The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-10-05
SAMUEL GILMORE
leighton DOingS.

Cary Correll has completed a new barn,
22x3O.
Sample Robertson started for the Cen
| tennial and visit to southern Ohio, last
week.
David Bowman lost fifty dollar COW
last Monday. Too much corn was the
cause.
David Young has reconstructed his
house from top to bottom.
Leidy & Ernest have established coal
yard in town. A good idea. With a good
stock on hand, few days of impossible
roads will not leave the town destitute of
fuel. A coal famine will he unknown
this winter.
Miller's old snake den south of the r. R
has been re-opened. A man by the name
of Nation, from Oskaloosa, is the sole
proprietor, and up to this time has been
the sole occupant.
John Wray has organized Tilden Re-
form Club John holds all the offices and
membership of the Club 1t meets regu-
larry every morning at his shop.
One night last week some scamp forced
an entrance into Sanford Taylors house,
in Scott township, and carried off his
pantaloons containing $12 in currency.
The party or parties probably knew that
he was collecting his money together be-
fore starting to Kansas to buy land, and
expected to make good haul but they
miscalculated and came too late.
Columbus Phillips is building a new
smoke house, l2x14, 10 feet high
Rufus Bins, of Scott township, is build
ing a new barn 24x32, IS foot posts.
Jake Reichard has built fifty feet of
picket fence, and laid down good walks
about his premises.
ID. Bowman also built small house o
short time ago. We neglected it at the time
and cannot give the size at present.
Clark Craven became disguised with the
egg business, and has gone to the Centen-
NAL to recuperate.
The Leighton Comedy Company will
give grand opening and free entertain
ment at the east school-house next Satur-
day night. This being the first effort of
the boys, turn out everybody and greet
them with full house. Among the feats
that will be performed, Sir George will
puke up four bundles of lath without
showing the least indication of violent
pressure on his swallowing cavern. Red
ness of the face will be unknown in this
performance. Innocent Mike will shoe a
horse in mid air and devour horse shoe
nails with the greatest of ease. Tony
Boy will shower the audience with bursts
of eloquence, which will fall upon them
as evenly as the dew from heaven.
Chicago Snag will astonish the audience
with his celebrated clog dance with R.
r. tic attached to each foot. Don't fail to
come; exercises will commence promptly
at z o'clock sharp. Admission free. Good
order will be maintained
The business men of Leighton have at
last weakened from their Elethargy and
have begun to show some signs of What
they follow. Saturday night as we came
into town a half dozen new signs greeted
us pointing out to stranger where to go
for the various articles kept by the differ
ent branches of trade. Some of the
signs are superb. Kollar's attracts the
eye at the first glance. While you don't
have to stop to enquire where's the hard
ware, shoe store or coal yard, ETC.,
Still they come. To Reuben Redman
and wife, Sept.26, 1876, bran new boy.
Hon. E, S. Sampson and j. Kelly John
ston addressed good audience at the
Pre- sbyterian church Thursday night
Judge Sampson devoted his speech al
most entire to the financial question,
and the manner in which he handled it
showed that he understood what he was
talking about He did not deal in empty
insinuations or wild theories and At the
close of every sentence yell reform"
He dealt exclusively in solid facts,
backed up by solid figures and at the close
he gave the ''moss-tacks" a full broadside
of solid shot. j. Kelly Johnston followed
in an hours speech. He reviewed the
history of the two great parties showing
clearly the duties of Republicans in the
coming election. He gave the Democracy
nothing but solid shot, telling blows and
undesirable truths. Judge Sampson
made clear presentation of the
real issues of the campaign and his
speech was highly satisfactory to his
friends and equally discomforting to his
enemies.
The new time table on the X. g. ID. NJ.
r r. took effect at noon last Sunday. 1t
makes radical change in the arrival OF
the mail train from the west It will moi
arrive now until 800, p. M, five hours and
twenty minutes later; while the mail from
the east will only be three minutes later
than before. KYLE.
LEIGHTON, October 1. 1876.