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the east part of town, resumed her
school work again Monday at the Lone
Star.
/ w. II. holland, who is teaching near
Floris, spent Saturday and Sunday at
his home in Albany.
Allen Ward left Wednesday for Kan
sas.
ALI West recently sold his farm west
of town to his brother, Willard West.
Charlie Benson has completed new
barn.
J. A. Collins transacted business in
Ottumwa Friday.
f. A. holland made a flying trip into
Monroe county the first of the week.
Samuel Morrison passed through AL
bany Sunday, enroute for Hopewell.
Roy Miller was in Albany the 18th
Inst.
Rev. Hollowell, of the Christian
church, will occupy the pulpit in the
U. B. church Friday evening, November
II.
Roe Raison and wife, of Unionvllle,
visited friends at this place Saturday
Minerva Simmons, whose ankle was
broken over seven weeks ago, is again
able to walk.
]. b. Collins and son. George, COM
pleted contract of huslling TAO bush
els of corn for Paris Smith Wednesday.
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MARTINSRuRG.

Martinsburg, Nov. 15.-At the last
election this STEADY RUM township
gave the largest republican majority it
has given for many years.
Corn huslling is the order of the day.
There is great deal of the corn that
is not worth the cribbing. Inc early
freeze injured it.
A fine piano came to the johnson
Graves home last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon White celebrated
their silver wedding Saturday evening,
the 18th.
Arthur Davis, of sigourney, visited
at the parental home Sunday.
o. NJ. Ogden, an old citizen of Mar
tinsburg, has moved his family to Fair
field. We are sorry to lose them, for
they are most estimable family.
The citizens of this vicinity gave
Herb Riggs, of the Fifty-frst regiment,
a grand reception.
G. G. Croker, of Sigourney, visited
last week at the d. F. Croker home.
Rev. j. L. Van Wrinkle, superintend-
ent of the children's home of Des
Moines, preached at the NJ. E. church
Sunday
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OF this city will be grieved to learn
that he will not begin his work here
the LIST of December as was intended,
the congregation at 'Keota having re-
fused to accept his resignation. b
Some OF the more unsteady inclined
people of Charlton under the guidance
of Miss Edith Brandt are attempting
to organize a musical club here as a
branch of the Chicago society. The
club will be a study club for the pur-
pose of studying aud exemplifying the
leading musical authors and their
compositions and will be great help
to all musicians.
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BATAVIA.

Batavia, Nov. 16-The many friends
of Rev. Lee Walker will be pleased to
know that he is again a resident of:
Batavia, having moved his family from
Brighton to this place last week. <
Anumher of the Woodmen from Ba-.
tavid attended the funeral of Mrs. John
Kreigh at Bladensbnrg Tuesday.
I Mrs. Ida Murray, who died at her
home in Bladensburg Tuesday morn-
ing, was n sister of Mrs. Rhoda Cope
land of this place.
Miss Stella Harris returned last week
from an extended wish with relatives
in. Nebraska.
James Alverson is attending school
in Batavia.
I Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Mason, of Green
Mountain, passed through town last
week from Fairfield where they had
been visiting Mrs. Mason's mother.
Charlie Golf is building an addition
to his house.
A number of the Agency young peo-
pie attended the social last Saturday
evening, given by the ladies of the NJ.
e. church.
Mr.. Nelson has his new store room
about completed.
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WHITE ELM.

White Elm, Nov. 15.-Mrs. Amanda
Hicks is visiting friends at Belknap.
Mrs. G. w. Hollen visited in Eldon
one day last week
John Miller, of Kansas, is here at the
parental Miller home.
Claude Algire is plastering G. W. Hol-
lens house this week.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Life Davis, a
'ten-pound boy, Nov. 10.
{ Miss Bertha NicClockey and Miss
Bertha Hollen spent Sunday with Miss
es May and Birdie Carroll
Several from here attended the house.
warming at c. c. Rodgers, Saturday ev-
ening.
Preaching, services at White Elm
were largely attended Sunday morn
ing.
Ed Michael has his new dwelling
completed.
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KlRKyILLE,

Kirkville, Nov. 16.-J. w. Ellsworth
was business caller at Bladensburg
last week.
DR.. William Abegg aud John Cole,
who have recently been prospecting for
coal on their farms, two and half
miles southeast of town, have found n
five and half foot vein of excellent
coal, but what will be done we are un-
able to say. Mr.. Cole is putting down
another hole on his farm.
Last Sunday night two couples of
Kirlsville's young people concluded to
go to Cedar to ATTEND church, but rs
the fates would have ii there was no
service there, SO they retraced their,
journey homeward, hoping to get back
home i'll time for church, but fate was
again against them, for when they re-
tined tie church house was Iahtless
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FREMONT.

Fremont, Nov. 16.-The funeral of
Jason McFall was largely attended. A
delegation from the b. OF r. L. lodge
attended the remains and stayed to the
services.
Rev. rennent attended the district
conference at Richland Wednesday,.
Del McMickle, who has been with
j. r. Dale & Co., in the general store,
for couple of years, has gone to Mel
bourne to assist Ed Bishop in the same
business.
DR.. Dye terminated his visit with his
uncle, DR.. Krout, and started, Tuesday,
to drive to Ohio to his home, where he
will establish 4 practice.
Miss Mabel Heith, of Audubon, is Wis
iting her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. l.. Caves.
The new bank building is going up
rapidly.
NAL Mt Cedar Falls, beginning the win
ter term.
L. L. Byron and Chas. Dinsmore
We're in Ottumwa on business Mon
day.
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HAYEsvILLE.

Hayesville, Nov. 16.-Alrs. Martha
Winget returned last week from Rose
Hill whre she has been attending the
golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Luth-
er Tanner. Mrs. Winget and Mrs. Tam
ner are sisters.
Mrs. Charley Dunn and sons, of Del
tn, visited in Hayesville over Sunday.
Rogers and Terrill. of Sigourney are
drilling deep we'll for Sam Knowles.
Chester Beall. the 9-year-old son OF
Mrs. Nora Beall, fell off of pile of
rails, breaking his arm above and be-
low the elbow, and also breaking one
finger. The boy is getting along very
we'll.
John Chase had barn raising FRI
day.
This week will about finish the corn
gathering in this vicinity. All report
a fair yield.
Rev. Dillon and wife. of Martinsburg,
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Crabbe
Thursday.
Born, Nov. s, to Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin
Utterback, daughter.
Nj. Fischer is building lat
32N4S feet. Mr.. Fischer is ;t-enter-
prising German farmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Updegraff, of Martins
burg, We're passing through Hayes
vile last Sunday evening on their way
home from Sigourney. AS they were
in front of DR.. Grimes residence rum
away team dashed into their carriage,
throwing the occupants out. Miss
Rosa Grimes had three ribs broken.
Grandma Beasley returned last Fri-
day to the home of her daughter. Mrs.
G. b. Mcmillan, after q months vis-
it with her brothers in Searsboro,
Poweshiell county.
Z. A. Beach and D. L. Eldridge will
dispose OF their personal property this
week at public sale aud willleave next
week for Arkansas. where they will
make their future home. These two
families leave q hest of friends behind
them.
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ABINGDON.

Abingdon, Nov. 16.-Dr. and Mrs.
Fleener, of Oskaloosa, visited over Sun.
day with James Cline. Little Miss Ell.
ma, who has been visiting here, re-
turned with them.
Elder Lee Walker, of Brighton, filed
his regular appointment at the Chris
tan church Sunday.
Mrs. N. L. Downey, who has been
quite i'll, is improving.
Herbert Riggs, who has just return.
ed from the Philippine Islands, is vis-
iting relatives at this place. Herbert
says there is no place like home.
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SELMA.

Selma, Nov. 13.-John F. Nedrow has
traded his property in Batavia to S. c..
Ellis, for his house and lot here, paying
the difference in value in cash. The
property obtained by Mr.. Nedrow in
this transaction is one of the incest in
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Overturff. of Os-
kaloosa, visited at Selma Saturday.
a sheep man, of Mt. Pleasant, bought
500 head of w. E. Baldwin, on the 10th
inst.
David Owens and T. NJ. Lewis, OF
Given, are here on quail hunt, the
guests of G. d. Overturtf.
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COLLETT.

Collett, Nov. 16.-A nice rain fell
here Monday night.
Fred Gallup and wife are the proud
parents of ten pound boy, born Tues
day of last week.
Cora Elliott is home from Stockport
where she has been teaching school.
NJ. L. Elliott will move into his new
house this week.
D. c. Leppo shipped car of hogs
from this place to Ottumwa Tuesday.
Meetings are still going on at He
bron.
Several horses passed through this
place on their way to the great horse
sale at Fairfield.
Walter Thompson has bought the
John Robertson farm near here.
Corn shucking is almost completed.
Mrs. Abe Rodabaugh is on the sick
list.
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Milton, were, brought here Saturday to
the home of Mrs. Albert Middleton,a and
Inferred Sunday in the Drakesville
cemetery. Mr.. Middleton was for
mer resident of this place and was well
known in the community.
Misses Lizzie, Lou and Inez Harbour
attended the reception given to d. l..
Bunten in Drakesville Wednesday ev-
ening.
Mrs. Myra Morris and daughter, AL
lie were Moulton visitors last week.
George Livingston and family, of
Sherman Chapel, were visitors Sunday
at the VIM. Pickett home.
Miss Nellie Cree, who has been stay
ing in Bloomfield for some time, came
home Saturday evening to stay.
c. S. Richardson, of Moulton, who
has taken G. W. Wares place as as
sistant agent here, was visitor Sum
day in Moulton at the parental J. Rich
ardson home.
j. w. Miller was business visitor
to Ottumwa Saturday evening.
Rev. Millice announced Sunday that
Rev. Blakeslee, of Mt. Pleasant, would
speak here Sunday, Nov. 26, at p. m.
on educational topics.
Rev. H. C. Ethel, of Bloomfield, ac-
companied Rev. II. c. Millice here
Sunday.
Captain A. Warrington and wife, of
Shunem, We're visitors yesterday at
Mrs. Mary Sharon's.
Mesdames Samuel Wells, John Eber-
line and Walter Bell and Miss Corda
Rankin were received into member
ship in the NJ. +. church yesterday,
the latter two being taken in on pro-
baton.
j. G. Thompson returned home Sat
urday night from Lewiston, Idaho,
where he has been at work, and left
this morning for Charlton where he
has been employed to build barn.
Charley Skinner attended a box sup
periat Mrs. McCarty's Saturday night.
j. L. Mum and family, visited Sun
day at V. D. Bells. Mr.. Mum is on
the road for the Morrison Plow Co.,
of Fit. Madison. Mrs. Mum and chill
dren have been staying at the parental
j. L. Mum home.
Grove visited Saturday night with Mr..
and Mrs. Will Pickett.
Mrs. Diana Myers and children were
Bloomfield visitors last week.
John Housley and wife, of brakes
vile visited Sunday with w. NJ. Will
liams and family. j.,
r. r.. Guile, of Moulton, visited here
Saturday night with his daughter Mrs.
Myra Morris. -
John Eckland and wife of brakes
vile. visited Sunday with Mrs. Thos.
Caldwell and family and also attended
services at the NJ. +. church. u
Mrs. J. NJ. Mccormick and daughter
Irene left Saturday morning for Luc-
erne, No., to visit Mrs. S. II. King
| insmith.
DIR. c. H. Cronk, of Keokuk, visited
j. NJ. Mccormick and family last week.
Mrs. Aaron Gray and father An
drew Guile left Thursday for an eN-
tended visit with relatives and friends
in Missouri aud Kansas.
Miss Maude Mccormick attended the
reception given at Draliesville lass
Wednesday night in honor of Dick
Button h IL, "a Is. ~ e .ss
Jesse Mccormick was on the sick
| list last week having been poisoned on
his hands and arms.
Miss Della Rough, of MaNburg, is
visiting her uncle Aaron Gray and
family 4A
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CONIPETINE,

Competine, Nov. 16.-Jesse Brion
closed his school at the Deuser schoo
house Friday and is going to Cedal
Falls to attend school this winter.
Rella May Bortotf was born Oct. II,
1s76, near Sellersburg, Ind, and re-
moved to Iowa with her widowed
mother when about years of age. She
was married to James A. Hucl1leberry
Oct. %, 1896, and died Nov. ii, 1899.
She leaves husband, two children.
mother, two brothers and three sis
tiers to mourn her loss. She was a
kind and loving wife and mother. The
bereaved ones have the sympathy of
the entire community.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. III. White We're most
happily surprised Saturday evening by
about 100 of their friends assembling
at their home to help them celebrate
their twenty-ffth wedding anniversa-
~. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. w. II. Dillon after which the
bride and groom We're presented with a
fine silver tea set. After supper the
evening was spent in music rendered
by the Marainsburg orchestra. aud reci-
tations delivered by the Misses Sadie
Hook, Nora Hawthorne and Marie
Schulz.
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BENTONSPORT.

Bentonsport, Nov. 16.-Theodore Gas
ton returned to his home at Vernon,
Saturday, after winter at Ward,
Colo.
George McElroy, residing north of
town, shot chicken thief Monday
night. He escaped in covered wagon.
Postmaster Henry Fulton made a
business trip to Keosauqua, Wednes-
day.
Miss Clara Corns returned home Sat-
urday from Bonaparte.
Mrs. Alonzo Barber was taken to the
Mt. Zion poor farm tuesday, having no
one to contribute to her support.
Geo. W. Seward spent Sunday with
his. family, returning to his mill at
Milton on Monday.
Miss Cora Stevens entertained a
crowd of young people Tuesday even
ing, to witness the meteoric dis
play.
LEBANON.
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BELKNAP,

Bellsnap, Nov. Isl. A. Allen has
been on the sick list for the last week.
Miss Bessie Shaffer, of Lockwood,
Mo-, arrived here last Tuesday evening
for visit with her sister, Mrs. John
Combs. She expects to go from here
to Alexis, Illinois, where she will visit
at the parental b. B. Shaffer home.
Mrs. Hamilton, of, Gerard, Illinois, az
tended SUNDAY school services Mt the
Congregational church Sunday morn
ing. He came here from business
trip to st. Louis.
Much interest is being awakened in
this vicinity in regard to the Sunday,
school convention. tits thought there
will he good attendance.
Miss L. Harbour visited. the brakes
vile school last week.
The three months winter term of
school began Monday morning at the
Harbour with Eliza Beadle as teacher.
Miss Cora Worrell was Bloomfield
visitor last week.
The remains of Mr.. Middleton, of
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MUNTERyILLE.

Munterville, Nov. 16.-John Oval, a
prosperous farmer, finished husking
corn week ago, being the first farm
er TO finish husking in this neighbor-
hood. His corn crop averaged GO BUSH
els of good solid corn per acre.
A number of Munterpille people at
tended G. Il. Johnson's sale, near OF
tumwa, last Saturday, the 18th.
lake Anderson is husking corn for
VIM. Chisman, near Ottumwa.
e.F. Swanson is building new house
for Nels Swenson. 1t will be almost
exactly like the house which was there
before.
F. Springer, from South ottumwa,
was seen in our village one day last
week.
Even Pearson, who is renting Mr..
Pearson's farm, finished husking Sat
urday.
Mrs. Fulgman went to his other farm
near Ottumwa yesterday, to remain a
few DAYS getting things in shape for
the winter.
Stella Orval is visiting for few
days with Mabel Johnson, near, Ottum-
wa f
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DAHLONEGA.

Dahlonega, Nov. 16.-A daughter was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. John Fugue on
the 18th inst.
A literary society was organized here
last week. The first regular meeting
will be held at the school house next
Thursday night.
H. L. Trout and Walter Mccoy went
to Fairfield the first of the week to at
tend the horse sale at that place, and
make sale OF some of their horses.
Rev. John HASTE filled his regular
appointment at this place last Sun
day.
Henry Kreoger Went to Ottumwa
Sunday, after spending several days at
his home here. He is in very poor
health and will stay with his sister,
Mrs. Rose.
Vim. Martsching has almost COM
pleted his handsome new residence and
will soon move into it. When finished it
will be one of the most commodious
homes in the vicinity.
Fl. D. Thomas is thought to be slight
ly improved, although still very
weak,
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FLOIIIS.

Floris, Nov. 15.-John Strickland and
son, Paul, of st. Joe, Mo-, arrived in
this city Monday evening.
Willie Quigley, of Osknloosa came in
on No. 16 Tuesday to visit relatives and
friends.
Cal Cory and family, of Bloomfield,
We're Floris visitors Tuesday.
Little Hugh Box, who had his leg
broken some time ago, is now able to
be about town by the aid of his crutch-
eS.
Miss Edith Sloan is still on the sick
list.
Willie Smith, of Drakesville, is visit
ing relatives here.
Arthur Manner and family, of Drak-
esville, visited at al Hudson's Thurs
day.
Mrs. Wesley Thompson is visiting rel
atives at Belknap.
Mrs. Thomas Mcclure, of Bloomfield,
arrived Saturday evening to visit
friends here.
Rev. Millice, of Drakesville, accom-
panied by Rev. Ethel, of Bloomfield,
held services in the Baptist churche
here Sunday evening.
Messrs. Herbert and George McVey,
Misses Ida Strickland and Lille Crist
spent Sunday at A. Fiddler's,, five
miles east of here, Sunday.
Miss Cora Lyons is on the sick list.
Rev Miller, pastor of the Baptist
church at Eldon, will preach at the
Baptist church here next Monday and
Tuesday evenings.
Mr., Hood, of Washington Ga.) is
building an addition to Mr.. Simon's
house, occupied by Henry Thomp-
son.
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Run over an d Killed

McGregor, Nov. 15.--A man named
Farmer was run over and killed by
Milwaukee switch engine in the yards
NJ North Mcqregor Saturday evening.
The engineer said be first observed the
man lying on the track just before the
engine struck him.
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wOOLsON.

Woolson, Nov. 15.--Meader johnson
is suffering from carbuncle.
Miss Carrie Pringle, who has been
quite ill, is convalescing.
w. ii. McCrackens We're trading in
Fairfield last Saturday.
w. D. Hadley has moved into the
house recently vacated by Oscar Hob
son.
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and empty. So they murmured, asuch

and empty. SO they murmured, "such
is life."
The above is not an item of news, but
is simply too good to keep. The fol-
lowing is also 4 good one: 1t seems n
couple of our fair young ladies', one a
resident of our village, and the other
a resident of the fair country in the
east. have been having dreams OF far
off Sweden land, and Il couple of DAYS
ago started north and got as far as
OslSaloosa, where they found the OBJ
jecss of their search. In other words,
they went to see their fellows. who
promised to bring them home to their
mammals this week.
William Graham, our mail carrier
to the station, has a new cover to his
hack, which will add comfort and con-
venience to himself and passengers.
Miss Sallie Wilson, our postmistress,
is on the sick list, and the postoffice is
IN charge of L. d. McGlasson.
W. S. Pelham departed Monday ev-
ening last for Rapids City, South
Dakota, to look after his mining inter-
estS.
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BLOOMFIELD.

Bloomfield, Nov. 14.-Clay Blough,
of Ottumwa, is visiting friends and rel
atives in this city.
Walter Milligan, of Pulaski, was a
Sunday guest in this city.
The remains of Mrs. Abe Smith. of
Mark, who died last week under very
circumstances, were ex-
humed at Coatsville on Saturday for
postmortem examination. The stom-
ach was brought to this place for eS-
animation but at the present writing
the results have not been made public.
Miss Nina Kinnick left Monday
morning for Des Moines where she
will spend several days as the guest of
Mrs. Nellie Noble.
Miss Maggie Moier, aged "a, died at
the county farm on Saturday night.
The remains We're inferred in the Les
ter graveyard Monday afternoon.
G. L. Pennington left Saturday for
a business trip to Fairfield where he
will remain several weeks.
Mrs. Spencer, of Oskaloosa, is visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Rominger.
Mrs. +. Richardson and Mrs. Chas.
Willard, of Weaver, spent several days
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Da-
vies.
Mrs. Lillian Faeth, of Sioux City,
who has spent the past three weeks
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Plank, returned to her home
on Friday.
Mrs. S. f. Mcconnell has returned
from Dakota where she has been visit
ing her sister. Mrs. r. Hardy.
DR.. w. W. Perry, of Lancaster, Mo-,
spent Sunday in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Higbee have return
ed from Leon and will make their
home here for the present.
Rev. Abrahamson, of Oelwein, will
hold a series of revival meetings at
the Baptist church this week.
Tom Afoler, of Centeryille, spent
Monday with relatives in this place
where he was called by the death OF
his sister, Maggie.
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KEB.

Keb, Nov. 15.-The band boys gave
a concert and supper at the school
house on Saturday night which was
largely attended. a. good prosfaiI.
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wlNCHEsTER

Winchester, Nov. 15-Saturday even
ing occurred the death of Grandma
Fordyce, an old and respected citizen of
this community. She was buried Mon
day in the Fordyce cemetery. She was
about so years old and was living with
her daughter, Mrs. Aaron Work
man.
Elijah Walker had light stroke of
paralysis last Tuesday evening. He
is some better at this writing.
Mr.. Nichols has moved onto the farm
vacated by Mr.. Cleat.
Geo. Mendenhail and John Coz had
a side hunt the 4th OF the mon,a. The
first named was the victor. Mrs. Lam
DIES prepared the supper.
Charles Iandes' team ran away in
the cornfield the other day. They ran
through a wire fence and broke the
wagon, but luckily the horses escaped
with only slight cuts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Manning and SOD,
of Keosauqua, were out to see their
daughter, Mrs. Nichols, last Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. John Barker, of near Bloom
field spent a few days recently with
her sister, Mrs. Whitecanack.
Hurrah for old Van Buren,! She
elected the entire republican ticket.
HILLsBORO.
Hillsboro, Nov. i15.-Rex Graves re-
turned to Iowa City Tuesday, after
spending a few days at home.
Prof. Parker and wife were Salem
callers tuesday.
Mrs. Alton and daughter Ora, visit
ed with friends in Libertyville Wednes-
day.
Leo Percival returned to Mt. Pleasant
Saturday after spending week at
home,
Lester Bailey and family. of Mt.
Pleasant, visited with friends at this
place Tuesday.
cation, Mr.. Butler taking his place at
the depot.
DR.. Virgins and wife We're Mt.
Pleasant callers Thursday.
Rev. Osburn filed the pulpit at the
Christian church Saturday evening.
Ray Coleman and family visited with
friends in Mt. Pleasant Monday.
Everett Early returned home from
Dakota Friday, where he has been for
the past few months.
Miss Edna Percival, of Mt. Pleasant,
spent Sunday at home.
Joshua Harlan and family, of Mt.
Pleasant, are moving their household
goods to this place, where they intend
making their home.
Miss Martha Ferree was Mt. Pleas
ant caller Thursday. .,s.,.,.... ( :.
Ed Holiday and Miss Belle Taylor
were united in marriage at Mt. Pleasant
Wednesday, Nov. 9 The young couple
are well known in and around Hills
bOro