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Note: the articles on this page from the Omaha Bee, have been uploaded to the Pottawattamie co. section of Iowa Old Press, even though technically, the paper is Nebraska-based. Council Bluffs had an entire page devoted to their news. Very likely it was published in the Council Bluffs office and added to the Omaha edition of the Bee.
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The Weekly Nonpareil
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie co. Iowa
April 22, 1891
Official Proceedings - Board of Supervisors - April term,
1891
Monday, April 6, 1891 - In accordance with law the board of
supervisors of Pottawattamie county met in regular session.
Present, F.G. Hetzel, chairman; Messrs. Chas. Alexander, Alex
Osler, A.C. Graham and August Bostedt. The minutes of the meeting
of Saturday, January 10, 1891 were approved as published.
On motion the following official bonds were approved:
J.A. Pratt, clerk of Crescent township.
Henry Rishton, clerk of York township.
J.C. McKinstry, justice of the peace, Layton township.
L.D. Babcock, justice of the peace, Waveland township.
E.E. Harris, justice of the peace, York township.
J.R. Boulden, justice of the peace, Rockford township.
D.A. Coe, justice of the peace, Waveland township.
W.J. Williams, constable, Rockford township.
Isaac Myers, constable, Rockford township.
Chris. Wulff, constable, York township.
Geo. Haas, constable, Pleasant township.
The board approved the action of F.G. Hetzel in approving the
bond of W.R. Fehr, justice of the peace, Belknap township, which
bond he approved in vacaton.
On motion the chairman was directed to approve the bond of D.S.
McGannon for faithful performance of his contract; also to sign
the contract with said McGannon for construction of the county
bridges for the ensuing year.
April 8, 1891 - The board proceeded to the election of an
overseer of the poor, by ballot, to fill the unexpired term of
M.D. Hardin, deceased. A ballot being taken the result was as
follows: J.L. Forman, four votes; D.K. Dodson, one vote.
On motion J.L. Forman was declared elected overseer of the poor,
to fill out the unexpired term of M.D. Hardin, to begin upon his
filing a satisfactory bond in the sum of three thousand dollars,
to be approved by the board at this session.
Double Funeral
At 2 oclock yesterday morning Thomas Kelly died at the home of
his son, M.J. Kelly, on Bluff street, aged 80 years. Only last
Wednesday death entered this household and claimed the aged wife
of the deceased. At the time of Mrs. Kelly's demise her husband
was very ill with "grip." The funeral of Mrs. Kelly was
first set for yesterday morning, but on Thursday the physicians
in attendance pronounced Mr. Kelly's case hopeless and announced
to the family that he could not live more than twenty-four hours
at the farthest. Following this sad news it was decided to
postpone the funeral of Mrs. Kelly so that if the decision of the
physicians proved true, the husband and wife could be laid at
rest together.
This morning the remains of both Mr. and Mrs. Kelly lie in
elegant caskets in the home of their son. At 9 o'clock there will
be a double funeral from St. Francis Xavier's Catholic church.
There will be two hearses and twelve pallbearers. The remains
will be conveyed to the Catholic cemetery, where they will be
buried side by side in a double grave.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly were both well known here, having been
residents of Council Bluffs for a number of years. They were
devoted to each other and to their children, and their demise is
only a fitting end of the long and uneventful life they had
lived. While the sorrowing children deplore the loss of their
parents, they are consoled with the knowledge that in death both
are united, and it will be their sorrowful duty to carry out the
last wishes of both the husband and wife, that their bodies shall
be buried together.
[transcribed by S.F., February 2014]
The Omaha Bee
Council Bluffs Office
Omaha, Nebraska - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie co. Iowa
Monday, April 27, 1891
News from Council Bluffs
Hans Peter Jensen died Saturday night at Bellingers' hospital on
lower Broadway, aged twenty-five years. The funeral will take
place this afternoon at 3 o'clock from Estep's undertaking
establishment.
T.W. Fisher was arrested last evening on a charge of drunkenness.
When he was searched at the police station a revolver and a
murderous pair of brass knuckles were found upon him. He was
booked with the charge of carrying concealed weapons in addition
to that of drunkenness.
Patrick K. O'Bryan of the Deaf and Dumb Hawkeye, Council
Bluffs, and James McEvoy and Thomas Boyle were Council Bluffs
visitors with Marshal Brennan.
A daughter has been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Christ Lemke, and an
Omaha midwife is accused of fracturing a bone at the shoulder.
A telegram was received Saturday night announcing the death of
Thomas Metcalf, sr., at Chadron, O. The deceased was the father
of Henry, Thomas and George Metcalf of this city, all of whom
were notified of the serious illness of the old man in time so
that they arrived at Chadron before the end came. The deceased
was ninety-three years of age when he died.
Max Bouricius, having associated himself with the Council Bluffs
Music Co., desires to thank the public for the patronage in the
past and bespeaks its good will for the future. He will be
pleased to wait upon his old friends, as well as new ones, at the
Council Bluffs Music Co.'s place of business, 538 Broadway.
Death of Fremont co. Man
John Printy died Saturday night at St. Bernard's hospital, aged
thirty years. He was brought in to the Bluffs a couple of weeks
ago from Imogene, a small town on the Wabash, where he had had an
experience with a runaway horse, which had resulted in a compound
fracture of the leg. He was taken to the hospital and Dr. T.B.
Lacey was called to attend him. The broken bone was set and it
was thought he would get along all right, but a few days ago
blood poisoning set in and finally caused his death. Two brothers
of the dead man, Dr. James Printy of Chicago and M. Printy of
Imogene, and the wife of the deceased have been by the bedside of
the dying man in his last hours and cared for him. the remains
were taken to Imogene yesterday afternoon across the country, the
railroads not allowing them to be taken on board, as Dr. Lacey
said the deceased had diphtheria before his death.
[transcribed by S.F., April 2014]