The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-28

Carthage the first of the week to re-
sumo the work of the Hancock county
circuit court, the petit jury which had
been dismissed for several days, re-
appearing to hear jury trials,
The case OF VIM. H. Hartzell
against Rolla Babcock, occupied the
attention of the court during the day
Tuesday, a portion OF the time being
taken up with impaneling the jury,
and evidence was heard both for the
plaintiff and defendant. Samuel Nay
lor appeared as attorney for Mr..
HartzeIl. and Mr.. Covert, OF Quincy.
in behalf of Mr.. Babcock. The suit
was an action In assumpsit. growing
out of the settlement between Mr..
Hartzell and Mr.. Babcock, who were
formerly associated in the law bus
mess in Carthage, under the firm
name OF Hartzell, Cavanaugh & Bah
cock. After the evidence had all been
introduced, and counsel were making
arguments, the case was dismissed on
Wednesday morning at the opening
| of court, by the plaintiff.
! Mr.. Chas. Hughett, the new Wabash
agent, who was transferred from
Meredosia, Is moving his family into
the brick house on East Main street,
, formerly occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
E. E. McAdams:
| Miss Mary Davidson went to Spring
field Saturday for a several days yts-
lit.
Mrs. John B. johnson is still crit
ically Ill at her home in this city, sur
fering from erysipelas.
Fred e. Harvest returned Saturday
| from a seven weeks stay at the st.
Francis hospital at Macomb, and Is
resting quite comfortably now, but
not able as yet to get around much
his knee not having sufficiently peal
ed from the operation,
Mrs. E. A. Payne, who has been i'll
during the past ten days, Is resting
comfortably, but has to be kept very
quiet.
Taylor & Edwards have ordered q
Ford truck of the Monroe garage.
That garage has sold Ford touring
cars to the following parties: Ash
ford Perry. Harry Faulkner. Will Yet
| ter, Chas. Boston, Homer higgins.
John Chevillon, Leon Chevillon, Ed
Harter, Ray Mosley, L. A. Swain. Alva
| Williams, E. c. Argast, 2. L. Yetter,
D, G. Harbor, Miss Sherbie Rand,
John Zinnert, Miss Josephine Sim
mons, A. G. Points, Ed jenkins, B. L.
Langford.
Guy Helfrich, senior color sergeant
of the Fifth Illinois infantry, was
called to report for service on Mon
day, leaving here for Quincy on Mon
day evening.
w. O. Kunkle went to Galesburg
Friday to attend the fourteenth con-
gressional district conference of the
Farmers Institute at which meeting
4 dates were set and state speakers as
signed for the farmers institutes OF
the county for the ensuing year. The
dates for Hancock county being Oct.
Is to 10, inclusive and Oct % to 26. In
elusive. The county farmers 1nsti-
tute was attended by members and Of
fcers of the county institute Of the
al districts, and delegates were pres
emit from every institute organization
in every county Of the districts. 1t
vas decided by the delegates that 1t
would be better plan to take the in.
stitutes into the rural sections and
away from the large centers. 1t was
also decided to have meetings held in
towns near to each other on the same
date, so that speakers could cover sew
eral meetings with as little loss OF
time as possible.
! The meetings in Hancock county
will be held as follows: Oct. 16, APP
panoose church; Oct, II. Powellton:
Oct. Is. Elvaston; Oct. 10. LaHarpe;
Oct. 90. Stillwell; Oct. "a, Tioga; Oct.
Is. Basco; Oct. 26, Mt Pleasant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hart returned
the first Of the week from an extend
ed visit with friends In Quincy.
| Alva Hodges, OF Rocky Run town
ship, brought eight gray baby wolves
into County Clerk Ed Miller's office on
Saturday afternoon, having found the
same on his farm. They were still
alive when presented; Mr.. Hodges re-
ceived $500 per cub, or $1,000 for his
find