The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-10-22
ROSE HILL.

John F. Ruby and wife, of McCune
Kansas, are here visiting and looking
after business.
joe Arnold and Will Spates have
just completed new barn on the r
T. Spates farm.
Martin Baker, of Armenia, Kansas
came Saturday for visit with his
old friends around Indianapolis.
Phil Grace and c. B. Rowland have
gone to the Royal cattle show at Kan
sas City, Mo.
A. j. Augustine and l.. M. Bacon
Of Oskaloosa, were in the Hill Mon
day on business.
Almer James, who has had long
tussle with typhoid fever, is able now
to come down town, and visited DR.
Bred Jarvis in Delta last Friday.
r. t. Spates and wife, of oskaloosa
have been visiting friends here for q
week. r. T. was looking after the
erection Of his new barn.
The corn crop will be far better
than people anticipated some time
ago. The bottom corn will be quite
q good crop.
w. C. Rhinehart and ]. w. Doak at
tended the Robt. G.. Cousins meeting
at oskaloosa last week, which was a
hummer.
The Rock Island railroad surveyors
are here to locate the switch to the
new coal bank. 1t will soon be de-
cided where it will be located.
The carpenters, Casford & Roberts,
have DR.. Carver's new house about
ready for roofing. He Will have fine
property when finished.
Mrs. Alice Dickson has two very
nice barber chairs, glasses, ETC., that
she will sell at bargain, as she
wishes to put in some more tables in
her restaurant, and prepare for the
winter trade. This is a rare chance
if taken soon.
Mrs, Cora Mckinley and children
were guests at the parental ]. R. Rob
erts home last week.
c. F. Sarvis has bought fine farm
east of Delta and VIII move there
March 1st Thus Keokuk county win
get one of our good citizens and fam
lily.
Justice Ed Jones held court last
Saturday, the first suit in the justice
court here for long time. There
was one peculiar feature about it.
Both plaintiff and defendant and both
attorneys were good whole-souled
democrats. The court was the only
republican in the case, except one or
two republican witnesses. There
were few facts that had to be prov
en-.
Rev. A. R. Mellin, the presiding ell
der of the Swedish Methodist Episco-
pal church of White Oak. called to see
US while in Rose Hill Monday and in
formed us Aat the new Swedish
church in South White Oak was abour
completed and when finished it will
De a fine church building. Rev. Mel
lin is one OF those large hearted men,
so courteous in his general makeup
that a man only has to meet him to
like him.
We read in Mondays Evening Her
aid that Rev Mcknight. or the Stone
Chapel Christian church in oskaloosa,
had resigned. This became neces-
sary en- account of Mrs. Meningitis
aealth. II was a great surprise to
us and we know that no other than
falling health would have been ac-
cepted as an excuse from Bro. Nc
Knight for his resignation.
G ". Stout showed us his sugar
beet crop last Monday as he was gath
ering them and they are immense.
They would all average II inches In
length and are wonderfully largo. He
had two weighed. One reached 13h
pounds. He had two rows across a
good sized lot and II is safe tn say he
has ton, Of beets. He uses hem In
a great measure to feed his chickens
during the winter. He saysthe birds
relish them and all kinds Of domestic