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