The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-04-21
EDDYVILLE ETCHlNGS.
Items Of Interest Chronicled by the
Tribune


Mrs. Inez Grisby, who was taken to
Ottumwa last week to undergo a sur
gical operation, has so far recovered
as to be able to be brought home this
week.
G. l.. Clancy lost a valuable horse
last Monday. The animal got loose
in the stable and was kicked by an
other horse, breaking its leg, which
necessitated killing it.
Mr.. Link Oldham sold his fine farm
east of town to Will jaeger and has
purchased property in California
where he intends to move. BY this
purchase Will acquires one of the
most desirable farms in Manaska
county.
The Pekay Band were in town on
Tuesday afternoon and treated the
business district to a fine band con
cert. They were in uniform and be-
fore leaving were photographed. The
Pekay band while practically a new
enterprise, is n of the best bands in
southeastern Iowa and plays with a
rythm and ease of touch that would
do credit to veterans.
Mayor Cowley and wife last Mon
day evening entertained about fifty
OF Eddyville's most prominent citI-
zens at their elegant new home on
South Second street, the occasion be-
ing the 69th birthday anniversary of
Mrs. VIM. Cowley, mother of Mayor
Cowley. AS entertainers Mr.. and
Mrs. Cowley stand in the front rank
and as usual a most enjoyable even
ing was experienced.
Considerable excitement was Great
ed in town Monday evening by the ar
rest Of a negro charged with stealing
and selling a saddle. 1t seems that
he had been sent down from Oska-
loosa by the Richie Bros. with some
horses, n Of which he rode. He
was supposed to send the saddle back
but instead he hopothicated the plum
ders and pocketed the rhino. Mar
shal McGaugh on receiving the infor-
nation rounded him up at the Rock
Island depot as he was waiting for
the train.
One Of the funniest and most mirth-
provoking occasions that ever nap
pened in the city, occurred at the op
era house last Wednesday evening
when the Turkeyfin Minstrels broke
loose. From the minute Tambo felt
like Geo. S~tephenson's invisible mus
tache as the curtain went up till Fin
Bickford stabbed the fourteen pound
bed bug with a rolling pin in the last
act the house was in a continual roar.
As end men Fin Bickford and Ed
Hawke as tambos, and George Lains
and Bill Chitwood as bones, left moth
ing to be desired; and with Walter
Laferty as in%terlocutor they carried
their parts with the ease and grace of
professionals.
Among the items now being repro
duced from the old Eddyville Adver-
tiser of twenty-five years ago., one
says: "a young man named Bell, op-
orator at Clifford, a station on the
Central, whose family reside at Oska-
loosa, shot and killed at Clifford last
Monday a young lady named Roberts,
whose homo is in Grinnell and almost
fatally wounded himself. Miss Rob-
erts was visiting at Clifford, Bell be-
came infatuated with her, but she
preferred the love advances of a
strolling preacher, who had been con-
Quoting a successful revival in the
place, and went to Cedar Rapids with
him and stayed several days. Re
turning she sent a letter by Bell to be
mailed. He opened it and found
proof of the familiarity with the
preacher, and resolved upon the act
spoken of above. He wanted her to
take a walk with him and during the
walk, committed the deed"