Jefferson County, Iowa The Fairfield Ledger

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Fairfield, Iowa "WEEKLY LEDGER"
Jefferson County
Transcribed by Joey Stark

Fire.--Mr. A. G. SCRANTOM, ticket agent at this place of the B. & M. R. R. lost his house and nearly everything in it on Saturday morning last. The house was located about one block north of the depot, and caught fire about 1 o’clock at night, from the kitchen stove. A bureau full of clothing was saved, but outside of that Mr. SCRANTOM says the property saved would not amount to $75.00. He had an insurance of $1,600 on his house, furniture, fence, &c., and after he receives the full amount of insurance to which he will be entitled his loss will be about $600. The house was built by Mr. S. about two years ago, and the loss falls severely on him, as he is illy prepared to sustain it. Once before he lost nearly all he had by fire.

A Card.-- I have this day received from the Underwriters Insurance Company of New York, through Mr. C. DARBY, (their resident Agent here,) the full amount of my policy of insurance in said Company on my house and contents, burned on the morning of the 18th, (three days ago.) I desire to express my thanks to the Company for their promptness in the matter, and for their evident desire to act in an honorable and just spirit to both parties in this transaction --- myself as well as themselves.
  And to my friends, and the public generally, who may desire SAFE Insurance, and an equitable adjustment in case of loss, I would recommend Mr. DARBY as the Agent, and the Underwriters Insurance Company of New York as the Company.
            A. G. SCRANTOM.
  Fairfield, Iowa, Dec. 21, 1869.

MARRIAGES.
BLACK--GAINES-- Dec. 21st, 1869, at the house of the bride’s mother, by Rev. Carson REED, assisted by Rev. Thos. MERRILL, Mr. Frank J. L. BLACK and Miss Mollie S. GAINES, all of this city.
  "Well done," is the verdict of the friends of both parties. Frank has long and faithfully attended to the mails at our post office, and this event proves he has not be unmindful of the females. May the brightest anticipations of our friends be more than realized.

SHELDON--PARKER.--December 19, 1869, at the residence of the bride’s father, by A. COOK, J. P., Mr. Lorenzo D. SHELDON and Mrs. Sarah J. PARKER.

WHITMORE--MILLER.--December 16th, 1869, at the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev. A. LAUBACH, Mr. Marion WHITMORE and Miss Margaret F. MILLER, both of Jefferson county.

WILSON--POLLOCK.--Sept. 15th, 1869, by Rev. G. P. BERGEN, at the residence of the bride, Mr. William D. WILSON and Miss Marinda POLLOCK, both of this county.

MAHAFFY--SIMS.--Nov. 17th, 1869, by Rev. S. RIDENOUR, at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. Stephen MAHAFFY and Miss Hattie J. SIMS, all of this county.

HUMPHREY--SNOOK.--Dec. 18, 1869, at the residence of the bride’s parents, in Penn township, by Rev. McCARTY, Mr. Bernard C. HUMPHREY and Miss Livonia Cecelia SNOOK.

TEETER--FRAZEY.--Dec. 21, 1869, at the house of Mr. Henry ROCK, in Fairfield township, by Wm. R. ALEXANDER, J. P., Mr. George W. TEETER and Vilesta FRAZEY.

Sheriff’s Sale.
Notice is hereby given, That by virtue of a special Execution to me directed, issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Jefferson county, upon a judgment rendered in said Court in favor of Sylvester SPRAGUE against Josiah BARLEY and Eliza BARLEY, I have levied upon the following described Real Estate as the property of the said Josiah BARLEY and Eliza BARLEY, to-wit: Lot No. Sixty-eight (68) in Whitwood’s addition to the town of Batavia, Iowa.-- And that on
SATURDAY the 22d DAY OF JANUARY, 1870,
at one o’clock P.M. of said day, at the front door of the Court House, in the city of Fairfield, Iowa, I will proceed to sell said property, or as much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said Execution amounting to $160 64-100ths dollars debt, and 5 15-100ths dollars costs, together with accruing costs, at Public Auction, to the highest and best bidder, for cash.      J. S. GANTZ,
          Sheriff of Jefferson County, Iowa.

LOOK HERE.
All persons indebted to the old firm of BLACK & STEVER, or W. G. BLACK, for sawing or lumber, are urged to pay up now. An immediate settlement is required, as the books must be closed.    W. G. BLACK.
  Dec. 23, 1869.--3t pd.

Estray Notices.
STEERS taken up by John F. TROBERT, in Lockridge tp., Jefferson Co., Iowa, Nov. 20, 1869, as estrays, 2 yearling steers, one a brindle with a star in forehead and a little white under the belly, smooth crop and slit in right ear. The other is a dark red, with crop and slit in right ear. Both of small size, and each appraised at $8.00 before Archer GREEN, J. P.
          GEO. H. CASE, Clerk.

STEER and Heifer taken up by J. T. McDOWELL, in Locust Grove tp., Jeff. Co., Iowa, Nov. 27, 1869, as estrays, one red heifer with white face, underbit in left ear and supposed to be 2 years old. One steer, red and white spotted, with white face; both ears part gone, supposed to have frozen, and point off right horn; supposed to be 2 years old past. Appraised at $10 each, before A. COOK, J. P.
          GEO. H. CASE, Clerk.

HEIFER taken up by Robert MOORE, in Round Prairie tp., Jeff. Co., Iowa, Nov. 15, 1869. One heifer, white with black spots and rather brindle on sides and neck, red ears, supposed to be 2 years old; size, rather small; and appraised at $16, before I. T. HOWELL, J. P.
          GEO. H. CASE, Clerk.

STEER taken up James HAMMONS in Round Prairie tp., Jeff. Co., Iowa, Nov. 30, 1869. One 3 year old steer, deep red, some white about forehead, jaw and brush of tail white, swallow fork in left ear, brand on right hip, letters indistinct; ankle joint on left hind foot appears to be enlarged and crooked, probably been hurt at some time, horns rather crumply. Appraised at $30, before I. T. HOWELL, J. P.
          GEO. H. CASE, Clerk.

COLT taken up by David MOWERY, in Polk tp., Jeff. Co., Iowa, Nov. 16, 1869. One black yearling colt, rather small and both hind feet white. No other marks or brands perceivable. Appraised at $20.00 before Wm. G. BAXTER J. P.
          GEO. H. CASE, Clerk.

To Whom it may Concern
  All persons knowing themselves indebted to the undersigned, either by note or book account are requested to call and settle the same by the first of January, 1870, and thereby save costs.
          ANTHONY DEMARCE.
  December 11th, 1869.

DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
THE co-partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned under the firm name of SPIELMAN & GAINES, in the stove and tin business, in Fairfield, Iowa, was dissolved by mutual consent on the 26th of November 1869. The business affairs of the firm will be settled by John A. SPIELMAN & Co.
  Immediate settlement and prompt payment is desired. The business will be continued by John A. SPIELMAN & Co.
          JOHN SPIELMAN,
          JOHN A. SPIELMAN.
          RICHARD GAINES.
  Dec. 1, 1869.      3t47

DIVORCE NOTICE.
STATE OF IOWA, }
 Jefferson County,  } ss:
To MASON STILL:
      You are hereby notified that on or before the 26th day of November 1869, there will be on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, Iowa, a petition of Martha A. WEIR, claiming that the pretended bonds of marriage between you and her be adjudged and declared null and void, 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 first Monday of January 1870, default will be entered against you and judgment rendered thereon. D. P. STUBBS,
4t56 p f $6.25         Atty for Plff.

Real Estate Transfers.--The following deeds to lands and town lots in Jefferson county, have been placed on record at the Recorder’s office, for the week, ending Dec. 20, 1869:
Guilan BEATY from Isaac FELLOWS and wife, 5 acres on the north side of Fairfield. Deed dated Dec. 15, 1869. 725 00
Joseph P. ROBERDS from David H. STEVER, 105 acres in Fairfield township. Deed dated Dec. 14, 1869. 2,500 00
John MULLIGAN from W. G. BLACK and wife, 21 acres in Fairfield township. Dec. 19, 1868. 200 00
John MULLIGAN from Jane PIERSON, guardian, 20 acres in Fairfield township. Deed dated Nov. 14, 1868. 23 33
Alex. WILSON from Hugh WILSON and wife, 20 acres in Des Moines township. Deed dated June 9, 1869. 200 00
Andrew McCARLSON from Sarah E. CULBERTSON, quit claim to 40 acres in Des Moines township. Deed dated Dec. 8, 1868. 170 00

Accident.--Joseph RENISH, a boy about 12 or 13 years of age, living with Mr. LIBLIN, about 5 miles southeast of Fairfield, in Cedar township, was killed by the kick of a horse, on the evening of the 13th inst. It is Mr. LIBLIN’s habit to look after his horses before going to bed. He spoke of going to feed them. The boy said he would go, and did so. He went to the stable, opened the door and was kicked out by the horse, being struck in the stomach. He lived to the next day about 11 o’clock.

Union School Essays
DRUNKENNESS AND ITS PHENOMENA.
      BY FRANK ROBINSON.
  The drunkard seldom if ever knows the sweet and refreshing slumber of the temperate man. He tosses in his bed for an hour or two before falling asleep, and, even then, his rest is not comfortable. He wakes frequently during the night, and each time his mouth is dry, and his head painful and throbbing. The symptoms from the irritable state of his constitution, occur even when he goes soberly to bed; but, if he lays down heated with liquor, he feels them with double the force. Most persons who fall asleep in a state of intoxication, have much headache, exhaustion and fever, on awaking. Some constitutions are lulled to rest by liquors, and others rendered excessively restless; but the first are no gainers by the difference, as they suffer abundantly afterwards.-- Phlegmatic drunkards drop into slumber more readily than the others.
  The dreams of the drunkard may be readily supposed to be common from the deranged manifestations of the stomach and brain which occur in intoxication.-- They are less palpable to the understanding than those which occur in soberness. They come like painful ideas across the imagination; and though this faculty can embody nothing in shape, meaning or consistence, yet it is haunted with melancholy ideas.
  Drunkards are more acflited [sic] with the nightmare than other people, in so far as they are subject to all the ordinary causes, and liable to others from which sober people are free.
  Somnambulism is another affliction to which drunkards are more afflicted than the man of sobriety. The slumber is never profound when this takes place, and the sleep is not refreshing. Drunkards, even when consciousness is not quite gone, leave their beds and walk about the room. They know perfectly well what they are about, and recollect it afterwards, but if questioned either at the moment or at any other future period, they are totally unable to give any reason for their conduct. Sometimes after getting up, they stand a little time and endeavor to account for rising, then go again deliberately to bed. Persons, half tipsy, have been known to arise and go out of doors in their night-dress, being all the while sensible of what they were doing. They are deprived of their sense of modesty. The drunken somnambulist has not always this character.
  For the same reason that drunkards are peculiarly prone to somnambulism, are they subject to sleep-talking, which is merely a modification of the former. The imagination being vehemently excited by the drunken dream, embodies itself often in speech, which is, however, in almost every case, incoherent, and wants the rationality possessed by the conversation of sleep-talking under other circumstances.