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Fairfield Weekly Ledger
Jefferson County, Iowa
Transcribed by:  Joey Stark

Note:  Typographical errors (followed by [sic]) and spelling variations in names in this document are intentional and reflect the actual newspaper articles.   Transcriber’s notes are occasionally included and are indicated with [Ed. note:….].  Surnames shown here are in UPPER CASE for easy location; not rendered as such in the newspapers.

June 11, 1868
 

STATE OF IOWA, JEFFERSON COUNTY.
 September term, 1868.
To Edward C. RAHM, Louisa M. RAHM, W. P. MONETRY, D. M. and A. P. L. COCHRAN, MORRIS, TASHER & Co.

You are hereby notified that there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, Iowa, a petition of Ward LAMSON claiming of you the correction of a mistake in a deed executed by said Edward C. RAHM and Louisa M. RAHM, and quieting [sic] the title to the East fifteen acres off of the South forty (40) acres of the North fractional half of the North East quarter of section No. three (3) in township No. Seventy-one (71) range No. ten (10) in Jefferson county, Iowa.  And that unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of the next term of said District Court, to be begun on the Seventh day of September 1868, default will be entered against you and judgment rendered thereon.
   RATCLIFF & GILTNER
June 11, ’68 – 4 t  p. f. $7.50 Attys Plff.

Robbing the Mail.--- John T. WORKMAN, mail route agent on the B. & M. R. R., was arrested on Monday morning last, charged with robbing the mails.  A preliminary examination was had in Burlington on Tuesday morning, and was continued until next Tuesday.  Mr. WORKMAN is a citizen of our place, and was appointed to his present position about two years ago.  He was in town yesterday morning, not under arrest or under bonds, and in a conversation with him he asseverated his innocence, and asserted that no evidence could be brought against him that was not equally damaging to others.--- He had no doubt his innocence would be proved.  We sincerely hope he may come out all the brighter and clearer from under the cloud that now hangs over him.  His relatives and friends have been in deep distress since his arrest, but his conduct and conversation have dissipated their alarm.
[Ed. note:  An article pursuant to this case appears on June 25, 1868.]

Marriages

---June 3, 1868, by Rev. J. E. BERGREN, at the house of Carl EHN, Mr. Carl JOHNSON and Miss Charlotte F. JOHNSON.

---May 12, 1868, by Alexander CLARK, Justice of the Peace, Mr. Richard FOREMAN and Mrs. Elizabeth WARD.

---June 1, 1868, by Alexander CLARK, Justice of the Peace, Mr. Christian HARADAR and Mrs. Sarah A. LEWIS.

---June 5, 1868, by C. E. NOBLE, Justice of the Peace, Mr. W. J. CARTER and Miss Elizabeth COOK.

---June 5, 1868, by Rev. Jonathan LEE, Mr. Cyrus G. CHURCH and Miss Sarah J. HARTER, at the residence of the bride’s father.

Annual Meeting of the Jefferson County Bible Society.---  The annual meeting of this society will be held at the M. E. Church in Fairfield, on Wednesday, 24th June, 1868.

The meeting for business will be opened at 3 o’clock P.M. with reading the scriptures, singing and prayer, and devoted to hearing the report of the treasurer and of the executive committee, and to the election of officers for the ensuing year.

In the evening the exercises will begin with devotional services, to continue from 7 ½ to 7 ¾ o’clock.  Addresses will then be made by Rev. Mr. CALHOUN of Batavia, Rev. John HAYDEN of Libertyville, R. A. YOUNG, Esq., of Fairfield.  Dr. C. C. HOAGLAND, the State agent, will be present to either lead or close in the addresses of the evening.

It is earnestly requested that the delegates from all the branch societies of the county will come with their reports and attend this annual meeting of our County Bible Association.
    By order of the Board of Managers.
    June 24, 1868
           N. S. AVERILL, Sec’y.