The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-22
'BONAPARTE SCHOOL
IS NOW OPEN
Closed for Three Weeks Because OF
No Coal, But Now Has Fuel
Mined on Nearby
Farm.
BORN 1889 IN COUNTY
Death Of Thomas jefferson lorton
Who Had Lived in Van Buren,
for Eighty
Years.

Judge at big poultry show. On
New Years day he will go to st.
Louis, where he will Judge poultry
In the big coliseum show. and he
will examine applicants for license
as poultry judges under the American
| Poultry association including the
| United States and Canada. On Janu-
! airy 6 Mr.. Householder will go to Mon
roe, Iowa. to Judge a big show, and
on January Is he goes to Murray.
! Iowa. for another good show. Mr..
Householder is one of the best judges
| Of poultry in the United States, and
! his services are in demand at all
! times He resides a short distance
north OF Bonaparte and raises fine
| lot of poultry and pet stock on his
! farm
! Mrs. Rebecca Edwards went to st.
| Joseph, Mo-, on Thursday OF last
week for a visit with her brother,
Winfield Collins, and family. On her
return home she will also visit in Des
Moines with her sister, Mrs. George
| Clark
Thomas Jefferson Lorton, a highly
respected and long time resident OF
this vicinity, was born near Farm
ington, Iowa. May %, 1889, and died
at his home in Mt. Sterling, Iowa, on
December Il. 1919, being at the time
of his death so years, months ana
% DAYS of age. He was of family
of ten children, all of whom have
preceded him in death, except one
sister. Mrs. Mary Armstrong, OF
Farmington. He was married to Miss
Sarah Wolf, November IS, 1851. She |
died April 81. 1854 To this union /.
two children were born, both dying
in infancy. Mr. Lorton was married I
again. to Miss Margaret Wolf. April |
10. 1857. To this union were born /
five children: Mrs. Della Alfrey and
Mrs. Iona Park, of Mt Sterling:
George, Clarence and Otto Lorton, all I
Of whom reside on farms near Mt /
Sterling. Mr.. Lorton resided all his 1
life In Van Buren, county. most OF his /
time being spent on farm, he haV-
ing moved TO Mt. Sterling IN the |
spring of 1868. where he resided at !!
the time OF his death. He was a
member of the Masonic order, He is
survived by his wife, five cnildren
and ten grandchildren.
Dan r. Bennett has recently re-
turned from the state hospital at
Iowa City, where he underwent an
operation to straighten his ankle,
which was broken several years ago +
and had been set crooked. The ankle i
was rebroken and has now healed SO
that he is able to walk without
crutches.
The primary department OF the
PRESBYTERIAN Sunday school had a
Christmas entertainment at the 1
church last Sunday following the
regular Sunday school hour. A good
crowd was in attendance.
Friends of Miss Imogene Page gave
her a O'Clock dinner and surprise
party at her home here last Friday
evening. the occasion being the cele-
bration of her seventeenth birthday
anniversary.
Bonaparte ice men started to get
ready for the ice harvest last week
and expected to start work at rlilng
the big icehouse in short time
Walter Hogan has opened a snoe
repair shop in the brick building Tor
merly occupied by NJ. ]. Smith & Son
as a feed store.
Mrs. Eckerman Of Charlton. visited
here last week with her son. Z. H.
Eckerman. and family. Mr.. Ecker {
man is superintendent Of the Bona
parte schools.
During one of the cold days last
week, sparks from the flue set IRE {
to the Bear Creek school house, [
few miles southwest of Bonaparte {,
But for the timely arrival OF Mr.. {
Meyers, who lives near the school
house. the structure would proDaDIs '
have been burned to the ground. He /
c,It hole in the roof and extin- |
sr1ished the blaze before mucn mead S
txTy :
Mrs H Easter was called to Des
last week by the death of /
her stster-in-iaw, Mrs Morgan. /,
Albert Morris. son OF William and {
Catherine Morris. was born October !
% 1899. near New Brunswick, Ind, {
and died at the home OF his son,
George in Vernon, Iowa, Tuesday !
December 9. 1919, aged Sc years, L '
and IA days. Mr.. Morris was I
q pioneer settler Of Iowa and Van
Buren, county. He came to Vernon /
IN 1852 and was united IN marriage !
10 Minerva Christian on January i, {
1883. To this union was born five 7
children. three OF whom, George, {
Tohn and Matte, survive their {
father Mr. Morris lost his wife and
a little daughter May IS, 1874. TWO I
wears later he lost second daugh- +,
ter Mrs. Maggie Lewis, Of keokuk, g
Iowa. Mr.. Morris had made ms :
home for army years with his son, !
George, in Vernon. He was man
Of many virtues, Of quiet and retiring !
disposition. but Of a genial and kind t
w nature that won respect and last y
ing friendship He was in earlier {
years associated with the late Isaac
McC,racken in the manufacture OF /
brick Between these men there were '
me most loyal bonds Of friendship J
81 a birthday party few years ago
n honor of Mr.. McCracken's seventy G
seventh birthday, Mr.. Morris was an G