The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-09-12
NORTH MAHASKA.
Items of Interest From New sharon
Star.

.. ii. Hull, or ObKalOOBa, VlSlUeQ at
the Mrs. s. E. Johnson home Monday
bringing with him Mr.. Wharlhen,
Mrs. Johnson's uncle whom she had
not seen for eighteen years.
JEFF Harold, chairman of the re-
publican county central committee
was in town last week, and is strong
in the belief that an old fashioned
republican victory awaits us if repub-
licans do their duty.
Miss Mabel Carson left this morn
ing to begin her new work in the
Academy at Washington, Iowa. Miss
Carson is one of our most estimable
young ladies, a close student and is
deserving of good position.
Miss Nettie Stewart has gone to
Park River, North Dakota, where she
will instruct in languages, and the
best wishes of large circle of friends
go with her. She is one of our finest
young ladies as well as high class
instructor.
Grinnell and Oskaloosa had good
rains Thursday, but this section
escaped with less than enough to lay
the dust. However, our turn is sure
to come, for we have the promise
that the rain shall fail upon the just
as we'll as the unjust,
John Firebaugh was boring a we'll
last week for Mrs. A. Faulkner and
when down seventy-eight feet his
rope broke and he quit for the day.
The next morning when he pulled it
up live owl came up with it which
had fallen into it during the night,
evidently.
What nice thing it would be for
New Sharon if, when the Central
folks come to lower their main line
through town, they would remove
the branch track, leave the main line
from about the brick and tile works,
then reach and follow up COb5s' run
to the present line a mile out of
town.
Andrew Windahl Jr. was tried be-
fore jury in Esq. Carr's court Sat
urday evening, charged with having
stolen pair of shoes last spring, was
found guilty and sentenced to thirty
days in Jail. Marshal Bryan at once
conveyed him to the county bastile.
1t appears that the shoes belonged to
young man by the name of Pember-
| ton, OF LynnVille, who had stopped
at the BlanCheon livery to feed his
horse.
L. II. Sherman of the Citizens
Bank will build an elegant new brick
| building 40x120 on the southwest
corner of the intersection of Main
and Market streets. The Sherman
| block will be faced on the east aud
| north with Twin City buff colored
pressed brick trimmed with the beau
tiful and enduriT G LIE Grande stone.
| The Masonic fraternity will have a
fine home on the upper floor, and
they are to be congratulated because
oftbeir good fortune. His banking
| business has largely exceeded the
expectations of himself and every
body else, aud owing to the contin-
ued increase of his business, he ex-
poets to occupy 20x55 feet on the
corner for his bank. The entire
building will be heated with hot
water, wired and piped for both
electric and gas lighting. Mr.. Sher-
man has planted good many
! thousand dollars here since coming
| into our midst three years ago,
brought every dollar with him, hence
it was the introduction of that much
outside capital. He first erected his
two story brick bank block on east
Markef, a very creditable structure,
and that was the starting point for
the erection at the same time of the
Garner block AMI the city building,
the three fronting sixty feet and all
| two stories. At the same time he
! erected the most expensive home in
the city on north Main street.