Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-11-10
Another Thief In Jail.

Last week Wednesday O. n. Olberg,
iof Taopi, lost his pocket-book contain
ing $167 In cash and about $500 in notes.
Thursday, Tom Riley, the best detective
in Minnesota, was made acquainted with
the fact, and before the day closed, he
had the man. who "found" the pocket
book arrested and in Jail. The guilty
man was J. B. Barnhart, blacksmith OF
Taopi, who was found in lenders saloon
In this city spending Olberg's money
very freely. He admitted to Tom that
he found the pocket-book and that after
taking out the cash, he buried the book
in the ashes Of his forge, and thought he
would take the money and 60 to Austin
on little "bust." Tom took the fellow
home and made HIM dig out the valuables
from the ashes. $s6 dollars OF the money
was recovered. A lucky thing for Olberg
that the thief was captured before the
money was all spent. Barnhart was ex'
amined before Squire Griffith Friday,
and in default of bail was committed to
the county Jail to await the action Of the
grand Jury.
Death OF DR.. r. Soulc.
Died, IN Austin, at the residence Of his
son-ln.law, VIM. NJ. Howe, last Sunday
morning, Nov. 7,h, Or. Rensselaer, Soule,
aged II years. DR.. Soule was born III
Fairfield, Vermont, July, 1903. Com
meDced the study of medicine quite
young, graduating at the medical college
in Burlington, Vermont, at the age of
twenty-six. His first practice was at
anbridge, Canada, where he remained
four years, then coming back to Fairfield,
his birth place, where he was married,
and soon after settling in Fairfax, where
the greater part of his active life was
spent In 1865 he moved, with his family
consisting Of wife and four children, t.
Lansing, in this county. Mrs. E. H.
Wells, Mrs. VIM. NJ. Howe, Mr.. r. Soule,
Jr., and Mrs. Geo. w. Robinson, who died
some years ago. being the four children
who came with linn. Mr. Soule's wife
died only last March, as our readers will
remember, and their separation was short.
They were both members of the Eplsco-
pal church, at st. Adams, Vermont. DR..
Soule has seemed quite feeble all sum.
mer, yet never complained of being i'll
or feeling badly. Thursday he thought
he had taken some cold, but Friday
morning dressed himself as usual, but
through the day seemed quite sick, and
so gradually failing, without much SUI
tering, he peacefully, and quietly passed
away on Sunday morning. He had just
returned from visit to his chi drcn in
Lansing, coming home previous ito cleo
ton day as he said "to VOTE" and the
last time he was out was Tuesday, when
he went to cast his vote for Garfield Dr.
Soule had lived out the allotted time Of
man, and yet it would have been pleas
ant to have had this father linger about
the home still logger, for as the rays OF
the setting sun cast their soften mellow
light o. all about, so old age, with its
experience and wisdom and chilGheods
love and tenderness, softens and smooths
over many of life's rough places, and we
love to have these fathers and mothers
about our homes, and cannot willingly
let them 60. But lone generation comes
and another goes" and so life's drama
moves along, and We wipe away our tears
and hasten on.