Iowa
Old Press
The Chariton Patriot
Chariton, Lucas co. Iowa
Wednesday, November 6, 1878
Work is being pushed along rapidly on the new railroad. The track
layers are now at work on this end of the Chariton and Indianola
road.
The cow ordinance forbids cows running at large in the street
after November 10th, and the City Marshal authorizes us to say
that the law will be strictly enforced.
"Hug Me to Death, Darling" is the title of a new song.
It is becoming immensely popular.
Dr. Simmons has moved his office from the Maple Block to the
rooms over D.W. Waynick's drug store, northeast corner of the
square.
Messrs. Mallory, Fitzgerald & Co. are putting up a building
for a store at Frederic. They have a store at Russell also for
supplying the workmen on the west end of the line with goods.
The Anti-Profanity Stovepipe Association recently organized in
this city, has disbanded. All the members broke the rules into
smithereens upon the appearance of the first cold snap.
The Albia Era says:
"Sweet William," a prominent colored individual
formerly of this place, but now in the employ of Gilbert Hedge
& Co. at Chariton, is down looking after his pension, as a
member of the 4th "Arkansaw" colored volunteers. He was
wounded at Vicksburg.
Nie Leinen sells wall-paper and stationery.
Mrs. Major Whisennand, of Ottawa, Kansas, is here visiting
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Martha Miller, of Indiana, is visiting her relatives in
Benton township.
Mr. and Mrs. Haskell, of Younngstown, N.Y., are in the city
visiting his sister, Mrs. Kubitshek. They are making a wedding
tour.
Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Bates left Tuesday for California, where they
will spend the winter. They will stop for the present at Oakland.
Mr. Bates leaves his business affairs in the hands of Mr. E.A.
Temple.
Miss Ward, of Des Moines, is visiting at Col. Bartholomew's.
Every day emigrant wagons are seen upon our streets, all well
supplied with dogs.
Mrs. Cooper, wife of John Cooper, of Cedar township, died Monday
morning and was buried Tuesday. She leaves a husband and eight or
nine children.
The barn of Messrs. Rankin and Cole, a few miles northwest of
Lucas, together with three horses, five hundred bushels of corn,
the same of wheat, hay, & c, was entirely consumed by fire
Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. D.Q. Storle gave a euchre party to Mr. and Mrs.
Bates on the evening before their departure for California.
Our young friend, Mr. J.E. Clarey, of the Indianola
Tribune, has gone off to Burlington,
Vermont, and got married, the young lady being Miss Nellie
Northrop, of that city, the happy event occurring on Wednesday of
last week.
Our young friend, Albert Smeenk, postmaster at Corydon, was
married at the residence of Henry Hospers, Esq., of Sioux county,
Iowa, on Monday, October 21st, to Miss Gertrude Hospers, Rev.
J.W. Warnshuis officiating. Albert is one of Wayne county's best
and most popular young men, and we extend to him and his bride
our hearty congratulations.
The Bedford Argus says: Mr.
John Faith, for a long time editor of the Chariton
Democrat, and who has been connected with
several other newspapers, is back in Iowa, and in the city. He
expects to remain with us permanently, and will assist in the
conduct of the Faith store. If Mr. F. is just one half as good a
storekeeper as he is an editor, he will be a rousing addition to
the salesmen of this town.
Same Carpenter has purchased the drug store of L.R. Gibbon and
taken charge of the business. It is not necessary to introduce
the new proprietor when he is so well and favorably known. He is
thoroughly posted in the drug business and a capable man in all
business affairs.
A child about 3 years old died on the C.,B. & Q train at
Creston on Saturday morning the 26th ult. The mother of the child
lived in Burlington, and came up to Creston on the branch road.
She laid the child, which had been sick for some days, on a seat
and when she went to take it up again found it dead. Geo. R. Lee,
of the Oskaloosa Herald, was on the train and says the grief of
the stricken mother was sad to behold. The officers of the road
paid every attention to the mother and her dead darling that was
possible, procuring a coffin and forwarding the dead child to
Burlington.
October Matings
Clerk Perry issued the following marriage licenses during the
month of October:
Andrew Anderson and Rachel Taylor
James Lugar and Jennie Carr
Charles Carter and Abi Show
Frank A. McKellip and Phebe A. Boylan
E.H. Scovel and Mary M. Schovell
List of Letters
Remaining in the Post Office at Chariton, Lucas county, Iowa,
Saturday, Nov. 2, 1878:
John W. Berger
Harry Hull
A.N. Hull
Miss Margaret A. Dooley
Wm. T. Miller
S.M. Moss
Mrs. Locta C. Willey
Persons calling for the above letters, will please say
"advertised" giving date of list.
A.U. McCormick, P.M.
The New School Building
This elegant structure is rapidly nearing completion. The slaters
have completed the roof, the ornaments have been put on and the
building now presents an imposing appearance. All who have
watched its progress speak well of the manner in which the work
has been done. The very best material has been used in its
construction, and the contractors have done well their part. Mr.
Sturgeon, the member of the School Board, who was appointed to
look after the work, has been faithful in the discharge of that
duty, and the district will have a good building when completed.
Estray Notice
Taken up by Isaac Kinsey of English township, Lucas county, Iowa,
on the fifteenth day of October, 1878, one estray mare, dark
brown color, about 15 1/2 hands high, shod in front. Appraised at
$45. J. Lee Brown, Auditor, Lucas county.
Derby Correspondence,
November 4th, 1878
-G.H. Bell has built a new crib which will hold about 12,000
bushels of corn.
-Mr. F.L. Throckmorton returned from Pennsylvania last Thursday,
bringing with him a bride.
-Rev. R. Daily has moved itno town, occupying Teedrick's building
north of the depot.
The Derby band are making extensive preparations for the necktie
festival which will be held on Thursday evening next at Oehlman's
Hall. All are invited. The band consists of the following
persons: C.R. Wright, Jas. Smith, F.H. George, Newt Bremer, B.J.
Robinson, Wm. Buffington, A.L. George, Mont Lewis, John Logan and
Joe Grim. They have been at some expense in fitting up the band
and employing a teacher, and all assistance given them at their
festival will be gratefully appreciated.
[transcribed by S.F., September 2013]