The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1899-12-21

BIZ, TlHURs'b!'Al'Y, b
Blue PORTS on the shell and Eittle
Neck; Claims all Christmas week at
Patch's,
Give us your order for dressed poultry
by Friday of this and next week.
w. P. CLARK 4 Co.
The Leon Queensware Co. have plac.
ed arc electric lights in their store room
10 display their big line of queensware
at night.
Mr.. d. T. Attebury and family arrived
last week with a car of household goods
from Harrison county, Texas, and are
doniciled in the Drake property on
Main street.
Claude Beck and wife, are the happy
parents of a ten pound girl born Sunday.
The proud "papa" steps very high and
sticks an unusual amount of type this
week in honor of his first born.
Mrs. McCutchan has received a letter
from her son Sanford, who remained at
Manila when the 5lst Iowa sailed for
home, with the welcome news that he
would sail for home about March the lst
Fennell Bros. of Corydon, were in
Leon yesterday and cried i. B. Nc
Clelland's stock sale. The Fennell bows
are splendid auctioneers and never fail
to get top notch prices tor everything.
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Will Shields and his adopted son Fila
mon, the little Philippine boy whom he
brought back with the 5lst Iowa and
adopted, left Monday for Creston where
they joined the 5lst Iowa Regimental
band and will accompany them on their
tour, of the state. The little native at.
tracts much attention and will be a
good drawing card for the band. They
expect to be gone several months.
The farm residence off. H. Lewis, a
mile west of Leon, came very near being
destroyed ny fire, Thursday night.
The family had retired, big heating
stove downstairs having been filled with
big wood. Some time in the night the
stove door came open and the burning
embers fell on the floor which was soon
in flames. Dan Wilantt was spending
the night with Will Lewis and was
sleeping downstairs, all of the others
being upstairs. The smoke awoke him
and he extinguished the blaze, not how
ever until hole several feet across had
been burned in the floor. 1t was very
fortunate that Mr.. Wilantt was sleeping
downstairs, otherwise the whole house
would nave been on fire before the occu
pants upstairs would llaye discovered
lit.
Almost everybody in Leon and Deca.
tur county viewed the total eclipse Of
the moon last Saturday evening. The
night was especially propitious, though
the earlier stages of the observation
were somewhat clouded. The shadow
of the earth passed slowly across the
face of the moon, the part unobscured
showing gradually as a crescent, quarter
half and full moon as on ordinary
occasions. The shadow was of dull
reddish color, somewhat similar to the
earth shine. When the eclipse was Al
its greatest point of totality, the moor
appeared as sllvery line at the oute
edge. The eclipse began about "A;
o'clock, soon after the moon rose in tn,
east, and was at it's greatest point o
obscuritG about 1885 O'Clock, the las
traces of the shadow Of the earth dis
appearing abont 1890 o'clock.
| Mrs. l.. l.. Corbett, of Emporia, Kan
sas, who will have charge of the Sun
flower Camp at Manitou, Colorado
from June l, to Sept /. is meeting viii
much encouragement and from the out
look the Suntower camp will be BIZ
one. 1t is specially for teachers VIII
desire to spend their summer vacation
among the mountains of Colorado
Low excursion rates have been secure,
and board at Suntower camp will cos
from 1925 TO $500 per week, accordin
| to the length of your stay. Miss Mabe
Horner, of Davis City, is local organize
for Decatur, and adjoining counties an
will give teachers or others any desire
information. A neat eight page pampt
let giving full details and cost, will b
sent to any one applying either to Mr.:
l.. l.. Corbett, 1925 Commercial Street
Emporia, Kansas, or Miss Mabel Hor
ner, Davis City. Iowa.
The big stock of general mer chandis
owned by A. o. Ingram at Mt. Ayr, wa
sold Saturday afternoon at auctio
under the direction of Geo. d. Mccain
temporary trustee. by order of S.
Ethridge, referee in bankruptcy, ant
. was the result of an agreement of credit
ors to have all available property turr
ed into money. The sale began abou
| O'Clock, Attorney Henry O'Neill. {
Omaha, acting as auctioneer. Their
were present many representatives c
wholesale houses, local merchants, al
torneys, and few who were fortunat
enough to get in to see the interesting
scene. After stating the conditions {
the sale, Mr.. O'Neill asked for bids.
l.. Nourse, of Des Moines, started wit
$4,000. Mr.. Lay, of Marshall, Field 1
Co., Chicago, made it $4,000. MI
Mitchell of the John S. Britain DR.
Goods Co., of St. Joseph. said $1l, OOt
Mr.. Holland of Tootle 4 Wheeler, 81
Joseph, put on $500 more. Mr.. La
added 500, and then j. II. Saville, REP
resenting the Mt. Ayr merchants, rails
ed the call to $4,000 After few NOR
$500 bids Mr.. Saville put the mark a
SIS 900. Another bidder unknown t
most of those present, now entered tn
ring. The bidding seemed ended a
} $l6,l76, when Mr.. saville lifted th
price at one jump to $4,000. His OF
ponent promptly responded cone, an
. the sale was over. The successful bid
der laid down two $1,000 bills, as ev
dence that his bid was made in goo
faith, and gave his name to enquirer
as E. A. Holden, of Oshkosh, Wis. H
stated that he did not expect to renal
in Mt. Ayr, but will cut the prices o
+ the Ingram stock in way to move