The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25

h. Housh, of Eden township, shipped
two cars of sheep to Chicago Sunday
morning.
Fulton q Manning, the north side
grocers haye a new adv in to-day's RE.
PORTER whichis loaded with hot weather
bargains in dried and canned fruits
which will pay anyone to look over.
The insane commissioners held an ex-
animation of Fred Brown yesterday
morning and decided he was fit subject
for tire atment at the insane hospital at
Clarinda, to which place Sheriff Burns
will take him to-day.
Tuesday was the 9th anniversary OF
the wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. M. r.
Sanger, and their many friends did not
fail to remind them of the fact, extend.
ing hearty congratulations and wishing
them many happy returns of the day.
A. q. Warner of Sedalia. Mo-, sends
us clipping from Sedalia paper which
shows that the drouth in that section of
Missouri is the worst ever known, crops
being almost a total failure. Geo. B.
Ellis, of the Missouri state board of
agriculture estimates that the drouth
has cost Missouri $75 100000.
Charles Pugh, the north side barber
and Bluff Wilson got into an alteration
Monday evening which ended in Pugf
striking Wilson pretty forcibly in the
face. Nightwatch Lindsey arrested
Pugh and when he Vas taken before
Mayor Woodland he plead guilty to as
sault and battery and was fined $500
and costs.
Curtis Burrell,a young man employed
as porter at the City Hotel in Davis
City, made an unsuccessful attempt tc
commit suicide Monday evening by the
chloroform route but was discovered il
time to save his life by prompt medica
attention. No cause is known for the
rash act, but it is thought he was labor
ing under fit OF temporary insanity
brought Oh by the intense heat
We notice in an exchange that new
institute of learning by the name O
Fairfield academy is to be started at
Fairfield. 1t will be conducted by Prof
r. A Hardness, an able and successful
educator in this section of Iowa TO
many years. The academy will give pre-
paratory and normal courses to Its pa
irons. The building recently vacated
by the Fairfield business college will b,
occupied by the new school.
A. M. Pryor made business trip
down through Missouri last week visit
ing Gallatin and then going on down a
far as St. Charles on the Missouri river
coming home by way of St. Joe. HI
was in quest of stock cattle, but price
were so high he could not buy any. ii
says the greater part Of Missouri j
simply burnt up, a great deal wors
than this state, and crops will be al
almost total failure.
A small sized tornado visited Wood
land and Morgan townships Tuesda,
evening about 7:30 o'clock. The wors
part of the storm seems to have been a
Dennis Daughton's farm, where part o
the roof of the house was blown of anl
all the windows on the west and south
side blown in. Outbuildlngs and many
fences were blown down and hay stacks
scattered badly. At the farm of Johnni,
Grogan there was also considerable dam
age done, but fortunately no person
was injured. The storm extended owe
about two miles.
The Laclede Hotel at Ottumwa con
Quoted by Mr.. and Mrs. James Meach
am, both well known in Leon, Mrs
Meacham being daughter of Mrs
David Short, was badly damaged by fir
which broke out in the hotel at pa
O'Clock Monday morning, and which
cost the life Of James O'Connor, one O
guests, who was suffocated in his room
by smoke. The loss of Mr.. Meachan
on furniture is between $1,000 ant
81 900 and is fully insured. Several o
the guests had narrow escapes, one maj
being taken from third story window
by the hremen, the flames being s,
close to him that he was badly bllstered
The fire department had the flames un
der control in twenty-five minutes afte
the alarm was given.
The base ball boys are preparing
ball ground southwest of Roe Caster
lake and they expect to secure SOM
good games during the big reunion her
next month. Last Wednesday evening
they were clearing the, grounds Of tn
old stumps by saturating them with oi
and burning them. When they lief
they thought the fire had all been pu
out, but during the night brisk breez
famed some of the smouldering ember
and fire started in the grass. 1t wa