The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-01
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NORTHUMBERLAND

NA - NA'Rftf FANhtW OWN nlM UInln In
that year. James Rpuriock, Jeepe
Newell, Samuel Cole. father OF DR.. ri
Cole, and j. ~, White ARE ali spoken
OF az men whose lives and influence
are still at work In that community
They had some ability as religious
teachers and kept up meetings in
their and other nelghborhoods,
nifording regular gatherings for the
settlers, and trained their neighbors
10 the highest and best citizenship.
Nathan Thomas and his brother,
benjamin, were also here IN 1SI3.
DIR. Ross, who lived some miles east
OF Eddyyille, Is remembered ms a
useful man In tho early years.
The first school house was built on
the Jesse Newell farm and Thomas
Ross, a brother OF the doctor,
taught the first school, In 1916. Ifo
served also as township clerk. Each
settler contributed his share OF the
logs and work 10 put up the school
house, which soon came 20 be used
as q church. II was called tho New.
ell school house. In tho early fifties
James Allison bought out Jesse New.
ell, who went 20 Jefferson county,
Kansas, and founded Oskaloosa, Kan.
sas, which Is now the county scat
Of that county. Families were train.
cd In that school VINO went 20 MAKE
new homes in different parts Of the
west. It's successor Is now known an
Round Top school.
VIM. IT, Burlington, Joseph Funk,
Bilas and William Scott, Franklin
Wall and r. Il. Gilmore afterwards
state SENATOR came into the town.
ship n little later. IN the west Bidc
Of the township were Samuel Vance
Butler D%elashmutt, VIM. Frederick,
u. d. Miller, NJ. NJ Davis and others.
A full grown bear waB Killed on
the VIM, Frederick placg by Deiasb.
mutt and Frederick in the early
years. In tho battle for It's life tho
bear killed etfc Of Dclashmutt'g IA,
yorite hunting dogs, much 10 the
chagrln 0Itbe old hunter.
CodaC/ Chapel was built In 1863
ana the post Office established In
18TH H. W. Moore was the first
~ppsmnastcr and gave tho village itg
name Some years later, when
Wright station began 10 grow, there
was an effort made 10 move the &c.
oar post Office TO Wright. When Mr.
wore and others learned Of the
move they circulated q petition for
mo establishment Of an once NJ
wright and recommended the name
70 inc post Office department because
VI the number Of persons by that
name IN the community. The re-
quest was granted and J. A. Bait
sell was made postmaster.
Wright In located In the corners Of
TOUR townships and rs In tho center
of an intelligent community.
Pckay and Lost Creek, In the
south part Of tho county, are mining
camps q varying population and &C.
uVity' The latter place Is operated
ny tho Lost Creek Fuel company and
~ Ton miles southeast Of Ogkalooga.
On January ~, 1902, there occur.
req an explosion In one Of the shafts,
which Killed twenty and wounded
fourteen men, II was tho greatest
catastrophe that mas ever occurred
IN the anDSts Of the mining industry
In Iowa.
The explosion was produced by al
shot fired by Andrew Pash In room
No, 10 at Mine No. 2. He was
among the dead. A fund Of aImoyt|
three thousand dollars was shortly
afterward raised by special donations
for the Widows and orphans Who'll
we're left peBniIess and homeless by
this fatal accident
Harrison township IL rich In coal
beds and several tragedies have oc.l
cured In tho mining districts. Al
disaster which shocked tho entire
state occurred on tho farm Of VIM.
q. Briggs on tho morning Of August
~, 1871. a coal shaft had been dug
n few hundred yards below the
house. IL war thirty.two feet deep
and eight feet square, n ladder lead. |
The water which accumulated in the
opening was used for stock water
and drawn by q bucket with horse
aged eighteen and Charles, aged ten,
went out 10 the Shaft on this morn
ing 20 water the stock. While they
we're there q neigbb0r boy named
Jimmie COwdeD came along looking
for some stray hogs, and was assist
ing them. The water was quite low
In the shaft and tho bucket falling
10 OIL AZ usual, Charles, the younger
boy, war beuL NOWH 70 III " w uiVl
ping. He had only reached the bot
tom Of the gbaft when he called 10
his brother that he was ~guffocating,
and MahIin vent Immediately 10 his
rescue, put bis brother In tho buck,
got in himself ana called 10 the
boz 20 draw them up, which no did
At Oncs, with the AID Of the horse,
yut Just AZ the bucket was approach
Ing the top with itg precious burden
young cowdcn noticed MahIan grow
and losing HIS hold, ne fell to
the bottom. Charles waS raised out
but inggnslbIc. The boy then called
10 VIM. q. Briggs, thp father, who
was within hearing distance. He
ran 10 the shaft and down the lad.
der. perhaps only thinking there had
been an accident. Seeing his mis-
take, he started out but was over.
and fell into the water Young
COwden then ran across a feld more
than half a mile 20 where there was
a threshiDg crew, % give the alarm
On HIS way he met Anna Briggs, al