The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-16

also the oldest bride being 68 years old.
The youngest groom was James Barth
Is years old and the youngest bride was
Maud Quinn who lacked few weeks Of
being IA years old.
Frank BENEFIT who has been eating
quail day for thirty days on wager,
finished the 30th bird last Friday and
says he relished it as much as he did the |
first one. 1t has long been CONSIDERED
an impossible feat but Mr.. Bennett has
thoroughly exploded the idea that it
could not be done, ard that it is no very
hard task as he thoroughly enjoyed the
diet.
An unusual large real estate mortgage
was recorded by recorder Lane the past
week, being mortgage for $70,995.72
given by w. b. Ingram and wife, of Mt.
Ayr, to Robert Strahorn, payable to the
order of the n-Hutton-Evans
Commission Co., of Chicago, on 1925
acres of land owned by MIR. Ingram in
Grand River and Bloomington town
ships.
Ernie l.. Hoy, one of the witnesses
from Leroy in the mulct tax case tried
before the board of supervisors Tues
day, evidently called on some Of Icons
mulct joints or brought supply of
mulct down with him for he became
beastly intoxicated and was arrested by
marshal Chandler and taken before
Mayor Woodland where he plead guilty
and was released upon paying his fine
of $500 and costs.
An increasing number Of business men
have discovered that it is quite as i'm
portant to advertise after as during the
holiday trade season. Indeed, there
are some who maintain there should be
more attention to advertising after the
great rush. This year especially the
prosperity is so general and so positive
that the holiday purchases did not ex.
haust the buying power of the people.
If judiciously encouraged they can be
made to take tine fullest advantage Of
the after-holiday bargains, for which
many wait.
On last Thursday evening party of
Leon Post and Relief Corps members
took oysters and went out to the pleas.
ant home of Mrs. Buell. and were enter
tanned by that good lady as but few
can, frosted cake and mince pie being a
part of the good things, and with pop
corn, milk and honey and other good
things it made the jolliest kind of a
crowd. The time flew only too rapidly
and finally they started home led by
Capt. Browns big team and farm wagon
filled with chat,ering happy crowd OF
lG. A. RS and w. r. C.'s.
Recorder G. L. Lane finished bic
years work Jan. LIST with the ending OF
the year which commenced Jan Sth,
1901, when he took charge of the office.
The total number of papers recorded by
him during the year was 3,303, or an
average of over ten papers each working
day. AS many of the documents re.
corded were very extensive and as there
is vast amount of work in the office
aside from copying the papers, Mr..
Lanes work for the year has been re-
markably good. Of the 1903 papers,
l 1867 were deeds of transfer of real es.
tate, 723 real estate mortgages, 70S chat
tel mortgages, 395 releases, and 2l0 mis-.
cellaneous papers. The total fees col.
Iected for recording were $2,O59.60.
The recorders salary is 81 200 and the
deputy $575, leaving balance turned
into the county treasury of $2S4.6O,
which is considerably more than all 1.-THE
expenses of the office, including books
fuel and lights.
| A rather mysterious fracas resulting
in Jake Little, of Long Creek township,
rece wing bad cut in the hand occurred
in the court house park Saturday eve
ming about O'Clock. Little was going
through the park when he met fellow
named Lindsey who is said to reside at
Lamont and they became involved in a
difficulty, but the nature of it could not
be learned as Lindsey skipped out and
Little was very reticent and would not
say anything about the affair beyond
that they had some trouble and Lind.
sey first struck him with club on IL {
arm and then on the hand with what he
at first thought was knife but which
proved to be whiskey bottle, cutting
J very bad cash in his left hand which
bled SO that he had to consult a physi
, clan and have it dressed. DR.. Bowman
was called and on examination found
the cut had been made with bottle
: and extracted piece of glass about ar
inch long which had broken OF in the
wound.