Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-11


The Chief Burgess of Milesburg,
Pennsylvania, says DeWitt's Little
Early Risers are the best pills he ever
used in his family during forty years
of housekeeping. They cure constipa-
ton, sick headache and stomach and
liver troubles. Small in size but great
in results. G. w. Houston.
About the best piece of wheat we
have heard of is Dwight Vests, a
mile or two south of town. Charley
Radcliff went down there with his
fine new machine and threshed out
four hundred bushels in exactly
four hours, the piece averaging a
tritle over twenty-five bushels to the
acre.
Henry Tibben. of Audubon town.
ship, alighted at the Woodward black
smith shop, Tuesday afternoon, and
went into the shop to get some shoes
to tit on his team. He got the shoes
and came out into the road where his
team was and was in the act of reach
ing down to lift one of the horses feet
kicked, throwing Henry ten feet away
"Ao iehooiAhS AIi1 UBIQUITOUS tOF a
passing moment. Kind hands assisted
him into the shop where he was soon
himself again, but Henry will have
lame side for some time.
The Democrats of the Fifteenth Ju-
dicial district of Iowa will meet in
delegate convention at the Court House
in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the twenty
fifth day of August, 1898, at ten O clock
a. m. for the purpose placing in NOM
inatiOn three candidates for the office
of District Judge. The counties COM
prised in said district will be entitled
to representation in said convention
by the number Of delegates as follows:
Audubon s
Fremont IS
Montgomery Observation-Disclosures 8
rage 10
PottaWattamie %
Shelby IL
The week past was cooler than usu-
al, and generally showery. The aver
age temperature ranged from 80 to so
below the normal. The showers ex-
tended to all parts of the state, but the
amount of rainfall was widely variable
ranging from less than inch to above
five inches. Phenomenally heavy
measurements are reported from the
west central, northwest and north
central districts.
The drouth is broken, with great
benefit to corn, late potatoes, pastures
and other late maturing crops. Thresh-
ing and stacking operations were de-
layed, and grain in shock has been in
danger of damage by wet weather.
The reports generally have more
cheerful tone in relation to the corn
crop, which with favorable conditions
in the future now gives promise of a
full average output for the state at
large. Threshing returns, so far as re-
ceived, indicate above an average yield
of wheat, rye and barley. Oats var
liable, but likely to make an average.
The following clipping was handed
us by Mr.. Leonard Farley who resides
a couple of miles south of Extra, and
relates to the manner of his fathers
death, which occurred several years
ago and the subsequent fate of the
murderer:
Just now story is going the rounds
of the discovery in Hawaii by Minis
ter Willis of remarkable preacher
named Desha, who is supposed to be
relative of the Desha family of Ken
lucky. On the alleged authority of
Minister Willis it is stated that he is a
son or lineal descendant of Governor
Desha's son, who was convicted of
murder, but was pardoned by his faith
er. The young man was said to have
gone to New Orleans, where he at
tempted to rob man on the street. He
was recognized by kentuckian, who
gave him the means to go to Hawaii,
where he married native woman. In
a little volume entitled "Texas Let
tersn, written by w. B. Devices, an
early settler in Texas from Kentucky,
and compiled and published in 1858 by
Cara Cardelle, there is full account
of the fate of young Desha, who was
pardoned by his father, Governor
Desha. Joseph Desha was governor
of Kentucky from 1924 to 1926 and it
was his son that killed the father of
Mr.. Early about the close of his faith
er's term of office. Devices wrote to
friend in kentucky telling of the muir
der of man named Thomas Farley
vi DIV" II aSouHVy Ollto, NY Ullc SUI Ol
Governor Desha-he spelt the name
DeShay-of Kentucky. According to
his story young man calling himself
Parker came to his house in San
Antonio and stayed there until he was
arrested for the murder of Farley, who
had started for New Orleans with
Desha and was never heard of again.
Farley had large sum of money and
Parker was plentifully supplied with
money when he reached San Antonio.
Devices was one of the party of men
who found the body of Farley where
he had been killed. Parker, who turn
ed out to be Desha, was tried, convict
ed and condemned, but died before the
day of execution. The story credited
to Minister Willis is incorrect or Mr..
Devices was mistaken in the indentity
of the Texas murderer. The latter is
not likely, as the story of Desha Great
ed great deal of comment and was
probably fully verified at the time.
The Hawaiian Desha may be a relative
of the Kentucky Deshas, but he is not
the lineal descendant of the Kentucky
fugitive and native woman"