The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-09-21

Do not fail to read the new advertise
ment of Ii. T. Wright, hardware dealer,
one of the best men in Iowa. He has
big stock of everything in his line, and
will sell as cheap as any one. Call on him
at his New Sharon store.
PLGRIMs.-Among those who left for
the Centennial since our last, were
Frank Smith,
j. H. Green and wife.
ID. Presnall and wife.
]. w. McMullin and wife.
Jas. McCulloch.
The timbers for the Rock Island Rail
road bridge across the Des Moines river
now all framed and are being moved out. |
When completed it will be good one.
The work was all done in our city. As soon
as up, which will only be o few days, the
work of laying the iron will be resumed |
Immediately.
Read the large advertisement of the |
Chicago Store, to be found in another
column. Their stock is entirely new and |
fresh from the market. By reading their
you will observe they will
have their grand opening on next Satur-
day, the Esd. More shelving will be put |
in to accommodate their large stock.
A. ]. Fickes, formerly resident of this
city, died at Stenbenville, Ohio, Sept. 9th |
of dropsy. Mr. Fickes was 60 years old,
and will be remembered by many of our
older citizens, as bricklayer who lived |
here nearly score of years ago. He was
born in Steubenville, and passed his whole |
life there, except the time spent here
We have the new Centennial rates over
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific r. |
r., which show material reduction over |
all routes from this place. Call on agent |
Fisher, select the route you desire to 60, |
and buy your ticket. This route takes
you to Chicago without change of cars,
and is one of the quickest and best. Get |
a list of reduced rates.
Charleston, Hawly & Jones, of Chicago,
are now opening out new stock of Dry
Goods, Notions, Wooden goods, &C., at
the new store room of Henry Price, on the
west side of the square. They propose to
put in mammoth stock. They are socia-
BILE gentlemen, and no doubt will succeed |
well here. We welcome them to our city |
Rev. Dennis Murphy will preach at
Simpson church next Sabbath morning
and evening, and regularly hereafter.
Rev. w. H. Pillsbury preached his salu-
tory last Sabbath, to large audience. We
have had the pleasure of meeting both
these gentlemen, and hope our people will
extend the hand of friendly greeting, for
they are both pleasant, agreeable gentle
men, and powerful ministers.
II. p. Mindless excursion was q grand
success. About $50 left here, and nearly
300 on the whole route. The list publish
ed last week all went over his line, mostly
at his excursion rates. He is now at work
getting up another, to leave next Tuesday,
via Grinnell, Chicago, Baltimore and Ohio
r. r., to Philadelphia, and return by
Niagara Falls, etc. 1t will be a grand
opportunity for those who wish to go to
the great show. Round trip for $31. 80.
We saw gentleman who was in Chilli |
cothe, Mo-, when the anti-masonic lectur-
er was there, and says it was publicly
charged upon him there that he was not
egged. but that he broke the egg ON his
own clothes, to make sympathy for him.
self and capital against the masons. We
believe it, and all the more so from the
fact that while here he dared any one to
egg him, hoping thus to get some capital,
for such things as this give him all he has.
DRowNED.-A narrowing accident hap
pened in our city last Thursday afternoon.
The little child of Mrs. Lou Shackleton,
fell into rainwater barrel, sunk in the
ground, at the house of the child's grand
mother, Mrs. Abraham, and was drowned
before the accident was discovered Such
accidents fall with terrible force upon the
afflicted, because more or less blame of
carelessness must attach to them, in the
minds of the stricken ones themselves.
The little one was buried on Friday.
STRANGE FATALITY.-Four weeks ago a
little son of George Miller of this city,
while wrestling, was thrown in such a
manner as to dislocate and fracture his
elbow. On last Saturday another of the
family, boy two years older, while out
nutting, fell from hickory tree distance
of 40 feet, crushing his left elbow in q
frightful manner, driving the bones thro'
the skin, besides breaking the arm at the
wrist. He was brought home in wagon.
DR.. Scott is discharging the duties of
surgeon in both cases.
Porte WEIGH had meeting the other
night at the court room, and about the
only thing he managed to get off worthy
of notice, was that he now stood where
the Republican party stood in 1862, so far
rs finances were concerned. If Porte has
good luck he will get along. He is only
fourteen years behind us now, and with
the plainly marked path to follow he
should be able to catch up after while,
and would no doubt, did he not shoot off
on every blind trail that shows itself, so
he is continually losing valuable time.
CARELESS. "A very careless trick hap.
pened In the west part of town last Fri
day, that resulted in the injury and might
have caused the death of little child of
John Reams Some parties were driving
a cow, and getting her scared, commenced
running her, riding over plank walks with
their horses, breaking the boards and do
ing other damage. Two of Mr.. Ream's
daughters were coming up the walk from
the house, when some one called to them
and they jumped aside just as the mad
beast made lunge at them, catching the
younger, six years OLD, on her horn, tear