Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-06
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| Send your butter ana egg 70 soWn
now and you will get good price.
James Harvey has raised the frame
OF dwelling on his lot In English.
Church meeting ct the Baptist
Church Saturday, 18th lust, at 2 p. m.
Mr., David Parks IL building neat
dwelling In Gosporr, TO be occupied
by himself.
Drs. Wetherell q Young are build
ing an addition to sheir Office on Rob
inson street.
The Democrat speaks Of Miss Mary
Black as lone OF the best teachers
ever employed In our high school"
Messrs. Hup d Christ, one mile
west Of Gosport sold 45 heavy hogs to
James Meek last week for $3.50 per
cwt.
That item about the impassability OF
the roads has become stale, and we
shsll not mention 1t again for another
week.
A hard-hearted speculator corncred
butter last Saturday. He bought up
the entire stock in this market-4i
pounds.
Scott VAIN, near Durham Station,
had his left arm broken last Thursday
I'm wrestIe. DIR. Ehinnlck adjusted
the fracture.
VIM. Harvey, Of Clay township, Is
on prospecting tour In Kansas, with
a view TO locating in the grasshopper
country, if.
Mr.. r.. G.. MastelIer, having retir-
ed from the Pella Biade, has for the
present taken his old place on the
staff OF the JOURNAL.
The Christian Church Of this city
recently, by unanimous vote, engaged
the services Of their pastor, Mr.. BY,
for another year, and increased his
salary from $500 to $1,000.
The Board OF Supervisors convened
Last Monday, and will be In session
most Of the week. Thus far the time
has been given to road business and
bills.
Eighty additions to the membership
OF the church, mostly by baptism, re-
suited from the eight-weeks' meetings
ut the Christian Chapel In this place.
Mr.. Morgan. a coal miner In Frank
lin township, was seriously Injured a
few days ago by the premature dis
charge Of blast OF powder which he
lighted with fuse.
John Reaver has stone and brick on
the ground for his fine business house
on the west side Of the Square, and
awaits only favorable weather to com
mence work.
Samuel Croix has leased his farm
miles west Of Gosport, and purchas-
ed 40 acres from Daniel Sampson adj
Joining that town, upon which he has
located for residence.
John Hunt has soid his farm adj
Joining the town of Gosport to Mr.. q.
Chandler, and will remove to Kansas
In q short time. His father, VIM.
Hunt, has leased his farm and VIII
accompany his son to inspect the
grasshopper country.
Baldwin Il Meers, Gosport, are put
ting I'm large stock of merchandise
for the Spring trade, and offer TO the
people Of that town and vicinity In
ducements to buy their goods ut
horne.
The highest prize. a $40 chrome. o..
70 ed by Ardery Il Roberts. druggist (,
has been awarded to Mrs. Cy. Free
Iands Mrs. Andrew Storer receives
the second prize, n S. trcp,scope.
A newsletter from Durham saya
Messrs. Aaron Moore. G. III, Durham.
VIM. Shepherd and DR. Leeprr viii
soon put up business houses Mt that
Station. DIR. l.. will put In stock OF
drugs.
Mr.. Gao. n. Davis. 81 the late firm
OF Davis n Reaver, has removed TO
Essex, Page county where he viii en-
pnpe In the dry goods trade M mem
Der of the firm 81 Nye Il Davis. He Is
Trustworthy young man, and we
wish him full success In his new
field.
Firod n Rutherford ara successors ~
Mitchell q Elrod IN the drug trade Mt
Gosport. The new firm have added
school hooks. Stationery. notions md
groceries to their stock. and offer 70
the people of that town and vicinity
Inducements 10 trade mt home.
welch. Mcmillan & Welch have
torn away their old buildings on the
east side Of Public Square and on Roh-
inson street, and commenced excnvn-
ting for the foundation Of their new
brick business houses.
CONFECTIONERY a. VOLTS. north
side Of Square.
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