LeMars Sentinel
Dated 4 May 1896
MONDAY, MAY 4.
Miss Adaline Gaynor entertained a few friends informally Friday evening.
Jas. E. Moore has rented a house on Jackson street in Sioux City and will
move there to reside permanently instead of building a home in LeMars as he
originally intended.
Mrs. Jas. Keete received word yesterday of the drowning of her brother in
Maine. A boat in which he was rowing capsized throwing him out and he was
drowned before rescue was possible.
PERSONALS:
From Thursday's Daily.
Rev. Joel A. Smith and Rev. Black, of Sioux City, will exchange pulpits
Sunday.
Messrs. E. J. Wetherley, I. Miner Lyon and J. McMitty, of Sioux City,
attended the dance last night.
Prof. Wernli went to Cherokee this morning to attend the county
superintendent's meeting previous to the teacher's meeting.
From Friday's Daily.
R. G. Dimick left last night for Chicago.
Rev. A Z. Macgogney returned from the Battle Creek Presbytery meeting last
night.
Rev. Emil Mueller returned last night from Battle Creek where he has been
attending the Presbytery.
Mrs. J. P. Sterling and family left this morning for Kansas City where they
will make an extended visit and will probably decide to remain permanently.
From Saturday's Daily.
Will Chaffee left this morning for a trip through northern Iowa in the
interests of the LeMars Normal School.
Misses May and Dorothea Matthews were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. Bevan
Oldfield at Sioux City Friday and Saturday.
Verona Smith left last night for a visit with relatives at Plattville, Wis.
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Chas. T. Adamson are also visiting there.
M. W. Daly, president of the Madison, (S.D.) bank and senior partner of the
firm of J.W. Walsh & Co. was in town on business and pleasure two days this
week.
C. D. Dewing and P. M. Loes left last night for Manning. Mr. Dewing will
remain there permanently, but Mr. Loes will return to LeMars in a couple of
weeks with his family to reside permanently.
THE LEAP YEAR DANCE
The Ladies Claim Their Leap Year Rights and Give the Gentlemen a Few
Pointers on the Proper Way to Conduct a Large Party Successfully
From Thursday's Daily.
The luckless gentlemen who we4re not in sufficient favor with the ladies or
with anyone lady to receive an invitation to the leap year dancing party at
Columbia hall last night will never lack something to regret. An excellent
time to court favor with the fair sex is in the interval just previous to a
ladies' complimentary dance and the wise heads among the men were well
repaid for their carefulness. The ability of the ladies to conduct a big
dance in a thoroughly successful way was well demonstrated and nothing but
the most complimentary phrases are heard on every side.
Not only was the leap year privilege of the ladies taken advantage of to
choosing their escort, but it was even carried to the point where the ladies
claimed the right to send flowers to their chosen one and to pay the
hackman. No gentleman was even to cross the hall without proper escort by a
lady, and some of the gentlemen even felt the need of chaperon to guard them
tenderly in the hour of the social humiliation. From nine until the small
hours just preceding the crow of the cock when he announces the rise of the
sun for another day the dance and merriment went on, the ladies claiming the
gentlemen's right of late hours in order to make the deception perfect.
Throughout the evening refreshments were served in the supper room.
STOLE A HORSE AND WAGON
Thieves Steal a Valuable Horse, Road Wagon and Harness from John Gengler and
Peter Rupert Last Night. No Clue, to the Thieves.
From Saturday's Daily.
A horse belonging to John Gengler and a road wagon and harness belong to
Peter Rupert were stolen from their barns on the east side of town last
night. The theft was probably committed about 2 o'clock for at that time
several signal whistles were hard around the houses but no investigation was
made at the time. The thieves were undoubtedly persons acquainted with the
location of articles about the stables as well as where the best horse was
kept. They apparently found no difficulty in selecting Gengler's best
horse, finding Rupert's road wagon and harness and hitching up. They also
took a fine fur overcoat belonging to Gengler.
Rupert is mail carrier and makes daily trips from LeMars to O'Leary, Neptune
and return. He keeps two horses which he drives in turn to a light wagon.
Gengler lives in Marion township, but recently has been residing in town in
order to give his wife, who is ill, benefit of being within call of a
physician. He himself drives out to the farm each morning and returns in
the afternoon. Yesterday Rupert made his mail route with another outfit
leaving his own wagon and horses at home. The thieves probably made an
investigation during the day, and, awaiting their opportunity, made off with
the best of the whole outfit. This morning when Gengler went out to his
stable he missed his horse but at first thought Rupert might have borrowed
it. Investigation showed that not only had he not done any borrowing but
was himself minus a harness and wagon. Sheriff Herron was at once informed
and has been busy all morning telephoning and telegraphing for trace of the
rig.
The stolen animal was a smooth, handsome dark brown mare about 5 years old
and weighted 1150 pounds. The road wagon was of the Haddock Buggy Co's
make. The harness was a good one although rather old; its trimmings were
black. There is no clue to the thieves although the tracks leading from the
barn went east on the road past the Catholic cemeteries.
Rupert had to borrow an outfit to make his mail route today.
BOBBY BLACK IS MANAGER
A Baseball Team a Certainty and LeMars is Going to Win Her Laurels So Nearly
Lost. Jackson to be Here.
LeMars will have a first class baseball team this year and will be ready to
meet all comers, amateurs, semi-professional or all professional. Bobby
Black will be captain and manager of the team which in itself is a guarantee
of good ball. Geo. Jackson, the popular little fellow who caught so well
last year, has been sent for and will in all probability sign with the team.
A crackerjack pitcher will also be secured. Practice will begin as soon as
the grounds are in a condition to be played on.
STORE ROBBED
The Store of Philip Fluck on South Main Street Entered Last Night
From Saturday's Daily.
Philip Fluck's grocery store on south Main street was burglarized last
night. The burglars either gained entrance by means of a key to the front
door or the proprietor had forgotten to lock it when he went home, for the
night police found the door unfastened at midnight.
OUR COUNTY NEWS
By Our Correspondents and from Exchanges
MERRILL: (From the Record)
Chas. Veil, brother of F. K. returned to his home at New London, Canada,
last Saturday evening.
Mrs. Jacob Schroeder, of Olewein, Ia., visited at the home of her parents
the last part of the week. Her brother, Al Lawrence, left this week to
accept a position in the Schroeder store at the above place.
Graders have been at work the past week grading up the approaches to the big
bridge over the Floyd.
A large number of evergreen trees have been set out in this city this
spring.
Mrs. Chas. Reynolds has just returned from South Dakota. She was called
there by the serious illness of her sister.
A large number of our people took in the I.O.O.F. doings at Sioux City
Tuesday.
Last Saturday a long abandoned road was opened up between the Ausman land
and that belonging to Chris Weadstead. The road leads to the farm recently
purchased by Lawrence and Aldrich.
There are some prospects of a lively up-to-date ready made clothing store
being opened up here soon. If the negotiations are successful the store
will be ready for business by the 15th of next month.
A large crowd turned out to the Democratic caucus last Tuesday evening. The
following delegates were selected to attend the county convention at LeMars
the 9th: W. A. Jullian, J. M. Weis, Chas. Hodapp and Peter Arendt. A
resolution was passed instructing the delegates to use all honorable means
to advance the cause of the free coinage of silver in the county convention,
etc. The resolution was passed without a dissenting vote.
Last Saturday morning as Willie Lawrence and Charlie Harker were out riding,
the front axle gave way throwing the boys forward and out of the buggy. The
horse took fright and ran away. When caught the rig was in a badly
dilapidated condition. The boys were not hurt.
A bright little baby boy came to the home of Judson Barrett last Saturday
morning.
Last week the creamery company shipped out just 3,300 pounds of butter.
$1,896 were received in cash by the patrons for the month of March.
REMSEN: (From the Bell)
Mr. and Mrs. Lilly, of Clay county, S. D., are visiting in Remsen.
Mrs. J. M. Bruggemann, left the forepart of the week for Columbus, O., where
she will visit her parents for a few weeks.
Miss Lizzie Marx has accepted a position in Beck & Schwebach's store in
Granville, and will assist in the dry goods and millinery department.
Mr. and Mrs. James Lilly returned April 29 from a two weeks visit in
Wakonda, S.D. We hear that they have bought property in that place and will
make it their future home.
If rumors are correct, Scott Bros. have sold their opera hall and saloon to
Mr. Ernest Burdorff. Mr. Burdoff is well known here and liked in and around
Remsen and would do an immense business here.
At the farm of Hans Spiecker near Remsen on Saturday night the wind threw
his large windmill to the ground and the wheel was rolled and carried quite
a distance through the field.
The large barn of Nick Kohler near Remsen moved five inches on its
foundation on Saturday night and Mr. Kohler was in Remsen on Monday morning
making arrangements to have it straightened.
The sacred concert in the Catholic church Sunday was very well attended.
The organ was handled masterly and the choir sang to perfection.