The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14
Old News.

Mr.. Morris Gardner was the first per.
son to bring in an old Decatur county
paper in response to our request. 1t is
"a copy of the the Leon Weekly News,
dated Jan. IL, 1865. The publishers
were j. T. and q. p. Finley and al.
though the paper was a small four page
sheet, the subscription price is $500 per
year.
Items of local news. were scarce in
those days, but the following will be
interestingly the older citizens.
"Prof. Beck organized lodge of Good
Templars on Saturday evening. We
hope the lodge will be success, for we
all know the field for operation is
large"
1--WE learn from Mr.. Ogden, the agent
Of the Western Stage Go. that daily
line of four horse stages is to be shortly
put on the route from Charlton to Leon,
passing through Garden Grove and
franklin. The principal part of the
mail passing through the southern part
of the state from the east to the west
will take this route. The mail route
from Leon directly east will not be dis
continued, but the mail is to be carried
in two horse coaches as heretofore"
"ATTENTIoN CENTER DRAGooNs-Capt.
II. Ii. Walkers company OF Mounted
Infantry will meet for drill in Leon,
Jan. 2lst at II o'clock.
By order of the Captain.
j. w. BERGER, o. S.
''The new brick house being erected
for store room, on the corner of Com.
mercial and Nam street, by friend Cas-
ter, is proceeding towards completion.
1t begins to look like house and when
finished will be credit to the builder,
owner and town."
"The board of supervisors have made
an appropriation of $500 to build a
bridge over Weldon river, on the road
from Garden Grove to Franklin and
Leon. H. Brown, s. p. Mcneil and A.
b. Stearns are appointed a committee
to build the same as cheaply and as
quickly as possible. This is as it should
be as the bridge will accommodate not
only majority of citizens of our coun-
ty, but many in the counties west of us,
who haul merchandise from Eddyville
and other places in the east.
There is an account of the wedding of
John T. Finley jr. to Miss Jennie G.
Miller, at the residence of Geo. w. Hale,
the ceremony being performed by Rev.
j. y. Porter.
An obituary notice of Mrs. J. P. Fin.
ley appeared in this issue.
The weekly market report corrected
by Richards & Hale gives the following
prices: floor per hundred 81. 90; corn meal
bushel $l.25; wheat ST 90 to $l.25; oats
40 cents; corn $500; potatoes ST. 90; hay
$1,000 per ton; bacon Is cents; ham %
cents; beef B to cents; nails l23 cents:
sorghum Is to $1.0O per gallon; coffee
60 cents pound; sugar 80 TO SIS cents
per pound; rice 224 cents: dried apples
20 cents; dried peaches rs cents; honey
l5 cents; butter rs cents; eggs Is cents.
Among the advertisers were Richards
& Hale, general merchandise; Charles s.
Stout, druggist; Sales & Burton, general
merchandise; M. H. Wood, boots and
shoes; John Patterson, harness: James
NJ. Coffin, photograph gallery and lew
elery; Harrow & Frederick, general
merchandise; Il. w. Jenree. hotel at
Decatur City; Joseph Lockwood, wagon
shop; Jacob Courtleyon, blacksmith;
Samuel Forrey, John w. and ]. S, War
ner attorneys; j. A. Snyder, tailor; p.
NJ. Patterson hotel and stage Office; A.
s. Updegraf, harness and shoes; B. r.
Raft, physician; Mrs. E. Mullinnix,
millinery; Y. r. Porter, ieweler.
At that time the county officials we're:
State senator, G. g. Bridges; representa-
tive, J. Il. Andrew; county Judge, l.. N.
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