The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-09

Billy Crowfoot.
Miss Dashaway.
Picture frames made any size to order
at Runners.
Do not buy meat until you see ours
and get prices.
w. P. CLARK & Co.
Special pension examiner John r.
Grace, Of Charlton, is in the CITY on
official business.
Ovens, the produce buyer, will buy
your eggs and pay cash for them. Get
his prices before selling.
Sell your poultry of all kinds to A. B.
Owens, opposite New Hamilton hotel.
lie pays top cash prices.
Q. @. Beck has moved into the Chas-
tain property on west Commercial street.
where he lived before going into the
hotel.
Aunt Phoebe Craft. of Long Creek
township, one OF the oldest residents of
the county died Sunday, and was buried
on Monday.
A called meeting of the Library Board
on next Tuesday evening, May Ia. Some
important business to finish up and
full attendance requested.
CARRIE HYATT, Librarian.
Word comes from Dekalb that Jeff
Blades who is boring deep we'll on his
farm mile and half north of DeKalb
has struck three and a half foot vein
OF coal at depth of $50 feet.
can still furnish a few settings of
Buff plymouth Rock and Light Bramah
eggs from the best pens in the county.
36-4t I W D.Ip
Utility Farm, one mile east of Leon.
Lee You, the Chinaman who came
here few weeks ago and started laun-
dry did not secure enough patronage
ana closed his business Monday, return.
ing to his former location at Fairfield
Tuesday.
w. 5. Chandler last week sold his 60
acre farm just west of Leon to Peter
Cruikshank for $50 per acre. and then
turned around and bought the John
Stewart 81 acre farm two miles west of
Leon for $24OO.
w. Fl. Hazlet last week sold one of
his fine young Red Poll calves to c. w.
Beck, of Kellerton, for $75, although
it was only born last September. Pretty
good price for seven month old calf.
but that is the kind Mr.. Hazet raises
WANTED-Man for county superin.
tendent office position. Salary $75 per
month; office expen.e and commission.
Permanent opening. References and
$2OO cash security required. Address
g. II. SHERWOOD,
State Superintendent, Creston, Iowa.
Geo, Snyder, the we'll known section
foreman of the K. & w. at Grand River
died Monday from blood poisoning. In
some manner while working he received
slight scratch on one of his fingers and
at al, hrst paid no attention to it. Last
remained so until his death Monday
monday morning. He was highly 70.
selected citizen and leaves a wife and
family.
Recently the town council passed a
resolution allowed reward of $500 to
the first man with team who
reached the engine house and hauled
the engine to fire when an alarm was
sounded. Frank Garrett was the first
man to earn the reward by hauling the
engine to the fire at VIM. Lanpreder's
Thursday evening, but the fire was ont
by the time the engine reached the
Presbyterian church.
In all stages af Nasal Catarrh there
should be cleanliness. As experience
proves, Ely's Cream Balm Is cleanser.
soother and healer of the diseased mem.
brane. 1t is not drying nor irritating,
and does not produce sneezing. Price
5O cents at druggists or it will be mailed
by Ely brothers, Sc Warren ST., N. Y.
Upon being placed into the nostrils it
spreads over the membrane and relief is
Immediate. 1t is an agreeable cure.
The Tingley Vindicator reports a
knock down fight between neighbors
recently which resulted from one lone
chicken trespassing on nice little gar
den. The owner of the garden killed
the chicken and the owner of the
chicken attempted to kill the owner of
the garden but got decidedly worsted in
the melee. The man who killed the
chicken paid fine for fighting and the
two families are not on speaking terms.
All take warning and save trouble by
penning up your chickens.
Charley Mills, who vas convicted of
he crime of burglary at Des Moines last
September and sentenced to one wear in
the Fit. Madison penitentiary was parol.
ed by Governor Shaw Monday, having
served half his sentence and made a
good record as prisoner. The crime
was the stealing of buggy from a
ware house of the Blue Line Transfer
Co., by whom he was employed. Char
ley Mills Is an old Leon boy and MANY
friends here sincerely hope that he will
redeem himself and make an honorable
and upright citizen.
Mrs. A. M. Pryor returned yesterday
from Des Moines where she has been for
the past two weeks with her daughter
Maud, who was operated on at the new
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