Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-04-22

Last Sunday Charlie Barto was out
wandering around in I. P. Hallock
timber, way over by VIM. Bintner's,
and spying a hole in the side of q hill
he took a long stick and went poking
around in this to see what he could
find. After he had poked a while he
thought he felt something squirm
and digging down he unearthed an
even dozen of as cute young wolves as
you ever saw. These he chucked into
an old gunny-sack and Singing them
over his shoulder hetoted them home
and Monday he had them cashed at
the County Auditors Office, in Au-
dubon.
"Oly" thinks he knows all about
the air ship. Listen and hear him sing :
BRAYToN, April ED. Register:
We are sorry that so many people in
Iowa, and especially at Des Moines,
arr seeing air ships, or German Dew
lis" as they are now called. We
think this is a warning to the Legis-
lature to pass the Manufacturing Bill
and go home. We used to see the air
ship regularly about two years ago.
At that time we got our supplies at
Omaha and Rock Island; now we get
them at the express Office, and see no
more air ships. It is true that il is a
little weak and we cannot get more
than a gallon vile unless we are awful
sick! Oily NELSON.
Death has again invaded our midst
and made another home desolate. This
time the cold hand of death was laid
upon Mrs. Sidney MCGUIRE and last
Monday her spirit winged its way to
that realm beyond the grave. She
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Civilians, who formerly lived
at 0akfield, and had been married to
Mr.. Mcclure a little yer q year, and
leaves a little baby only a few weeks
old. Her father had started On a trip
south and at the time of the lady's
death and burial the friends were I'M
able to locate him. Mrs. Mcclure
was a much loved and respected
woman and had scarcely reached her
twentieth year and her untimely death
falls like a crushing blow upon her
young husband, TO when the entire
community extend heartfelt sympa-
thy. Funeral services were conducted
last Tuesday, at the home, by Profess
sor Brinkerhof and at a grave, in the
Oakfield Cemetery, he spoke words of
sympath and hope to the mother,
bowed down with grief, and to the
sorrowing friends who had followed
her to the grave.
Again death has come in our midst,
this time taking one advanced in years
and the father of a large and respected
family, and n of our Oldest inhabi-
tants. After a prolonged illness OF
over three years, resulting from a
stroke of paralysis, John Calvin Can
non died at his home, in Wiota, on
Saturday afternoon, April II, 1897, at
about four O'Clock, aged 76 years, 4
months And-74days. The funeral was
held Monday, Rev. Stanley, of Allan
tic, conductinducting the last sad rites
and the body was laid to rest in the
Bowen Cemetery by the side of his
two loved children, a son and a
daughter, who had passed to the land
beyond the grave. Mr.. Cannon was
born December 10, 1920, in Stokes
county, North Carolina, moved to
lIndiaasss the age of six years, and
was August l, 1874, to Miss
E1iz4-- ne Walker, a sister of Mr..
Joseph Walker who lives on Trouble
some Greek. To this union was born
eleven children: Loretta, now dead;
; Mrs. ST Clark, Elmore, George, Ben,
John, Jess, Frank, Cass, Joe, Van,
the last named died last fall. Four
sons and a daughter live in this State
and four som reside beyond the Mis-
souri, River. MI. and Mrs. Cannon
remained in Indiana until 1852, when
they came to johnson county, Iowa,
and in 1855 moved to Cass county and
settled on the Troublesome Greek,
where they resided until q few years
ago when they moved to this city.
They were among our oldest settlers,
coming here when the country was
new and thinly settled. Five CT the
: children were small when they came,
the eldest being but ten years old and
the others were born here, and have
grown to manhood and womanhood
! among us. The bereaved family have
the sincere sympathy of this entire
community in their hour of affection.
They were faithful to the last, the
aged wife never leaving the bedside
of her husband during the three years
of hisillness and one or more of the
children being always with them to
assist in caring for their much loved
and honored father.
These resolutions were adopted at
Wiota Lodge, No. 573, 10. G. T., on
April II, 1897:
WHEREAS, II has pleased the ALL
wise and Almighty Father to remove
from this life John Calvin Cannon,
!, father of our honored brother, j. D.
Cannon; therefore be it
Resolved, That we extend our
heartfelt sympathy to- our beloved
brother, j. D. Cannon, and the other
relatives and friends, in this their sad
hour of affection, and that we COM
mend them to the sustaining care of
our Heavenly Father; and be it
ResoIYed, That we send a copy of