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"Weekly Journal"
Fairfield, Jefferson Co. Iowa
Vol. VI #17, February 21, 1884
Transcription by Sharyl Ferrall

LIBERTYVILLE ITEMS. (Page 1)

  J. J. Welday removed Saturday from Fairfield to Libertyville. He occupies the Slimmer residence.
  John Winn, of Lewis, Cass county, returned in response to a telegram announcing the death of his little brother.
  Albert McCartney, who has been spending the winter here with his parents, left Wednesday for Minneapolis, his future home.
  The energetic ladies of the Methodist Church gave an oyster supper Monday night, and the members of the church have purchased a new organ.
  Mrs. Harriet Maddox, a lady who resides here, on Monday arrived at her 74th birthday. On that day all her children assembled at her home and had a pleasant time, and presented her with a number of valuable presents.
  Saturday morning at 4 o'clock occurred the death of Jimmie Winn, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Winn. His funeral took place Sunday and was attended by a large number of sympathizing friends. In the absence of religious exercises (the family are free thinkers) Mr. W. T. Hague, a friend of the family, paid the following short tribute:
  Dear Friends and Neighbors: The event that has called us together is sad, solumn and impressive. We are assembled to pay our parting tribute of respect to our dear little friend, Jimmie Winn. We are in the presence of our beloved dead, in the chamber of grief. The hand of death has ruthlessly plucked from our midst a sweet little child who was loved by all who knew hiim, and the life, light and joy from this household, whose short stay with us has been made as pleasant and happy, as kind and loving parents could make it. All his life has been one continued reign of joy; care and sorrow were strangers to him.  He had not yet reached that time in life when the dark clouds of adversity and anxiety hovered around him. Accustomed as we are to the operations of that natural law we call death, yet its ever recurring visitations fill us anew with lamentatious and unutterable grief. In this sense at least our emotional natures rebel against our intellectual convictions. To weep is human. It relieves the pent up anguish of our aching hearts. The shed tears of grief are the dew-drops of life which sweeten and give fragrance to our tenderness, love and sympathy. As we look back we have no regrets for the past; as we look forward, no fears for the future. Our dear little friend is gone. He will ever be held in sweet remembrance. Let him rest in peace.      RENRUT.

-- The ladies of the P. E. O. Society will give an oyster supper Friday evening, February 22d, in the rooms formerly occupied by Hurst's restaurant, near the postoffice. Go early and get a good supper for a reasonable sum. Everybody invited.

LEGAL NOTICES. (page 8)

ORIGINAL NOTICE.
State of Iowa, Jefferson [illegible] [Webmaster note: should be 'County ss:']
  To Thomas B. Law -- You are hereby notified that on or before the 10th day of March, 1884, there will be on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, State of Iowa, the petition of Alice Law, asking that she be divorced from you, and for the care and custody of the child, Catharine Eliza.
    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 24th day of March, A.D. 1884, default will be entered against you and judgment rendered thereon.
    McCoid, Brighton & Jaques,
      Attorneys for Plaintiff.

ORIGINAL NOTICE.
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, judgement rendered thereon, and decree rendered as prayed.
      Leggett & McKemey,
        Attorneys for Plaintiff.

ORIGINAL NOTICE.
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, judgement rendered thereon, and decree rencered as prayed.
      Leggett & McKemey,
        Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Friday Facts. (Page 1)

--W. M. Pryor, Iowa City is in town.
--C. G. Stone, New York, is in the city.
--F. O. Young, Des Moines is here.
--B. W. New, St. Louis, is here to-day.
--John Madden, Chicago, is in the city.
--R. J. Wilson left last night for Washington.
--Al Hilbert, we are sorry to learn, is down sick.
--J. J. Kritzler, of Glasgow, was in the city to-day.
--W. R. Rollins, Boston, is at the Leggett House.
--L. J. Philleo, of Cleveland, Ohio, is in the city to-day.
--J. O. Comstock, Rockford, was in the city yesterday.
--Thomas Smith, of Abingdon, was in the city yesterday.
--[illegible] W. Jack, of Bentonsport, was at the [illegible - Jones?] House to-day.
--Oscar Tucker, of Philadelphia, was in the city yesterday afternoon.
--Mrs. G. A. Rutherford goes to Ottumwa in the morning to visit with her mother.
--You can't "secure the shadow lest the substance fade" in Fairfield, as both our photographers are at present sick.
--Mary M. Morrison, of Mt. Pleasant, was in the city yesterday, a guest of the Jones House.
--George W. Gale, of Galesburg, after whom that city was named, is in the city to-day, stopping at the Leggett House.
--H. B. Chadwick, Charles D. Durant, Percy R. Todd, Ed Howe and C. A. Hancock, all of Chicago, are registered at the Leggett House to-day.
--Jim Richardson says the Hot Springs is the worst country that man ever got to. He says if he owned Hot Springs he would swap it for Hades and live in Hades the remainder of his days.
--Several attachments were planted on the stock of groceries recently owned by M. R. Kurtz to-day, which will make fun and consequently, "squiblems" for the lawyers. It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
--John H. Merkens came in last evening to order the Weekly Journal to a friend in Brooklyn, New York, and Justice Sullivan yesterday ordered a copy sent to a friend of his at Butte City, Montana. And thus the boom continues. Their action might be followed by others with pleasure and profit.
--The Hawkeye, of this morning, says: "Paul Sheridan, the grain dealer of Packwood, who was injured in the narrow guage railroad accident Wednesday evening; has been removed to Burlington hospital. There is a possibility that he will lose the sight of one of his eyes. He was badly wounded about the head, and, generally speaking, is demoralized."
--"The Ledger don't publish the advertisement of the Magneton Appliance Company," says that aged sheet. It did publish it all the same for about six months previous to the last issue, for which it failed to get its "legitimate drafts" honored. The Agents Herald, of Philadelphia, advised the Ledger and all others who have accepted this firms advertising, "to send in their bills to the company, and if you get left again, for you certainly deserve it, just hire some one to kickyou (sic) around the back yard."
--Z.T. Moore, of Liberty township, was in the city this morning, on his return from Marshalltown. He has sold out at Marshalltown and will make Jefferson county his future abiding place. Having returned to the county, it was very natural for him to desire the largest and best weekly paper published in the county, hence he left with us $1.50 for THE JOURNAL.
--The "oldest paper in the state" has been taken in by the Magneton Appliance Company of Chicago, Dr. J. C. Raymond of Brooklyn, and Washburne & Co., of New York, who have been getting free advertising in the Ledger. It is strange how little some people learn in thirty year's service. An advertisement never gets into THE JOURNAL until we are assured of our pay. We received propositions from all the above parties, but they were immediately consigned to the waste basket.

Saturday Sayings. (page 1)

--Bob Tweed is back again.
--D. Powers, Boston, is in town to-day.
--C. E. Stewart, Muscatine, is in town to-day.
--S. Goodrich, Bloomington, Ill., is in the city.
--A. B. Bramhall, Burlington, is in the city.
--J. M. Wolfman, of Milwaukee, was in the city to-day.
--A. Wilcox, of Clarence, Iowa, was in the city to-day.
--J. O. Varner, of Burlington, was in the city last evening.
--Miss Mary Noble, of Albia, was in the city visiting Mrs. Craine.
--Israel Trout, of Libertyville, was among our callers to-day.
--John Carse, of Pleasant Plain, was in the city to-day; and favored us with a call.
--M. R. Metzgar, representing the Moline Plow Company, was in the city to-day.
--Wm. Adams has sold his property near the gas works to N. S. Bright for $500.
--The clerk issued a marriage license to-day to Archibald Black and Miss Elizabeth Snook.
--Little Jimmie Winn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Winn, of Libertyville, died early this morning.
--George E. Purcell and family have removed to Kansas, and will make that State their future home.
--Miss Lizzie Noble, of Villisca, and Miss Grace Moore, of Red Oak, are visiting Mrs. J. W. Strohm.
--Mrs. M. M. Jones, of Hope, Indiana, and Mrs. DeFranchia, of Ainsworth, Io. were at the Jones House yesterday.
--We understand William Elliott got five signatures to his petition for woman suffrage in Pat Bradley's saloon yesterday.
--Rube Dubois says he is going to make the residence he recently purchased of J. C. Keck one of the finest properties in the city.
--S. Ed Smith, W. Groveman, J. L. Howe, Ch. Caswell, W. F. Rice and Thomas Mansfield, of Chicago, were in the city to-day guests of the Leggett.
--Quite a large number of the young people were out sleigh-riding yesterday afternoon. Go it while you're young for when you get married you can't afford it.
--Mrs. Nelson, a widow lady of Mt. Pleasant, who recently lost her residence and household goods by fire, was in the city to-day, with her little son, soliciting aid in her unfortunate situation.
--Mrs. Pressley and Miss McGinnis have closed up their hair store in the Myers' block for the present. They now desire all those indebted to them to call in and settle their accounts.
--The statement is made that the Rock Island road has secured full control of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern, running from Burlington to Albert Lea, and that at the meeting in New York on Monday next the change in the ownership wil occur. The road has been owned conjointly by the C., B. & Q. and the Rock Island, and was used by the former company as an outlet from St. Louis to the northwest, while the Rock Island has used it as a part of its Albert Lea route to Minneapolis and St. Paul. It is understood that as soon as the Rock Island has secured full control its new acquisition and the Minneapolis and St. Louis will be amalgamated with the Rock Island and cease to exist as independent lines.

Monday Melange. (Page 1)

--Hacket was here to-day.
--F. H. Sayles, of New York, is in the city to-day.
--C. C. Miller, of Burlington, is in the city to-day.
--Seneca Cornell, of Eldon, was in the city to-day.
--Louis Swartz, of New York, Sundayed in the city.
--Bob Flinn, of Des Moines, was here Saturday afternoon.
--Mrs. J. C. Helt is visiting relatives and friends in Mansfield, Ohio.
--Al Hilbert, who has been in very bad shape, is reported better to-day.
--Miss Lena Harkhorn, of Washington, is visiting Miss Lizzie Thoma.
--H. B. Harford, representing the Moline Wagon Company, was in the city to-day.
--The banking house of Samuel C. Farmer & Son has purchased a Hall type writer.
--Adam Wilson, the sewing machine and organ man, of Libertyville, was in the city to-day.
--Postmaster Hoffman is having the postoffice repainted, which is something it needed badly.
--Geo. H. Ferris, of Central City, Neb. and Miss Lillie Ferris, of Washington, Iowa, are at the Jones House.
--Clark Moyer, who is in Uncle Sam's mail service, will spend his lay off this week among his Fairfield friends.
--Capt. Jaques, of the law firm of McCoid, Brighton & Jaques, spent a portion of last week in Des Moines on legal business.
--Lew Johnson's Original Jubelee Singers Sundayed at the Jones House in this city, on their way from Burlington to Centerville.
--J. W. Eggleston, Frank M. Parnell, W. P. Thayer, W. T. Skiff, and Charles M. Clark, of Chicago, were in the city to-day, guests of the Leggett House.
--The Hopkirk stock of merchandise at Lockridge was sold at public sale by S. J. Chester Saturday, and was knocked down to Pierce Brothers for $1,075.
--Daniel Rider, one of the oldest settlers of Jefferson county, has been on the sick list for some weeks, but we are glad to note he is now convalescing, though slowly.
--North-Side Drug Store, Albert C. Jones & Co., successors to W. H. Jones & Bro., Drugs, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Perfumery, FAncy Notions, etc. News Dealers.
--Mrs. J.N. Tolley, who has been sick for some time with consumption, died at her home on South second street this morning.  The remains were taken to Mt. Pleasant, her former home, for interment.

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--Rev. Mr. Belden, of Elk Rapids, Mich. occupied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church yesterday morning, and preached a very thoughtful sermon from Mat. 6:23. He also preached at the College Chapel in the afternoon.
--It will be remembered that some time ago Albert Mears, while handling crockery in his store, accidentally cut his hand and was for two weeks disabled.  He had a policy in the Travelers' Accident Insurance Company, A. S. Wilcox, agent, and Saturday received a check for the full amount of two week's disability.
--Harpers Magazine for March does not contain a single article in its varied contents that has not a strong claim upon the attention of readers, and its illustrations are superb. The frontspiece engraving is an illustration of the third part of Wm. Black's new novel, "Judith Shakespeare" from a drawing by E. A. Abbey. The opening article is a description of St. Louis, by William Henry Bishop. This is followed by a descriptive article, entitled "The Yorkshire Coast," by Wm. H. Rideing, picturesquely illustrated by Harry Fenn. The fourth part of E. P. Roe's popular novel, "Nature's Serial Story," discloses the intelligent farmer's winter fireside, with its social and intellectual attractions. The talk in this chapter is largely about our winter out-door companions, the birds, which Mr. Gibson has illustrated with five pictures in his happiest style. Dielman's full page illustration of Amy sketching the rabbits is a delightful picture. Will Wallace Harney contributes an article of timely interest on "The Drainage of the Everglades," illustrated by maps. Mr. Geo. William Curtis in the Easy Chair discourses upon the "elevation" of Mr. Tennyson, private lives of public men, Margaret Fuller, and the opera season in New York. The Literary Record is full of able and valuable reviews of new books, evidently prepared by a writer who reads the books before he notices them. Mr. Chas. Dudley Warner, who has organized a very entertaining Drawer, prefaces it with a charming essay on the Right of Discovery, or the Objections which some Peoples have to being discovered. Altogether, this is one of the most varied, interesting and brilliant number of Harper's that has ever been issued.

Tuesday Tit-Bits (page 8)

--John W. Strohm is in the city.
--J. T. Harming, New York, is here.
--L. S. Sanoats, Davenport, is here to-day.
--D. A. Kennedy, of Chicago, is in the city.
--J. S. Eisenhart, Tipton, Iowa, is in the city.
--Z. O. Fligg, Creston, was in the city last night.
--W. R. Mount, of Wahington, was in the city to-day.
--Frank Daggett left last night on No. 1 for Nebraska.
--S. T. McIntire, of Morning Sun, was in the city yesterday.
--J. M. McKain and family left to-day for Washington county.
--W. M. Sears, of Washington, D. C., is at the Leggett House.
--T. H. Jackson, the liniment man, went to Ottumwa to-day.
--George Talbert, of Caldwell, Neb. was in the city yesterday.
--Paul Sheridan returned home to-day. He is pretty badly used up.
--Mrs. E. F. Adams fell to-day and severely sprained her ankle.
--A. H. Jones and C. W. Pease, of Chicago, were in the city to-day.
--J. S. Plank and John Leis, of Milton, Iowa, are at the Jones House.
--Warner C. Stevens, Boston, is in the city, a guest of the Leggett House.
--M. J. Jackson and J. H. Finney, of Abingdon, were in the city to-day.
--Jake Wilson continues to place us under obligations for St. Joe papers.
--J. M. Nicholson, of Trenton, N. J. is a guest of the Leggett House to-day.
--J. W. McGinnis, special agent and adjuster of the Council Bluffs Insurance Company, was in the city last night.
--Mrs. Susan Rominger, of County Line, is in the city visiting her daughter, Mrs. T. E. Jones, at the Jones House.
--Clerk Sippel issued marriage licenses to-day to Wm. C. McCoy and Mrs. Eliza J. Campbell, A. C. Crumley and Miss Charlotta M. Hull.
--The boys are expecting several persons along the line of the C., B. & Q to their grand ball Friday night, if a wreck don't intervene to prevent.
--George Harper and wife, of Hillsborough, were in the city last night, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Harper. They are on their way to Kansas.
--Anyone desiring to go to Old Mexico on an excursion at less than half rates the round trip, can learn something to their advantage by calling upon W. B. Murray.
--We hear the name of John Taylor frequently mentioned for alderman from the first ward. Mr. Taylor is a clear-headed and hard-working business man, and would make a very efficient councilman.
--Billy Pringle, formerly operator at Rock Island depot here, who is known and liked by everybody in this community, came up from Trenton, where he is in the Company's employ, Saturday evening, and spent Sunday with his parents near Birmingham, and Monday with his friends in this city. He returned on No. 1 last night.
--Mrs. Eliza J. Campbell was united in marriage at 3 o'clock this afternoon to Wm. C. McCoy, a prominent and highly respected citizen of Washington, Iowa. The wedding is a complete surprise to our community, and the happy couple will receive the congratulations of the numberless friends of Mrs. Campbell. There will be a grand reception party in their honor at Washington this evening.

Wednesday Wanderings. (Page 8)

--J. E. Roth is in Washington to-day.
--T. McCash, Burlington, is in the city.
--H. B. Gardner, St. Louis, is in town.
--W. J. Van Hoesen, Chicago, is here to-day.
--A. F. Jackson, of Carthage, Ill. is in the city.
--D. E. Ordway, Chicago, was in town yesterday.
--F. A. Warden, Ottumwa, was in the city to-day.
--A. S. Davison, Rochester, was in the city yesterday.
--B. Gifford, of Libertyville, was in the city to-day.
--T. P. Hogan, of Buffalo, is at the Leggett House.
--C. J. Troette, Birmingham, was in the city to-day.
--F. P. Huggins, Baltimore, Md. was in the city to-day.
--D. H. Carter, of Keokuk county, was in the city to-day.
--Miss May Tharp, of Albia, is in the city visiting friends.
--A. W. Jackson, of Libertyville, was in the city last night.
--Geo. M. Bacon and John Winter, of Chicago, are in the city.
--The veritable John Smith, of Viola, Ill., was in the city to-day.
--R. J. Cone and A. F. Johnson, of Chicago, were here yesterday.
--Joseph Miller, a horse buyer, from Chicago, is at the Jones House.
--Morris Rosenburg and J. E. Tourke, of Philadelphia, are in the city.
--Mrs. George Coburn, of Des Moines, who has been visiting her mother here returned home this morning.
--George W. White and J. N. Smith shipped a car of hogs to Ottumwa Monday, some of which were Philadelphias and cost $6 per 100.
--M. A. Frawley, special agent of the Burlington Insurance Company, was in the city yesterday visiting Agent Keltner, and favored THE JOURNAL with a pleasant business call in the evening.
--The Thursday evening Bible meeting at Y. M. C. A. rooms. All men invited. Topic, "Why we should believe in Christ." A Bible reading 4 o'clock Sabbath. Topic, "Consecration." Under direction of Rev. M. Bamford.
--The Washington Democrat says: "Mat. Dwyer was taken before Judge Lewis Tuesday of last week on a writ of habeas corpus, but the Judge held him on substantially the same grounds he was committed on by 'Squire Kyle. In default of ball (sic) he was taken back ['c' inverted] to Sigourney jail to await the action of the grand jury on the charge of manslaughter."

Thursday Transpirings. (Page 8)

--C. H. Smith, Grinnell, is in town.
--D. M. Lyons, Keokuk, is in the city.
--S. S. Marks, St. Louis, is here to-day.
--L. C. Dey, of Norton, Kas. is in the city.
--J. S. Albaugh, from California, is in the city.
--Charles E. Heisey, of Burlington, is in the city.
--D. W. Bailey, Elk City, Kansas, was here to-day.
--O. F. Smith, of Libertyville, was in town to-day.
--A. H. Howard, of Davenport, was in the city to-day.
--N. B. Vertrees, of Galesburg, was in the city yesterday afternoon.
--J. H. Drummond and wife, of Davenport, were at the Leggett House last night.
--Alex. McPherson, of Centerville, and G. W. Garlick, of Davenport, were here to-day.
--A. H. Caldwell, of Brookville, was in the city to-day, and made us a pleasant business call.
--J. M. Richards, Chicago, and John F. Gorman, of New York, were at the Leggett House to-day.
--Farmers wishing to be successful with sheep should guard them against exposure. But if in sheltering his sheep the farmer exposes himself and catches cold, he must use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup.
--Dr. Payne and Mrs. Ross, of Richland, were in the city to-day, guests of the Jones House.
--Mr. John Thompson, Albia, Iowa, says: "I used Brown's Iron Bitters for indigestion and nervousness with excellent results."
--Miss Della Dustin, a fifteen year old daughter of Wm. F. Dustin, of Liberty township, died yesterday.
--Why use a gritty, muddy, disagreeable article when Hood's Sarsaparilla, so pure, so clear, so delightful, can be obtained. 100 doses $1.00.
--We are sorry to hear that Mrs. McElroy, mother of the editor of the Tribune, is very sick with pneumonia.
--Mr. J. J. Engle, Muscatine, Iowa, says: "My wife used Brown's Iron Bitters for general debility and was much benefitted."
--Henry Withelmann, Thomas Claussen and Chris. Timm, of Davenport, are here to-day, and will this evening institute a lodge of the United Brotherhood of Iowa, with 17 charter members.
--List of letters remaining unclaimed and advertised in the postoffice in this city for week ending February 19th, 1884: James Aretney, G. W. Ball, Mrs. Zed Beamer, Minnie Campbell, Mrs. B. H. Deane, S. R. Feinberg 4, Alma Foote, Master Charles Frasher, B. H. Grant, Samuel Graves, John Haines, J. F. Lambertson, Will Maxon, Lizzie Memon, R. Wheeler, Mattie Pattison, Jno. Smith, R. P. Stephenson, W. M. Curdy. Package for Master Charles Frasher.
--Mrs. S. E. Pressley and Miss Jennie McGinnis, in the up stair room of Dr. Myers' building, on the southwest corner, have on hand at all times a full stock of latest and newest styles of hair work and hair jewelry, and manufacture work to order. They cordially invite the ladies of Fairfield to give them a call and examine their goods.