Iowa Old Press
Keosauqua Republican
Keosauqua, Van Buren, Iowa
Thursday, Apr 12, 1883
MARRIED- At the residence of the mother of the bride, near Lebanon, on Sunday, April 6, 1883, Silas Humphrey to Lottie McBride, Rev. Wright officiating.
DIED- H.E. Bradford, an old resident of Mt. Sterling, this county, died on last Friday April 6, 1883. For many years he was postmaster at that place, and he was universally respected by the many who knew him.
DIED- Len Brown, aged between six and seven years, and son of Jas. W. and Amanda Brown, Chequest township, died of measles on Wednesday, April 4, 1883. None of he family were able to attend the funeral, the father and the remaining children being down with the same disease and the mother being compelled to stay with the sick infant.
DIED- in Keosauqua, on Saturday morning, April 7, 1883, Julia E.
Burton.
Miss Burton was in her 32nd year and for some time
previous to her death suffered the pains of consumption, and this it was that
caused her death. Only two weeks before, almost to an hour, her mother died in
the same house. Julia had lived in Keosauqua from childhood and was held in high
regard by her many acquaintances. The severely afflicted brothers and sisters
deeply mourn their loss and they have the heartfelt sympathy of the people of
this community in the heavy bereavement resting upon them.
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE
BENTONSPORT- The work on the bridge is progressing finely. The workmen put up the second span last week...C. Heinz, our tailor, intends moving to Keokuk soon, having already rented his property here...Julius Greef was called away last week by a telegram announcing the death of his father...Mrs. I.D. Pergrin was visiting in Davenport a short time since...The High School closed the 30th ult. Ben Franklin wields the rod in the Intermediate department in place of Geo. Way, resigned...Neri Jack sol his team to Rolla Walters for $225...The flouring mill has changed owners, J.W. Scott being the new proprietor...Al Thomas has sold his grocery and will soon seek a more favorable clime...On Wednesday last week George W. Jack sold his stock of groceries, dry goods, hardware, etc., to Joseph Montgomery and Henry Robinson who take possession as soon as the stock can be invoiced. Mr. Jack has been in business since 1866, and has been very successful. There is much regret expressed that he is quitting the business, but all are glad that such genial men as Montgomery and Robinson take his place. They will retain that popular clerk Chas. Middleton...The Lyceum Association gave a dramatic performance Saturday night...Mrs. H.B. Edmonson is reported sick with the measles...T. Nash of Farmington showed his smiling countenance in our town last week...Our sportsmen are busy trying to scare the ducks off the river...A.C. Rehkopf will soon move to town...C. Wood has improved so much that he is able to be on the streets.
LEANDO.- Weather fine and town busy. Farmers are beginning to plant crops but nearly all are mourning the loss of their fruit trees which were killed by the severe weather of the past winter. The old orchards are reported all dead and the young ones badly injured...One of our young men went to Keosauqua last week to "court" in the two senses of that word. The result is yet to come...Frank Rodgers has traded his farm to Frank Metz for town property and a piece of land in Mo...W.H. Morrison is preparing to build a new residence on his lots in town. Jim Bell also expects to build a residence for himself in town this summer...Will Meek has rented the ferry and will run it this summer...John Miller is recovering from his illness...John Boyer had four large hogs killed by lightning last week besides a straw stack burned where the hogs were sheltered...Clayton Lady will start for Arkansas next Thursday where he expects to make his future home...Our new squire performed his first official act on last Sunday by uniting in marriage J.F. Hayes and Mary Spearback...
- John H. Lowe had traded his Keosauqua property for the Davis
farm of 100 acres west of Pittsburg.
- The South Keosauqua spring term of school opened Monday with Miss Belle Derry
as teacher.
-Congressman Cutts, of the Sixth district is lying very low with peritonitis at
his home in Oskaloosa. No hopes are entertained of his recovery.
- Joel T. Avery and old citizen and long time patron of the REPUBLICAN made this
office a pleasant visit last Saturday.
- A card from our young friend, W.A. Russell, recently of Lebanon, says he is
located at Grand Forks, Dakota.
- For three Sundays past in succession Keosauqua has had a funeral. The first
was Mrs. E.F. Burton, next Minnie Wilkin and last Sunday Julia Burton.
- "Bailey" of the REPUBLICAN office force is in training as a tumbler.
He is giving office exhibitions now and with a little more practice will be
ready to go before the public.
- Mrs. Fannie Gleason, nee Sloan, took her departure from this place the first
of the week for Colorado, where she goes to join her husband in their new home.
NOTICE- I have commenced my trade plastering, and will agree to do good work cheap for cash. I will put on hard finish center pieces in good workmanlike manner, and will do patching in good order. My residence is in the southern part of town. RICHARD JOHNSON, colored.
- On Tuesday of this week, Argus Cox, of Vernon township, who is
well known in the county, and universally respected, started for western Iowa,
where he will look up a location and practice his chosen profession law. He is a
young man of elevated character and more than ordinary ability and his large
number of friends here will rejoice to hear of his success wherever he may make
his house.
- JUST SO- Down in Bonaparte there are some earnest good humored workers for the
new railroad and they have their fun with it in the contest, as is shown by the
following card received from an unknown writer:
Bonaparte, April 7, 1883.
Friend Rowley- I thought it was my duty to notify you
that you had lost the R.R. Don't weep, but the next time move to a better place.
Yours now and forever,
A DEMOCRAT.
- GOOD- Uncle Billy Gaddis, Pierceville, this county, is a lucky man in his old
age. He is very feeble and during the war of the rebellion he lost his son Van
Meter at the battle of Prairie Grove. For some years past he has been trying to
secure a pension and last week he was notified of the allowance of $1964 of back
pension and a monthly continuance of $8. Warmly will the many friends of Mr.
Gaddis and wife congratulate them. They needed greatly the comforts this money
will bring them and they deserve it. It is none too great pay for the life of a
son given for the Union and the country owes to them all it has bestowed.
- Miss Swan, primary teacher at Farmington, is in Keosauqua this week visiting
our schools.
- ROADSTERS- Barris, of Washington county, Iowa, will reach Keosauqua this week
with two blooded roadster stallions and will remain during the season. They are
fine animals and farmers desiring to breed such class of colts will do well to
remember this.
COURT PROCEEDINGS- The greater part of
the Circuit court has been taken up with jury trials. Last week the rehearing of
the case of Joseph Warren, administrator of the estate of James A. Alcorn vs.
Samuel Miller, was up and the jury failed to agree, they standing eleven to one
for plaintiff. This makes the second hearing of this suit, in the first trial
the plaintiff securing a verdict but it was set aside by the Judge because it
was evidently a compromise.
The next case of Mary I. Hopkins vs. William Mathias,
of the western part of the county, is an aggravated one. Mathias was the
step-father of Mary Hopkins, whom it is claimed he seduced, she becoming
enceinte, the seduction taking place tow months after the mother's death. The
girl was but 14 years of age at the time, and in four months afterwards married
one Hopkins, (it being claimed that Mathias encouraged this) and as soon as
Hopkins found out the condition of his wife he applied for and secured a
divorce. Mathias fled the country and has not been back and the step-daughter
brought suit for $5,000 damage. Much interest was manifested in the case it
going to the jury Tuesday evening and at this writing, 11 o'clock Wednesday,
strange as it seems to the public under the circumstances, they have failed to
agree and probably will not.
The case of McClain vs. Jewett has been continued and
the slander suit of Emily Young vs Thomas Burnett of Bonaparte was compromised
by each party paying one half the costs and his own attorney fees.
James T. Jones vs. G.M. Brown, a damage suit from
Village township, is now on trial before a jury and will consume to-day and
probably Thursday. This is all of importance that has been reached this court.