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Fairfield Ledger
Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa
Transcribed by Sherry Bash

        Fairfield, May 1, 1871.
  Editors Ledger :--I am requested to offer the following programme for publication :
1.  Permanent organization.
2.  Are we retrograding in the work of popular education. By George N. THOMAS
3.  The necessity of a united national education. By Rev. J. A. CALHOUN.
4.  Profanity in our common schools. By Eber OGDEN.
5.  How to unite teachers and parents in the work of popular education. By Chas. GIFT.
6.  The evils in our district schools and how remedied. By J. K. PIERCE.
7.  Practical arithmetic -- how it should be taught. By Chas. HARWOOD.
8.  Essay:  What do we teach for? By Miss Mary PIKE.
9.  Familiar Science -- its practicability in our common schools. By Prof M. THRASHER.
  These associations are especially to benefit the young teachers, who are requested to attend promptly and thus show their interest in the cause of education.       J. N. EDWARDS.
  Democrat please copy.

Untitled column - Marriages
[Ed. note: Part of article missing due to edge being burned. Text rendered where legible.]
BO...
th- -ou...
Moines tp., by ...
Eden BONNETT an
HESTON.

JUNKIN--SINCLAIR.--...
the house of the bride's ...
field tp., by Rev. J. ...
J. JUNKIN and Miss M. E. SINCLAIR.

DILLON--LEE.--May 4, 1871, at the Harmony M. E. Church, in Fairfield, by Rev. C. G. MILNES, Mr. Elias Winfield DILLON and Miss Louisa Adaline LEE.

GREEN--McCORMICK.--March 24, 1871, at the house of the bride's parents, in Buchanan tp., by Rev. A. KIRKPARICK. Mr. Morrison B GREEN and Miss Sarah W. McCORMICK.

Legal Notice.
Notice of Final Settlement of the Estate of James GOODRICH, Deceased.
    John C. Johnson,                  }
Administrator of the Es-          }
tate of Jas GOODRICH, Dec’d }
                    vs.
Ruth A. GOODRICH,               }
Loretta LONG and                   }
Jonathan LONG,                      }
Franklin GOODRICH,              }
George GOODRICH,                }
Viola E. GOODRICH,               }
Charles W. GOODRICH and    }
Lucy E. GOODRICH.               }
To said Defendants :
  You and each of you are hereby notified that said Administrator will, at the May Term of the Circuit Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Jefferson county, make his final report as such Administrator of said Estate, and ask to be released as such Administrator; and that unless you appear on or before noon of the 1st day of said May Term, 1871, of said Court, which will comence on the 22d day of May, 1871, and show cause why said report should not be approved, and the Administrator released, said report will be approved and Administrator released.
            JOHN C. JOHNSON,
  2w19               Administrator.

Proof of Will
STATE OF IOWA, }
  Jefferson County. }
To all Whom it May Concern :
  Know Ye : That there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the circuit Court of said county, a paper purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Absalom S. HARMON, deceased, and that the same has been produced in open Court and publicly read, and the 1st day of the next term of said Court set for the proof and final hearing of the same.
  Notice is therefore hereby given to all concerned, That the proof of said Will will be heard on the 1st day of the next term of the Circuit Court in and for said county, to be held in the Court-house in Fairfield on the 4th Monday of May, 1871.
  [L. S.] Witness Geo. H. CASE, clerk, and the Seal of said Court hereto affixed, this April 26th, 2871.         GEO. H. CASE,
  3t18                         Clerk.

Report of the Condition
                        OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF FAIRFIELD,
At Fairfield, in the State of Iowa. at close of business, April 29, 1871.

THE CENSUS.
Exact Statement of the Population of the States and Territories.
  Tables issued from the Census Bureau at Washington, on the 3d inst., show the population of the Union to be as follows:

ESTRAY MARE.   Taken up by D. E.tRODABAUGH, in Liberty tp., Jefferson county, Iowa, May 9, 1871, one bay mare, suppose dyo be (sic) 3 years old; two hind feet white; blaze in the face; saddle marks; notch in the under lip; scar on the right fore knee; about fifteen hands high; appraised at $60 by Daniel RODABAUGH and Earl R. GUMMERE, before Edward FLETCHER, J. P.
          GEO. H. CASE, Clerk.

Eggs-troardinary.--A "biddy" belonging to Wm. HASKETT of Round Prairie tp., has surpassed all the hens of which she has heard. Her latest effort is an egg measuring 8 3/8 inches the large circumference, and 6 7/8 small circumference, and weighing 4¼ ounces. She is resting and waiting, and should her last achievement be surpassed she will go all to egg the next time. We advise other hens to quit now.

  Improvements.--Our neighbor, John SCHAEFER, has just put around his lot, in the southwest part of town, a very handsome picket fence.

  Wm. ALSTON, with an eye to beauty, has put a new picket fence in front of his handsome residence on Sears street.

Go right in to George HOWELL's Saddlery shop if want first class saddles, harness, &c. George is a tip top workman, and will give you good work. His shop is at the old stand on the southwest corner of the Park.

For the Better.--The removal of the Post Office is to the advantage of J. A. SPIELMAN & Co. They have more room in which to display their large stock of Stoves, Tinware, &c. The crowd that daily assembled at the Post Office was certainly a great annoyance to them and their customers.

Almost an Escape.--The four prisoners confined in the county jail came near making their escape on Tuesday evening last. Their names are Wesley HANCOCK, James STANTON, George WESTON, and the colored boy, Alfred BATTICE. They were having a jolly time, making considerable noise to cover up their operations. The attention of Mrs. GANTZ was called to them by the unusual noise. The Sheriff was called and the birds placed in their cells, where they will have opportunity to meditate upon blasted hopes. The prisoners had sawed (with a case-knife that Mrs. GANTZ had missed for several weeks) a hole through the inch plank which lines the hall, and also through the two-inch plank to which they are nailed. Doubtless they had been a week or more at their job. It is supposed that shortly after supper they had commenced removing the brick. When discovered they had knocked one brick entirely out, and in ten minutes more would have been breathing the free air of heaven. But Mrs. G. heard that brick fall, and the attempt to escape was frustrated.

[Ed. note: Much of the information in the following article on Property Transfers is missing. Text rendered as it appears with the exception of the small map showing the townships.]

Jef
recor
20, 18
  Annexed (Missing)
The dates in...
to time of ...
following ...

[Township map would appear here.]

David K. MINTER fro-
  40a sec 7, 71-9, Fe--
Henry McCORMICK f---
  and wife, 5a sec
  1869.
John L. NICKOLS from I---
  al, 50a sec 32, 71-I0
Asa D. ROBERTS from ...
  wife, 70a sec 11, 72---
  April 12, 1870.
Same from J
  sec 11, 72-10,
J. T. ROWLAND f---
  adj Fairfield, ...
Wm. RICE from
  108a sec 11
  3, 1871.
Elizabeth RAMSAY
  ERS and wife, a s---
  of the first, adjoi---
  28, 1871,
D. M. & A. L. SMITH f
  and wife, 40a sec 20,
  1871.
Gustaff SAMUELSON from L
  40a sec 24, 72- 9, March ...
David SENS from Louis
  and 11. 71-11, April ...
Jas. S. WEBB from Ja...
  40a sec 15, 72-9, A...
Reece WOLF from Wm
  10,73-11, Aug. 21, 187..
J. V. BLAIR from Louis SE--S
  sections 17 and 30, 71-1
  1871.
George BLACK from J. K. BLA..
  100a sec’s 15 and 16, 71. ...
  16, 1871.
Same from same, 20a sec 32,
  16,1871.
George and Samuel BLACK fr--
  CARTNEY and wife, 80a s
  July 29, 1869.
Robert BLACK from W. R.
  wife, 40a section 16,
  1869.
Andrew CARLSON from ...
  5 1/3a sections 8 and 10,
  1871.
Wm. A. CANTERBERRY from
  and wife, 60a sec 28, 72
  1871.
District Tp. of Blackhawk fro-
  1a (School-house lot) April 14
Thomas GELSKI from J. GELSKI,
  73-9, Jan. 5, 1871.
John R. HODGEN from John J.
  wife, 160a sec 7 and 18, Fe--
  1870.
Katharine HERMAN from Henr-
  and wife, 15a sec 27, 73-9,
  1870.
Wm. JOHNSON from Wm. D. H...
  wife, 20a section 4, 73-10,
  1871.
B. L. JOHNSON from Peter PE...
  wife, 25a sec 5, 72-8, Jan 1,
Ludwick JORDAN from John LAN...
  wife, 40a section 23, 72-8, M...
  1871.
Thomas JAGELSKI from Jagnaey J...
  68a sec 19,73-8, Jan. 5, ‘71.
Anthony DARSEY from C. NEGUS
  lot 1, block 1, Oakland additio-
  field, March 18, 1871.
Henry KELTNER from Jacob VOTE
  lot 4, block 2, H. W. & Co’s a..
  Fairfield, April 21, 1871.
Martha A. McREYNOLDS from
  PHELPS and husband, lots 75
  Whitwood’s addition to Bata...
  21, 1871.
Abel ROBERTS from Adaline WILLIAM...
  block 2, Pleasant Plain, Augu..
  1868.
Charles SCHMIDT from Peter WESTLIN
  wife, lot 6, block 15 n p Fairfield,
  10, 1871.

      OLDER’S
Museum, Circus,
                And
  MENAGERIE,
GRAND CONSOLIDATION
  HORNED HORSE
ONLY ONE ON EXHIBITION.
       Will Exhibit at
     FAIRFIELD,
Saturday, May 13 !
   This novel and decidedly unequalled amal-
        gamation is composed of
A MUSEUM
         of Surpassing Excellence,
     A CIRCUS
             of Star Performers,
         A MENAGERIE
                 of Rare Animals.

  All in one VAST PAVILLION for a
SINGLE  PRICE  OF  ADMISSION  !

   Among the numerous attractions in the Mu-
seum can be seen the great Sensational Phe-
nomena,
  THE PETRIFIED GIANT !
  The MENAGERIE is one of the most elab-
orate and comprehensive now traveling.
         A SEA COW !
       the only one ever captured.
  A Living Horned Horse !
       only one on exhibition in America.
  THE BABY ELEPHANT!
                 TOM THUMB,
Only 40 inches in hight, and smallest ever on
exhibition.

White Double Humped Sacred
        Bactrian Camels.
    While the Museum and Menagerie has re-
ceived so large a share of the attentiou of the
management, yet the
    Circus Department
Has not been neglected. Among the most
noted Performers is
    Madame Sanyeah,
     The Cretan Lady Gymnast,
Whose marvelous beauty and fearless daring
is acknowledged by the old and new world,
appears at each entertainment of this mam-
moth company in her Original Terrific Mid-Air
Flight of nearly
            ONE HUNDRED FEET
in distance. Nothing like it ever before ac-
complished by any Gymnast, male or female.
  MASTER WILLIE SHOWLES, the smallest
child rider in the world, astonishes the audi-
ence with his Four Spotted Ponies, upon which
he rides a dashing Bareback act.

  Doors open at 1 and 7 P.M., thereby giving
visitors one hour for viewing the wonders of
nature contained in the Museum and Menagerie
before the commencement of the Circus Per-
formance.
ADMISSION,                                50 cts
CHILDREN under 10 years of age,   25 cts.
          P. A. OLDER, Proprietor.
  L. TILDEN, Manager.
  W. R. McLANE, Ass’t Manager & Treasurer.
            S. M. CHANDLER, Gen’l Agent.