The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-04-06
ITEMS FROM BEACON
DAN PHILLIPS QUITS cLERkING
AND RETURNS TO RAILROAD.
tNG-THE BLIND PIG" MINE IS
A THING OF THE PAST.


Miss Mary Porter, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. CO. Porter, of Knoxville,
is in Beacon visiting with her grand.
mother, Mrs. M. M. Porter, and 9th.
er relatives and friends.
Quite a crowd of Beacon folks met
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Jones upon their
return from Des Moines Wednesday
evening. They escorted them to their
home. The younger folks held a
charivari at the home Thursday
evening. ....
Two Beacon young ladies have
fallen as victims to Cupd's darts dur
ing the past week. Misses Anna Ed
wards and Nellie. Phillips were mar
ried during the week to Messrs. AL.
len Jones and Joe Blake.
Mrs. John Hook is confined to her
home in Beaco by serious attack
of heart trouble.
Dr. J. A. Ruan and w. w. Bass, of
Rural No. /, went snipe hunting last
week A variety of stories are
heard many of which are unreason.
able. Those who claim to be &C.
quainted with facts state that DR..
Ruan shot fourteen, while Mr. Bass
was unfortunate in getting only one.
Miss Beatrice Luscomb, of Des
Moines, was brief caller in Beacon
Friday
Mrs. Cordy Brattin, of Oskaloosa,
was visiting at the w. w. Bass home
for few days.
Ben Lewis has purchased team
of fine blacks" They are what the
residents of Beacon call beauties"
1t is said they cost Mr.. Lewis $500.
M. F. Van Corp, of New Sharon,
father of F. NJ. Van Corp, of the Van
Corp e. Son store, is planning on
moving to Beacon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beaver and son
of Hynes, Ia, are in Beacon visiting
at the parental VIM. Bowen home.
Wallace Ballinger, who resides
west of Beacon, is in a precarious
condition with an attack of stomach
trouble. After being examined by
several physicians, hope has been
given up and it Is thought that he
cannot live for more than two or
three weeks. A growth in the stom-
ach is causing starvation and it is
only a question of time how long he
can hold out. Relatives have been
summoned and friends are in daily
attendance.
Beacon is minus what was at one
time one of the most fiourishing
mines in this part of the county, the
Blind Pig" owned by the Beacon
Coal & Mining Co., with Phillips &
Davis proprietors. The coal practi'
cally ran out and there is hardly
enough left to sustain small cOun'
try trade. The boiler and engine
was purchased by the Blyth Mining
Co. Warren Whitlatch loaded the
machinery onto the car and it has
been transferred to Blyth. The
scales have been purchased by the
Excelsior Coal & Mining Co and will
be moved Immediately.
Ira Morrison has leased the j. w.
Price farm west of Beacon and will
farm the land this season. He will
not occupy the home on the farm.
Mrs. A. J. Larson and sister-in-law
Mrs. Toulon, of Omaha, went to OF
tumwa Friday afternoon, where they
will visit with friends for few days.
Mrs. S. II. Thomas and daughter
Miss Della, of Des Moines, accOmpan'
led her mother, Mrs. Amanda Edg,
ington, have been visiting at the
J. w. Price home in Beacon. They
went to Buxton Thursday, where
they will visit at the home of Mrs,
Thomas brother, Harry Fastener.
Mrs. +. c. Smith and daughter
Miss Mabel, went 20 Ottumwa Friday
afternoon, where they will visit with
friends and relatives.
Dan Phillips has resigned his po
sition with the Van Corp Co. and
has returned to his former work on
the railroad. MI. Phillips is work
ing out OF Evans on the Rock Island