The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-03-07
Leighton.

a few days recently.
Pothoven & Vrolyk retained W. @.
Shoemaker as clerk. Earl Riggs, one
of Tins clerks retired.
Mrs. j. III. Poague, of Oskaloosa, is
with her daughter Mrs.L Denberger,
to assist her in moving.
Mrs. b. F. Price and children will
start for Wayland. Missouri, on this
Tuesday, morning train.
March come in very lamb-like. 1t
will have to 60 out with a vengeance
if the old saying will hold good.
Messrs. Pothoven & Vrolyk trok
possession of the A. T. Barnes & 90.
store on the morning of March 1. We
hope they will have abundant sue
cess.
Mrs. Payne is visiting friends in
Keokuk. During her absence the
Doctors father and mother are stay
ing with him and his niece who is
living with him.
Rev. Baumgartel closed his meet
ings at Six Mile about ten days ago.
Eleven united with the church. He
spent last week at Liscomb assisting
in a revival meeting.
j. G Buffers work team got away
from him last Saturday afternoon
and had things their own way for a
few minutes. They landed in a wire
fence with out anydamage being done.
Rev. G. Tysse, of Leighton, and
Hev. Veldman, of the First Reformed
church of Pella, exchanged appoint
ments last Sunday evening. Rev.
Veldman preached a fine sermon to
quite a large and attentive audience.
Hill & Souter is the name of the
new firm that will open up here in the
room now occupied by L.. s. Walker,
a harness shop and post office He
will move out as soon as he gets a
new room built.
Albert DeYoung,w who formerly lived
in this township and served as as
SCISSOR, died at his late home in Kan
sas last Wednesday morning of lung
trouble. The remains were brought
here on the Thursday evening train
and taken to his brother's-in-law,
Henry Pothoven. The funeral was
held in the Christian Reformed church
Saturday at 10 O'Clock. The pastor
of the Peoria church spoke in Holland
and Rev. Tysse in English. Inter
ment in Black Oak cemetery. Their
many friends extend to the family
sympathies in their bereavement.
Jackson Head, who lives two miles
southeast of here on the farm he
bought of Rufus Binns, had the mis-
fortune to lose his house by fire last
Wednesday about 10 O'Clock. 1t
caught in the garrett from a defective
flue, and the fire had gained such
Roadway before it was noticed that
they got out only a part of a bed, a
new range, organ, n carpet and a
few chairs. He had $3.50 insurance
on the house and contents in the
Farmers Mutual, but according to
the rules of the company he will only
get two thirds OF the insurance. Mrs.
Head was sick in bed and two of the
neighbor ladies were there, who first
saw the fire They called for Head
who was at the barn but the fire was
beyond their control. They have the
sympathy of their neighbors and
friends. The family is staying at her
aJnerB w m. fdtLSrsOu.
The roads last week were in good
condition for those who had to move,
and there were a great many moving
about here. l will try and name them:
A. T. Barnes and wife to Oskaloosa,
Henry Pothoven and family to where
Barnes moved from, E. Smith to Os-
kaloosa and Mr.. Van Duren on the
Smith farm, John Rovaart to Pella
and Mr.. BIiek and family on the farm
he left, J.H. Boston to Oskaloosa and
his son Frank will farm the old place,
g. w. Howard over the Des Moines
river near Tracey, Isaac Neuendorp
where Howard lived, Leonard De :
berger where Neuendorp lived on the
j. II. Poague farm, Henry Rimple
where Denberger lived, the farm OF
the late l.. Mead, and Link Price
where Rimple lived. Dave Rees ,
moved to the farm he bought near
Coalfeld in Monroe county, and Ere !
Oswandel where Reese lived, Billy
Binns where Oswandel lived, the late
Godfrey Oswandel farm. A. It. Fan
sher near Oskaloosa and John Moody
Jr., where Fansher lived, B. F. Price
to his farm in northeast Missouri near
Wayland, T. b. Kitching to Pella and
Mr.. Souter of near 0livet where
Kitching lived, George Wiersma
moved in the Ryan property that b..
Pothoven bought, and MI. Hill OF
Olivet will soon move where Wiersma
lived the Hosler property. Mr.. Deck
err and family have moved where
Frank Price lived.