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]