The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-03-28
West Des Moines.

John Strain, one of the esteemed
citizens was on the sick list some
days ago.
B. B. and w. F. jaeger are each
talking of installing one of N. B.Hal.
loway's telephones.
Thos. W. Odem sold a couple of
cows to G. @. Palmer, the Eddyville
stock buyer, recently.
Mrs. David Moran another of our
esteemed old residenters, is still
numbered with the sick.
A. F. Doan, of Sand Ridge, spent a
few days the first of the week visit
ing relatives in this community.
Mrs. J. J. jaeger and son Clyde re-
turned recently from a visit at the
parental Yahnke home at Sigourney.
Ralph Allen, of Eddyville, has been
acting as chore boy for Ed England.
He will remain here during the sum-
mer.
Messrs. VIM. F. jaeger, James N.
Bennett and Benny Thomas were in
Oskaloosa on business one day last
week.
Miss Belzer, who resides on the.
Carpenter place, has been suffering
with rheumatism, but is considerably
improved.
Mrs. Andy Besco and baby, of near
Lost Greek, visited last week at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. L. Jones.
Mrs. Will Schafer, formerly of this
place, but now of Eddyville, was a
visitor OF the ]. H. England home
over Sunday.
At last reports Mrs. Henderson
England, one of our esteemed old
settlers, was slightly improved, but
still very sick.
j. j. jaeger has purchased an incu-
bator from Eugene Beamer and has
it setting. Will jaeger also has his
incubator setting.
Miss Mabel Evans returned home
from Penn College last Saturday and
will remain at home for the present;
but will enter Penn again next
autumn.
Miss May Roud, of Eddyville, spent
a few days at the B. b. Beamer home
last week; but Phil Kussart, of the
Eddyville Tribune, says she is not
rude" girl at all.
Elmer Morrow, who resides with
his parents on the Widow England
farm, has been quite i'll with pneu-
monia. DR.. Vance, of Eddyville, has
been in attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Osborne have
been residing at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Will Free, of Eddy
vile, while their new residence is
under course of construction.
Perry Norman, of Bridgeport, and
Messrs. Joseph Hiltabidel and Boyce
R. McDole, of Eddyville invaded the
privacy of our sanctum one day last
week. Come again, boys, you will
be welcome.
Mesdames Grant Barnett and Lon
Ellis, of Sand Ridge, left last week
to visit their mother, Mrs. Ruggles,
at Tunis, Missouri, who has been
quite sick. They were accompanied
down by their father.
John w. Odem, of this place, and
Messrs. Chas. Oldham and U. Grant
Bolibaugh, of Harrison township,
are drawn as petit jurors for the
April term of court, commencing on
April 18th. All three are we'll known
here.
Joe Watkins and family, formerly
of Eddyville, are now engaged in
keeping a boarding house at LAX Dnta
and Mr.. Watkins is section boss on
the Northwestern. The N. W. pas
senger train now carries mail to La
konta and Buxton.
1t is understood thaG Mcmillan, the
mail man, has optioned the 200 acre
farm of John Fleetwood, and will
probably option the Carpenter place
and the farm of Tom Odem, consist
ing of 200 and 100 acres, respectively.
These three farms are without doubt
underlaid with coal, and if the coal
company purchases these new coal
town will probably be established on
the Tom Odem farm.
A misfortune also befell Jas. Page
Monday morning of last week. Mrs.
Page was i'll in bed, and Mr.. Page
arose, built the fire, and leaving Mrs.
Page alone, went out to do his morn
ing chores. Soon after Mr.. Page
happened to glance towards the
house and observed the residence
which had sheltered his for years GO
ing up in smoke. He fastened back
and got Mrs, Page out together with
the bed on which she lay. The loss
was partially covered by insurance.
He will probably rebuild.
We are called upon this week to
chronicle an accident which might
have terminated very seriously, had
not Providence destined otherwise.
On Monday afternoon of last week j.
j. jaeger, thinking to test his marks
manship, stood on his back porch
and discharged target rife at a
knot in nearby outbuilding. Scarce
ly had the shot been fired when his
little six year old son, Clyde, stag
gered out of the building and half
way to the house with blood stream
ing from a bullet wound about an
inch below his left eye. Telling his
father that he was hurt, he fell to
the ground. Medical aid was hastily
summoned in the person of DR.. Vance,
80 EIduuil1a uhn found tha huIlat