Iowa
Old Press
Buffalo Center Tribune
Buffalo Center, Winnebago co. Iowa
Friday, February 15, 1895
Town and Country
-Assessor Hilts is making his rounds this week.
-Rev. Matt Wing has the frame of his new house in the north part
of town nearly enclosed.
-Thos. Egan has received the appointment of postmaster at
Thompson.
-Hadigan Bros. are having a new icehouse constructed for the
reception of their next summer's supply of cold weather.
J.B. Johnston, our new barber, and family arrived in town Tuesday
and domiciled at present with Alex. Wilson's family. They have
secured rooms in H.C. Lien's house, however, and as soon as
possible will establish their own household therein.
Another saloon was opened up for business in Thompson last week
by Germania parties, but its career was short. The city marshall
swooped down upon it, arresting the "bar-keep" and
seizing the drinkables. The prisoner was taken to Mason City to
jail to await the action of the next grand jury.
Ground was broken for the new Mallory block Monday. Jay
Weatherbee has the contract and has found the use of dynamite
expedient in penetrating the crust of frost which is five feet in
thickness.
Personal Mention
-Banker Drake of Radcliff was a visitor here Wednesday
-Jacob Varland returned from his trip to Minnesota and South
Dakota Saturday night.
-Ole J. Leedal, of Clayton, Minn., was a visitor with friends and
relatives here Monday.
-Bert Franklin left Wednesday for a few weeks sojourn at his
paternal home at Rockford.
-G.A. Frink, our quondam Bargain Store merchant, passed up the
road to Armstrong Wednesday evening.
-Fred Russell is about to depart for a three or four months visit
to his paternal home at Colorado Springs, Col.
-Miss Lily Wheeler and Miss Fredericks, of Forest City, were up
in attendance upon the masquerade ball Friday night.
Ben Erickson and family, of Forest City, became bona fide
residents of Buffalo Center Tuesday evening. They are at present
the guests of their relatives, N.C. Sorenson and family, but will
begin housekeeping as soon as they can obatin suitable
apartments.
Mrs. George Pink and little son arrived here from Kimball, S.
Dakota, Tuesday evening. Mr. Pink was here last fall and bought a
farm two or three miles from town. We presume this means that
they will soon be located thereon as solid and substantial
citizens and factors in our community.
B.B. Bliss, of Iowa Falls, the electrician, was a visitor here
yesterday in company with his agent, Mr. Martin, of Forest City,
and favored us with a pleasant call. He had with him specimens of
the hone stone and marble rich deposits of which were recently
found on his land, and although we profess to be no judge of such
things, we believe they will prove an exceedingly lucky find to
him.
Special Correspondence - Lincoln
-Mr. James Harper has the lagrippe.
-Mr. Albert Yahnkey has rented Mr. Thompson's farm.
-Little George Yahnkee has been quite ill, but is better.
-Mr. Yahnkey's people have been enjoying a visit from Mr. Gus
Dreyer, from Geneva.
-Mr. Jewett lost a good horse a few nights since. It is supposed
from spasmodic colic.
-Mr. George Thompson and family expect to start for South Dakota
when spring opens.
-We hear that Bert Richmond has gone, or is going, to Missouri to
see if it is any warmer there.
-Mr. Thompson lost forty-five hogs from cholera. We are very
sorry to hear it has got so near us.
Mr. Hans Jorgeson, in the northeast part of the township, came
near burning out one night last week. He lit a lamp upstairs, and
thinks he must have dropped the match into an open bureau drawer.
At any rate, sometime during the night they were awakened by some
kind of a noise and found there was fire upstairs. The bureau and
contents were burned, and a hole burned through the roof. Its
progress was soon stopped but it they had not been roused just as
they were it is probable that nothing could have been saved.
[transcribed by S.F. June 2013]