LeMars Globe-Post
October 7, 1892

MERRILL.

5,026 bushels of grain were taken in here by our buyers Monday.

Louis Efferding and family of Bellevue, Ia., and Mr. Yerger are visiting
Geo. Veidt and family.

Rev. G.L. Griggs, formerly pastor of the Merrill M.E. church, has been
appointed to Cushing, Ia.

Incorporation is again being vigorously talked up. Several occurrences
lately have opened the people's eyes.

Dan McDonald thinks that the noise from a loaded shot-gun is more effective
in calling men early to work than the ringing of a farm bell.

If the competition among our grain buyers continue much longer it will be in
order to establish half way houses out in the country.

Blaine Couch had the misfortune to badly crush his foot in the power at the
J.Q. Adam's elevator last Saturday. Nor permanent injury is anticipated.

Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Leakley were visitors to the corn palace at Mitchell,
S.D., the first part of the present week.

By authority of the Plymouth township trustees we announce that at their
meeting here last Monday, it was decided to change the polling place for the
general election on Tuesday, Nov. 8, from the high school room, where it has
heretofore been held, to the editorial rooms of the "The Record" office.

A new mill is one of the good things in store for this town in the near
future. One of the most prominent mill owners of this state visited here
about a week ago and in conversation with a representation of the paper said
that he and his company were about to put in four new grist mills in
northwestern Iowa and eastern Nebraska. After an examination of the
grounds, he said that we have an admirable location for water power and our
railroad facilities are second to none. He thinks that if the people of the
neighborhood would evince any interest in a project of the kind, the company
could not but act favorably in the matter. A meeting to consider the
proposition will be called some time this month.

REMSEN NEWS.

Bell, 6th.

Mrs. Polver, of St. Donatus, Ia., was visiting her relative, Mr. Henry
Mullong, this week.

Mr. Fred Scott and his sister, Sophie, of Forrest City, attended the funeral
of their nephew, little Erie Scott, Tuesday.

M. Henry Rolling, a jeweler of Bellevue, Ia., was the guest of ex-mayor
Jost, his relative this week.

L. Stevers has bought the John Duster property, lot 17, 18 and 3, with
buildings and improvements thereon for $3,200 and will take possession Oct.
15.

Mr. J.L. Kreitzer, a prominent merchant of Elliot, Ill., was a Remsen
visitor Oct. 4. Mr. Kreitzer is highly pleased with the country and thinks
of making this his home.

The Holy sacrament of Confirmation will be administered by Bishop Hennessey
of Dubuque at the Catholic church here Tuesday, Oct. 11.

The Remsen band has been engaged to furnish music for the Columbus
celebration in Sioux City, Oct. 12. The flyer will stop in Remsen morning and evening.

Louis, the second oldest son of Fred Moser, met with a sad accident last
Monday. He was driving towards Remsen from the farm, when his horses ran
away. The wagon tongue broke, fell to the ground and catching, stopped the
wagon so suddenly, that Louis was thrown off. He sustained several bruises
and will be unable to move around for some time.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
October 7, 1892

ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Some Important Cases.

The district court will be opened by Judge Gaynor in this city Monday
morning. There are on the docket sixty-eight new cases among which are three
divorce cases. There are thirty-five cases noticed for trial and nineteen
criminal cases. There are but seventeen probate cases.

Among the new civil cases which will attract some attention is the one of
Harrison Cilbert et al vs. Frank Otley, C. E. Corkery et al in which
everybody who ever held the Harrison land since he deeded it will be held as
defendants in the suit on the grounds that Harrison was not in his right
mind when he deeded the property away.

The case of Hakes, Emerson vs. Mathew Ewin et al is also expected to come
up.

The very old case of J. D. Woodard vs. S. B. Jackson, from Woodbury county
is on the list.

Among the criminal cases are two of the State vs. Leonard Knowles, two of
the State vs. C. S. Day and one Iowa vs. Joseph Keehn, all growing out of
the The Severance flax and wheat stealing cases. There are four or five
cases growing out of the homestead suit in Hancock township. The cases
against Frank Bockhaus and D. M. Mills are on the old Doc Brown wolf scalp
deals. Perhaps the most interesting case which is expected to come up this
session is the case of the State vs. Hayden McFarland of Struble, accused of
the murder of Mr. Wanner, a saloon keeper of that place.

A SNAKE STORY.
Sam Stauffacher was sitting by one of Ernest Plath’s store counters, the
other day soon after dinner, when his blood was chilled by the sight of a
live snake’s tail, sticking out from under an old hat which was lying on one
of the lower shelves, on the other side of the store. Sam isn’t accustomed
to seeing snakes after dinner and so raised an alarm and in a short time the
whole force of the store was summoned to make a war of extermination on
snakes. His snakeship was ousted to the floor and Ernest Plath boldly
pounded it over the head with a fire shovel until its fleur sensibilities
were dulled and weakened and then one of the boys seized its tail and
carried it out of the back door where he cruelly chopped off its head with a
hatchet. It was a common garter snake about two feet long. The only tenable
theory to explain its being in the store is, that it had been brought in
with a lot of cabbage which was dumped on the floor a day or two before,
near where it was found.

LeMars Sentinel

Friday, October 21, 1892

The little daughter of Henry Klewes, near Struble, who was so seriously injured some days ago by falling off a wagon loaded with lumber, died Tuesday afternoon.