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FAIRFIELD, IOWA "WEEKLY JOURNAL"
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Vol. VI, Issue #48
Transcribed by Debbie Nash

Cash System. (Page 1)
  On the first day of October, 1884, I will
in my business adopt and strictly adhere
to, the CASH SYSTEM. My stock
and assortment will be LARGELY
INCREASED, and with the advanta-
ges at command will be able to handle
groceries at the LOWEST POSSI-
BLE PRICES.
          A Cordial Invitation
is hereby extended to all my customers
and the public generally to call and GET
BARGAINS.
  All knowing themselves indebted to
me are respectfully requested to settle the
same at their very earliest convenience.
           J. F. CRAWFORD.

LLOYD & THOMAS, (Page 1)
      PLUMBERS,
Gas and Steam Fitters
Have a full line of Iron Pumps, Iron and Lead
Pipe, Sinks, etc. All repairing promptly and
thoroughly done. Shop opposite Leggett House,
      FAIRFIELD, IOWA.

The ESTEY Organ. (Page 1)
ESTEY, PACKARD, ORCHESTRAL,
GEO. A. WOODS, CROWN, QUEEN,
and CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGANS, new
styles just received. Prices lower than
ever before. Any make of Piano furnish-
ed at lower prices than can be obtained
elsewhere. Call and see me.
      FRANK G. MOREIN,
Northwest Corner Park, Fairfield, Iowa.

Friday Facts. (Page 1)
  --Mrs. Dr. JAMES, of Chicago, is in the city for a few days.
  --Rev. HARDY, of the M. E. Church, of Brooklyn, Iowa, is in the city.
  --Rev. John BURGESS, of Keokuk, formerly chaplain of the 30th Iowa, was in the city yesterday, and met with a warm greeting from the boys.
  --If Capt. BURGESS, Sim CHESTER, John DAVIES, Joe RICKSHER and others of the boys are not played out for the balance of the week, then a re-union won't kill anybody.
  --Ottumwa was in colors yesterday. Hundreds of flags were swung to the breeze and the city was alive with excursions from Cedar Rapids and all along the C., M. & St. P. R. R.
  --Dr. J. Jackson CRIDER, the world renowned specialist, who has cured more patients given up to die than any other physician on the continent, is now at the LEGGETT House, and will be there till to-morrow evening.
  --For sale, a seven eighth short horn bull, deep red, weighs 1700. An excellent breeder. Will be sold reasonable. Apply to W. A. BARTON.
  --Lost, between DAVIS’s grocery and the C., B. & Q. depot, a red pocket book, containing $25.00, a gold necklace, and a quarterly pass. The finder will be liberally rewarded by returning it to the owner, Cornelius WALLACE, Whitfield, or by leaving it at this office.
  --Look out for a large stock of millinery next week. Mr. and Mrs. Orlando FLOWER are now in Chicago, and purpose purchasing one of the largest and most complete stocks of millinery and fancy goods ever brought to this market. It will pay you to wait and see Mrs. FLOWER'S stock. She will have all the latest styles and novelties in her line to be obtained in the Chicago markets.

Landscape and Decorative Painting. (Page 1)
  Miss Minnie RHODES is engaged in Landscape, Portrait and Decorative Painting, in the CAMPBELL building, north of the Presbyterian church. She is prepared to fill orders from any one desiring her services, and will do her utmost to please those who patronize her. Call and see her work, and give your orders. She will continue to give instructions in painting to pupils, and give lessons from 2 to 5 o'clock, P.M. and will guarantee entire satisfaction.

Fruit Trees for Fall Delivery. (Page 1)
  Apple Trees, Snider Blackberries, Cuthbert Raspberries, and other good Fruit Trees for sale. If you want them for fall delivery give your order now. Call at the old stand.       SAMUEL REED.

Our Stock of Groceries
is complete. Call and see us.
            BRADLEY & HUFFMAN.

Soldiers’ Re-Union. (Page 1)
  The second day of the 30th Regiment Re-union was the occasion of a vast crowd, filling the park.
  The exercises consisted in permanent organization of the regiment and by selecting Bloomfield as the place for the next re-union, September, 1885. Then followed songs and speeches in a lively manner, all of which were highly entertaining, and full of reminiscences of the war. Capt. ABRAHAM, of Mt. Pleasant, R. STEPHENSON, of Centerville, Chaplain J. BURGESS, of Keokuk, spoke, reciting some very amusing stories on the boys, and warmed the hearts of many by feeling remarks on life in the army. Some fourteen prisoners of the war were called to the stand and gave their experience.
  Mrs. Major Woods was introduced to the audience, and met a hearty reception.
  An excellent dinner was served in the park. Four hundred feet of table was laden with everything good, while two barrels of genuine first-class coffee supplied the crowd with warm exhilerating fluid. The boys enjoyed the dinner, and all the funny remarks and jokes made at that table would fill a volume big as a Congressional globe.
  After dinner, speeches and songs, cheers and laughing and a good time generally was had. At the close of the exercises at the stand, Mrs. Col. TORRENCE and Mrs. Major WOODS were conducted by Chaplain J. BURGESS and Capt. E. B. KERR to a prominent place in the park, where the veterans were marched in single file past them, all shaking hands. This was a kindly expression on part of the soldiers to two distinguished women.
  Then a regular picnic followed the remainder of the afternoon. At night again a large crowd assembled in the park for a camp-fire. Speeches were made by Capt. ABRAHAM, Dr. WOODS, Rev. HEDRIX, Comrades PARKER, CHESTER, GANTZ, STEPHENSON and others. W. C. LITTLEFIELD, of Eldon, recited a poem entitled "The Camp-Fire," in a most excellent manner. The C., B. & Q. Band opened the night's exercises with a concert; songs were sung by the Glee Club, by Lot ABRAHAM, and Dr. STEPHENSON and son brought round upon round of cheers with their humorous army songs. At 10 o'clock the audience was dismissed.
  Thus ended one of the happiest re-unions ever held in Iowa. All went off harmoniously, and the acquaintances made and old friendships renewed will be remembered by guests and host for years to come. God bless the boys, and may they all meet again in this world, and form together in battalion with the boys gone before, when the last reveille is sounded for their march to the other shore.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. (Page 1)
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Campaign of 1884-5!
Opened by the Boss Grocer of Fairfield with the Largest, Cheapest and Cleanest Stock of FLOUR, GROCERIES, AND PROVISIONS, And every article that is demanded in a grocer's stock, from a car load of fine flour to a box of matches, and at my own invincible prices, that small fish can't touch. Don't you forget to make a note of this when you have read it. On Flour I have been Boss for ten years, and am happy to say that I have distributed more Flour than any dealer inside the corporate limits of this electrie, water-proof csty of Iowa! I have also obtained control of THE CITY MILLS, situate three blocks northwest of the GANTZ house and commonly known as the MILLSPAUGH Mills. I have improved the machinery wondcrfuliy by repairs, and have four run of burrs as good as there are in this part of Iowa. I have emplowed R. W. CORMACK, an old and expesienced miller who I will guarantee will do good, uniform work and give satisfaction. He will buy all the merchantable wheat offered by the farmers coming to our city, pay them the cash or trade them flour and feed for their grists. Hey will also BUY CORN, RYE and OATS, and pay the market price in cash. I want, myself, to buy and crib 25,000 bushels of good corn; will pay the market price and give farmers the benefit of having it weighed on the city scales. I will do every man, woman and child good that trades with me. I will save them their money if they will only make a trial.
  From your Low-Priced Friend,
  JAMES SULLIVAN,
          Invincible Grocer.

SCHOOL
                   BOOKS! (Page 1)
      Second Hand and New.
INK, PENS, PAPER, CHALK, ERAS-
    ERS, SATCHELS, BLANKS,
           STRAPS, AT
C. S. CLARKE & SON’S
      Northwest Cor. Park,
      FAIRFIELD, IOWA.

WE
    EXCEL
         ALL
     OTHERS (Page 1)
In Always being to the Front
with the First New Fall Stock.
Oceans of New Goods.
  New Velvets.
  New Velveteens.
  New Carpets.
  New Buttons.
  New Silks.
  New Satins.
  New Dress Goods.
  New Blue Prints, real Indigo, 7 1-2
  New Dress Prints.
  New Dress Flannels.
  New Dress Girghams.
  New Ladies’ Muslin Underwear.
  New Ribbons.
  New Cloths for Men's Suits.
  New Jerseys, $1.25.
  New Germantown Yarns.
  New Saxony and Yephyr Yarns.
  New Dress Buttons.
  New--something entirelg new--
  New Dress Clasps.
  New Fischues.
  New Laces.
  New Handkerchiefs.
  New Gloves.
  New Stamping Patterns--Briggs.
  In fact everything new to be had in the country.
          R. A. TUTTLE.

FOUND
       OUT! (Page 1)
  The Place to Buy
DRY-
    GOODS
     is at the Store of
J. C. THORNE
Where is now by far the best selected
and cheapest stock of
NEW DRESS GOODS
Including all the new fabrics worn; also
New Silk Velvets
      and Velveteens.
OUR
      CLOAKS
are now in and we invite an examina-
tion, and guarantee a fit and lower pri-
ces than can be found elsewhere. New
line of
SHAWLS, SKIRTS,
  GINGHAMS, FLANNELS,
    YARNS, BUTTONS,
     HOSIERY,
      TABLE LINEN,
     TOWELS, CRASHES,
Satin and Gros Grain Ribbons, Handker-
chiefs, &c.
  New Beaded Dress Fronts.
  We are determined that our store shall
not be excelled, and to that end will make
it the interest of those not already our
customers to give us their trade.
  It will pay you to buy Dry-Goods of
        J. C. THORNE.

Saturday Sayings. (Page 1)
  --Frank HENION, New York, is here.
  --Ed PERRY, of Chicago, is in the city.
  --Ed MEYER, of Burlington, was in the city to-day.
  --Mrs. C. D. FULLEN returned last night from her Illinois visit.
  --Miss Sadie SEMON is confined to her bed at home with neuralgia.
  --J. MORETZEL and J. A. BUCKNER, of Davenport, were here to-day.
  --A large number of the young folks are off to CONNOLY's Mills on a pic-nic to-day.
  --S. W. PENNINGTON, of Albia, and D. C. BRADLEY, of Centerville, were here last night attending the dance.
  --The BECKs are off on a pic-nic and nutting to the banks of the romantic and classic Cedar to-day.
  --A very pleasant social hop was enjoyed by a large number of the young people at the opera house last night.
  --Dr. WORTHINGTON and wife are rejoiced over the arrival of a bright eyed girl baby at their residence the other evening.
  --Capt. W. T. BURGESS, of this city, goes over the Libertyville to-night to address a BLAINE and LOGAN club which will be organized there. A large attendance is expected.
  --Mrs. C. W. KIRKPATRICK, wife of Special Pension Examiner KIRKPATRICK, of Bangor, Maine, arrived in the city last night and is the guest of Mrs. P. Y. GRIGGS.--Council Bluffs Nonpariel.
  --Mr. and Mrs. Joe DAVIS, Des Moines, who have been visiting the HUNTZINGER folks for over a week, are now enjoying themselves among the romantic scenes of Skunk (excuse us) Chautauqua river.
  --The Brighton News says that R. H. LEGGETT has been in the hotel business since 1856. Mr. LEGGETT entered the hotel business in Ohio in 1838, and has continuously been in the business from that time until the first of last August, forty-five years.
  --The Columbus Safeguard rises to remark that "the wisdom of nominating J. S. WOOLSON for congress on the republican ticket becomes more apparent every day. From all parts of the district come party words of endorsement, and the promise of the full republican vote which means the election of WOOLSON."

Monday Melange. (Page 1)
  --T. F. WASHBURNE and wife, of Chicago, are in the city.
  --Miss Mattie JACKSON, of Libertyville, is in the city for a fortnight’s stay.
  --C. H. GOBBLE, of Muscatine, is back on a visit to relatives and friends here and at Abingdon.
  --General LEE, WAGNER’s Bashaw and ROWLAND’s horse will trot Friday at the Richland fair.
  --D. R. BECK and family left this morning for a visit to friends and relatives at Oskaloosa, Kansas.
  --A. T. WELLS is adding a portico to the front of his residence on second south street, which adds greatly to the appearance of the place.
  --The editor of this paper, accompanied by his wife, left Saturday for a short visit with relatives at Red Oak. He returned this morning, but Mrs. MOORE will be absent a couple of weeks.
  --Mrs. W. E. MURPHY, of Waco, Nebraska, was buried from the residence of her father John P. HUDGEL, in this city yesterday. She died in Nebraska, and her remains were brought here for interment.
  --The Red Oak Express says of our congressional candidate: "The first district done nobly at their convention. Mr. WOOLSON is one of the grand men of our State, whose nomination not only assures the district of victory, but is a proclamation that the republicans of the first propose to place one of their strong representative men at the front. Mr. WOOLSON will make a popular candidate and a congressman who will be an honor to his constituents."
  --The Iowa City Press has the following item about a former resident of this city, which will be read with interest by George’s many Jefferson county friends: "The nomination of George W. BALL as the democratic candidate for circuit judge is particularly gratifying to Iowa City and Johnson county. His high character, legal ability and acknowledged fitness for the position gives his candidacy a strength far beyond political lines. Wherever he meets men, he impresses them as one in every way qualified for the high office for which he has been named, and to which we believe he will be elected. At home his vote will go outside the party lines, and he will have the cheerful, hearty support of Johnson county's people without regard to party."

IN MEMORIAM. (Page 1)
  Resolutions by the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church at Fairfield, Iowa.
  WHEREAS, It has pleased our Heavenly Father to remove from our number, MRS. ANNA G. EWING, wife of our beloved pastor, Rev. T. D. Ewing.
  Resolved, That we have by her death been deprived of an able and efficient leader and co-laborer in the cause of missions; that while we feel deeply bereaved by our loss, we know our loss to be her gain.
  Resolved, That we would reverently bow to the will of God, assured that he who maketh "all things work together for the good of them that love Him" will sanctify this affliction to our greater devotion to the cause which so deeply interested her heart.
  Resolved, That while we cherish her memory as a loved friend and helper, we would not forget the lesson taught us by her faithful life, her fervent prayers and earnest devotion to Christian work.
  Resolved, That we extend to her bereaved husband and children, mother and brother, our heartfelt sympathies in their loneliness and sorrow.
      MRS. A. M. WILSON,
      MISS ANNA KERR,
      MISS MARY E. McALLISTER, Committee

To the Public. (Page 1)
Having opened the old shop opposite the LEGGETT House, we wish to say to the public that we are prepared to do
  Blacksmithing of All Kinds.
Horseshoeing made a specialty. Mr. Dan O’CONNELL wishes to say to those having crippled or interfering horses, that he can cure them without fail. Having had thirty five years experience he flatters himself that he can give you better work than any shop west of the Mississippi river. Give us a trial and be convinced of our superior work.        Sep 2.        D. J. O’CONNELL.

oC.&htoR E.J. (page 8)
(J. E. Roth & Co. -- name is printed in reverse)
           of the
      Red Front
       Are anxious that every
MAN,
    WOMAN,
          AND CHILD
        Shall enjoy our
RARE BARGAINS.
  Colored Velvet Ribbons, all silk, at the
price of Cotton Velvet.
  A very fine Kid Glove for 60 cents.
  Pearl Buttons, all sizes, 5 cts. dozen.
  Colored Silk, 50c a yard.
  Colored Border Handkerchiefs, 2 for 5c.
  Indigo Blue Print, 7 cents a yard.
  Cotton Flannels, 6¼ cents.
  Wool Flannels, the best made.
  Yarns at prices none can duplicate.
Germantown Yarn,
  Saxony Yarn,
    Indigo Blue Yarn,
      Common Yarn,
         Cashmere Yarn,
     German Knitting Yarn.
Winter Wraps.
Here you will be more than pleased if
you see them, even if not wanting to buy.
J. E. ROTH & COMP’Y,
      Fairfield, Iowa.

Tuesday Tit-Bits. (Page 8)
  --M. J. TAYLOR, Burlington, is here.
  --George E. STOWELL, of Burlington, is in the city.
  --John A. O’NEAL, of Burlington, was in the city to-day.
  --W. W. WEBSTER, the famous marble man of Muscatine, was in the city to-day.
  --The C., B. & Q. sold one hundred and eighty round trip tickets to Mt. Pleasant last night at one fare.
  --The grocery firm of MOORE & JACKSON, of Libertyville, has undergone a change. Mr. S. L. MURRAY, a young man of excellent character and business capacity, who has been in the employ of C. C. RISK in this city, has purchased the interest of Z. T. MOORE, and the firm will hereafter be known as JACKSON & MURRAY. We wish the new firm success.
  --The Plumed Knights of this city, one hundred strong, accompanied by the C., B. & Q. Band, and nearly one hundred others, went to Mt. Pleasant last night to attend a meeting of the BLAINE and LOGAN club of that city, and show their appreciation of the nomination of Hon. John S. WOOLSON for Congress. The Mt. Pleasant people received them in a right royal manner. There were about fifteen hundred present, and they were addressed in a ringing and enthusiastic speech by W. S. WITHROW, Esq., of Salem.
  --The Keokuk Constitution, in honor of the completion of its new building, came out the other day with a mammoth illustrated edition, printed on supersized and calendared book, giving a historical review of the Constitution from its birth to the present time. Dr. GEORGE is not quite as large a man as the Constitution’s honored and lamented founder, Judge CLAGGETT, for he did’nt drink enough buttermilk when he was young; nor do we think he can swear quite as loud or musical as the Judge used to, but for real, down right enterprise Dr. GEORGE discounts any proprietor the Constitution ever had. Perhaps we might say that the Constitution’s success is largely due to the good moral habits and correct business principles instilled into its manager, Mr. George E. GARRETT, by the publisher of THE JOURNAL while GARRETT was learning his trade in the office of the Columbus Safeguard.

THOMA--PETZINGER. (Page 8)
  We violate no order of secresy when we state that our popular young friend, Mr. Lou THOMA, of the solid drug firm of HUFFORD, BRADSHAW & THOMA, left this morning for Danville for the purpose of taking unto himself another rib. At six o'clock this evening, at the residence of Mr. A. B. HALL, in Danville, will occur the marriage of Mr. Lou THOMA, of this city, and Miss Nettie PETZINGER, of Danville, the Rev. U. B. SMITH, of the M. E. church officiating. The affair will be very quiet and only a few of the nearest relatives present. Immediately after the marriage the happy young couple will take No. 5 for this place and go directly to a pleasant and neat little home on second south street, which Mr. THOMA built during the summer, and has all furnished ready to go to housekeeping.
  Truly, no young couple will enter upon a new life under brighter, pleasanter or happier auspices than Mr. and Mrs. THOMA. With a "little house well filled, and a little wife well willed," Mr. THOMA should be a contented and happy man, indeed. THE JOURNAL extends its best wishes to the happy young couple who start out in life so auspiciously, for their continued happiness and prosperity.

  --Mrs. Flora May MURPHY, wife of W. E. MURPHY, whose death we announced in our Monday's issue, was a daughter of John P. HUDGELL, of this city. She was born in this county on the 20th of April, 1861; was married to Mr. MURPHY October 25, 1877, and died of typhoid fever at her home in Waco, Nebraska, where they moved about two years ago, on Friday the last, the 19th. During her illness her father was summoned to her bedside, to whom she expressed a desire that her remains might be deposited beside her loving mother in the Fairfield cemetery. Her wish was gratified. She leaves a husband and one child, both of whom are down with the same disease that took the wife and mother.

Wednesday Wanderings. (Page 8)
  --H. HEROLD, Peoria, is here.
  --L. ALFORD, Waterloo, is in the city.
  --E. D. GANAGHER, of St. Louis, is in the city.
  --L. A. PALMER, of Mt. Pleasant, was here to-day.
  --H. C. DARBY, of Kansas City, was here to-day.
  --C. L. HAINES, of Liberty Mills, Ind., is in the city.
  --Frank J. BLOUNT, of Macomb, Ill., was here to-day.
  --S. T. McINTYRE, of Morning Sun, was in the city to-day.
  --H. A. WILLIAMS and S. D. RUGGLES, of Chicago, are in the city.
  --The familiar face of H. H. WILDER, now of Sioux City, was visible on our streets to-day.
  --E. MEYER, J. E. CALKINS, B. F. McLEAN and C. W. TUCKER, of Burlington, are in the city.
  --Miss Lillian M. Teeter TEETER last week for Milan, Mo., where she will remain for some time visiting relatives.
  --On account of the rain the Richland Fair has been postponed one day. It will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week.
  --The Ladies Society of the Lutheran Church will be entertained to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon by Mrs. M. J. FARMER. All are invited.
  --E. McMILLAN, of Columbus, Ohio, one of the proprietors of the Gas Works will be here this evening to see if NORTHROP has kept things in a perpendicular shape.
  --Mrs. Lottie M. BRADSHAW, wife of the late Dr. J. B. BRADSHAW, whose home is in Davis county, is now the guest of Mrs. H. TEETER, and will spend the greater portion of the winter with her.
  --It will yet transpire that the libel suit of BLAINE against the Indianapolis Sentinel will prove as thin a prosecution as that of McCOID and others against THE JOURNAL. BLAINE has admitted all the Sentinel said about him.
  --Perry A. Newell Post, No. 232 of Birmingham, will have a grand camp-fire on Thursday, October 2d. Hon. M. A. McCOID and Hon. John WILLIAMSON, of this city, and Rev. E. J. PIKE, of Selma, are the speakers announced for the occasion.
  --Apropos of the democratic campaign the Hon. Charles J. DODGE, of Burlington, will address the people here on Friday evening, Sept. 26th, at 7:30, in the park--if the weather is bad in the opera house. It is announced that on this occasion the ladies of Fairfield will present a flag to the CLEVELAND and HENDRICK club.
  --List of letters remaining in the postoffice in this city unclaimed and advertised for week ending Tuesday, Sept. 22d, furnished THE JOURNAL by Thomas L. HUFFMAN, Postmaster: A. C. BAILEY 2, C. C. BLAKELEY, Sarah J. DAILEY, Ettie JOHNSON, Nora LEWIS, Mr. KAYE, Mary NORRIS, R. T. NEWELL, Em R. MAVAUBE, James PEASLEY, Jay SCEALSCOT, Carrie SWAIN, Cora B. SMITH, Lizzie WOODARD.

Thursday Transpirings. (Page 8)
  --Wm. COLLIER Keokuk, is here.
  --D. POWERS, Boston, is here to-day.
  --Thomas REDDIE, of Keokuk, is in the city.
  --G. M. J. PORTER, New York, is in the city.
  --Fresh bulk oysters at LANG’s every day.
  --W. P. JOHNSON, of St. Louis, is in the city.
  --Y. M. C. A. gospel meeting on next Sabbath afternoon. These services are free for all. Strangers invited.
  --Miss Mary E. SUMPTER, first class dress making and family sewing done to order. Shop in Dr. MYERS’ building, southwest corner square.
  --E. W. BRIGGS and Wm. E. BEAVER, of Chicago, are in the city.
  --R. W. DURKEE and O. L. HACKETT, of Muscatine, were here to-day.
  --Joseph A. KELSEY and James G. BERRYHILL, of Des Moines, were here to-day.
  --D. B. WILSON, of Trenton, Mo. brother of the great "I am," is in the city.
  --Mrs. Mell BENTON, of New London, is in the city, visiting relatives and her many friends.
  --That invincible grocer, James SULLIVAN, makes his bow to the readers of THE JOURNAL to-day, and our people will doubtless find a solution to the "13" conundrum if they will call on Jemes.
  --Do you know what "13" means? We give it up. THE JOURNAL is not good at conundrums. We suspect it is the first two of four figures of WOOLSON’s majority in this district. 1300 will be about the size of it.