Iowa Old Press

Weekly Journal
Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa
February 7, 1884

Friday Facts.

-Miss Nellie P. Burgess has returned from several days visit to Brighton.
-Fred J. Savage, representing Deer Co., Moline, Ill., was in the city to-day.
-Remember the meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at Mrs. Bell's to-night.
-John Carse, of Pleasant Plain, one of the best men in Jefferson county, and a constant and valuable friend of this paper since it started, came in to-day and renewed his subscription to THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.
-Charley Hoch  [or Hoeh] has put up one of the finest albums in the city which will be disposed of with one thousand cigars at his establishment. Every person buying a cigar will be entitled to a chance in the album.
-The G.A.R. boys will be found at any time on the street singing "Rally Round the Flag, boys," "We are tenting on the old camp ground," etc. They say Mrs. Chester on the organ and Charley Sippel with the violin stir up all the old memories, and they are de?? give away to the strains of music.
-The case of Edward O'Brien vs. C.D. Leggett, was concluded yesterday evening and the case given to the jury. The jury returned a sealed verdict which was opened this morning finding for the defendant. McCoid, Brighton & Jaques and G.A. Rutherford appeared for the plaintiff and Leggett & McKemey and Jones & Fullen for the defendant.

Dinner and Mum Quilting.
     The ladies of the Presbyterian Church will give an old-fashioned Dinner and Mum Quilting in the church parlor on Thursday evening, Feb. 7th, dinner at 5 P.M.
BILL OF FARE:
SOUP.
BEAN.
MEATS.
Stewed Chicken with gravy, Corned Beef.
VEGETABLES.
Mashed Potatoes, Hominy, Baked Beans.
ENTREES.
Boston Baked Beans with Salt Pork, Sauer Kraut
with Mashed Potatoes.
RELISHES.
Beet Pickles, Cucumber Pickles, Chow-Chow, Tomatoes, Catsup.
PASTRY.
Ginger Bread in honor of Parsons College.
Doughnuts in honor of C.D. Leggett.
Pumpkin Pie in honor of W.E. Thompson.
Dried Apple Pie in honor of the City Council.
Apple Butter in honor of the Electric Light
Apple Preserves in honor of the Telephone.
Rice Moulds and Jelly in honor of Union School.
DRINKS.
Coffee, Chocolate Milk, Water.
     All person will be fined five cents for each time they speak during the quilting.
     All are cordially invited to come and dine with us. Admission at the door, 5 cents; dinner, 25 cents.

Saturday Sayings
-George Ruddy, of Buffalo, New York, is in the city
-Dr. J.W. Hayden, of Libertyville, was in the city to-day.
-Mrs. Friedlander of San Francisco, is at home with her mother, Mrs. M. Case, in this city. Her many friends will be glad to welcome her to Fairfield, but will sorrow because of the ill health that brings her home. Fairfield people, as a rule, do not seem to find in California the health Utopia which all seek for and but few find. We hope that Mrs. F will speedily regain her health and have a long and pleasant visit.
-Neuralgic Rheumatism is the hardest kind to treat. The only way to get at it is to go right to the cause of it. The quicker you get your blood in good condition the less you will suffer in body and mind. ATHLOPHOROS moves directly on the enemy in the blood. It purges the vital fluid of the poisons and acids which give rise to neuralgic and rheumatic pains and inflammations. As soon as the work of cleansing begins you feel the pain departing and by the time that work is done the disease has fled.
-There are many thousands of farmers and fruit growers in the West who consider the Prairie Farmer and indispensable aid to them in the proper prosecution of their business. There are a great many more thousands who would be of the same opinion if they should become thoroughly familiar with its new form and under its new management. It is by all odds the best paper in and for the West, if not indeed in and for the whole country. There is, in fact, not a weak feature about it. It is a model farm and home paper in each and all of its departments. Besides mentioning its varied and instructive contents we may say it is the handsomest and best illustrated paper of its class that we know of. Its form is the most convenient in the world and its typography is faultless. We wish it to be found in every rural home in this community. The price is Two Dollars a year in advance, and every subscriber sending that amount to the publishers receives a superb map of the United States and Canady-58x41-mounted on rollers. This map retails at $2. Or, if preferred, the subscriber gets his choice of several valuable books. See prospectus in another column.

LIBERTYVILLE ITEMS
     There is an effort being made here to organize a post of the G.A.R.
     Miss Jessie Fry and Miss Nellie Rowntree were visitors in town Saturday.
     Quite a number of boys from here took in Hi Henry's Minstrels at Fairfield Monday night.
     Hamilton Smith has sold his farm to John Welday, of Fairfield. Mr. Smith contemplates going East.
     Z.T. Moore, Marshalltown, is back to Libertyville on a short visit. He will remove his family soon to that city.
     John Sketoe is out of town for a few days attending court at the County Line, and is missed at the Postoffice grocery.
     J.W. O'Brien, the popular principal of the Libertyville school is attending Court at Fairfield this week, and F.T. Anderson is teaching in his place.
     J.F. Loeher, J.F. Potts and J.C. Fry, veteran of that great epoch in our National history, went to Fairfield Monday night to attend the grand army camp fire.
     The Lions Dramatic Company presented their temperance drama here Friday and Saturday nights and were greeted with large and delighted audiences.
     J.A. Glotfelty, who has been teaching at Balding's school house, has decided to quit the business and remove to his farm in the Spring. John, you should not be easily discouraged.

Monday Melange.
-D. Lamb, New York, is in the city.
-E.F. Phelps, of Chicago, is in the city.
-W.C. Coons, of Des Moines, is in the city.
-H.C. Meriness, of Burlington, is in the city to-day.
-A.S. Yearick, of Washington, was in the city yesterday.
-D.C. Bradley, of Centerville, was in the city yesterday.
-W.Clark Moyer, of Charlton, spent Sunday in the city.
-P.L. Dawson, of Tuscola, Ill., has been in the city several days.
-Col. Sam Farmer has had a telephone put into his residence. His number is 39.
-W.L. White, of Wayne county, came down Friday and stayed over night with George.
-Jim Richardson and John Manatrey are gathering sunbeams at Hot Springs in Arkansas.
-Miss Mattie O. Jackson, of Libertyville, spent Friday and Saturday in the city visiting her sister.
-Mrs. R.J. Morris and Miss May Briggs, of Denver, are in the city, guests of the Leggett House.

-T.C. Blayray, A.G. White, W.H. Stewart and George Stark, of Chicago, are in the city stopping at the Leggett House.
-Justice Russell on Saturday joined in marriage Warren Kirk and Miss Ella J. Kinney, both of this county.
-Capt. George E. Pingree, representing the Parlin & Orendorff Plow Works, of Canton, Ill, is in the city.
-Henry Mayer, of Galesburg, one of the largest manufacturers in the west, was in the city Saturday.
-Judge Lewis passed favorable upon the application of Edward O'Brien, and he was admitted a member of the bar.
-C.T. Patterson, of Burlington, and Miss Lizzie Arrowsmith, of Mt. Pleasant, spent Sunday in the city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Tuttle.
-There was a wreck on the C., B. & Q. at Mt. Pleasant yesterday. Broken rail and carelessness was the cause. Next!
-We are sorry to hear that Hon. Ed Campbell, jr. has been confined to his room for a couple of weeks with bronchitis. He is mending slowly.
-Ira W. White, who has been visiting a few weeks with his brother, George W. White, has returned to his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
-Little Geneva Bamford, daughter of Rev. Bamford, of M.E. Church, was stricken down with a severe attack of diphtheria yesterday, but is feeling very comfortable to-day.
-Frank R. Fegan came in Saturday from Plattsmouth, Nebraska, rode the goat at the meeting of the Legion of Honor, shook hands with a few of the boys and returned on the No. 1.
-Burglars entered the Rock Island depot Friday night. They had their labor for their pains, as there was nothing of any value get-at-able. They made away with a few postage stamps and some personal effects of Mr. Stinson and Mr. McReynolds.
-The American Express Company better look well to its laurels. Agent Beling of the United States, has just received a new express wagon, which outshines anything of the kind ever shipped into this city.
-Miss Gracie Moore, daughter of H.N. Moore, of Red Oak, who has been attending school at Tabor College, has been obliged to abandon her studies on account of ill health. She is now in this city and will visit relatives and friends here until the return of her father and mother from California in the Spring.
-James Hayes was up before Justice Russell this morning on a charge of assault and battery on the person of John Cosby. He pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and costs, in default of which he was sent to jail for fifteen days.
-J.M.H. Roberts, an intelligent and progressive farmer of Liberty township, who has been a reader of the largest and best paper in Jefferson county for over two years, came in to-day and planked down the wherewith for another year's subscription to THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.
-During the last few days Clerk Sippel has issued marriage licenses to the following parties: Daniel Sheets and Miss Laura G. Summers, Charles Nelson and Miss Minnie Anderson, Warren Kirk and Miss Ella J. Kinney, John Hutton and Miss Lady Isabel McCleary.
-Justice Russell's court was occupied Friday and Saturday on the case of Harry Bloss, arraigned for obtaining jewelry of Mr. Townley under false pretenses. After hearing the evidence the Justice decided it was a case of larceny from a store and bound the defendant over in the sum of $200 to await the action of the grand jury. In default of bail he was sent to jail.
-Loren Speck, who drives Unkrich's deliver and attends to the electric light at night, met with a singular circumstance Saturday night. He boards with John Moller, who resides in Mrs. Roberts' property, near the fair grounds. While going home at 12 o'clock at night he was followed from the "Q" depot by two men. After getting inside the yard, he turned around and rested his arms on the gate post, when one of the men drew a revolver and shot at him, the ball entering the muscle of his right arm. The men then struck out. Dr. Ward dressed the wound and extracted the ball. Mr. Speck says he knows no reason whatever for the singular action of the unknown men.

CIRCUIT COURT
     In the Circuit Court the first jury trial following the O'Brien case, which was the last one reported by us, was the case of James Ingalls vs. Thomas Mitchell. In this case the defendant leased some land of the plaintiff and failed to farm it properly; an action was brought for damages. Leggett & McKemey and McCoid, Brighton & Jacques appeared for the plaintiff, and Ratcliff & McCoy for the defendant. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $25.
     The next case tried was James Speer vs. J.S. Gantz. In this case the parties traded horses. The horse the plaintiff got in the trade died in a few days, and he claimed he only had it on trial, and replevied the one he traded. Leggett & McKemey and I.D. Jones appeared for the plaintiff and H.N. West and G.A. Rutherford for the defendant. The jury, after being out two days, brought in a verdict in favor of the defendant for $60.-65, as the value of the horse, and $20 as damages. It will be remembered that this case was tried and submitted to a jury at the late term of the Circuit Court and the jury failed to agree. The jury then stood eleven to one on favor of the plaintiff.
     To-day the argument to the jury was being made in the case of Elva Chrisman against E.D. Salladay. Ratcliff & McCoy appear for the plaintiff and Leggett & McKemey and H.N. West for the defense. The defendant had the plaintiff arrested, a little more than a year ago, for larceny. The action was begun by the advice of the county attorneys, Wilson & Hinkle, but they were not able to convict the party arrested for lack of evidence. She now brings an action for damages, claiming $9,000 on account of malicious prosecution. The argument took up most of the time of the court to-day.

Tuesday Tit-Bits.
-Scarlet fever is almost gone.
-Hackett, Muscatine, is here
-I.S. Felger, of Chicago, is in the city to-day.
-A.D. Bulen, of Burlington, is in the city to-day.
-D.G. Hall, of Chicago, was in the city yesterday.
-Frank J. Demarsh, of Perlee, was in the city to-day.
-Mrs. Al Hilbert is in Pekin, Illinois, visiting her parents.
-S.Y. Mason, of Monmouth, Illinois, is in the city to-day.
-C.H. Gobble, of Abingdon, is in the city attending Court.
-P.S. Towle and A.J. Santee, Clinton, Iowa, were in the city yesterday the guests of the Leggett House.
-J.A. Lambert, of Chicago, and J.R. Hazelton, of Sandwich, Ill., are in the city, guests of the Jones House.
-N. Leonard, Sheriff of Scott County, passed through the city to-day on his way to Mt. Pleasant with a patient for the insane asylum.
-A.P. Sandqvist, of Bloomfield, formerly in the employ of Risk & Hufstedler, and one of the best journeyman tailors that ever worked in Fairfield, is back on a visit to his friends here.
-Young men's bible study at Association room Thursday evening. Subject, "A Choice to be Made." 1st Kings 18:17-40. Four o'clock gospel meeting Sabbath. Topic, "Teaching the Way." 51st Psalm, 13.
-B.F. Carter, of Woodville, Oregon, who has been a constant reader of THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE ever since it was born, sends us his back subscription and a payment for sixteen months in advance. There is no reason why B.F. should not continue to be prosperous and happy.
-Frank G. Morein leaves to-morrow morning for Chicago, where he will visit the great music establishments of the Northwest. Before returning, he will visit his old home and the scenes of his youth at Yates City, Ill. Frank is one of our steadiest and squarest young men, and THE JOURNAL wishes him a pleasant and profitable journey and a safe return home.
-HOME. In calling attention to an article advertised in our columns ,we are pleased to notice an excellent sign in regard to it,viz: that the testimonials relating to Hood's Sarsaparilla are from New England people, and many are from Lowell, the home of the medicine. We are assured that the sale of this article in Lowell, where it is best known, is wholly unprecedented in the annals of proprietary medicines. We leave it with you to decide as to the probable merits of an article with such a solid foundation.
-The stables of the Jefferson County Coal Company at Perlee, caught fire last night about seven o'clock and were completely consumed, including six mules and one horse. The stables were quite a distance from the town and the cause of the fire is unknown. Each mule had one boy to attend it, and they all turned in about five o'clock. As all the boys smoke it is supposed it originated through their carelessness. Moral-Boys should not smoke. The Company belongs to Dr. R. H. Hufford and Acheson estates. The loss is about $1,000. No insurance. Dr. Hufford, who is now in California, will have to hurry home and lay in a supply of donkeys.

Wednesday Wanderings
-Ed Forgrave is in the city.
-O.H. Ward, Chicago, is here.
-M.J. Benge, of Paris, is in the city.
-J.W. Stone, of Detroit, is in the city.
-K.B. Hetrick, Canton, Ill., is in the city.
-C.E. Chandler, of St. Louis, is in the city.
-C.E. Clark, of Minneapolis, is in the city to-day.
-J.W. Iverson, of Chicago, was in the city to-day.
-E.L. Penn, of Mt. Pleasant, is in the city to-day.
-E.H. Halley, of Ottumwa, is in the city to-day.
-A.S. Houck, of Emporia, Kansas, is in the city.
-O.M. Ladd, of Ottumwa, was in the city yesterday.
-Frank Allender, of Salina, was in the city yesterday.
-W.M. McFarland, of Brooklyn, Iowa, is in the city to-day.
-Supper and mum quilting Presbyterian church to-morrow evening.
-F.Susemiehl, Deputy Sheriff of Davenport, was in the city yesterday.
-Dr. Hammond, we are glad to note, is out again after a severe sick spell.
-New telephones are soon to be put in for H. Hanson and Clifford & Cormack.
-A.A. Judson, of Maryville, Mo., is in the city renewing auld acquaintance.
-John H. Acheson, of Keokuk, is in the city shaking hands with his many friends.
-There has been no wreck on the C., B. & Q. to-day, a report to the contrary notwithstanding.
-A. Price and wife, and F.H. Davis, of Neponset, Ill., are in the city stopping at the Leggett House.
-S.S. Powers of Postville, and J.M. Denkman, of Wilton, were guests of the Jones House last night.
-Wm. Hanlin, representing the Sigourney Woolen Mills, is in the city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B.M. Mikesell.
-That old and progressive citizen J.W. Dubois, Sr. came in yesterday and ordered the DAILY JOURNAL left at his residence.
-Don't forget the supper and mum quilting at the Presbyterian church tomorrow evening. There will be no end to the amusement to be had.
-Mrs. Margaret Campbell, State Lecturer and Organizer of the Woman Suffrage Association, is announced to lecture at the Congregational Church Saturday evening.
-The Washington Democrat says that Matt Dwyer's attorney had a writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Lewis, made returnable Tuesday, Feb. 12th by which he hopes to have defendant released.
-We acknowledge the receipt of an invitation to a grand masquerade ball at Lincoln hall, Eldon, February 14th, to be given by the Eldon Social Dancing Club. The committee on invitation is Seneca Cornell, W.W. Huston and Dr. Bruce S. Ratcliff.
-Mrs. George P. Lang, who has been sick for about a week, had a stroke of paralysis last evening, and her condition has been alarming ever since. Dr. Woods is constantly with her, and everything possible is done to save the life of the unfortunate woman.
-List of letters remaining unclaimed and advertised for this week ending February 5th, 1884: Ella Anderson 2, T.E. Brokaw, J.O. Barclay, Mary E. Bradley, Peter Bruey, Robert Couls, Rose Caviness 2, John Park Campbell, Morten Dykes, Ulysses Emerick 2, Mr. Easton, Miss Fell, Joseph Gordon, Jennie Grammar, C.G. Hagstrom, Mary J. Hayns, H.B. Katz, C.F. Mills, Ernest Metzler, C.W. Simmons, E.E. Slaten, C.Y. Weburg, Jas. Leigh Woolson, A.C. Goodman, Mrs. M.E.Wolfe.

Thursday Transpirings.
-W.C. Ball, is back again.
-W.R. Moore is in the city.
-Be careful of your understanding.
-Supper and mum quilting to-night.
-E.W. Boynton, of Davenport, is in the city.
-Charles E. Lurch, of New York, is in the city.
-George Silvers, of Ottumwa, is in the city to-day.
-J. Thomas, of Hastings, Nebraska, is in the city to-day.
-There were thirty transients at the Leggett House last night.
-W.T. Beardslee, of St. Louis, is registered at the Leggett House.
-F.M. Starkweather, of Milwaukee, was in the city yesterday afternoon.
-J.A. Kearney and George W. Bailey, of Chicago, are in the city to-day.
-Loren Speck has gone to Chariton to visit his parents until his arm gets well.
-Miss Thickett Davidson, of Winfield, is in the city, the guest of Miss Ella Lamson.
-Mrs. Case slipped last evening and sprained her wrist, but not seriously we are glad to know.
-C.L. Ewing, of Trenton, adjuster of the Great Rock Island Route, was in the city to-day attending Court.
-We are sorry to hear that Mrs. Henry Semon is so ill that the family are alarmed about her recovery.
-Morris Rosenburg and J.E. Tourke of Philadelphia, are in the city to-day, the guests of the Leggett House.
-Joe Bradley fell last evening and severely sprained his ankle. He will, in all probability be laid up for some time.
-Mr. and Mrs. Ora Clark, from Western Nebraska and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clark, of Council Bluffs, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ward Lamson.
-Justice Russell this morning joined in the holy bonds of matrimony Mr. A.H. Folland and Mrs. Amanda Drankard, both of this county.
-Murray Shaw, of Kansas, with his friend, Mrs. Trowbridge, were in the city last evening, the guests of Mrs. Wickersham.
-O.S. McNeil, of Davenport, and Geo. C. Duffield, of Keosauqua, are in the city on State Fair business, the guests of Jno. R. Shaffer.
-Mr. Benjamin O. Rhoads, Sheriff of Marshall Co., Iowa, says: "I have used Brown's Iron Bitters as a tonic with excellent results."
-Sixteen couples of the young Irish people joined a pleasant dance at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kennefick Tuesday evening.
-Dr. R.H. Hufford and B.S. McElhinney returned last evening from their Southern and California trip. Doc got in just in time to supply the Jefferson Coal Company with a new lot of mules.
-Mr. A.H. Brown, one of the oldest landmarks of Fairfield, fell in the yard yesterday, striking his head, from which he has since been unconscious. Taking into account Mr. Brown's extreme age, it is feared this fall may prove fatal.
-Mrs. S.E. Pressley and Miss Jennie McGinnis, in the up stair room of Dr. Myers' building, on the southwest corner, have on hand at all times a full stock of latest and newest styles of hair work and hair jewelry, and manufacture work to order. They cordially invite the ladies of Fairfield to give them a call and examine their goods.

LIBERTYVILLE ITEMS.
     S.P. Liouberger, Kirkville, Iowa, is visitor in town.
     The Lions Dramatic Troupe to to Doud Station to play.
     There was a small mutiny at the Balding school Tuesday between the boys and teacher.
     Dr. J.W. Hayden and Ham Smith contemplate going to Nebraska soon to embark in the stock business, provided Doc can sell his land.
     An effort is being made to organize a company to build a town hall. There is already near $700 subscribed. The requisite amount is $1,000.
     There was a large number of people in attendance at the literary society Saturday night at Balding's school house at which place F.T. Anderson read a very spicy and interesting literary paper.
     The patriotic veterans of Liberty township, who wore battle harness during the great civil war, met Tuesday evening at Loehr's store and decided to have a grand army camp fire next Tuesday night. Neighboring posts are cordially invited to be present, as a good time is anticipated. L.S. Tyler, of Keokuk, mustering officer of the Grand Army of the Republic, will be present and organize a G.A.R. post. The meeting will be held in Jackson's hall. A hot lunch will be provided for all visitors. The following are the committee of arrangements: A.G. Hague, J.F. Potts, Capt. J.C. Fry, S.C. Laughlin and C. Elliott.

Board of Health
     At a meeting of the City Board of Health, held January 21, 1884, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
     Resolved. That the Board of Health order the closing of the public school and Sabbath schools of the city, and prohibit the gatherings of children, until January 29th, 1884, and that parents be recommended to keep their children at home during the time above stated.
     T.F. HIGLEY.
     Clerk of the Board.

Fairfield, Iowa “WEEKLY JOURNAL”
Jefferson County –
Vol. VI, # 16, February 14, 1884
Transcription by Debbie of Jefferson Co, IA USGenWeb Project
 

THE JOURNAL Telephone List.  (Page 1)
A Complete and Accurate List of the Members of the Fairfield Telephone Exchange.

2. C. M. McELROY, The Fairfield Tribune
4. GEORGE SHRINER, Wholesale Grocer.
5. GEORGE D. CLARKE, Residence.
6. Dr. R. H. HUFFORD, Residence.
7. Dr. C. W. BAKER, Residence.
8. C. R. I. & P. RAILWAY, Ticket Office.
9. S. C. FARMER & SONS, Bankers.
10. HUFFORD, BRADSHAW & THOMA, Drugs.
11. I. D. JONES, Residence.
12. C. M. STINSON, Residence
14. MAYOR’S OFFICE, J. J. Cummings, Mayor.
15.     JAMES SULLIVAN, Retail Grocer.
16.     C. S. CLARKE & SON, Druggists.
17.      FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
18.     J. E. WILKINS, Omnibus and Transfer.
19.     BRADLEY & HOFFMAN, Retail Grocers.
20.     JONES & ?ULLEN, Attorneys at Law.
21.     COUNTY CLERK, Charles P. Sippel.
22.     WILSON & HINKLE, Attorneys at Law.
23.     FARISS & STRINGER, Cigar Manuf’rs.
24.     J. R. McCRACKIN, Residence.
25.     LEWIS SUESS, Brewery.
26.     WELLS & GARRETTSON, Bankers.
27.     W. W. & C. M. JUNKIN, Fairfield Ledger.
28.     FAIRFIELD GAS WORKS.
29.     J. W. BURNETT, Hardware Store.
30.     S. C. FARMER, Residence.
32.     J. S. McKEMEY, Residence.
34.     JAMES SULLIVAN, Residence.
35.     M. A. REPASS, Residence.
36.     B. ALLMAYER & BRO., Clothiers.
37.     R. H. MOORE, The Fairfield Daily Journal.
38.     Dr. EUGENE CAMPBELL, Residence.
39.     LEGGETT HOUSE, J. A. Beck, Proprietor.
41.     J. W. BURNETT, Residence.
42.     D. P. STUBBS, Residence.
44.     C., B. & Q. RAILWAY, Ticket Office.
45.     R. A. TUTTLE, Dry Goods.
46.     G. A. UNKRICH, Retail Grocer.
47.     R. H. MOORE, Residence.
48.     SHERIFF’S OFFICE, George W. Harrison.
49.     GEO. P. LANG, Bakery and Restaurant.
50.     GEO. P. LANG, Residence.
TOLL STATIONS.
Burlington, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Wever, West Point, Denmark, Montrose, Mt. Pleasant, Danville, New London, Batavia, Ottumwa, Rome, Knoxville, Bloomfield, Centerville, Belknap, Indianola, Lefflers, Chariton, Lockridge, Abingdon, Moulton, Albia, Oskaloosa, Drakeville, Des Moines, Pella, Lacona, Eddyville.

Election Proclamation. (Page 1)

The regular annual municipal election of the City of Fairfield, for the election of city officers, will be held in the several wards on Monday, the third day of March 1884, to elect Mayor, City Treasurer, and one Trustee for each Ward, as follows:  In 1st Ward at county recorder’s office.  2nd Ward at the shop of Isaac Hoffman.  3rd ward at Dr. J. L. Myers’ office, 4th Ward at J. F. Crawford’s store.  The Electors will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly.  Witness my hand and the seal of the city of Fairfield, this 4th day of February, 1884.  J. J. Cummings, Mayor.

Friday Facts. (Page 1)

--A. H. Kirk, Boston, is in the city.
--E. E. Levy, of Chicago, is in the city.
--The Jones House entertained the jury last night.
--Arthur Hussey, Springfield, Ohio, is in the city.
--M. Lehmann, of Burlington, is in the city to-day.
--G. J. Rubelman, of Des Moines, was in the city to-day.
--R. E. Morey, of Indianapolis, was in the city this afternoon.
--G. H. Lindenberger, of Louisville, Ky., was in the city yesterday.
--W. A. Wesler and H. Smith, of Brighton, were in the city to-day.
--Fred Tisdale and Charles Bachman, of Ottumwa, were in the city yesterday.
--Melachi Scott is laid up.  He fell yesterday and fractured some of his ribs.
--Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Rollins are in the city visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Ratcliff.
--The jury in the case of Chrisman vs. Salladay returned a verdict in favor of the defendant.
--Joe R. Murray, representing the J. W. Butler Paper Company, Chicago, was in the city to-day.
--E. M. Parrett, of Batavia, came in to-day and renewed his subscription to The Weekly Journal.
--Theodore Fleming, of Emporia, and F. W. Shaw, of Birmingham, were in the city last night, the guests of the Jones House.
--Mayor Cummings and Jacob Dahlman returned last night from Davenport where they attended a session of the A. O. U. W. Grand Lodge.
--Found, on south second street, a plaid sash.  The owner can have the same by calling at this office, proving property and paying for this notice.
--The members of the A. O. U. W. are requested to meet at their hall at 1 o’clock sharp, on Sunday next, to make arrangements for attending the funeral of Mrs. George P. Lang.
--The members of the V. A. S. are requested to meet at their hall at 7 o’clock sharp to-morrow evening.  Business of special importance will come before the meeting.
--Mrs. George P. Lang died at her home in this city at a few minutes past seven o’clock last evening.  She had been sick for about three weeks, and was getting along all right, but a few days ago took a relapse, and her sufferings were ended yesterday evening.  Mrs. Lang has been a resident of Fairfield for over twenty years, and was highly esteemed by all who knew her.  We hope to give a more extended account of Mrs. Lang in a few days.

LIBERTYVILLE ITEMS.(Page 1)

Jimmie Winn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Winn, is seriously sick with brain fever.
Wm. Pratt, one of our enterprising grocerymen, intends building a storeroom this coming Spring, over which he will have a town hall.
We heard a gentleman remark the other day that he never heard all the news of the town until he read The Journal.  There is not much of any consequence escapes the argus eyes of your correspondent.
 Tuesday and Tuesday night was a gala day for Libertyville.  Cares of business and affairs of politics were forgotten, and the old soldiers, democrat, greenbacker and republican assembled in Odd Fellows hall, clasped hands in fraternal friendship (27 in all) and organized a G. A. R. post, and named it Lewis G. Balding Post, after a lieutenant of the 3d Cavalry, who went from Libertyville, and was a brave and gallant soldier, sacrificing his life in his country’s cause.  In the evening they were joined by eleven battle-scarred chiefs from George Strong Post of your city.  At about 8 o’clock in the evening they repaired to the M. E. Church where the ladies (heaven bless them, their names should be mentioned in song) had spread a bountiful repast, and over three hundred partook of supper amid the screaming of the brass band, the chanting of the violin and organ, and the sublime symphony of the glee club orchestry.  After the supper was cleared away, the installation of officers followed.  After this the dashing cavalier, the soldier’s friend, the people’s favorite, Capt. Burgess, of Fairfield, made a stirring and dramatic speech, which brought a sad and far-away look in the old veteran’s eyes, as he reviewed that awful struggle, when they stood as breast-works when leaden invitations to funerals were being sent North by the dear friends of the South.  And we thought as we reviewed the veteran guards that slowly, but surely, time was changing the boys in blue to the boys in gray.   RENRUT.

Saturday Sayings. (Page 1)

--S. J. Eagle, Chicago, is in the city.
--H. W. Medes, of Quincy, is in the city.
--Dr. Ratcliff, of Eldon, was in the city to-day.
--F. Q. Feltz, of Oskaloosa, was in the city yesterday.
--J. M. Vannest, of Cincinnati, is in the city to-day.
--W. C. Fountain, of Boston, was in the city to-day.
--There were a large number of people in the city to-day.
--Julius Tappert went to Atchison last night to visit his sister.
--“Cracker Jim,” of Oskaloosa, is registered at the Leggett House.
--Lon Burgess, now in the U.S. mail service, is spending a few days at home.
--Dr. Miller, W. H. Woolery and L. McCoy, of Libertyville, were in the city to-day.
--R. W. Rollins went to Kansas City last evening, leaving his wife here to visit her parents.
--It is as difficult to keep up with the arrivals of Hackett as it is with the wrecks on the C., B. & Q.
--None know St. Jacobs Oil but to like it; none name it but to praise.
--The Clerk has issued marriage licenses to H. Durr and Miss Annie Ogden, Samuel C. Walker and Miss Virginia M. Morris.
--Jake McKemey has concluded that a telephone is not only a luxury but an absolute necessity.  He has ordered one put in his residence.
--A. V. Brown, Birmingham, and C. E. Lytton and wife, of Odell, Nebraska, were in the city last night, the guests of the Jones House.
--L. F. Nelson, John P. Peterson and C. J. Johnson, all natives of Sweden, were admitted citizens of the United States by Judge Lewis’ court.
--The members of Forest City Lodge, No. 37, K. of P. are requested to meet at their hall at one o’clock sharp, to make arrangements to attend the funeral of Mrs. Lang.
--Dr. R. J. Mohr performed a neat surgical operation on Thursday.  He amputated five toes from the feet of Willie Boos, a son of John Boos, who froze them on the 5th of January.
--Lost, somewhere between the Rock Island depot and the residence of S. B. Smith, last evening, a ladies gold watch.  A liberal reward will be paid to the finder if they will leave it at this office, or return it to the owner, Miss Julia B. Hoadley.
--That enterprising and progressive farmer, and old Jefferson county settler, J. R. Dole, stopped us to-day and handed over a hundred and fifty cents for THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, and will enjoy the weekly visits of the largest and best paper in the county.
--Members of the Telephone Exchange will find the list of the subscribers as published in to-day’s JOURNAL, a very convenient one to cut out and place alongside their instrument.  We have taken a great deal of pains with it, and think the members will find it correct.
--The funeral of Mrs. Lena M. Lang, wife of Geo. Ph. Lang, who died on the 7th, of unilateral paralysis, will take place from the residence to-morrow afternoon at 1:30 o’clock.  The services will be conducted by Rev. A. B. McMackin, of the Lutheran Church.  The friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend.

ELDON NOTES.(Page 1)

Mal Burgess and Os. Garrett went to Agency Sunday to see their girls.
The stone work on the new bridge over Soap Creek was finished Wednesday.
Teams are again crossing on the ice, making the dangerous trip with large loads.
Seneca Cornell was at Chariton on a business trip last week.  He reports everything on a boom out west.
Miss Ora Roberts went to Nebraska on a visit Tuesday evening.  Ora will be missed in Eldon society circles.
Great excitement exists in regard to the wild rumors of moving the round house to Fairfield.  We understand a delegation consisting of Dr. Shang, Mr. Howard and B. F. Whitney will visit F. soon to see if it won’t be cheaper to move Fairfield here than to move the r. h. up there.  The little city of Floris has put in a “yell” to have it moved out there.  The rumors have not lowered the price of property or board here yet.  DODGE.

Thursday Transpirings (page 6)

--E. W. Arthur, Des Moines, is here.
--F. J. Lovell, New York, is in town.
--O. B. Miller, Topeka, Kansas, is in the city.
--Dick Richards, of Burlington, is in the city.
--F. L. Durkee, Detroit, was in town yesterday.
--Gus Vote returned this morning from a trip East.
--A. L. Omstell, Rock Island, was in the city to-day.
--C. C. Cock, a lawyer of Davenport, was here to-day.
--J. W. Montague, Mason City, Iowa, is a guest of the Leggett House.
--“At home sick” is the label on the door of Gilchrist’s photograph rooms to-day.
--Justice Sullivan and J. M. H. Roberts, of Liberty township, were in the city to-day.
--We walk in the midst of secrets, we are encompassed with mysteries, but it is an open secret that there is no remedy in the world so wonderful as Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.
--J. R. Jones, C. L. Cole, J. G. Scott and W. Fox, of Chicago, are registered at the Leggett House.
--It’s hard to believe Miss Whittire was cured of such terrible sores by Hood’s Sarsaparilla, but reliable people prove it.
--My lease is out on my room, and I have packed my stock and fixtures, which I will sell at a bargain.  T. C. HURST.
--C. C. Cadwallader, Burlington; E. Williams, St. Paul, and H. Tally, Elk River, Iowa, are registered at the Jones House.
--Mrs. John Early, Marshalltown, Iowa, says:  “I used Brown’s Iron Bitters for dyspepsia and general debility with good results.”
--FOR SALE.  Restaurant, stock and fixtures at a bargain.  T. C. HURST.
--Several couples of the young Irish people of this city went out to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Scally, five miles northwest, last night, were right royally entertained, and enjoyed a dance till the wee small hours of the morning.

Funeral of Mrs. Lang. (page 6)

 The funeral services over the mortal remains of the late Mrs. Geo. Ph. Lang were held at her late home on Burlington street, Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock.  The Rev. Amasa B. McMackin, pastor of the Lutheran Church, conducted the services, assisted by the Choir of his church.  The services were opened by a beautiful and appropriate voluntary.  Then following the reading of Scripture, prayer and a hymn, after which the funeral discourse was preached from the words of Jesus in Math. 11:28, “Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.”  After the sermon another hymn was sung and the services concluded, with the usual ceremonies at the cemetery.
 A large number of people came together despite the chilling weather, to pay their respects to the dead and show their regard for the living.  Of these a large number followed the deceased to her last resting place.  The lodges of Knights of Pythias and United Workmen, to which Mr. Lang belonged, took part in the service, attending in bodies.
 The following is the biographical sketch read by Rev. McMackin at the conclusion of his discourse:
 Lena Magdalena Lang was born Jan. 29th, 1845, in Madison, Indiana, and died in Fairfield, Iowa, Feb. 7, 1884, at the age of 39 years and 18 days.  Her maiden name was Herman.  On Feb. 25th, 1862, she was married to George Phillip Lang, who to-day mourns her untimely loss.  Born in Indiana she came to Burlington, Iowa in 1856, and to Jefferson county in 1859.  The fruits of this union were seven children, four of which were girls and three boys.  Of these six are, as mother-less, left to sorrow for a mother’s love, to bewail a mother’s absence, to weep over an empty chair, a broken family circle.  One child, a boy, had crossed the silent river before her.  Baptized in the Catholic Church she never confirmed her membership, nor did she ever make any profession of Christianity.  A kind mother, an affectionate wife, a generous friend and neighbor, she had only good to say of those with whom life’s duties brought her in contact.  Her life was humble and quiet, not full of strike and ostentation; its sphere not broad and varied but included and contained largely within her family circle.  Death came to her after a short illness.  Her symptoms were not alarming until Wednesday morning, when she was taken with a stroke of paralysis.  On Thursday forenoon she became conscious for a short time and was thought to be improving; but alas for human judgment, she soon became unconscious, never to awaken in this world of tears and sunshine.  Many will miss her, but most of all those who must gather around a desolate fire-side, the bereaved husband and children, these and those who mourn to-day, we commend to the care of that righteous and holy One who says unto all:  “Come unto me, ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

In Memoriam. (page 6)

Castle Hall, Forest City Lodge,
No. 37, K. of P.
February 10, 1884.
WHEREAS, Death has taken from our midst, Mrs. Lena M. Lang, and thus the community is bereft of a valuable and worthy member, the friends of a kind and pleasing associate, the children of a loving and tender mother, the husband of a fond, devoted and amiable wife and companion.
Resolved, That we hereby extend to our brother Sir Knight, George P. Lang, our sincere and earnest sympathy in this the hour of his deep sorrow, and to the children our tender and heartfelt condolence in their irreparable bereavement, and to each and all recommend the consolation that “what is their loss is her gain,” and we leave the reason of this visitation to Him “who doeth all things well.”
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be furnished our Brother Sir Knight, that the same be spread in full upon the records of this Lodge, and that the city papers each be requested to give one publication of the same.
W. T. BURGESS,
SAM’L C. FARMER, JR.
ROLLIN J. WILSON,
Committee.

Card of Thanks. (page 6)

I take this method to publicly extend my thanks to the neighbors, and kind friends throughout the city; for their assistance and sympathy on the occasion of the sickness and death of my dear wife, Lena M. Lang.  Should any of them be called upon to pass through a similar affliction, I sincerely trust that their sorrow may be assuaged and their grief lightened by the kindly acts of as sympathetic friends and neighbors as was so nobly shown in my bereavement.
Geo. P. Lang.

ORIGINAL NOTICE. (page 6)

STATE OF IOWA, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ss:
To William Johnson – You are hereby notified that there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, State of Iowa, the petition of Lotta Johnson, plaintiff, asking for a decree of divorce from you.
Now unless you appear thereto and defend on or before noon of the second day of the March Term, A. D. 1884, of said Court, which term commences on the fourth Monday of March, A. D. 1884, default will be entered against you, judgment rendered thereon, and decree rendered as prayed.
LEGGETT & McKEMEY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.

ORIGINAL NOTICE. (page 6)

STATE OF IOWA, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ss:
To Robert M. Steel, The Howe Sewing Machine Co.—You are hereby notified that there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, State of Iowa, the petition of James Steel, plaintiff, claiming to be the absolute owner by title in fee simple of the following real estate in Jefferson County, Iowa, to-wit:
The South fifty (50) acres of the East half of the Northeast quarter of Section twenty-seven (27) in Township seventy-one (71) of Range ten (10), and asking a decree that you be barred and forever estopped from having or claiming any title thereto adverse to the plaintiff, and quieting the title to said premises in plaintiff, and for other relief see petition.  No money judgment is asked against you.
Now unless you appear thereto and defend on or before noon of the second day of the March Term, A. D. 1884, of said Court, which Term commences on the fourth Monday of March, A. D. 1884, default will be entered against you, judgment rendered thereon, and decree entered as prayed.
LEGGETT & McKEMEY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Monday Melange. (page 6)

--T. H. Jackson, of Quincy, Ill., is in the city.
--George E. Herrick, of Chicago, is in the city.
--C. N. Cissell, of Des Moines, is in the city.
--Ben Hassel, of Burlington, is in the city to-day.
--Wm. B. Capell, of New York, is in the city to-day.
--Charles Rentz, of Quincy, Ill., was in the city yesterday.
--Joe Fulton, of Des Moines township, was in the city to-day.
--Nels Surles has gone out of the saloon business for the present.
--Circuit Court adjourned this afternoon.  Judge Lewis and wife will take No. 6 for Washington.
--Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jackson, Libertyville, spend Sunday in the city visiting their daughter.
--Tappert & Goehner have got up a new brand of cigars, entitled “The Leggett,” in honor of Uncle Dick.
--C. M. Stinson and John Smeaton have recently purchased of S. C. Dunn, of Muscatine, two full-blooded Jerseys.
--Tom M. Gobble has severed his connection with the wholesale grocery firm of Gobble Bros., Muscatine.  Johnny is running the business alone now.
--Frank R. Smith, Burlington; H. W. Wellman, Bell Wellman, Lillie Wellman, Oskaloosa, Kansas; E. B. Townsend, Kansas, and John Cadan, Morris, Ill., are registered at the Jones House.
--Mrs. C. Limburg and Lon Marshick, of Keokuk; Otto F. Tappert and Miss Emily Hermann, of Burlington; E. W. Hermann, of Louisville, Ky; Mrs. Chas. Rukgaber and daughter Emma, Mrs. Aug. Hettrick, and John Irrer, of Mt. Pleasant, were in the city yesterday attending the funeral of Mrs. G. P. Lang.
--W. C. Perkins, formerly superintendent of the C., B. & Q., but latterly secretary of the Murray Iron Works, of Burlington, died very suddenly at Chicago Saturday, of apoplexy, where he had gone in the interest of the company.  Mr. Perkins was a man of large business capacity and occupied many responsible positions in the commercial world.
--The invitations are out announcing the second social ball and display drill of Fairfield Division No. 7, Uniform Rank, K. of P. to take place at the opera house, Friday evening, Feb. 22d.  The invitations are the best job of letter press work ever executed in the city, and reflect great credit on the Tribune job rooms.  The committees are:  Invitation--Lou Thoma, S. F. Hammond, H. F. Booker, S. M. Campbell, T. L. H. Cole.  Decorations—B. E. Ristine, F. W. Voorhies, Paul E. Porsons, W. O. Harper, G. W. Young.  Reception and Floor Managers—Al Hilbert, C. E. Stubbs, Will Mohr, J. S. Richardson, D. C. Bradley.  Tickets, $1.50.  Display drill at 8 o’clock.

Tuesday Tit-Bits.(page 6)

--J. H. Abel, Milwaukee, is in the city.
--A. J. Cook, of Ottumwa, is in the city.
--Chas. A. Dean, Des Moines, is in the city.
--F. R. Sweatland, of Chicago, is in the city.
--E. A. Platt, of Philadelphia, is in the city to-day.
--C. Houghton, Packwood, was in the city yesterday.
--W. H. Graham, Sedalia, Mo., is in the city to-day.
--B. F. Murdock, of Kansas City, was in the city last night.
--C. E. Higgins, Independence, Iowa, was in the city last night.
--J. F. Renfro, of New York, was in the city yesterday afternoon.
--Fred A. Merchant, of Providence, R.I. was in the city yesterday.
--A. S. Jordan, J. E. Roth and W. W. Junkin were in Davenport yesterday.
--Mrs. M. L. Church, of Prairie Farm, Wisconsin, writes us for THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.
--Wm. J. Evans, Daniel Graham and Geo. E. Humphrey, of Chicago, are in the city to-day, stopping at the Leggett.
--Jake Wilson, now of St. Joe, Mo. is just like a great many former Jefferson county people, now in other pastures.  He must have a Fairfield paper, and so wisely concluded to order the largest and best.
--Young men meet for Bible study on Thursday evening at Y. M. C. A. rooms.  Theme:  “Who is Christ to You?”  Matthew 16.  Gospel services Sabbath afternoon.  Topic:  “Why men do not believe in Christ.”

Wednesday Wanderings. (page 6)

--L. Ellman, Philadelphia, is here.
--B. H. King, Joliet, is in the city.
--W. R. Moore, Muscatine, is in town.
--C. H. Ware, Burlington, is here to-day.
--J. A. Middleton, Boston, is in the city.
--Scott Washburne, Muscatine, is here to-day.
--D. Wittonsky, Chicago, is in the city to-day.
--H. D. Payne, of Quincy, is in the city to-day.
--W. D. Amsley, of Lasalle, Illinois, is back again.
--John W. Welsh, Kansas City, is in town to-day.
--George Ruddy, of Buffalo, New York, is in the city.
--A. Rommel, Mt. Pleasant, was in the city yesterday.
--Hackett was noticed perambulating the city to-day.
--James Hoskinson, of Perlee, was in the city to-day.
--Henry Jackson, of Knoxville, was in the city yesterday.
--Dr. J. W. Hayden, of Libertyville, was in the city to-day.
--Charles Simmonds, of Ottumwa, was in the city yesterday.
--W. T. Swanson, of Swedenburg, was in the city yesterday.
--Frank G. Morein has returned from his visit to Yates City, Ill.
--Geo. W. Yate, of Galesburg, was in the city yesterday afternoon.
--J. W. Gillespy, of Chicago, is in the city, stopping at the Leggett House.
--Robert Campbell, of Hastings, Neb. is in the city visiting his mother.
--W. T. Smith, Chicago, is in the city to-day, stopping at the Jones House.
--The teachers of the Union school took in the Teachers’ Convention at Batavia.
--Mrs. John Fullen, of Agency, is visiting the family of her son, Charles D. Fullen.
--John B. Manatry and J. S. Richardson have returned from their visit to the Hot Springs.
--F. Paterson, Marshalltown, Iowa, says:  “Brown’s Iron Bitters has completely cured me of malaria.”
--Wm. Nelson, of Clear Springs, Neb. was in the city yesterday, a guest of the Jones House.
--Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Mohr spent yesterday in Libertyville, the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Hayden.
--No. 2 on the “Q” was several hours late this morning.  It is surmised that there was a wreck somewhere.  Next!
--George Teesdale, S. J. Oliver and J. W. Burton, of St. Louis, were in the city last night, guests of the Leggett House.
--The residence of J. S. McKemey is now connected with the telephone exchange.  His number is 32.
--Mrs. Mary A. White, of Delta, Keokuk county, is visiting a few days in this city with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Martha White.
--Mrs. Amanda Moore, relict of the late Johnston Moore, of Atchison, Kansas, is now in the city stopping with her mother, Mrs. Henry Frush.
-As there is no disturbing question of local politics or improvement to agitate our city the coming election time, it is to be hoped that good, honest, active men will be elected to the different positions.
--Valuable information—Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment will positively prevent diphtheria that most to be dreaded of all dreadful diseases.  Don’t delay a moment, prevention is better than cure.  No family should be without the Anodyne in the house.
--J. A. Hinson has purchased the grocery of M. R. Kurtz on the northwest corner.  J. M. McKain will have charge of it for Mr. Hinson.  The store-room will be overhauled and fixed up, and the stock increased.
--Joseph Ricksher, C. D. Tomey, W. T. Burgess, S. K. West, Thomas Bell, J. W. Messick, John T. Axline, T. F. Higley, J. S. Gantz, John Davies and J. P. Mullenix were out at Libertyville last night and assisted in the organization of a G. A. R. Post.
 
 

Weekly Journal
Fairfield, Jefferson Co. Iowa
February 21, 1884
Vol. VI #17, pg. 1 & 8

Libertyville Items.
J.J. Welday removed Saturday from Fairfield to Libertyville.  He occupies
the Slimmer residence.

John Winn, of Lewis, Cass county, returned in response to a telegram
announcing the death of his little brother.

Albert McCartney, who has been spending the winter here with his parents,
left Wednesday for Minneapolis, his future home.

The energetic ladies of the Methodist Church gave an oyster supper Monday
night, and the members of the church have purchased a new organ.

Mrs. Harriet Maddox, a lady who resides here, on Monday arrived at her 74th
birthday.  On that day all her children assembled at her home and had a
pleasant time, and presented her with a number of valuable presents.

Saturday morning at 4 o'clock occurred the death of Jimmie Winn, youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Winn.  His funeral took place Sunday and was
attended by a large number of sympathizing friends.  In the absence of
religious exercises (the family are free thinkers) Mr. W.T. Hague, a friend
of the family, paid the following short tribute:
Dear Friends and Neighbors:  The event that has called us together is sad,
solumn and impressive.  We are assembled to pay our parting tribute of
respect to our dear little friend, Jimmie Winn.  We are in the presence of
our beloved dead, in the chamber of grief.  The hand of death has ruthlessly
plucked from our midst an sweet little child who was loved by all who knew
hiim, and the life, light and joy from this household, whose short stay with
us has been made as pleasant and happy, as kind and loving parents could
make it.  All his life has been one continued reign of joy; care and sorrow
were strangers to him.  He had not yet reached that time in life when the
dark clouds of adversity and anxiety hovered around him.  Accustomed as we
are to the operations of that natural law we call death, yet its ever
recurring visitations fill us anew with lamentatious and unutterable grief.
In this sense at least our emotional natures rebel against our intellectual
convictions.  To weep is human. It relieves the pent up anguish of our
aching hearts.  The shed tears of grief are the dew-drops of life which
sweeten and give fragrance to our tenderness, love and sympathy.  As we look
back we have no regrets for the past; as we look forward, no fears for the
future.  OUr dear little friend is gone.  He will ever be held in sweet
remembrance. Let him rest in peace.  RENRUT.

The ladies of the P.E.O. Society will give an oyster supper Friday evening,
February 22d, in the rooms formerly occupied by Hurst's restaurant, near the
postoffice.  Go early and get a good supper for a reasonable sum. Everybody
invited.

LEGAL NOTICES.
Original Notice.
State of Iowa, Jefferson [illegible]
To Thomas B. Law -- You are hereby notified that on or before the 10th day
of March, 1884, there will be on file in the office of the Clerk of the
District Court of Jefferson County, State of Iowa, the petition of Alice
Law, asking that she be divorced from you, and for the care and custody of
the child, Catharine Eliza.  Now, unless you appear thereto and defend, on
or before noon of the second day of the March Term, A.D. 1884, of said
Court, which term commences on the 24th day of March, A.D. 1884, default
will be entered against you and judgment rendered thereon.
McCoid, Brighton & Jaques,  Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Original Notice.
State of Iowa, Jefferson County, SS
To William Johnson -- You are hereby notified that there is now on file in
the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, State of
Iowa, the petition of Lotta Johnson, plaintiff, asking for a decree of
divorce from you.  Now unless you appear thereto and defend on or before
noon of the second day of the March Term, A.D. 1884, of said Court, which
term commences on the fourth Monday of March, A.D. 1884, default will be
entered against you, judgement rendered thereon, and decree rendered as
prayed.
Leggett & McKemey, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Original Notice.
State of Iowa, Jefferson County, SS
To Robert M. Steel, The Howe Sewing Machine Co. -- You are hereby notified
that there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court
of Jefferson County, State of Iowa, the petition of James Steel, plaintiff,
claiming to be the absolute owner by title in fee simple of the following
real estate in Jefferson County, Iowa, to-wit:
The South fifty (50) acres of the East half of the Northeast quarter of
Section twenty-seven (27) in Township seventy-one (71) of Range ten (10),
and asking a decree that you be barred and forever estopped from having or
claiming any title thereto adverse to the plaintiff, and quieting the title
to said premises in plaintiff, and for other relief see petition.  No money
judgment is asked against you.  Now unless you appear thereto and defend on
or before noon of the second day of the March Term, A.D. 1884, of said
Court, which term commences on the fourth Monday of March, A.D. 1884,
default will be entered against you, judgement rendered thereon, and decree
rendered as prayed.
Leggett & McKemey, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Friday Facts.
-W.M. Pryor, Iowa City is in town.
-C.G. Stone, New York, is in the city.
-F.O. Young, Des Moines is here.
-B.W. New, St. Louis, is here to-day.
-John Madden, Chicago, is in the city.
-R.J. Wilson left last night for Washington.
-Al Hilbert, we are sorry to learn, is down sick.
-J.J. Kritzler, of Glasgow, was in the city to-day.
-W.R. Rollins, Boston, is at the Leggett House.
-L.J. Philleo, of Cleveland, Ohio, is in the city to-day.
-J.O. Comstock, Rockford, was in the city yesterday.
-Thomas Smith, of Abingdon, was in the city yesterday.
-[illegible] Jack, of Bentonsport, was at the [illegible] House to-day.
-Oscar Turner, of Philadelphia, was in the city yesterday afternoon.
-Mrs. G.A. Rutherford goes to Ottumwa in the morning to visit with her
mother.
-You can't "secure the shadow lest the substance fade" in Fairfield, as both
our photographers are at present sick.
-Mary M. Morrison, of Mt. Pleasant, was in the city yesterday, a guest of
the Jones House.
-George W. Gale, of Galesburg, after whom that city was named, is in the
city to-day, stopping at the Leggett House.
-H.B. Chadwick, Charles D. Durant, Percy R. Todd, Ed Howe and C.A. Hancock,
all of Chicago, are registered at the Leggett House to-day.
-Jim Richardson says the Hot Springs is the worst country that man ever got
to.  He says if he owned Hot Springs he would swap it for Hades and live in
Hades the remainder of his days.
-Several attachments were planted on the stock of groceries recently owned
by M.R. Kurtz to-day, which will make fun and consequently, "squiblems" for
the lawyers.  It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
-John H. Merkens came in last evening to order the Weekly Journal to a
friend in Brooklyn, New York, and Justice Sullivan yesterday ordered a copy
sent to a friend of his at Butte City, Montana.  And thus the boom
continues.  Their action might be followed by others with pleasure and
profit.
-The Hawkeye, of this morning, says: "Paul Sheridan, the grain dealer of
Packwood, who was injured in the narrow guage railroad accident Wednesday
evening; has been removed to Burlington hospital.  There is a possibility
that he will lose the sight of one of his eyes.  He was badly wounded about
the head, and, generally speaking, is demoralized."
-"The Ledger don't publish the advertisement of the Magneton Appliance
Company," says that aged sheet.  It did publish is all the same for about
six months previous to the last issue, for which it failed to get its
"legitimate drafts" honored.  The Agents Herald, of Philadelphia, advised
the Ledger and all others who have accepted this firms advertising, "to send
in their bills to the company, and if you get left again, for you certainly
deserve it, just hire some one to kick you around the back yard."
-Z.T. Moore, of Liberty township, was in the city this morning, on his
return from Marshalltown.  He has sold out at Marshalltown and will make
Jefferson county his future abiding place. Having returned to the county, it
was very natural for him to desire the largest and best weekly paper
published in the county, hence he left with us $1.50 for THE JOURNAL.
-The "oldest paper in the state" has been taken in by the Magneton Appliance
Company of Chicago, Dr. J.C. Raymond of Brooklyn, and WAshburne & Co., of
New York, who have been getting free advertising in the Ledger.  It is
strange how little some people learn in thirty year's service.  An
advertisement never gets into THE JOURNAL until we are assured of our pay.
We received propositionns from all the above parties, but they were
immediately consigned to the waste basket.

Saturday Sayings.
-Bob Tweed is back again.
-D. Powers, Boston, is in town to-day.
-C.E. Stewart, Muscatine, is in town to-day.
-S. Goodrich, Bloomington, Ill., is in the city.
-A.B. Bramhall, Burlington, is in the city.
-J.M.Wolfman, of Milwaukee, was in the city to-day.
-A. Wilcox, of Clarence, Iowa, was in the city to-day.
-J.O.VArner, of Burlington, was in the city last evening.
-Miss Mary Noble, of Albia, was in the city visiting Mrs. Craine.
-Israel Trout, of Libertyville, was among our callers to-day.
-John Carse, of Pleasant Plain, was in the city to-day; and favored us with
a call.
-M.R. Metzgar, representing the Moline Plow Company, was in the city to-day.
-Wm. Adams has sold his property near the gas works to N.S. Bright for $500.
-The clerk issued a marriage license to-day to Archibald Black and Miss
Elizabeth Snook.
-Little Jimmie Winn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Winn, of Libetyville, died
early this morning.
-George E. Purcell and family have removed to Kansas, and will make that
State their future home.
-Miss Lizzie Noble, of Villisca, and Miss Grace MOore, of Red Oak, are
visiting Mrs. J.W. Strohm.
-Mrs. M.M. Jones, of Hope, Indiana, and Mrs. DeFranchia, of Ainsworth, Io.
were at the Jones HOuse yesterday.
-We understand William Elliott got five signatures to his petition for woman
suffrage in Pat Bradley's saloon yesterday.
-Rube Dubois says he is going to make the residence he recently purchased of
J.C. Keck one of the finest properties in the city.
-S.Ed Smith, W. Groveman, J.L. Howe, Ch. Caswell, W.F. Rice and Thomas
Mansfield, of Chicago, were in the city to-day guests of the Leggett.
-Quite a large number of the young people were out sleigh-riding yesterday
afternoon.  Go it while you're young for when you get married you can't
afford it.
-Mrs. Nelson, a widow lady of Mt. Pleasant, who recently lost her residence
and household goods by fire, was in the city to-day, with her little son,
soliciting aid in her unfortunate situation.
-Mrs. Pressley and Miss McGinnis have closed up their hair store in the
Myers' block for the present.  They now desire all those indebted to them to
call in and settle their accounts.
-The statement is made that the Rock Island road has secured full controll
of the Burlington, Cedar RApids and Northern running from Burlington to
Albert Lea, and that at the meeting in New York on Monday next the change in
the ownership wil occur.  The road has been owned conjointly by the C.B.&Q.
and the Rock Island, and was used by the former company as an outlet from
St. Louis to the northwest, while the Rock Island has used it as a part of
its Albert Lea route to Minneapolis and St. Paul.  It is understood that as
soon as the Rock Island has secured full control its new acquisition and the
Minneapolis and St. Louis will be amalgamated with the Rock Isand and cease
to exist as independent lines.

Monday Melange.
-Hacket was here to-day.
-F.H. Sayles, of New York, is in the city to-day.
-C.C Miller, of Burlington, is in the city to-day.
-Seneca Cornell, of Eldon, was in the city to-day.
-Louis Swartz, of New York, Sundayed in the city.
-Bob Flinn, of Des Moines, was here Saturday afternoon.
-Mrs. J.C. Helt is visiting relatives and friends in Mansfield, Ohio.
-Al Hilbert, who has been in very bad shape, is reported better to-day.
-Miss Lena Harkhorn, of Washington, is visiting Miss Lizzie Thoma.
-H.B. Harford, representing the Moline Wagon Company, was in the city
to-day.
-The banking house of Samuel C. Farmer & Son has purchased a Hall type
writer.
-Adam Wilson, the sewing machine and organ man, of Libertyville, was in the
city to-day.
-Postmaster Hoffman is having the postoffice repainted, which is something
it needed badly.
-Geo. H. Ferris, of Central City, Neb. and Miss Lillie Ferris, of
Washington, Iowa, are at the JOnes House.
-Clark Moyer, who is in Uncle Sam's mail service, will spend his lay off
this week among his Fairfield friends.
-Capt. Jaques, of the law firm of McCoid, Brighton & Jaques, spent a portion
of last week in Des Moines on legal business.
-Lew Johnson's Original Jubelee Singers Sundayed at the Jones House in this
city, on their way from Burlington to Centerville.
-J.W. Eggleston, Frank M. Parnell, W.P. Thayer, W.T. Skiff, and Charles M.
Clark, of Chicago, were in the city to-day, guests of the Leggett House.
-The Hopkirk stock of merchandise at Lockridge was sold at public sale by
S.J. Chester Saturday, and was knocked down to Pierce Brothers for $1,075.
-Daniel Rider, one of the oldest settlers of Jefferson county, has been on
the sick list for some weeks, but we are glad to note he is now
convalescing, though slowly.
-North-Side Drug Store, Albert C. Jones & Co., successors to W.H. Jones &
Bro., Drugs, Paints, Oils, Varnishes,Dye Stuffs, Perfumery, FAncy Notions,
etc. News Dealers.
-Mrs. J.N. Tolley, who has been sick for some time with consumption, died at
her home on South second street this morning.  The remains were taken to Mt.
Pleasant, her former home, for interment.

Pg. 8
(Monday Melange cont.)
-Rev. Mr. Belden, of Elk Rapids, Mich. occupied the pulpit of the
Presbyterian church yesterday morning, and preached a very thoughtful sermon
from Mat. 6:23.  He also preached at the College Chapel in the afternoon.
-It will be remembered that some time ago Albert Mears, while handling
crockery in his store, accidentally cut his hand and was for two weeks
disabled.  He had a policy in the Travelers' Accident Insurance Company,
A.S. Wilcox, agent, and Saturday received a check for the full amount of two
week's disability.
-Harpers Magazine for March does not contain a single article in its varied
contents that has not a strong claim upon the attention of readers, and its
illustrations are superb.  The frontspiece engraving is an illustration of
the third part of Wm. Black's new  novel; "Judith Shakespeare" from a
drawing by E.A. Abbey.  The opening article is a description of St. Louis,
by William Henry Bishop.  This is followed by a descriptive article,
entitled "The Yorkshire Coase," by Wm. H. Rideing, picturesquely illustrated
by Harry Fenn. The fourth part of E.P. Roe's popular novel, "Nature's Ser???
Story," discloses the intelligent farmer's winter fireside, with its social
and intellectual attractions.  The talk in this chapter is largely about our
winter out-door companions, the birds, which Mr. Gibson has illustrated with
five pictures in his happiest style.  Dielman's full page illustration of
Amy sketching the rabbits is a delightful picture.  Will Wallace Harney
contributes an article of timely interest on "The Drainage of the
Everglades" illustrated by maps.  Mr. Geo. William Curtis in the EAsy Chair
discourses upon the "elevation" of Mr. Tennyson, private lives of public
men, Margaret Fuller, and the opera season in New York.  The Literay Record
is full of able and valuable reviews of new books, evidently prepared by a
writer who reads the books before he notices them.  Mr. Chas. Dudley Warner,
who has organized a very entertaining Drawer, prefaces it with a charming
essay on the Right of Discovery, or the Objections which some Peoples have
to being discovered.  Altogether, this is one of the most varied,
interesting and brilliant number of Harper's that has ever been issued.

Tuesday Tit-Bits.
-John W. Strohm is in the city.
-J.T. Harming, New York, is here.
-L.S. Sanoats, DAvenport, is here to-day.
-D.A. Kennedy, of Chicago, is in the city.
-J.S. Eisenhart, Tipton, Iowa, is in the city.
-Z.O. Fligg, Creston, was in the city last night.
-W.R. Mount, of Wahington, was in the city to-day.
-Frank Daggett left last night on No. 1 for Nebraska.
-S.T. McIntire, of Morning Sun, was in the city yesterday.
-J.M. McKain and family left to-day for WAshington county.
-W.M. Sears, of Washington, D.C., is at the Leggett House.
-T.H. Jackson, the liniment man, went to Ottumwa to-day.
-George Talbert, of Caldwell, Beb. was in the city yesterday.
-Paul Sheridan returned home to-day.  He is pretty badly used up.
-Mrs. E.F. Adams fell to-day and severely sprained her ankle.
-A.H. Jones and C.W. Pease, of Chicago, were in the city to-day.
-J.S. Plank and JOhn Leis, of Milton, Iowa, are at the Jones House.
-Warner C. Stevens, Boston, is in the city, a guest of the Leggett House.
-M.J. Jackson and J.H. Finney, of Abingdon, were in the city to-day.
-Jake Wilson continues to place us under obligations for St. Joe papers.
-J.M. Nicholson, of Trenton, N.J. is a guest of the Leggett House to-day.
-J.W. McGinnis, special agent and adjuster of the Council Bluffs Insurance
Company, was in the city last night.
-Mrs. Susan Rominger, of County Line, is in the city visiting her daughter,
Mrs. T.E. Jones, at the Jones House.
-Clerk Sippel issued marriage licenses to-day to Wm. C. McCoy and Mrs. Eliza
J. Campbell, A.C. Crumley and Miss Charlotta M. Hull.
-The boys are expecting several persons along the line of the C.B.&Q to
their grand ball Friday night, if a wreck don't intervene to prevent.
-George Harper and wife, of Hillsborough, were in the city last night, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Harper.  They are on their way to Kansas.
-Anyone desiring to go to Old Mexico on an excursion at less than half rates
the round trip, can learn something to their advantage by calling upon W.B.
Murray.
-We hear the name of John Taylor frequently mentioned for alderman from the
first ward.  Mr. Taylor is a clear-headed and hard-working business man, and
would make a very efficient councilman.
-Billy Pringle, formerly operator at Rock Island depot here, who is known
and liked by everybody in this community, came up from Trenton, where he is
in the Company's employ, Saturday evening, and spent Sunday with his parents
near Birmingham, and Monday with his friends in this city.  He returned on
No. 1 last night.
-Mrs. Eliza J. Campbell was united in marriage at 3 o'clock this afternoon
to Wm. C. McCoy, a prominent and highly respected citizen of Washington,
Iowa.  The wedding is a complete surprise to our community, and the happy
couple will receive the congratulations of the numberless friends of Mrs.
Campbell.  There will be a grand reception party in their honor at
Washington this evening.

Wednesday Wanderings.
-J.E. Roth is in Washington to-day.
-T. McCash, Burlington, is in the city.
-H.B. Gardner, St. Louis, is in town.
-W.J. Van Hoesen, Chicago, is here to-day.
-A.F. Jackson, of Carthage, Ill. is in the city.
-D.E. Ordway, Chicago, was in town yesterday.
-F.A. Warden, Ottumwa, was in the city to-day.
-A.S. Davison, Rochester, was in the city yesterday.
-B. Gifford, of Libertyville, was in the city to-day.
-T.P. Hogan, of Buffalo, is at the Leggett House.
-C.J. Troette, Birmingham, was in the city to-day.
-F.P. Huggins, Baltimore, Md. was in the city to-day.
-D.H. Carter, of Keokuk county, was in the city to-day.
-Miss May Tharp, of Albis, is in the city visiting friends.
-A.W. Jackson, of Libertyville, was in the city last night.
-Geo. M. BAcon and John Winter, of Chicago, are in the city.
-The veritable John Smith, of Viola, Ill., was in the city to-day.
-R.J. Cone and A.F. Johnson, of Chicago, were here yesterday.
-Joseph Miller, a horse buyer, from Chicago, is at the Jones HOuse.
-Morris Rosenburg and J.E. Tourke, of Philadelphia, are in the city.
-Mrs. George Coburn, of Des Moines, who has been visiting her mother here
returned home this morning.
-George W. White and J.N. Smith shipped a car of hogs to Ottumwa Monday,
some of which were Philadelphias and cost $6 per 100.
-M.A. Frawley, special agent of the Burlington Insurance Company, was in the
city yesterday visiting Agent Keltner, and favored THE JOURNAL with a
pleasant business call in the evening.
-The Thursday evening Bible meeting at Y.M.C.A. rooms.  All men invited.
Topic, "Why we should believe in Christ."  A Bible reading 4 o'clock
Sabbath.  Topic, "Consecration." Under direction of Rev. M. Bamford.
-The Washington Democrat says: "Mat. Dwyer was taken before Judge Lewis
Tuesday of last week on a writ of habeas corpus, but the Judge held him on
substantially the same grounds he was committed on by 'Squire Kyle.  In
default of ball he was taken back to Sigourney jail to await the action of
the grand jury on the charge of manslaughter."

Thursday Transpirings.
-C.H. Smith, Grinnell, is in town.
-D.M. Lyons, Keokuk, is in the city.
-S.S. Marks, St. Louis, is here to-day.
-L.C. Dey, of Norton, Kas. is in the city.
-J.S. Albaugh, from Californis, is in the city.
-Charles E. Helsey, of Burlington, is in the city.
-D.W. Bailey, Elk City, Kansas, was here to-day.
-O.F. Smith, of Libertyville, was in town to-day.
-A.H. Howard, of Davenport, was in the city to-day.
-N.B. Vertrees, of Gniesburg, was in the city yesterday afternoon.
-J.H. Drummond and wife, of Davenport, were at the Leggett House last night.
-Alex. McPherson, of Centerville, and G.W. Garlick, of Davenport, were here
to-day.
-A.H. Caldwell, of Brookville, was in the city to-day, and made us a
pleasant business call.
-J.M. Richards, Chicago, and John F. Gorman, of New York, were at the
Leggett House to-day.
-Farmers wishing to be successful with sheep should guard them against
exposure.  But if in sheltering his sheep the farmer exposes himself and
catches cold, he must use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup.
-Dr. Payne and Mrs. Ross, of Richland, were in the city to-day, guests of
the Jones House.
-Mr. John Thompson, Albia, Iowa, says:"I used Brown's Iron Bitters for
indigestion and nervousness with excellent results."
-Miss Della Dustin, a fifteen year old daughter of Wm. F. Dustin, of Liberty
township, died yesterday.
-Why use a gritty, muddy, disagreeable article when Hood's Sarsaparilla, so
pure, so clear, so delightful, can be obtained.  100 doses $1.00.
-We are sorry to hear that Mrs. McElroy, mother of the editor of the
Tribune, is very sick with pneumonia.
-Mr. J.J. Engle, Muscatine, Iowa, says: "My wife used Brown's Iron Bitters
for general debility and was much benefitted."
-Henry Withelmann, Thomas Clausen and Chris. Timm, of Davenport, are here
to-day, and will this evening institute a lodge of the United Brotherhood of
Iowa, with 17 charter members.
-Mrs. S.E. Pressley and Miss Jennie McGinnis, in the up stair room of Dr.
Myers' building, on the southwest corner, have on hand at all times a full
stock of latest and newest styles of hair work and hair jewelry, and
manufacture work to order.  They cordially invite the ladies of Fairfield to
give them a call and examine their goods.

List of letters remaining unclaimed and advertised in the postoffice in this
city for week ending February 19th, 1884:
James Aretney, G.W. Ball, Mrs. Zed Beamer, Minnie Campbell, Mrs. B.H. Deane,
S.R. Feinberg 4, Alma Foote, Master Charles Frasher, B.H. Grant, Samuel
Graves, John Haines, J.F. Lambertson, Will Maxon, Lizzie Memon, R. Wheeler,
Mattie Pattison, Jno. Smith, R.P. Stephenson, W.M. Curdy.  Package for
Master Charles Frasher.

FAIRFIELD, IOWA “WEEKLY JOURNAL”
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Vol. VI, #18, February 28, 1884,
Transcribed by Justina of Jefferson Co, IA USGenWeb Project

FRIDAY FACTS. (page)
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     --J. T. Harming, New York, is here.
     --L. S. Sanoats, Davenport, is here today.
     --D. A. Kennedy, of Chicago, is in the city.
     --J. S. Eisenhart, Tipton, Iowa, is in the city.
     --Z. O. Fligg, Creston, was in the city last night.
     --Joe Bradley is able to move around a little on crutches.
     --Mrs. M. B. Case, whose accident we had occasion to chronicle some days ago, is improving.
     --Miss Ella Woodford, Miss Mattie Emery, Miss Laura Light and Miss Ida Waters, all Brighton school mams, were in the city to-day.
     --J. E. Myers, an intelligent Jefferson county farmer, and a life-long republican came in to-day and subscribed for THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.
     --James Hickinbottom and John W. Dubois are being spoken of as possible members of the Council from the second ward at the coming election.
     --Lost, somewhere in the city, a black leather pocket book, belonging to the editor of this paper.  It had our name on it.  The finder will receive our thanks by returning it to this office.
     --Mrs. Margaret Fye and Miss Ollie Fye, of Ollie, Keokuk county, who have been in the city several days visiting Mrs. J. P. Manatrey, returned home to-day.

LIBERTYVILLE ITEMS. (page1)

     Miss Ada Fry, of Fairfield, was a visitor in town Friday.
     J. Sketoe has been out of town a few days at his home at County Line.
     Z. T. Moore has purchased Mrs. Pollock’s property, and will move to Libertyville shortly.
     Will Riley, editor of the Ottumwa Press, was in town Saturday, shaking hands with his many friends.
     Barney Gifford left Monday for Brooklyn, New York, on a short visit to relatives and friends.
     A new dramatic club is being organized to play the well known and popular drama “East Lynne,” in the near future.
     There was a very interesting law suit before Justice Sullivan last week, wherein a couple of Fairfield attorneys figured.  Sheldon Campbell was arrested for causing a disturbance in the postoffice, and was fired out by the proprietor, J. W. Fry.  The good sense of the people of Libertyville was shown in the demand for his arrest and prosecution.  He was fined $10 and costs.          RENRUT.

SATURDAY SAYINGS. (page1)
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     --Mrs. Moore went to Libertyville to-day to visit her parents.
     --Mrs. McElroy, we are right glad to learn, is slowing improving.
     --The Lutheran Sociable was entertained by Mrs. M. B. Case Thursday evening.
     --Clerk Sippel issued a marriage license to-day to Charles L. Reader and Miss Annie Craft.
     --Mrs. R. W. Rollins (nee Ratcliff) left yesterday for Kansas City to join her husband there.
     --Married, at the residence of Mr. Daniel Fidler, near Glasgow, on the evening of the 21st inst., by the Rev. Amasa B. McMackin, of the Lutheran Church of this city, Mr. Wm. E. Bradshaw and Miss Kate Fidler.  The high contracting parties are members of old and widely esteemed families.  THE JOURNAL tenders its hearty congratulations and best wishes to the talented young couple.
     --Hawkeye Lodge, No. 18, United Brotherhood of Iowa, was instituted last evening by the election of the following officers: President, John L. Brown; Vice President, John H. Mereckens; Corresponding Secretary, G. A. Rutherford; Financial Secretary, James Mouck; Treasurer, Thomas Fell; Trustees, John W. Worman, Charles Moller and Carl Hoch.  The object of the association is mutual benefit, each member paying 25 cents on the death of a brother member.

MONDAY MELANGE. (page1)
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     --Albert Mair spent yesterday in Muscatine.
     --George P. Lang spent Sunday with friends in Burlington.
     --Wm. Adams and wife have moved to Downs, Osborn county, Kansas.
     --Nat McGiffin left this morning for Montana with two cars of horses.
     --We are sorry to hear that Wm. M. Swayne is quite sick at his home in this city.
     --Z. T. Moore, of Libertyville, and A. H. Caldwell, of Brookville, were in the city to-day.
     --Clerk Sippel to-day issued a marriage license to John Theodore Ingerson and Miss Rickey Sauber.
     --Frank Winn, of Libertyville, was in the city to-day, and favored us with a pleasant business call.
     --Rodabaugh & Maddix have the contract for furnishing the city with 40,000 feet of oak lumber, and have already delivered 16,00 feet.
     --Street Commissioner Higley on Saturday night finished up removing the slaughtering house, rendering house, hide house, corn crib, feed racks, etc. belonging to Mr. Willis, from the water works ground to the east side of Alston’s land.
     --List of letters remaining unclaimed and advertised in the postoffice in this city for week ending February 26th, 1884: C. S. Bishop, John Coons, Mrs. Harlem, B. A. Johnson, Dr. Ben G. Kimmell, Barris Nelson, W. C. Wilson 2.

A GRAND AFFAIR. (page1)

     The ball given last evening in honor of Washington’s birthday, by Fairfield Division No. 7, Uniform Rank, K. of P. was the largest and most brilliant ball of the season.  At 8 o’clock the members of the Rank, under command of Sir Knight Farmer, gave an exhibition drill, which was highly enjoyed by the spectators, and flected great credit upon themselves.  Those who participated in the drill were Col. Sam C. Farmer, B. E. Ristine, D. C. Bradley, Dr. S. F. Hammond, Charles E. Stubbs, Lou Thoma, Dr. S. Campbell, P. E. Parsons, G. W. Young, F. W. Voorhies, J. C. Huston, H. F. Booker, W. O. Harper, Jake McGaw, Tom Cole, Will Mohr and Herman Baer.
     The opera house was handsomely and most elegantly decorated with bunting, flowers, etc.
     The music was furnished by Thayer’s Orchestra of Des Moines, one of the finest in the State, composed of the following members: Prof. E. Thayer, E. J. Vromer, Chas. Schilling, F. T. Conway and Frank Cripps.
     There were over one hundred couples present that participated in the festivities and between one and two hundred spectators present.
     Among those present from a distance were Harry Davis, Miss Fannie Wilkinson, H. Ewing Taylor, Miss Angie McGowen, Park Bell, Miss Stella Wilkinson, Thomas Davis, C. E. Wright and Miss Laura Saunders, of Bloomfield; C. C. Clark, of Ottumwa; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Henderson, Mrs. Sadie Johnson and Miss Mattie Shaffer, of Centerville.

     --The republican caucuses in the different wards last evening made the following nominations for aldermen: First Ward, Daniel Young; Second Ward, Joseph Ricksher; Third Ward, G. A. Unkrich; Fourth Ward, C. D. Leggett.
 

TUESDAY TIT-BITS.  (page 8)
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     --This was one of God’s own days.
     --A. B. Frend, Chicago, is in the city.
     --C. K. Pittman, of Ottumwa, is here.
     --E. P. Sweutz, Virginia, is in the city.
     --W. Rhodes, Grinnell, was here yesterday.
     --B. A. Raphael, Davenport, is here to-day.
     --T. R. Acres, of Burlington, was in the city last night.
     --Geo. Dimmitt, Ashland, Neb. was in the city last night.
     --R. A. Tuttle, our leading dry-goods merchant, is invoicing.
     --L. D. McCormick, of Mt. Pleasant, was in the city to-day.
     --Joel W. Pancoast, of Libertyville, was in the city to-day.
     --Geo. C. Richardson, of Leavenworth, was in the city to-day.
     --Dr. Fowerling, a dentist of Batavia, was in the city yesterday.
     --Thomas H. Hill, of Philadelphia, was in the city yesterday afternoon.
     --John Sudley and wife, of Brighton, were at the Jones House to-day.
     --A. S. Wilcox returned yesterday from several days at Fort Madison.
     --D. H. Startsman and A. W. Courson, of Cincinnati, are in the city.
     --Mrs. C. Durr, of Batavia, is the city visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Campbell.
     --Mrs. Frank Huntzinger, with the baby, of Harlan, Iowa, is in the city visiting friends.
     --Leonard W. Bamberger and L. N. Flersher, of Philadelphia, were at the Leggett House to-day.
     --It is a remarkable coincidence that simultaneous with our bust up came a wreck on the C., B. & Q.
     --Uncle Davy Parrett, of Batavia, as good a friend of THE JOURNAL as there is in Jefferson, was in town to-day.
     --John L. King, who has been quite sick for some time with bronchitis, is, we are glad to learn, able to be out again.
     --Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Goodban are rejoicing in the arrival of a sweet little boy baby at their home one day last week.
     --Verner White has the opening of the Richland opera house, and contemplates opening it with a concert by the Fairfield Silver Cornet Band.  We’ll all go.
     --D. T. Devore, one of the most influential and wealthy farmers of Locust Grove township, has concluded to forsake farming and remove to Fairfield.  We welcome him to our city.
     --A bright little girl baby arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stanton, Sunday morning, and father and mother are very naturally rejoiced in consequence.
     --L. W. Parrett, of Batavia, was in the city to-day.  He says that he has not let a November pass for twelve years without paying his taxes.  This is the kind of men we like to have on our subscription list.
     --With the advent of the nice weather the matrimonial market livens.  Clerk Sippel issued two licenses this afternoon to Joseph B. Nickerson and Miss Rosa Edwards, Edward R. Pollock and Miss Ollie S. Dustin.
     --Rev. A. B. McMackin, pastor of the Ev. Lutheran church of this city, spoke last Sunday on “The Providence of God as exercised in National Affairs,” and showed, from Scripture, that God does visit his wrath upon Nations and individuals alike, when they depart from his ways and keep not his statutes.  Mr. McMackin asks us to say that he will continue to speak on this topic for several Sunday mornings; and that he hopes to be able to show the relation which exists between droughts, floods, pestilences and all great storms, and national as well as communal and state disasters.  Next Sunday morning the topic to be discussed is: “The manner of God’s punishment of Disobedient Communities and Nations.”  All are most cordially invited to be present.  Every comer will be made to feel that he is welcome.

APPLES FOR THE MILLION. (page 8)
     Geo. W. White has 500 bushels of the best Missouri apples ever brought to Fairfield, for sale, He will be found at Wells & Garrettson’s bank Saturday of each week.
 

WEDNESDAY WANDERINGS. (page 8)
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     --J. D. Bisbee, Clinton, is here.
     --R. M. Calkins, Toledo, O. is in town.
     --F. C. Stanch, Chicago, is in the city.
     --J. S. Gorham, Cedar Rapids, is in town.
     --Conrad Stocker, of Ottumwa, is in the city.
     --E. D. Gallagher, St. Louis, was in the city to-day.
     --Dr. Fariss went to Keokuk yesterday on business.
     --R. J. Stump, Salina, Kansas, was in the city to-day.
     --Aug. C. Habich, Rochester, N. Y., was here to-day.
     --Geo. D. Sutherland, of Keokuk, was in the city to-day.
     --Chas. Willner, of Burlington, was in the city yesterday.
     --Hackett will not be here this week, and the city breathes easier.
     --Winter still lingers in the lap of Spring.  This is a fresh item.
     --Geo. F. Loker and W. G. Coolidge, of Chicago, were here to-day.
     --George W. Ball, of Iowa City, a former resident here, is in the city.
     --F. McCrillis and wife, of Springfield, Ohio, are at the Leggett House.
     --James Slagle, a former Fairfield boy, came in this morning from Kansas.
     --C. J. Stevens, engineer on the Rock Island, and wife, were in the city to-day, guests of the Jones House.
     --Miss Mary Hogan, of Alleghany, N. Y., who has been visiting Miss Maggie Burns, returned home yesterday.
     --We are sorry to hear that Mrs. J. C. Monroe is alarmingly ill at her home in this city.  Her babe lived but a few hours.
     --George Strong Post No. 19, G. A. R. announce a grand camp fire at the opera house to-morrow night.  The committee of arrangements is Thomas Bell, Dr. J. W. Oliver and C. D. Tomy.

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     --We lied, Hackett is here to-day.
     --C. I. Haggert, Cleveland, O., is here.
     --M. Mayhall, Canton, Ill., is in the city.
     --Levi Pomeroy, of Ottumwa, was here last evening.
     --H. Zehrung, Omaha, Nebraska, was here yesterday.
     --H. Farmer, Richmond, Indiana, is at the Leggett House.
     --Geo. C. Richmond, of Leavenworth, is in the city to-day.
     --Avery has left, but he is not as badly left as those who persecuted him.
     --It is certain that the longer a speech, the weaker it is, but not so with a cold, the longer it runs, the worse it becomes.  A cold, be it ever so slight is not trifle, it should be checked in its early stages.  Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup is the “Balm of Gilead” that millions say is divine in its origin.
     --Martin Pomeroy and Mrs. Emma Buckley, of Ottumwa, were married at the Jones House last night, by the Rev. Hunt, of the Baptist church.
     --Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment is one of the few really valuable patent medicines which we always take pleasure in calling attention to.  It is both for internal and external use and is worth more to a family than a whole medicine chest.
     --The comrades of George Strong Post No. 19, G. A. R. will assemble at their hall at 7 o’clock, sharp, to-night.          T. F. HIGLEY, POST COMMANDER