The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-11-22

Mrs. Edith Ryan and daughter Sara
arrived home Saturday from two
months .sojourn through Ohio, Indi-
ana and nlinois,l where they have
been visiting among friends and rel
atives.
Sigourney News:7 Miss Nellie N.
Fisher, daughter of Josiah Fisher,
died in Ell Paso, Texas, October 81 of
tuberculosis. he was born in Oska-
loosa January "a, 1868. She used to
be resident of Sigourney.
L. L. Warburton leaves to-day for
Ogden, Utah, where he expects to
remain permanently, going into the
auctioneer business--in that city. We
are sorryIto lose this good citizen and
wish him well in his new home.
The corner stone of the new build
ing at.the Iowa State Normal school
in Cedar Falls was laid last week with
appropriate exercises. The address
of the occasion was delivered by Rev.
A. Cato Kaye, of the Congregational
church of this city, and was an excep-
tionally.fine talk.
New Sharon Star: A letter received
a few days ago from Pasadena, Gall
fornia, states that DR.. Hodge, for
merly of Oskaloosa, died there re-
Gently of diabetis. He had been a
resident of Pasadena since 1887, and
had built up great practice and
considerable fortune.
VIII Beckman arrived home Satur-
day evening. Mr.Beckman has been
playing the clarionet for the Ringing
Brothers circus leading band, and
has enjoyed prosperous and pleac-
ant season. He has travelled with the
organization from ocean to ocean and
from Canada..to Mexico.
Jerry Mansfield and family, of Rock
Island, spent Sunday with relatives
and friends in the city. Jerry is an
old time Oskaloosa boy who is always
a welcome caller here. He is now
one of the head engineers on the main
line of the Rock Island road and is
meeting with deserved success.
DR.. ]. E. Brown departed to-day
for Ames where he has been invited
by DR.. Repp, who is at the head of
the veterinary department, to dem
onstrate an operation and give lee
ture. From there he will go to Oma-
ha to attend the Iowa-Nebraska State
Veterinary association, to be held at
the Merchants Hotel, on Tuesday
and Wednesday. DIR. Brown is pres
ident of this organization.
Marshalltown Times-Republican:
Frank A. Benjamin, one of Marshall
towns persistent gold-seekers and
prospectors in Alaska, arrived home
at 4:30 this morning from Seattle,
where he recently landed from Nome
City, after a summer of prospecting
and caring for extensive business in
terests. Mr.. Benjamin says Nome
City is the garden spot of Alaska and
is without doubt the richest section
in the world. He has seen the gold
himself and knows of the productive
ness of the soil. Mr.. Benjamin says
that 50, 900, 900 worth of gold has been
taken from the Nome district this
year, while last year, when the great
boom started the yield was 81, 900, 900.
One of the most happy social events
10 the history of Muchakinock was
the celebration on Saturday night Of
the crystal wedding anniversary of
Mr.. andj Mrs. Martin L. Crowder.
About thirty people gathered at their
hospitable home and enjoyed the oc-
casion thoroughly with the bride and |
groom. An elegant supper was served |
and music and good fellowship were |
present in abundance. Mr.. and Mrs. |
Crowder were the recipients of many |
beautiful remembrances of the occa-
sion, the presents being chiefly of cut
glass. Mrs. Crowder's maiden name
was Miss Katie Kennedy, and her
former home was in Kansas. She
and Mr.. Crowder were married in the
Christian parsonage in Oskaloosa, by
Rev. A. NJ. Haggard, November II,
1885. Their fifteen years Of married
life have been filed with good cheer
and prosperity, and they have no re-
grets Of 1.-THE past. -Four children
have come to gladden. their house
hold: Elsie, Gertie, Lovinia and
Ansie Martin. The guests present
were: Messrs. and Mesdames G. w.
Watkins, F. p. Brewer, w. r. Vance,
Sam Page, B. +. Phillips, Albert Long,
Steven Belzer, M. II Davidson, Wash
Workman, Misses Ollie Brantner,
Grace Belzer, Matte BeIzer, Maggie
Vance and Emma Teas, Mrs. John
Messrs. George Schwartz,
Frank Rutan, Forest Johnson, Albert
Belzer, Richard Penders and L. M.
Hadley. II