forcible appeals for reform.
The funeral of Dr. JUNKIN was attended from his son’s residence in Philadelphia. Addresses were made by the Rev. Dr. BREED, Rev. Dr. KNOX of Germantown, and Rev. John CHAMBERS. Dr. BREED very truly remarked that--- “The mind of Dr. JUNKIN well harmonized with the material home in which it lodged---massive, compact, and strong.--- To say that Dr. JUNKIN was a man of talents --- of talents of a very high order and commanding power --- is to say the truth; but only a part of the truth. He was a man of genius --- with all the force, fire, and originality of true genius. That mind spread over a surface of amazing breadth, and penetrated also to an amazing depth. It has not been our lot to come into intimate contact with another man who had possessed himself of, and thoroughly thought out and mastered so many of the leading topics of educational, mental, and moral science, of social and political economy, and of theology. These topics, thoroughly sifted and striped [sic] of irrelevant surroundings, were laid away as specimens in a musium [sic] upon the shelves of a capacious and wonderfully faithful memory, and there always with reach of a wonderfully ready recollection, to be summoned forth at will for use, whether in conversation, debate, or literary composition.”
A large number of clergymen, members of the Board of Trustees of Lafayette College, and other sympathizing friends, were in attendance, notwithstanding the inclemency of the day. Besides the brethren already mentioned, Rev. Dr. CATTELL, President of Lafayette College, and the Rev. Dr. James CLARKE, a former co-presbyter of Dr. JUNKIN, took part in the interesting and impressive services.--- Thus closes the earthly career of one who has been long known and much beloved in our Church and country. He literally fell with his harness on. He performed public duty almost to the last. He was taken ill on Monday morning, and died on Wednesday. That afternoon the place of worship in the widow’s home, of which he was chaplain, was prepared for the accustomed service, but he came not.--- “He never disappointed us before,” said a poor old widow who came to his funeral. But he was dying at the time. His last official duty was to preach in the Magdalen Asylum less than a week before his end. Thus has departed one of the ablest leaders of the Presbyterian Church.
Proceedings of the City Council
Council Chambers, June 28, 1868 [sic]
Council met with Mayor C. DAVID in the chair.
Present – Ald’rs ALEXANDER, CRAWFORD, FERGUSON, MERRICK and SHRINER. Absent --- ACHESON, MONFORT and PRATT.
Minutes of the previous meeting read and approved.
Claims of E. K. BROWN, for keeping insane man, $1 50, and J. C. MONROE for mending pumps, 50 cents, were read, and, on motion, referred to the committee on claims.
On motion of Ald’r FERGUSON, the Committee on Public Property was instructed to visit the grave yard and instruct the Sexton in the necessary repairs.
Ald’r SHRINER was appointed on the Standing Committee on Claims, also on Standing Committee on Public Property.
On motion of Ald’r ALEXANDER, further time was granted to the Committee on Streets and Alleys, on petition of P. N. WOODS and others.
Solicitor MILLER tendered his resignation, which, on motion of Ald’r SHRINER, was accepted.
On motion of Ald’r MESSICK, 30 days time was added to the order of City Council passed April 1, 1868, viz: the sidewalk order.--- The ayes and nays on the above motion were: Ayes --- ALEXANDER, CRAWFORD, FERGUSON, MESSICK and SHRINER. Nays --- None.
On motion, adjourned to meet Thursday, June 25, 1868, at 7 P.M.
G. H. CASE, City Clerk.
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Fairfield Weekly Ledger
Jefferson County, Iowa
June 25, 1868
Marriages
---June 24, 1868, by Rev. John HAYDEN, at the residence of the bride’s father, Maj. Geo. F. WALKER and Miss Maria ASHMEAD, both of this County.
In the army Maj. WALKER did gallant service, and we rejoice to know that he has lost none of his gallantry. We welcome him to the ranks of married bliss. May he and his fair bride pass down the river of life surrounded with all the pleasures of this world.
---April 15, 1868, by Rev. H. REHWOLDT, Mr. Lucas KEHLMANN and Miss Charlotte JORDAN.
Real Estate Transfers --- The following deeds to lands and town lots in Jefferson county, have been placed on record at the Recorder’s office for the week ending June 22, 1868.
William ALSTON from John S. SKINNER, 160 acres in Fairfield township.--- Deed dated June 6, 1868. 2,560 00
Gilbert LOCKE from W. F. PUMPHREY and wife, 17-40ths of an acre in Fairfield township. Deed dated January 22, 1868. 300 00
Isaac REUMER from Gilbert LOCKE and wife, 17-40ths of an acre in Fairfield township. Deed dated May 20, 1868. 300 00
A. W. HOBERT from Johnston MOORE and wife, lot 3, block 31, new plat of Fairfield. Deed dated June 19, 1868. 900 00
A. W. HOBERT from Johnston MOORE and wife. lots 1 and 2, block 2, new plat of Fairfield. Deed dated June 19, 1868. 1,000 00
Barclay JOHNSTON from Samuel ENGLAND and wife, 204 acres in Penn township. Deed dated February 25, 1868. 6,280 00
Joseph HICKENBOTTOM from H. S. POTTOR and wife, 1 acre and 82¼ rods, (the old Seminary property) in Fairfield township. Deed dated June 15, 1868. 3,000 00 [Ed note: One rod is equal to 16½ feet.]
George SINN from James PARK and wife, 42 1/5 acres in Walnut township. Deed dated June 13, 1868. 434 35
LEGAL NOTICE
State of Iowa, }
Jefferson County.}
<i>To the Citizens of Liberty Township.<i/>
You are hereby notified that there is now on file in the County Court of said County a petition of Dr. William K. MILLER, of Libertyville, asking license and authority of said Court to sell intoxicating liquors as provided by law; and that said petition has been set for final hearing on the first Monday of July, (6) A.D. 1868, at which time and place you can appear and show cause, if any you have, why said permit should not be issued. THOMAS MORGAN,
June 18, ’68 – 2t 24. County Judge.
DIED—In this city on the 9th of June 1868, after a painful illness of nine days, borne with remarkable patience and fortitude, Charles H., only son of Hiram V. and Laura SHORT, aged 13 years and 11 months.
We are rarely called to follow to the grave a youth combining so many traits of interest and promise; and so much endeared to all who knew him. Truly, “Death loves a shining mark.”--- Although “dead he yet speaketh,” and may this afflictive Providence be sanctified, and his virtues and example be copied by all the youth of our land.
DIED—At his residence near Glasgow, Iowa, June 18, 1868, of Chronic Diarrhœa, Lieut. Thos. H. HOWELL, formerly of Co. G, 30th Iowa Vols., in the 29th year of his age.
Lieut. HOWELL passed unhurt through twenty-two general engagements, and contracted the disease which terminated his life during the march from Richmond to Washington. He was one of Iowa’s best and bravest soldiers, highly praised for his kindness, especially to the sick and wounded. He bore his long sickness with Christian fortitude. Rev. SKYLES delivered the funeral discourse, and spoke eloquently and justly of the departed Christian and Patriot.
Sigourney <i>News<i/>, and Memphis (Mo.) papers, please copy.
[Ed. note: See also “In Memoriam” on July 2, 1868.]
Close of the WORKMAN Case.---
This protracted examination was terminated Friday. Judge NEWMAN made a lengthy argument in behalf of the prisoner, and the case was closed by a brief speech from U. S. Attorney BROWNING, when Commissioner WILCOX at once announced that he considered it his painful duty to hold the accused for his appearance before the United States Court, to answer the charge of mail robbery. The bond was fixed at $2,000 and was promptly given, and the accused discharged. The facts elicited at the investigation are substantially as given in our first reference to the case, [Ed. note: June 11, 1868.] and we forego any further comment.---
<i>Hawk-Eye, 20th inst.<i/>
Obituary.
Died, on the 20th ult, in Afton, Iowa, Rev. Launcelot Graham BELL, in the 79th year of his age.
Father BELL was born in Augusta county, Va. He was married March 15th, 1810, and the union then entered into continued with great happiness 57 years, his excellent partner in life preceding him to the grave only one year. He served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812, receiving an honorable discharge at the close of the war.
He entered the ministry, in the Presbyterian Church, in 1827, and after a short period spent as a Pastor in Tennessee, he devoted himself to the Missionary service in the new regions of the northwest. In 1833 he removed to Frankfort, in Indiana, where he was Pastor of the church for three years. In 1836 he removed to Monmouth, Ills. Here the fruits of his labors were seen in the gathering and organizing of the church of Monmouth. In 1837 he again entered the Territory west of the Mississippi, making his home a few miles west of Burlington. Here he diligently and successfully labored, exploring the county in various directions, preaching in the destitute neighborhoods, gathering the scattered members, and organizing them into churches, and supplying them with the word of life until he could procure some one to settle permanently among them. In 1842 he removed to Fairfield, Iowa, to be nearer his field of labor, the scarce settlements of the frontier. In the fall of 1853, Father BELL, seeing that the advancing tide of emigration had swept past him to the Missouri River, intimated to the Presbytery, that if no one else could be found to enter the field thus lying unoccupied, he himself would enter upon it. In the spring of 1854 the promise was claimed, and though Father BELL was then over 60 years of age, he undertook the work, establishing his central point at Sidney, Fremont county, in the south-west corner of the State of Iowa. In this region he labored until 1861. In 1861 the feeble health of his wife and his own advanced age, (being over 70 years of age,) rendered it imperative to withdraw from the kind of labor to which he had then given 25 years of his life. He therefore removed to Monmouth, Ills. There, with the church whose existence was owing to his labors, and surrounded with the affectionate care of a son-in-law and daughter, and their children, he designed to spend his declining years, but still labored in vacant churches in the vicinity as he had opportunity, and devoted part of his time to writing sketches of the early history of the churches in southern Iowa, which were published in the <i>Northwestern Presbyterian.<i/> In 1867, his beloved partner, who had endured with rare cheerfulness the privations that fell to the lot of a Missionary’s wife, peacefully died.
Father BELL, though urged by friends and solicited by affectionate relatives, to spend the remainder of his days in rest, could not consent. From the period of his removal to Monmouth, till his death, he twice visited his beloved churches in western Iowa, riding hundreds of miles on horseback, and rather than be idle, spent the last winter with the little church of Pope’s River, Ill., delighted in his work of preaching Christ, and being blessed in his labors. In the spring of the present year he again visited western Iowa, and was on his return, and had reached Alton, where he had appointed a Communion season, when he was met by the messenger of his Master, bidding him cease his labors and enter into rest. His death was calm and peaceful. He confidently professed his unshaken faith in his Savior, and his readiness to obey the summons of death, and, though his bodily sufferings were intense, he bore them patiently, and so passed away. His body was brought to Monmouth and interred beside his wife.
As a Missionary, Father BELL was abundant in labors and privations, and eminently wise in his plans. The objects at which he aimed in his labors were “to explore the newly settled regions, collect the scattered families and members of the church, and consolidate them into particular churches – take early measures for the erection of houses of worship, and to invite the attention of ministers to the region, and also to lay the foundation of High Schools and Academics.”
In this work he was eminently successful, having in the course of his 25 years Missionary service, organized 28 churches, 3 Presbyteries, and one Synod. The last church organized was in Nebraska City. Of course he was called to endure hardness and did so cheerfully. Much of his time was spent on horseback, as the only practicable mode of exploring his widely extended field. The people were poor, and his ministry for many hears was almost gratuitous. During the six years, from 1836 to 1842, though laboring with untiring zeal, he received less than $100 all told, from the people among whom he labored.--- In his numerous and extended rides at all seasons and in all kinds of weather, he was made welcome to the cabins of the settlers and whatever of comforts they could bestow, and beyond this he expected little. But his labors were happy and successful, for he was upheld in them by the grace, and cheered by the blessing of his Master. He never became rich, though upon the widely extended field of his labors, others who sought wealth grew rich.
As a man, Father BELL was characterized by his courteous bearing, gentleness, and kindliness toward all; “none knew him, but to love him.”—He was, withal, remarkably modest and unassuming, never seeking prominence in the sight of men, but was a pattern of unaffected meekness and humility. As a preacher, he was simple, earnest and solemn. None could doubt the sincerity and depth of his convictions, or fail to see that his soul yearned over lost sinners, and delighted to preach Jesus Christ and his glorious Gospel. The common-loving world in estimating a life as that of Father BELL, may say “wherefore this waste? this man, had his labors been differently directed, might have become rich, or great, as others have done in this region of his labors,” but in the day when Father BELL takes his crown from the hand of his Master, and when hundreds bless his labors as the means of their salvation, the excellence of his choice will be made manifest. M.
Marriages
---June 14, 1868, by Robert BLACK, J. P., at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. Benjamin A. SWARTZ and Miss Sarah BLACK, all of this county.
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Submitted by: Joey S. & Jefferson IAGenWeb, April 2007