The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-13

Friends in this city received tele-
gram announcing the death OF Frank
Johnson, at his home in Los Angeles,
Calf, which occurred Sunday evening.
Mr.. Johnson was a son-in-law of the
late James M. Browning. who owned
and occupied the old Mormon Jail IN
this city for many years, being one OF
our most respected business men,
Mrs. Johnson was formerly Miss Clara
Browning and will be remembered by
many in this city and vicinity, who ex-
ltend to her their sympathy in her be-
lreavement. Mr.. Johnson has a son
residing in Keokuk.
/ Judge Charles A. James, who has
been suffering the past two weeks
from typhoid fever, Is reported very
4 i'll. Judge James, for the past two or
three years, has been afflicted with i'll
ness Of this same nature, and during
all this time has not been in his usual
good health, hence his many friends
1 fear for the outcome.
/ County Clerk w. E. Miller has been
advised by the state auditor that the
state tax rate for Illinois is soc on the
500 valuation, and that the valuation
| OF lands in Hancock county has been
increased three per cent by the state
cOdTu OIL equdiHaIAoA, GNU ~ W
one per cent.
! Mrs. A. P. Kimbrough is visiting
| her uncle, JIM. Roberts and her cousin
Mrs. Maude Dorthy, Of FIT. Green, this
week.
| Frank Gray, Ray Carroll, Miss EN-
ma Carroll and Miss Gertrude Flynn
suffered an auto accident Sunday
which gave them a good shaking up
but no one was nurt, nor was the car
damaged to any extent. Fhey were
going west on the main road, with Ray
| Carroll driving, and when in front OF
| Mr.. Duley Harbor's residence, at
I tempted to pass buggy In which the
Harbor boys were riding, and just as
they pulled out the boys turned into
the alley at their home, and in order
| TO avoid collision the car was turned
SO quickly that it upset, splitting out
all the occupants. After the accident
the car was righted, and Mr.. Gray and
Ray Carroll went on to Keokuk, which
had been their destination. Mr.. Gray
visited with his friend, Mike Cox. who
| is in a Keokuk hospital, suffering
from broken hip, which he sustained
some four of five weeks ago, when he
| fell from a load of hay.
! Grand Jurors selected by the board
of supervisors at it's December meet
| ing for the March term, A. D., 1918, OF
the circuit court Of Hancock county:
| Charles Yates, Augusta; J. H. Gill
enwater, Hancock; w. F. Bradfeld,
I,aHarpe; ]. S. Grove, Harmony; L. G..
Starkey, Pilot Grove; Jack Reed. St.
! Adams: w. c. Ewing, Prairie; John
Kress, Pontoosuc; George Mulch,
Wythe; Alfred Christy, Sonora; Alvey
Hodges, Rocky Run; John F. Argast,
Nauvoo; L. P Cravens, st. Marys; w.
E. Rich, Fountain Green; Henry Will
lard, Chill: J. c. Ferris, Carthage;
Clarence Smith, Durham, Thomas
Fleming, Bear Creek Frank Steven
| son. Rock Creek; John Mulch, Walker;
William Cochran Montebello; E. T.
Hefrleman, Appanoose; George SpitZ,
| Warsaw.
! Probate Court News-Hancock Co.
| In the matter Of the guardianship Of
Raymond E.. Roy ", Ralph E.. Theo-
dore E.. and Dorothy A., and Charles
IL. Lund, minor heirs, by Charles II.
Ingraham. their guardian in petition
to sell real estate. Report OF sale
filed shows that said real estate con
sists of part of the E1s of the E12 OF
22-7-5, the same having been sold to
Marion Smith, for the sum of $7,565.57
Order of court filed approving said
sale, and ordering deed to issue to the
purchaser thereof, directing that said
guardian pay to Clara M. Blodgett and
Alma A. Anderson, the one-eighth Part
thereof, and that he retain the remain
ling six-eighths "a guardian for said
minors.
/ An inventory of the estate Of
George w. Adams was filed by Enocf
lH. Fleming, as executor of the estate
which shows lots located in Bowen as
the property Of deceased, and casf