Iowa Old Press
Fairfield, Iowa “WEEKLY JOURNAL”
Jefferson County
Vol. VI, # 27, May 1, 1884
Transcribed by Debbie of Jefferson Co, IA USGenWeb Project
Sudden Death of H. N. West. (page
1)
How true, that in the midst of life we are in the presence of death.
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from ,,, (missing).
Mr. H. N. West was ... (missing) ... ton County, Penn., Dec. 24, 1847; moved
with his parents to Green County Penn., in 1862. At the age of 17 he began
teaching, and the following year attended Southwestern College, until 1867,
while not at school, continued teaching. In the spring of 1867 entered
Waynesburg College, Penn., and remained until the fall of 1869, when he removed
to and became a resident of this city. In 1870 he had charge of the public
school in Brighton, and in 1871 was Superintendent of the Public School in this
city; the next year was principal of the Ottumwa High School, and the two years
following Superintendent of the Public School at Chariton. In 1876 he
entered the law office of Hon. D. P. Stubbs in this city, and the next year was
admitted to the bar, and formed a law partnership with Hon. M. A. McCoid which
continued till the winter of 1882, when he withdrew and established an office to
himself. He was twice elected member of the School Board, and served as
its president during his last term. In the Spring of 1883 was elected City
Solicitor, and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Fairfield Loan and
Building Association. The two latter positions he held at the time of his
death. During the fall of 1883 he was a candidate on the Democratic ticket
for the Legislature, and made the strongest run for years, coming within fifty
votes of being elected in this usually strong Republican county. He was
married on the 1st of September, 1874, to Miss Nettie F. Eaton, who with one
child, Willie, survives him.
In all the walks of life, both in business and social, Mr. West was
a man of the most genial cordiality, and never passed one on the street or met
him in his office, but he had a kindly word and a friendly cheer. Our
acquaintance with him dates from the time we returned to this city, and we have
ever found in him a genial, warm-hearted, consistent and true friend. He
always took a great interest in our enterprise, and seemed rejoiced when it was
evident that we were “weathering the storm,” and THE JOURNAL was no longer
an experiment. We shall miss the genial greetings with him on the street,
and in business circles; his cordial sympathy, and genuine friendship. We
had learned to regard him so highly that we shall miss him almost as much as if
he were one of our own household.
Mr. West had been ailing more or less ever since the campaign of
last fall, when during his canvass of the county, he contracted a severe cold
from which he never fully recovered. But no one thought his ailments were
of so serious a nature. He became unconscious yesterday from great
irritation of the stomach which produced excessive action of the heart,
resulting in spasmodic contractions, and death was immediate.
The entire sympathy of this community goes out to the almost
heart-broken wife and mother, that sorrowful boy, and those grief-stricken
relatives who in the morning of life, have lost the companionship of a noble and
true hearted husband, a dutiful father, and a kind son, brother and citizen.
It is regarded as the most wonderful fact in all nature that it is
not vouchsafed to man to know when, how, or under what circumstances he will
meet death. There is not a man in all this broad land who, if he knew
within a certain number of years from this time he must meet death, would not,
to some extent at least, determine to change his habits of life. Yet we
know the fact that all men must die, and that many, like Mr. West, will be
stricken down in the prime of their manhood almost without warning.
The seal of death has been placed upon his life before it attained
the ripeness of age. The reed has been broken by an untimely wind. A
useful man, an active and honored citizen, an ornament to society and to the bar
has retreated from the din and turmoil of life to the realms beyond.
So sudden, so unexpected, the question irresistibly forces itself
upon us: Who will be the next to go?
The funeral will take place from the residence to-morrow afternoon
at two o'clock, and the services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Dwight of the
Congregational Church.
Saturday Sayings. (page 1)
--John J. Ewing, Buffalo, is here.
--C. C. Clark, of Burlington, is in the city to-day.
--R. L. Garrison, of Cincinnati, was in the city to-day.
--The Council adjourned last evening to meet again Monday night.
--Miss Fannie Hickethier starts East this evening to be absent sometime.
--George W. Rodgers and J. A. McKinney, of Chicago, are in the city.
--There will be a meeting of the Jefferson County Bar at the office of Wilson
& Hinkle this evening at 7 o'clock, to take appropriate action on the death
of Mr. West.
--One of those weddings which the law insists upon was performed this morning by
Justice Turner. The “high contracting parties” were Mr. William Reed
and Miss Abbie Strong.
--E. R. Parry, of Connersville Buggy Company, of Connersville, Indiana, was in
the city yesterday and called upon us. Ed is an acquaintance and friend of
years gone by, and we were rejoiced to meet him after a lapse of nearly twelve
years.
--The members of Forest City Lodge, Knights of Pythias, are requested to meet at
their hall promptly at 1 o'clock, p.m. to-morrow, to make arrangements to attend
the funeral of Brother H. N. West. Let there be a full attendance.
--Orange Judd, Editor of the American Agriculturist for some thirty years, but
unconnected with its business management for a year or two past, has lately
retired from its editorial department and located in the west. He desires
to gather a complete “Postal-Card Album” of his old Readers and Friends, and
requests them all to send him now a Postal giving their present location and
address, naming also, when convenient, the year in which they were his
subscribers. Mr. Judd’s address is Chicago, Ill.
CITY COUNCIL. (page 1)
Regular Meeting of the City Council of Fairfield, Iowa. (OFFICIAL.)
CITY HALL, April 25, 1884.
Council met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Mayor Boling, Trustees Bright, Clarke, Ricksher, Shoultz, Scott,
McGaw, Young and Leggett.
A petition of William E. Groff relating to cemetery lot was referred to cemetery
committee.
The County Auditor filed copy of an order of the Board of Supervisors of
Jefferson County, relating to the valuation of railroad property, as follows:
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy at $12,-800 per mile. In the city 1.515
miles.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific at $5,-600 per mile. In the city 1 1/8
miles.
The City Clerk reported $1.000 and interest paid on the Demarce note and filed
receipt for same.
…(missing ... Committee reported back ... (missing) ... time to make his
report ... (missing).
The following bills were allowed:
J. A. Spielman, nails, $18.60
J. M. Speer, labor on streets, $16.50
The Clerk was instructed to serve notice on owners of lots draining into the
alley at J. V. Myer’s, to attend to the same as per order of the Council
served sometime since, giving two weeks for compliance, and at the end of said
time the City would cut off such drains.
The Street Commissioner was authorized to hire teams and have debris hauled from
the Fairfield Manufacturing Company’s works for use on streets.
The Council adjourned to meet on Monday evening, April 28th, at 7 ½ o'clock,
P.M.
T. F. HIGLEY, City Clerk.
CITY COUNCIL.
Special Meeting of the City Council of Fairfield, Iowa. (OFFICIAL.)
CITY HALL, April 28, 1884.
Council met in special session pursuant to adjournment.
Present, Mayor Boling and Trustees Bright, Clark, Leggett, McGaw, Ricksher,
Scott, Shoultz and Young.
Committee on Water Works was granted further time on the bill of George B.
Inman.
The Cemetery Committee reported on petition of W. E. Groff, and Council ordered
that W. E. Groff pay price of lot, or show certificate for labor performed to
same effect.
The following bills were allowed:
T. T. Harris, marshal and fees, $31.75
J. Moller, running engine, April, $60.00
Rodabaugh & Maddix, lumber, $236.83
The Council proceeded to the election of City Solicitor to fill vacancy
occasioned by the death of H. N. West, and J. M. Galvin receiving five vote was
declared elected.
On motion, Council adjourned until Friday night, to meet at 7:30 o'clock, P.M.
T. F. HIGLEY, City Clerk.
Gear for Congress. (page
1)
During a recent visit ... (unreadable) ... our old friends at Columbus Junction,
we conversed with a number of the leading politicians of Louisa county, and were
gratified to learn that the preponderance of public sentiment in that county, is
in favor of ex-Governor John H. Gear, of Des Moines county, as the republican
candidate for Congress in this District. This struck us at once as in
accordance with the eternal fitness of things. Mr. Gear would make a more
creditable representative than has occupied the position since the days of
McCrary. We regard him as the only republican in the district that can
carry it against the democratic nominee, and the republicans will show wisdom in
selection if they nominate him.
Friday Facts. (page
1)
--The Council meets to-night.
--The “Elephant” is the best.
--I. C. Green, Rochester, is here.
--This is another of God’s own days.
--J. V. Stern, New York, is in the city.
--O. T. Smith, of Sigourney, is in this city.
--C. A. McCarty, of Auburn, N. Y. is here to-day.
--Samuel L. Wright, of New York, was here yesterday.
--J. M. Heaton, Burlington, was in the city last night.
--Thomas Bailey, of Lancaster, Pa. Is in the city to-day.
--Smoke none but Priester’s “Elephant,” for sale only by Kennefick.
--H. B. Andrews, of Mt. Pleasant, was a visitor in the city to-day.
--Dr. Baldridge and A. H. McElroy, of Batavia, were in the city to-day.
--Clerk Sippel issued a marriage license to-day to Samuel Crow and Miss Isabell
McMullen.
--Get the boss cigar at Kennefick’s - the “Elephant” brand - manufactured
by Rudolph Priester, Davenport.
--Deputy Sheriff Susemiehl (?) and Mrs. Ramm, of Davenport, were here to-day on
their way to Mt. Pleasant to bring back a Scott county “crazy.”
--Priester’s favorite brand, the “Elephant,” is absolutely the best cigar
in the State for the money. For sale here only by Ed Kennefick.
--Hon. Edward Campbell of this city, has been drawn as a petit juror of the May
term of the United States Circuit Court, to be held in Council Bluffs.
--Wm. Alston killed a rattlesnake near the waterworks yesterday with fourteen
rattles and a button, which indicates that the critter was about fifteen years
old.
--Two new telephones were put in to-day: The Fairfield Creamery, 36;
Western Union Telegraph Company, 31. The one at Allmayer Bros. has been
removed.
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... fer, of Keokuk, who is h ... (missing) ... many friends. Quite a la
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--Will Rowe severs his ... (missing) ... the Leggett House as cle ... (missing)
... and will be succeeded by Ch ... (missing) ... Mr. Rowe intends shortly to go
to Chicago, and engage in some business there. THE JOURNAL wishes him
success.
Advertisement – Hufford,
Bradshaw & Thoma.
Wall Paper and Fine Ceiling Decorations. Also fine line of Window Curtains
In New Designs at Lowest Prices. Call and be convinced. Hufford,
Bradshaw & Thoma, South Side.
Advertisement – Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy R.R.
The Great Burlington Route. Going West. Principal Line from Chicago,
Peoria & St. Louis, by way of Omaha and Lincoln to Denver, or via Kansas
City and Atchison to Denver. Connecting in Union Depots at Kansas City,
Omaha and Denver with through trains for San Francisco and all points in the
Great West.
(page 8)
Advertisement – Wm. Hoagland, Groceries.
(page 8)
Wm. Hoagland, Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Flour, Feed, Etc. One Door
North of the Northwest Corner. Highest Prices paid for Produce. I
pay cash for all my goods, and give customers the benefit of my discounts
Closing out Tobaccos at cost.
Iowa Mutual Aid Association,
Ottumwa, Iowa. (page 8)
Legally Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Iowa, and the Legality of
its Incorporation Sustained by the Supreme Court, June 16, 1882.
Admission Fee at all ages ... $10.00
Annual dues, payable six months after issue of Certificate, and each year
thereafter, with weekly benefits .... $.00
Annual Dues, without weekly benefits ... $2.50
ASSESSMENTS:
From 18 to 30 years of age ... $ 0.75
From 31 to 40 years of age ... $ 1.00
From 41 to 50 years of age ... $ 1.50
From 51 to 60 years of age ... $ 2.00
Over 60 years of age ... $ 3.00
All these ages are inclusive.
J. WILLIAMSON, President.
J. D. FERREE, Secretary.
J. M. McKAIN, Agent, Fairfield, Iowa.
Monday Melange. (page 8)
--The Council meets to-night.
--E. J. Baker, New York, is in the city.
--J. W. Skinner, of Leavenworth, is in the city to-day.
--Charles J. Wilson, of Washington, was in the city to-day.
--J. S. Felger and L. Moffit, of Chicago, were here to-day.
--George W. White shipped four cars of hay from Clay last week.
--The band boys and other who went on the New Orleans excursion, have returned.
--Samuel K. West, now in business at Hastings, Nebraska, is in the city, called
here by the sudden death of his brother.
--Otto Tappert, the jolly and big hearted representative of the Standard Oil
Company, of Burlington, was in the city over Sunday.
--The Fairfield Silver Cornet Bank, so we are informed, serenaded Jeff Davis at
the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans on the 23d inst.
--The meeting of the Council to-night is for the purpose of electing a Solicitor
to fill vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. West. John M. Galvin is
most prominently spoken of, and would make an excellent Solicitor.
--Query. If it is slanderous for THE JOURNAL to say that some of the
Fairfield boys demolished a copperhead newspaper during the war, was it an honor
for the Fairfield band boys to serenade Jeff Davis at New Orleans last
Wednesday?
--Al Hilbert and Harry Booker brought home with them from New Orleans some
souvenirs of the south—a few live alligators. We haven't heard from Mrs.
Booker, but Mrs. Hilbert is delighted with their pet, but says she fears it
won't live long.
--The Republican County Convention on Saturday selected as delegates to the
State Convention John B. Horn, F. M. Taylor, C. D. Leggett, A. W. Jaques, John
Leech, W. W. Junkin, J. M. Hinkle, Dr. Baldridge, J. H. Baxter and Newton
Williams. A vote on presidential preferences resulted Blaine, 32; Boss
Wilson, 10; Arthur, 6; Edmunds, 6; Sherman, 6. These ten Jefferson county
Republicans and the New York Witness seems to be the sum total of Boss
Wilson’s strength.
--The funeral of Henry N. West took place from his late residence yesterday
afternoon, and was the largest attended of any similar gathering that has taken
place in this city for years, which was ample proof of the high esteem in which
the deceased was held by the community. The Masons, Knights of Pythias,
Members and Students of the Jefferson County Bar and the ladies of the Eastern
Star attended in bodies. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev.
Dr. Dwight, who based his remarks on 1st Tim. i-xv.
In Memoriam. (page 8)
At a meeting of the Jefferson County Bar, at which the Hon. D. P. Stubbs
presided and John M. Galvin acted as Secretary, the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, 1. That the sudden death of our brother, H. N. West, cut down in
the morning of his manhood and usefulness, causes the deepest pain and most
heartfelt sorrow.
2. That his public spirit and active cooperation in all beneficial enterprises
make his death a loss to the city, the county and the state.
3. That in his death the Bar of Iowa has lost a rising, brilliant and devoted
member.
4. We tender our unfeigned sympathy and condolence to his bereaved family
and friends.
5. That this Bar attend his funeral in a body, and render to his remains
the last sad rites of humanity.
R. F. RATCLIFF,
I. D. JONES,
C. E. NOBLE,
W. G. ROSS,
CHARLES D. LEGGETT,
GEO. A. RUTHERFORD,
A. W. JAQUES,
R. J. WILSON,
Committee.
Tuesday Tit-Bits. (page 8)
--Philip Smith, of New York, is here.
--W. R. Park, of Indianapolis, is here to-day.
--J. A. Dumont, of Rockford, Ill., is in the city.
--E. D. Gallagher, of St. Louis, in the city to-day.
--A. A. Kendig, of Oskaloosa, was in the city to-day.
--Inman Brothers, who are building the Water Works, expect two cars of pipe this
week.
--J. G. Howard, representing the Standard Oil Company, of Ottumwa, was in the
city to-day.
--Will S. Menamin, representing the Printers’ Warehouse of Shniedewend &
Lee, Chicago, was in the city to-day.
--The old front is being torn away and a new and more attractive one will soon
adorn the Acheson building on the north side. ‘'Tis well.
--Wm. Huston lost a house at Perlee last week worth $1.000. Insured in the
Hawkeye for $500. This is the third fire this town has had in six months.
The “hard crowd” will burn Perlee up yet.
--The selection of John M. Galvin last night by the Council as Solicitor, made
vacant by the death of Mr. West, was a wise and proper one, and will give
general satisfaction.
--It is said that Washington county will send a McCoid delegation to the
Congressional Convention. In Louisa county he couldn't get the sixteenth
portion of one side of a delegate.
--Bible study Thursday evening at Y.M.C.A. rooms. Consecration meeting
Sabbath morning. Gospel meeting Sabbath 4 o'clock. Subject,
“Paul's Mission.” Act xxvi 18 and 39.
--J. M. Hinkle and Rol Wilson were separate candidates for the City
Solicitor-ship last night. As these gentlemen are the county attorneys,
railroad attorneys and have recently become managers of the opera house, it is a
burning shame that they are not permitted to concentrate more of the business in
that office. Perhaps they can buy out Bill Rowland and Chase.
--The Oskaloosa Herald says Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Oskaloosa, and other
villages are competing to get the permanent location of the state fair.
Come now boys, none of your munkeying with the buzz saw. We are going to
have that state fair. This fair was born in this city, Fairfield is its
mother, and it is not very likely that the agricultural board will go back on
its maternal ancestor. But joking aside, here is something for our people
to think seriously about and promptly act. The state fair will this year
be permanently located somewhere, and it is a prize worth capturing. With
a proper effort Fairfield can knock the persimmons. Will we do it?
Wednesday Wanderings. (page 8)
--Ice cream at Rodgers to-night.
--T. Feldenheimer, New York, is here.
--Charles F. West, of Chicago, is in the city.
--C. H. Gobble, of Abingdon, is in the city to-day.
--Paul Young, of Richland, was in the city to-day.
--Ansel Fletcher, of Perry, Iowa, is here to-day.
--H. N. West's life was insured to the extent of $8.000.
--W. L. Wilcox and wife, of Wyandotte, Kansas, are in the city.
--D. P. Johnson and lady, of Muscatine, were in the city to-day.
--I. R. Alters, of Cheyenne, is in the city to attend the funeral of his mother.
--Ladies, go to Mrs. Boling’s for millnery, east side, up stairs.
--C. H. Boerstler, of Washington, was in the city to-day shaking hands with his
many friends.
--Mrs. Nettie West has been appointed administratix of her late husband, and she
has selected I. D. Jones as her attorney.
--A new postoffice has been established at the Vincent side-track, just beyond
Brighton, and named McCoid, after our Mose.
--J. L. Ailworth, representing the Rumford Chemical Works, was in the city
to-day. He informed us that his company would give an exhibition baking
here soon.
--Hackett, the great American walking political dictionary and encyclopedia
combined, was in the city to-day. He thinks that McCoid is the Joseph that
will get there.
--Willis says the Council is negotiating with Hilbert, Booker, Stubbs, et al for
the purchase of their alligators to put in the water works pond to keep the boys
from bathing therein.
--Mrs. Hester Alter died in this city yesterday, aged 67 years and 24 days.
The funeral will take place to-morrow from her late residence corner first north
and second west streets at 2:30 o'clock, p.m. The friends and
acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend.
--List of letters remaining in the postoffice at Fairfield, Iowa, unclaimed and
advertised for week ending April 29, ’84: Geo. W. Apple, Wm. Bigford, H.
H. Bratton, Wm. Frost, Mrs. B. C. Green, Lizzie Herring, Wm. C. Herr, Armstrong
Hill, Mrs. F. A. Jaynes, Dr. J. M. Jenkins, Charles J. Johnson, Mrs. L. Miller,
P. Snook, Mrs. Hattie Swain, Mary B. Stewart, Cora B. Smith, B. Tembleton,
Jonathan Zerby, May Willson.
--B. A. Raphael, of Davenport, was in the city to-day.
--We return our thanks to George W. White for a basket of choice apples.
LIBERTYVILLE ITEMS. (page 8)
Capt. S. H. Watkins is on the sick list, but is slowly improving.
Some corn is being planted this week by our most enterprising farmers.
Emma Lewis takes the school in No. 1 known as the Manning school house
this spring.
Goodman Brothers have removed their shop to the new lot which they
recently purchased.
Mrs. Mattie Thompson, of Topeka, Kas. Is visiting at the residence of her
brother-in-law, J. W. Fry, this week.
The ladies of the M. E. Church are contemplating a festival shortly to pay
for the organ they recently purchased.
The people of Libertyville were terribly shocked last week on hearing of
the discovery of the remains of T. H. Asby, of Eldon, in a cellar about 3 ½
miles west of here. Mr. Asby was the principal of the school here during
the year of 1882, and made many friends here who will drop a tear over his awful
fate, and remember the evils which worked his destruction.
RENRUT.
Thursday Transpirings.
(page 8)
--H. Siekman, St. Louis, is in the city.
--Alex. Homlicher, New York, is here.
--Mark Baker, of Burlington, is in the city.
--Fred Darrill, of Chicago, was in the city to-day.
--Warren Bailey, of Lincoln, Pa., was here to-day.
--Why use a gritty, muddy, disagreeable article when Hood’s Sarsaparilla, so
pure, so clear, so delightful, can be obtained. 100 doses $1.00.
--Miss Mattie Jackson, of Libertyville, is spending this week visiting her
sister.
--Why don't you try Carter's Little Liver Pills? They are a positive cure
for sick headache and all the ills produced by disordered liver.
--A couple of young men, of good habits and character, can get board in a
private family with pleasant surroundings. Particulars at this office.
--Wanted, a situation as a store clerk, by a young man of experience, of good
habits and perfectly reliable. Particulars at this office.
--Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Willis left to-day for a trip to Kansas City, Leavenworth,
Topeka, and St. Joe.
--Mr. George Tindale, in the employ of Levy Brotherts, Melbourne, Australia,
says that he suffered extreme pain from neuralgia and received immediate relief
by the use of St. Jacobs Oil, the great pain-cure.
--Edwin J. Darby, of Chicago, representing and advertising the Red Cross
Tobacco, was in the city to-day.
--There will be services at the Christian Church next Sunday at 11 a.m. and in
the evening by Elder J. G. Thompson.
--Perforated patterns suitable for Kensington painting and outline work; also,
pillow sham holders, for sale by Mrs. R. H. Moore. Call at residence, 920
Second South Street.
--The Clerk has issued license to wed to Ansel Fletcher and Miss Etta Casteel,
Frank G. Morein and Miss Nettie McComb, W. H. Ruckman and Mrs. Sarah A. Nace.
--W. B. Murray gave a two-hours lecture the other day at a meeting of the
stockholders of the Sterling Silver Mining Company in Burlington on the
probabilities and possibilities of the mining industries in the State of
Chihuahua, Old Mexico.
--The wedding of Frank G. Morein and Miss Nettie McComb occurred on Wednesday
evening at the residence of Mrs. Farmer, on second south street, the Rev. A. B.
McMackin officiating. The wedding was private, none but the immediate
relatives of the parties being present. A number of handsome and valuable
presents were received. THE JOURNAL extends its best wishes to the happy
young couple.
--In our rounds this morning we were surprised to find that usually quiet and
peaceable member of the bar, Mr. I. D. Jones, angry, madder than a March hare.
Charley Fullen, his law partner, had fired him out bodily, while he was having
the office painted, papered and generally over-hauled and cleaned up, --
something that would not be tolerated in the days of Bent Culbertson. It
was cruel in Charley to thus impose upon a cripple, and we don't blame Isaac for
getting angry.
--Rheumatism is clearly a species of blood-poisoning; that is, the blood of the
victim is impregnated by unhealthy and obstructive acids that penetrate the
entire system and give rise to those racking pains that render life a burden.
The reason that Athlophoros invariably proves efficacious in dealing with this
disease is that it at once attacks the cause. It enters the life current,
and its action drives out the poisonous humors that have impaired the
circulation, deprived the muscles of natural functions, and so stiffened the
joints as to make them worse than useless to the unhappy victims of rheumatism.
--Closing Out. A stock of Tobacco and Cigars cheap. D95 G. A.
UNKRICH.
Fairfield, Iowa “WEEKLY JOURNAL”
Jefferson County – Vol. VI, # 29, May 8, 1884,
(Note: The issue number should be # 28 but the newspaper mistakenly
labeled it # 29.)
Transcribed by Debbie of the Jefferson Co, IA USGenWeb Project
CITY COUNCIL (page
1)
Regular Meeting of the City Council of Fairfield, Iowa. (OFFICIAL.)
CITY HALL, May 2, 1884.
Council met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Mayor Boling, Trustees Bright, Clarke, Shoultz, Scott, McGaw,
Young and Leggett. Absent, Trustee Ricksher.
The report of James F. Crawford, City Treasurer, showing a balance on hand of
$4,097.45 was received and placed on file.
The Ways and Means Committee presented a bill for An Ordinance making
appropriations for Water Works. Referred to the City Solicitor.
The Streets and Alleys Committee reported recommending new sidewalks as follows:
In front of properties of Mrs. Mary McLeod, Andy Boyd, Wm. Alston, I. D.
Jones’ business lot, and Mrs. Johns. The report of the Committee was
adopted, and the walks ordered as recommended by proper resolution of Council.
The Water Supply Committee reported recommending that two water bonds, of one
thousand ($1,000) dollars each, be delivered to George B. Inman on account of
work done by him, subject to final settlement. Also, recommending that the
request of Mr. Inman that the remaining water bonds be sent to New York to be
sold be not complied with. The report was adopted and on motion the
chairman of said committee was instructed to forward to Mr. Inman the two bonds
as recommended by the Committee, and inform Mr. Inman of the further
recommendation of the Committee.
The Marshall was instructed to serve a notice on William Jones relating to
cellar drains in J. V. Myers’s alley, as provided in former resolution of the
Council.
The bond of John M. Galvin, as City Solicitor, in the sum of $500, with James
Sullivan and Thomas L. James as sureties, was approved and placed on file.
The following bills were presented and allowed by a vote of the Council:
P. H. Howlett, coal, $29.67
Martin Robinson, police April, $30.00
M. Schooley, same, $30.00
H. Hanson & Co., lumber, $212.78
W. J. Clark, street labor, $17.00
T. W. Smith, same, $30.00
Fairfield Gas Co., gas April, $1.80
J. N. Knowles, drayage, $ .50
The complaint of J. C. Furman was referred to the Streets and Alleys Committee.
On motion the Council adjourned for week to meet at 7 ½ o'clock, P.M.
T. F. HIGLEY, City Clerk.
Friday Facts. (page 1)
--The Council meets tonight.
--Ed Kohn, Rock Island, is here.
--Max Herzberg, Quincy, is in the city.
--E. L. Kiggins, New York, is in the city to-day.
--Henry A. Prizer, of Brighton, was in the city last night.
--Frank McDonald, of Lincoln, Neb., was back on a visit yesterday.
--L. Jacoby, representing a St. Louis millinery house, is here to-day.
--Ed Kennefick has received a supply of the Colfax Spring mineral water.
--Dr. Hayden and Adam Wilson, of Libertyville, were in the city to-day.
--Smoke none but Priester’s “Elephant,” for sale only by Kennefick.
--Hufford, Bradshaw & Thoma have on draft Stoddard’s Buffalo Mead, a new
refreshing, and cooling drink.
--A. J. Blakely, H. H. Osgood, John H. Moore, J. N. Cherry, M. S. Rothchild and
W. H. Stewart, of Chicago, were in the city to-day.
--Priester’s favorite brand, the “Elephant,” is absolutely the best cigar
in the State for the money. For sale here only by Ed Kennefick.
--Subscription agents are wanted all over the country for the new illustrated
book, Picturesque Washington, of which we make mention elsewhere.
--Frank Zimmerman and wife, Frank Black and wife, A. R. Byrkit, Geo. W. White
and Miss Anna Herr will take in the District Convention of the Y. M. C. A. which
convenes at Mt. Pleasant this evening and holds over Sunday.
--Rev. A. B. McMackin, John A. Spielman and Joe Bradley were called to
Burlington yesterday to meet the Secretary of the Church Extension Board and
other gentlemen with reference to the establishment and purchase of property for
the Evangelical Lutheran Mission recently established there.
--H. D. Walker, of Mt. Pleasant, and Al Hilbert, Herman Baer, Bert Stubbs, Jacob
Dahlman, Lou Thoma, W. G. Young, J. S. Richardson, Dr. Hammond, Dr. S. Campbell,
Will Mohr, B. E. Ristine, John L. Brown and Jake McGaw, of this city, go down to
Birmingham tonight to institute a lodge of the Knights of Pythias.
Saturday Sayings. (page
1)
--John W. Richards and Alex Levy, of Chicago, were here to-day.
--W. H. Sullivan and E. J. Clarridge, of Libertyville, were in town to-day.
--John R. Shaffer has purchased for his handsome and accomplished daughter, Miss
Clara, an elegant Hallett & Davis piano.
--E. S. Page of Des Moines, W. H. Johnson of Cedar Rapids, W. H. Stewart and A.
Kreis, of Chicago, will spend tomorrow in the city, at the Leggett.
--The A. E. O.’s, a society of the younger girls, will give an entertainment
and render the play entitled “The Pets of Society,” this evening at the
residence of John W. McClain. Admission, 5 cents.
pg. 8. (Note: The issue number should be # 28 but the newspaper mistakenly labeled it # 29.)
BOARD OF HEALTH. (page 8)
Meeting Last Night of the City Council as a Board of Health.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, May 5, 1884.
Council assembled as a Board of Health.
Present, Mayor Boling and Trustees Bright, Clark, Leggett, McGaw, Ricksher,
Scott, Shoultz and Young, and the Health Officer, Dr. Snook.
Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
The Health Officer submitted his report, which was approved and filed.
On motion the report was referred to a committee of three, two members of the
Council and the Health Officer, with City Solicitor, to draft ordinance relative
to same. The committee appointed was Trustees Bright and Scott.
A bill of Dr. C. Snook for $50, physicians services for last year, was presented
and was ordered certified to the City Council at next meeting for payment.
Dr. C. Snook was re-elected by acclamation as Health Officer for the ensuing
year.
On motion the Health Officer was directed to serve notices on all persons having
accumulated manure or other filth in or about their premises, or having unclean
privies, to remove or clean and disinfect the same.
On motion the Board adjourned to meet on call of the President.
T. F. HIGLEY, Clerk
Monday Melange. (page 8)
--W. C. Brown, Waterloo, is here
--Bob Crail spent Sunday in Ottumwa.
--Geo. B. Sharp, of Des Moines, is in the city.
--Robert H. Foos, of Springfield, O., is in the city.
--H. S. Willis has returned from his trip to Kansas City.
--The City Council meets to-night as a Board of Health.
--Frank W. Hearney, of Philadelphia, was in the city to-day.
--Mrs. Moore went to Libertyville to-day to visit her parents.
--Sixteen transcients Sundayed at the Leggett House yesterday.
--E. E. Whitney and Ed Forgrave, of Cleveland, were in the city to-day.
--Simon C. Fry, Frank Winn and Wm. Smith, of Libertyville, were in town to-day.
--Frank Whitmore, of St. Louis, and M. A. Sweet, of Chicago, were in the city
to-day.
--The Clerk issued a marriage license to Andrew Anderson and Miss Sophia
Swanson.
--Joseph Lawson has been appointed guardian of Miss Dora Reno, minor heir of
John Reno, deceased.
--James F. Crawford and Albert Mair spent yesterday in Muscatine and Davenport.
Albert says he saw Avery in Muscatine.
--Thomas McGovern, formerly “a hard crowd from Perlee,” has been indicted in
the District court of Keokuk county for selling liquor contrary to law.
--There were 32 representatives from this city in attendance on the Y. M. C. A.
convention at Mt. Pleasant over Sunday. They returned on No. 3 this
morning.
--Mrs. Tyler and Miss Welday have taken the rooms over the drug store of Hufford,
Bradshaw & Thoma, and will occupy it as a dress making establishment.
--The C. B. & Q. have put on two new mail cars, painted whiter than white
and they present a magnificent appearance. They are longer than the old
ones, and much more convenient.
--H. A. Straight, now of Denver, Col. with his wife, is renewing old
acquaintances in this city. Mr. Straight was an artist in this city over a
quarter of a century ago, and his genial countenance is as familiar as an old
shoe to all old settlers.
--The Fairfield Manufacturing Company has been re-organized with this list of
stockbrokers: H. C. Alston, Sam C. Farmer, Henry Semon, J. P. Manatrey, W.
H. Bartels, A. Demarce, Gus Vote, J. E. Roth, Wells & Garrettson, Wilkins
& Tilson, J. C. Thorne, P. N. Woods, Jordan Brothers & Co., James
Sullivan, W. C. Ball, L. J. Marcy, Louis Suess, Joseph Ricksher, J. S. Gantz,
James F. Crawford, Dr. A. C. D. Bradshaw, D. P. Stubbs and S. M. Bickford.
LIBERTYVILLE ITEMS. (page 8)
The merchants report good trade notwithstanding the bad weather.
There was no school Monday on account of the absence of the teachers.
The cold rainy weather we have been having the last few days makes the farmers
in this vicinity despondent.
J. W. Pancoast has returned from “bleeding Kansas,” and does not report very
favorably impressed with his trip.
F. T. Anderson will give a spelling school at the Balding school house Thursday
night, which will be interspersed with literary exercises.
Barney Gifford, our irrepressible saloon keeper, has renewed his license for a
year and says he will continue right on for that length of time, the prohibitory
law notwithstanding.
RENRUT.
Tuesday Tit-Bits. (page 8)
--H. J. Bell, Albia, is in the city.
--Ben Hassel, Burlington, is here.
--C. E. Foster, of Corydon, is in the city.
--F. P. Huggins, of Davenport, is in the city.
--H. C. Whiting, of Mt. Pleasant, is in the city.
--C. H. McGrew, of Sigourney, was here to-day.
--W. P. LaGrove, New York, is in the city to-day.
--Perry King is the new president of the school board.
--Thomas J. Moon, of Wilmington, Ohio, is in the city.
--J. W. Akers, state superentendent of public instruction, is in the city.
--S. G. White, H. Aronson and W. J. Ray, of Chicago, are in the city.
--W. A. McIntire and Mrs. M. A. Peck, of Ottumwa, were in the city to-day.
--Mr. and Mrs. Walter Case have removed to Kansas City to make that their future
home.
--W. S. Vivian, of Burlington, representing the cigar manufactory of Chas.
Wolff, is in the city.
--Frank Jones expects shortly to take the road for Krafft, Holmes & Co.,
wholesale grocers, St. Louis.
--Miss Julia Swayze, of Pekin, Ill., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Al Hilbert,
and will spend the summer here.
--E. S. W. Drought, a general contracter, from Wyandotte, Kansas, was in the
city yesterday and to-day.
--R. W. Durkee, representing the crockery house of Geo. W. Dillaway, Muscatine,
was here to-day looking up trade.
--John H. Acheson, of Keokuk, is in the city. Johnny has just recovered
from a sick spell, in which he narrowly escaped death.
--The Y. M. C. A. hold gospel meeting in their hall at 4 o'clock next Sabbath.
Theme, “Rejoice.” Bible meeting on Thursday evening. Topic,
“The witnesses.”
--A Convention of the County Superintendents of this district, composed of
thirteen counties, is in session here to-day, and will continue to-morrow.
Representatives from all the counties are present.
--In our list of the stockholders of the Fairfield Manufacturing Company the
names of Charles D. Leggett, N. S. Bright and John W. Burnett were
unintentionally omitted by our “intelligent compositor.”
--H. A. Straight has leased rooms in the Wilson block and will spend the summer
here. Mr. Gilchrist, our neighbor across the hall, has a landscape scene
hanging in his gallery that Mr. Straight painted nearly a quarter of a century
since. Straight says no difference how crooked he is, he is always
Straight.
--The School Board last night re-elected Prof. J. B. Monlux supertendent at
advanced wages, $1,100 per term. Miss Julia L. Scofield, of Carthage,
Ill., was elected to take charge of the high school. The other teachers
selected are Mrs. Kate Fuller, Mrs. Jennie Bonar, Miss Amy Junkin, Miss Lizzie
West, Miss Lizzie O. Locke, Miss Kate M. Jones, Miss Flora E. Chester, Miss
Lillian Eaton, Miss Laura B. Swan and Anna Campbell. The assignment of
rooms is yet to be made by the committee on teachers.
--The new mail cars, six in number, which have recently been placed on the
Burlington route, are painted white, lettered as Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy cars, and have panted on the sides “The Fast Mail;” and a national
design (the flag and the eagle) and the words “National Union,” “State
Sovereignty.” There are wind guards at the entrance at both ends, which
makes them much warmer in winter time than the ordinary door. The interior
of the car is provided with hooks for 275 pouches, and 500 boxes which are
reversible, a steam heater warms the car when necessary, and there is a water
closet and the usual appurtenances provided in case of accidents or fire.
Large sky lights and side windows make the coach as light as possible, while
Harrison’s electric lamp furnishes light at night. Every convenience is
made to assist clerks in the dispatch of business. These new cars are so
grand that we almost envy the postal clerks.
Wednesday Wanderings. (page 8)
--D. Powers, Boston, is in the city.
--Straw hats begin to show signs of life.
--M. J. Pasey, of Eldon, was in town to-day.
--H. H. Margerne, Boston, was here to-day.
--Geo. Tarkington, of Rochelle, Ill., is here.
--S. W. Bramhall, of Burlington, is in the city.
--J. B. Smith, of Bloomington, is in the city.
--Robert J. Puster, of St. Louis, is in the city.
--D. A. VanSickel, of Cincinnati, is in the city.
--S. T. McIntire, of Morning Sun, is in the city.
--Summer will soon smile upon the retreat of spring.
--J. T. Lawrence and wife, of New York, are in the city.
--Hon. M. A. McCoid and family are expected home to-morrow.
--Mrs. Maggie Carmichael, of Brighton, is visiting friends in the city.
--O. H. Casebeer and O. H. Davis, of Chicago, were in the city to-day.
--S. L. Murray, of Williamville, Delaware, is in the city visiting friends.
--Joseph Heinsworth and W. H. Snider, of Davenport, were here to-day.
--C. W. Von Coelln, formerly superintendent of public instruction, was in the
city to-day.
--Mrs. James F. Crawford, of this city, attended the Junkin-Shaffer wedding at
Centerville.
--The Wapello Times has things badly mixed in its last issue. It
associates the editor of this paper, and Mrs. McElroy, of The Tribune, with the
ownership of the Ledger.
--At the annual meeting of the Y. M. C. A. held last evening, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, H. C. Raney;
Vice-President, J. W. Burnett; Corresponding Secretary, Henry A. Spielman;
Recording Secretary, Frank Zimmerman; Treasurer, F. J. L. Black.
--R. H. Moore, of THE FAIRFIELD JOURNAL, formerly of The Safeguard, made a
recent visit to this county, and expressed the opinion that Moses couldn't get a
tenth of one side of a delegate from this county. We don't know about
that. His seed corn is reported as sprouting exceedingly well. – Wapello
Times.
--List of letters remaining in the post office at Fairfield, Iowa, unclaimed and
advertised for week ending May 6, ’84: Priscilla M. Cowan, Chas. L.
Cunningham, Wm. H. Coop, John DeGalleford 4, J. F. Grotts, Verda Hall, Rev. J.
W. McClain, T. J. McCarty, Enoch Owens, Emma Peterson, Sarah Robinson, Peter
Snook, Lillie Stephenson, Gus Samuelson, John Tedell 2, Wm. A. Vance, C. J.
Weburg, Joseph A. Whitacre, B. F. Wilson, Albert McCartney.
--A quiet wedding occurred at Centerville yesterday which is a first-class item
for our people. At the residence of C. S. Byrkit at 9:30, Mr. Matthew
Junkin, of this city, and Miss Mattie S. Shaffer, of Centerville, were made
husband and wife. The Rev. Thorp of the Presbyterian Church performed the
ceremony. Only a few of the intimate friends and relatives of the couple
were present. Mr. and Mrs. Junkin left at once for a trip through
Colorado, after which they will return and make this city their future home.
THE JOURNAL joins with the numerous friends of Matthew and Miss Mattie in this
city in wishing them many years of happiness and prosperity.
Thursday Transpirings. (page 8)
--S. K. West is back again.
--James A. Beck is in Mt. Pleasant to-day.
--Bob Crail has now a situation at the Leggett House.
--J. H. Mitchell, of Ottumwa, was in the city to-day.
--The family of Hon. M. A. McCoid returned home this morning.
--Mrs. M. Woods is putting a new fence around her entire premises.
--A. Christenson and C. S. Burnett, of Burlington, were in the city to-day.
--Henry M. Marx, of St. Louis, who attaches his photograph to the register is in
the city.
--Col. Sam C. Farmer, who has been in Chicago several days, returned home this
morning.
--Charles S. Vincent, representing the wholesale drug house of Fuller &
Fuller, Chicago, was in the city to-day.
--J. H. Baxter, representing the boot and shoe house of Wm. Richardson &
Co., Hornellsville, New York, was here to-day.
--Wanted, a situation as a store clerk, by a young man of experience, of good
habits and perfectly reliable. Particulars at this office.
--Perforated patterns suitable for Kensington painting and outline work; also,
pillow sham holders, for sale by Mrs. R. H. Moore. Call at residence, 920
Second South Street.
--David L. Coop, of Pleasant Plain, was in town to-day. He has recently
returned from a trip to Keokuk and Washington counties, and reports matters all
O.K. there.
--A son of C. M. Harris, of Keokuk county, was accidentally killed last Monday,
while riding one of the horses. He only lived five minutes after
discovered. We are indebted to David L. Coop for this item.
--Frank G. Morein, our enterprising and wide-awake music dealer, recently sold
an elegant Gabler upright piano to Sam Cockley for his daughter Stella.
Frank is making things lively in the music business.
FAIRFIELD, IOWA “WEEKLY JOURNAL”,
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Vol. VI, #29?, May 15, 1884,
Transcribed by Justina of the Jefferson Co, IA USGenWeb Project
MONDAY MELANGE. (Page 1)
--A. M. Freeland, of Galesburg, is in the city.
--Nate Heacock, of Brighton, was here yesterday.
--J. T. Hotchkiss, New York, was here to-day.
--H. Triplitt, of Cincinnati, was in the city to-day.
--T. H. Craft, of Washington, was in the city
yesterday.
--A. W. Paine and wife, of Chicago, spent Sunday in the
city.
--H. M. Wikoff and wife, of Cincinnati, were in the
city yesterday.
--A. W. Pullen and T. H. Saum, of Chicago, were in the
city to-day.
--L. W. Thayer, of Boston, and O. G. Heisler, of
Milwaukee, spent Sunday in the city.
--Rev. Albert McCalla occupied the pulpit of the
Presbyterian Church yesterday in the absence of the pastor, Dr. Ewing.
--The Lewis G. Balding Post No. 279, G. A. R., of
Libertyville, meets the first evening of every month.
--Rev. T. D. Ewing, President of the college is absent
in the western part of the state on college business.
--Mrs. George Howell, we are sorry to learn, is very
dangerously ill, and all hopes of her recovery are abandoned.
--Rev. Bamford, of the M. E. Church, gave a very
interesting and thoughtful talk last evening to his congregation. He had a
good-sized audience.
--There will be a meeting at the school house in
Libertyville Friday evening May 16th to make arrangements for Decoration
day. All ex-soldiers and citizens are cordially invited to participate.
--It is with sorrow we learn of the death of Prof. H.
N. West, of Fairfield, who died very suddenly last Wednesday evening. We
attended the Fairfield Public school when Mr. West was Principal, several years
ago. - Anita Tribune.
--H. D. Hess, Muscatine, from whom Mr. Chase purchased
his magnificent Clyde colt, is in the city. He says Chase’s colt is the
finest specimen of horse flesh he has ever sold to anybody, and that his
breeding can't be beat.
--James B. McCoy has bought out the law office of C. E.
Noble on the west side, and has concluded to remain in Fairfield. THE
JOURNAL rejoices to know of this conclusion of Mr. McCoy. We cannot afford
to spare our good citizens.
--There will be a Temperance Convention under the
auspices of the W. C. T. U. in the Methodist Church in this city on the 28th and
29th inst. There will be a number of able and interesting speakers from
abroad present. The programme will be issued next week.
--With the buds, flowers, foliage and birds of
springtime comes the bad boy with the blunderbuss and “nigger
shooter.” The latter weapons have been so recklessly used that complaint
has been made of stray shots passing dangerous proximity to the heads of passers
by and others quietly pursuing the even tenor of their way.
--John T. Axline, City Assessor, has completed his
assessment of the City of Fairfield, and the following is the result of his
labors: 256 cattle, $3,546; 375 horses, $17,530; 15 mules, $585; 49 swine, $188;
265 vehicles, $6,920; value of merchandise, $98,315; taxable furniture, $12,105;
corporation stock, (First National Bank,) $60,000; other taxable property,
$9,499. Total valuation of all property, $344, 294.
--Yesterday the boys had a good deal of amusements at
the expense of the blonde individual, who tries to edit the oldest paper in the
state. He had been up to Voorhies on his roaring charger to get a few
articles on advertising account to improve his personal appearance. After
securing a package he tried to mount his steed, who threw him overboard in the
presence of a large number of spectators, and they at once commenced to
cheer. Blondie became enraged, tore up the ground, and hurled clogs as
large as one's head wickedly at the bye - standers, who retreated in good shape,
and the young man proved himself master of the situation. Three cheers and
a tiger for Blondie.
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NORTHWEST CORNER RESTAURANT. (Page
1)
The Northwest Corner Restaurant, Matthews & Martin,
proprietors, is the best place in the city to get a square meal for 25
cents. Open at all hours.
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--A couple of young men, of good habits and character,
can get board in a private family with pleasant surroundings. Particulars
at this office.
THE ESTEY ORGAN (Page
1)
ESTEY, PACKARD, ORCHESTRAL, GEO. A. WOODS, CROWN, QUEEN
and CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGANS, new styles just received. Prices lower than
ever before. Any make of Piano furnished at lower prices than can be
obtained elsewhere. Call and see me.
FRANK G. MOREIN,
Northwest Corner Park, Fairfield, Iowa.
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Tell the children to cut out and save the comic
silhouette pictures as they appear from issue to issue. They will be
pleased with the collection.
This space is owned by BLACKWELL’S BULL.
Of course we mean the famous animal appearing on the label of every genuine
package of Blackwell’s Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco. Every dealer keeps
this, the best Smoking Tobacco made. None genuine without trade-mark of
the Bull.
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Page 1
FRIDAY FACTS. (Page 1)
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--The Council meets to-night.
--J. R. Rossaday, Detroit, is here.
--M. Bosworth, Topeka, is in the city.
--Dr. C. E. Stoner, of Creston, is here.
--J. D. King, of Cincinnati was here to-day.
--W. G. Rhodehamel, of Indianapolis, is in the city.
--J. M. Haynes and wife, of Shenandoah, were in the
city yesterday.
--R. H. Jones, A. H. Howard and J. A. Jackson, of
Chicago, are in the city.
--Gotlieb Hoch is running a restaurant in his building
near the Rock Island depot.
--Mr. and Mrs. Streight are in Bonaparte. They
expect to be here about the 15th.
--Mrs. John S. Thompson, of Louisville, Ky., is
visiting relatives and friends here.
--Charles M. Stinson, of the Rock Island, returned
to-day from a pleasant trip to Chicago.
--Ed Kennefick yesterday sold his fine trotting mare to
L. Hirsch, a clothing dealer of Burlington for $300.
--Miss Mary Noble, who has been visiting here for some
time, goes to Villisca to-morrow to visit friends.
--The Rev. Father Schiffmacher, of Fairfield, is in the
city visiting Father McMenomy. - Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
--The baleful season for house cleaning has rolled
round, and our spring editor is reported to have selected his roost on the very
ridge pole of the wigwam, where he entertains and keeps his better half in good
humor by reading to her the latest speeches on a horizontal reduction of
revenue.
SEED CORN.
We now have on hand a car load of tested Seed Corn
grown in Page and Van Buren counties of this state. Call at the grain
house opposite Rock Island Depot.
NICHOLS & RUSH.
--The residence of Squire Cook, 1 1/2 miles west of
Libertyville, in Des Moines township, caught fire about 9 o'clock last night,
and burned to the ground. The contents in the lower story were saved, but
those in the upper were burned. Loss about $1,200. Insured, but to
what extent we could not learn.
--We understand that A. R. Newton, of Kansas City, is
desirous to have John L. Brown come down there and manufacture his artificial
stone. He says a railroad company there will take hold of it and furnish
all the capital that is required for its manufacture. Brown's artificial
stone has had a fair test in this city, and is a pronounced success.
SATURDAY SAYINGS.
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--F. Watling, St. Louis, is here.
--S. Lazer, Chicago, is in the city.
--Wm. A. Brayton, Louisville, Ky., is in the city.
--Max Stempel, of Burlington, is in the city to-day.
--John P. Manatrey lost a very fine mare last night in
colt birth.
--A. Piper and J. Moetzel, of Davenport, were in the
city to-day.
--Mr. Warren Bailey, a horse buyer, from Lancaster,
Penn., is sick at the Leggett House.
--R. H. Leggett spent several days of this week at the
Ottumwa mineral springs, and was highly pleased with the result.
--T. M. Horn, brother of John B. Horn, of this city,
fell dead on Monday last at Logansport, Indiana, from heart disease, while
engaged in running a buzz saw.
--A letter received from Hon. M. A. McCoid states that
he will not be able to get home for some time. The Keokuk Court House bill
is regressing his attention. He is after the Lee county delegation.
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DECORATION DAY. (Page 1)
The strewing of flowers on the graves of the brave
soldiers who lost their lives in defense of the grand old flag of the Union, is
a National holiday, and every patriot should consider it a solemn duty which he
owes to the memory of those brave boys whose bodies repose in our cemeteries to
see that his whole duty is performed on Memorial Day. To this end the
committee on invitation would most respectfully and urgently invite everyone of
whatever station, to lay aside their usual avocations and participate in the
exercises of the day. We specially invite all G. A. R. Posts and all
soldiers in the county, the pupils and teachers of the Union School, officers
and students of Parsons College and Co. A, 2d Regiment, I. N. G. to take part in
the exercises on Decoration Day, May 30.
JOHN DAVIES,
A. W. JAQUES,
A. S. JORDAN,
Committee on Invitation.
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CITY COUNCIL. (Page
1)
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Regular Meeting of the City Council of Fairfield, Iowa.
[OFFICIAL.]
CITY HALL, May 9, 1884.
Council met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, Mayor Boling and Trustees Bright, Clark,
Leggett, McGaw, Ricksher, Scott, Shoultz and Young.
The Street Commissioner, Judson Higley, filed his
second monthly report.
The Streets and Alleys Committee, to whom was referred
the petition and complaints of Jacob Furman, reported upon the same recommending
that certain drains in the vicinity of Mr. Furmar’s residence causing the
nuisance complained of be continued eight feet west of the southeast corner of
Mrs. Farmer's lot. Also the Committee recommended a new side walk in front
of west half of Mrs. Croy’s lot.
The Mayor and City Clerk were instructed to make and
sign all deeds in the Cemetery as sold by the Cemetery Committee.
The City Treasurer, James F. Crawford, was authorized
to pay the interest on coupons on water bonds as the same became due, and were
presented after due, and cancel and return the same as vouchers in settlement
with this Council.
The City Solicitor filed his opinion upon the question
of water bonds as submitted to him, and was directed to report an ordinance in
accordance with the recommendations in said opinion, and report at the next
meeting of this Council.
The following bills were presented and allowed by a
vote of the Council:
D. W. Mason, work on
streets, $11.40
Judson Higley, street com’r,
48.00
Dr. C. Snook, health
officer,
50.00
The Clerk was instructed to issue notices and the
Marshal required to serve the same, on property owners, in accordance with
recommendations of the Streets and Alleys committee in the Furman matter.
The Committee on Public Property was instructed to make
a walk across the park of ashes.
The Street Commissioner was directed to receive $2.00
in lieu of street labor.
In the matter of sidewalk in front of Demarce’s
foundry, the subject was referred to the Streets and Alleys Committee.
On motion the Council adjourned for week to meet at 7
1/2 o'clock, P. M.
T. F. HIGLEY, City Clerk.
THURSDAY TRANSPIRINGS. (Page
8)
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--Wm. Brockway, Boston, is here.
--E. Hughes, of Chicago, is here to-day.
--A man suffering from debility and loss of appetite;
he took two bottles of Hood’s Sarsaparilla, gained ten pounds and got well.
--Walker Black, of Sedalia, Mo., is in the city.
--Chas. W. Jackson, of Moline, was in the city to-day.
--You have tried Carter's Little Liver Pills and were
pleased with them. They stimulate the liver, regulate the bowels and
improve the complexion.
--For a square meal, go to the Northwest Corner
Restaurant.
--Fresh Catfish and Trout at Albert's every day this
week.
--Miss Miller, of Washington, was in the city to-day.
--Waltus Collins and wife, of Salina, were in the city
to-day.
--The pump and fixtures for the water works are on the
way here.
--Dr. Warner and wife, of Libertyville, were in the
city to-day.
--Chapped hands. A few drops of Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment rubbed into the hands occasionally will keep them soft and free from
soreness. Soldiers, sailors and fishermen should remember this. It
is the best Liniment in the world for any purpose.
--S. W. Black, agent of “Dickinson's Sketch Co. -
whatever that is - is in the city.
Mrs. O. A. Boegnitz, of Newcomerstown, Ohio, is
visiting Rev. and Mrs. McMackin.
--The Senior Class of ’84, of Parsons College,
composed of Miss Fannie A. Bockins, Miss Mary L. Harkness, Racine D. Hall, Wm.
F. Magill, Elmer E. Reed and Sylvester H. Sawyers, passed their final
examination on Tuesday evening. They will be given a reception tonight by
Prof. and Mrs. Wilson.
WEDNESDAY WANDERINGS. (Page
8)
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--Orlando Flower is in Chicago.
--Sol Nathan, of New York, is here.
--Al Hilbert and Bert Stubbs go to Brighton to-night.
--Albert D. Beachy and H. M. Nelson of Chicago, are in
the city.
--Frank Cummings has accepted a position with Hunt
& Howard.
--J. A. Cox and J. A. Middleton, of Boston, were in the
city to-day.
--“Jimmie” Hampson is back from Laporte City, and
his friends will now find him with Roth & Young.
--Telephone No. 12 has been taken out of the residence
of C. M. Stinson and is now doing duty at the tile works of Messenger &
Elliott.
--Invitations are out for the marriage of Mr. W. H.
Medes, of Quincy, Ill. and Miss Maggie Crawford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
F. Crawford, of this city, at their home on the afternoon of the 22d inst.
--Chris. Noble says he is still in business, and does
not propose to leave, that he merely sold Mr. McCoy a portion of his law library
and leased him the front room of the building. He will occupy the rear
room.
--There will be a meeting at the Court House Friday
night to take action with regard to the proper celebration of the Fourth of
July. The young men have taken the matter in hand, and will see that we
have a “boss” celebration. Let there be a full attendance at the
meeting Friday night.
--Albert D. Beachy, representing the Chicago Times, is
here to-day, and purposed writing up the city for his paper. A good
writing up of Fairfield, in as attractive style as Mr. Beachy is capable of
doing, in a paper of the immense circulation of the Times, would be of
incalculable benefit to our city, and we trust our people will take hold of the
scheme.
--The boys who are promiscuously using their “nigger
shooters” and killing off innocent birds, better let up, or they will be
brought up and fined under section 4063 of the Code of Iowa, which makes the
penalty from $5 to $25 for killing birds, or destroying eggs. So boys, you
should be aware of the law, and then beware of its consequences. We trust
that a hint will be sufficient.
--List of letters remaining in the postoffice in this
city unclaimed and advertised for week ending Tuesday, May 13th, furnished THE
JOURNAL by Thomas L. Hoffman, Postmaster: S. G. Anderson, Mrs. Mary E. Beere, J.
Desh 2, Mrs. Bariah H. Deane, S. R. Hix, N. R. Horney, Charles P. King, W. H.
Logan, Wm. O’Brian, Chas. Neuman, Harry H. Pratt, John Rollins, Joseph
Stoneburner, Mrs. Anna Jennett Smith, Cora R. Smith, Wm. Waley 2, B. F. Wilson.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. (Page
8)
We desire to call the attention of our readers to the
coming State Sunday School Convention to be held in this city June 24th and
26th. The convention will be one of the largest held here for years, and
on account of the proverbial beauty of our city and the reputation it has for
hospitality, it promises to be even larger than is usual even for this
convention. It is believed by persons competent to estimate the probable
number of delegates that there will be nearly or about four hundred persons in
attendance. It will behove us, therefore, as a city, to bestir ourselves
and make the necessary preparation that we may entertain them in a befitting
manner. In this connection we may note that a meeting was held in the
chapel of the M. E. Church Monday evening, the object of which was to complete
the preparatory arrangements. Joe Bradley was President and Frank
Zimmerman Secretary of the meeting. Committees on entertainment, etc.,
were appointed and the city will be canvassed thoroughly.
We trust that every one will give to them a helping
hand, and remembering that our reputation for Christian hospitality is at
stake. Let each try not to evade the entertainment of any, but ask for
such numbers as they can entertain.
It was agreed Monday night that three brief addresses
of welcome should be delivered on the part of the Sunday Schools, churches and
citizens, and while it may be that this three-fold welcoming invites criticism,
yet upon the whole, we trust that it will prove satisfactory. We are
confident that the gentlemen selected to make these addresses will do their part
and do it well. On the part of the Sunday School Joseph Bradley, of the
Lutheran Church, will make the address. For the Churches, Rev. Bamford, of
the M. E. Church, and for the city Mr. John W. Burnett.
Let us now give ourselves to a realization of the
magnitude of the occasion, and give to this Christian body, as it comes among
us, a royal Christian welcome.
TUESDAY TIT-BITS. (Page
8)
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--Tom Campbell, St. Louis, is here.
--A. R. Jordan went to Brighton to-day.
--H. A. Webber, of Burlington, is in the city.
--L. B. Mack, of Cedar Rapids, is in the city.
--G. M. Hull, Brookville, Kansas, is in the city.
--D. Witkowsky, of Chicago, was here to-day.
--J. W. Earsom, of Springfield, O., is in the city
to-day.
--Dr. Stever will renervate in Kansas for several
weeks. He goes this week.
--Peter Anderson, at Spielman’s, has been ill with
bilious attack for several days.
--Mrs. Fred Sherer is lying quite sick at her home, two
miles north-west of town.
--Chah. P. Sippel is in Burlington to-day, and John B.
Miller is running the office.
--Hal Jordan is assisting in the bank of Wells &
Garretson during Mr. Wells’s absence.
--The editor of this paper spent yesterday among his
old friends in Columbus Junction.
--Frank Rose and wife have returned to the city, after
having spent the winter in the central part of the state.
--George A. Wells and J. E. Roth left Saturday evening
for Socorro, New Mexico, and will be absent about ten days.
--Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Leggett, and Miss Cora Smith, left
yesterday for Ohio, where they will spend the summer.
--Rev. Geo. W. Warringer, pastor of the U. P. church,
of Birmingham, was in the city to-day, and honored THE JOURNAL with a pleasant
call.
--Dr. Worthington has returned from his attendance on
the 33d annual session of the American Medical Association recently in session
at Washington, D. C.
--Every young man invited to Bible study at Y. M. C. A.
rooms Thursday evening. Theme, “Danger of unbelief.” Top for 4
o'clock meeting Sabbath afternoon, “Pernicious Literature.”
--Blondie says he don't recognize THE JOURNAL. It
is not necessary that he should, in order for it to exist. We are here,
all the same, to stay, and it is very unpretty for the young man to rend his
nether garments in consequence. He may as well become reconciled.
--The Clerk has issued marriage licenses since our last
report to W. M. Graves and Miss Ada M. Stansberry, Jedediah Mount and Mrs. Mary
E. Stringer, F. F. Pumphery and Miss Minnie E. Stewart, Michael Dorsey and Miss
Annie Dwyer.
--The Mt. Pleasant District Ministerial Association of
the M. E. Church will meet in this city on Monday, May 19th next, at 7:30 P. M.,
and will continue in service during the next two days and evenings
following. These meetings will be held in the M. E. church. The day
sessions will be devoted to literary exercises, and the evenings to religious
services. The opening sermon on Monday evening, will be preached by Rev.
C. L. Stafford, of Washington. The public is cordially invited to attend
all these meetings.
--TO THE LADIES. - Boil your Baking Powder and
if you smell ammonia don't use it. If you find flour or starch left in the
water, don't use it unless you like to be cheated. If it smells old and
tastes bitter, it is alum, don't use it. Test every kind you can find and
then test DeLand’s Chemical and you will find nothing left in the water, as it
contains nothing but Cream Tartar and Soda, which means pure Baking
Powder. In cans only.
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LESSONS IN PAINTING. (Page
8)
Miss Minnie Rhode is prepared to give lessons in Oil
Painting - Flower, Portrait and Landscape. Studio at Mrs. A. R.
Wickersham’s. Those desiring to take lessons are invited to call and
examine her work. She is deserving of the patronage of the community.
LIBERTYVILLE ITEMS. (Page
8)
Saturday was the largest churn of the season at the
creamery, 300 pounds.
A literary society is organized to run in connection
with the school here. The meetings are every Friday afternoon.
Dr. Reed Hayden, of Platte City, Mo., is visiting in
the city this week at the residence of his brother, Dr. J. W. Hayden.
A boy living with Simon Blough in Des Moines township,
was seriously hooked Tuesday by a cow. Dr. Miller dressed the wounds.
Business is booming for our merchants. Moore
& Jackson had a car load of flour, the best grades in the market, shipped
them this week for their new store.
Burk and Bob Bishop, two of the good boys of Liberty
township, leave Tuesday for Rocky Bar, Idaho. The good wishes of their
many friends will follow them.
Libertyville will observe Memorial Day, the soldiers’
floral festival, with becoming ceremony. A meeting is called by Capt. J.
C. Fry, commander of the company of ex-soldiers here, to meet on May 16th to
make arrangements.
Wm. Harmon, an old time resident of Libertyville, who
was reported having died in Washington Territory some ten years ago,
materialized into shape and dropped down among his many friends and relatives
Monday. We were greatly rejoiced to find him among the living.
RENRUT.
FAIRFIELD, IOWA “WEEKLY JOURNAL”
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Vol. VI, No. 30, May 22, 1884,
Transcribed by Justina of the Jefferson Co, IA
USGenWeb Project
FRIDAY FACTS. (Page
1)
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--The Council meets to-night.
--T. H. Mann, of Boston, is in the city.
--J. A. Fulton, of Kansas City, was here to-day.
--B. J. McMahon, of Chicago, was in the city to-day.
--R. H. Moore, of this paper, is taking in Batavia
to-day.
--Fresh Catfish and Trout at Albert's every day this
week.
--For a square meal, go to the Northwest Corner
Restaurant.
--Geo. W. Clayton and M. Lehmans, of Burlington, were
in the city last night.
--Remember the Fourth of July meeting at the Court
House to-night. Let all attend.
--The Columbus Safeguard is out for Judge Stutsman as a
member of Congress from this district.
--The masquerade skate was well attended, both by
skaters and spectators, last night. All had a good time.
--We understand a new dry goods store is going into the
room in Jordan's Block recently vacated by Mr. Tuttle.
--In a paper on “Abraham Lincoln at Cincinnati,” to
appear in the June HARPER’S, Mr. W. M. DICKSON gives an interesting account of
old Abe’s first meeting with his great war secretary, Mr. Stanton. The
latter was then the bigger man of the two, and virtually elbowed Mr. Lincoln out
of the case he was to argue.
--There is a very general sympathy for Gen. Grant in
this his hour of adversity. He has grown old, and now in his declining
years to lose the accumulations of a lifetime is too bad - Council Bluffs
Nonpareil. It is really too bad for Gen. Grant that he is obliged to
whittle himself down and live on his income of from twenty to twenty five
thousand per year. It is very few of us that could be that
economical. We do feel for the General from the bottom of our heart, for
he is liable to go to the poor house.
--Bob Moore’s paper at Fairfield of last Monday says
he was at Columbus Junction over Sunday, preceding, and that while there he
learned that ex-Governor Gear will be a candidate for Congress in this district
this fall. He talked, we are told, with Arthur Springer and O. E. Hobbie.
- Wapello Republican. The “privy counselor” is off again as
usual. We did not see Arthur Springer at all, neither did we say Mr. Gear
was a candidate. We said what is true, that there is a large sentiment in
that county in favor of the ex-Governor for Congress.
SATURDAY SAYINGS. (Page
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--J. M. Tyner, New York, is here.
--W. H. Medes, Quincy, is in the city.
--A. Ettlinger, New York, is in the city.
--L. Rosenthal, of Lincoln, Neb. is in the city.
--Sweet potato plants for sale by T. F. Higley, at U.
S. Express office.
--C. M. Classon, of Cedar Rapids, was here to-day.
--Sam Woolf, of Kansas City, was in town to-day.
--J. A. Doverman, of Lake City, Minn. is in the city.
--A number of good milk cows for sale. Apply to
H. J. Belknap.
--A new awning adorns the front of the building
occupied by John Thorne.
--David G. Letts, a wealthy and highly respected
citizen of Washington county, died yesterday.
--Miss Carrie and Fannie Taylor left this morning for a
visit among relatives and friends in Ohio and Indiana.
--From the spirit manifested at the meeting last night
Fairfield will have a rousing Fourth of July and don't any of you forget it.
--The funeral of Mrs. George Howell will take place
from the residence to-morrow afternoon at four o'clock. The friends of the
family are invited to attend.
--Mrs. Martha Stewart, from Pennsylvania, who has been
spending the year among her western relatives and friends, is in the city, the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Noble.
--The speech that r j wilson made last night cost the
Fourth of July fund $200. If they carry out his suggestions the
celebration will be a fizzle. The fools are not all dead yet.
--The South Siders challenged the North, East and West
Sides to a match game of base ball. The challenge was accepted and the
game played yesterday afternoon on the grounds near the Q depot. The
result was 35 to 36 in favor of the South Side, not enough to make a noise
about.
--George D. Clarke, member from the third ward,
introduced a resolution in the Council last night, authorizing the arrest of all
parties killing birds or robbing birds nests. This was a very proper thing
to do. Now, when the boys get after the birds with their “nigger
shooters,” the police will get after the boys.
--Mrs. George Howell, who has been dangerously ill and
a patient sufferer for some time, died this morning at six o'clock. Mrs.
Howell was a daughter of Jedediah Mount, and an old resident of the city.
She was a woman who numbered her friends by the scores, and the grief-stricken
husband and the darling children have the universal sympathy of this community
in the great loss they have sustained. May God comfort and console them.
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FOURTH OF JULY. (Page
1)
There was a large number of our people out last night
to the meeting at the Court House for the purpose of taking the initiatory steps
for the proper celebration of the Fourth of July in Fairfield.
The meeting was called to order by electing James
Sullivan Chairman, and Al Hilbert was selected to act as secretary.
Remarks were made by the Chairman, C. M. McElroy, r j
wilson, C. M. Junkin, S. C. Farmer, H. S. Willis, C. E. Stubbs, Capt. Jaques and
D. R. Beatty.
On motion of S. C. Farmer a committee of five was
appointed on general arrangement. The Chair appointed C. E. Stubbs, C. M.
Junkin, J. S. Richardson, D. R. Beatty and Al Hilbert.
A committee of five on finance was appointed, composed
of J. S. Gantz, Dr. A. C. D. Bradshaw, J. E. Roth, Joe Bradley and r j wilson.
A subscription paper was started for the purpose of
raising funds, with the following result: J. E. Roth & Co. $10; Beatty &
Mohr, $10; Jordan Brothers & Co., $10; Wilson & Hinkle, $10; W. W. &
C. M. Junkin, $10; James Sullivan, $10; J. S. Richardson & Co., $10.
The following gentleman subscribed $5.00 each: C. M.
McElroy, J. C. Thorne, Scott & Son, Joseph Bradley, Robert Kaestner, J. S.
Gantz, C. E. Stubbs, Al Hilbert and Will Shriner.
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LIBERTYVILLE ITEMS. (Page 1)
J. W. Pancoast is on the sick list.
Corn planting is the order of the day in the farming
vicinity, and the propitious weather we are having augurs a big crop, judging
from the amount that is being planted in this vicinity.
Society here has not yet reached the white vest or lawn
sociable period, but a festival is talked of soon in one of our churches in
which there will be some red tape mixed.
Sunday is an exceedingly dull day in Libertyville from
the deserted appearance of the place. The average Libertyvillian rises on
Sunday morning as the glad son of the robin wakes the echo of the delightful
spring morning, shoulders his fishing rod and tackle, fills an old oyster can
full of grub worms and hies away to the creeks where he can kick off his box
toed boots, lay aside his dress coat and suspenders, and take a gallop over the
green hills and kick up his heels and hoop and yell, and be a boy again.
Libertyville will observe Decoration day. At a
meeting of citizens and soldiers the 16th, the following committees were elected
to make arrangements. Committee on Arrangements - S. H. Watkins, J. W.
Hayden, A. Williams, S. Fell. Committee on Music - F. Winn, F. Hurst,
James Cowan, W. T. Hague. Committee on Speakers - J. F. Potts, J. H.
Byers. Committee on Flowers - Mrs. Hague, Mrs. Hayden, Mary Summers,
Maggie Potts, J. V. Blair. An invitation is extended to all neighboring G.
A. R. posts. The exercises will occur in the forenoon 9 A. M.
sharp. RENRUT.
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CITY COUNCIL. (Page
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Regular Meeting of the City Council of Fairfield, Iowa.
[OFFICIAL.]
COUNCIL CHAMBER, May 16, 1884.
Council met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, Mayor Boling and Trustees Bright, Clark,
Leggett, McGaw, Ricksher, Scott, Shoultz and Young.
The Street Commissioner filed a communication relating
to sidewalk, which was referred to the Streets and Alleys Committee.
A Petition of Wm. C. Jones relating to cellar drain in
Block 30 was referred to Streets and Alleys Committee for conference with the
City Solicitor.
The Water Supply Committee filed a report recommending
a change in waste weir water pond, said proposed change estimated to cost
$40.00; also recommending that bill of W. Kierstead for $115.45 as civil
engineer and for sundries furnished be allowed; also a proposed deed from
Solomon Light, granting right of way for water mains through Block 7 Centennial
addition, consideration $150.
On motion the Council approved the contract with
Solomon Light, all voting aye, except Trustee Leggett, who was excused from
voting.
The Streets and Alleys Committee filed a report
recommending a new sidewalk at the Demarce foundry, and also the grading of the
alley north of Jordans store room.
On motion the report was adopted and the sidewalk
ordered by proper resolution of the Council. All voting aye except Trustee
Young.
The City Solicitor submitted a bill under instructions
from last meeting entitled a bill for an ordinance making appropriations for the
erection of water works, and the issuing of bonds therefore, which was placed on
its first reading and referred to the Judiciary Committee.
The following resolution was presented and adopted:
Resolved, by the City Council of the City of Fairfield, that the Marshal, Deputy
Marshal, and Police officers are directed to make special effort to detect all
persons who violate the law against killing birds, destroying nests and eggs,
and to bring such offenders to justice.
The report of the Water Supply Committee was taken up
and adopted by a recorded vote of the Council, all voting aye.
The following bills were presented and allowed by a
vote of the Council:
W. Kierstead, civil engineer, $115.45
L. J. Speck, work on
tower
2.60
Bullock Mfg. Co. carbons for
electric light and freight on same, 25.95
The bill of the Iowa Union Telephone Company for
telephone was referred to the Committee on Claims.
On motion the Council adjourned for week to meet at 7
1/2 o'clock, P. M.
T. F. HIGLEY, City Clerk.
Durham is historic. It was neutral ground during the armistice between Sherman and Johnson. Soldiers of both armies filled their pouches with tobacco store there, and, after the surrender, marched homeward. Soon orders came from East, West, North and South, for “more of that elegant tobacco.” Then, ten men ran an unknown factory. Now it employs 800 men, uses the pink and pick of the Golden Belt, and the Durham Bull is the trade-mark of this, the best tobacco in the world. Blackwell’s Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco has the largest sale of any smoking tobacco in the world. Why? Simply because it is the best. All dealers have it. Trade-mark of the Bull.
LOOK OUT! DURHAM BULL
If he’d gone for a package of Blackwell’s Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco, as he was told, he wouldn't have been cornered by the bull.
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SPECIAL ORDER NO. 1.
(Page 8)
HEADQUARTERS GEO. STRONG POST, G. A.
R. No. 19, Fairfield, Iowa, May 20.
In accordance with suggestions contained in General
Orders No. 2, Dept. of Iowa, Geo. Strong Post will attend Memorial Services on
Sabbath May 25th.
It is earnestly requested that all ex-soldiers and
sailors of the war of ’61 to ’65 join with us in this preparation for the
beautiful services of decoration day.
Comrades, let us again unite in responding to church
call as a body, and while we “touch elbows” in marching hither let our minds
recall those other comrades who never again will join us in this service.
Let all ex-soldiers and sailors assemble with Geo.
Strong Post at the post rooms at 10 o'clock A. M. Services will be held at
the Baptist Church at 11 o'clock A. M.
By order of
T. F. HIGLEY, Commanding
Post.
JOHN DAVIES, Adjutant.
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NORTHWEST CORNER RESTAURANT.
The Northwest Corner Restaurant, Matthews & Martin,
proprietors, is the best place in the city to get a square meal for 25
cents. Open at all hours.
--The fast mail train on the C. B. & Q. is now a
through train from Chicago to Denver. The train this morning was composed
of twenty-five cars, with two locomotives, and supplied with the automatic
brake.
MONDAY MELANGE.
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--O. H. Ward, of Chicago, was here to-day.
--W. S. Yowmans, New York, is in the city.
--J. M. McKeen, of Chicago, was here yesterday.
--W. N. Brown, of Burlington, was in the city to-day.
--George D. Clarke is having his residence re-painted.
--H. H. Ruby, Lake City, Minn., spent Sunday here.
--Albert D. Beachy, of the Chicago Times, spent Sunday
in the city.
--The P. E. O. Society had a small tea party at the
residence of Mrs. Ed Hunt Saturday evening.
--Rev. C. L. Stafford, of Washington, preaches the
opening sermon of the Mt. Pleasant District Ministerial Association at the M. E.
Church to-night.
--We return our thanks to that veteran horseman, Mr. J.
H. Chase, for a pleasant hour's drive behind one of his matchless roadsters, the
bay trotting mare.
--Everything connected with the failure of B. F. Allen
has been finally arranged, and the once millionaire banker of Des Moines is
left, at the age of 53 years, to being the world afresh with $60,000 in his
pocket.
--The annual meeting of the Germany Baptist (Dunkard)
Church is now in session at Miller's Crossing near Dayton, Ohio. The fare
by the Rock Island will de one fare for the round trip to Dayton. Tickets
will be on sale May 20th to June 3d, and will be good to return on or before
June 30th.
--An agreeable surprise and happy reunion occurred at
the residence of Mrs. M. E. Smeaton Saturday. It was the arrival of Mrs.
Smeaton’s daughter, Mrs. John Devnish, from Eureka, California, who had not
seen her mother for twenty-six years. Mrs. Devnish is a sister to Alderman
Sholtz.
--Representative McCoid has done a handsome
thing. He has applied to the postoffice authorities to have the name of
McCoid postoffice, just beyond Brighton, in Washington county, changed to
McJunkin, an old resident of Washington.
--It now transpires that the First National Bank of
this city is a loser by the failure of Grant & Ward to the amount of
$10,000. Whether this will affect the bank or not, we are not advised, but
at any rate it will doubtless stagger them. We should regret a calamity to
this monetary institution. It don't pay to “phule” with the buzz saw.
--The sixth annual convention of the W. C. T. U. of the
first district will be held at Fairfield May 28 and 29. Ladies from
Burlington, Keokuk, Keosauqua, Washington and Fairfield will take part.
Mrs. Anna M. Palmer, the state evangelist, will be present Wednesday evening and
Mrs. J. M. Aldrich, state president, Tuesday evening.
TUESDAY TIT-BITS.
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--“Pete” Hendricks is in town.
--John H. Adams, St. Louis, is here.
--J. E. Collett, of Council Bluffs, is in the city.
--Dr. Taylor, of Glasgow, was in the city to-day.
--E. F. Paterson, Waterville, N. Y., is here to-day.
--W. W. Webster, of Muscatine, was in the city to-day.
--John Wiley returned home from Mexico last night.
--Frank Collins, of Summerville, Oregon, is visiting
here.
--Charley Husted spent Sunday in Cedar Rapids with his
“best girl.”
--Fairfield will be connected with Birmingham by
telephone by Saturday.
--Dr. Mohr has just added to his neat office a very
handsome and comfortable surgical chair.
--Warren Bailey, who has been sick at the Leggett House
for some time, is getting along very slowly.
--Joe Hampson spent Sunday and Monday in the city, and
left last night for Kansas City, taking Tim with him.
--Mrs. Dr. Baker and family returned this morning from
a months’ visit among relatives and friends in Ohio and Indiana.
--Scott Washburne the ponderous Muscatine runner, who
has lately joined the grand army of butter-milk drinkers, was in the city
to-day.
--The Y. M. C. A. Bible study for young men Thursday
evening. Gospel meeting Sabbath 4 P. M. Subject, “I think on these
things.”
--Hackett was in town to-day. He has retired
himself on butter-milk and is improving so fast that his friends hardly
recognize him.
--Judge Joshua Tracy, of Burlington, president of the
B. C. R. & N., and a lawyer well and favorably known throughout this section
of Iowa, died at his home in that city Sunday evening.
--Mrs. Fred Sherer died at her residence two miles west
of the city yesterday, and the funeral took place this afternoon, the services
being conducted by Rev. McMackin, of the Lutheran Church.
--C. P. Graham, of Richland, an artist who has done
some fine work in this city, was in town to-day. Mr. Graham spent last
winter in Chicago with Geo. W. Platt, a student from Munich, Germany, and has
become an artist of real ability.
--We were misinformed yesterday with regard to the
First National Bank of this city losing $10,000 by the failure of Grant &
Ward. Mr. Temple, the Cashier, informs us that the bank has never had any
dealings with Grant & Ward, have not lost by them, nor have they lost any
amount whatever in the late Wall street crash. We are glad to make this
correction, and do justice to the bank.
WEDNESDAY WANDERINGS.
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--C. S. Brooks, Boston, is here.
--W. H. Medes, Quincy, is in the city.
--C. H. Raymond, of Kansas City, is in town.
--Miss Mary McElhinny left for the east this morning.
--J. C. Hedge and family, from Fairfield, Neb., were in
the city yesterday.
--The Presbyterians received a set of elegant furniture
for their church this morning.
--W. J. Medes and wife, of Keokuk, are in the city to
attend the Medes-Crawford wedding.
--List of letters remaining in the postoffice in this
city unclaimed and advertised for week ending Tuesday, May 13th, furnished THE
JOURNAL by Thomas L. Hoffman, Postmaster: Frederick Clark, Nell Celton, George
Epley, Will West, Charlie Shaffer, Thomas Titus, Nettie Westtake.
SEED CORN.
We now have on hand a car load of tested Seed Corn
grown in Page and Van Buren counties of this state. Call at the grain
house opposite Rock Island Depot.
NICHOLS & RUSH.
THURSDAY TRANSPIRINGS.
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--E. S. Gilbert, Lyons, Iowa, is here.
--Green beans and strawberries at Albert’s.
--C. J. V. Wachholt, of Philadelphia, is in the city.
--Fresh eels and catfish at Albert’s Friday and
Saturday.
--Mrs. Moore went to Libertyville to-day to visit her
parents.
--Miss Doverman and Miss Lighton, of New London, are in
the city.
--No molasses and water mixture, but a concentrated
extract of the active medicinal properties of roots, barks, & c., is Hood's
Sarsaparilla.
--J. M. Joaquin, representing O. B. Tennis & Co.,
Chicago, was in the city to-day.
--Ice cream at the Northwest Corner Restaurant, the
best cream in the city.
--The Court House and Clerk’s office are being
thoroughly overhauled and re-painted.
--Henry Armstrong, formerly steward of the poor farm,
died at his home in Libertyville last night.
--Only two marriage licenses were issued during the
last week, namely Hor- M. Black and Miss Lou A. Smith, H. W. Medes and Miss
Maggie Crawford.
--W. B. Medes, Trenton, Mo., Mrs. A. J. Medes and Mrs.
Dr. A. P. Bowman, of Keokuk, are in the city to attend the Medes-Crawford
wedding.
--The first excursion of the season came up from
Burlington on No. 3 and stopped at Whitfield. It was a Sabbath School
party of two coaches in charge of Mrs. Joel West.
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TO THE PUBLIC.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Fairfield, Iowa,
hereby certify that we received this spring from the Geo. A. Stone Nursery
Company, of Rochester, New York, nursery stock ordered through S. P. Grant,
their authorized agent and that said stock was in quality and condition all that
it was represented, and is growing finely: John A. Spielman, hardware and
stoves; James Mouck, jeweler; Mrs. F. Sackett; J. J. Gibson, undertaker; S. B.
Smith, deputy postmaster; Mrs. Belle Brown, dressmaker; Israel June, sexton;
Clement Jordan, superintendent Cemetery; W. W. Junkin editor Ledger; Philip
Hammond, farmer; D. W. Templeton, grain dealer; Joe Bradley, groces; Charles F.
George, jeweler; Mrs. W. M. Black, W. J. Clark, Eli Smith, Mrs. M. B.
Case. Mr. Grant is in the city and will remain for a time soliciting
orders. Word can be left with W. H. Davis, grocer.
Fairfield, Iowa “WEEKLY JOURNAL”
Jefferson County
Vol. VI, # 31, May 29, 1884
Transcribed by Debbie of the Jefferson Co, IA USGenWeb Project
Friday Facts.
(Page 1)
--The Council meets to-night.
--Green beens and strawberries at Albert's.
--Fresh eels and catfish at Albert's Friday and Saturday.
--Dr. Baker returned from his extended eastern trip yesterday.
--H. C. Smith and George Parker, of Wooster, were in the city last night.
--J. W. Burnett has gone east and will be absent ten days. His family will
return with him.
--The greenbackers expect that General Butler will make a stumping tour through
the west sometime during the summer.
--In the opinion of the St. Joe Herald the time has about come for the
democratic party to make an assignment and go out of business.
--It may be remarked that while the business of the country generally is dull,
it is on a sound and substantial basis. The great failures occur in
speculative circles only.
--Jeff Davis has written a letter, in which he predicts the final triumph of the
idea of the southern confederacy. It comes just in time to open the
presidential campaign with a whirl.
--The Watseka Times says it is “simply scandalous” the way in which leading
republican papers abuse their candidates for president. There is a good
deal of truth in that remark.
--Hon. Wm. D. Kelley says with pardonable pride, “If I am permitted to
out-live another term I shall have served in the House of Representatives longer
than any man in the history of the Government.”
--Marshalltown has raised the $50,000 required to secure the permanent location
of the State Fair. Twenty-five thousand dollars of the amount was
subscribed by the Northwestern Railway Co.
--Hon. Ed Campbell has the most expensive cow pasture in the city, and it might
truthfully be said the most expensive cow. He paid $3,050 for the pasture,
and the cow which he recently purchased at T. P. Treynor’s sale in Council
Bluffs cost him $180.
--The new postal notes are a vast improvement upon the old ones. They are
painted upon a reddish-gray paper, instead of the sickly yellow of the
old. Coupons for $1 $2 $3 and $ are attached, and by the number of coupons
remaining when the note is torn from the stub-book its value is
ascertained. On the right end of the note the cents are punched out, the
new note requiring but two punches instead of five, as did the old. On the
reverse are blanks for stamps of the issuing and paying offices.
Advertisement.
(Page 1)
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Ministerial Association. (Page 1)
The Mt. Pleasant District Ministerial Association met on last Monday evening
in the M. E. church and continued in session during the two days and evenings
following. The opening sermon was preached by Rev. C. L. Stafford, of
Washington. The Association was called to order at 9 A.M.. Tuesday morning
by the president, Rev. B. Mark, of Oskaloosa. The day sessions were
devoted chiefly to the reading of essays and to criticisms on the same.
On Tuesday at 4:30 P.M. a very interesting Children's meeting was held. It
was addressed in a most able and interesting manner by Rev. J. O. Kemble, of
Sigourney. At 7:30 on the same evening an educational meeting was
held. The addresies were by Rev. J. B. Blakeney, of Mt. Pleasant, Rev. B.
Mark, Rev. C. L. Stafford, Rev. G. W. Byrkit, of Mt. Pleasant, and Rev. D. C.
Smith, of Bloomfield.
On Wednesday evening the closing sermon was preached by Rev. S. S. Martin, of
Keota. Besides those already mentioned, the following ministers were in
attendance on the association: W. J. Miller, Batavia; D. A. Richards,
Delta; W. S. Gardner, Salina; A. R. Miller, Abingdon; S. F. Bishop, Brighton; J.
C. Kembrick, Richland; M. Bamford, Fairfield; C. W. Simmons, Martinsburg.
The next association will be held at Agency-City, commencing on the first Monday
of November next.
CITY COUNCIL
(Page 1)
Regular Meeting of the City Council of Fairfield, Iowa. (BY AUTHORITY.)
COUNCIL CHAMBER, May 23, 1884.
Council met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Mayor Boling, Trustees Bright, Clarke, Leggett, McGaw, Ricksher,
Scott, Shoultz and Young.
A communication from C. B. & Q. authorities requesting that their station
baggage master be appointed Deputy Marshal, was referred to a committee composed
of the Mayor and Trustees Leggett and McGaw.
The Streets and Alleys Committee reported recommending that the matter of cellar
drains in block thirty be indefinitely postponed. Also, that a new side
walk be constructed in front of Thomas Tilson’s and W. P. Fee’s
properties. The report was adopted, Trustee Scott voting nay.
The Judiciary Committee was granted further time to make a report.
Mary McElbinny filed a claim for one-half division fence at Water land, amount
$25.00. Referred to the Committee on Claims.
Wm. E. Dougherty made verbal complaint of condition of alley at his
property. Referred to the Streets and Alleys Committee.
C. M. Junkin, on behalf of the Fourth of July Committee requested control of the
park on that day, with privilege of decorating the tower, and having an electric
lamp placed on the platform of the tower. Referred to Committee on Public
Property.
On motion the Council adjourned for week to meet at 7 ½ o'clock, P.M.
T. F. HIGLEY, City Clerk.
MEMORIAL DAY. (Page 1)
Friday next will be Memorial Day, a day set apart for paying tribute to the
memory of those who fell in the battles of our country and those who have since
died, but who while living bravely fought for the cause of freedom and the
right. Preparations are completed and it is expected that the occasion
will eclipse all former efforts.
Memorial Day is fast becoming an American “All Soul's Day,” when all the
departed friends should be especially present in our memories. It is well
that we should pause amidst the rush of affairs and take the bearing of the ship
of state, and also of the course of our individual lives, and nowhere can these
observations be more fittingly made than at the final resting place of the
nation's patriotic dead. Let us strew their graves with flowers as an
evidence of our kindly remembrance, and let our prayers ascend that our nation
may dwell in perpetual peace, based upon light, love and liberty. Thus
will our children learn to revere those who responded to the call of duty in
time of peril and be ready to make equal sacrifices should the country call.
MISCELLANEOUS. (Page 1)
O. J. Lyon, M. D., F. H. S.
Homoeopathist and Surgeon, Batavia, Iowa. Eighteen years continuous
practice. Diseases of Women a specialty.
Saturday Sayings. (Page 1)
--Geo. K. White, Oskaloosa, is here.
--W. R. Park, Indianapolis, is in the city.
--H. C. Greenwood, of Buffalo, is in the city.
--John E. Gillmore, Aledo, Ill., is in the city.
--J. J. Kritzler, of Glasgow, was in the city to-day.
--W. W. Claybaugh, of Ulysses, Neb., was here to-day.
--Hon. M. A. McCoid is expected home Wednesday.
--D. T. Devore, one of the solid men of Batavia, was in the city to-day.
--George A. Wells and Ed Roth have returned from their Mexican trip.
--Frank Stull, wife and daughter, of Keosauqua, were in the city to-day.
--D. S. Allen, Frank S. Hilley and G. W. White, of Chicago, are in the city
to-day.
--Samuel K. Weirick, of Washington, Penn., is visiting friends in the city for a
few days.
--John H. Merckens, of the Tribune, has purchased an interest in Grosscup’s
“Farmer’s Handy Gate.”
--Strayed, from J. W. Burnett & Co.’s, a dark bay colt, three years
old. Finder will be liberally rewarded by returning the same to the
owners.
--D. M. Parrett, Batavia; S. C. Fry, Libertyville; J. D. Beard, Abingdon; J. W.
Parrett, Batavia, and Waltus Collins, of Salina, were in town to-day.
--The young blonde asks permission of the Council for the privilege of
decorating the tower and having an electric lamp placed on the platform on the
Fourth. Why not use a fallow dip.
--The Fairfield Manufacturing Company commenced the erection of their new
building to-day, and it will be one of the finest structures in the city.
John L. Brown was awarded the contract for the brick and stone work, amidst
fierce competition.
--A subscription is being taken up to buy the electric lamp belonging to J. S.
Richardson & Co., to put in the park on the Tower, to use for the Fourth of
July, and all public meetings hereafter. The amount required is $50.
N. S. Bright and D. R. Beatty circulated the petition this morning, and secured
very nearly the amount. It is to be hoped that the scheme will succeed.
Jefferson County Towns.
(Page 1)
BATAVIA.
The editor of THE JOURNAL recently spent a day at the enterprising and
progressive little town of Batavia, situated on the C., B. & Q. Railway,
fifteen miles west of this city, on as beautiful a spot of ground as can be
found in Jefferson county. Batavia is surrounded with a number of the
finest farms and most thrifty farmers in the State of Iowa. It has four
churches, Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist and Christian, and boasts between
four and five hundred souls.
When we alighted from the cars the first one to take us by the hand was that
prince among good fellows, and valuable friend of THE JOURNAL, Isaac Hardin, who
runs the Hardin House in a manner that wins a goodly share of the public
patronage.
We had the pleasure here of renewing the acquaintances of Capt. M. W. Forrest,
from the “bulldozed parish” of Polk, and Freeman Wright, one of the very
oldest settlers of Jefferson county, who located in Batavia in 1849, and has
been a continuous resident there ever since.
One of the best creameries in Jefferson county is located here. It is
owned and operated by John McLane, who seems to understand the creamery business
thoroughly. It has a capacity of 1200 lbs. per day, but Mr. McLane informs
us that they only churn 400 lbs. per day now, which is doing pretty well.
We are under great obligations to Mr. McLane for personal favors while there.
M. S. Frisbe runs a restaurant and deals in confectionery, caned fruits,
oysters, nuts, tobacco, cigars and notions. In connection with Mr. McLane,
of the creamery, he ships about six hundred dozen eggs per week.
George Frush is the jolly, good natured and efficient proprietor of the
Centennial Hotel, which is an excellent place to stop.
W. H. Avery runs a livery and feed stable, and has one of the best Clyde
stallions in Jefferson county.
Dr. M. D. Baldridge, who is the only “straight republican,” according to
Uncle Billy Hall, in Locust Grove township, still maintains his excellent
practice there.
Dr. J. W. DuBois, who removed to Batavia from this city, is, we are right glad
to learn, meeting with remarkable success there, and is well liked by all.
Dr. O. J. Lyon is a homoeopathic physician of eighteen years practice who
located in Batavia when Dr. S. M. Campbell removed to this city. He has an
excellent and pleasant office, and is meeting with success.
Will H. Crail, son of Capt. B. F. Crail of this city, is the agent and operator
at the C., B. & Q. Station, and it is a matter of pleasure to us to state to
Billy’s many friends here, that he is well liked by that entire community.
W. H. Ruckman runs the only saloon in the place, but his lease will expire on
the Fourth.
S. C. Walker, who is an enthusiastic and tireless worker in the ranks of Old
Fellowship, is the grain dealer of the place.
John Burnaugh supplies the community with fresh and salt meats, and gives
general satisfaction.
John Foulring is the “tooth carpenter” of Batavia, is an excellent dentist,
and very popular with the people. He does a good business, and his work is
always satisfactory.
Fryer Bros. have but recently started there with a full and complete stock of
dry goods, staple and fancy groceries, produce, etc. They are getting a
good share of the patronage of the community, and are worthy and deserving young
men.
While there we met several good friends who assisted us to increase our
subscription list in Batavia, among whom were Isaac Hardin, M. B. Sparks, John
McLane, H. C. Pickerell and A. H. McElroy, to all of whom we tender our grateful
thanks.
Jefferson County Towns.
LIBERTYVILLE.
The editor of THE JOURNAL for several years past has had a warm side for
Libertyville, and from time to time has made frequent visits to the village, but
last Friday, we might say, in one sense, was the first business trip we ever
made to the place.
Libertyville, as is well known, is situated six miles southwest of here on the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, in he heart of one of the finest and
most prosperous farming communities in the county. It is a pretty little
village of some three hundred inhabitants, is an excellent trading point,
possesses two houses of worship – Presbyterian and Methodist – and has a
fine school under the management of Prof. Tally, assisted by Miss Monger.
Dr. Ichabod Warner is the oldest business man in the place and carries a general
stock, consisting of dry-goods, notions, groceries, drugs, medicines, and does a
business of several thousand dollars annually. He is a reliable and
accommodating dealer, and a good man for the place.
The physicians of the place are Dr. J. W. Hayden and Dr. W. K. Miller, both well
read, reliable, trustworthy and popular.
John F. Loehr is one of the largest and most extensive dealers here. He
carries a well selected stock of dry-goods, notions and groceries, and makes a
specialty of handling all kinds of country produce. He is an enterprising
and wide-awake dealer, and one of the very best citizens of the village.
J. W. Fry is the “Nasby” of Libertyville and gives good satisfaction.
He is attentive, painstaking and obliging. John carries a splendid stock
of groceries and has a large and increasing trade.
Libertyville is fortunate in having one of the very best Creamers in the
county. It is run by Mr. G. W. Coyan, who evidently understands his
business, and it don't take a buttermilk customer like us long to discover that
he is “the right man in the right place.”
George Pratt is a young dealer of the place, but he carries such an excellent
stock of groceries and provisions, and is so clever and accommodating that he
has drawn around him a trade equal to any of them.
The store of Moore & Jackson was but recently established here, but
everything they carry is new and first-class, and in excellent shape, and Taylor
and Asbury are so well known throughout Liberty and Des Moines townships, that
they are getting a goodly share of the patronage.
J. F. Potts has a good stock of lumber, and is a solid and substantial citizen
of the place.
Frank Winn, according to Longfellow, is “the village blacksmith,” and while
he does not do business “under a spreading chestnut tree,” yet “week in,
week out, from morn till night, you can hear his bellows blow.”
W. T. Hague is the station agent and telegraph operator of the “Great Rock
Island Route,” and is one of the most efficient and popular agents along the
line of the road.
Adam Wilson sells Mason & Hamlin organs and Eldridge Sewing Machines, and
“gets away” with competition every time.
Barney Gifford runs an excellent meat market, and supplies the community with
choice fresh and salt meats. He also runs the only saloon in the place and
declares he will continue after the Fourth.
S. C. Laughlin is absolutely the noisiest man in Libertyville, and it was with
difficulty that we got him to cease talking about his two fine Morgan stallions
long enough to take his subscription for the largest and best weekly paper in
Jefferson county.
Goodman Brothers manufacture the “Ladies’ Choice Washing Machine,” which
is one of the very best machines made in this section of Iowa, as hundreds of
women throughout Jefferson and adjoining counties will testify. We notice
they have an endorsement from Mrs. N. A. Yancey, of this city, and all our
people will agree with us in saying that what Mrs. Yancey don't know about
washing machines is not worth knowing.
Advertisement. (Page 6)
This Horse is Telling This Man That if he don't sell his Heavy Draft,
Horse-killing Binder, and buy an Easy Running Deering Twine Binder at once,
every horse on the farm will soon be dead. WILLIAM DEERING & CO.,
Chicago, Ill. Binders, Reapers and Mowers. The Horses’
Friends. For Sale by BEATTY & MOHR, Fairfield.
Fairfield, Iowa “WEEKLY JOURNAL” Jefferson County – Vol. VI, # 31, May 29, 1884, pg. 8.
Advertisement. (Page 8)
THE ESTEY ORGAN. ESTEY, PACKARD, ORCHESTRAL, GEO. A. WOODS, CROWN,
QUEEN, and CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGANS, new styles just received. Prices
lower than ever before. Any make of Piano furnished at lower prices than
can be obtained elsewhere. Call and see me. RANK G. MOREIN,
Northwest Corner Park, Fairfield, Iowa.
Monday Melange. (Page 8)
--John Harper went east to-day.
--H. F. Booker goes to Kansas City to-night.
--R. H. Moore, of this paper, is in Burlington to-day.
--W. W. Winn, of Libertyville, spent Sunday in the city.
--A number of the boys are going to Council Bluffs to-night.
--The Butchers and Barbers will have a game of base ball sometime this week.
--Mrs. L. Triplett, of Malcom, is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. E. J.
Bolden.
--Decoration day comes almost too early for the staid roses, but the Sweet
William, the snow drop and daisy will be in bloom.
--Notwithstanding all the shrinkage in values in Wall street, last week, the
country is no poorer. A spunge is worth just as much after the water is
squeezed out of it as before.
--The Memorial Services at the Baptist Church yesterday, under the auspices of
the George Strong Post, G. A. R. was largely attended, in fact the church was
taxed to its utmost capacity. The Post attended in body and in full
uniform. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Hunt, pastor of the
Church, and was able and full of patriotism.
--The few farmers who find it a necessity to visit the city now, state the
prospects for abundant crops in this county have not been so flattering as at
present for ten years. Corn planting is virtually finishee, whil some
industrious tillors of the soil who planted early have corn up. Small
grain is growing rapidly and looks excellent. A continuation of this good
weather will lift the incubus of hard times from the people of this country and
again set the wheels of active industry in motion.
Tuesday Tit-Bits. (Page 8)
--W. D. Ament, Muscatine, is here.
--M. M. Trimble, Des Moines, is in the city.
--Harry L. Lefler and wife, of Burlington, are in the city.
--Mrs. D. G. Higley returned last night from Mt. Pleasant.
--J. Thode and J. Grobe, of Davenport, were in town to-day.
--The pipes for the water works are being put in around the square.
--Dr. A. C. D. Bradshaw and Ed Campbell went to Burlington this morning.
--We are sorry to know that J. A. McKemey is confined at home sick with
neuralgia.
--George Downs, of Brighton, was in the city to-day visiting his daughter, Mrs.
Capt. Burgess.
--Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Medes (nee Crawford) have returned to the city, after their
wedding trip.
--Jim Richardson’s trotting stallion, “Membrino Pilot,” made a half mile
in 1:37. He was driven by J. H. Chase.
--The American Express Company has received a bran new wagon, and Sam is as
proud over it as a clam at high water tide.
--Dr. R. H. Hufford and B. S. McElhinny the “Siamese Twins,” went to the Des
Moines River on a fishing excursion to-day.
--Young men meet Thursday evening for Bible study at Y. M. C. A. rooms.
Gospel meeting four o'clock next Sabbath. Subject, “Love.”
--Charles Goe, of Mt. Pleasant, and Miss Nellie Cook, of this city, will be
married this evening at the residence of the parents of the lady, on second
north, between first and second east streets.
--E. M. Parrett, H. C. Pickerell, E. F. Pickerell, of Batavia, and William J.
Stiles, of this township, were in the city to-day and called on us. Henry
Pickerell says he is for Logan first, Arthur second, and Butler last and all the
time.
--McCoid telegraphed the Memorial Day committee that he would accept their
invitation to deliver the oration. A letter received from him this morning
makes it uncertain whether he will be here. If he keeps this appointment
it will be the first he ever kept.
--The children of all old soldiers are invited to take part in the Memorial
services, and will be in charge of Capt. Jaques and Thomas Bell. They are
requested to meet at Room No. 8, Union school house at 4:30 p.m. Thursday
afternoon to make the necessary arrangements.
--The entertainment given last night at the opera house, by the Haymen Comedy
Co. was the worst that has been rendered in this city for years. Every one
present was thoroughly disgusted and left before the last act. It was
everywhere denounced to-day. This troupe was brought here by the new
managers of the opera house, and our people have them to thank for inflicting
this fraud on the community. Such a can-can outfit could not have secured
the opera house under the management of Henry Semon or Harry Wertz.
Decoration Day. (Page 8)
Friday, May 30th is the national holiday of Decoration Day, and it will be
observed in this city as ever since the inauguration of its beautiful
customs. The arrangements for its observance have all been made by Geo.
Strong Post, G. A. R., and are more complete perhaps than ever before.
While the ceremonies will take place under the direction of the old soldiers,
all our people are urged to participate in them and unite in paying another
year's tribute to the brave defenders of the Union. The addresses will be
delivered by Hon. M. A. McCoid and Hon. John Williamson. The decoration of
graves by the children of old soldiers is a new feature in the ceremonies of the
day in this city. Below will be found the program of exercises.
Assemble in the park at 1:30 p.m., at the call of the bugle.
Music – Martial music.
Music – Choir.
Invocation – Rev. E. W. Hunt.
Music – Choir.
Address – Hon. M. A. McCoid, Co. E. 2d, Iowa.
Music – Choir.
Recitation – Miss Julia B. Headley.
Music – Martial music.
Address – Hon. John Williamson.
Music – All sing “America.”
March to the cemetery.
Decoration of soldiers graves.
Return to park.
Music – “Glory Hallelujah.”
Benediction.
ORDER OF MARCH.
Co. A, 2d regt., I. N. G., under command of Capt. S. C. Farmer.
Soldiers widows and orphans.
Geo. Strong Post and old soldiers, under command of V. C. S. K. West.
Soldiers’ girls and boys under command of Comrades A. W. Jaques and Thos.
Bell.
March out west gate of park, Mrs. Major M. E. Woods leading column, to east gate
of Evergreen Cemetery, where the old soldiers and children will divide in two
platoons.
The first, under command of J. V. Com. J. W. Oliver, and A. W. Jaques in command
of children, will march into Evergreen Cemetery. The second platoon, under
command of Adjt. John Davis, and Comrade Thos. Bell in command of children, will
march into the City Cemetery.
Two soldiers and two children from rear of each platoon will remain at each
grave until the rounds are completed, when at the roll of the drums the graves
will be simultaneously decorated, after which the platoons will counter-march
and return to east gate of Evergreen Cemetery, and return to the park.
By order com. on arrangements, T. F. HIGLEY, Chairman.
Wednesday Wanderings. (Page 8)
--S. D. Cook, of Sigourney, is here.
--M. W. McCoy, Keokuk, is in the city.
--H. H. Brighton went to Chicago yesterday.
--Mark Baker, of Burlington, was in the city to-day.
--J. B. Dean and J. R. Davey, of Chicago, were here to-day.
--James First, of the Milan Wagon Factory, was in the city to-day.
--Henry G. Knepp, formerly a well known resident here, but now of Fort Madison,
was in the city yesterday.
--The Wapello Times says: “R. H. Moore, in his last FAIRFIELD JOURNAL
gives our neighboring city, the Junction, a handsome write up.”
--The Ladies Society of the Lutheran Church will be entertained on Thursday
afternoon by Mrs. Joseph Gibson. All are invited. Refreshments will
be served.
--Dr. Hufford and Berny McElhinny are back from their fishing trip to the
treacherous Des Moines, and report having captured forty pounds. We are
indebted to Berny for a mess of cat fish.
--The C., B. & Q. Co. are selling round trip tickets to all desiring to
attend the Chicago Convention for $10.26; tickets for Miller's Crossing, Ohio,
where the Dunkard camp meeting is being held, are on sale at $13.75 for the
round trip.
--The Rock Island will carry persons attending the National Republican
Convention at Chicago for one fare, $7.70; for the round trip. Tickets on
sale May 31 to June 3d, good to return on or before June 9th. Fare for the
round trip to the Dunkard’s meeting near Dayton, Ohio, is $13.75.
Persons wishing to attend this meeting make close connections at Rock Island and
Peoria, over the Rock Island, with but one change of cars. Tickets are
good to return until June 30th.
--List of letters remaining at the post office in this city unclaimed and
advertised for week ending Tuesday, May 27th, furnished THE JOURNAL by Thomas L.
Huffman, Postmaster: Mrs. D. Acheson, J. Egbert Allen, L. B. Arnold &
Co., Eliza Burns, Mrs. Mary Goehner, Rev. Robert Horney, D. L. Harmon, William
Lewis, Jennie Morgan, P. W. Moore, Prof. S. Marks, Dr. G. A. Nukirk, Frank Pache,
Mrs. Etty Payton, Joseph Rubey, May Shankland, Thevesia Toms, Mrs. Viola Wilson,
Henry Triplett.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
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The sixth annual meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the first
congressional district convened in the Methodist Church in this city to-day, and
will continue to-morrow. Delegates from all the counties are
present. This evening at 7:45 devotional exercises will be conducted by
Mrs. Augusta Rogers, of Mt. Pleasant, and an address will be delivered by Mrs.
Annie M. Palmer, State Evangelist. The programme for to-morrow is as
follows:
9:00 a.m. – Prayer service, conducted by Miss Belle Marlow, of Keosauqua.
9:30 – Reports of Organizations.
10:30 – Concerning Organization, by Mrs. R. R. Throop, of Mt. Pleasant.
10:45 – Heredity, by Mrs. Martha A. Spaulding, M.D., of Mt. Pleasant.
11:00 – Election of Officers.
2:00 p.m. – Prayer Service, conducted by Mrs. Smith Hamill, of Keokuk.
2:30 – Paper, Mrs. Nellie A. Campbell, of Mt. Pleasant.
2:45 – Scientific Instructions, Mrs. C. A. Dunham, of Burlington.
3:00 – The Enforcement of Law, by Mrs. Belle Mansfield, of Mt. Pleasant.
3:15 – Evangelistic Work, by Mrs. M. L. Monfort, of Burlington.
3:30 – The Beer Falacy, by Mrs. Lucy K. Byrkit, of Mt. Pleasant.
3:45 – Reports of Fraternal Delegates. Report of Committee on
Resolutions.
4:00 – Band of Hope meeting in the lecture room of the church, to be addressed
by Mrs. C. T. Cole, of Mt. Pleasant.
In the evening devotional exercises will be conducted by Mrs. Flora I. Brown, of
Mt. Pleasant, and an address will be delivered by Mrs. M. J. Aldrich, the State
President.
Thursday Transpirings. (Page 8)
--L. Morris, Rock Island, is here.
--James B. Smith, of Bloomington, is in the city.
--Eli Elliott, of West Liberty, is in the city to-day.
--J. L. Downe, of Brighton, was in the city to-day.
--There will be no paper issued from this office to-morrow.
--Miss Jennie McColm, of Brighton, was in the city to-day.
--Mrs. Allie Henry and Miss Trine, of Brighton, are in the city attending the
meeting of the W. C. T. U.
--McCoid has telegraphed one of his law partners that it is impossible for him
to be here on Memorial Day and deliver the oration. McCoid very seldom
lives up to his promises.
--The C., B. & Q. will sell tickets to Chicago and return during the
convention for one fair - $7.70, good to return till June 30th.
--W. S. Small and family, of Agusta, Maine, arrived in the city this
morning. Mr. Small will identify himself with the Fairfield Manufacturing
Company, and will have full charge of the works.
--The Alumni association of the High School, will give an entertainment, in the
Opera House this evening. A small admission fee of ten cents will be
charged to defray necessary expenses.
--The matrimonial market, like everything else just now, is distressingly
dull. Clerk Sipple reports that he has issued only two marriage licenses
this week: W. W. Claybaugh and Miss Carrie Cunningham; C. B. Goe and Miss
Nellie Cook.