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FAIRFIELD, IOWA "WEEKLY JOURNAL"
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Vol. VI, Issue #42, August 14, 1884
Transcribed by Justina Cook

FRIDAY FACTS. (Page 1)
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     --Chas. Rentz, of Quincy, is here.
     --J. R. Walker, Philadelphia, is in the city.
     --Wm. G. Miller, of Abingdon, was in the city to-day.
     --W. R. Mount, of Washington, was here last night.
     --H. Lampat and W. H. Grafton, of Chicago, were here to-day.
     --H. L. Siddall and C. F. Stevens, of New York, were in the city to-day.
     --Mrs. Bell Rodgers, of the north side restaurant, who has been dangerously ill for several days, has taken a change for the better.
     --Mrs. James A. Beck returned yesterday from a visit to Chicago. Her sister, Mrs. Kate Stouffer, of Kent, Ohio, returned with her.
     --The C., B. & Q. Band, of this place, goes to Mount Pleasant to-morrow to play for a meeting of the Old Settlers of Henry county at that place.
     --The Columbus Junction Times (democratic) says: "If Judge Rothrock is renominated, it will be done solely to save Iowa to the republicans. The ulat prohibition papers are as bitterly opposed to him now as they were a year ago when the amendment decision was announced, and nothing but the most imminent danger will ever drive them to accept him as a candidate."
     --The republican convention for the selection of delegates to the different conventions meets at the court house to-morrow. We will make a prediction. If the bosses, composed of Wilson big and wilson little, and Junkin big and Junkin little, run the convention, as they almost always do, McCoid will have the solid delegation from this county. If the masses of the republican party in the county are given a chance to express their wishes, the delegation will be divided between McCoid, Stutsman and Woolson. Now mark the prediction, if McCoid gets a delegation the bosses and not the republican masses will give it to him. We shall see what we shall see.
     --At the republican county convention to-morrow, the first thing will be the calling of the convention to order by little Junkin; then little wilson will move the selection of big Junkin for chairman and submit a series of resolutions, written by big Wilson, endorsing McCoid and prohibition; then big Junkin will take the chair, and immediately thereupon little wilson will arise and move that a committee of three be appointed by the chair (big Junkin) to name delegater to the convention. The chair will appoint ex-Senator Boling, Capt. Jaques and H. H. Brighton. They will retire and bring in a solid McCoid delegation, and the republican followers of tha bosses will have to take the medicine prescribed.

County Convention. (Page 1)
     The Republican County Convention at the Court House to-day selected the following delegates:
     Congressional -- M. D. Baldridge, J. K. Pierce, J. W. Fulton, W. M. Campbell, W. B. Frame, M. V. B. Miller, Henry H. Brighton, J. E. Roth, William W. Junkin, W. F. Dustin.
     State -- John Shaffer, r j wilson, J. Q. Bartels, David Hopkirk, E. Billingsly, Clark Vannostrand, Lewis Fordyce, J. W. Hayden, E. Simmons, C. D. Leggett.
     Judicial -- Newton Williams, J. H. Baxter, H. C. Raney, F. O. Danielson, F. T. Anderson, Joseph Wagner, John Davies, J. H. Funk, Al Howell, M. B. Sparks.
     The Congressional delegation are divided in their preference. Seven are for McCoid, two for Stutsman and one for Woolson.  The convention gave no indication of its preferences in any direction.
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Saturday Sayings.
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     --Where’s McCoid’s boom?
     --W. C. Fountain, Boston, is here.
     --F. H. Goodrich, St. Louis, is in the city.
     --The Band of Hope had a pic-nic yesterday.
     --Wm. D. Butler, of St. Louis, is here to-day.
     --Charles S. Mayer, Philadelphia, is in the city.
     --O. O. Wormwood, of Aurora, Ill., is here to-day.
     --C. A. Monson, of Salina, was in the city to-day.
     --F. M. Starkweather, of Milwaukie, is in the city.
     --E. B. Criley, of Ottumwa, was in the city to-day.
     --J. H. Baxter, of Abingdon, was in the city to-day.
     --Al Howell, of Glasgow, was in town attending the convention to-day.
     --D. P. Stubbs and Robert F. Ratcliff have returned from Des Moines.
     --W. H. Grafton, O. H. Ward and E. E. Loy, of Chicago, were in the city to-day.
     --John B. Miller is now at the Clerks office, and will assist Charley Sippel during Court.
     --Miss Kate Rickey, of Keokuk, came in this morning, and is a guest of Mrs. Frank Jones.
     --George P. Lang has a number of night-blooming cereus in full bloom at his residence and bakery.
     --We made a mistake in the initials of the postmaster at Abingdon. We had it J. H. instead of W. G. Baxter.
     --James A. Beck, the popular proprietor of the Leggett House, sports the finest family carriage in the city.
     --An amusing short serial running through three or four numbers entitled, "Colonel Judson, of Alabama," will be begun in the September Manhattan.
     --The P. E. O. Sisterhood gave a large party last evening at the residence of Miss Kittie Wilson. About two hundred invitations were issued.
     --"Nance," by Hope Ledyard is the title of a short story in the September Manhattan, and turns upon the devotion of a wife to an unworthy husband.
     --The leading article in the September Manhatten will be a poem, "The Chalice Bearers," by Mrs. E. S. McChesney: illustrated from drawings by Jessie Curtis Shepherd.
     --The bosses took good care to not put any of the Libertyville kickers on the Congressional delegation. Notwithstanding the delegation contains three anti-McCoid men.
     --Z. T. Moore, W. H. Sullivan, Ed Glotfelty, A. G. Hague, F. T. Anderson, S. C. Laughlin, J. W. Fry, J. R. Laughlin and Will Dunlavy, of Libertyville, were in town to-day.
     --Beatty & Mohr have taken the north room of Stubbs’ block, and filled it with a fine line of new buggies, and the room has now an air business. Beatty & Mohr are thorough business men and will make things lively in the buggy trade.
     --There were eleven solid republicans in attendance on the convention to-day from Liberty and Des Moines townships, all of whom are kickers, and declare they will not vote for McCoid if nominated.
     --McCoid’s name was not even mentioned in the convention to-day. The bosses thought it best not to. The resolutions endorsing him which had been prepared in advance were not presented. His chances are hopelessly hopeless.

Monday Melange.
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     --Circuit Court convened to-day.
     --The union services in the school house park yesterday were conducted by Rev. M. Bamford, of the M. E. church, who preached a most excellent sermon.
     --The Henry county delegation will be divided, we understand, between Woolson and Stutsman, and the Louisa and Lee county delegations between McCoid and Stutsman.
     --Rev. Mr. Robinson, of Tucson, Arizona, a former pastor here, occupied the pulpit of the M. E. church yesterday morning, and preached a very thoughtful and excellent sermon.
     --None of the Congressional delegates are obliged to vote for McCoid. If they would subserve the best interests of the republican party in the district they will see that McCoid is not re-nominated.
     --Mr. Anton Grandcolas, Belleville, Illinois, states that he was a long time a sufferer with rheumatism, which he cured by the use of St. Jacobs Oil, the great pain-reliever.
     --Dr. J. T. Armstrong, an oculist and aorist of Omaha, Nebraska, formerly of this place, sends us his card announcing his removal to new quarters. It is as neat an announcement as we have seen for a long while.
     --Hon. S. J. Kirkwood, of Iowa City, will address the Blaine and Logan club Thursday evening. Every one should turn out and hear the old war governor. It is but a year since the houses proposed to read the grand old hero out of the party because he favored the re-nomination of Judge Day.
     --Judge Springer, of Louisa county, having declined to permit the use of his name for presidential elector, the Columbus Safeguard brings out E. B. Tucker an attorney of the Junction. Mr. Tucker is a good square man and a perpendicular republican, and his election would be a most excellent one.
     --The Burlington Gazette (democratic) speaking of the assistance Hon. James F. Wilson is lending to secure the re-nomination of Hon. M. A. McCoid says: "It is a frigid day when the Senator gets left." If that is so, there has been several frigid days in this city.
     --We understand there is strong talk of an indignation meeting by the Republicans of Liberty and Des Moines twps., who are opposed to the renomination of McCoid, and that petitions will be circulated for signatures asking J. W. Fulton and W. F. Dustin, two of the delegates, to vote against him in the Congressional convention.
     --List of letters remaining in the postoffice in this city unclaimed and advertised for week ending Tuesday, August 12, furnished THE JOURNAL by Thomas L. Huffman, Postmaster: Maggie Barley, Mrs. Alice Brigh, Billie Christy, J. De Galleford, Mina Geiss, C. A. Hult, S. J. Holsinger, J. R. Heamstead, Cora Johnson, Ella Jenes, Della Thompson, R. K. Woolbridge.
     --If the republicans think they can put up a weak candidate for Congress and have him elected, in this district that last year gave a majority of 317 for Kinne over Sherman, they will have a chance to try the experiment when the Convention meets. If they wish to see how easy McCoid is knocked down, let them nominate him.
     --There were about fifty kickers against McCoid’s re-nomination at the convention Saturday, and the bosses set out to pacify some of them.  Several of them were put on the State and Judicial delegations, but not a mother’s son of them got on the Congressional delegation.  There are three anti-McCoid men on the delegation, but they got there by keeping still on the subject. The kickers were given the bounce by the bosses.
     --The Convention Saturday selected its delegates by appointing three from each township to present names for the three different delegations. There were only a few present from some of the townships and they had some difficulty in making out the committees. For Blackhawk township A. C. Noble was selected on the Congressional, Abe Noble on the State, and Abraham Noble on the Judicial. For Round Prairie township Al Howell acted on the Congressional, A. Howell on the State, and Albert Howell on the Judicial.
     --The republican county convention Saturday was a far better circus than Orton’s. In the morning the bosses set out to get a good square McCoid delegation and a solid Nourse delegation, and had a series of resolutions prepared endorsing McCoid, Nourse and prohibition. Early in the morning the oldest editor in the state and Thomas Bell were observed by a JOURNAL reporter quarreling over the resolutions, which were not presented owing to the large number of kickers. McCoid has been in congress three terms, yet the bosses didn’t dare to present resolutions to a republican county convention endorsing him. And yet a majority of the congressional delegates from this county will ask for his re-nomination, knowing the opposition and feeling that exists against him in this county and all over the district.

Tuesday Tit-Bits. (Page 1)
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     --J. T. Wallace, St. Louis, is here.
     --Fresh oysters at Rodgers restaurant.
     --R. W. Barker, Des Moines, is in the city.
     --S. C. Abbott, Des Moines, was here to-day.
     --S. S. Carruthers, of Bloomfield, was here yesterday.
     --D. Roy Bowlby, of Rock Island, is in the city to-day.
     --Capt. Forrest, of Polk, was in the city to-day on Court business.
     --J. R. Letts and son, of Lettsville, Iowa, were in the city yesterday.
     --Dr. J. M. Oliver and J. F. Potts, of Libertyville, were in town to-day.
     --Mr. James Dunn, a resident of Des Moines township since 1848, was in town to-day.
     --Rev. C. S. McElhinny came down from Chariton yesterday evening for a short visit.
     --Mrs. Moore went to Libertyville this afternoon to spend a few days visiting her parents.
     --R. S. Mills, of Brighton, and M. B. Sparks, of Batavia, are in the city attending Court on legal business.
     --D. M. Parrett, John McLane, Isaac Hardin and W. H. Avery, of Batavia, were in town to-day attending Court.
     --Judge A. R. Fulton, of Des Moines, was in the city to-day attending Court as a witness to a will he wrote nineteen years ago.
     --Dr. John Jones, of Abingdon, and Wm. Metzler, of Perlee, gave this office business calls yesterday during our absence out of town.
     --We are sorry to learn that John L. Brown is laid up with a sprained ankle, received while working on Crawford’s building. Dr. Mohr is attending him.
     --Miss Lulu, daughter of Allen King, and Miss Lina, daughter of Perry King, are spending this week visiting at John S. Noble’s in Blackhawk township this week.
     --The editor of THE JOURNAL spent yesterday in the enterprising and progressive town of Richland, and came away with thirty-one subscribers to THE WEEKLY.
     --Dr. T. F. Jones, of Abingdon, was among our callers to-day.  He reports Willis McDowell, who was seriously hurt a couple of weeks since, as getting along all right.
     --You can lead a horse to the trough, but you can’t make him drink. Just so the bosses can pack a convention against the kickers, but they can’t make them vote for the ring candidate.
     --The Tariff question is to be thoroughly discussed in the North American Review. Free Trade arguments will appear in the September number, and Protection views in the October. The ablest writers on both sides have been engaged.
     --The Democratic Congressional Convention is called to meet in this city, on Tuesday, August 26. The representation is based on the vote for Kinne, candidate for Governor, who carried this district by 317 majority over Sherman. Jefferson county is entitled to nine delegates.
     --J. M. Hinkle has purchased the lot across from the residence of Henry Semon, of W. H. Barnes, paying for it the sum of $750. Mr. Barnes reserves the house, which he will remove to another lot. "Pap" manages to keep one house floating over town all the while.
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CIRCUIT COURT. (Page 1)
     Judge Lewis arrived last evening and convened Court this morning.  The officers of the Court are: Judge, Hon. W. R. Lewis; Clerk, C. P. Sippel; Deputy Clerk, J. B. Miller; Sheriff, G. W. Harrison; Deputy Sheriff, V. M. Thomas.
     The following named gentlemen constitute the petit jury: W. H. Fulton, A. N. Randel, C. S. Shaffer, B. F. Kent, ?. K. Smith, James F. Potts, R. A. Dougherty, Marion Hughell, J. W. Ross, Geo. Kauffman, J. S. Laughery, James A. Davis, Thomas Talbott, John Quick, A. B. Chatterton, M. B. Cook, D. M. Alter, C. Roth, Jesse M. Jones, Charles A. Clark, Alpheus Dixon, J. E. Bowermaster, W. Brier, Samuel C. Peebler.
     The attorneys having business in this Court are: Leggett & McKemey, Wilson & Hinkle, Jones & Fullen, Gavin & Ross, J. J. Cummings, R. F. Ratcliff, J. R. McCrackin, J. B. McCoy, D. P. Stubbs, H. S. Willis, C. E. Stubbs, H. C. Raney, C. E. Noble, G. A. Rutherford, McCoid, Brighton & Jaques, of Fairfield; M. B. Sparks, of Batavia; A. C. Steck, Chambers & McElroy, Stiles & Beaman, H. B. Hendershott, W. W. Cory, McNett & Tisdale, T. J. Boltz, S. W. Summers, of Ottumwa; R. S. Mills, of Brighton; W. M. Walker, of Selma; Cook, Clements & Ogg, of Newton; B. B. Burris, J. H. Baxter, of Abingdon; Palmer & Palmer, Woolson & Babb, of Mt. Pleasant.
     The Court issued the following instructions, which are printed on the cover page of the docket:
     1.  The Jury will be summoned for the second Monday of the term at 1 o’clock P. M.
     2.  The Clerk will assign all the business of the term for the first week.
     3.  On the first Tuesday of the term, the parties will indicate what causes will be tried to jury, and these will then be assigned by the Court for trial after the first week. All other causes will be for trial under the Clerk’s assignment.
     4.  Defaults will be entered after noon of the second day of the tern, and should be proven up at the time of being entered.
SECOND DAY.
     The following causes were continued: Final report in estates of Letitia Osborn, Susanah Beaver, George Glays, Wm. Vaught, Patrick Riley; Joseph B. Simpson, guardian, vs. Curtis Metzler, et al; guardianship minor heirs of Elizabeth J. Potts; Ellen Hurd vs. Elizah M. Hand et al; Thomas Minard vs. Justin R. Walkup; estate of Nathan Johnson.
     The wills of the following decedents were admitted to probate: John Jones, William Roberts, Eugenia M. Workman, Joel D. Bennett (John Heizel appointed executor), Peter Harkin, Curtis S. Hill, Listinna Gustafson, Jacob Garmoe, John Mannhardt.
     The widow of H. N. West was allowed $500 for support of herself and child, and the widow of W. D. Ingalls $100; and the widow of James M. Hughes $100.
     The following causes were struck from the docket: Final report of Thomas C. Goff, deceased; Jacob Knepley, deceased; Enoch Winter vs. J. H. Gillespy et al.
     Reports were approved, administrators and guardians discharged and sureties on bonds released in the following causes: Samuel Brown, deceased; Lydia Kness, deceased; Charles Beddoes, deceased; Alice Johnson, minor; Mary Elizabeth Hartley; Adley Hemphill, deceased; Charlotte Hull; John Ronan, deceased; Sallie and Lillie Hurst.
     The final and supplemental reports were approved in the cases of Wm. Crowner, minor; James Herrick deceased.
     A claim of $300 was allowed in the estate of Eli Rizor.
     Referees report was approved in the matter of guardianship of W. F. Hinshaw.
     The administrator of the estate of Jane M. Ware effected a compromise with D. H. Ware.
     The annual report in the estate of Jane Maxwell, deceased, was approved and distribution ordered.
     A partial distribution was ordered in the estate of A. P. Hayes, deceased.
     W. G. Ross was appointed as special administrator to pass on claims in the cause of John H. Byers vs. John H. Byers admr.
     Norman Reno was appointed guardian in place of W. S. Reno, resigned, in the matter of guardianship of minor heirs of Catharine McDowell, deceased.
     The case of J. W. Burnett & Co. against Catharine Pickerell was settled and costs paid.
     Report of sale in the case of A. F. Stansberry et al vs. Sarah Jane Coon et al was approved and deed of conveyance ordered.
     The mandamus causes of Silas Pearson director, vs. Board of Directors Dist. Twp. of Des Moines, Jefferson county, was dismissed at the plaintiff’s costs, and judgment taken for costs.
     The case of Rebecca Walker vs. S. C. Walker was continued for service.
     The injunction cause of David Sears, sr. vs. Stephen Lewis was continued generally.
     The cases of Daniel Trout vs. Ralph Summers and R. Summers vs. D. Trout were settled as per stipulations on file.
     In the partition cause of John Tull vs. Christena Tull et al the report of sale was approved and deed of conveyance ordered.
     The case of Joseph Sturgis vs. Robert Sturgis et al was tried by the Court, a decree rendered confirming shares and sale ordered.
     The defendant in the cause of Mary E. McLeod vs. The City of Fairfield, was given time to file substituted answer.
     The case of Wm. Coulter vs. R. A. McClellan was settled and costs paid.

Two Great Harvest Excursions to North Dakota and Return.
    Two fine harvest excursions are arranged for from all stations on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway to Bismarck, Mandan, LaMoure and Carrington, and intermediate stations from St. Paul and Minneapolis, on the Northern Pacific Railroad and return, at the remaskably (sic) low rate of about one cent per mile for the round trip.
     One excursion is arranged for August 12 and 13, to witness the great Dakota harvest in progress, and one for August 26 and 27, to see the result of the best yield of grain ever raised in any country. Tickets good for 40 days. For rates from various stations on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway inquire of Ticket Agents, and for particulars see bills advertising each of the excursions.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS. (Page 8)
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C. T. MOORMAN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
PACKWOOD, IOWA.
Does a general practice. All calls attended day or night promptly.
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T. F. JONES,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
ABINGDON, IOWA.
Prompt attention to all business. Calls attended day and night.
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J. M. OLIVER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
LIBERTYVILLE, IOWA.
Prompt attention to all business. Calls attended at all hours of the day or night.
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Wednesday Wanderings. (Page 8)
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     --A. J. Kingsbury, of Cleveland, Ohio, is in the city.
     --Capt. J. C. Fry, of Libertyville, was in the city to-day.
     --J. M. Holmes and S. B. Whitney, of Chicago, are here to-day.
     --T. A. Bereman, W. F. Bunning and M. S. Babb, of Mt. Pleasant, are in the city to-day.
     --The Ladies Society of the Lutheran Church will be received by Mrs. F. B. Huntzinger on Friday afternoon.
     --A match game of shooting yesterday between Frank J. Toland and E. T. Seamans resulted in a victory for the latter.
     --Dr. J. W. Dubois, of Batavia, was in the city last night. The Doctor, we are glad to know, is meeting with excellent success among the good people of Batavia.
     --The Republican Congressional Convention will probably be held at Mt. Pleasant, possibly Washington, or doubtless Columbus Junction, on the 27th of August or 3d of September.

CIRCUIT COURT. (Page 8)
SECOND DAY.
     R. J. Wilson was appointed guardian ad litem in the case of Christena Reno vs. Fred Stever et al.
     In the causes of W. H. Jones & Bro., G. Eichhorn and J. W. Oliver vs. J. W. Campbell, A. R. Devore and Jos. Campbell et al, garnishees, M. B. Sparks entered appearance for garnishees and H. C. Raney was appointed commissioner to toke answers of garnishees.
     The cases of Lewis Mow vs. John C. Peterson et al and J. A. Hysham vs. Peter Snook et al were settled and costs paid.
     W. G. Ross was appointed to take the answers of garnishees in the case of J. W. Griffith vs. C., B. & P. R. R. Co.
     The cause of Robert E. Parsons et ux vs. Nancy J. Hellman et al was dismissed by plaintiffs at their costs.
     The case of James Hickenbottom vs. Jane Hopkirk et al was continued by agreement of the parties.
     R. W. Barger entered appearance for defendant in the case of F. O. Chezum vs. Hawkeye Insurance Company, and on agreement cause was continued generally.
     The divorce case of Anna C. Swanson vs. Charles Swanson was dismissed by plaintiff at her cost.
     The cause of Mary Hutton vs. Stephen Hutton et al was continued as per stipulations on file.
     The case of Harriet Montgomery vs. W. A. Workman et al was dismissed by plff. without prejudice.

THIRD DAY.
     In the matter of Thomas Dixon vs. Emma J. Stringer, Thomas Dixon was appointed guardian.
     The cause of M. W. Forrest, admr, et al vs. Hattie Cowger et al was tried by the Court and a decree given.
     In the case of J. N. Smith vs. W. J. M. Smith, the former was appointed guardian.
     The cause of George Hanson vs. John Jacobs et al was continued for service.
     The case of Adaline Chezum vs. Theo. Chezum and F. O. Chezum was re-submitted under orders and agreements made on former submission.  The same entry was made in the cause of Joanna Smith vs. David McKee.
     The causes of Sylvester J. Shelton vs. Wm. H. Baker and Jordan Bros. & Co. vs. J. D. Robinson were continued for service.
     In the cause of John Blaul & Son vs. D. E. Tinsley and John A. Ireland, garnishees, Jones & Fullen entered appearance for plaintiffs.
     The attachment suit of Peter Fries & Co. against Ed Powers et al was dismissed.
     The partition suit of Kate E. Chandler et al against Ann Chandler et al was continued.
     In the cause of Mrs. Peter Riley vs. George H. Harvey et al, McCoid, Brighton & Jaques appeared for plaintiff and the case was continued.
     R. Ritz vs. S. Hutton et ux was resubmitted.
     In the cause of Elisha Parrish vs. F. M. Hudler et al defendants G. W. Hall and J. B. Haddock defaulted; continued as to all other defendants.
     The case of James F. Potts against C. T. Cowan was dismissed.
     Chas. D. Leggett admr, vs. Thomas C. Hurst et al judgement was taken against C. David.
     In the case of R. Ritz vs. A. I. Cassady Jones & Fullen appeared for Robert Black, who is made party defendant.
     Default and judgement was entered in the following causes: John P. Manatrey vs. J. Cox et al; Selz, Schwab & Co. vs. Hopkirk Bros.; Samuel W. Hanlay vs. John Moore; James Haney vs. Joel W. Pancoast; James Buer vs. Wm. S. Hyde; John W. Ulm vs. John C. Workman et al; Mary Hutton vs. Stephen Hutton et al; Wells & Garrettson vs. John C. Workman et al.
     The defendants defaulted in the following causes: James H. Beatty vs. Joseph H. Herington et al; J. H. Hampson vs. F. O. Chezum; Frank Cunningham vs. Wm. A. Cunningham et al; C. C. Risk et al vs. Franklin King et al (trial by court, decree); George Blackmer for use etc. vs. G. M. Johnson et al (continued generally); James W. Bartlett vs. America Bartlett; Ida May O’Brien vs. W. W. O’Brien; Barnhart Bros. & Spindler vs. W. P. Clifford.
     The defendant’s application for a continuance in the cause of J. W. Griffith against the C., B. & P. R. R. Co. was sustained.
     Default, judgment and decrees were entered in the following causes: W. F. Brunning vs. Samuel H. Shipler; Mary Ann Riley vs. D. E. Tinsley et al; James Welday vs. Geo. M. Brown et al.
     Clerk Sippel was appointed referee to report incumbrances and liens in the partition suit of James F. Potts et al vs. Joel W. Pancoast et al.
     In the cause of Chas. D. Leggett guardian vs. C. David, judgment was rendered as per stipulation on file.
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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.   (Page 8)
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Abingdon.
     The daughter of Charles Goodman died last night near Ioka. Aged two years and six months.
     On the 3d of August Billy Stelee and wife took a new boarder. Billy says he has named it Cleveland.
     On the 11th of August Mrs. Sarah Ann Bennett, of Kansas, while on a visit to Abingdon, added one more girl to the list of Little Rebecca’s of this place.
     The Democrats of this vicinity met on last Saturday night at Odd Fellows hall and organized a club. Speeches were made, and the Abingdon brass band was in attendance, and a good time generally was the result.  The ladies of Abingpon (sic) will shortly present a Cleveland and Hendricks flag to the club.
     Last Saturday night the meek and lowly Moses met with a remnant of the stalwarts at the Baptist church, and the same old song was heard that was preached twenty years ago. They have not forgotten the tune of "Old John Brown" yet. There was something sang in the shape of a funeral dirge, and it was sung in very common low meter, I think to suit the occasion. No souls converted, as the attendance was very small.            SUBSCRIBER.

Eldon.
     The new bridge is now open for the traveling public.
     W. P. Clifford, of Fairfield, is talking of starting the flouring mill here.
     Seneca Cornell is taking depositions in a case which is to be tried in the courts of New York.
     The brick works are in motion again, and another kiln of brick will soon be ready for the market.
     The Eldon Hook and Ladder Company will give a ball at the Armory Hall Thursday evening Sept. 18.
     D. W. Tempelton, of Fairfield, has made arrangements to handle grain. He has leased the elevator of Mr. Ritz.
     The Review says "Tramps are becoming quite numerous in this part of the country, and they are as cheeky a lot as have traveled the road for many years. They not only demand bread, but want it buttered on both sides."
     Eldon can offer more advantages to the narrow guage than any town on the Rock Island road. Valuable railway connections, plenty of coal, wood and water, and a live growing town of 1,500 inhabitants. We ought to get the road, and we will. --Review.
                    Happy-Go-Easy.

Libertyville.
     Laura Ford, Chicago, is visiting at the residence of her uncle, James McCormick.
     Miss Winnie Phillips, Ottumwa, is visiting at the residence of her uncle, Frank Winn.
     The members of the Presbyterian church contemplate giving a festival next week some night.
     The young folks of Libertyville and vicinity will have a pic-nic on the Des Moines river Saturday.
     William Hague, Nashville, Tenn., is visiting his brother, A. G. Hague, after a separation of eighteen years.
     Prof. S. T. Boyd will officiate as pastor at the Presbyterian church the coming year, beginning in September.
     John Welday sold twenty head of steers out of his large herd to Nels Smith Wednesday, the consideration being fifty dollars a head.
     Jesse Rogers, of Fairfield, who is assisting E. Muir with a hay press at the Pancoast farm, was up before Squire Fry Saturday and fined $5 and costs for assaulting Billie Gifford.
     We noticed the stalwart frame of the "tall cottonwood of Crow creek," Hon. D. P. Stubbs, on our streets Wednesday. The rumor is rife with the knowing ones here that he is a possible candidate of the Democracy and Greenbackers for Congress.
     Some of the delegates to the Convention Saturday from Liberty township are being charged with treachery, a charge that is without foundation, but one that nearly always follows defeat. [NOTE-- We don’t know exactly what one would call it. It is said that Mr. Anderson put Mr. Dustin on the Congressional delegation. Mr. Anderson was over here with a dozen others as kickers against the nomination of McCoid. Mr. Anderson knows that the majority of the republicans of his township are opposed to the re-nomination of Mr. McCoid, and he himself is understood to be opposed to him. Then why did he disregard the will of his township and those who put him in the position, by suggesting Mr. Dustin, whom he knew would vote for Mr. McCoid against the will of the republicans of Liberty township? It may not be treachery, nor bad faith, but "a rose by any other name smells just as sweet." Mr. Anderson either willfully or thoughtlessly sold out his constituents, or was imposed upon by the bosses. --Ed. JOURNAL.]
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     --M. L. Dresser, Boston, is here.
     --C. W. Pallard, of St. Louis, was here to-day.
     --H. L. Metcalf, of West Liberty, is in the city.
     --A. C. Bailey, of Kittanning, Pa. is in the city.
     --J. H. P. Robinson, of Montezuma, is in the city.
     --Hon. W. B. Culbertson, of Burlington, is in the city to-day.
     --Why use a gritty, muddy, disagreeable article when Hood’s Sarsaparilla, so pure, so clear, so delightful, can be obtained. 100 doses $1.00.
     --A. W. Jackson, M. L. Creek and James F. Potts, of Libertyville, were in town to-day.
     --Your complexion, as well as your temper, is rendered miserable by a disordered liver. Improve both by taking Carter’s Little Liver Pills. 25 cents.
     --S. A. Washburne and daughter and W. W. Webster, of Muscatine, were in the city to-day.
     --Carter’s Little Liver Pills are free from all crude and irritating matter. Concentrated medicine only; very small; very easy to take; no pain; no griping; no purging.
     --John W. Owen, C. Smith, O. H. Ward and S. Moskovitz, of Chicago, were in the city to-day.
     --Simple justice requires that DeLand’s Soda and Saleratus should be given the leading place in the public esteem. It has been, and is, one of the greatest health promoters of the age.
     --James W. Bartlett is the agent for this city for Mitchell’s Common Sense Washing Machine, the best Machine in the market. Call on him and get one.
     --Dyspepsia in its worst forms will yield to the use of Carter’s Little Nerve Pills aided by Carter’s Little Liver Pills. They not only relieve present distress but strengthen the stomach and digestive apparatus.
     --The Bentonspert, Van Buren county, correspondent of the Birmingham Enterprise says: "The Republican caucus in this vicinity seemed to favor Judge Stutsman for congress. The decision is that while all the candidates are good men he is a little better."
     --The most distressing case of scrofula or blood poison that we ever heard of was cured by Parsons’ Purgative Pills. These pills make new rich blood, and taken one a night for three months will change the blood in the entire system.
     --"Those laugh best that laugh last." Last Saturday evening Capt. Jacobs flourished a telegram from Wapello, Louisa county, saying that McCoid had carried the township by 69 to 66. It now transpires that Judge Stutsman carried the county over McCoid by a vote of 20 to 16. Will the Captain and the other friends of McCoid please make a note of it.
     --Cramps and pains in the stomach and bowels, dysentery and diarrhoea are very common just now and should be checked at once. Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment will positively cure all such cases and should be kept in every family.
     --The professional card of Dr. J. M. Oliver, of Libertyville, appears in this week’s issue of THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Dr. Oliver just recently located at Libertyville, but he is, we are glad to learn, getting himself into a fair practico at the start. He is a young man of good medical ability, correct personal habits and we have no doubt will at once ingratiate himself into the good graces of the people of Liberty and Des Moines townships, and eventually get into a fine practice.