Iowa
Old Press
Morning Sun Herald
Morning Sun, Louisa co. Iowa
January 5, 1888
Cairo.
-Blanch Estep, of Wapello, is visiting friends in town.
-Mrs. Louis Vernon returned to her home in Crawfordsville last
Sabbath.
-Henry Murray and wife spent the Sabbath with friends near
Windfield.
-Prof. Davis gave a concert at this placee the 3d inst.
Arrival of the Chicago Beauty
I have just arrived from Chicago, and am considered by all a
beauty. I will be located at Orchard's store until Jan. 9th,
where I will be prepared to receive callers after which I will
make my home with one of you.
Yours Very Respectfully,
Miss Dolly Varden
Clifton.
-I. Black has gone on a trip to Davenport.
-J.K. Blair and D.P. VanHorn went to Chicago last Monday with
several carloads of cattle and hogs.
-Isaac Black left our city Monday morning and marched down to the
county seat, so as to be initiated into the sheriffs office, and
when he comes to see us again he will walk in the steps of
sheriff of Louisa county.
-Grill Williams and Humphrey Evans are visitors around here from
Red Oak.
-Miss Sarah Hughes, of Crawfordsville, is spending her school
vacation here.
-C.F. Butler and W.S. Hughes, two of Clinton's business men, are
going next spring to North Loup Valley, Neb. to make the purchase
of some land from Uncle Sam.
-David and Dexter McKinley, Reese, John, Robert and Eva Sellars,
Dr. J.D. Rutt and Andrew Mewhirter, all of Cairo traded in
Morning Sun yesterday.
The creamery company of Balir, Duncan & Miller have leased
the creamery for the term of five years to E.W. Kelly, of Wilton,
and James K. Blair has taken a half interest in it. Mr. Kelly is
a practical butter maker, and Mr. Blair is a successful and
wide-awake business man. The new firm will be known as Blair
& Kelly.
John Selzer is the only authorized agent in this vicinity for the
genuine Glidden barb wire.
LOCAL NEWS.
-S.R. Orr is very low, and his life is despaired of. He has been
a sufferer for several years.
-Mrs. G.W. Thomas of Wapello, was visiting friends in Morning Sun
Tuesday and Wednesday.
-J.E. DeLong, the jeweler, will be found at Huffman's tailor shop
until his building is ready for occupancy.
-We are pained to report the sudden death of John Enerick while
on his way to visit his parents at Yarmouth.
-Miss Etta Weaver, of Cairo, returned home last Friday after a
several day's visit with her sister, Mrs. C.B. Allen.
-We are pleased to report that Mrs. G. Congrove is improving in
health, and will ere long be able to attend to household duties.
-Jacob Hamner, an old and respected resident of Linton, was
married to Miss Lizzie Woodkey, of Burlington, on last Thursday.
-Mrs. E. Lyman, started for Gilman, Ill., last Monday morning in
response to a telegram informing her of the serious illness of
her mother.
Our readers will be grieved to learn of the serious illness of
Rev. M.M. Cooper who is prostrated by a severe attack of lung
fever, and all will join in the prayers offered by his
congregation for his speedy restoration to health.
Report reached here Wednesday that Prof. Carroll, formerly of
this place, now of Trenton, Missouri, was married yesterday to a
young lady of that town.
Last Friday Dr. C.B. Allen braved the blinding snow storm, and
drove out about four miles beyond Cairo to look after his
patients there. He returned in the evening with both of his feet
badly frozen, and was laid up two or three days in consequence.
He now has a limp to his walk, but is able to attend to his
professional duties.
Orange Blossoms
Mr. Jno. Niccols and Miss Anna Wheeler were married at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Paxton, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. M.M. Cooper. The bride is one of Louisa
county's most successful school teachers, and the groom an
enterprising young farmer, well known to most of our readers as a
young gentleman who well merits the blessings that always crown a
happy wedded life. There were numerous presents, both elegant and
useful. A splendid supper was served, and the young couple begin
life with the good wishes of a host of friends, who join the Herald
in the hope that they will find smooth sailing and a prosperous
journey all through the voyage of matrimony.
Obituary
Mrs. Eva Cameron, consort of Mr. D.R. Cameron, of Morning Sun,
was born in Des Moines county, Iowa, May 1, 1855. She was married
May 9, 1877, and moved to Morning Sun Oct. 2, 1877, where she has
since resided. Mrs. Cameron joined the Methodist church at
Augusta, Iowa, in 1876, and has ever lived a faithful, devoted,
christian life. She died Monday morning, Jan. 2, 1888, in full
assurance of a glorious resurection and a blessed immortality,
aged 32 years, 8 months and 1 day. She leaves a husband and six
children to mourn their bereavement. The funeral services
occurred Tuesday at 3 p.m. and were conducted by her pastor, Rev.
J.H. Armacost, assisted by Rev's M.M. Cooper and T.C. McKelvey.
Silently the shadows of evening gather round my lowly door,
Silently they bring before me faces I shall see no more.
How such holy memories cluster like the stars when astorms are
past,
Pointing up to that fair Heaven we may hope to gain at last.
Card of Thanks
I desire throught the columns of the Herald, to extend
my heartfelt thanks to all my friends and neighbors for their
many acts of kindness in my recent great bereavement.
D.R. Cameron
IOWA CONDENSED
By the collision of two construction trains at Waterloo, Fireman
Davis was fatally and engineer Caffell slightly injured.
Judge A.J. Leffingwell, of Clinton, died at the Becker House,
Maquoketa, of inflammation of the bowels. He was 56 years old.
The funeral of Judge A.J. Leffingwell, who was laid to rest at
Oakland Cemetery in Lyons, was very impressive and was attended
by a large number of friends. The members of the bar of the
district had charge of the funeral. The deceased leaves no
estate. Among thos mentioned for the appointment to the vacant
bench are, Col. N.A. Merrill, Senator H.B. Wolfe, of DeWitt,
County-Attorney Andrew Howal, the Hon. A.R. McCoy, Judge C.W.
Chase, of Clinton and R.T.T. Shence, of Lyons.
Engineer Loup and Fireman Brannigan of the west-bound passenger
train of the Iowa and Dakota Division of the St. Paul Railroad,
who were fatally injured in the collision with an east-bound
passenger train of the Racine and Southwestern Division, two
miles west of Calmar, have died.
A land slide occurred at Contractor Lee's sand banks, on Tenth
avenue, at Council Bluffs, and Daniel Kelly, a laborer, was
buried under several tons of earth and sand. His body was
recovered twenty minutes later. Charles Thornton, another
laborer, had an arm broken and was injured internally. He will
probably die.
[transcribed by S.F., March 2013]