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Fairfield Weekly Journal
Jefferson County, Iowa
Volume VI #23, April 3, 1884
Transcribed by Justina Cook

SATURDAY SAYINGS (page 1)
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     --Veni, vidi, vici!
     --THE JOURNAL is on top.
     --We are too full for utterance to-day.
     --They have all gone in their holes and taken the holes with them.
     --Have you seen those "horse-pistols" at Albert's.  He has just received a fresh supply.
     --The Judge fined Ed Kennefick and J. M. McElroy $200 each for violating the liquor law.
     --It cost us several dollars to get out of the hands of our persecutors, but we had two dollars worth of fun for every dollar's cost.
     --Even rol wilson (bless his dear little soul) now denies that he was privy to the scheme, and blames it onto McCoid and others.
     --George Leonard, a brother of the sheriff of Scott county, and Henry Wichelmann, deputy sheriff were in the city yesterday.
     --"I tell you, boys, I will never forget the day when we threw out Sheward’s printing press. - One of the parties whom we maliciously slandered.
     --Not one of the indictments found by the Wilson-Junkin-Fordyce grand jury have stuck.  We feel for Prosecutor Donnell, but are powerless to reach him.
     --We had a pleasant call this afternoon from L. W. Parrett and Henry Ogden, two good friends of THE JOURNAL, on the petit jury, but who didn't have the satisfaction of sitting on our case.
     --Bible study for young men at Y. M. C. A. rooms, Thursday evening. Subject, "Who should be greatest." Consecration meeting 8 A. M. Sabbath. Topic for 4 o’clock Gospel meeting, "God’s power to save."
     --Charley Leggett, in his plea to the jury yesterday, gave a correct definition of the six libel suits found by the Wilson-Junkin-Fordyce Grand Jury against us. He said they were "thin, thinner, thinnest, thinner than thin."
     --There is several very gratifying things about this malicious prosecution (for such it was) but perhaps the most gratifying feature connected with it, was the fact that nearly the entire bar and the immense audience present, were on the side of the defense, and showed an anxiety to help us and our attorneys in every way possible.
     --On the fifth of April will occur the dissolution of one of the oldest and best law firms in our city - Ratcliff & McCoy. Mr. Ratcliff will continue, while Mr. McCoy will retire. We do not understand where Mr. McCoy will locate, but wherever it be he will have the hearty good will and God-speed of oceans of excellent friends in this city and county. He is one of the ablest and truest members of our bar, and a man of integrity and honor, and against whose character no one can say aught. The successor to the firm, Mr. Robert F. Ratcliff, is one of our very oldest practitioners and most enterprising and public spirited citizens. In fact, Robert has been a resident of this city ever since the memory of man runneth not to the contrary, and we remember him long before "we" pitched Sheward’s printing office out of the window nearly a quarter of a century ago. He is so well known and so highly regarded by people of all shades of political faith, that he will continue to command a large share of the legal patronage of the community.
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THOSE LIBEL SUITS (page 1)
     Every reader of THE JOURNAL will remember that at the sitting of the Wilson-Junkin-Fordyce Grand Jury last fall six true bills of indictment were returned against the editor of THE JOURNAL for maliciously libeling Hon. M. A. McCoid, J. M. Hughes, B. M. Mikesell, T. L. Hoffman, John R. McElderry and James W. Messick. The Judge fixed our bonds at $300 each, and we consequently filed them with Clerk Sippel, Dr. Hufford, Dr. Bradshaw, Hon. Ed Campbell, James F. Crawford, J. F. Farmer, N. S. Bright, and John P. Manatrey standing responsible for our attendance at this term of Court.
     Yesterday one of the cases was tried. That of libeling John R. McElderry, as if such a thing were possible. Prosecutor Donnell and Mr. McElderry conducted the prosecution, while Messrs. Leggett & McKemey appeared for the defense. Mr. Donnell prosecuted the case for all that was in it, with ability, dignity and fairness, but in Mr. Leggett’s language, the case being "thinner than thin," the odds were two much against him. Mr. McElderry also seriously injured his case by showing venom and malice in the presence of the jury, and by the use of language uncalled for and unbecoming any gentleman. Messrs. Leggett & McKemey conducted the defense with the same ability, attention and care that they use in all cases in which they become interested, and which has made them leading attorneys of our bar.
     The case occupied the Court all of yesterday.  This morning it was given to the jury, composed of J. M. Clarke, jr., E. M. Allender, D. F. Staum, John W. Stever, A. Armstrong, Henry Staubus, Thomas McMurray, Stephen Hutton, W. K. Alexander, G. W. White, Mac Fry, J. A. Garrison and John Mahon, and after deliberating about twenty minutes, returned a verdict of not guilty.
     Prosecutor Donnell then dismissed the five other cases, and the present grand grand jury kicked the seventh one out.  And thus ends the indictments against THE JOURNAL. And thus closes the farce. More later.

MONDAY MELANGE. (page 1)
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     --Geo. W. Skinner, Chicago, is here.
     --Geo. H. Wray, St. Joe, is in the city.
     --I. S. Felger, of Geneseo, is in the city.
     --D. J. Hawkins, of Macomb, Ill., is in the city.
     --Elias Mortimer, of Pleasant Plain, was in town to-day.
     --Dr. A. C. D. Bradshaw returned this morning from a business trip to Detroit.
     --Wm. Heuston, of Perlee, was in the city to-day and gave us a pleasant call.
     --Mrs. R. C. Clark, of Lawrence, Kas. is now at the bedside of her unfortunate son.
     --I. H. Brown, of Fremont, Nebraska, is in the city to attend the funeral of his father.
     --M. A. Frawky, E. E. Levy, and N. S. Gebhart, of Burlington, were in the city to-day.
     --Frank G. Moreine has sold his residence in the southwestern portion of the city to Verner W. White.
     --Rev. Swayne, former pastor of the Christian Church here, has gone to Mt. Pleasant, to make that city his future home.
     --Judge Johnson and District Attorney Donnell spent Sunday with their families, the former at Oskaloosa and the latter at Sigourney.
     --Reube DuBois returned Saturday from Red Oak, where he purchased a car of the finest beef steers ever brought into this city.
     --W. W. Graham, formerly of this city, but now proprietor of the Bristol Hotel and Restaurant, Ottumwa, was in the city to-day.
     --The Clerk issued marriage licenses Friday and Saturday to Wm. Rutledge and Miss Bell West, Knox E. Allender and Miss Maggie Gordon.
     --Sol Herring, an old citizen and large land owner of Eldon, choked to death on beef-steak Saturday. He must have purchased his beef here.
     --Lem Clark, we are very sorry to hear is not getting along as well as was expected, and his many friends are quite naturally alarmed about the outcome.
     --The Leggett House is undergoing a spell of Spring house-cleaning, and Mr. Beck, the proprietor, is having the bar-room re-painted and papered.
     --L. W. Parrett tells us that George Hardin, son of Isaac Hardin, of Batavia, while out riding yesterday, was thrown from his horse, and sustained severe injuries.
     --A. H. Brown, one of our very oldest settlers, died last evening at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. John L. Brown, from the effects of a fall received during the winter. His age was 89 years.
     --The grand jury, in session last week, returned indictments against Geo. Hoffman, assault with intent to commit murder; Harry Bloss, obtaining goods under false pretenses; and S. D. Vanorman, larceny.
     --We are sorry to know that Mr. Chas. D. Leggett has been confined to his room and bed since Saturday. We must confess that Charley did, in his speech to the jury in THE JOURNAL’s libel suit, shake up the dry-bones pretty lively, but we didn’t think it would send him to bed. Guess we’ll have to double his fee, or a la James Gordon Bennett, pension him.

DR. CRIDER’S COLUMN.
DR. CRIDER,
Editor and publisher of the New York, Ottumwa and Omaha Medical and Surgical Journal, consulting Physician and operative Surgeon of the
OTTUMWA MEDICAL AND SURGICAL
INFIRMARY
Established in Ottumwa, Iowa, March 8, 1874. Owing to his immense practice in this part of Iowa, will visit
FAIRFIELD,
       SATURDAY,
                   APRIL 12.
  LEGGETT HOUSE,
Where he can be consulted in regard to

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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS.
LEGGET & McKEMEY, Attorneys at Law and Notaries Public, Abstractors and Insurance Agts. Office over Farmers’ Bank, south side square.
RATCLIFF & McCOY, Attorneys and Counselors at Law. Loans and collections made. Office north of the northeast corner of the square.
I. D. JONES, Attorney at Law and Abstracter; office north of the northeast corner of the park.
D. P. STUBBS, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office up stairs, east of Leggett House.
C. D. FULLEN, Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Office with I. D. Jones.
JOHN J. CUMMINGS, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office east side, over Bright & Son’s.
McCOID, BRIGHTON & JAQUES, Attorneys at Law, Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Agents. Office northeast corner park.
H. N. WEST, Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Abstracter and Real Estate Agent. Office Wells’ Block, over Richardson’s store.
C. E. NOBLE, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office west side, over G. D. McGaw’s store.
W. B. CULBERTSON, Attorney at Law, Rooms 4 and 5, Carpenter’s block, Burlington. Will practice in the Courts of Jefferson county.
GALVIN & ROSS, Attorneys and Notaries Public. Real Estate for sale. Money to loan. Office in Wilson’s block, over Hunt’s.
G. A. RUTHERFORD, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office in Jordan’s block, west side.
H. S. WILLIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office with J. J. Cummings, cast side park.
H. C. RANEY, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Real Estate and Insurance Agent.  Office over Bell’s grocery, northwest corner.

PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
P. N. & H. E. WOODS, Physicians and Surgeons. Office over Lang’s, south side park.
S. F. HAMMOND, Physician and Surgeon. Office over the Postoffice, southeast corner.
D. H. WORTHINGTON, Physician and Surgeon. Office over C. S. Clarke & Son’s drug store.
CALVIN SNOOK, Physician and Surgeon. Office east side square, over Bright & Son’s store.
J. E. ROOP, Physician and Surgeon. Office north side square, over Sullivan’s grocery.
C. W. BAKER, Physician and Surgeon. Office over Hufford, Bradshaw & Thoma’s. Telephonic communication.
J. W. OLIVER, Physician and Surgeon. Office up stairs, over Risk’s store, northeast corner.
J. L. MYERS, Physio-Medical Physician. Office on the southwest corner of the square.
DRS. CAMPBELL & CAMPBELL, Homœopathic Physicians and Surgeons. Wilson’s Block.
A. G. WARD, Physician and Surgeon. Office on the southwest corner, over King’s grocery.
J. C. MILLIKIN, Physician and Surgeon. Office at residence, two blocks east of the northeast corner of the square.

DENTAL SURGEONS.
DR. T. L. JAMES, Surgeon Dentist. Office on northwest corner, over Clarke’s drug store.
DR. J. B. MONFORT, Surgeon Dentist. Office in Wilson’s block, south side of the park.
DR. H. SPENCER, Surgeon Dentist. Office with Dr. Ward, over King’s grocery, southwest corner of the square.

BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURERS.
SAMUEL BIGELOW, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer. Fine work a specialty. One block north of the northeast corner. All work warranted.

MARBLE WORKS.
DOUGHERTY’S MARBLE WORKS, second blk north of the northeast corner park. Monuments of all kinds manufactured to order. Please call.
P. E. PARSONS, Marble Work-, dealer in finished marble monuments and granite. Good work and new designs a specialty.
LEEDS & HOLLAND, Dealers in American and Foreign Marble and Monuments, Headstones, etc. Shop one door north of Morris’ jewelry store.

SALOONS.
PALACE SALOON, Ed Kennefick, Proprietor. The finest saloon in the city. Imported wines and igars (sic) and fresh beer. Northwest corner park.
JAMES M. McELROY, Northeast Corner Saloon. Dealer in Fine Imported Wines and Lager Beer. Choice cigars a specialty.
CHARLIE HOCH, City Saloon, four door east of Leggett House, Fairfield, Iowa. Finest wines and cigars. Rock Island beer.
GUNS AND SEWING MACHINES.
A. R. BYRKIT, City Gunsmith; sole agent for the sale of celebrated Home Sewing Machines. Repairing done; north of the northeast corner.
CLOTHING HOUSES.
T. R. HOWLETT, West Side of the Park; dealer in Clothing and Gents’ Furnishing Goods of every description at prices that defy competition.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
C. F. RUSSELL, Justice of the Peace. Office over Higley & Hampson’s, east side. Collections promptly attended to at reasonable per cent.
A. TURNER, Justice of the Peace. Office over First National Bank, southeast corner square. Collections promptly attended to.

MILLINERY.
MISS T. E. SCHERTZ, Fashionable Milliner. Hair goods of all kinds a specialty. A full line of late style millinery goods. Northeast corner.

ROAD MACHINE.
MOORE’S ROAD MACHINE, George Hill, Agent, Fairfield, Iowa. The most perfect Road Scraper ever manufactured. Apply to the agent.

LEATHER AND FINDINGS.
W. C. LEWIS, Harness Manufacturer and dealer in Leather and Findings, Saddlery Trimmings, north of the northwest corner square.

HOTELS.
JONES HOUSE, T. E. Jones, Proprietor. One block west of the northwest corner of the park. Good aecommodations and fair charges.
THE C., B. & Q. HOTEL, located opposite the C., B. & Q. Depot, E. J. Bolden, Proprietor. Good accommodations at fair rates.
THE DU BOIS HOUSE, N. R. DuBois, Prop’r. Conveniently located second block north of the northeast corner of the square.
McCASHLAN HOUSE, north of the northwest corner park. Mrs. Ellen McCashlan, Proprietor. Boarders taken by the day or week.

PAINTERS.
ISAAC RUMER & SON, House, Sign and Carriage Painters, Grainers, plain and ornamental; shop opposite Leggett House. Give us a call.

PHOTOGRAPH ARTISTS.
J. W. GILCHRIST, Photographic Artist, over Jones’ Drug Store, north side square. Good and satisfactory work at reasonable prices.

JOB PRINTING.
TRIBUNE JOB PRINTING OFFICE, on the southwest corner of the square. C. M. McElroy, Propr. Does the finest work in the city.

BANKS AND BANKERS.
SAMUEL C. FARMER & SONS.  Transact a general banking and exchange business. Banking house on the south side of the square.

WAGON AND CARRIAGE MAKERS.
TAYLOR & SON, Manufacturers of and dealers in Farm and Spring Wagons, Carriages, Buggies. Repairing done. Next to Tomy’s shop.
EMSLEY FOLAND, Proprietor of the Celebrated I X L Wagon; manufactures Farm and Spring Wagons and Buggies. Near Burnetts’s.

GRAIN AND SEEDS.
D. W. TEMPLETON. Dealer in Grain and Seeds. Rock Island Elevator, near C., B. & Q. R. R. crossing.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
L. PETTY, second block north of the northwest corner park, deals in all kinds of Agricultural implements, Machinery, Glassware, Tinware.

LUMBER, GRAIN AND GRASS SEED.
JORDAN BROTHERS & COMPANY, Lumber, Grain, grass seed, builders hardware, farm implements, salt,cement,lime,hair,etc. At the Q depot.

INSURANCE AGENTS.
H. C. ROWNTREE, General Insurance and Loan Agent. Office in Wells & Garrettson’s bank, n. e. cor.  Insuresagainst fire and tornados.

DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
C. S. CLARKE & SON, Druggists and Apothecaries, northwest corner of the park. A full stock of Drugs, Medieines, Wall Paper, Stationery.
A. C. JONES & COMPANY, Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Patent Medicines, etc. Only News Depot in the city. North side park.
D. G. HIGLEY, Drug and Book Store; dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Books, Stationery, Wall Paper, Perfumery, etc. East side square.
HUFFORD, BRADSHAW & THOMA, Drugs, Medicines, Paints and Oils. The finest Drug House and store in the city. South side square.

HARNESS MANUFACTURERS.
B. F. BLACK, Manufacturer of and Dealer in Harness, Whips, Saddles and Saddlery Goods. West of the Southwest corner of the square.

LUMBER DEALERS.
H. HANSON. Dealer in Lumber, Lath and Shingles, Pickets, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Hard coal, etc. Near C., B. & Q. Railway.

CIGAR MANUFACTURERS.
FARISS & STRINGER, Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers of and dealers in Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Pipes, etc. Wilson block, near postoffice.

DRESSMAKERS.
MISS DASSA BLACK, Dressmaker and Trimmer, wedding work a specialty. Shop north side, up stairs, over Willis’ meat market.
MRS. M. BELL BROWN, Dress and Cloak-Maker, residence corner second east and second north street. All work warranted.

OMNIBUS AND TRANSFER.
JAMES E. WILKINS, City Omnibus and Transfer Line. Omnibusses to and from the trains to any part of the city. Office op. Leggett House.

HARDWARE.
N. M. BRIGHT & SON, Dealers in Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass, Cutlery, Agricultural Implements, Pumps, etc. East side of the Park.
BEATTY & MOHR, Successors to David & Beck, dealers in Hardware and Agricultural Implements. East side square.

STOVES, TINWARE, HARDWARE.
JOHN A. SPIELMAN, West Side of Public Square, has a full stock of Stoves and Tinware. Hardware, Barb Wire, etc. Job Work a specialty.
GAINES & KIRKPATRICK, Jordan’s Block, west side, dealers in Stoves and Tinware, shelf and heavy Hardware. Repairing done to order.

BOOTS AND SHOES.
HUNT & HOWARD, Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Rubbers, Slippers. Largest and best stock in the city. Selling low. Wilson block, south side.
JACOB DAHLMANN, Dealer in and Manufacturer of Boots and Shoes. Fine work a specialty. Repairing done. South side the park.
CINDERELLA SHOE STORE, Roth & Young, Proprietors. The cheapest place under the sun to buy boots and shoes. North side square.
JOHN L. KING, Manufacturer of and dealer in Boots and Shoes. Near the Burlington depot crossing. Repairing done at reasonable prices.

FURNITURE.
H. H. FULTON, Dealer in Furniture and Upholstered goods; also, White Bronze Monuments. Opera house block, south side public square.

PLASTERING AND PAPER HANGING.
WHITE & STIDGER, Plasterers, Paper Hangers and Calciminers. Repairing of all kinds done. Leave orders at Unkrich’s groceery store.

VARIETY STORES.
DANIEL BRADBURY, Dealer in Glassware, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Queensware; second hand furniture a specialty. South side park.
DANIEL YOUNG, Gas Fitter and Plumber; dealer in all kinds of second hand goods.  North of the northeast corner of the square.

GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
JAMES SULLIVAN, Dealer in Groceries, Flour and Provisions. The largest and cheapest store in the city. Goods delivered free. North side park.
BRADLEY & HUFFMAN, Jordan’s Block, west side of the square, have a fu l line of choice staple and fancy Groceries, Provisions, Queensware.
JAMES F. CRAWFORD, Southeast Corner of the square, dealer in Staple and Fancy Groceries, Provisions, flour and salt.
W. H. DAVIS, on the northwest corner, runs a small grocery, but keeps everything needed. and sells a little lower than any other house.

WHOLESALE GROCER.
GEORGE SHRINER, Wholesale Grocer, North Side square. Agent for Dupont Powder Company. The only Wholesale Grocery in Fairfield.
THOMAS BELL, Wholesale and Retail Grocer. N. W. corner park. The largest and best stock in the city. Prices as low as the lowest.

WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
GEORGE, The Jeweler, north of the northwest corner of the square. Full line of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Silverware. Repairing done.
JAMES MOUCK, Watchmaker and Jeweler, west side square. A full stock of jewelry; spectacles a specialty. All kinds of repairing done.
G. W. TOWNLEY, East Side Jeweler, has the largest stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Silverware in the city. Repairing neatly done.

FLOURING MILLS.
HOME FLOURING MILLS, W. P. Clifford & Co. proprietors. Flour and Feed constantly on hand. Mills, near C., B. & Q. depot.

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LIBERTYVILLE  ITEMS. (page 4)

     J. Sketoe, clerk in J. W. Fry’s store, leaves next week for Des Moines to attend school.
     “Blonde,” the fierce Hackett, of Muscatine, was on the streets Monday doing the merchants up.
     Dick Howard was the victim of an unfortunate accident Friday while engaged in a wrestling match with Joe Campbell.  He received a fall which broke a leg.
     Charles Heminger will be the butter maker at the Creamery which starts the 8th.  Mr. Heminger is from Elgin, Illinois, and comes highly recommended.
     The School Board has engaged Prof. R. R. Talley, of Brookville, as the superintendent of the public schools the next year, and Miss Meedy Monger as assistant.
     The Libertyville Dramatic Troupe will produce their play Thursday and Friday nights.  This play is a town benefit, the proceeds to be appropriated to the building of sidewalks.
     A very pleasant surprise party was had at the residence of J. F. Potts Friday night, in which a large number of young folks of the village participated, and were well entertained by J. F. and daughter, Miss Maggie, who know how to do the handsome thing.          RENRUT.
 

DISTRICT COURT (page 8)

     Judge Johnson returned yesterday and opened Court at 1:30.  The afternoon and most of the forenoon of to-day was taken up in the trial of the case of M. R. Kurtz against George Shriner et al. G. A. Rutherford and C. E. Stubbs appeared for the plaintiff, and Jones & Fullen and Leggett & McKemey for the defendants. This was a case for the recovery of a horse taken on attachment in a case before Justice Turner. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants.
     After this case criminal business was taken up.  Joe Klineman and Gotlieb Hoch were each fined $100 for violation of the liquor law; Harry Bloss pleaded guilty on a charge of larceny, and his attorneys, Galvin & Ross, waived time, and he was sentenced this afternoon, $10 and costs.

TUESDAY TIT-BITS (page 8)
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     --"April fool!"
     --Joe Whitham is in Chicago.
     --J. S. Gregory, Chicago, is here.
     --T. W. Tallman, Chicago, is in town.
     --R. W. Durkee, Muscatine, is here to-day.
     --Charles D. Leggett is some better to-day.
     --C. E. Parrett, of Van Wert, O. is in the city.
     --G. A. Bass, Inland, Iowa, was here yesterday.
     --Dr. W. C. Welch, of New York, is in the city.
     --A. G. Sechrist, of Sigourney, was in the city to-day.
     --Geo. H. Holden, Troy, New York, is in the city to-day.
     --W. J. Spaulding, of Mt. Pleasant, was in the city to-day.
     --James A. Hinson has sold his grocery store to Wm. M. Hoagland.
     --The funeral of A. H. Brown took place at two o’clock this afternoon.
     --Dan W. Brown, of Chicago, is in the city attending the funeral of his father.
     --A new girl arrived Sunday to gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Suess.
     --Geo. P. Wilson, of Creston, and F. H. Goodrich, of St. Louis, were at the Leggett House to-day.
     --Judge J. C. Power and A. M. Antrobus, two leading members of the Burlington bar, were in the city to-day attending our District Court.
     --L. H. Cleland, of Des Moines, and S. C. Stewart and Cyril Stewart, of Minden, Neb. were at the Jones House to-day.
     --Rev. A. B. McMackin, pastor of the Lutheran church, will hold Passion week services every evening next week, closing with a special Easter service on the Sabbath.
     --Reube DuBois swears THE JOURNAL slandered the butchers of Fairfield in its notice of Sol Herring’s death yesterday, and says we are liable to have on hands several new libel suits.
     --We understand the gentleman of uncertain memory, who prosecuted us the other day for libeling him, is thinking of getting up an indignation meeting, a la Cincinnati, and having the jury and defendants attorneys publicly denounced. We counsel moderation.
     --It is estimated that the indictments found by the Wilson-Junkin-Fordyce grand jury, which have not stuck, saddled between two and three thousand dollars cost upon Jefferson county. It is a nice thing to have bosses but those are the best off who have no property and consequently no taxes to pay.
     --Dr. Worthington, who is attending Lem Clark, says that he has now rheumatic fever caused by the injuries received. The Dr. says he is a very sick man yet has great faith that he will survive the ordeal. Lem Clark is a son of R. C. Clark, of Lawrence, Kansas, a former law partner of Judge Cook, at Newton.
     --Where were our city officials this afternoon? A set of fellows were running a ten cent stand on the northwest corner, selling obscene and indecent pictures to the boys of the town. Surely, such things should not be allowed on our streets, and men who will engage in such occupations should be punished severely. We noticed our Sheriff looking at the proceeding, but he said nothing.

IOWA MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION,(page 8)
OTTUMWA, IOWA.
Legally Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Iowa, and the Legality of its Incorporation Sustained by the Supreme Court,
June 16, 1882.
Admission Fee at all ages,....$10.00
Annual dues, payable six months after issue of Certificate, and each year thereafter, with weekly benefits... .00
Annual Dues, without weekly benefits....2,50

ASSESSMENTS
From 18 to 30 years of age....$0.75
From 31 to 40 years of age....1.00
From 41 to 50 years of age....1.50
From 51 to 60 years of age....2.00
Over 60 years of age....3.00
          All these ages are inclusive.
     J. WILLIAMSON, President
     J. D. FERREE, Secretary
     J. M. McKAIN, Agent, Fairfield, Iowa.

THE ELDREDGE "B" SEWING MACHINE (page 8)
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IT LEADS THE WORLD.
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ELEGANT IN APPEARANCE,
IT IS THE LIGHTEST RUNNING, THE EASIEST TO SELL.
Agents Wanted in unoccupied territory.
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ELDREDGE SEWING MACHINE CO.
CHICAGO and NEW YORK.
A. WILSON, Agent, Libertyville, Iowa.

WEDNESDAY WANDERINGS (page 8)
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     --Hackett called to-day.
     --J. J. Dunning, Chicago, is here.
     --Will Carlon, Oskaloosa, is in the city.
     --J. W. Buffington, St. Louis, is in the city.
     --John J. Bradbury, of Muscatine, is in the city.
     --C. R. Overman, of Chicago, was in town to-day.
     --A. E. Lewis, of Crawfordsville, Ind., is here to-day.
     --Frank Middleton, of Muscatine, is in the city to-day.
     --J. S. Manheimer, of New York, was in the city to-day.
     --Pat Griffin has sold his saloon and fixtures to John J. Huston, and is the happiest man in town.
     --Joe Farmer has decided to build a fine new residence on the east lot adjoining his mother’s homestead.  He expects to have it completed by September.
     --The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says: "Congressman McCoid is set down as an enthusiastic supporter of President Arthur for the nomination at Chicago."
     --Dr. J. W. Hayden, J. F. Loehr, Z. T. Moore and A. W. Jackson, of Libertyville, were in the city to-day.  The two latter gentlemen are on their way to Muscatine to buy a stock of goods for a new grocery store at Libertyville.
     --Henry Ogden, of Batavia, who has been here attending Court as a juror, says he was insultingly treated at the C., B. & Q. depot this morning by the night operator, Arthur Bartlett, while there on legitimate business. Railroad officials should know that it don’t pay to be too officious.
     --We call attention to the professional card of Dr. C. T. Moorman to be found in this issue of THE JOURNAL. The Doctor has recently fitted up a suite of rooms in the second story of the Light building, over the store of Mr. Muir. We trust he will receive a goodly share of the patronage of the community.
     --List of letters remaining unclaimed and advertised in the postoffice in this city for week ending April 1st, 1884: Martha Adams, William Adams, H. P. Bacon, W. P. Campbell, Eli K. Caviness, Mrs. E. P. Carpenter, Joseph Droze, Mrs. Margaret Herrick, Maud Johnson, Mrs. Elen Michl, Mary Nelson, W. R. Park, Netta Sparks, Mrs. C. H. Wormwood, W. B. Watkins, Fannie Wiggins.
     --Al Hilbert, Jacob Dahlmann, C. E. Stubbs, John H. Merckens, B. E. Ristine and Herman Baer, of this city, and H. D. Walker, of Mt. Pleasant, went down to Eldon last night and assisted in the organization of a lodge of Knights of Pythias at that place, in charge of the Ottumwa Lodge. There was a grand banquet, and about 75 present. The supper was the best of the season. There were seven lodges represented, and 26 members initiated.

FUNERAL OF A. H. BROWN (page 8)

     The funeral of A. H. Brown occurred yesterday afternoon, attended by his surviving children. Considering the inclemency of the weather there was a very large concourse of our citizens in attendance, in addition to many of the members of the Old Settlers’ Association of Jefferson county. Rev. Mr. Hunt, of the Baptist church, of which Mr. Brown was a member, officiated. We have no notes of Rev. Hunt’s remarks, but they were appropriate and impressive. We have been able to obtain the remarks of J. W. DuBois, sr. delivered at the request of the Old Settlers’ Association, and we give it in full:
     We are called upon to-day, dear friends and old settlers, to pay our tribute of respect to the memory of our deceased father, to join with his family, his Christian friends and neighbors, in their sorrow for the departure of one so dear to us all. Our acquaintance with Father Brown reaches back more than a quarter of a century. To speak of the sterling virtues he so eminently possessed, we can in no way so well describe as to use the language of the Savior when speaking to Nathaniel. "Behold! an Israelite, indeed, in whom there is no guile." The atmosphere of his presence seemed to chasten our thoughts and shed a holy influence upon us. His convictions were the deliberate results of his mature judgment, which having fully formed, were not easily shaken. His knowledge of the Holy Scriptures were far above men of his opportunities, and his opinions upon questions about which so many differ, gave evidence of exhaustive research and intelligent analysis. But his transcendent quality that shone with a beacon light, and made him such a tower of strength among all who knew him, was his devotion to his God. Truly, his children might rise up and call him blessed.
     We ask the privilege, dear mourning relatives and friends, to mingle our tears with yours, for we loved him too; to offer you our condolence, asking you to remember that your loss is his gain.
     To you, old settlers of Fairfield and Jefferson county, before you is the evidence, that from love’s shining circle those gems drop away. We may ask ourselves the question, who next? Every year the circle grows smaller. Father Brown seemed to us like one of a past generation. Not many of his kind linger so long on the shores of time. I would that a record of his life might be preserved that our children and those following them, might read of the Roman qualities of our venerable father. In any event, let us remember that the influence of such a life is not lost, but is like "bread cast upon the waters, to return and be gathered after many days."

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 THURSDAY TRANSPIRINGS (page 8)
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     --W. F. Mount, of Mt. Ayr, is here.
     --C. L. McGaw sells Boots and Shoes.
     --N. W. Moore, of Pomeroy, O. is here to-day.
     --J. M. Flagler, Council Bluffs, is in the city.
     --Dr. R. J. Mohr has returned from Pittsburgh.
     --Court R. Burnell, of Marshalltown, is in the city.
     --Wm. H. Sutton and L. L. Kellogg, of Chicago, are in the city.
     --D. M. Parrett, of Batavia, and W. H. Sullivan, of Libertyville, were in town to-day.
     --Billy Pringle, of Trenton, Mo., was here to-day.
     --A pair of corn plow attachments for sale or trade at this office.
     --Cash will buy Cheap.
d1101w26                    G. A. UNKRICH.
     --C. L. McGaw, on the west side of the west side of the square, has the finest line and best selected stock of Boots and Shoes in the city. Prices low. Go and see him.
     --Perhaps it is well to say that the John Huston we were talking about yesterday is not the John Huston you are thinking about. The "Red Front" has not yet invested in the "Green Shade."
     --The Fairfield Silver Cornet Band has been selected as one of the bands to attend the great Knights of Pythias pow-wow at New Orleans this month. They will go as the C., B. & Q. Band, and all their expenses will be borne. Lucky boys.
     --Those unhappy persons who suffer from nervousness and dyspepsia should use Carter’s Little Nerve Pills, which are made expressly for sleepless, nervous, dyspeptic sufferers. Price 25 cents, all druggists.
     --Fresh Garden Seeds.
d84w26                    G. A. UNKRICH.
     --Misses Gracie Moore and Hattie Forgrave were callers at this office Wednesday afternoon. Miss Gracie returns to her studies at Tabor in a few days, and Miss Forgrave goes to Lincoln township to teach school. - Red Oak Record.
     --ANSWER THIS. - Is there a person living who ever saw a case of ague, biliousness, nervousness, or neuralgia, or any disease of the stomach, liver, or kidneys, that Hop Bitters will not cure?
     --P. M. Mehren, Veterinary Surgeon, office at the Gantz House.
SEED POTATOES.
     New Varieties received.  Farmers attention:
     THE TELEPHONE
     BROWNELL’S BEST.
     BELLE, and
     WALL’S ORANGE POTATO.
Can be bought at the store of G. A. UNKRICH.                    d84w24
     --Orlando Flower left last night for Chicago to purchase their Spring and Summer stock of Millinery Goods. Mrs. Flower is the leading milliner here, and always keeps the largest and best selected stock, and the newest and nobbiest styles the most fashionable markets produce. And whats better, she sells much lower than any similar establishment in Fairfield. It is Mr. Flower’s intention, while in the Eastern markets, to purchase a very large stock, and it will pay those wanting anything in the millinery line to wait a few days until the arrival of Mrs. Flower’s goods.
     --The Ledger says the reason President Arthur did not appoint McCoid Judge was the latter’s lack of judicial ability. Not so. The President accidentally picked up a copy of THE JOURNAL one day, which influenced him to such an extent, that he at once sent to the Senate the name of Judge Brewer.  We expect Mose will institute a damage suit against this paper when he comes home.
     --Blessings come in many forms, and sometimes in disguise, but Athlophoros, the new and successful specific for neuralgia and rheumatism, comes to perform exactly what is promised for it - to limber stiffened joints and reinvigorate the action of the muscles swollen by disease, Mr. A. B. Davenport, of 367 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "Your medicine has proved to me an invaluable blessing."

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SHERIFF’S SALE(page 8)
     Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a special execution to me directed, issued out of the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Jefferson County, upon a judgment rendered in said Court, in favor of Samuel Ridinger against John Fordice and Mahala Fordice, I have levied upon the following described real estate as the property of the said John Fordyce and Mahala Fordice, to-wit: Lots One and Two (1 and 2), in Block No. Eight (8), of the Town of Salina, Jefferson County, Iowa, and that on Saturday, the 26th day of April, A. D. 1884 at two o’clock, P. M. of said day, at the front door of the Court House, in the City of Fairfield, Iowa. I will proceed to sell said property, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said Execution, amounting to Two Hundred and Ninety-Seven and 69-100 ($297.69) Dollars debt, and Thirty and 95-100 ($30.95) Dollars costs, together with accruing costs, at public auction, to the highest and best bidder for cash.
                    G. W. HARRISON,
          Sheriff of Jefferson County, Iowa.
     H. C. RANEY, Attorney.          pf $4.35.