LeMars Sentinel
December 5, 1898

SENEY:  (Special Correspondence)

Little Joyce Haaks is very ill at this writing with bronchitis.

Miss H. Anna Quimby, of the LeMars Normal, gave an elocutionary
entertainment at the M.E. church on Friday evening.

A force of men were at work at the depot putting in a new double arm
semi-four block signal last Thursday.

Miss Dena Pekelder went to Sheldon Saturday morning to visit relatives.

Presiding Elder Trimble came down from Sheldon and held quarterly
meeting and preached a very able and pleasing sermon at this place on
Wednesday evening.  He moved his household goods to Sioux City the same
day.

Mrs. George Hughes, of Westfield, accompanied by Miss Clara Hughes, of
LeMars, returned to their homes on Monday after spending several days
with relatives in this vicinity.

John Walkup left here on Friday for Marshalltown to visit relatives for
a time.

The Modern Woodmen will elect officers next Wednesday evening for the
ensuing year.

Mrs. Edwin Lancaster will entertain the Ladies Mite society next
Wednesday forenoon.

Bert Reeves is the possessor of a new Imperial bicycle.  Bert is anxious
to have the snow melt.

James Lancaster visited relatives at Maurice a few days last week.  Miss
Jennie Daniels accompanied him home.

Wm. Lancaster is putting a dam in the river just below the bridge and
expects to put up ice this winter.

The youngest child of Mr. Fagg is suffering with pneumonia.

KINGSLEY:  (Special Correspondence)

Died - Elisha Henderson at his home in Kingsley on Nov. 29, 1898, of old
age and general infirmities of his advanced years.  Mr. Henderson first
saw the light of this world in the state of New York in September, 1818,
where he resided with his parents until 1827 when the family moved to
Canada where he grew to manhood and in 1845 he engaged in farming for
himself in Dundas county, that country, which pursuit he followed until
1863, when he came to Clinton county, Iowa, to engage in the same
business until 1880, when he moved to Correctionville and took charge
of a hotel for two years. In 1882 he opened a hotel in Quorn, this county, and
continued in that business there until that town was moved to Kingsley,
where he moved his hotel until 1886, when his house was burned.  Mr.
Henderson had the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens as has
been shown by his having been elected the first mayor of Kingsley and
for the past fifteen years he has held the office of justice of the
peace, which office he held at the time of his death.  He was married in
1844 to Miss Fannie Guernsey of Dundas county, Canada.  Five children
was the fruits of this union, three girls and two boys, all of whom are
now living but one.  Mr. Henderson was a board minded Christian, beloved
by everyone, old and young and although advanced in years, he retained
his inherent good nature and a smile and pleasant word for all he met.
His familiar presence will be missed from among us.  The funeral took
place from the M.E. church of this place of which he was a member and
conducted by his pastor, Rev. Lee.  He was laid at rest in the city
cemetery.  His aged wife and friends have the condolence of the entire
community.

Rev. Collins, who has been pastor of the Christian church of this place
for the past year, has accepted a call from a church at Kellogg, east of
Des Moines, and moved to his new field on Thursday of this week.  On
Wednesday evening the members of the church and congregation gave him a
surprise at the parsonage when two fine chairs were presented to the
Rev. and his wife as a token of esteem.

Cort Tyrell has been quite sick for some days, but it is hoped he is on
the road to recovery.

Editor Chassell of the Sentinel was a Kingsley visitor the forepart of
the week.

George H. Phelps and wife will spend the winter in southern California
on their orange farm.

The Modern Woodman lodge has purchased the old Moulton building on Smoky
Row and will fit it up for a lodge room.  They will use it temporarily
where it stands this winter and in the spring move it to north Main
street and remodel the interior for an opera house and lodge room.

Mrs. P. J. Hine, of Des Moines, is in the city visiting her brother, J.
W. Randall.

C. C. Bowers has moved into his new residence property on Second street.

The Good Templars gve a box sociable in the Martland building on Friday evening.

AKRON:  (From the Register)

Mrs. W. B. Miller returned to Akron Tuesday from her extended visit in
Indiana.  We are sorry to state that she is not enjoying very good
health.

The little 6-year-old son of T. C. Squires had the misfortune to break
his leg above the knee last Tuesday.

Dr. Clark received the sad intelligence Monday morning of the death of
his brother, Wm. D. Clark, who died at his home in Big Spring, Wis., ten
miles east of Kilbourn City, last Sunday night.

The foundation of the new flouring mill was completed last week and this
week the frame work is gaining definite proportions.  At the rate the
work is being pushed the mill should be in running order in a very short
time.

Guy Chenoweth severed his connection with the Akron and Sioux Valley
creamery and left this week for Henry, S.D., to make his future home
there, having secured a good position in the creamery at the above
place.

Last Monday while Dr. Ellis was returning from visiting a patient, the
pole strap came down about two miles south of Elk Point, frightening the
horses, causing them to run away.  The buggy was slightly damaged and
one of the horses got cut in a wire fence.  The doctor was shaken up but
sustained no injuries.

While out hunting one day last week Frank Barr bagged a rare specimen of
the lepus euniculus-a rabbit-which has six horns immediately behind its
ears.  It was exhibited on the streets and all pronounced it rare
curiosity.  The rabbit looks like all ordinary ones in size and
appearance, except the aforesaid appendages and would be a profitable
job for a taxidermist.

LeMars Sentinel
December 15, 1898

RURAL TELEPHONES
Wallaces Farmer:  Farmers in certain districts in Ohio, Indiana and
elsewhere are establishing telephone systems, connecting them with the
nearest towns.  It is time that Iowa farmers and those in adjoining
states should do the same.  The instrument costs from $6.00 to $10.00.
The construction of the lines is not expensive, particularly in thickly
settled neighborhoods.  Farmers having once had experience of the
advantages of the telephones will nod do without them in the future. For
example, in case of fire or sickness, the neighbors could be instantly
called.  A telephone to the county seat or to the post office in which
the exchange should be placed, would save many a trip to town, not
merely for the doctor or for the mail, but for many other things.  It
would relieve very much the monotony of country life if the wife could
call up her neighbor and have a chat with her whenever she had a mind
to.  In fact the advantages would be numerous, the disadvantages few,
and the expense not great.  The fact that they are becoming popular in
certain eastern sections, makes us wish that they were being introduced
into at least the more densely settled portions of these western states.
With rural telephones and good roads, many men who are now tired of city
life would be glad to invest money in high priced farms, and a few
purchasers of this kind would advance the price of land in that section.
There is not merely convenience in it, but often the saving of life and
property, and increase in the value of land, as well.

THE LAST OF EARTH
Mrs. N. B. Kaiser Passed Away to the World Beyond on Monday Afternoon

Mrs. N. B. Kaiser died at her home on Court street on Monday afternoon
after an illness lasting about four weeks.

The cause of her death is ascribed to blood poisoning.  Some little
while ago she bruised her foot, supposedly by a large splinter which got
into her slipper while she was moving around doing her household work.
The splinter did not penetrate her foot but it was bruised and caused
her trouble and inconvenience.  The trouble spread, causing blood
poisoning from which she died despite the best medical attendance and
devoted nursing which she received.

The deceased, whose maiden name was Annie Bauer, was born in Beyreuth in
the Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, and was fifty-five years old last
August.  She came to this country when a girl of ten years of age with
her parents who settled near Dayton, Ohio.  They moved a few years later
to Clayton county, Iowa.

She was united in marriage at Tetedes-Morts, Jackson county, with N. B.
Kaiser in 1867.

They came to Plymouth county in 1876 and have ever since been residents.
Mr. Kaiser engaging in the shoe business in town and the family residing
on the Kaiser farm just north of the city, until of recent years when
they moved into town.

Besides the bereaved husband the deceased leaves a large family to mourn
the loss of a mother's kind and loving care.  She had five children, two
sons and three daughters; the sons, John and Peter are now engaged in
business in Struble; Martina is a sister at a convent at Reading, Pa.,
and Mrs. John Lewis who resides at Evanston, Ill., and Oliva, the
youngest who resides at home.  Mrs. Peter Nemmers, of this county, Mrs.
Nic Hansen of Sioux county, and Miss Kate Kaiser of LeMars are her
step-daughters; Mr. Kaiser having been previously married.

The deceased was a good, kind, Christian woman, who devoted her
exemplary life to her husband and children.  She was a good neighbor,
every ready and willing to assist those in trouble or distress with good
works and words of comfort and sympathy, and was devout catholic.

The funeral was held on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Joseph's
church.

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TAKE YOUR BUTTER AND EGGS TO FRANK MILLER AND GET A GOOD PAIR OF SHOES
FOR WINTER.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS:

POTOSIA:  (Special Correspondence)

Mr. Will Karley, of Ellendale, and Miss Emma Kress, of this place, will
be married Thursday at the home of Mr. Kress.  There are several
invitations out to the wedding.  Mr. Karley has rented the Washburn farm
which is now occupied by Mr. Sandaff.

Mrs. T. Donovan and son Ed have been quite sick the past week and Dr.
Berner, of Merrill, has been attending.

Chas. Nase and Mr. Heiser have each lost several head of cattle from
eating cornstalks.  A veterinary was out from Sioux City Sunday and cut
one of them open and found its stomach packed with stalks.  The
veterinary says the cause of the disease is that the cattle do not get
water and salt enough to digest the stalks.

Miss Celia Donovan visited friends in Merrill from Thursday till Sunday.

Mike Dwyer had two of his fingers quite badly cut one day last week by a
knife slipping.  Dr. Berner dressed the wound.

The two-weeks old baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. James Gorman died Thursday
morning at 3 o'clock and was buried in the afternoon in the Catholic
cemetery at Ellendale.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Waddington and Wm. Morse visited Saturday and Sunday
with relatives in Sioux City.

Robert Cochran has bought twenty head of calves in Sioux City the past
few days.

The Misses Claudia and Mable Crouch who are attending school at
Morningside will come home Saturday for a two weeks' vacation.

James Kavarna hauled a couple of loads of hogs to Hinton Monday.

Mike Dwyer has been attending to business in LeMars the past few days.

Dr. Hess and son Percy visited Saturday and Sunday with J. A. Norris.
Percy is one of the volunteers who started for the Philippines but only
got as far as the Pacific coast.

A party of about a dozen of the young people of Merrill came out to
Frank Crouch's Wednesday evening in a hayrack to which was attached four
horses, for the purpose of surprising Miss Hattie Plum, who is boarding
there, but Miss Plum was not there.  She was spending the night at the
home of Mrs. T. Donovan, so hither the party went, arriving about 11
o'clock, routed the family out of bed and prepared to enjoy themselves.
They brought with them a quantity of oysters to help in so doing.  They
started back to Merrill about the time the cocks were announcing that
day was breaking. 

Chas. Heiden will go into South Dakota soon to look for a farm.

UNION:  (Special Correspondence)

Married at the manse, Dec. 7, 1898, by Rev. J. H. Carpenter, D.D., Cecil
McGruder and Mrs. Cora Dyar.

Frank Dorland, our blacksmith, has purchased a valuable horse of Ab
Kimmell.

Noah Carpenter recently bought a drove of young cattle to feed.

Garrett Boom drove up from Garfield to visit over Sunday with his
brothers.

Sam Harvey spent last week in LeMars serving on jury.

Some of the children, who walked to school last Thursday morning, had
frozen ears and fingers.

Ben Hasbrook left last week for an extended visit in New York.

Leonard Bullington has moved from Begg Bros' place to the house vacated
by Peter Rupert.

Miss Mamie Lindsey, of Sioux City, visited several days with her cousin,
Miss Alice Gosting, in Stanton, recently.

Wm. Bainbridge and bride live on the groom's farm, section 33, Union
township.

Mr. and Mrs. McGruder are living in the house vacated by Frank Pinney,
who moved in with his father.

Several new cutters are owned by our residents.

Chas. Carpenter drove up from Leeds on business last week.

Pinney Bros. shelled twenty-five loads of corn for Bert and Will Boom
last Thursday and it was drawn to Oyens.

James Mase has been losing hogs with cholera.

Miss Margaret Eyres went to Sioux City Friday where she visited over
Sunday and then went to visit friends in Akron.

J. S. Hoyt was in Sutherland last week.

Mr. Rennison, the Sioux City florist, visited over Sunday with the
family of John Gosting.

Pinney Bros. shelled 1575 bushels of corn for Mr. Barnable Monday and it
was sold in Oyens.

Mr. Obermire, of Struble, drove through this part of the county the
first of the week looking for cattle.

Adam McLain is our postmaster instead of his son-in-law, Leonard,
Bullington, as reported.  The mail boxes were put in place Saturday and
Mr. McLain is carrying the mail from Neptune himself this week.

County Supervisor L. H. Schulte was a caller in this vicinity Tuesday.

The Union Township History class will meet with Miss Sarah Eyres Tuesday
evening, December 20, and take up the study of England under the Saxons
to the end of the King Arthur reign.

Sherman Laddusaw expects to move to Oklahoma soon.

[top of the next column.very possibly WESTFIELD]

Jennie  Harrington spent last Sunday at home.

The Misses Camillia and Loretta Martin and Mae Lamb drove to Akron last
Saturday to look over the Christmas stock.

Mrs. Payne went to Jefferson last week to visit friends, returning last
Friday.

Merrile Meigs is suffering from fourteen or fifteen of Job's comforters.

Mrs. Lamb and Mrs. Barber drove to Akron last Monday.

Mr. Gill, the telegraph operator here, has resigned his position and
expects to leave the last of the week.

Mr. Barber went to Akron last Saturday.

The Girls' Aid society have used the money from the fair to purchase
a____ for the new church.  It was ordered last Monday and they expect it
to be here in time to ring the Christmas chimes.

C. Meigs and Mr. Burnight went to Akron last Monday to transact
business.

Mr. Marchett, of LeMars, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Hardy Lilly.

Mrs. Vine and Miss Avery returned to Elk Point last Tuesday.

Mr. Wood is going to open a meat market as soon as the building can be
erected, which is commenced.

A social will be given at the home of W. B. Martin next Wednesday
evening.  All are cordially invited.  Supper 15c.

Attorney McDuffie, of LeMars, was looking after business interests in
Westfield and vicinity last Tuesday.

SENEY:  (Special Correspondence)

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Reeves drove to Westfield Sunday to visit their
daughter, returning on Wednesday.

J. Alderson and Edwin Lancaster each shipped a carload of hogs to Sioux
City on Tuesday.

Mr. Blake, of Bancroft, Neb., arrived Wednesday morning to take charge
of the lumber yard here in the absence of Mr. Carver, who is going to
Ogdensburg, N.Y., to spend the holidays.

The Women's Foreign Missionary society met at the home of Mrs. W. C.
Cook on Wednesday forenoon.

Will Reeves returned from Westfield Saturday where he had been husking
corn the past six weeks.

Rev. Frank Wilson and wife, of Merrill, are visiting friends in this
vicinity and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kennedy.

The magic lantern show at the schoolhouse on Tuesday evening was well
attended and enjoyed by all.

Cards are out announcing the marriage of Mr. E. H. Bitney, of LeMars,
and Miss Florence Wood, to take place on December 21.

Harry Brown returned Wednesday morning from Rochelle, Illinois, where he
had been at work during the summer.

Ira Moore and family have moved into a part of the house formerly
occupied by J.B. Owings.

Lydia Owings is staying at Wm. Slickel's in Sioux City.

STRUBLE:  (Special Correspondence)

Postmaster Riter has received word from the weather bureau at Washington
D.C., that his station is listed to receive the emergency warnings by
telegraph at the government's expense.  This will be a great help to the
community as it will enable us to prepare for a storm twenty-four house
before it appears and what we may expect from it.

Last Monday night at M.W.A. lodge meeting the following officers were
elected:
Venerable Council, Dr. C. L. Moade;
Worthy Advisor, Wm. G. Schneckloth;
Clerk, Geo. E. Lang;
Banker, S. J. Penhallegan;
Watchman, J. F. Montag;
Sentry, Leo. Frembgen;
Manager for three year term, Frank Flory;
Physician, Dr. C. L. Moade;
Delegate, Frank Florey;
Escort, Geo. Bixler.

From all appearances the Christmas entertainment will be a success.

Mrs. Ashworth, of LeMars, is in town endeavoring to make Struble a
station for her traveling library.

Charley Penhallegan spent Sunday with his parents.

Mrs. Chas. Long returned to her home in Springfield, S.D., Wednesday.

Geo. Cline, of LeMars, is buying cattle here this week.

LeMars Sentinel
December 22, 1898

YEOMANS: 

Mr. and Mrs. Hungerford have gone to spend the winter with their son,
Al, in Nebraska.

The entertainment given Friday evening by teacher and scholars of the
Yeomans school was a grand success.  Credit should be given to Miss
Gustavson, the teacher, for her faithful work in preparing the children
and to Mr. John Johnson who cleared the road of drifts and furnished
seats for the crowd left standing.  The school house was beautifully
decorated with flags and red, white and blue.

STANTONVILLE:  (Special Correspondence)

A crowd of people from Perry Creek, attended the revival meetings on
Wednesday.

The Women's Missionary society annual election was held on Tuesday, Dec.
20, at Wm. Weckers and the following officers were elected:  Mrs. Rev.
L. Belzer, president; Mrs. Ida Berner, vice-president; Miss Lena
Huebsch, secretary; Mrs. J. Haviland, treasurer; Mrs. J. Brandstetter,
birthday box.

The Christmas exercises will commence here at 7 o'clock Saturday.

Charles Danne returned from Westfield last week.

A bright little baby girl came to gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Berner, December 8.

Mr. Gus Roy was a caller at Stantonville on Sunday afternoon.

Mr. Frank Haas, of LeMars, was a visitor in these parts on Sunday.

Mr. G. Lang has purchased a 160 acres near Kingsley.

CRATHORNE:  (Special Correspondence)

Joe Lavery was a visitor over Sunday at the Gallager home in Preston
township.

Mr. Giles, of Sioux City, was visiting at the Diediker home last week.

George Emmett, from near Akron, was visiting friends near Crathorne last
week.

Miss Mary Wagner, of Alton, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Christ
Weidenfeller, for some time.

Hans Erickson visited in Akron last Sunday.

The roads are getting very bad; no sleighing and very poor wheeling.

Chris Wendt, Jr., has been helping Hirshberg Bros. with their corn
sheller this week.

Miss Laura Patrick went to LeMars Monday to assist Mrs. Normington.

SENEY:  (Special Correspondence)

J. H. Walkup returned from Marshalltown Monday evening where he had been
visiting relatives a few weeks.  His brother, Jack, who had been taking
of his stock, returned home to Marshalltown Wednesday morning.

Alex McArthur is building an addition to his store.

There will be a grand shooting match held her on Friday next.  The boys
expect to have a good shoot as they have plenty of turkeys, geese, ducks
and pigeons.

Wm. Lancaster has commenced work on his new ice house.

Mrs. Coleman, of George, Iowa, visited her brother, Mr. Blane, last
Monday.

About forty young people gathered at the home of Sol Perry last Tuesday
evening in honor of Miss Dresser, a good time was enjoyed by all.

Mrs. Arthur Reeves was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Cook,
Wednesday.

MILLNERVILLE:  (Special Correspondence)

All who attended the party at Mr. Husted's on Friday evening, report a
very pleasant time.

Our neighborhood prophet missed it a trifle the last week.  He predicted
a violent storm every twenty-four hours last week, and behold the most
agreeable weather we have had lately.  A new one for the new year will
be in order.

The Ladies Aid society will give an oyster supper at the home of Will
Millner on Wednesday evening, December 28.  Everybody is cordially
invited to come.  The ladies are requested to bring cakes.

Mrs. A. G. Button, Mrs. J. P. Lindsey and Mrs. Bessie Crow were visitors
at Akron on Friday.

The lodge met at J. P. Lindsey's on Thursday evening.  Only a few were
present.

Mr. Coppock made a trip to LeMars and Ft. Dodge on Friday.

Wm. Millner and Jack Cassen hauled away hogs on Monday. 

To be up to date in this vicinity, you want a bad cold in your head.

ADAVILLE:  (Special Correspondence)

S. L. Stinton and family were visiting at Akron last Friday and
Saturday.

People of Adaville were well represented at LeMars Saturday.

Wm. Lytle was calling on friends in this locality last week.

Quite a few of the farmers from this district attended the fancy hog
sale of Henry Bros. at LeMars last Saturday.

Harry Waterbury came out from Akron last Saturday at brake neck speed to
see his best girl.

B. F. Wheeler, a traveling man for the Deering Harvestor Co., was
calling on O.R. Gaston, their agent, at this place last Monday.

Hamilton and Stinton have gone down to Merrill to shell corn.

Geo. and Frank Emmert left for Illinois this week to visit through the
holidays.

Rev. D.W. Swender left for Sac county Monday morning where he has
brought a driving team that he intends to drive back.

It is reported that we will have a new mail carrier from January 1 until
July 1.

Christmas tree at the church Saturday evening.  Everybody cordially
invited to attend.

Oliver King came home from Potosia last Sunday.  He has been chief clerk
down there for a few days.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hoffman spent a few days in LeMars last week.

L. A. Palmer left for Kossuth county last Tuesday where he intends to
stay during the winter.

Mrs. Geo. Benifiel left for Nora, Ill., last Friday to spend the winter.

Geo. W. Taylor writes that he likes it splendid in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

W. C. Peck was doing business in Sioux City last week.

A one-horse show was one of the attractions at the opera house last
Monday night.

Mayor Fletcher was transacting business in Merrill last Monday.

C. I. Rowley took in the Christian Science lecture at LeMars last
Saturday evening.

LeMars Sentinel
December 26, 1898

SENEY:  (Special Correspondence)

J. B. Owings shipped a car load of fine hogs of his own raising to Sioux
City Thursday and received the top of the market for them.

R. A. Blake accompanied his father home to Merrill Saturday evening to
spend Christmas.

Mrs. C. A Rodolph was visiting friends in Chicago and Quincy, Ill., last
week, returning home Sunday.

Mrs. and Mrs. Geo. Hughes, of Westfield, came over Saturday to spend
Christmas with the lady's parents.

Miss Bessie Kennedy came home from Cedar Falls Tuesday evening to spend
the holidays.

The regular meeting of the W.C.T.U. will be held at the home of Mrs. Wm.
Kennedy next Wednesday afternoon.

Miss Cora Perry went to Dakota last Friday to visit her uncle's family
over Christmas.

Lydia Ownings returned home Sunday morning from Sioux City.

George Wicks and Lottie Dixon, of LeMars, were guests at the Alderson
home Tuesday afternoon.

The shooting match at Seney last Friday was a big success, the Seney
boys capturing all the prizes, the LeMars boys getting one turkey that
they paid one of the Seney boys to shoot for them.  Fred Baldwin took
the best prize in the live bird shoot, of thirteen dollars, and John
McArthur the second best, of seven.  There is talk of having another
match before long.  We hope the boys will practice up so they can print
the scores.  The turkey raffle in the evening got away with the turks
faster than the boys could shoot them, ducks and geese, going at the
same gait.

The Christmas entertainment at the church Saturday evening was much
enjoyed by all present.  The music and singing and recitations were
worthy of great praise and the children were greatly pleased when Mr.
and Mrs. Santa Claus appeared on the scene and distributed beautiful
gifts to almost everyone in the house.

AKRON:

Chatsworth, our growing little neighbor on the north, has the reputation
of being a place where a person can find plenty of trouble if so
inclined.  Last Friday afternoon a couple of "grafters" struck the town.
They loafed around the saloon until after dark and then proceeded to get
in their work, going out on the street and boldly knocking down a young
man and rifling his pockets.  Then they proceeded to use their fists
upon every person who showed his face.  But an alarm was sounded, and a
crowd quickly surrounded them and administered a most unmerciful
beating, one of them being so badly injured that he endeavored to crawl
away upon his hands and knees.  After a short consultation, the crowd
dragged the fellows up on the railroad track, and, with a few parting
thumps, told them to make themselves scarce, which they did with
alacrity.

STANTON:  (Special Correspondence)

H. N. Newell and family took their Christmas dinner with Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Demaray, of Washington township.

Wm. A. Demaray, of Hudson, S.D., spent last Tuesday and Wednesday
visiting with H. N. Newell and family.

Levi Bixby sold a nice bunch of cattle to Bixby Bros. a few days ago.

A number of the young people of this vicinity went to the Becker school
house in America township last Wednesday evening to take part in a
spelling match.  There was a lively contest.  The vanquished party
accepted the result gracefully.

The president and secretary of the school board  done considerable
driving one day recently, serving a verbal notice upon the members of
the school board, calling that body together with a view of accepting
the new school house just completed by Contractor Croft.

H. N. Newell drove to Seney on Wednesday, calling on relatives.

Rev. J. Wilson, of Merrill, conducted a special Christmas service at the
Gosting school house on Christmas day.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
December 29, 1898

ADAVILLE:

P. A. Oakes is still threshing with his horse power rig.

Born to John Lorie and wife, of Westfield, a boy, on Dec. 24.

Frank Lentz attended the Wm. Suyder sale below Merrill last Tuesday.

The latest thing out is a joke on our esteemed friend and official mayor of
Adaville, Alfred Fletcher. The story runs like this: Of course, anyone
that is acquainted with Mr. Fletcher knows that he is a great admirer of
fancy stock, so on last Thursday Mr. Fletcher purchased a fine Poland China
pig from Wm. Frost, of Merrill. The pig was crated and loaded in Mr.
Fletcher’s wagon and he journeyed home at the rate of about five miles a
minute. When he arrived home he called for the hired man to come and help
unload his beautiful porker, when lo and behold you, it was gone. Fred said
to his hired man, “dog-on their buttons, I’ll bet them fellows in Merrill
never put that pig in the wagon.”

POTOSIA: (Special Correspondence)

Oscar Crouch, who has been very sick the past week with appendicitis, is
getting better and is able to sit up a little now. Dr. Ross, of Sioux City,
is attending. It is thought that an operation will be necessary before the
disease is driven from the system.

D. M. Baker has been quite sick the past week and Dr. Berner was called.
His leg, which was broken in three places by the bursting of an emery wheel
about a month ago, still causes him a good deal of troubles.

Messrs. Simpson and Frost, of Merrill, were out on business one day last
week.

Miss Kate Ahern and pupils are enjoying a week’s vacation.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Berger entertained the Heiden and Williamson families and
Misses Florence and Nellie Baker on Christmas.

Addison Carpenter and wife spent Christmas with relatives at O’Leary. They
went Saturday and returned Sunday night.

Julius Klatt has bought out the share of Wm. Zink in their steamer and
expects to hire his own crew to thrash next fall.

Revival meetings began here Monday evening and Rev. Swender preached an
excellent sermon about the ten talents.

Roscoe Small and family, of Millnerville, spent Christmas with relatives
here.

Victor Swanson and M. Sanford have each bought new buggies. We presume they
will soon be looking for farms to rent now.

There was a dance at Juseks on Christmas eve.

Some of the young people from here attended the dance at Hoffman’s near
Merrill on Monday night.

It is reported here that Willie Walker, of Hornick, died one day last week
and was buried at Hornick on Friday. He had been quite sick, but was
getting better when he took a severe cold from the effects of which he could
not rally. Willie was about 8 years of age and was the youngest child of
Mr. and Mrs. John Walker, who lived on the Hess farm here for five years.
Willie leaves three brothers and three sisters to mourn for him, besides
parents and little friends.

Miss Lulu Burnett is at home again from Dalton where she has been working
for some time.

Pearl Pletcher has finished work for Andrew Crouch and is now working for
Chas. Neal.

MILLNERVILLE: (Special Correspondence)

James Cassen and wife, of Waterloo, Ia., are visiting with Mr. Cassen’s
brothers, Tom and Jack Cassen.

Miss Ethel Lindsey spent Christmas in Akron with her teacher, Miss Fern
Maginnis.

James Millner and wife, also Miss Myrtle and Geo. Millner, of Morningside,
are visiting relatives here at Millnerville.

Miss Maginnis made the children all happy by treating them all to candy,
popcorn and nuts on Friday.

J. Crow has several teams hauling hogs to Jefferson today.

Sam’l King and family spent Christmas with Mr. King’s father, Oliver King,
of Adaville.

Edgar Scott, who has been sojourning in this vicinity since he was mustered
out of the service of Uncle Sam, has taken his effects and gone to Elk
Point, South Dakota, where his father is now living.

Mrs. Button has a man painting the interior of his store this week. After
the first of January, he will put in a complete general stock.

CRATHORNE: (Special Correspondence)

Jas. Rowe went up to his farm near Hawarden Tuesday on business.

The German Lutheran Church in Preston township had Christmas exercises and a
tree for the little folks Saturday evening.

John Prichard has returned home after making his home with August Lukens for
the past two months.

Mrs. Hannah Simonds, who has been staying with her sister, Mrs. August
Lukens, for some time has returned to her home at Millnerville.

Mr. Jamieson and Will Jeffers are holding a series of special meetings at
the Ruble school house this week.

Master Herbert Blakeway is spending the holidays with his parents at
Crathorne.

Neil Robertson was a caller Monday in the neighborhood of Crathorne.

C. A. Stephens and family visited Monday at the Lemon home to partake of a
Christmas dinner.

Frank Post and family, of Dalton, were visitors at the McInnis home
Christmas.

Johnie Perry, from near Hawarden, was a visitor at the Rowe home Monday.

Ed Keenan spent Christmas at his parents home in Johnson township.

Jake Ruble, of Akron, spent Christmas with his friend, Paul Gill, near
Crathorne.

August Ross and Will McGillery left Wednesday for a visit with friends at
Wessington, S.D.

Sol Erickson visited in LeMars Monday with a brother-in-law whose home is at
Sioux City.

Prof. Jeffers, from Little Rock, Iowa, is spending his holiday vacation with
his mother in Johnson township.

Geo. Rembe, Sr. was visiting with Will Croft and family, east of Le Mars
last week.

There were Christmas exercises and a tree last Sunday evening at the Ruble
school house.

There will be preaching next Sunday afternoon at Plymouth Presbyterian
Church.

Donald Ross went to Ireton Wednesday.

John Ostrom was a visitor with his son at the farm in Grant township
Wednesday.

POTOSIA:  (Special Correspondence)

Mrs. Asphind has been quite sick again lately, but is some better now.

Uriah Stinton, of Adaville, attended the meetings here Tuesday evening.

D. M. Baker and son, Frank, went to LeMars Tuesday.

Monday, the 27th, was Charlie Waddington's 21 birthday so his relatives
prepared an excellent oyster supper and invited in several friends to
help celebrate the event.  The surprise was complete and all enjoyed
themselves immensely and wished Charley many more returns of his
birthday.

Grandma Hagle and Mr. and Mrs. Pritchett and family spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Watts.

The Hinton Sunday school presented Miss Cora Van Dusen with a fine album
on Christmas in token of their appreciation of her services as organist.

Tena Baker came home from Sioux City Saturday for a few days visit.

Rev. Swender is enjoying a visit from his younger brother who
accompanied him from Ogden.  Rev. Swender succeeded in buying a fine
team while he was gone and drove back from Ogden, Cass county.

John Burkitt and Tena Baker spent Christmas in LeMars.

Mr. Sweeney, wife and children, from North Dakota, came Thursday of last
week to visit relatives here.

Victor Swanson and Mrs. C. P. Kingren did trading in Sioux City Tuesday.

The Ladies Aid held another of their successful meetings last Wednesday
at the home of Ole Bonus.  And not only the ladies were present, but the
menfolks mustered up their courage and turned out royally.  Dinner was
served to about twenty people and $2.15 added to the treasury.  The next
one will meet at the home of D. M. Baker in two weeks.  Let everybody
come and spend a few pleasant hours in a social time.

Paul Thorson, who has been staying with Iver Kirkrude for some time, has
gone to Sioux City.

I. Kirkrude ate Christmas dinner with Ole Bonus and family.

The Bonus family are expecting a whole load of relatives out from Sioux
City to spend New Years.

Miss Krudwig spent Christmas at her home in LeMars and Miss Plum at her
home near Merrill.

Frank Crouch and wife spent Christmas with relatives in Merrill.

Several of the young friends of Miss Lulu Burnett went to her home
Wednesday to spend the evening.  They took luncheon with them.  The
Misses Page, of Sioux City, are visiting with Miss Burnett and it was in
their honor the party was given.

Revival meetings each evening this week and Sunday evening. Services
begin at 7:30.

MILLNERVILLE:  (Special Correspondence)

Thursday, December 22, being the twenty-first birthday of Mr. Charlie
Amos, a large number of invited guests assembled at his father's house
to celebrate the event.  The evening passed very pleasantly, dancing
being the main amusement, some trying their fortune in the game of
Klondyke.  At a seasonable time suppers, such as we get only when
invited out during the holidays, was served.  Chas. received quite a
number of nice presents and nearly enough dishes to set up housekeeping
with.  All pronounced it a very pleasant evening and each and all wish
this young man, who has many friends in the neighborhood, many happy
returns of his birthday.

Mr. Brehm, our supervisor, took dinner at Mr. A. G. Button's on Friday.

Mrs. W. Vanderburgh has gone to his old home in Carroll county to spend
the holidays.

Miss Laura Otis, who has been attending school at Vermillion, was called
home, her younger brother being very sick in Sioux City.

Miss Nellie Waddle came home from Blaine on Sunday.

Miss Hazel and Miss Irene Trigg are home from Vermillion to spend the
holidays with their parents.

SENEY:  (Special Correspondence)

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stickles and family, of Sioux City, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Cutland, Monday.

Miss Lydia Owings returned to Sioux City Monday.

Little Esther Cook has been quite seriously ill the past few days.

There will be another shooting match here Saturday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. John Hinde, of Carnes, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Moore on Monday.

John Emery returned to Carroll, Neb., Tuesday morning.

Hilton Collins was a Sioux City passenger Tuesday.

Philip Beaver and Math Wurth each shipped a carload of cattle from here
to Chicago Tuesday night.

Mr. and Mrs. George Hughes returned to their home at Westfield on
Sunday.

Milton and Clarence Moore drove over to Leeds Tuesday.

Bert Reeves is visiting his sister, Mrs. Hughes, at Westfield this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dickinson are visiting relatives near Parker, S. D.,
this week.

A large crowd was present at the dance at McAthur's hall last Monday
evening and a good time is reported by all.

J. Alderson brought the counters and shelves up from LeMars for his new
store last Tuesday.

Seney Camp, Modern Woodman of America, will have a public installation
of officers and an oyster supper at their camp hall Wednesday evening,
January 4.  A cordial invitation is extended to all.

Ernest Brown returned to Ireton Wednesday morning.

Alex McArthur and wife are keeping house for Mr. Dickinson's during
their absence from home.

A certain young man lost his hat while taking his girl home from the
dance last Monday evening and drove over a mile before discovering his
loss.

J. Alderson shipped a carload of hogs to Sioux City Wednesday evening.

There will be a watch meeting held at the M.E. church Saturday night.
Rev. Lace, of LeMars, and possibly some other minister will be present.
The meeting will be very interesting as well as edifying.  Services will
begin about 9 o'clock p.m. and will continue until a few minutes after
midnight.  Everybody cordially invited to be present.  There will be an
intermission of about an hour in which time the members of the W.C.T.U.
will serve lunch at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cutland.

A. F. Tredway, of Cedar Rapids, Neb., is the guest of his daughter, Mrs.
Miles Kennedy.

WESTFIELD:  (Special Correspondence)

Loretta Martin is very sick.

Mr. and Mrs. Burnight drove to Akron last Wednesday night.

Gusta Reeves returned from Ireton last Thursday.

Miss Mable Harrington and her brothers drove to Akron last Thursday
afternoon.

The social dance given at Mr. Frank Mills' last Thursday evening was
well attended and a pleasant time was enjoyed by all.

George and Eugene Barber are home to spend the holidays.

Miss Trigg and her sister who have been attending school at Vermillion,
came home to spend the holidays.

Mr. Wiseman rode to Akron on his wheel Saturday morning.

Miss Jennie Harrington came home to spend Christmas.

Will Sharp drove to Sioux City last Friday.

Mrs. Thomas, from Sioux City, is here visiting her mother, Mrs.
Beaulieu.

Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Myers, the church carpenters, returned from Sioux
City last Monday to finish the work.

G. B. Main and family ate their Christmas dinner in Elk Point.

Mr. and Mrs. Burnight drove to Akron Tuesday.