The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1877-06-21

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Elder DUNCAN will be at home Sunday,
June Gath, and preach morning and eve to
ming. Subject for the morning, Duty; Or
in the evening, "Return from Captivity fo
lNsTALLATIoN.-The officers elect of =
Tri-luminar lodge, will be installed next p
Friday evening Stated meetrng). ~
H. G. LEIGHTON, w. NJ. II
The Marshalltown races will be held the tn
week previous TO our Own,-June GO, q he
and % A grand list of horses have al sc
ready entered, and the trials of speed will w
be well worthy seeing. CHI
Hon. VIM. Larrabee, of Clermont, Iowa, -,
present Senator from Allamakee county, 80
was in town few days since, looking af- 90
ter coal interests ne has here. He is in -
the banking business at Clermont. ,,s
]. w. Cheshire of the Montezuma Re an
publican will leave for Florida, this week, Gu
for Mrs C's health. lie will be gone CIR
three or four weeks, and Mrs. Cheshire un
will probably remain some months, and ed
we hope will find what she seeks, a health m,
| renewing climate. We
BIBLE LECTURE.-By request Capt. w. -
A Hunter, will deliver the first of series =,
of lectures upon the Divine Authenticity "a
of the Sacred Scriptures' at the First v,
Presbyterian church, this city, on next w
Sabbath morning the cath inst, at 1890 ,'o
o,oIool, Eu;o,5" ,, o,,o,,,;oa of ,hoIn ira
SEPARATION of the Bible are cordially invited. IN
Our young friend Jno. w. Bowen of IA,
Beacon has rented the brick store-room of tn.
ID. r. Moore, i'm New Sharon, and is now ha
fitting it up to put in stock of drugs, etc. no
John is first-class business man, has int
hosts of friends throughout this section tn.
who will regret to lose him as a neighbor, thi
but who will be glad that he goes no fur
Their away. We wish him abundant sue the
cess. kho
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postmaster at Abba and entered upon the w
discharge of his duties. Val was for three ih'
years Union soldier, bore his musket in w
the ranks of those gallant heroes who III,
oona NC oo,ntrv r,arcbod fought and pri
contended for the principles of Liberty ',''
and jastice. and if any one deserves the
place he is the man. He will make q si'
careful and efficient officer, and the people 'h'
will not regret the choice. Du
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DIED.-Mrs. ANN r. WILSON, died at the sci
residence of her son Mitchell, last Mon pli
day evening and was buried Wednesday ito
Na1s ht,f tN1yn
children, her sons Mitchell and Samuel. ses
She has more than filled the allotted three tie
score years and ten, living good and tn,
useful life as christian lady, whose good fol-
deeds will live many years after the green DO
sod has formed above the little mound nc
that contains all that is mortal of Mother kn
Wilson. co
DED.-On Friday, June 8, HARVEY P. Sit
EVANS son of Capt. Joseph II. Evans, 'h'
died at his residence in Jefferson TIP, of iIe
congestion of the brain, in the Goth year no
of his age. Harvey was an excellent UT
young man, in every sense of the word,
one of the best, physically mentally and be,
morally, the pride of his parents, and the ey,
dependence of a loving wife, and his loss des
leaves a vacant chair that can never be M,
filled. He was buried Sunday, June 10, the
Elder ]. D. Guthrie preaching the SER orc
mon. nm,
MARION CoUNTY-The Journal says: enc
"a little three year old son of Mr. Nye VIII
Hopkins five miles south of town, fell lou
from chair and fractured his collar bone. ceS
w. B. Richie fell and disioCated an res
elbow The first No. of the Pleasant val
vile Ncaos was issued last week. Mrs. /
Bar, by her GOODNESS, rescued two young kin
men from the deep waters of White Breast, bri
where they were thrown by the sinking of
a boat j. NJ. Nelson and wife lost three of
darling children by dptheria, in two in
weeks. del
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WILLARD is loose again. He takes oc- o.,
casional spells, but if you watch the on,
.''''o"' ''''o' y'u "'I lr ", -. sig
pays youi po'Ne' n,' ',no ~ diff
knocking the bottom out of hard times by g.,
P"'''"s '''o P''o'' VI ''io'' o0N' VIII
low that every one can wear good clothes
at less price than common ones. Read ~,
carefully his big advertisement on the
,,o, IL ho ,,o,ror,oa by foctO on!
therein learned. TORY is full of energy i -,
and vim, keeps his assortment of goods "e'
perfect and is ready at all times to give "''
you as good rates as the market can quote. i','
Remember his store on west SIDE and give WI
him a call. ">
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The well-written article on Penn College thi
commencement, and also that of Oskaloosa pat
College of last week, is from the pen of in
our young friend w. P. Hellings. Purd is an,
graduate of this Office, is an excellent att
typo, and our readers can see is excellent of
" fitted for the editorial chair, but he has mol
chosen law, and Will we know make sue dis
cess of whatever he undertakes. His zea
articles are well-written, carefully worded ma
and models of reportorial skill. He him. sti
self graduated with the highest honors of owl
his class in the law department of the po
State University, carrying off two of the mo
prizes, in a class of about a score. Re- ID,
lhoH'ooi hiih "h'h Sou n"'0 any ou'iN''' wit
in his line. w;I
ARREsT.-Last Friday night the sheriff air
of Union county, arrested Mrs. Mary lea
Hilbert, in this city, recently indicted by
the Grand Jury of that county for murder {
of j. L. Brister, at Creston, some three ere
years since. She has resided here for over Pc
year. We did not learn the particulars ing
of the evidence that caused her arrest, auC
but understood that the clue was discover to
ed by our townsman, w. s. Kenworthy, we
who followed it up until above result was eve
attained. The murder was very afro wa
cious one, the man being killed in bed, pli
his throat cut with razor, and If this is AT
guilty party we hope the full extent of the
the law will be melted out. of
GOLDEN WEDDING.-Father and mother CHS
Drake of Appanoose county, parents of CIV
Mrs. Geo. Il. Carpenter of this city, cele- AM
brated their golden wedding at their home 'el
in Drakeville, last week. Every child, se'
grand child and great grand-child were VIC
present but one-Gen. F. M. Drake, who Vi
was unayoidably detained at court in TN
Kirkville, Mo. About fifty persons were "
present, and of course it was a happy ou
time. Few couples live to celebrate the iot
golden wedding. Few couples live to gr'
travel together for fifty years over life's Us
thOrny pathway, and how happy must be iia
the re- union around the hearth where fifty NJ
happy years have been spent? We wish III
the aged couple many pleasant returns of :"