The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05
Petition Originates at Douds Leando
and 10 Being Signed by the
People Of Van Buren,
County.
COURT coNvENEs SOON
Funeral Of Mrs. Frank Townsend,
Who Was Born Near Bonaparte,
at an Early
Date.

BONAPARTE, March 5.-Harley
Christy, of Bowling Green, Mo-, came
Saturday evening for short visit
with Bohaparte relatives and
friends.
Miss Beatrice Dawson closed sue
cessful term Of school at the Frank
lin school house, few miles north
east of here a few days ago, and Will
soon go to northern Iowa to teach the
spring term IN district whore she
formerly taught. Miss Benna Black
mer will accompany Miss Dawson
and will teach a term OF school In an
adjoining district.
Orpha and Wayne Cox OF Mt. Zion
visited here Saturday at the home
of their grandmother, Mrs. 8. Cox.
e. E. Smith of Keokuk visited here
over Sunday with his brother, e. O..
Smith and family.
Sam smutz and wife Of Stockport,
were Sunday visitors here with Mrs.
Smutz's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
Derr and other Bonaparte relatives.
Miss Olga Mccormick of Farming
ton visited with Bonaparte friends
last Friday.
Mrs. John Cox and children OF Gro
ton spent the day here Friday, at
the home OF Mrs. S. Cox.
The district court will meet at
Keosauqua March 10. Judge Yer
million will be the presiding judge. AT
present not a great number OF cases
are filed and there will probably not
! be a large docket. The petit Jurors
for the term have been drawn. thirty
six in number, and are as follows: y.
Perkins, Pennington; S. P. Evans,
Milton; Iska Duvall, Keosaudua; VIII
Lazenby, Keosauqua; L. A. Fritz, Can
trfl. Paul Cox, Cantril; John Work.
Cantril: Neal Carruthers, Birming-
ham: C. A. .Dorson, Cantril: o. H.
beaverton, Milton; G. L. Sanford,
Douds Leando; James Beggs. Keosau-
qua: J. r. Moore, Cantril; Herman l..
ILaughlin. Selma: John Mckee, Birm-
itngham; P. C. Larson, Cantri; g. M
Ford. Birmingham; ]. r. Jacobs
stockpart: William G. Clayton. Douds
Leando; ]. L. ,Gwinnup. Mt. Sterling;
In. e, sheets, Keosauqua: II. P
Bailey, Stockport; Victor Campbell
Birmingham; NJ. G. Johnson, Birm
ingham; W. H. Whitlock. Bonaparte;
iG Sherrick. Roy Turner, Mt. Zion;
Verne Roberts, Milton; William Rade
stock, Bentonsport; r. L. smith
Stockport: Charles Brownlee, Keo
sauoua; r. C. Hanshaw, Douds Lean
do and w. B. Slater, Milton. The
Jurors Will be summoned to appear a.
II a. m. on the second Monday, Marct
26. Three petitions for divorce have
been filed and unless more cases
are docketed soon, the term will prob
ably be short one.
} The National Pickle compan!
shipped another car of pickles to st
Louis last week. The National pickle
: factory is located at Pennington, bu
they have branch sailing station!
here and at several other towns II
the county. They have been doing
big business during the past si'
months. They have worked a large
force continuously during that tim'
and have shipped about one hundred
cars of pickles to various points ovel
the country. They have contracted
; for large acreage Of pickles in thi!
/ county for the coming season.
| A movement is under way to induce
l the X. d. railway to change its tins
schedule back to the same as 1t wa:
: before the last change was made.
petition. which originated at Douds
: ,eando, has been circulated ant
signed by a great many business mel
in the county along this railroad line
The people miss their Chicago pa
pers and other eastern mail in ths
morning and also complain that the!
cannot 90 from place to place in thu
county along the line without spend
ing the whole day.
Fedora. court begins at Ottumws
on March 10, and in the list of CRANE
and petit jurors are the names of thu
, following Van Buren, county citizens
, with postoffice address: Grand juror:
, John A. Craig, Keosauqua; H. L
De Hart, Bentonsport; s. NJ. Stew
art. Mt. Sterling. Petit jurors
Samuel Adams, Selma; ]. s. Hol
comb, Douds Leando; y. Stadler
Bonaparte; B. ]. Stong, Keosauqua.
!, A family from near West Poin
r have rented and moved to the Dial
rymple farm, a few miles southwes
, of here and ]. o. Lorton and family
who have lived on this farm for tn
past three years. have removed to
farm south OF Mt. Sterling.
The I. o. o. F. lodge members AM
their 1dIllllieS udu d DiS Dhlquct di'
spent an enjoyable evening at thei
hall last Tuesday evening.
i The funeral OF Thomas Gibbs, VIII
died at his home here the first o
last week. was held at the Baptis
3 church here Saturday at $50 o'clocl
Y and interment was made in the Houls
= worth cemetery, few miles nortl
t of town.
t Mrs. Georgia Sherman visited II
Keosauqua several days last wee
with her sister, Mrs. Marion De Har
: and family.
1 Charles Bennett and wife hav
e moved to the old Bailey place, mort
{ of town. owned by ]. B. Moore ant
. will be employed on the Moore farm
5 during the coming season.
l W. A. Packer. of the Bonapart
Produce Co. was sick and unable +