The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-10-31
West hes Mo;nes


Norman has been suffering the past
! two weeks with a threatened attack
of lung fever, but she is now on the
high road to recovery. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. l.. Myrick have both been
on the sick list, but we are pleased
to note the improvement OF both.
Mr.. Myrick was suffering from boils
and maleria Mrs. Aaron MattiX,
who resided near the upper iron
bridge, has been i'll with yellow
iauDdice and maleria. Some of her
relatives, Link Cecil and family,
David Mattix and Davy Mahaffey, of
Eddyville, we're out to see her last
week. Mrs. Geo. Berry has been
one of the ailing.
IMPROVEMENTS H. w. Rogers, of
Oskaloosa, has finished drilling q
deep we'll for Richard jaeger, and is
now drilling a we'll for John Hohl,
the man with the red whiskers.
Richards well is one hundred and
eight feet deep, affording him plenty
of water. Mr.. Hollis we'll is nov
drilled to a distance of eighty four
feet . . Ed Webster, who recently
purchased two lots in Lakonta, is
erecting one story, square residence
and barn thereon. The dwelling will
have four rooms. -. The residence on
the farm which John Davis has pur-
chased of Amos Evans is having a
new front porch ....B. B Beamer
raised the addition to his barn Mon
day. viii jaeger has built a neat
little wood and coal shed just south
west of his residence. J. ID. Stoner,
who formerly conducted a black
smith shop at Cedar, has purchased
| lot in Lakonta, facing on West street,
| and has moved his shop to that prom
| ising village. His shop is twenty by
| thirty-fve feet, and is something
Lakonta has been needing. He will
| do all kinds of blacksmithing and
| wagon work, but being an adherent
| of the S. D. A. doctrine, his shop
will not be open on Saturdays e. The
new town bias prospects of securing
| an elevator, church, and one or
| two new Residences. John Hoyt
has his new residence plastered. 1t
has three rooms.
TELEPHONE Messrs. j. H.
England, l. K. Cox, Jas. W. McCrea,
| rhos. W. Odem, and E. W. Eng
land have been building telephone
| line to connect with N. B. ,HalloWay's
|
and their phones will be put in this
week. =. The Pickerell boys will not at
| present take phones, as they think
| of selling out and leaving West
| Des Moines, although for what reason
is hard to imagine. Henry Gray,
| of Monroe county, has private line
| connecting with the Eddyville Ex-
| change, and his instrument will also
| ~
| citizens of this township have taken
stock in the Davis telephone line,
| which runs to Oskaloosa, and have
installed phones. They are: Marsh
| Underwood, Wesley Cox, Mrs. E. P.
Smith, Chas. Holmes, and Geo.
Thomas, the latter being merchant
at Lakonta. This makes ten members
and the company is now complete.
The phone in the John Davis tenant
residence has also been connected on.
80. One night recently wires eight
and nine of the Eddyville line be-
came connected. The manager pro-
ceeded to investigate and found that
some one on mischief bent had
climbed t ee a ID connected the two
is not known, but Mr.. Holloway says
|
Richard jaeger says he has purchased
a horse or two by phone.
RURAL MAIL MATTERS Frank
Epperson, of Eddyville, has been ap-
pointed carrier on our route, with
his brother, Ebert, as substitute.
Our route will be designated as route
number two, and the mail will, of
course, be brought from EddYville,
and not from Lakonta, as was re-
ported last summer. The carrier on
route number one, lying south of our
route, will be Ed J. Carroll, till
recently of Oklahoma, but now of
Eddyville, with Ed Gray, of Eddy
vile, as substitute,
BIRTHS. Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. j.
W. Berry on October 10th, a ten
pound son. This being the first born
Wylie is the happiest of mortals, but
report saith that he steadfastly re-
fuses to permit his old hat to be
cremated.
SOME OF OUR CITIZENS LEAVING
Us.-Mrs. Bell Bennett moved Wed
nesday of last week to her residence
in Eddyville, situated on Church
street, which she has purchased OF
Misses Jessie and Manita Harper.
Amos Evans moved his family and
household goods the first of the week
from the place where they have re,
sided the past ten or twelve years to
their newly erected residence in Os-
kalcosa. The Evanses have proven
their worth as first class citizens,
and we regret that they must move
away, but recommend them to the
people of Oskaloosa as good citizens
OFFICIAL MATTERS. j. w. Cox has
been drawn as petit juror to report al
Oskaloosa Wednesday morning oil
last week. II. @. Allbaugh, Amos
Evans and Thomas Lanning have
been selected as judges, and E. w.
England and VIM. Littlejohn, ST., as
clerks to act at the coming election,
Now that Mr.. Evans has shook the
dust of West Des Moines from his
feet it will be necessary to select
some one else in his place.
SCHOOL MATTERs-TheC Charter Oak
school on Sand Ridge closed Friday
of last week for two or three weeks
vacation Bluff Creek school closes
Friday, November Is, with literary
program during the afternoon. Miss
Jennie Roovaart, teacher of Bluff
! Creek school, spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents at Leighton.
READING MATTER. Now is the time
of year to provide yourself with win.
ter reading. The writer is subscrip-
ton agent for the Eddyyille Tribune,
| all of the 0skaloosa papers, the Mon
| roe Gounty News the Abba Rapubli-