Iowa Old Press
The Fairfield Tribune
Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa
June 25, 1885
COUNTY AND NEIGHBORING NEWS
BIRMINGHAM [Van Buren Co.]
From the Enterprise:- Mrs. Nettie West and baby left last week for
Idaho....Willard Wilson and family, of Nebraska, have arrived in Birmingham and
will make this their home...Mr. and Mrs. Salladay of Braidwood, Ills. are
visiting at J.C. Akers'...Cary Moore, who has been attending school at Parsons
college is spending his vacation at home...Cannie Hurt, from Tennessee, is
visiting his mother...Hulda Kerr is home form the deaf and dumb institute at
Council Bluffs...Mrs. Albert Moss and children have returned from Lincoln,
Neb...Mont. Huffman has gone to the western part of the state to look up a
location...Capt. J.A. T. Hull, of Des Moines and Hon. J.S. Woolson of Mt.
Pleasant, are to be the orators here on the Fourth of July....J.H. Tarbott will
soon commence the erection of a large house on his farm north of town...O.H.
Johns is enlarging his storeroom...The board of supervisors have contracted with
a bridge company for a new 1200 ton bridge over Chequest creek, at Ellis'
crossing, in Chequest township.
SALEM. [Henry Co.]
From the News- Prof. Morgan and family will
spend the summer in Indiana...Miss Etta Triplett is visiting in Illinois...Miss
Birdie Townsend is visiting in St. Louis...Miss Allie and Clara Cooper will
leave this week for Nebraska to visit friends...Lester Bailey was kicked in the
side by a horse last week and seriously injured...The barn of M.F. Crew was
struck by lightning week before last and two horses and sheep were killed. All
his grain and wool were destroyed also...Misses Vic. and Max Nona started this
week for Washington county, Pa., where they will spend the summer with their
grandfather...Mrs. Wm. Kittle has returned from Illinois.
RICHLAND [ Keokuk Co.]
From the Clarion:- Mr. C. Nordyke, of Nebraska,
is visiting in Richland...Mrs. Doll Symons of Des Moines, is visiting in this
city...Hon. J.B. McCoy, of Fairfield, will deliver the 4th of July address in
Richland...Isaac Hadley had his arm badly dislocated by a horse falling and
throwing him off...Lorain Tracy and his sister, Ollie, deaf mutes, have returned
home from Council Bluffs, Lorain having graduated...Frank Ingold, a former
resident of Richland, now of Luray, Mo. was in the city last week...A cyclone
struck Ollie last week and made things lively for a few minutes. Dent Shook,
living in that town, had a barn badly riddled.
ELDON [Wapello Co.]
From the Review:- Mat Burgess has returned from
his trip east...Mrs. W.T. Danner of Burlington is visiting Mrs. U.P.
Rogers...Frank and Maggie Phillips are visiting in Muscatine...The Soap creek
bridge will be 120 feet long, with iron piers, and will cost about $5,000...J.O.
Hunnell has returned from his western trip...The Congregational church will
retain Rev. Brooks as pastor for another year...Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Mix, daughter
and two sons left Thursday of last week for an extended eastern trip. Mr. Mix
will attend the G.A.R. encampment at Portland, Me. during his absence. Miss
Kitty, we are informed, will remain in Boston, Mass. for an indefinite length of
time...Conductor Muncey and Thos. Dial started June 18th for Portland, Me. to
attend the G.A.R. encampment...Trainmaster White and wife left last Thursday
week for an extended western trip. They will visit California, Oregon and New
Mexico while gone and will be absent about six weeks.
OBITUARY
Elizabeth Steward was born in Montgomery county,
Maryland the 26th day of September, 1796 and was married to Richard Stewart,
January 29, 1821, died December 30, 1881, aged 88 years, 3 months and 5 days.
Mother has gone to her reward; she has gone to meet the
Lord, whom she had been serving for over fifty years. Mother was old and full of
years. She was like a ripe shock of grain ready to be gathered into the garner
of the Lord. How we miss mother. But we bow in humble
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