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Emmetsburg Democrat; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa; Wednesday, October 5, 1904.  

HAPPENINGS.

-- Miss Mamie Connelly went to Oakland , California , last week to visit a sister.

-- Dell Morrison has resigned his position in Ayrshire creamery.  Claude Shoop has succeeded him.

-- Miss Eula Carmichael, formerly of this place, was married to Thomas Dougherty, of Davenport , Tuesday evening of last week.  She was quite small when she left Emmetsburg.

-- Mrs. McCue and Miss Mimi intend returning to Elkader  this week where they will make their future home.  They will be best either of many friends in this city.  Mrs. McCue sold her residence to Mrs. Ganley some time ago.  

Married in California .

            We understand that Mr. James F., son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. Brennan, was married to a Miss Lizzie Farrell, September 14.  He has been attending Stanford University in California .  We have not been able to learn further particulars.  The groom is an excellent young man.  It is reported that Mr. and Mrs. Brennan and will soon come to Emmetsburg to visit relatives and friends.  The Democrat extends congratulations.  

Married in Ayrshire Yesterday

            Mr. F. M. Hutchinson, of Chicago, and Miss Kate Barfoot, of Ayrshire, were married at the latter named place yesterday by Rev. Firth.  They left last evening for Chicago , where they will make their future home.  The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Barfoot.  She is a highly accomplished and most were the young lady.  She taught in Ayrshire schools for several years and was recognized for her tact and ability as an educator.  The groom is well spoken of by those who know him and has a good position in Chicago .  The Democrat extends hearty congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson.  

Stephen Woodward Dead

            Stephen Woodward, father-in-law of D. M. Wilcox, died in this city Saturday.  He remains were taken to Reeseville , Wisconsin , Sunday evening for burial.  The services were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox and were conducted by Dr. Jackson.  The deceased was born at Rome , New York , September 2, 1825.  He was married to Evaline  Stewart December 21, 1845.  She died in 1902.  One son, George S. Woodward, lives at Marceline , Missouri , and a daughter, Mrs. Alice A Warner, lives at Delevan , Wisconsin .  Mrs. Odelia A. Wilcox, another daughter, died in 1881.  This deceased was a member of the Universalist Church .  

Mr. McElroy sells Ayrshire Chronicle.

            K. J. McElroy has sold the Ayrshire Chronicle to E.P. Cotter, who owned it several years ago.  The latter is an experienced printer and has been in the employ of the Des Moines News for a long time.  He is a bright, courteous, well-informed gentleman.  The Democrat which is him success.  Mr. McElroy will be missed by the many patrons and friends of the paper.  He made the Chronicle newsy and interesting.  The Democrat has found him a most agreeable contemporary and hopes he will remain in the county.  

Miss Jackman Did Not Win

            We regret to report that Miss Kate Jackman did not win the automobile in Minneapolis Tribune contest.  Her total vote was 847,000.  The Dakota candidates polled over a million votes each.  Their friends spent money freely and were apparently determined to have the prize at any price.  However, we congratulate Miss Jackman on the splendid showing she made.

TOWN TOPICS OF A WEEK.

-- Peter Jones, visited his daughter, Mrs. Kilroy, of Mason City , Wednesday and Thursday.

-- Mrs. James Gowans returned from Europe last week.  She had been visiting relatives in England and Scotland .

-- Mr. and Mrs. E. Brusser, of Cylinder, lost their six-year-old son Wednesday.  He was.  at Whittemore, Thursday.  He had some intestinal trouble.

-- Mr. Albert M. Heuer, of Wyanett, Illinois , and Miss M. Buchanan, of Whittemore, were married in this city Thursday, Dr. W. T. Jackson officiating.

-- The Free Press says that Postmaster Anthony secured, Miss Bessie Myers, of Anita, as assistant in an office.  Her father is Postmaster at Anita.

-- Mr. Clark, a brother-in-law of Mr. Chapin, has succeeded, T. J. White in the Tribune office.

-- R. R. Mantor, of Terril, has invented a patent bread mixer.  He has been using it in his own restaurant for some time.

-- Hugh Stewart, of Graettinger, is selling his property at that place and will return to Canada .  He is a bridge carpenter and an excellent violinist.

-- Earnest Victor Clark, of Clay County , was married, a few days ago to Miss Carrie Bell Masters, of Jack Creek township.  Both are deaf and dumb.

-- John Cunningham, of Jack Creek township, died a few days ago at the age of 85.  He was well known to the old settlers of Palo Alto .  He was a frequent visitor to Emmetsburg years ago.

-- Mrs. Hazen, of Idaho , arrived in West Bend Sunday to see her father, George Jacobs, who is dangerously ill.

-- The Ayrshire band has been reorganized.  P. O'Grady is leader, J. J. Martin, Secretary, and P. F. McGuire Treasurer.

-- Mrs. McCauley, of Montana , came to West Bend a few days ago to see her father, George Jacobs, whose serious condition is reported elsewhere in this issue.

-- Mrs. Mayer and daughters Helen and Mary, of Chicago , arrived in this city Saturday morning to visit her mother and her brother, Michael McCarty, of Great Oak.  She will remain a couple of months.

-- The West Bend republicans have nominated E. K. Easton and J. L. Reid for justices,  Thomas Williams and J. C. Vance for constables, George Jacobs for clerk, Henry Dunn for assessor, and T. B. Vandecar for trustee.

-- The republicans of Highland have nominated the following named candidates for township officers: trustee, M. T. Washington; clerk, W. H. Lewis; assessor, L. L. LeClair; justices, J. R. Phoenix and H. E. Shartle; constables, G.W. Osterson and G. H. Matthieson.

-- Saturday Edward Lilly, a prominent farmer near Fonda, was thrown from a wagon and had his neck broken.  He was 65 years of age.  He had started for a load of wood, and his team coming home without a driver, search was instituted for him.  He was found dead along the roadside.

-- Watson Merikel, of Minneapolis , arrived in this city a few days ago in an automobile.  He will visit his cousin, William Harrison, and other relatives.  He is accompanied by his father, Jess Merikel, of Todd County, Minnesota.  They and Mr. Harrison have been taking trips to Cylinder, Estherville, and other neighboring points on their horseless vehicle and have been enjoying themselves in general.

IOWA NEWS.  

NOBLE MAN HELD FOR MURDER

            Fortunate Pigneri, an Italian confectionary peeler, who is held on suspicion of murdering Thomas Callahan, an aged cobbler of Des Moines, it has developed, is an Italian nobleman, and the fact that he has been so earnest in his desire to prevent any news of his plight outside the boundaries of the country is explained in his acknowledgment that his family is a prominent one in Italy, and that he does not want them to learn of the disgrace that has befallen him.  Pigneri stated through an interpreter that he confidently expects to be cleared of the nasty charges that now confront him as soon as his case is before the district court.  He was recently indicted by the grand jury and his trial will be held during the present term of court.  Pigneri store adjoined that of the old shoemaker and in the absence of any other clue, Pigneri was held, following the other discovery of a dead body of the old man last spring.  Callahan was known to possess considerable money, and inasmuch as Pigneri was one of the few who were acquainted with the fact, suspicion pointed toward him.  Other circumstantial evidence is strong against the Italian.  

Messenger Saves a Woman's Life.

            One messenger boy has set a precedent.  He hurried.  He did not loiter along the way and play a baseball game with other lads, or stop to read a dime novel.  The chief operator told him to answer a "call" from 422 E. Grand Ave in Des Moines , and as a result of his efficiency he saved the life of a woman.  Mrs. Minnie Peterson, who resides at that number, wrote a note to her husband, telephoned for a messenger boy, whom she expected to take the message from the place on the front porch and deliver it to her husband.  She then locked herself in her room, turned on the gas and prepared to die.  Charles Daniels, a messenger boy, hurried to the house and not finding the note in the customary place on the porch, he entered the place without the formality of a knock, and becoming suspicious at the strong fumes of the gas, entered it and turned off the gas.  

Ranchman Killed

            Frank Jandt, and business in Sioux City for 12 years, and a general merchant at Crawford , Nebraska , for 15 years, was killed mysteriously on a train near Kankakee , Illinois .  He recently took two carloads of horses, from his big ranch on Hat Creek , Wyoming , to Wisconsin , and was enroute to the world's fair on his way home.  The first intelligence of the tragedy came to his father, H. A. Jandt, a wholesale dry goods merchant of Sioux City, in a telegram from a Kankakee undertaker asking what disposition to make of the body.  The message said Jandt was killed in a wreck, but the Illinois Central general office in Chicago report there has been no wreck.  Jandt is supposed to have had considerable money from the sale of the horses on his person.  

Mysterious Shooting.

            The Sioux City police are endeavoring to unravel a mystery involving the shooting of Ed Williams, who is lying at the point of death at the Samaritan Hospital with a ragged wound in his left breast, where a load of bird shot was fired last Saturday night.  Williams was found lying in a pool of blood in a downtown street.  He said he had been shot by a saloon man, but the police have discovered circumstances which indicate Williams and another person approached the home of a wealthy hermit named Baptiste Bertram, a Frenchman, Saturday night, and that one of the men was shot.  

Prisoners Escape Jail.

            Two men giving their names as Ed and Charles Patterson and claiming to be brothers, who were in jail at Fairfield on a charge of burglary, made their escape one evening after beating Sheriff John Wright into insensibility with an iron bar.  Bloodhounds are on their trail, and it is thought that they will be recaptured.  The entire community is aroused.  

Confessed to $10,000 Theft.

            William Smith and Charles Jennings confessed to the theft of $10,000 worth of diamonds from O. Cohen, of Des Moines , whose safe they dynamited last June.  The men were sentenced to 14 years in a state penitentiary.  

Two Farmers Drowned

            George and Charles Bonham, farmers, were drowned in Oliver Lake , Monona County , while seining for fish.  George Bonham became entangled in the seine and his brother went to his assistance.  The bodies were recovered.  

Slifer Not Guilty.

            At Grundy Center , the jury in the Slifer murder case.  Friday morning returned a verdict of not guilty.  Slifer, a farmer, was accused of having poisoned his wife.  The trial lasted two weeks.  

OVER THE COUNTY  

Graettinger

-- Miss Stamp, who has been postmistress for the past year, has taken a short vacation.

-- Mrs. Robert Clark, sister of Mrs. Dr. Osher, came down from Estherville and spent Sunday here.

-- Mrs. Robert Shea and son William, of Emmetsburg, visited with her sister, Mrs. B. Bradley, of this place, Sunday.

-- A reception was given to Mr. and Mrs. Stevens here Tuesday evening, it having been their wedding anniversary.  They have been wedded forty years.  

West Bend .

-- The sad news of the death of Mrs. Airhart was received here Monday morning, and her remains arrived on the afternoon train.  She left a week ago for Iowa Falls to be operated on, and it proved fatal.  The funeral will take place Tuesday afternoon.  She leaves a husband, two daughters, and one son.  They have the sympathy of all the community and their sorrow.  

ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.

-- A marriage license has been issued to George Forbes and Hannah L. Olson.

-- A marriage license has been issued to J. J. Drennan and Mrs. C. M. Kessel.

-- as we go to press would learn that Mr. Sanford Pelton and Miss Hattie Randall were married at Fredericksburg, Iowa, Wednesday.  We extend a hearty congratulations.

-- Tuesday, October 4, Mrs. William Blanchard, mother of Mrs. P. O. Refsell, celebrated her 80th birthday.  A number of intimate friends called to spend the occasion with her.  She was among the pioneers of Silver Lake township.  The Democrat hopes she will be permitted to enjoy many more anniversaries.

-- Lot Laughlin, while at Algona Thursday, met five of the old settlers who accompanied him on Captain Ingham's expedition to New Ulm, Minnesota, in 1863, to save the people of that section from the Indians.  Among others from the company who took that eventful trip were Patrick Jackman, Jeremiah Crowley, and J. T.  And K. Mulroney.  Of course Mr. Laughlin enjoyed meeting those old companions, whom he had not seen for 41 years.

Emmetsburg Democrat; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto;  Wednesday, October 12, 1904.

HAPPENINGS  

-- Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Mayne enjoyed a visit from their niece, Miss Florence Mayne, of Algona, over Sunday.

-- Rev. Frank Sutton, of Superior , formerly of Curlew, has been appointed M. E. pastor of Terril.  He often visits Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McCarty of this place.

-- E. J. Murtah has been chosen president of the Kossuth County savings bank as successor to Gardner, Cowles, who moved to Des Moines some time ago to become business manager of the Register and Leader.

-- Mr. D. A. Rouse and Miss Blanche Pendelbury, of Ayrshire, were married at the M. E. Parsonage in this city last Wednesday, Rev. S. R. Beatty officiating.  The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Pendelbury.  Mr. and Mrs. Rouse will reside on a farm south of Ruthven.  The Democrat extends hearty wishes to the newly wedded couple.  

NEAR BY NEWS  

Mr. Roache Changes Tenants

            Michael Roache, of Emmetsburg, was in Whittemore Saturday on business in connection with his farm south of town.  He rented the place for one year to Michael King.  John Mosbach, who has been living on the Roache Farm, has rented the Farrell farm for the coming season.  -- -- Whittemore Champion.  

Left a Big Estate

            James Black, Tom Breen, and Louis Fessler, of Fort Dodge , spent Monday for noon at the Blanden farm, appraising the personal property left by the late Colonel Blanden.  They found 424 head of cattle, 220 head of hogs, 20 mules and 34 horses, which, taken with the other personal property, machinery, etc., will aggregate to a value of about $15,000.  The total value of the personal property, including grain, hay, and crops will reach about $25,000.  -- -- Manson Democrat.  

Sad Accident at Spirit Lake

            Lacey Goodler, a young man of 16 years, residing at Spirit Lake , was accidentally shot and killed almost instantly Saturday last.  Lacy was employed driving his father's delivery wagon and was on the wagon attending to his duty when he met his death.  He was making a delivery Saturday afternoon and was near the J. E. Knudson elevator  when a bullet from a target rifle struck him on the right arm passing through that and entered the body penetrating both lungs and lodging in the left side.  -- -- Estherville Enterprise.  

Humboldt's Hugger

            "Jack the Hugger" has put in an appearance in Humboldt.  A number of our respectable young ladies have been seized during the past summer and last Saturday evening, a young lady was seized by a man only a block from Main Street , and only escaped by prolonged and loud screams that alarmed the whole south of town.  The only advice we can give the young woman is to do one of the two things, either stay home after night or go with some suitable escort.  -- -- Humboldt Independent.  

TOWN TOPICS OF A WEEK.

-- Miss Mary Duffy is now bookkeeper in the Lyman & Higgins drugstore.

-- Mrs. Mericle, of Seattle , Washington , is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. E. Harrison.

-- Geo. Williams was a recent visitor to Des Moines .  His brother Will lives in that city.

-- Thomas Fitzgerald, of Utica , Illinois , arrived in the city Wednesday for an extended visit with his cousin, Thomas Galloway.

-- George Williams has accepted a position in the Superior Lumber company yard.  He commenced work Wednesday.

-- A. H. Weir, of Chicago , arrived in the city Thursday morning for an extended visit with his brother, P.  Weir, of Fairfield Township .

-- Mrs. Myrtle Houghton, of Valley Junction, has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Harrison, of this place, during the past week.

-- Mr. George Forbes and Miss Hannah Olson, of Lost Island township, were married at the home of the bride's parents October 2.  The Democrat extends congratulations.

-- Mrs. Orvis returned to Estherville Monday.  She had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pfiffner.

-- J. R. Tuntland, Lyman & Higgins' druggist, left for Badger Tuesday morning, where he has a position in a drugstore.

-- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Moran, of Fallow, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Robert Carney, of Emmetsburg.  Mrs. Moran is a niece of Mrs. Carney.

-- W. H. Marsh, of Paxton , Illinois is here visiting his brother, E.  L. Marsh.

-- E. C. Hoyer, a new Hampton, is visiting his brother, J. M. Hoyer, of this place.

-- Miss Ida Nelson, of Rochelle , Illinois , is visiting her cousin, this is art Knutson.

-- Mr. J. J. Drennan and Mrs. C. M. Kassel were married in this city, October 4 by Justice Steadman.

-- Scott Hazen, a brother-in-law of H. H. Jacobs, arrived in this city from Twin Falls , Idaho , Monday.

-- George Bottger and family left for Spokane , Washington , yesterday, where they will make their future home.

-- Mr. and Mrs. Kimmick returned to Dubuque Tuesday.  They had been visiting the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kiley.

-- Mrs. W. D. Balch, of Charles city, who had been here visiting her nephew, W. S. Palmer, returned home Wednesday evening.

-- Marriage licenses have been issued to Edward J. Elbert and Mary Fuchsen, Edgar A. person, and Julia Redden, Andrew Yoch and Teresa Csukker.

-- Mr. Horace Richards and Miss Ethel Burlingame were married at Portland , Oregon , October 3.  The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Burlingame, formerly of Emmetsburg.  The Democrat extends congratulations.

-- Patrick Howe has resigned his position as roadmaster on this division of the Rock Island system to take effect  November 1.  He has been in the employ of the company for a long time.

-- Frank Duffy returned from Colman , South Dakota , Saturday evening, where he had been running a thresher engine.  He missed only two days of the 42 that he was there.  He says oats and barley turned out unusually well.

-- J. C. Jensen writes us that he has purchased the business of Mr. Nicholson, of storm Lake , and will remain there permanently.  He is a good workman and a model citizen.  Emmetsburg regrets to lose him and his worthy wife.  May they prosper at Storm Lake .

-- The Walnut township democrats nominated the following township ticket Monday evening: for justices, D. W. Cameron and J. B. Graettinger; for clerk, Martin Laughlin; for trustee, P. C. Jackman; for assessor, Vertie O'Connor; for constables, John Jones and J.D Mahan.  

To Be Married This Evening.

            Mr. R. H. Stratemeyer of this city, and Miss  Ednia Welmer , of Carroll , Iowa , are to be married at the home of the bride this evening at eight o'clock.  They will arrive in the city tomorrow or Friday.  They will live in the Schroeder residence near Mr. Beckman's home.  Particulars will be given next week.  

Sykes -- Ewing .

            On September 14, occurred the marriage of two prominent young people of Beason, Mr. Clarence Sykes to Miss Grace Ewing.  Mr. Sykes was formerly of Emmetsburg Iowa , where his parents now reside.  He is a young man of good habits, ambitious and enterprising, and is respected by all who know him.  His friends all wish him a life of happiness and pleasure.  He is a good boy, and well merits the wishes of his many friends.  His bride is a young lady of good morals and a hard worker and will make Mr. Sykes, a good helpmeet. Mrs. Sykes has a father living in Beason, her mother being dead.  She has many friends and is of good parentage.  Mr. and Mrs. Sykes will reside in Beason for a time and perhaps will settle there permanently.  All join in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Sykes a long and happy life.  -- -- Beason, ( Illinois ) Herald.  

A Marriage at Graettinger

            At eight o'clock last evening occurred the marriage of Mr. E. O. Bergeson, and Miss Lizzie Eidsness, Reverend A. H. Gjevre officiating.

            Arthur Bergeson, brother of the groom, was best man and Miss Mary Eidsness, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid.  The happy pair leave for Cedar Rapids this evening to visit friends, and will visit the St. Louis exposition before returning.  They will return in a couple of weeks and go to housekeeping on Mr. Bergeson's farm northeast of town.

            The times with their numerous friends extends congratulations and best wishes.  -- -- Times.  

Elwood -- Fish.

            Wednesday evening, Mr. C. H. Elwood and Miss Almeda C.  Fish were united in marriage at the home of the bride's father, Mr. A. M. Fish, Justice Atkinson officiating.  A number of invited guests were in attendance.  After the performance of the ceremony, all present enjoyed an elegant wedding supper.  The bride is a most worthy young lady in every way and has during her several years residence in the city made many warm friends.  The groom is industrious and frugal.  He has a wide circle of acquaintances, all of whom have confidence in him and respect him.  The Democrat wishes Mr. and Mrs. Elwood success and happiness.  

Death of I. M. Egan.

            Thursday I M. Egan, son of Thomas Eagan, of great oak, died at Tacoma , Washington , after an illness of some duration.  His people had not learned of the serious condition prior to his death.  His remains were laid to rest at that place Friday.

            The deceased was born in this county October 8, 1872.  He attended school in this locality and later taught school, after which he took a course in the Highland Park .  Normal school at Des Moines .  About 12 years ago he went to St. Francis , Kansas , where he was admitted to the bar.  Later he served two or three terms as county attorney.  He was unusually bright and was genial and decidedly successful.  He was clever and large hearted and made friends where ever he went.  When the Spanish-American war broke out, he enlisted and was chosen first lieutenant of his home company.  However, he did not have any opportunity for active service and spent most of his career as a soldier waiting for orders, as was the case with thousands of others from the several states.  Before returning home, he was taken ill and was an invalid for several months.  In fact he never fully regained his strength and his death was doubtless the final result of his illness contracted while in camp.  His taking off at such an early age in life will be regretted by the many who knew him and prized his friendship, as well as by the sorrowing members of the family.  His father and one brother, C. C. Egan and had two sisters, Mrs. M. F. Kerwick and Mrs. W. I Branagan, reside in this community.  One brother is in Texas and two in Kansas .  The location of another is unknown.  

Simpson LaBar Is Dead

            Mr. Simpson, LaBar died at his home in this city Sunday morning after a rather brief illness.  He was quite sick about two months ago, but recovered and was about as usual.  Hence his late illness and rather unexpected taking off was considerable of a surprise to our citizens.  The funeral will be held at the M. E. Church this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.  Among those who are here to attend the funeral are a son, Edward G. LaBar, of Hillsboro , North Dakota , sister and Mrs. L. W. Ballard, Miss Myrtle Ballard, and Mr. and Mrs. Cone, all of Sioux Falls , South Dakota .

            Mr. LaBar was born at Stroudsburg , Pennsylvania , January 24, 1824.  September 20 8, 1844, he was married at Philadelphia to Caroline Elizabeth Witsil, a granddaughter of Hosia Wilson, who was an officer in the Revolutionary war and who was wounded in the famous Battle of Brandywine.  In 1854 Mr. and Mrs. LaBar came to West Union .  Later they moved to Owatonna , Minnesota , where they lived two years.  In 1859 they went to Tempeleao , Wisconsin , remaining there for 10 years.  They subsequently lived at Fort Dodge , this state, for two years.  In 1870.  They came to Palo Alto County and settled on a farm near Rodman.  Mrs. LaBar died in this city in 1894, two months before the 50th anniversary of their wedding.  The surviving members of the family are the son, mentioned above, Mrs. S. W. Ballard, of the city and in other daughter, Miss Arminda, who has lived with her father.  There are eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

            Mr. LaBar was a quiet, well-meaning old gentleman.  He led a most exemplary life and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew him.  He was a consistent member of the M. E. church, having joined at an early age in life.  The sympathy of all is extended to the surviving relatives.

Court in Session.

            Court convened Monday.  Judge Bailie is presiding.  The session promises to be quite interesting.  The Brown -- Sturtevant case was commenced yesterday, but the jury has not yet been drawn.  Mr. Sturtevant has sued Mr. Brown, for $1300, the amount in dispute when settling for the construction of the latter's residence.  Mr. Soper and Mr. Morling are representing Mr. Sturtevant and Mr. Kelly and Mr. O'Connor will fight the battle of Mr. Brown.  It will doubtless take several days to try the case.

            Monday druggists' permits were granted to A J. Wolfgang and J. T. Stemets.

            The grand jurors drawn for the present term are C. M. Barber, John Joynt, G. W. Feaster, M. T. McEvoy, John Schuller, M. F. Brennan, and Louis Wegener.

Going to Mount Vernon in November

            Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Parkin were up from West Bend yesterday.  They were attending to some business in court.  They intend leaving for Mount Vernon , Iowa , early in November, where they have purchased a home.  They are making the change so as to give their son and daughter a chance to attend Cornell college.  Mr. Parkin leased his newspaper to Mr. Gray for two years sometime ago, but later he bargained for the sale of it to him, which will soon be closed.  The people of West Bend and of the county will miss Mr. and Mrs. Parkin very much.  Mr. Parkin has been a faithful, earnest toiler in the newspaper field, and he succeeded admirably notwithstanding the fact that his field was limited.  Mrs. Parkin has also been a tireless worker in the schools of West Bend .  We hope the departure of those good people will not be permanent and that they will soon be among us again putting forward earnest, telling efforts for the good of education, religion, and society.  

The Trouser Thieves Escape

            the tramps who stole several pairs of trousers from the Hub Clothing house sometime ago, and who gave their names as W. R. Martin and Gus Brown, dug their way out of jail Wednesday night.  They evidently got assistance from the outside, as they had a file and chisel with which to remove the obstructions of steel.  A bar of the iron netting on the outside of the jail window was broken, through which the tools mentioned were doubtless handed into them.  They removed a strong piece of iron from the bedstead and, with this chisel, file and bar, broke apart of the heavy grating over the window and then dug a hole through the stone wall.  They did not make a very large opening and judging from the size of it this was not the first time, they crawled through a small place.  Mr. Spooner, the prisoner charged with incest, claims that he did not hear his companions at work.  He must have stuffed his ears.  So far Sheriff Coakley has not found any trace of his men.  While in jail they were good prisoners and did nothing to annoy an officer in charge of them.  The last few nights they were confined they did considerable singing but those who heard them supposed that they were simply having a good time.  They were doubtless practicing so as to be able to sing while cutting their way to liberty.  The next time Mr. Coakley hears music in the jail he will likely scratch his head and take a peek at the birds in his cage.  

OVER THE COUNTY.  

CURLEW

-- Sunday, October 2, at eight o'clock, Sister Paula, passed away at Dubuque .  She had been sick all summer and never fully recovered from an operation for appendicitis, which she underwent at Fort Dodge before entering the order of the Sisters of the Holy Ghost.  Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carroll, live west of Curlew.  There are six sisters and one brother.  The sisters are Alice, of Fort Dodge ; Maggie who is teaching at Elmore , Minnesota ; Mrs. Swift, of Vernon Township ; Anna, who is attending school at St. Mary Academy at Emmetsburg; Julia, who is also a sister of the same order of the Holy Ghost; and Lizzie, who was still at home.  One brother, Michael, is in business at Eagle Grove.  She had been a member of the order for almost 2 years.  She formerly attended school at Tobin College , Fort Dodge .  Her mother, Misses Julia and Alice, and Michael attended the funeral at Dubuque , October 4.  Although she had suffered for a long time, she passed away very peacefully and was conscious to the last.  Just before she died she asked for the prayers of the sisters gathered around her.  

CYLINDER.

-- William Littleton, of Hot Springs , Arkansas , has been here the past week, visiting his brother, P. F., and family.  

WEST BEND .

-- Mr. Crisman has purchased the Wagner livery barn.

-- Hugh Meehan has resigned his position and the L. Reilly meat market.  We understand that he will open a shop of his own at Whittemore in the near future.

-- Henry Lowe and family will soon leave for New Mexico .  Their friends treated them to a pleasant surprise Thursday evening.  Mr. Lowe leaves for the benefit of his health.  His many friends hope the change will greatly help him.

--  Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hoskins left Saturday morning for Nebraska , where they will visit the brother of Mrs. Hoskins, whom she has not seen for about 35 years.

HAPPENINGS IN IOWA .  

Mrs. Gallaugher to Be Retried

            The notorious Gallaugher case has been set for a retrial on October 31.  The case will be tried before Judge Byington’s court at Marengo, Iowa.  Mrs. Gallaugher still claims, through her attorneys, Holbart & Holbart, the right to have her case dismissed finally and absolutely, since the Supreme Court called the indictment, defective, and the conditions under which she secured a ruling were peculiar.  The lower court does not agree with her, and the state representatives contend that this theory is entirely wrong.  The Supreme Court will take up this point within the next few months, but the original perjury case will be tried before the Supreme Court is heard from.  In case the Des Moines court declares that she ought to be free, she will be freed, even if convicted on the specific charge.  

Shercliffe Rearrested

            Frank Shercliffe, the diamond robber, who slugged Potlack, the New York diamond salesman, on a crowded train ten years ago and stole $21,000 in diamonds, was rearrested at Logan, Iowa, after serving his term of 10 years in the Iowa pen for the Potlack robbery.  The present charge is for robbing the Burlington ticket office at Rockridge , Iowa , in 1890.  At that time he was arrested, but broke jail.  Shercliffe recently confessed the details of the Potlack robbery and implicated "Policy King."  Dennison of Omaha, who is under indictment for complicity now.  The present arrest is supposed to be connected with Dennison’s indictment, as great efforts are being made to induce Shercliffe to recant.  

Boy Killed Himself.

            Because his parents forced him to attend the public school against his will, Johnnie Mutchler, aged 14 years, living with his father and mother near Floyd, 7 miles north of Charles City , turned a target rifle upon himself, inflicting a wound that caused death and hour later.  

Veteran Iowa Publisher Dead.

            Charles I. Barker, a veteran newspaper publisher and at one time owner of the Burlington Gazette, died Thursday at Burlington , aged 78 years.  

Bank at Treynor is Robbed

            A robber entered a savings bank at Treynor Thursday afternoon and compelled the assistant cashier, Miss Frances Flood, to give up $1700.  Then the robber drove the woman, who was alone in the bank, into the big vault, and locked her in.  Customers going into the bank half an hour later heard the woman's screams for help and released her.

            Karl Karrer, who was arrested Friday in Council Bluffs on a charge of holding up Miss Frances Flood and robbing the Bank of Treynor, Iowa of $1700, Sunday made a confession to Sheriff Canning and returned the greater part of the stolen money.  

Convicted by His Mother.

            Earl Miller of Sioux City , was convicted of burglary in the district court on a most peculiar circumstance.  The evidence was not very strong, aside from the testimony of a woman who consorted with him.  Counsel for defendant was trying to prove an alibi and Mrs. Miller, the accused man's own mother, was on the stand testifying her son was home the night of the burglary, she felt sure.  Mrs. Martha Turner, who had lost the goods from the burglarized house, noticed the spectacles the aged witness was wearing, and at a venture had the state's attorney inquire about them.  The woman frankly admitted her son gave them to her, saying he had found them.  The glasses were identified as those stolen from Mrs. Turner.  

Attempted Assassination.

            L. A. Swearingen, a pioneer businessman, narrowly escaped assassination in his home in Oskaloosa early one morning last week.  As he entered the kitchen at the rear of his home, an unknown assailant shot point-blank at him at close range.  One bullet struck him between the eyes tearing its course along the eyebrow.  Three other balls struck him on the head, one nipping the bridge of his nose, while another made a glancing wound on the side of his head.  Swearingen dodged back from the door and ran into the street, shouting for help, but the assassin escaped in the darkness.  

"Masher" Goes to Jail.

            Flirting on the streets of Des Moines is to be stopped by Judge Mathis and the police force.  Friday George Burns was arrested, charged with attempting to form the acquaintance of Miss Fairy Gore, employed in a department store.  He admitted that he believed the girl would take a walk with him and that he accosted her, asking for a street acquaintance.  Judge Mathis assessed a fine of $100 for the act, and in default of payment Burns had to go into a cell for thirty days.  

Grief Kills an Iowa Woman.

            Grief because she shot her husband was because a sign by physicians for the death of Mrs. Peter Levy at Leon .  She recently shot and killed her husband, who she mistook for a chicken thief.  

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Emmetsburg Democrat; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto; Wednesday, October 19, 1904.  

HAPPENINGS

-- Mrs. Katherine Adrian is home from Cassville , Wisconsin , where she had been visiting relatives for some time.

-- Mrs. Orres and daughter, who had been here visiting the home of the former's son, John Orres, returned to Humboldt Thursday.

-- O.L. Beck was down from Randolph , Minnesota , last week, visiting his brothers.  He is agent for the Great Western at Randolph .

-- Charles Stedman is now an engineer on the Rock Island Road , having recently passed the required examination.  This is good news to his many Emmetsburg friends.

-- Mrs. George F. Herley returned to Hosmer , South Dakota , Friday.  She was accompanied by Miss Edna White, who will become principal of the public schools of that place.

-- Mrs. Sears, who had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Martin, returned to Watertown , South Dakota , Saturday morning.  She is a sister-in-law of Mr. Martin.  Mr. Sears was also down during the past week.

-- Mrs. McKenzie, Mrs. Warnke's mother, Faribault , Minnesota , who had been here visiting her, went to Rockford , Iowa , Thursday, to visit relatives.  She was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Falts, of Faribault , who had also been here visiting.  

NEAR BY NEWS  

Used Wrong Kind of Oil.

            Gasoline used in a lamp by mistake at the home of firemen Potter caused an explosion last evening shortly after 6 o'clock.  The flames were extinguished before the arrival of the department.  -- -- Estherville Vindicator -- Republican  

A Post Office Burglar Convicted

            J. F. Williams, of Sioux Rapids, who is charged with the Linn Grove Post Office robbery, was convicted in United States Court Sioux City last week and find $200 and sent to the penitentiary for six months.  Sherrill, his brother-in-law, who was charged with complicity, was found not guilty.  -- -- Spencer Herald.  

Killed a Former Algona Man.

            William Sidel, a former conductor on the Iowa Central and a resident of Algona, was killed in the big railroad wreck on the Missouri Pacific Road , near Warrensburg , Missouri , last Monday.  A freight collided with a passenger train killing 28 people and 60 were injured.  Mr. Sidel was a brakeman on the freight train. His remains were shipped to Hampton for burial, the funeral being held Wednesday afternoon.  At the request of Mrs. Sidel, Reverend Holmes, of this place, conducted the funeral.  -- -- Algona Courier.  

TOWN TOPICS OF A WEEK.  

-- Mrs. D.  Black left Monday morning for Walters, Minnesota , to visit her daughter, Mrs. Kleibenstein.

-- There has been a new girl at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Stewart, of Graettinger, Sunday.

-- Mrs. P.  Carroll returned from Milford Thursday where she had been visiting her father and brother.

-- A daughter was born to Dr. and Mrs. Osher, of Graettinger, Monday.  The Democrat extends congratulations.

-- Andrew Bergeson, of Emmett county, a brother of B.J. Bergeson, has gone to California where he will make his future home.

-- D. G. McCarty, while at Des Moines recently, past the necessary examination and has been admitted to the bar.  The Democrat wishes him success in his chosen profession.

-- A new boy is reported at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Fikin, of Garner.

-- Mrs. P. J. Nolan is reported dangerously ill and a hospital at Spokane , Washington .

-- Mrs. Anna Kendall has moved from Pocahontas to Chicago .  She formerly lived at Mallard.

-- The Sheldon Sun has been sold to Bert Hamilton, of the Northwood Anker.  It belonged to H. A. Carson.

-- Michael Steil has received a number of photographs of Indian territory scenes that are very interesting.  Several of them are of negro farms and cabins.  Call on him and see them.

-- Yesterday, Mrs. Roscoe Moses received the sad news of the death of her father, Mr. Moran, of Bailey , Iowa .  Mr. and Mrs. Moses will leave for there today to attend the funeral.

-- William and Miss Myrtle Ballard and Mr. and Mrs. Cone returned to Sioux Falls Thursday.  They had been here to attend the funeral of their grandfather, Simpson LaBar.

-- Albert Dickinson, of Osgood, has gone to the state of Washington .  He is a son of the Z.F. Dickinson .  He recently graduated at Iowa college at Grinnell.  He is a bright, levelheaded, a upright young man and he will, under a reasonably favorable circumstances, make a success of life.

-- P. J. Connelly moved his family to Sioux City yesterday.  He will live on a small farm near the city limits.  He traded for it sometime ago.  The best wishes of all accompany those people to their new home.  Mr. Miller, the C.., M. & St. P.  section foreman, will occupy Mr. Connelly's residence in the city.

-- Fred Sharon, editor of the Iowa Catholic Messenger, spent Thursday in this city.  He had been at Alton to attend a state convention of the Catholic Mutual Protective society and called this way to see Mr. Donlon.  The latter is state secretary of the A.O.H. and Mr. Sharon is state president of the organization.  

Mrs. Alex Ruthven Sr., Dead.

            Just as we go to press, we learned that Mrs. Alex Ruthven Sr., died at Ruthven Monday at 1 p.m..  The funeral will be held at the M. E. Church at that place at two o'clock this afternoon.  The maiden name of the deceased was Geddes.  She was among the pioneers of the western part of the county, the town having been named after Mr. Ruthven, who still survives.  She was about 88 years old.  There are four sons -- Alex, John, Robert and William -- and two daughters -- Mrs. E. P. Barringer and Mrs. Charles Barringer.  

OVER THE COUNTY.  

GRAETTINGER.

-- Madel Axelton is tearing down the old blacksmith shop, and is going to put a two-story building on the lot at once.

-- John Paulsen, our jeweler, has put gas lights in his place of business, having piped it across the street from the Osher plant.

-- Born, to Dr. and Mrs. B. T. Osher, on Sunday, October 16, a daughter.  Doctor is now the happiest man in northwest Iowa and many enjoyed the cigars that he distributed.

WEST BEND .

-- Wednesday morning, at nine o'clock, Mr. Edward J. Elbert and Miss Mary Fuschen, of this place, were married at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Father Dobberstein officiating.  They will live near Whittemore.  We extend congratulations.

-- Thursday morning, at nine o'clock, Mr. Andrew Yoch, who lives near Mallard, and Miss Tresica Csukker, of this place, were married at Sts. Peter and Paul Church at this place, by Father Dobberstein.  They will live on a farm near Mallard.  We wish them success and happiness.

RUTHVEN.

-- Patrick Redden returned to Chicago Sunday after a week's visit here with relatives.

-- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson left Saturday evening for Burt , Iowa , where they will visit relatives for a month.

-- Miss Clara Gift left Saturday morning for Washington , where she will make her future home.  The best wishes of her many friends go with her.

-- Mr. and Mrs. Pearson left for Des Moines Monday morning where they will visit relatives for two weeks.  The four leaving for their new home in Colorado .

HAPPENINGS IN IOWA .  

Death Caused by a Bullet

            The body of James Smith, a well-known character of Whatcheer, was found dead one morning last week in front of the little hovel where he made his home.  Death had been caused by a 22 -- caliber bullet fired by some unknown person.  No arrests have been made as yet.  Smith had recently ousted a blacksmith named Print Cooley, from his shop, on the ground that it was standing on a lot owned by himself, and was making his home in the building.  He had apparently been awakened during the night and shot as he showed himself outside.  

Boy Was Murdered.

            Chemical analysis of the stomach of Harry Salisbury, whose dead body was found in a shallow creek near Red Oak.  Two months ago has disclosed that a murder was committed.  The body bore no signs of violence and lay in but a few inches of water, the mouth not being submerged.  The report of the state chemist to the corner establishes that the youth was poisoned.  He is believed to have been the victim of knockout drops administered in liquor, the purpose being to rob him.  

Second Degree Murder.

            After being out thirteen hours, the jury in the case of Charles Burns, charged with murdering his father-in-law, Bartlett Stone, in Cedar Falls on February 29, returned a verdict of murder in the second degree.  The case was hard-fought and was heard by hundreds of persons interested.  Burns will be sentenced next week.  

Veteran Commits Suicide.

            Edward Sweet, an inmate of the Old Soldiers home at Marshalltown , mid-suicide after brooding over the fact that his feeble physical condition prevented him from attending a reunion of his regiment in Des Moines .  He drank carbolic acid.  

Captain Shaver Is Dead

            Captain Phil E. Shaver, one of Iowa 's earliest pioneers, died at Iowa City last week.  He was a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars.  During the Civil war, he commanded a company made up of Iowa university students.  

Get Damages from a Priest.

            Because he offered poisoned to her husband, and the latter partook of a fatal dose, Mrs. Veronica Burda has obtained a judgment of $10,000 in the Hancock county district court against John Brose.  Brose is a Catholic priest and one of his charges is Duncan, a little Bohemian town five miles east of Britt.  A few months ago he made a visit to Duncan , and while in the store at that place with a number of Bohemians, exhibited a bottle of carbolic acid and some other ingredients which he said he was planning to use to kill lice on his horse.  Burda, a in a spirit of bravado, took the bottle and drank most of the contents and died in a very few minutes.  His widow then brought suit against the priest, with the above result.  It is given out that the verdict was given on the ground of criminal carelessness.  The case will be appealed unless a new trial is granted.  

Two children Die in Fire.

            Two small children of Fred Avery, a family living near Mobile , were burned to death in a barn, which it is supposed they set afire with matches.  

Wife Accuses Husband of Robbery.

Mrs. Karl Karrer has accused her husband of being guilty of the Treynor bank robbery.  She has turned over to the sheriff $1051 and also told him where to recover $400 more than she had paid for husband to Hugh Hieber on a note.  She got a livery rig in Council Bluffs and drove her husband to the bank.  She says that he told her to pay the $400 note and keep the balance for herself.  Mrs. Karrer claims that she did not know her husband intended to rob the bank.  She says that he recently offered her $5,000 if she would permit him to get a divorce.  Karrer's infatuation for a young woman of Treynor  has been notorious and in view of Mrs. Karrer's story, she is under suspicion of having been his accomplice in the holdup of the bank and robbery of Miss Flood, who he locked in a vault.  

Emmetsburg Democrat; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto; Wednesday, October 26, 1904.  

HAPPENINGS.

-- Mrs. J. H. Godden returned from Mason City Saturday where she had been visiting her sister, Mrs. Smith, for a week.  

NEAR BY NEWS.  

Off for Colorado .

                              C. W. Hastings, Ed Beatty, D. Rosacker, Hans Peters, of this city, and Fred Miller, of Algona, departed Tuesday for points in Colorado , where they went to look at land.  -- Ruthven Appeal.  

Con Fogarty Is Dead

                              Con Fogarty, a former resident of Clare, was found dead in a railroad yard in Omaha last Thursday night, October 13.  His remains were shipped to Fort Dodge , where the funeral was held Sunday.  Mr. Fogarty was well-known in Ayrshire, having worked in this vicinity several years ago.  -- -- Ayrshire Chronicle.  

Fire at Peterson, Clay County .

                              On the night of October 12.  Peterson was visited by quite a fire, the hardware store of F. W. Hintz destroyed.  By hard work of the Peterson fire department no other damage resulted.  The loss of stock on goods was complete, and carried $4500 insurance.  Mr. Hintz will buy a new stock and go on with the business.  -- Spencer Reporter.  

Deserving Sons of Old Settlers.

                              J. L.Mahan the Democratic candidate for supervisor in the fourth district, was the first boy, born in Palo Alto County .  His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mahan, came to this locality in 1856, and he was born in March of that year.  When but ten years old, he helped his father to construct the first bridge ever built across Jack Creek township.  The latter used to raft logs down the river to the old Pond Mill, where they were sawed into lumber and slabs.  For many years the Mahan home was noted for its hospitality to strangers and it will be gratefully remembered by many who enjoyed a hearty meal and a night's lodging beneath its humble roof and who never had to pay a cent for such accommodations.  The worthy sons of those frugal, kindhearted, generous old pioneers, did so much to give comfort and cheer to weary strangers when the country was new and cheerless, are deserving of the favorable consideration of the people who later became settlers.  Mr. Mahan is a clean, simple, honest man.  He has never before asked the people of the county for an official favor.  He is a gentleman of 48 years of age and his entire life has been spent in the county.  He has toiled faithfully for the good of everything that has been worthy of encouragement and assistance.  The county owes him a debt of gratitude it can never repay.  Political lines should not be closely drawn when it comes to the election of such a worthy candidate.

                              What is said concerning Mr. Mahan is equally true of Mr. Mulroney, a nominee for auditor.  His parents were farmers in Nevada township years before there was an Emmetsburg.  The county never had and has not today better, more deserving, or more openhearted citizens.  They were pioneers of civilization in northwest Iowa , and they have given nearly fifty years of toil and sacrifice to build up the splendid advantages that bless our community today.  No laudable movement has ever failed to receive assistance and encouragement from them.  There is no friend so dear as the old friend, and the deserving old settlers are entitled to corresponding attention.  Joseph Mulroney spent his entire life in Palo Alto county, has been intensely zealous and tireless in his efforts to improve conditions about him, and has never sought recognition.  In fact the nomination was forced onto him by people who felt that he was deserving of the honor.  He has a strong claim to the support of all classes regardless of politics.  Let all who feel an interest in his candidacy put forward a united effort to elect him.

TOWN TOPICS OF THE WEEK.

-- A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Steil Thursday.  The Democrat congratulates.

-- Yesterday, Mrs. J. R. Moore gave a handkerchief shower in honor of Miss Florence Smith, who is soon to be married at Laton , California .

-- Miss Fanny Wagner has gone to Ottumwa to become a teacher of typewriting at Ottumwa Business college.  The Democrat congratulates her on the recognition of her ability.

-- Ed Murray and Will McNally have gone to Mason city to work for the Higley Egg company.

-- Lee Marron went to Jackson Junction Monday morning to attend the marriage of a cousin.

-- Mrs. C. J. Seymour, of Illinois , is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. McNamara.

-- Mrs. L. J. Orres was called to Hardy a few days ago to attend the funeral of her sister's little boy..

-- Ed Nolan arrived in this city Tuesday morning from Des Moines for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Alex Cullen.

-- M. W. Joynt arrived home Wednesday, having been absent the greater part of the summer.  He had been working for an elevator construction company.

-- Dr. Houghton returned to his home at Valley Junction Monday.  Mrs. Houghton will remain here for some time to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harrison.

-- Thomas Mulroney and daughter, who had been visiting relatives in this county for some time, returned to California yesterday, accompanied by Hugh, son and of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mulroney.  Thomas is a brother of J. T. and Patrick Mulroney.

-- Miss Henrietta Kelly went to Aberdeen , South Dakota , Tuesday to visit her sister, Mrs. S. H. Lynch.

-- E. F. Sibert and son, of Waterloo , are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Boyer.  Mr. Sibert is a brother-in-law of Mr. Boyer.

A RUTHVEN PIONEER.

                              Mother Ruthven, whose maiden name was Margaret Geddes, was born in Whiteburn , Scotland , December 10, 1817, and died October 17, 1904, at Ruthven , Iowa , aged.  86 years, 10 months and 70 days.

                              At the age of 17 she gave her heart to God and joined the United Presbyterian Church, at Whiteburn.  She was always a faithful and devoted follower of her master, Jesus Christ.

                              She was married to Alexander Ruthven, June 10, 1842.  To this union were born 10 children, seven sons and three daughters.  The greater part of her life was spent in Scotland, which country she left in 1874, coming to the old homestead, October 4 of the same year, where she has lived ever since.  The church of her choice having no organization here, she affiliated and found a home in the M. E.  Church at this place.  A son, Campbell, and a daughter, Jesse, died in Scotland at the ages of three and 13 years respectively.

                              Her husband and the remaining children, with the exception of the oldest and youngest son, were with her during her last hours.

                              She was a queenly woman and deserved the love and esteem that her children and friends gave her.  Her strong womanhood late in the purity of her life.

                                She was a strong Christian and one whom God allowed to ripen and mature in her experience.  The beauty of her Christian life resulted from her implicit trust and unfaltering obedience to Him and His teachings.  Her closing days were spent in a sweet communion with her beloved friend and companion, Jesus Christ.  Her life might well be copied by all.  She trusted God and He trusted her.  She has fallen asleep in the Lord, Heaven is her home.  "Heaven!  It is our Father's house, the home of the angels, and of all departed saints who have fallen asleep in Jesus."

                              Funeral services were conducted by her pastor in the M. E. Church on Wednesday at 2 p.m. and the body laid to rest in a Ruthven cemetery

Baxter -- Rouse

                              The marriage of Mr. Robert D. Baxter and Miss Edna Jane Rouse took place at the home of the bride near Ayrshire Thursday evening, October 20.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. John Firth.  Mr. and Mrs. Baxter will make their future home on his farm in Silver Lake township.  They are favorably known in the community in which they reside.  The bride is recognized as a young lady of many splendid personal traits.  The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Baxter, who are among the most substantial and respected people of Silver Lake .  He is esteem for his temperate habits, industry and sterling manhood.  The Democrat joins the many relatives and friends of the contracting parties in wishing them health and happiness.

-- -- Brother Adams, of the Humboldt Independent, deserves recognition among the Pioneer newspaper men of Northern Iowa .  Speaking of him, the Pocahontas Democrat says: "Al Adams, editor of the Humboldt Independent, has just closed 30 years service in that position.  Tradition has it that Adams came to Humboldt, barefooted, dressed in an old calico shirt and a pair of overalls held up by one galus, a button on one end and a tenpenny nail on the other.  Alan has grown rich, and like a Kentucky product, better with age, is more handsome and has become the most popular man in the tenth Congressional District -- with the ladies.  We hope he will edit the Independent another thirty years."

Held for the Grand Jury.

                              Monday Harry Saulsbury, of West Bend , was brought to this city and lodged in jail on a charge of entering the home of S. H. Howland a few nights before with criminal intent.  It appears that he and some other parties had been attending some social doings during the evening and that later in the night Mrs. Howland and her daughter Mamie, who was sleeping with her, heard a noise in their room.  Soon after they saw a man at her bedside.  Mamie recognized the defendant and called him by name.  When he realized that he was known, he made his escape.  He was subsequently arrested and arraigned before Justice Parkin for a preliminary hearing.  He was held to await the action of the grand jury.  County Attorney Davidson was at West Bend Saturday assisting in the preliminary proceedings.  Mr. Saulsbury claims he was under the influence of liquor when he entered the house.  The next term of court will be held early in December.

SOUTH VERNON .

-- L. W. Head recently had the misfortune to lose five haystacks by fire.  No insurance.

-- Mrs. John Allen has received word that her brother-in-law Charles Tolifson of Estherville is dead.

-- Mr. Root Sr. is still very low.  His daughter, Mrs. Shaull, came from South Dakota Saturday to see him.

HAPPENINGS IN IOWA .  

Mary Chester Dies As a Result of A Wound Received in a Mysterious Shooting Affray Ottumwa .

                              Called from the room in which she was making merry with a boon companion at Ottumwa , Mary Chester became the victim of a mysterious murder Sunday morning.  Her friends within heard a single shot, and an instant later, the woman staggered in with a ghastly wound in her throat.  She died almost instantly.

                              The men in the house rushed out to grapple with the stranger who had done the deed, but he stood them off with a revolver and made his escape in the darkness.

                              The police have been hard at work on the case, but have no description of the murderer and no clues to work on.  No arrests have been made yet.

Woman Is Sued.

                              Sensation was sprung in Waterloo , when noticed a suit was filed on Mrs. Effie Hartman Curtiss of a suit for breach of promise in the sum of $18,500.  The plaintiff is George W. Bowder, formerly of Minneapolis , now a prominent real estate dealer of Waterloo .  Of the $18,500 suit for, $3500 is claimed to be for money expended for the woman in the case.  Mrs. Curtiss is the widow of W. D. Hartman of the Waterloo daily Courier.  She was wedded in Chicago to E. K. Curtiss, a prominent businessman of Waverley , on Wednesday, and had just returned home from that city with her husband, when notice a suit was served upon her.

Preacher Is Assaulted.

                              H. A. Bidwell, agent for the Burlington and Chicago Great Western Road at Afton Junction, has left suddenly, it is alleged, after inflicting probably fatal wounds upon Rev. George T. Brown with a ticket punch.  Brown, it is said, owed the agent $10.  The minister asked for a ticket to Des Moines , and presented a $10 bill.  "This squares us," the agent is alleged to have said.  According to the charge, the minister attacked the agent, who picked up his ticket punched and brained the clergyman.  Brown was struck twice in the head.  He was taken to a hospital at Afton .  Officers have been unable to get any trace of Bidwell.  The bloody punch is held as evidence.

Woman Commits Suicide.

                              Miss Carrie Wohlford, who lived on a farm 5 miles east of Dows, committed suicide by setting fire to a straw stack and throwing herself in the flames.  The young woman was keeping house for her two brothers who are working a farm near Dows.  Missing her sister, they traced her to a straw pile about a mile from the house, where it was found she had set fire to the stack and had climbed into the middle of it and had fired a bullet from a rifle, which had struck and gone into the forehead about an inch above the bridge of the nose.  Nothing was left of her, but the charred bones.  The rifle was found near the young lady.

Given Ten Years in Prison

                              Ex-Mayor, S. F. Smith of Davenport , son of Samuel Francis Smith, author of "My Country, ‘Tis of Thee," stood before the district court during one morning last week to receive sentence, one for embezzlement and one for perjury.  Smith was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary at Anamosa.  As trustee of large estates Smith recently acknowledged embezzlement of $120,000.

Boy at Play Is Hanged.

                              Tugging away in boyish fashion to build himself a trapeze in the attic of his home, Arthur Haaren, aged nine years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haaren of Sioux City , accidentally kicked the box and chair upon which he was standing.  The rope became fastened about his neck and, all alone in the garret, the little fellow was strangled to death.

Banker Hangs Himself.

                              William Schwarting, president of the Farmers' Bank at Walcott, committed suicide by hanging.  He has said to have been despondent with the failure of a bank at New Liberty.  As a consequence of the failure of the New Liberty bank, charges have been preferred against the Beuthiens, father and son.

Bank President Arrested.

                              M. Beuthien, president of the new liberty savings bank has been arrested on a charge of embezzling $14,000 of the bank's funds.  His son, Arnold Beuthien, who is charged with creating the rest of a shortage of $25,000, has forfeited $5,000 bail and is still large.

Fire in Whiskers Kills.

                              A spark from a pipe which A.P. Angell, aged 86 years, was smoking at Clinton , ignited his beard, that accident resulting in his death.  The effect of breathing, while the flames were at his mouth and nostrils proved deadly.

Accused of Bigamy.

                              Jerome H. Allen of Athens , Michigan , has been convicted in a district court at Houma , Iowa , of bigamy.  He is alleged to have been married to Miss Annie Parker at Wabash, Indiana, August 6, 1900 afterward he moved to Houma and last April, married a Miss Bellanger.  He was employed as an engineer of a dredge boat.

Fatally Wounds His Neighbor.

                              Pursued down a country road by the enraged brother of the woman he loved, A. G. Reed, a farmer near Des Moines , shot and fatally wounded  J. A. Higgins, his neighbor and friend.  Reed is in the Polk county jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder.

Submitted by: C.M.L. Jan. 2007