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Fairfield, Iowa "WEEKLY JOURNAL"
Jefferson County
Vol. VI, # 16, February 14, 1884
Transcription by Debbie Nash

THE JOURNAL
Telephone List. (Page 1)

A Complete and Accurate List of the Members of the Fairfield Telephone Exchange.

2. C. M. McELROY, The Fairfield Tribune
4. GEORGE SHRINER, Wholesale Grocer.
5. GEORGE D. CLARKE, Residence.
6. Dr. R. H. HUFFORD, Residence.
7. Dr. C. W. BAKER, Residence.
8. C., R. I. & P. RAILWAY, Ticket Office.
9. S. C. FARMER & SONS, Bankers.
10. HUFFORD, BRADSHAW & THOMA, Drugs.
11. I. D. JONES, Residence.
12. C. M. STINSON, Residence
14. MAYOR’S OFFICE, J. J. Cummings, Mayor.
15. JAMES SULLIVAN, Retail Grocer.
16. C. S. CLARKE & SON, Druggists.
17. FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
18. J. E. WILKINS, Omnibus and Transfer.
19. BRADLEY & HOFFMAN, Retail Grocers.
20. JONES & ?ULLEN, Attorneys at Law. [Webmaster note: FULLEN.]
21. COUNTY CLERK, Charles P Sippel.
22. WILSON & HINKLE, Attorneys at Law.
23. FARISS & STRINGER, Cigar Manuf’rs.
24. J. R. McCRACKIN, Residence.
25. LEWIS SUESS, Brewery.
26. WELLS & GARRETTSON, Bankers.
27. W. W. & C. M. JUNKIN, Fairfield Ledger.
28. FAIRFIELD GAS WORKS.
29. J. W. BURNETT, Hardware Store.
30. S. C. FARMER, Residence.
32. J. S. McKEMEY, Residence.
34. JAMES SULLIVAN, Residence.
35. M. A. REPASS, Residence.
36. B. ALLMAYER & BRO., Clothiers.
37. R. H. MOORE, The Fairfield Daily Journal.
37. R. H. MOORE, The Fairfield Weekly Journal
38. Dr. EUGENE CAMPBELL, Residence.
39. LEGGETT HOUSE, J. A. Beck, Proprietor.
41. J. W. BURNETT, Residence.
42. D. P. STUBBS, Residence.
44. C., B. & Q. RAILWAY, Ticket Office.
45. R. A. TUTTLE, Dry Goods.
46. G. A. UNKRICH, Retail Grocer.
47. R. H. MOORE, Residence.
48. SHERIFF’S OFFICE, George W. Harrison.
49. GEO. P. LANG, Bakery and Restaurant.
50. GEO. P. LANG, Residence.
TOLL STATIONS.
Burlington, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Wever, West Point, Denmark, Montrose, Mt. Pleasant, Danville, New London, Batavia, Ottumwa, Rome, Knoxville, Bloomfield, Centerville, Belknap, Indianola, Lefflers, Chariton, Lockridge, Abingdon, Moulton, Albia, Oskaloosa, Drakeville, Des Moines, Pella, Lacona, Eddyville.

Election Proclamation. (Page 1)
The regular annual municipal election of the City of Fairfield, for the election of city officers, will be held in the several wards on Monday, the third day of March 1884, to elect Mayor, City Treasurer, and one Trustee for each Ward, as follows: In lst Ward at county recorder’s office. 2nd Ward at the shop of Isaac Hoffman. 3rd ward at Dr. J. L. Myers’ office, 4th Ward at J. F. Crawford’s store. The Electors will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. Witness my hand and the seal of the city of Fairfield, this 4th day of February, l884.
      J. J. Cummings, Mayor.

Friday Facts. (Page 1)
--A. H. Kirk, Boston, is in the city.
--E. E. Levy, of Chicago, is in the city.
--The Jones House entertained the jury last night.
--Arthur Hussey, Springfield, Ohio, is in the city.
--M. Lehmann, of Burlington, is in the city to-day.
--G. J. Rubelman, of Des Moines, was in the city to-day.
--R. E. Morey, of Indianapolis, was in the city this afternoon.
--G. H. Lindenberger, of Louisville, Ky., was in the city yesterday.
--W. A. Wesler and H. Smith, of Brighton, were in the city to-day.
--Fred Tisdale and Charles Bachman, of Ottumwa, were in the city yesterday.
--Melachi Scott is laid up. He fell yesterday and fractured some of his ribs.
--Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Rollins are in the city visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Ratcliff.
--The jury in the case of Chrisman vs. Salladay returned a verdict in favor of the defendant.
--Joe R. Murray, representing the J. W. Butler Paper Company, Chicago, was in the city to-day.
--E. M. Parrett, of Batavia, came in to-day and renewed his subscription to The Weekly Journal.
--Theodore Fleming, of Emporia, and F. W. Shaw, of Birmingham, were in the city last night, the guests of the Jones House.
--Mayor Cummings and Jacob Dahlman returned last night from Davenport where they attended a session of the A. O. U. W. Grand Lodge.
--Found, on south second street, a plaid sash. The owner can have the same by calling at this office, proving property and paying for this notice.
--The members of the A. O. U. W. are requested to meet at their hall at l o’clock sharp, on Sunday next, to make arrangements for attending the funeral of Mrs. George P. Lang.
--The members of the V. A. S. are requested to meet at their hall at 7 o’clock sharp to-morrow evening. Business of special importance will come before the meeting.
--Mrs. George P. Lang died at her home in this city at a few minutes past seven o’clock last evening. She had been sick for about three weeks, and was getting along all right, but a few days ago took a relapse, and her sufferings were ended yesterday evening. Mrs. Lang has been a resident of Fairfield for over twenty years, and was highly esteemed by all who knew her. We hope to give a more extended account of Mrs. Lang in a few days.

LIBERTYVILLE ITEMS. (Page 1)
  Jimmie Winn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Winn, is seriously sick with brain fever.
  Wm. Pratt, one of our enterprising grocerymen, intends building a storeroom this coming Spring, over which he will have a town hall.
  We heard a gentleman remark the other day that he never heard all the news of the town until he read The Journal. There is not much of any consequence escapes the argus eyes of your correspondent.
  Tuesday and Tuesday night was a gala day for Libertyville. Cares of business and affairs of politics were forgotten, and the old soldiers, democrat, greenbacker and republican assembled in Odd Fellows hall, clasped hands in fraternal friendship (27 in all) and organized a G. A. R. post, and named it Lewis G. Balding Post, after a lieutenant of the 3d Cavalry, who went from Libertyville, and was a brave and gallant soldier, sacrificing his life in his country’s cause. In the evening they were joined by eleven battle-scarred chiefs from George Strong Post of your city. At about 8 o’clock in the evening they repaired to the M. E. Church where the ladies (heaven bless them, their names should be mentioned in song) had spread a bountiful repast, and over three hundred partook of supper amid the screaming of the brass band, the chanting of the violin and organ, and the sublime symphony of the glee club orchestry. After the supper was cleared away, the installation of officers followed. After this the dashing cavalier, the soldier’s friend, the people’s favorite, Capt. Burgess, of Fairfield, made a stirring and dramatic speech, which brought a sad and far-away look in the old veteran’s eyes, as he reviewed that awful struggle, when they stood as breast-works when leaden invitations to funerals were being sent North by the dear friends of the South. And we thought as we reviewed the veteran guards that slowly, but surely, time was changing the boys in blue to the boys in gray.       RENRUT.

Saturday Sayings. (Page 1)
--S. J. Eagle, Chicago, is in the city.
--H. W. Medes, of Quincy, is in the city.
--Dr. Ratcliff, of Eldon, was in the city to-day.
--F. Q. Feltz, of Oskaloosa, was in the city yesterday.
--J. M. Vannest, of Cincinnati, is in the city to-day.
--W. C. Fountain, of Boston, was in the city to-day.
--There were a large number of people in the city to-day.
--Julius Tappert went to Atchison last night to visit his sister.
--"Cracker Jim," of Oskaloosa, is registered at the Leggett House.
--Lon Burgess, now in the U.S. mail service, is spending a few days at home.
--Dr. Miller, W. H. Woolery and L. McCoy, of Libertyville, were in the city to-day.
--R. W. Rollins went to Kansas City last evening, leaving his wife here to visit her parents.
--It is as difficult to keep up with the arrivals of Hackett as it is with the wrecks on the C., B. & Q.
--None know St. Jacobs Oil but to like it; none name it but to praise.
--The Clerk has issued marriage licenses to H. Durr and Miss Annie Ogden, Samuel C. Walker and Miss Virginia M. Morris.
--Jake McKemey has concluded that a telephone is not only a luxury but an absolute necessity. He has ordered one put in his residence.
--A. V. Brown, Birmingham, and C. E. Lytton and wife, of Odell, Nebraska, were in the city last night, the guests of the Jones House.
--L. F. Nelson, John P. Peterson and C. J. Johnson, all natives of Sweden, were admitted citizens of the United States by Judge Lewis’ court.
--The members of Forest City Lodge, No. 37, K. of P. are requested to meet at their hall at one o’clock sharp, to make arrangements to attend the funeral of Mrs. Lang.
--Dr. R. J. Mohr performed a neat surgical operation on Thursday. He amputated five toes from the feet of Willie Boos, a son of John Boos, who froze them on the 5th of January.
--Lost, somewhere between the Rock Island depot and the residence of S. B. Smith, last evening, a ladies gold watch. A liberal reward will be paid to the finder if they will leave it at this office, or return it to the owner, Miss Julia B. Hoadley.
--That enterprising and progressive farmer, and old Jefferson county settler, J. R. Dole, stopped us to-day and handed over a hundred and fifty cents for THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, and will enjoy the weekly visits of the largest and best paper in the county.
--Members of the Telephone Exchange will find the list of the subscribers as published in to-day’s JOURNAL, a very convenient one to cut out and place alongside their instrument. We have taken a great deal of pains with it, and think the members will find it correct.
--The funeral of Mrs. Lena M. Lang, wife of Geo. Ph. Lang, who died on the 7th, of unilateral paralysis, will take place from the residence to-morrow afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. A. B. McMackin, of the Lutheran Church. The friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend.

ELDON NOTES.(Page 1)
  Mal Burgess and Os. Garrett went to Agency Sunday to see their girls.
  The stone work on the new bridge over Soap creek was finished Wednesday.
  Teams are again crossing on the ice, making the dangerous trip with large loads.
  Seneca Cornell was at Chariton on a business trip last week. He reports everything on a boom out west.
  Miss Ora Roberts went to Nebraska on a visit Tuesday evening. Ora will be missed in Eldon society circles.
  Great excitement exists in regard to the wild rumors of moving the round house to Fairfield. We understand a delegation consisting of Dr. Shang, Mr. Howard and B. F. Whitney will visit F. soon to see if it won’t be cheaper to move Fairfield here than to move the r. h. up there. The little city of Floris has put in a "yell" to have it moved out there. The rumors have not lowered the price of property or board here yet.       DODGE.

Thursday Transpirings (page 6)
--E. W. Arthur, Des Moines, is here.
--F. J. Lovell, New York, is in town.
--O. B. Miller, Topeka, Kansas, is in the city.
--Dick Richards, of Burlington, is in the city.
--F. L. Durkee, Detroit, was in town yesterday.
--Gus Vote returned this morning from a trip East.
--A. L. Omstell, Rock Island, was in the city to-day.
--C. C. Cock, a lawyer of Davenport, was here to-day.
--J. W. Montague, Mason City, Iowa, is a guest of the Leggett House.
--"At home sick" is the label on the door of Gilchrist’s photograph rooms to-day.
--Justice Sullivan and J. M. H. Roberts, of Liberty township, were in the city to-day.
--We walk in the midst of secrets, we are encompassed with mysteries, but it is an open secret that there is no remedy in the world so wonderful as Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.
--J. R. Jones, C. L. Cole, J. G. Scott and W. Fox, of Chicago, are registered at the Leggett House.
--It’s hard to believe Miss Whittire was cured of such terrible sores by Hood’s Sarsaparilla, but reliable people prove it.
--My lease is out on my room, and I have packed my stock and fixtures, which I will sell at a bargain.    T. C. HURST.
--C. C. Cadwallader, Burlington; E. Williams, St. Paul, and H. Tally, Elk River, Iowa, are registered at the Jones House.
--Mrs. John Early, Marshalltown, Ioa (sic), says: "I used Brown’s Iron Bitters for dyspepsia and general debility with good results."
--FOR SALE.  Restaurant, stock and fixtures at a bargain.        T. C. HURST.
--Several couples of the young Irish people of this city went out to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Scally, five miles northwest, last night, were right royally entertained, and enjoyed a dance till the wee small hours of the morning.

Funeral of Mrs. Lang. (page 6)
  The funeral services over the mortal remains of the late Mrs. Geo. Ph. Lang were held at her late home on Burlington street, Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. The Rev. Amasa B. McMackin, pastor of the Lutheran Church, conducted the services, assisted by the Choir of his church. The services were opened by a beautiful and appropriate voluntary. Then following the reading of Scripture, prayer and a hymn, after which the funeral discourse was preached from the words of Jesus in Math. 11:28, "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." After the sermon another hymn was sung and the services concluded, with the usual ceremonies at the cemetery.
 A large number of people came together despite the chilling weather, to pay their respects to the dead and show their regard for the living. Of these a large number followed the deceased to her last resting place. The lodges of Knights of Pythias and United Workmen, to which Mr. Lang belonged, took part in the service, attending in bodies.
 The following is the biographical sketch read by Rev. McMackin at the conclusion of his discourse:
 Lena Magdalena Lang was born Jan. 20th, 1845, in Madison, Indiana, and died in Fairfield, Iowa, Feb. 7, 1884, at the age of 39 years and 18 days. Her maiden name was Herman. On Feb. 25th, 1862, she was married to George Phillip Lang, who to-day mourns her untimely loss. Born in Indiana she came to Burlington, Iowa in 1856, and to Jefferson county in 1859. The fruits of this union were seven children, four of which were girls and three boys. Of these six are, as mother-less, left to sorrow for a mother’s love, to bewail a mother’s absence, to weep over an empty chair, a broken family circle. One child, a boy, had crossed the silent river before her. Baptized in the Catholic Church she never confirmed her membership, nor did she ever make any profession of Christianity. A kind mother, an affectionate wife, a generous friend and neighbor, she had only good to say of those with whom life’s duties brought her in contact. Her life was humble and quiet, not full of strike and ostentation; its sphere not broad and varied but included and contained largely within her family circle. Death came to her after a short illness. Her symptoms were not alarming until Wednesday morning, when she was taken with a stroke of paralysis. On Thursday forenoon she became conscious for a short time and was thought to be improving; but alas for human judgment, she soon became unconscious, never to awaken in this world of tears and sunshine. Many will miss her, but most of all those who must gather around a desolate fire-side, the bereaved husband and children, these and those who mourn to-day, we commend to the care of that righteous and holy One who says unto all: "Come unto me, ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

In Memoriam. (page 6)
Castle Hall, Forest City Lodge,
No. 37, K. of P.
February 10, 1884.
  WHEREAS, Death has taken from our midst, Mrs. Lena M. Lang, and thus the community is bereft of a valuable and worthy member, the friends of a kind and pleasing associate, the children of a loving and tender mother, the husband of a fond, devoted and amiable wife and companion.
  Resolved, That we hereby extend to our brother Sir Knight, George P. Lang, our sincere and earnest sympathy in this the hour of his deep sorrow, and to the children our tender and heartfelt condolence in their irreparable bereavement, and to each and all recommend the consolation that "what is their loss is her gain," and we leave the reason of this visitation to Him "who doeth all things well."
  Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be furnished our Brother Sir Knight, that the same be spread in full upon the records of this Lodge, and that the city papers each be requested to give one publication of the same.
W. T. BURGESS,
SAM’L C. FARMER, JR.
ROLLIN J. WILSON,
Committee.

Card of Thanks. (page 6)

  I take this method to publicly extend my thanks to the neighbors, and kind friends throughout the city; for their assistance and sympathy on the occasion of the sickness and death of my dear wife, Lena M. Lang. Should any of them be called upon to pass through a similar affliction, I sincerely trust that their sorrow may be assuaged and their grief lightened by the kindly acts of as sympathetic friends and neighbors as was so nobly shown in my bereavement.
Geo. P. Lang.

ORIGINAL NOTICE. (page 6)

STATE OF IOWA, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ss:
  To William Johnson --You are hereby notified that there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, State of Iowa, the petition of Lotta Johnson, plaintiff, asking for a decree of divorce from you.
  Now unless you appear thereto and defend on or before noon of the second day of the March Term, A. D. 1884, of said Court, which term commences on the fourth Monday of March, A. D. 1884, default will be entered against you, judgment rendered thereon, and decree rendered as prayed.
      LEGGETT & McKEMEY,
        Attorneys for Plaintiff.

ORIGINAL NOTICE. (page 6)

STATE OF IOWA, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ss:
  To Robert M. Steel, The Howe Sewing Machine Co. --You are hereby notified that there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, State of Iowa, the petition of James Steel, plaintiff, claiming to be the absolute owner by title in fee simple of the following real estate in Jefferson County, Iowa, to-wit:
  The South fifty (50) acres of the East half of the Northeast quarter of Section twenty-seven (27) in Township seventy-one (71) of Range ten (10), and asking a decree that you be barred and forever estopped from having or claiming any title thereto adverse to the plaintiff, and quieting the title to said premises in plaintiff, and for other relief see petition. No money judgment is asked against you.
Now unless you appear thereto and defend on or before noon of the second day of the March Term, A. D. 1884, of said Court, which Term commences on the fourth Monday of March, A. D. 1884, default will be entered against you, judgment rendered thereon, and decree entered as prayed.
      LEGGETT & McKEMEY,
        Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Monday Melange. (Page 6)

--T. H. Jackson, of Quincy, Ill., is in city.
--George E. Herrick, of Chicago, is in the city.
--C. N. Cissell, of Des Moines, is in the city.
--Ben Hassel, of Burlington, is in the city to-day.
--Wm. B. Capell, of New York, is in the city to-day.
--Charles Rentz, of Quincy, Ill., was in the city yesterday.
--Joe Fulton, of Des Moines township, was in the city to-day.
--Nels Surles has gone out of the saloon business for the present.
--Circuit Court adjourned this afternoon. Judge Lewis and wife will take No. 6 for Washington.
--Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jackson, Libertyville, spent Sunday in the city visiting their daughter.
--Tappert & Goehner have got up a new brand of cigars, entitled "The Leggett," in honor of Uncle Dick.
--C. M. Stinson and John Smeaton have recently purchased of S. C. Dunn, of Muscatine, two full-blooded Jerseys.
--Tom M. Gobble has severed his connection with the wholesale grocery firm of Gobble Bros., Muscatine. Johnny is running the business alone now.
--Frank R. Smith, Burlington; H. W. Wellman, Bell Wellman, Lillie Wellman, Oskaloosa, Kansas; E. B. Townsend, Kansas, and John Cadan, Morris, Ill., are registered at the Jones House.
--Mrs. C. Limburg and Lou Marshick, of Keokuk; Otto F. Tappert and Miss Emily Hermann, of Burlington; E. W. Hermann, of Louisville, Ky; Mrs. Chas. Rukgaber and daughter Emma, Mrs. Aug. Hettrick, and John Irrer, of Mt. Pleasant, were in the city yesterday attending the funeral of Mrs. G. P. Lang.
--W. C. Perkins, formerly superintendent of the C., B. & Q., but latterly secretary of the Murray Iron Works, of Burlington, died very suddenly at Chicago Saturday, of apoplexy, where he had gone in the interest of the company. Mr. Perkins was a man of large business capacity and occupied many responsible positions in the commercial world.
--The invitations are out announcing the second social ball and display drill of Fairfield Division No. 7, Uniform Rank, K. of P. to take place at the opera house, Friday evening, Feb. 22d. The invitations are the best job of letter press work ever executed in the city, and reflect great credit on the Tribune job rooms. The committees are: Invitation --Lou Thoma, S. F. Hammond, H. F. Booker, S. M. Campbell, T. L. H. Cole. Decorations --B. E. Ristine, F. W. Voorhies, Paul E. Porsons, W. O. Harper, G. W. Young. Reception and Floor Managers --Al Hilbert, C. E. Stubbs, Will Mohr, J. S. Richardson, D. C. Bradley. Tickets, $1.50. Display drill at 8 o’clock.

Tuesday Tit-Bits.(page 6)

--J. H. Abel, Milwaukee, is in the city.
--A. J. Cook, of Ottumwa, is in the city.
--Chas. A. Dean, Des Moines, is in the city.
--F. R. Sweatland, of Chicago, is in the city.
--E. A. Platt, of Philadelphia, is in the city to-day.
--C. Houghton, Packwood, was in the city yesterday.
--W. H. Graham, Sedalia, Mo., is in the city to-day.
--B. F. Murdock, of Kansas City, was in the city last night.
--C. E. Higgins, Independence, Iowa, was in the city last night.
--J. F. Renfro, of New York, was in the city yesterday afternoon.
--Fred A. Merchant, of Providence, R.I. was in the city yesterday.
--A. S. Jordan, J. E. Roth and W. W. Junkin were in Davenport yesterday.
--Mrs. M. L. Church, of Prairie Farm, Wisconsin, writes us for THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.
--Wm. J. Evans, Daniel Graham and Geo. E. Humphrey, of Chicago, are in the city to-day, stopping at the Leggett.
--Jake Wilson, now of St. Joe, Mo. is just like a great many former Jefferson county people, now in other pastures. He must have a Fairfield paper, and so wisely concluded to order the largest and best.
--Young men meet for Bible study on Thursday evening at Y. M. C. A. rooms. Theme: "Who is Christ to You?" Matthew 16. Gospel services Sabbath afternoon. Topic: "Why men do not believe in Christ."

Wednesday Wanderings. (Page 6)

--L. Ellman, Philadelphia, is here.
--B. H. King, Joliet, is in the city.
--W. R. Moore, Muscatine, is in town.
--C. H. Ware, Burlington, is here to-day.
--J. A. Middleton, Boston, is in the city.
--Scott Washburne, Muscatine, is here to-day.
--D. Wittonsky, Chicago, is in the city to-day.
--H. D. Payne, of Quincy, is in the city to-day.
--W. D. Amsley [Ainsley?], of Lasalle, Illinois, is back again.
--John W. Welsh, Kansas City, is in town to-day.
--George Ruddy, of Buffalo, New York, is in the city.
--A. Rommel, Mt. Pleasant, was in the city yesterday.
--Hackett was noticed perambulating the city to-day.
--James Hoskinson, of Perlee, was in the city to-day.
--Henry Jackson, of Knoxville, was in the city yesterday.
--Dr. J. W. Hayden, of Libertyville, was in the city to-day.
--Charles Simmonds, of Ottumwa, was in the city yesterday.
--W. T. Swanson, of Swedenburg, was in the city yesterday.
--Frank G. Morein has returned from his visit to Yates City, Ill.
--Geo. W. Yate, of Galesburg, was in the city yesterday afternoon.
--J. W. Gillespy, of Chicago, is in the city, stopping at the Leggett House.
--Robert Campbell, of Hastings, Neb. is in the city visiting his mother.
--W. T. Smith, Chicago, is in the city to-day, stopping at the Jones House.
--The teachers of the Union school took in the Teachers’ Convention at Batavia.
--Mrs. John Fullen, of Agency, is visiting the family of her son, Charles D. Fullen.
--John B. Manatry and J. S. Richardson have returned from their visit to the Hot Springs.
--F. Paterson, Marshalltown, Iowa, says: "Brown’s Iron Bitters has completely cured me of malaria."
--Wm. Nelson, of Clear Springs, Neb. was in the city yesterday, a guest of the Jones House.
--Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Mohr spent yesterday in Libertyville, the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Hayden.
--No. 2 on the "Q" was several hours late this morning. It is surmised that there was a wreck somewhere. Next!
--George Teesdale, S. J. Oliver and J. W. Burton, of St. Louis, were in the city last night, guests of the Leggett House.
--The residence of J. S. McKemey is now connected with the telephone exchange. His number is 32.
--Mrs. Mary A. White, of Delta, Keokuk county, is visiting a few days in this city with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Martha White.
--Mrs. Amanda Moore, relict of the late Johnston Moore, of Atchison, Kansas, is now in the city stopping with her mother, Mrs. Henry Frush.
-As there is no disturbing question of local politics or improvement to agitate our city the coming election time, it is to be hoped that good, honest, active men will be elected to the different positions.
--Valuable information -- Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment will positively prevent diphtheria that most to be dreaded of all dreadful diseases. Don’t delay a moment, prevention is better than cure. No family should be without the Anodyne in the house.
--J. A. Hinson has purchased the grocery of M. R. Kurtz on the northwest corner. J. M. McKain will have charge of it for Mr. Hinson. The store-room will be overhauled and fixed up, and the stock increased.
--Joseph Ricksher, C. D. Tomey, W. T. Burgess, S. K. West, Thomas Bell, J. W. Messick, John T. Axline, T. F. Higley, J. S. Gantz, John Davies and J. P. Mullenix were out at Libertyville last night and assisted in the organization of a G. A. R. Post.