The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

Ex-Auditor Geo. w Sears is assisting
Auditor Gill with the work on the ia,
lists for few days.
DR.. d. r. Dudley, Of Garden Grove, il
in charge of DIR. Rowell's dental offic,
while he is spending his vacation Al
Lake Okoboji.
The case against James Peugh on, the
charge of bootlegging whiskey, which
was set for trial in Justice Harvey,
court yesterday, was again continued
until Saturday.
Armour George, of Eden township
was the only person who was arrested ir
Leon on the Fourth on the charge o.
being drunk, and he paid $4S5 ir
Mayor Woodlands court for his fun.
Mrs. John X. Bennett was passenger
on the noon train Saturday for Lamont,
where she will visit her daughter a few
days. Mrs. Bennett is "a years old and
has lived in Decatur county 40 years
yet this was the first time in her life she
had ever been on railroad train.
The last will Of Anton Rauch has been
filed with Clerk Keller for probate. i,
is dated Jan. 80, 1891, being witnessed
by D. F. Euritt and s. Varga, and be-
queaths all of his property, real and
personal, to his wife, Elizabeth Rauch
and appoints her executor of the will
without bonds
The following new officers of the |. O.
o F. lodge will be installed at the reg
ular meeting Saturday night:
N. G. Grant Wakefield.
VIC. M. w. Monroe.
r. S. &C. w. Beck.
P. S. j.. j. Evans.
Treasurer-W. w. Craig.
J. j. Evans, one of the hustlers a,
Bowsher & Biddison's big store, is en-.
joying an enforced vacation. While
assisting in unloading big water tank
at the depot last Friday it slipped and
caught his right hand tearing the flesh
badly on the second and third fingers
and making him very sore hand.
An injunction was served on the pro
prietors Of the hop ale joint which was
moved last week from Giyen's building
across the street into DR.. Mather's
building, by Sheriff Burns about II
o'clock on the morning of the Fourth
which restrained them from further
operations, and the establishment is
still closed under the injunction,
| Master Brown Caster entertained
about forty.five young friends at the
home of his parents yesterday afternoon
from 3 to E o'clock, in honor of his
cousin, Miss Alice Brown, of Lisbon
Ohio, who is spending the summer in
this city. Tables were set in the shady
yard and the party of young folk enjoy
ed great afternoon in spite of the in
tense heat.
Away long last February we mention
ed the fact that Mrs. Len Hamilton wa,
the owner of brood of chickens hatch
ed on Valentine day, which was prett,
early in the season for young chickens
but we are convinced they were none
too early for we had one of them for oul
dinner Sunday, through the kindness Of
Mrs. Hamilton, and we think it was the
best chicken raised in the county.
Brice McDonough, of Center town
ship, was painfully injured the night of
the Fourth. He was leading his team
from Axes & Jones' barn to hitch up to
go bone when one of the horses whirled
and kicked him twice. The first blow
struck him on the knee, badly bruising ii
and the second struck him just above the
knee. cutting cash extending almost
to his thigh. He is able to be around
but has very sore leg.
s. K. Axes went to Murray Friday to
visit his son-in-law, Lew Brown, who
was hurt in the big storm which visited
that county the week before. Mr..
Brown was at the barn when the storm
broke and was just starting for the house
when the barn was blown down. He
was caught under falling timbers and
sustained broken shoulder blade. The
storm was the most severe that had
ever visited that section, many barns
being blown down.
Many friends in this county will be
panied to learn of a serious accident
which befell Mrs. M. A. Sales at her
home in St. Joe last Wednesday even.
ing. She was going down the stairway
when she was overcome by the heat and
fell to the bottom, distance of eight
steps, where she was found shortly
afterwards by her son Frank, unable tc
rise. DR.. Harry Forgrave was called
and found Mrs. Sales had suffered q
badly sprained limb, the ligaments be.
ing torn loose and it will be several
weeks before she is able to walk.