Iowa Old Press

The Chariton Patriot
Chariton, Lucas co. Iowa
Wednesday, August 12, 1885

Notice!
On and after July 8 all ordinary notices of deaths and marriages will be inserted free, but all obituary notices and lengthy descriptions of marriages, will be charged for at the rate of five cents per line.

-G.A. Lockwood has been on the sick list.
-Rev. Wm. Branch left last Friday for New Sharon
-Mrs. E. Eckert, of Fairfield, is visiting Mrs. G.J. Stewart.
-State Auditor J.L. Brown, is home on the sick list.
-Mr. Jone N. Ballou, of Osceola, was a visitor in the city last week.
-Dolie Thompson, of Clarinda, was visiting Leda White last week.

Bennie Gradwohl landed in New York last Thursday, after an extended trip in his native country visiting relatives and friends. He returned to Chariton Saturday night; his many friends congratulate him on his safe arrival home.

-Mrs. R.J. Coles, of York, Nebraska, is visiting relatives in Chariton.
-Misses Nettie St. John and Lizzie Routt are visiting in Des Moines.
-Amos Wright and wife returned from their trip east last Saturday.
-Mrs. Denison's sister, of St. Louis, is spending some time with them.
-S.D. Hickman has had a public well dug in front of his wagon warehouse.

J.B. Brown, of Cambridge, Ohio, was in the city last week. Mr. Brown has been investing in Lucas county and has quite a number of tracts which he is looking after. Now is the time to buy land in this county, for it is bound to advance in the near future.

-Mr. Job Bestow and son, of Burlington, arrived in the city Tuesday night on a visit to his father, Hon. S.L. Bestow.
-Mrs. M. Frazier, of Ottumwa, was in the city last week visiting her niece, Mrs. L.L. Arnold.
-Mrs. Henderson Willoughby and children went last Saturday to visit her mother, near Osceola.
-Oscar Bonnett, of LeRoy, Illinois, is in Chariton visiting his uncles, Lewis and Daniel Bonnett.

W.E. Lewis, our new postmaster, took posession of the office in the east room of the brick block on the south side of the square last Saturday night. Owners, Lewis Bonnett and H.D. Copeland are repainting and talk of putting in a plate glass front. When finished it will be among the best of our business blocks in the city.

-Hon. Geo. C. Boggs, gave the Patriot a call Monday last.
-Miss Olive Wilson, of Leon, is in the city visiting her brother, E.O. Wilson, of the "Q".
-D.J. Ewing and family returned Saturday night from their trip to the lakes, and report a very enjoyable time.
-Lucius Bestow, day clerk of the Depot Hotel, is taking a lay off, resting up. Sol Goodale is working in his place.

A terrible accident occurred at Cleveland, this county, one day last week. The little 10-year-old son of Mrs. John Richardson had both legs cut off above the knees by the cars, in the Cleveland yard. About a year ago Mrs. Richardson's husband was killed in the mines. We have learned the little fellow died.

-Dr. C.T. Brant wil go on a professional trip to Osceola next Monday night, and will remain there till Friday evening following.
-Mrs. Baker and Miss Baker, Frank Crocker and wife, Lucius Bestow and Virgil Baker, all went to Albia Monday to see Forepaugh.

Horse stealing seems to have a boom in Lucas county just now. Last week Henley Curtis lost a mare and colt, but he started Joe Landes on the track who found them near Woodburn. Joe did not get the thief, but says he will take him in sure before long. Mr. Morgan, who lives about six miles west of Chariton, had a horse stolen one night last week. Sheriff Landes found this horse in Chariton and returned it to the owner. Moral - if you have a horse stolen, send for Landes.

Reward! I will give $150 for the apprehension and conviction of the thieves and burglars who entered my store and broke open my safe and stole my money on the night of July 17th, 1885.
John Throckmorton, Derby, Iowa.

Spunky Ridge Correspondence
-A very enjoyable ice cream party was given last Friday night by Wm.Spurling, in honor of the birthday of his daughter Alice.
-Mr. Alfred Barnes, an old resident of the ridge is sick with bronchitis.
-An immense swarm of grasshoppers passed over here Friday afternoon. They were going northwest, flying rapidly, and were over an hour in passing.

Otter Creek Correspondence
-Jake Baker lost a horse some time ago, the result of being caught in a wire fence.
-Frank Phipps was bitten by a rattlesnake a few days ago, but we believe is out of danger now.
-N.B. Ashby has been elected professor of lnguages in the Winterset school.
-Y.L. Yoakam and wife are here from Kansas visiting relatives.
-There is talk of a doctor locating here.

Newbern Correspondence
-Wm. Link, the man who got kicked a few days ago with a horse breaking his under jaw in two places, is doing well under the treatment of Dr. A.L. Yocom.
-Grandfather Graves is very sick.
-James Graves and his brother-in-law, Mr. Storey, are going to Nebraska about the middle of September.
-William Graves celebrated his 58th birthday August 4. All his children were present except one. He was treated to a surprise dinner, after which he was presented with a number of beautiful and useful presents by those present.

Iowa News
-W.S. Whipple, of Waterloo, was struck by lightning on Saturday and killed instantly.
-Dr. Wm. T. Virgin, one of the oldest resident physicians of Burlington, died in that city on last Wednesday, after a long and painful illness.
-A dog at Council Bluffs on Sunday bit and mangled the foot of a little son of Henry Powers in such a manner as to cripple the child for life.
-The 5-year-old son of James Magall, while playing at the mill race near Cedar Rapids, Thursday evening, fell into the water and was drowned.
-Rowland Blennerhassett, living near Forest City, was mortally wounded by the accidental discharge of his own gun while hunting Tuesday last.
-Lieut-Col. E.S. Sampson, of the Fifth Iowa Infantry, gives notice that there will be a reunion of survivors of that regiment held at Tipton, Cedar county, September 17.
-Michael Devaney, one of the oldest residents of Allamakee county, fell from his wagon at Waukon Friday evening and broke his neck. The old gentleman was 94 years of age.
-A Dubuque 5-year-old, the son of Isadore Plamondon, accidently drew a sharp knife across the ball of his right eye, destroying the sight and causing a terribly painful wound.

[transcribed by S.F., September 2013]


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