Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-23

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Value of products Of herds, s13s,203
Value Of products of dairy, $500.
In 1850 Thomas Ping was township
clerk and had the records in his store,
which was burned, leaving the town
ship without records previous to that
date. The present township officers
are: Trustees, M. c. Isreal, M. L.
Cooley and c. Croddy; Assessor, ]. A.
Israel; Clerk, w. Crawford.
Town of Ashland.
The town of Ashland, .(now extinct
in section was plated by Thomas
Ping in 1S45 and grew to be town
of 400 inhabitants. 1t had a bank and
several. business houses. The Metho-
dist Episcopal church was organized
by Rev. Thomas Kirkpatrick, pastor,
in 1S43, and is still progressing in care
of ]. B. Hill, pastor. The following
were among the first and are still mem
bers of this church: Thomas Foster,
Hester Acton, Ruben Meyers and wife.
The school house is good brick build
ing and is in charge of ]. w. Younkin,
teacher; James Acton, president;
George Creath and w. w. Warren, dir
ectors and Thomas Foster, treasurer.
Ashland was growing with good
prospects until the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy, and Keokuk & Des Moines
railroads were built in 1871. Curtis
Anderson, the last merchant, moved to
Eldon.
Town Of Eldon.
Eldon Is situated on the north bank
of the Des Moines river. in section p,
and is a new, lively little railroad town.
of about 700 Inhabitants, built by the
crossing of the Southwestern branch
of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
and the Keokuk & Des Moines rail-
roads at this point. 1t being the erd
of a division, the Chicago & Rock Is
land & Pacific Railroad company have
built a large roundhouse, repair shops
and stock yards and are erecting
4 large hotel the Ashland House.
The town was laid out in August,
1870, by Judge J. M. Love, Col George
| Gillaspy, Hon. Edward Johnston, Col.
George Williams and Col. William
Leighton, and surveyed and plated by
Oran Baldwin, Esq, Of Keokuk.
Among the first to purchase property
and build who are now living here,
We're Peter Mulvany, James Bradley.
Martin Dooiey. John Donohue, w. H.
Cross, Ed. Dibble, Jerry Keefe, Patrick
Russell and ]. c. Nelson.
Incorporation.
Eldon had been progressing rapidly
which time the following officers were
elected D. X. Taylor, mayor; John
Donohue, A. L. living, Adam Blair, j.
G. Nelson and F. x. Kaffer. trustees;
Ed. Dibble recorder, and Peter Null
vany, treasurer.
The present officers are: s.. Mosely,
mayor; John Donohue, James Bradley.
Charles Simmonds, M Whitmore and
John Heronimus, trustees: ]. C. Nell
son, recorder; Peter Mulvany, treasur-
er; J. F. Parkhurst, marshal.
Schools.
The school house is good frame
building, situated on the southwest
corner of block four; is large enough
to accommodate two hundred pupils.
The number of children in this district.
between the ages of five and twenty
one, is 142. The school is we'll organ
lied and graded, in charge of D. M.
is composed of the following members
Peter Mulvany, president; John Dono-
hue, VIM. Brownfied, James Bradley.
A. Utter and Ed. Dibble, directors; G.
j. Love, secretary and Aaron Park,
treasurer.
- Churches and Societies.
The Methodist and the Methodist
Episcopal church building Is situated
on the southwest corner Of block "a,
on Church street; Rev. William Reins-
burger, pastor Of the former, and Will
liam Patterson, pastor Of the latter.
Tho Catholic church building, having
been blown down while in the course
Of erection, the Catholic services are
| taH tn frJl1r orSrc hal NV
Patrick Moran.
The Odd Fellows lodge, No. 28, con-
sisting of one hundred members, have
a large cen1modious hall over Cum
minis store.
The Ndon brass band was orsaniz-
ed six months ago, and Is progressing
favorably under the directions of ]. l.
; members of the band: Geo. M. B. Mey.
ers, John w. Nicholas, c. Parsons, J.
c.. Nelson, Ed. wentz. Wash Drake
| Oliver Drake, Ed. Cooley, Emery
) Wright and Pat Casey.
Business Interests.
, Eldon has been progressing rapidly
. until November %, 1875, when it was
l visited by a devastating fire which
burned down $4,000 worth of prop
erty Another fire on June 20, 1875, re-
3 duced to ashes $4,000 worth of prop
: erty in the most valuable business part
Of town.
Peter Mulvany and E. Cumnins are
the general merchants.
Y J. E. Alverson and G. H. Simmons
/ druggists.
: James Bradley. baker.
James Harbaugh, grocer.
}. Peter Mulvany and Meyers and
Moore, lumber merchants.
Hotel keepers-S. Mosley, Ashland
W. a a