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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-28

enacted on the roof of one of the tall
est and most imposing church edifices
in the city it barely escaped being
tragedy of the most terrible nature.
A hundred spectators were gazing
spellbound at steeplejack at work
on the dizzy apex of the roof. From
his eyrie the man looked like a Lilli-
putian. He was leaning over ledge
that hung over sheer depth of 200
feet. Suddenly sharp gust of wind
whipped the cloth cap from his head
and dropped it on the roof below.
The steeple climber chose to haz-
ard his life in order to recover his
cap. He leaned over and started down
the slippery roof, overbalanced, tried
to throw himself backward and In the
space of single instant found himself
on the fiat of his back, sliding head
foremost down the incline. The hor-
ror of the moment was indescribable.
In some way the man stopped himself
AS he lay there, as he said after
ward with his head lower than his feet
it seemed to him that he was swing
ing over the vast depth of the sky
His brain grew confused his eyes full
of blood, and as he stared upward, the
gray clouds seemed to grow crimson.
By means of his pincers he finally
reached the top in safety. An hour lat
er he was again at work on the cor
nice. Why? 1t was his means of live
lihood.
For only the few are able to choose
their occupations. Following indus
tries of the more exacting sorts, such
as railway firemen, piano movers, and
others too numerous to mention. the
men can continue in their vocations
only so long as their bodily strength
does not give way. Only from illness
/ or age or an accident are they COM
PEELED to turn to some less strenuous
employment or descend to the sad lot
of those who are described as hay
ing no settled occupation 1t is from
such ranks that cab drivers. many
street car men, and white wings are
recruited. Fixing out living in this
manner their lives slowly dwindle
away.
Strange as it may seem, the mortal
lity among musicians is very high in
| this city, as the health records reveal
According to one expert statistician,
| their comparative mortality is 1,214,
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or more than twice that of agricultur-
lists, and exceeding by one-third that
of general laborers. Death from
phthisis reaps a rich harvest among
musicians. and in the cleaning is
of the nervous, circulatory and diges-
tive organs. This class includes street
musicians.
Then there are those sitting tombs
named sweatshops by courtesy. Two
hundred thousand persons Mostly
women, says the health department
depend upon their sWeatshop wages
to keep body and soul together. The
wage thread by which they bind them
selves to life is frail and meagre
one enough. @.
Among The passengers that come and
go from the metropolis via the score
'of raaiating railway lines how many
ever turn a thought of the engineer
over In their minds? There are some
5000 or 10000 railway engineers max
ing their homes in this city and its
enyirons. In their hands are intrust-
ed at some time or other q majority
Of the five million lives in the metro
politan district. A wavering glance
or a faltering hand would be and often
is fatal 10 engineer and passengers
alike.
So the explorer among the danger
GUS trades may go on forever, like the
Tennysonian brook. He might dwell
on the risks run by automobilists and
on the men who paint houses and die
of lung poisoning and on the thousand
and one forms Of peril that Turk in
this vast working hive of human
shapes and shadows called New York
Returning to the new bridge at night
one may climb again to its dizzy con
ming tower and, gazing down on New
| York in the shadow 1t may muse or
| the million nervous lights that craw
up through the darkness and then sliI
back into obscurity. Down the river
paralleling the bridge double rows d
lights may be seen crossing and re
! crossing the river like myriad ants
They are the cars crossing a riva
bridge North and south with vague
jangling rattle the elevated trains ar,
moving Among the streets the sur
face cars glide in ghostly silence, brok
en- at intervals by clang of bells de
| noting increasing speed and by |
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yeary creak as they come to a stand.

weary CTSdh dS Illcy COlue W nSnuus
still.
Down on the river the red and
green lights of the ferries grope and
search around in the darkness. The
booming Of the great ocean liners Is
incessant and the dwindling echoes
are vague and thin. And every one
of these sights means a dangerous
trade. I,
Conspicuous among the more scat
tered trades and those that appear
foolhardy on the surface are looping
the loop and gap and high diving as
we'll as animal training. Diavolos are
not scarce who will take their lives
on their bicycles and perform the loop
ing feat first performed at Madison
Square Garden. Once in while q
man or woman comes forward ready
to leap from breathless height into
a net or the water 1t was while maxi
ing $50 fott water leap at Rockaway
Beach that Peynaud lost his life.
Again there is the peril Of diving as
was shown recently when-a man was
caught in the suction at the bottom OF
the Passaic reservoir And the men
who follow the sea for a living the At.
lantic coast life savers are in a class
by themselves. Volumes might be
written about them and still half the
dangers they face would not be told.
Rest? New York has so many dam
gerous trades to follow with a steady
hand that it has hardly time to rest. It
is the city of unrest, and Commission
er Lederle Is not far wrong when he
declares that peace is more dangerous
than war.
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s1On June &c, 1914, at the home of the
brides uncle, Solomon Bracken, which
was located in Jefferson county, Ohio,
about two miles from the village of
Mt. Pleasant, occurred the marriage
Of" John B. Lee and Elvira Branson.
This happy event is being celebrated
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John b.
Lee, In Muscatine. today, by a gather
ing of all their children and all living
grandchildren and great grandchildren
with but two exceptions. This even.
ing at the residence Of Mrs. John
Mahin, the eldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee the family and few friends
will meet to congratulate Mr.. and Mrs.
Zee on this happy and very unusual
occasion.
The wedding Of which this is the
sixtieth anniversary was solemnized
at a o'clock in the afternoon, by Rev.
BENJAMIN Mitchell, a Presbyterian
minister. The bride was member of
the Quaker church, but the groom not
being a member of that denomination,
they were not able to be married by
the unique and simple self marriage
ceremony Of the Quakers. The best
man on this occasion was Wilson Rice,
for many years now deceased, and who
was brother of the late General AL
len Rice, of Oskaloosa. The brides
maid was Miss Clarissa Bracken,
cousin of the bride, who afterwards
became the wife of DR.. Cleaver, of
Keokuk, Iowa. She is now widow
and is living at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio.
OF the other guests present at that
wedding all are deceased except some
of the younger cousins of the bride.
After the wedding Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
drove to Wheeling, Va, where they
took steamer for two weeks we'd
\ ding trip to Cincinnati, Ohio. At that
time the railroad had not crossed the
'Alleghaney mountains.
There were born to Mr. and Mrs.
lee five children, all of whom are liv-
ing. Indeed, in this respect, their
family record is a remarkable one.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Lee were born in
: the year 1920 and thus they are in
their eighty-fourth year. They have
been married sixty years, and death
has never entered their immediate
family. Their children are:
Mrs. Anna Lee Mahin, wife Of John
Mahin, of Muscatine.
Joseph j. Lee, of Iowa City.
& Isaac B. Lee, Of Iowa City.
Alfred w. Lee, of Ottumwa.
Mrs. Mile Lee LOOMS, wife Of L.
j. Loomis, of Chillicothe. Mo.
Their grandchildren living and deA
j, ceased are as follows:
Children of Mr. and Mrs. John
Mahin:
IElla Casa Mahin, deceased.
J John Lee Mahin, of Chicago.
81 Mrs. Mabel Mahin Donnalley, of
New York City.
Mrs. Florence Mahin Afford, of East
y Orange, N. j.
Harold j. Mahin, Of Washington, d.
Children of Alfred W. Lee:
William Walker Lee, deceased.
Alfred William Lee, deceased.
Laura Anna Lee.
Daughter Of Isaac B. Lee: \
Eleanor Agnes Lee.
Son of Mile Lee LOOMS:
b Lee Pierson LOOMS.
Their great grandchildren are:
/ Children Of John Lee Mahin:
Margaret Mahin.
1 Maria Mahin.
4 TJohn Lee Mahin.
Son of Florence Mahin Afford:
Charles Mahin Afford.
Personal and Historical "reminiscences
The eighty-four years covered by the
lives of Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Lee are
full of interesting historical and per.
sonal "reminiscences. Their lives cover
the span of the mightiest period OF
industrial development in the history
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$3.50 Chicago to Detroit and Return

$3.50 Chicago to Detroit and Return
account Baptist Young Peoples Union.
Selling dates July 6, 7, 8, Limit July
18th, Extension can be obtained by
deposit of ticket and payment Of fee
Of SO cents until August 18th.
Special side trip fares from Detroit
will be granted to holders Of Grand
Trunk tickets.
For further particulars communicate
with Advertising Department, Grand
Trunk Railway System, 1875 Adams
Street, Chicago, Geo. w. Vaux. A. g.
P. & T. A.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-03-10
To Resume Operations
tContinued From Page Two.)

Continued From Page Two)
 settled affairs of the corporation, and the complications which had arisen from the jumping of the company's claims. His mission in general was to put affairs in regular shape and hasten matters which would lead to the speedy resumption of operations.
 A compromise was secured with the claim jumpers for s3,000, and they withdrew their contests from the land office. The government has already accepted the company's payment for the Bisbee property, which virtually guarantees the granting of patents. The company states in its report that the ground upon which the claim jumpers based their contests was the failure of the Arizona representative of the Copper King to perform the assessment work for 1899, as provided by the law. The company states it furnished s1,100 for this purpose, but the representative betrayed the Cop per Kings interests. The delin- quency was no. discovered until De cember 27. The president immedi- ately set crew of men to work, and before midnight of December 31 the whole amount of labor had been per formed according to law.
 In April, 1902, the management of
Bisbee daily review., 1904-03-10

the Copper King passed from those who had formerly been in control into Q new management. None of the correspondence and papers of the com pany previous to April l, 1902, have gone into the possession of the new company, and therefore a thorough auditing of the accounts is impossible However affairs are shaping them selves in such manner that a tangi- ble working plan is practically arrived at, and an energetic prosecution of de- yelopment is looked for.
 The present officers of the company are as follows: Elisha Boitel, presi- dent, New York; Thomas Gilbane, vice president, Providence, R. l.; Harry H. Brown, secretary, Philadel- phia; H. Louis Clark, assistant sec retary, New York; Daniel Robert, treasurer, Somerville, N. J.; T. E. Coring, Wappingers Falls N. Y; H. B. Varian. New York; F. G. Cleasby, Providence; H. J. Brunton, Brooklyn; M. Wyckoff, Asbury, N. Y; E. NJ. Graves, Hartford, Conn, directors. The company is organized with 5,O00.- 900 shares, 422,125 of which are avail able for treasury purposes. The pre- ferred stock is limited to 100000 shares. The Arizona office is at Pearce. The Bisbee group of the Copper King of Arizona contains i'll acres, while the Barret group contains 333 acres.
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29

Miss Lee Justus has been-ill
the past week, but is now i'm
proving.
W. A. Edwards is in the mar
ket for your poultry and is offer
ing top-noteh prices.
When in need of lumber 60 to
Clark &c Brightwell. They always
have a supply on hand.
Lee Laman, a prominent
young business man of Cave
City, was in town Tuesday and
was a very pleasant caller at this
shop.
Harmon Matheny, demo-
cratic nominee for sheriff and
collector, was up from Maxville
one day this week, having busi-
ness around the court house.
IN. P. Wiles, one of Sidney's
successful business men, renews
for two subscriptions this week.
his own and for his brother,
John Wiles at Childress, Texas.
W. H. Williams was down
from Center last Saturday. He
informed us that he and his fam
lily would leave this week for
Texas where they will reside in
future-
. Miss Fannie Davidson, the
youngest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. E. Davidson Of Woods,
lizard county, died last Saturday
night, after an illness Of more
than two weeks Of typhoid fever.
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29
Robbed FeRp dar:ayc.

A startling incident, is narrated
by JOHN Oliver of Philadelphia, a,
follows; 81 was IN an awful eondi-
lon. My SKIN was almost yellow,
yes sHnken, tongue coated, pain
continually IN back and sides, 70
appetite. growing weaker day by
lay. Three physicians had given
me up. Teen ! was advised to use
Electric Buffers; to my great JOY
the first 5ottle made decided lm.
provement. continued thcr us,
for three weeks, and am now well
man. know they robbed the grave
Of another victim" No one should
fail to try them. Only 80 cents
guaranteed, at Shows drug stor +,
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29
E. /. S0UTHWGRTH DEAD.

After an illness Of more than
two months, e, l.. Southworth
died at his home in Salem We'd
nesday night.
His death has brought sad
ness TO all who knew him, as no
one had more warm friends in
this community than Eddie. His
pleasant disposition, kind heart
and noble character endeared
him to all. h
The end came not unexpected,
as Cor several days he had been
growing weaker. In addition to
the services Of the family ply
sician, DR.. f. w. Cantrell, Dr..
Watkins Of Evening Shade was
summoned Monday, but medical
skill could not stay the hand Of
the dread destroyer. His father
and mother and two brothers,
who had been with him several
weeks, and L. H. Shaver, a
brother Of Mrs. e. L. South
worth, and many friends We're
with him to the end.
Funeral services were con-
Quoted at the Methodist church
by Rev. G, l.. Castleberry, who
paid touching tribute to the
memory of the deceased, after
which the Masonic fraternity, of
which he was an honored mem
Der, took charge of the burial
service, and with their beautiful
ceremony they burico their be-
loved brother in Oakland ceme-
terry at 4 O'Clock yesterday eve
ming,
The sorrowing ones have the
heartfelt sympathy Of all in this
sad hour, - Salem Banner.
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29
Notice Of Settlement,

Notice is hereby given that the following adj
miulsirnt"rs and gtlatuituo lited accounts cur
rents at the UrCrtuhcr irrm 1903, Of the sharp
Probate curt for The S0utnrrn Disric for set
uemtnt Wits their respective estates .owlt;
ANNUAL.
II Hudy Illggjnbo'tom, gulrlinu and curator
Of tnc person 9n'l csta OF Atlantic LedlOrd, II
person Of msOUnd mind.
b. r, smith, administrator OF the estate of
Robert Huutergd rgdrceasvd,
j \. Gmy administration Of the estate Of Ida
" No 'G, deceased.
W II. Sh rlcy guardian and curator OF the
peison auu esIatc Of Anna Duncan, minor,
j a. Gay, administrator In succession of the
estate of =. q HcdOck, deceased.
j. D, sullivan, administrator Of the estate OF
l.. Il. svlllrun, 81 deceased.
FINAL,
NJ. y. Barnett, gual dian and curator of the
minor heirs of clIt ding, deceased,
And al parties Interested ~ the settlement OF
said es tuL,s must come forward aud nle ex-
ccplipns 10 sal accounts. II any they have, on
or before. the Jd day Oi the next term OF saii
court or hey viii b. forever barred nom cN
cepling to said .lccVunls or airy TIN thereof.
G. hIfUlilE, Clerk.
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29
Trustees Sale OI Land.

Notice is hereby gwen that in pursuance ola
CertiIn tie d'of trust 10 secure the payment uI Il
prumssOry rUtr in snlI deed Oi trust described
eXcc,lird by + i Webb and ne webb h wife
10 W. u. Cochran, saId drCd Of trust beng
dated April l3 10 / and 0tcOrled in EecOrd
Book No. at pages 49l to 4Gt inclusive, in the
Recorders Oil.ce for the Northern Dslrlcl of
sharp county, ARKANSAS, sad deed of trust con-
vcying ia following described lands in said
Sharp county, tO-Nu:
The south half Of thg northwest fractional
quarter of section eighteen in township eighJe cen
north, range ave west containing 5. acres more
or less.
Ahd the grantee in said deed of trust, on ne
count Of Sickness. OrNg uubir TO carry ont the
object Oflhs jri'et W - Cochran, gl~utsc np~
pointed Y j, Davidson H. trlStrc in his phC
Dy Endorsement of such appointment on sad
deed Of lrusl
Dolaui having been made in The pavmenl Of
sa Il note aud lNAes, l. the Undersigned, as
such substituted urlstcc. viii oGrer Ior lie, at
public auction, t. lha highrst bidder Ou Sllm-
day, May, H. l9Jt, for Gash in hand, at the
north lronr door Of the curt house, in tor tOWn
OF Hardy, comfy Ui sharp, ATE Of A"kunsas,
the above described lands, between me hours
prescribed by law Iur execution sales. he
proceeds Of oil II sale to be applied t, the pay
me 1t Of the costs and expense, of sald sale, 10
the payment oiSnid dcJt, interest ard iaXoS, and
the + lnalnncr. # any to said 4ra tor
T. j. Dnv iisOn, Trustee, pr 10, 1901.
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29
LOGIL NEWS.

Ss3e9 00O'
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29

E. H. Glenn, general mana
ger Of the Batesville Telephone
Company, is today putting up
the new switchboard for the
Sharp County Telephone Com
pany.
The republicans Of Sharp
county are called to meet at
King Mills tomorrow. We refer
our republican friends to the
ticket at the Records masthead
as one invincible in Sharp coun-
ty.
Rev. W. H. Stew art of Cave
City was in Evening Shade Sat-
urlay, and was in our sanctum
long enough to give the editor a
few punches anent the result of
the March primaries, a thing we
are doing our levelest to forget
about.
--One of the most difficult
operations ever performed in this
part Of Arkansas was performed
several days ago upon the per-
son of Mrs. Wales, of Wirth, in
the northern part Of Sharp coun-
ty. The operation was for an
abdominal tumor. The incision
was 10 inches in lene tn, and the
tumor removed weighed eight
pounds. Mrs. Wales is SO years
old, and had carried this burden
for about 10 years. She is the
wife of Allen Wales, and an
aunt of Circuit Judge John W.
Meeks. The operation was per-
formed by Dr.. c.. w. Culp of
Mammoth Spring, DR.. Gale,
chief surgeon for the Frisco
route, DR.. Bolts of Springfield,
and DR.. Winston of Thayer, in
s successful manner. These sur
geons claim to have never before
Sc just such a case as this
one,
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29

COUGHING CAUSED DEAF r.

"IEarry blackwell, aged 25 years,
choked To death early yesterday
morning at his bone, IN the presence
OF his wife and chi,d. He contract
ed Slight cold few days ago aud
paid but little attention to it, Yes,
terdav morning he was seized with a
fit of coughing which continued for
some time. ilis wife sent for ply
~Ician but before he could arrlve.
another coughing spell came on and
DuckwplI died from suffocation.--
ST. Louis Globes Democrat, Dec. l..
1901" Ballard'S Ilorehound Syrup
you!d have saved him. 2jc, soc
and $l.U0, w. a, Edwards.
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29
A full line Of lumber and
shingles is constantly kept on
hand at the Medley sawmill,
two miles south of town.
Makes "A GEraka ;RTrrB.

There's nothing Ike dong things
thoroughly. OF all the SalveS you
ever heard Of, Buck.en's Arnica
SaIvc is the best. 1t sweeps and
cures Barns, Sor;S. l'raI>es, Cuis,
HoiI>, Ulcers, Skin EruptroHs and
Plies. lLs only 25c. and guaranteed
to give satisfaction up Snow, the
druggist,
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29

If you want to trade a fresh
COW or corn for lumber, see Clark
& Brightwell.
Judge John B. McCaleb had
business this week in the chan
Gerry court at Melbourne.
Albert Hunter, one of the
democratic nominees for justice
of the peace in Sullivan town.
ship, Was a pleasant caller Mon
day.
IL. T. Andrews, one Of the
leading citizens Of Lawrence
county, was up from Smithville
Wednesday attending to some
business matters.
I want your chickens and will
pay the highest market prices
for the same.
W. A. Edwards.
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29

Evening Shade Lodge NO.
143, F. g. A. NJ. meets tomorrow
night.
Visit Bray's barber shop for a
shave, haircut, singe, shampoo
or tonic.
The board of directors Of the
Sharp County Telephone Com
pany held a meeting last Tues
day,
Strawberry river was on
tear Monday, caused by the big
rains Sunday. 1t got back in
banks Tuesday.
Hon. Sam H. Davidson re-
turned home Sunday from an
extended business trip to Salem
and other points.
Capt. Joshua Wann spent a
few days this week in Scott
township with his daughter,
Mrs. G.. S. Jernigan.
-Thirty-five thousand feet of
flooring will be used in the Bar
nett Bros. Mercantile Company's
new building at BatesvIlle.
Miss Annie Harrell returned
to her home at Cave City We'd
nesday after spending few
days here with her sister, Mrs.
Chas. Stokes.
j. H. Binkley Of Reeds
Creek was in Evening Shade
Saturday and had his name en-
rolled on the Records subscrip-
ton book.
Last Saturday a marriage
license was issued to Edgar Bal
lard, aged 10, and Miss Effie
Hamilton, aged II. Both live
near Evening Shade.
Elder A. Douglas of Center
will begin a series of meetings at
the Christian church at this
place on Wednesday, the 4th
day Of May, which will at least
continue over the Sunday fol-
lowing.
Chancellor George T. Hum
phries will convene the spring
term of chancery court.for Sharp
county at this place next Mon
day. There are q suits on the
docket, few of which are di-
VOfce cases.
I. N. Sparks, one Of our
good friends at Poughkeepsie,
was in the city last Saturday.
He came up to attend the demo-
cratic central committee meet
ing, he being the member from
Strawberry township.
After an unavoidable delay
Of several weeks, the Sharp
County Telephone Company has
received its switchboard from
Chicago, and the exchange will
be established in a day or two,
as soon as the new switchboard
can be installed.
Before the March primaries
the Mammoth Spring Monitor
fluently referred to Co.'s. Maxey
and Elmore as "the real candi-
dates for prosecuting attorney"
Since the voting happened, the
Monitor has never mentioned the
matter, and didn't even print the
result.
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29
CURED PARALYSIS.

W. S. Bally, P. o. Trne, Texas,
writes; "AIy wife had been suffer
ing five years with paralysis il her
arm, when | was persuaded to use
Balard's Snow Ljnimpnt, which
cured her all right. ! have al>ou>cd
it. for old sores. fro>tblties aud KIN
rrupnons It does the work, 25c,
soc. $ 60 w a, Ed%ards
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29
a TlaOElgiaSE'Ggl lSsaE5.

NJ. NJ Austin of Winchester, Ind &.
knew what to dom the hoar Of need
His wife had such an unusual case
Of stomach and liver trouble,
physicians coUld not help her. He
Thought of and tired Dr., King,
New Life Pills and she got relief al
once aud was finally cured, Only
25c, at SHOWS drug store.
William B. Hamm, the pop
ular cashier of the Bank of Eve
ming Shade, returned Saturday
from Little Rock, where he took
an active part in the delibera~
tons of the Arkansas Bankers
Association. He reports very
pleasant time at the meeting
Mr.. Hamm strongly opposed and
argued against the rigid bank
ing law proposed in the asso-
citation.
Sharp County record., 1904-04-29
h'0warr 81 OF 6DinslnSemas Gov
Sa'"rrh lEaaG C0msa;ns
Mercury.

"S mercury Will surely DESTROY the
sense o! Sme'l and completely de,
.''se 'oe whole system when enter
'oS 1t through the mucons su,rooo,
'"0n "'C'c'eS should never be used
'I'ep' ON pre"diption from reputable
p'y''c'aoS' , as tn" damage thcv will
,',, Wv - ,'" io'd to the good You ca,,
possibly p derive from them. g,u,.
Ua'arrh Cure, manufactured hr
N''' Cheney Dc Co., Toledo. q
.Y"'"'ns no nercnry. and is tsk.,,
,Iss'"a''y, %Io"1 acting directly upon the
o'ooa aud mucous surfaces Of ,h.
Sy''e"' In buying Halls t..,,s,a, m
:, ,o, or sure you get the genuine
!, !, Is taken internally and H,da ~ y,
Toledo, Ohio. maze In
bottle. '''7 'oc per
e.s FAmiIy Pills are Aaj..