Jefferson County Online FAIRFIELD, IOWA “FAIRFIELD TRIBUNE” JEFFERSON COUNTY December 28, 1882 Transcribed and contributed by Cathy Joynt Labath labaths@worldnet.att.net

THE YEAR'S LOCAL NEWS
A Summary of the More Important Local Happenings for the Year Just Closing

JANUARY
   1st- Sunday; marriage of John H. Merckens and Miss Ida May Emerson of
          Round Prairie township...
   2nd- New Year's calls in this city; John Davis
          takes official control of county treasury; Board of Supervisors in session,
          H.B. Mitchell succeeded by Wm. Billingsly; Woolen Mills close for the
          season; first issue of The Portfolio; John R. McElderry appointed mail agent
          between Davenport and Kansas City...
   3rd- Allmayer Bros. remove to their new
          store room...
   5th- Midwinter hop at Wells' Hall; the subject of lighting the
          city by electricity is first agitated in the city papers...8th- Death of
          Samuel C. Rominger, an old citizen of County Line; Mrs. Wolf, of Des Moines
          township taken with small-pox...
   9th- Union schools open with a less
          attendance than usual owing to small-pox scare; Rock Island employes move
          into their new depot; J.A. Herring, overseer of the poor in this city,
          resigns on account of sickness; T.L. Huffman appointed overseer...11th-Death
          of Israel Mullenix, an old resident...
   13th- Mr. J.M. Frost has his leg
          broken by his horses running away just south of town; regular hop at Wells'
          Hall...
   18th- January session of circuit court convenes, Judge Lewis
          presiding...19th- Death of Mrs. Helen Bockins...
   25th- Rev. Morris presented
          with a gold watch and chain by the congregation of St. Mary's previous to
          his departure for Missouri Valley; Prof. Ostrander organized his first class
          in dancing...
   27th- Death of Porter White in this city...
   30th- S.K. West enters into partnership with Jos. Ricksher...
   31st- Charlie George removes his jewelry store to the new Alston building.

FEBRUARY
    3rd- John Gibson dies of consumption; conference of the Y.M.C.A. of this district begins in Fairfield...
    4th- Circuit court adjourns; business exceptionally good around the square; Mt. Pleasant whist club plays a match game with Fairfield players...
    7th- Marriage of Charles Shriner with Miss Bessie DuBois...
    9th- Swedish Lady Quartette and Emil Gavin, at Semon's opera house...
   10th- Teacher's convention at Pleasant Plain...
   12th- Joseph Lynch, two miles west of Glasgow, attempts suicide by cutting his throat; P.G. Nesselhouse dies of congestion of the brain...
   14th- Congregational ladies give an oyster supper at Mrs. M.E. Woods' ...
   20th- Prof. A. Marquain opens a business college...
   23rd- Lecture by Schuyler Colfax; death of Marquis Shriner of dropsy of the heart.

MARCH
   1st- Carreno Concert company at the opera house...
   4th- Death of Dr. C.S. Clarke...
   6th- City election. All the old members of council and mayor re-elected; Gen. Weaver addresses a large audience at the court house...
   7th- Presbyterian ladies give Madame Jarley's wax works at the opera house...
   8th- Death of J.A. Herring...
   10th- Prof. Ostrander has a select hop at Wells' hall...
   13th- At the School Board election J.E. Roth succeeds Mr. Chester, and W.E. Thompson re-elected; district court convenes, Judge Cook presiding...
   19th- Marriage in this city of Mr. Emmanuel Fist, of Ottumwa and Miss Henrietta Allmayer of Fairfield...
   20th- Adjournment of district court;  S???ssiger sentenced to five years in the penitentiary...
   27th-Woolen Mills opens for the season...
   30th-Marriage of A.W. Welday and Miss Fannie Beck; Mt. Pleasant amateurs present "Under the Gaslight" at the opera house...
   31st- City schools adjourn for a week's vacation.

APRIL
     8th- The house of P.I. Labaugh, one mile east of town, burned with all its contents...
   13th- Death of Mrs. Jacob Dahlman; Mrs. Larua Dainty, assisted by C.C. Clark gives an entertainment at the opera house...
   15th- Board of Supervisors examine and accept the new building put up at the poor farm for the incurable insane...
   23d- Y.M.C.A. celebrates their first anniversary.

MAY
    1st- Calico bail at Wells' hall; James Orr, an old resident commits suicide by laying his head on the railroad track and letting the cars run over him...
   3rd- Work began on Demarce's new brick yard on the Libertyville road...
   8th- Fairfield Library Association complete the purchase of the archaelogical collection of S.B. Evans...
   10th- Jane Coombs plays Romeo and Juliet at the opera house...15th-Burglars enter the house of H.H. Fulton and take a gold watch and chain and other articles...
   16th- Work begun on the new college building...
   19th- Mr. and Mrs. Voorhies celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage...
   23rd- Four inches of snow...
   30th- Decoration day observed with much interest.

JUNE
   1st- Second anniversary of the Fairfield Microscope Club; marriage of R.H. Moore and Miss Jennie Jackson...
   2nd- City schools close...
   7th- The committee of council contract for an electric tower to be finished within sixty days; Cooper, Jackson & Co's Circus...
   11th- Sudden death of Mrs. Geo. Black in Des Moines township...
   12th-B. Mohr and family leave Fairfield for Los Angeles, California to make their future home...
   14th- Marriage of Chas. Anderson and Miss Emma Dunlap...
   15th- Wesley C. Hobbs at the opera house, speaks on the anti-amendment side; Silver Cornet Band hold a festival in the park...
   20th- Batchelder & Doris's Circus...25th- Heavy rain and wind storm, considerable damage done...
   29th- The Agassiz Club discover relics of the Mound Builders, five miles south of town...
   30th- Sudden death of John King, a recent arrival from Indiana.

JULY
   2nd- John Seddon's house in Perlee struck by lightning and burned...
   6th- Broom drill entertainment by the young ladies of the Congregational church...
   7th & 8th- Petty burglaries about town...
   12th- Marriage of Ben Allmayer of this city and Miss Alice Lyons at Keokuk...
   25th- Greenaway party for little folks at Mrs. Geo. D. Temple's.

AUGUST
    1st- Second appearance of Broom Brigade...
    7th- J.E. Roth and William Young purchase G.D. Riddle's shoe store; Messrs. Frank Junkin, Jesse Riddle, Wm. Alston and Heysham leave for Colorado...10th- Electric tower completed and painting begun...
   13th- Mayor Cummings house broken into by thieves and numerous small articles taken; death of Scott Park near Salina from injuries received in a mowing machine...
   14th- Mrs. Wm. Cassidy of Salina, severely injured by runaway team while driving into this city; last week of normal...
   19th- Death of Mrs. Cassidy...
   20th- Oscar Y. Raines suicides by shooting himself in the heart...
   21st- Circuit court convenes, Judge Lewis presiding; death of Mrs. Margaret Crawford...
   30th- Death of Wm. H. Jones, an old resident of this city; large party at Mrs. Scott Jordan's.

SEPTEMBER
     3rd- Rev. Evans teaches his farewell sermon at the M.E. church...
   14th- Marriage of Will C. Kerr, of Newton and Miss Ida Lucas in this city...
   15th- City park first lit by electricity, dinner in the park by the band boys,
          address by Prof. A. McCalla and a ball at the opera house in the evening...
   20th- Ledger office takes fire, damages slight...
   23rd- Whiteley's Hidden Hand Co. at the opera house...
   26th- Marriage of Dr. J.E. Hathaway of Arlington, Ill. to Miss Ella Dana of this city...
   28th- Soldier's reunion.

OCTOBER
   1st- Death of Mrs. F.R. Regan; Will Wilkins, a brakeman from this city,
          thrown off the cars at Burlington and severely injured...
   3rd- Sudden death of Hon. C.W. Slagle...
   15th- Death of Mrs. Jane McKee, an old resident of Jefferson county...
   16th- Jay Simms opens for a week's entertainment at the opera house...
    18th- District court adjourns. Jno. Davidson for the murder of Goff, in Des Moines township, sentenced to five years...
   19th- Marriage of Chas. Freeman and Miss Kate Workman of this city...
   30th- J.H. Finney's store at Abingdon burglarized of over three hundred and twenty dollars, no clue to burglars...
   21st- Marriage of Jas. M. Hinkle and Miss Belle Young.

NOVEMBER
    1st- Oyster supper by the young ladies of the Congregational church; burglars enter Thorne & Gage's store and make off with about fifteen hundred dollars' worth of silks...
    7th- Marriage of T.P. DuBois and Miss Mary Blough...
    9th- Hop at the Leggett House...
   10th- Sam I Wright of Glasgow taken with smallpox...
   23rd- A large party at Miss Kitty Wilson's...
   24th- First snow of the season...
   26th- Rev. Hertzog preaches his farewell sermon...
   27th- C.S. Clarke & Son move into their new storeroom...
   28th- Marriage of Jacob Gantz and Miss Maggie Rock, of this city, in Burlington...
   30th- Thanksgiving day, union service in M.E. church; sportsmen's hunt with elaborate supper at Hurst's.

DECEMBER
  4th- Death of Frank P. Myers of Abingdon...
   5th- Opening of roller skating rink...
   13-14th- Agnes Wallace-Villa at the opera house...
   16th- Miss Mary Cope at the opera house...
 

Fairfield Tribune
Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa
Thursday, Dec. 21, 1882

Germanville and Vicinity
     There will be a spring shooting match at Germanville next Saturday.
     Mr. F.F. Vogle, who has been visiting relatives and friends in this vicinity the past week, returned to his home in Stormsburg, Neb., last Sunday.
     Homer Rhodes is teaching his first term of school at No. 1 this winter.
     Miss Emma Kessel, from near Germanville, was married to Mr. Phillip Truman, from near Burlington, last Wednesday. Our best wishes go with the happy couple.
     Mr. Chris Kientz and wife returned last Tuesday from a visit to friends and relatives in Washington.
     John Wendling returned last Thursday from a visit to relatives in Montgomery county. He reports a good time.
     A little "stranger" came to Mr. Geo. Hartman's last Friday. As it looked so much like the family they concluded to keep it.

Beckwith Items.
     Jesse Vannostrand has gone west to visit.
     Our worthy station agent, J.A. Johnson, will spend the holidays with his relatives and friends. A Mr. Reynolds will take his place for a short time.
     Thos. S. Keltner is trying to organize a writing school. We wish him success.
     Count Supt. Rosenberger visited our school Monday. He was very much pleased with the school, but thought our school house a very poor one.
     The latest inquiry,- Have you seen the Gypsies? A company of them camped close to this place last week and were a source of annoyance to the neighbors.

Probate of Will.
     To whom it may concern. Notice is hereby given that an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Elliott Davis, deceased, is on file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jefferson county, Iowa, and that Monday, January 15th, 1882, has been set for the hearing and proof of same.
     A.W. Jacques., Clerk.

Guardian's Notice
     Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, as guardian of Sallie H. and Lillie F. Hurst, deceased, by virtue of an order made at the August A.D. 1882 term of the Circuit Court of Jefferson county, Iowa, will offer at public sale at the front door of the court house in Fairfield, Iowa, on Saturday, the thirteenth day of January, 1883, the real estate commonly known as the homestead property of Dr. L. and Margaret Hurst, deceased, and described as follows to-wit:
     Part of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-six (36) township seventy-two (72) north of range ten (10) west, commencing at a point on the East line of said corner thereof, thence west on a line parallel with the north and south line of said tract twenty (20) rods thence south parallel with east and west lines of said tract six (6) rods, thence east, parallel with north and south line of said tract to the
east line thereof, thence north on the east line of said tract six (6) rods to the beginning.
     Terms of sale: One-half cash in hand, and balance in one or two years, to suit purchaser.
James Eckert, Guardian.   H.N. West, Att'y.

The Odd Fellows of Glasgow have adopted the following resolutions:
    Whereas, God, in his mysterious providence, has visited the family of our beloved brother and sister, Wm. Wright and wife, with the dread disease, smallpox, which resulted in the death of their son, Samuel Wright, an intelligent and promising young man, therefore be it,   Resolved, That we, the members of Glasgow Lodge No. 45, I.O.O.F. do hereby tender to brother Wm. Wright and family our sincere and heartfelt sympathy during the great affliction though which they are passing, and would commend them to Him whose all-seeing eye sees and knows all our trouble and sorrow: and who always can console the troubled heart.
     Resolved, That  a copy of these resolutions shall be sent to brother Wm. Wright, and a copy to the county papers for publication.
          C.R. Workman
          W.J. Emerson
          J.P. Chezum
 

Cathy Joynt Labath
Coordinator for Scott, Henry, Jefferson, Dubuque and Palo Alto Co, IA
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