Iowa Old Press
Emmetsburg Democrat; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa,
Wednesday, October 7, 1885
IOWA CONDENSED
-- William Baule, proprietor of the Baule House at Davenport, has
had a musket ball extracted from his foot that was lodged there
at the battle of Strawberry river, Arkansas, twenty-two years
ago.
-- at Ottawa a Swede man named Oscar Holmquist committed suicide
by shooting himself with a 38 caliber, short, Hunsdale revolver.
He was married and had a family. No cause is known for the rash
act.
-- Charles W. Churchill, of Keokuk, formerly a railway postal
clerk on the Keokuk & St. Louis line, has been arrested for
rifling the mails and stealing contents of valuable letters. He
has made a confession of his guilt. The crime was committed in
1880.
-- George B. Neff, a telegraph operator from Belle Plaine, who
was making one trip as a freight brakeman on the mainline of the
Chicago & Northwestern railway was fatally injured by being
run over by his train at Ontario. He was running ahead to turn a
switch and fell into a cattle guard. He died at the residence of
Mr. Shockley at Ames. He was 28 years of age and leaves a wife
and two children.
-- James Davison, of Burlington, who killed a man whom he caught
in the act of assaulting his daughter, the other day, has been
released from custody on the ground of justifiable homicide.
AUTUMN LEAVES
-- S. Schirmer, the pop manufacturer, is building an addition to
his dwelling in the north part of town.
-- Mrs. W. J. Tyson, of Iowa Falls, formerly of Emmetsburg, is
visiting in the city with Mrs. Alex Peddie and Mrs. John J.
Robins, her sister.
-- Peter Jones and Thomas Hand, two of Great Oak's most
prosperous farmers, left on last Friday morning for Dakota on a
visit to their sons who reside in that Territory.
-- John Wilgus, the fellow who was charged with having set fire
to John Steil’s dwelling, and was found guilty and bound
over to await the action of a grand jury, made his escape from
deputy sheriff McNally on last Wednesday at Ruthven. If Wilgus
found it will go rather hard with him.
-- Hon. T. W. Harrison presented Father Smith with $100 the other
day as part payment for the new bell for the Catholic church.
This certainly was very liberal upon the part of Mr. Harrison,
and it not only shows that he is a very generous gentleman, but a
man who takes great pride in the building up of our city.
-- Lon Davenport, who formerly resided in Emmetsburg, is visiting
with his brother-in-law, W. H. H. Booth.
-- A short time ago W. H. Innis, our tonsorial artist, preempted
from the government a small island located in Medium Lake. The
island consists of about two acres of ground and is located up
the lake not a great distance from our town. Many who have had
the pleasure of seeing the island, claim that it is a high and
very beautiful piece of ground.
MARRIED
At the residence of the bride's parents and Rush Lake township,
on Sunday, September 20, by the Rev. J. B. Haman, Mr. Z. F.
Kridder, to Miss R.A. Perry, both of Palo Alto county.
DIED
In Emmetsburg, Iowa, on Wednesday, September
30, 1885, of consumption, Mrs. Philip Daily.
The deceased had been suffering for several
weeks past with the above disease, and it was not until a short
time before death put an end to her sufferings, that she realized
that the end was so near at hand. Her brother who resides near
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was advised by telegraph as to her
dangerous condition, but he arrived in Emmetsburg just one hour
too late to see his sister alive. The deceased leaves a husband,
seven small children and a brother to mourn her death.
Emmetsburg Democrat; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa,
Wednesday, October 14, 1885
IOWA CONDENSED
-- While playing base ball at Warsaw, Wayne county, Henry
Whitely, a second baseman, dropped dead.
-- Mrs. E. Embleman, of Charleston, Lee county, was found in the
woods near her farm. Her neck was broken and there were other
marks of violence. It is a supposition that one was killed by a
vicious bull at large in the woods.
-- A sad accident occurred at Altoona in which John Barton lost
his life by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of his
brother Henry. John was 35 years old. He died soon after they got
them home. This was too much for Henry's nervous system, reason
left him, leaving a raving maniac that has taken four and five
men to control since.
-- Engineer Irwin Reed, of Belle Plaine, was instantly killed at
Guernsey, on the O., C. & St. P., by his engine leaving the
track. He was jammed up against the boiler head and horribly
burned. The fireman and a brakeman on the engine escaped with but
slight injuries.
-- In Council Bluffs, a few evenings ago while Henry Tetter was
running a planer at Curtis Bros. & Co.'s sash factory the
blade flew out and struck him on the right side, severing an
artery. He bled to death.
HOME NEWS
-- Mrs. C. E. Cohoon enjoyed a visit a few days last week from
her sister, Mrs. T. F. Kelly, of Manson, Iowa and Miss. Kelly, of
Dodgeville, Wisconsin.
Emmetsburg Democrat; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa,
Wednesday, October 21, 1885
IOWA CONDENSED
-- Mrs. Fisher, whose husband and children were burned to death
at Waubeek, Linn county, has been particularly unfortunate. Mr.
Fisher was the third husband she has lost by accident and the
widow is only 28 years of age now.
-- Isaac Clarke, an old resident of Boone County, was killed by a
runaway team. The wagon tongue had fallen down and he was trying
to fix it when the horses took fright and ran. The wagon was
thrown over him, a wheel crushing his skull.
-- Anthony Paulisea, a young grocery clerk, at Cedar Rapids, aged
16, hung himself in his store with a bridle rein. No motive is
assigned for the strange deed, and the cause of his trouble is
unknown.
HOME NEWS
-- E. T. Rowse, formerly proprietor of the Waverly Hotel at this
place, died at the home of his parents and Davenport last Friday.
-- M. L. Brown very generously donated Father Smith $40 to be
applied in paying for the new bell recently purchased for the
Catholic church. Mr. Brown is one of Emmetsburg's most
enterprising citizens and a man not at all backward to liberally
donating to any institution that will materially aid the
prosperity of our town.
Emmetsburg Democrat; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa,
Wednesday, October 28, 1885
IOWA CONDENSED
-- At Murray, Clarke county, a few nights ago, Miss Martha Pertie
deliberately shot and wounded John Brawker in the arm while at a
church social. Brawker was a discarded suitor of Miss Pertie, and
had been talking indiscreetly about her. The bone in his left arm
is badly shattered and he may lose it. Public sympathy is with
the young lady, who has a good reputation in the community.
-- Charles Lange was boring a well at Dyersville when the drill,
weighing 1500 pounds, broke. The crank which is used to lower the
drill became detached from the fastenings and struck Mr. Lange in
the breast, forcing four ribs against the lungs so as to almost
stop his breathing. It is not thought possible that he could
live.
-- Fred Rodemeyer, of Pleasant Valley, Lee county, known as the
legless farmer, died recently from typhoid fever. Mr. Rodemeyer,
who was 47 years of age, was born without legs. His body was
quite large, and his arms on which he relied altogether for
locomotion, were well developed and wonderfully strong. His mind
was unusually bright, and while he has directed the management of
its large farm he has also done a man's full share of work, just
as well as though provided with the proper pedal appendages.
-- In Council Bluffs a few days ago Mrs. Athello Oates pled
guilty in the United States District Court to an indictment
charging her with forgery in having raised numerous ten dollar
silver certificates to twenties, and having passed the same in
several towns in western Iowa. She was sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary. Owing to the fact that she is soon to become a
mother, it is understood that the jury is willing to help her
friends secure a pardon. It is thought that she is simply a tool
of someone else, and pleaded guilty to shield the real forger.
HOME NEWS
-- S. W. Ballard and family, were somewhat surprised one day last
week by being visited by Mrs. Mallory, of New York, Albert
Ballard and family, of Harrison county, this state, and Thomas
Bloor and family of Kossuth county.
-- Mrs. Miles Mahan, of Walnut township, left on last Friday
morning on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. John Hester, who resides
in Greene, Butler county this state. She will be absent several
weeks.
-- It has been discovered that beef tea is not nutritious. It is
a mere stimulant of no value for food. The soda fountain men and
doctors who have been prescribing it will have to switch off upon
something else. Only a short time ago and beef tea was prescribed
for every ailment from corns to dandruff. Modern science no
sooner brings a new remedy than it knocks an old one in the head.
DIED
October, 19, 1885 Mallard Iowa Mrs. John
Mertes, age 28 years.
In Emmetsburg, Iowa, on Monday, October 26,
1885, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Johnson.
MARRIED
In Emmetsburg, Iowa, on Monday, October 19th,
by Rev. J. J. Smith, John Maguire, of Booth township, to Miss
Lizzie Kelly, of Emmetsburg.
In Emmetsburg, Iowa, on Monday, October 19th,
by Rev. J. J. Smith, Thomas Bradley, of Vernon township, to Miss
Josie Kelly, of Emmetsburg.
In Emmetsburg, Iowa, on Monday, October 19th,
by Rev. J. J. Smith, Richard Welsh, of Great Oak township, to
Miss Kate Griffin, of Emmetsburg.
[transcribed by C.J.L., April 2005]