Eldora Herald (Newspaper) - May 20, 1897, Eldora, Iowa EVENTS OJF THE WEEK 3 TOWN AND COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE Alarms of Fire at Hubbard and Iowa of Clara Wood at New Societies and SUICIDE OF JOHN COOMER HUBBARD Things Cream of the News for o Week by The Heralds Special NEW had taken his own has been in very poor time with a cancerous Great was the surprise of this com munity Sunday on learning that John an old and respected citizen living about live miles north of Coomer health for some uiuo wuu u malady with little or no hope In fact he knew that continued life could be only one of intense and a great burden to his and Several times of late ness and consideration business he has spoken of ending his but his friends had not thought he carry his suggestion into There is no doubt what ever but that he was perfectly sane He realized fully his condition and determinately yet rationally and calmly chose death to A friend had with the calm of a careful called to see him Sunday morning and on being told that Coomer had stepped out for a few re marked that he would call in the after and started Coomer went to the barn to her horror and she found his lifeless body suspended by a rope after fastening one end around his he had thrown over a and with the other end firmly grasped in his left launched into On hearing the cry from the friend and friends and rela tives were John Coomer would have been 65 years of June Was born in and the father of five who with the stricken wife survive Some twentyfive years of his life was spent in where he fol lowed vocations of the mechanical operating a grist mill aud other pur He was true to the flag enlist ing in Wisconsin volunteer infantry in 61 and served participating in the bloody battles of Corinth and That he was recognized as a man of Worth is shown by the fact that he was successfully promoted from orderly sergent to yet his modesty was such that but few people knew of his service from his Of rough exterior John Coomer had a big with kindly impulses and noble elements of Emmery Adams little boy is quite Kersey was an Eldora visitor last week on of was in town Tuesday on of was in town Monday transacting Misses Hattie and Miller were visiting in town Williams mother from Kansas is visiting here for a few Howard went to Oskaloosa to stay until after commence ment at Penn Alice Bunker expects to start to California and Oregon for a pleasure trip in June to be gone several of Iowa was a visitor in town last and while here sold his residence to Consideration Word comes from Elmer it a badly besmeared stilt of clothes and a broken Burl of Iowa was visit ing here the first of the Henry has been grading around his enjoy ing a visit from her of Des Andrew of is visiting friends in made a professional trip to Alden Miss Clara Finn visited at the home of Miss Mary Marshman near Hubbard Racker preached at Sunday A very liberal collection was taken up at the church Sunday morn ing for the benefit of Benbow went to Tuesday evening and enjoyed hearing the visited her sister north of town Miss Anna of Hamilton is visiting her Fred Douglass Walterman and of visited relatives in town Sun who is at Rapid that he has taken a and will probably re main in that Yon dont want to fail to see Andrews line of summer wash goods and He has a nice line to select at the lowest living Andrews has the best line of straw ever shown in the also a lour that is warranted to be as good as there is in the at per Miss Mattie Meek went to Shell for a few weeks She had to give up her school on account of poor Miss Jessie Tausey will finish the spring term for Clara Wood daughter Wood and died Saturday morning at 5 She had been afflicted with consumption for the past two About two weeks ago the disease took on a more violent form until death relieved Deseased was 25 years Funeral services were held at Friends church at 3 oclock Sunday The bereaved ones have Shintaffer is having his house east of town newly plastered and other wise pr has had his house painted which is a great David Rogers commenced a two months term of school in district A terrible disaster occurred at ore mines The tipple or ore 60 feet 10 white men and boys outright and seriously wounding several A terrible railway disaster befell the Russian military tram between Roeken hof and In the wreck seven teen oars were Two officers and eightytwo soldiers were killed ana 80 others were seriously Iii Foreign Pern and Bolivia have submitted their territorial dispute to the arbitration of There are indications of the possi bility of serious trouble between France and owing to the incursion of Moorish tribesmen into Algerian torri Smolensk has dismissed irregulars from his believing that they nro for many of the Greek and he threatens to punish with death any one who m upon the ad B H A trudes among his The acting Miss Remke is on the sick Murray Wildman made a business trip to Steamboat Nelson Knickerbocker has gone to Illinois to visit Anna has gone to Illinois for an extended Walter has his to Battle which were spent in the vicinity of his The funeral services were held Monday afternoon from his and was very largely at tended by The was by after which remains were laid to rest in the Cottage Milner and wife visited with friends at Belle Sheldon visited with his sister visiting anc the Jay of is vis with Manning the lire bell Sunday The sound of afternoon brought the from every direction to ascertain the Some rubbish iu an unused room be longing to had by some means been set on and but for the arrival ot would soon have reduced the south side of Main street to and perhaps the whole The fire department arrived in good but their services were not needed as the fire was already under There was only about eighteen inches of water in the and so could have been of but little avail if ii had been Clean up the old rubbish and back yards before some great conflagration does Lora district presi dent of the will lecture in the church Friday Admission All are Caster and of New came down Saturday and spent Sunday with the former Cobb was called to Eldora by the serious sickness of her Sarah Hector Cowan and wife were in Saturday on wife and son were at Monday Ed Humphries and of spent Sunday with the formers brother Jack and of Wayne Caster visited Saturday and Sunday with his and family west of Cobb and Amos sold seven wagon loads of hogs one day last County Missionary Mitchell preached t chapel Sunday went to Mon on is agent for machinery here for Carter of McMillan is baling hay at the sympathy of the IOWA Decoration Day exercises will take place Mav Rev Green will deliver Memorial sermon Uncle Joel and Aunt Lida o visited at Bonds las Price attended the state association of the Bond and of New are visiting relatives here this Jones and wife returned Satur day from several weeks visit at Council Bluffs and Epworth League held their annual in commemoration of the founding of that in the church Sunday Cassius who has been attend ing the law department of Drake uni passed his examination and was admitted to the We under stand that he intends going m partner ship with his Bryson in this We notice in County Sunday School Missionary report for Hardin he credits Hardin township with 909 in if this report includes Iowa we suggest that Brother Mitchell obtain the assistance of the secretary of the Eldora school board and take another census of this The alarm of fire was sounded about 1 oclock Sunday The fire company promptly turned but a few pails of water hadj extin fire before their arrival It seems that some one had thrown ashes against the side of McKays which was beginning to smoke moved Our is greatly improved by a new coat of Peter Cole is reported quite Boylan is teaching the Shin taifer Myers and baby have re turned home from a two weeks visit with relatives at Jewel and Webster Chris Weimer has returned from a visit with relatives in Flints who has been here the past three weeks returned to her home in Illinois Marshal Jones is having some new crosswalks put in which Is a much needed Miss Edna Day is on the sick Ed visited Sunday with Sissons Eggleston is able to be out vice of Emperor has declared to the French that he cannot agree to granting an ar until the basis of peace has decided upon and approved by Ninety earthquake shocks have been felt in South Australia during the last three The subterraneous were particularly severe at Kings where buildings were damaged aud the inhabitants are living in tents for Europe is suffering from heavy frosts and In all the mountain districts of Austria and Ger many the damage to trees has been very A heavy snow storm has swept over Cologne aud Widespread injury has been done to the vineyards in the districts of and The Turkish garrison at the northern entrance of the Gulf of which has been besieged by the Greek laud and sea forces almost from the out break of the has sent the Greek archbishop and five notabilities of Pro vesa to the commander of the besieging Greek army with a saying that the Turkish force is ready to capitulate to the regular forces of Reliable news of the most important insurgent success in mouths has just reached It appears that Gen eral Calisto Garcia and General Rabi fell on a Spanish force which was carry ing food and supplies from to Bayamo early last captured the routed General Lenos columns and pursued him so vigorously that he fled to the coast with the remnant of his brigade and took ship at for Crimes and Sidney a prominent citizen of Hew his brains The Hannibal and Joseph bridge at was destroyed by In a fight between negroes and whites at San several of both were James the Rockford wife was found The death penalty was The Funderburg Mills at New Car lisle were destroyed by Loss It was the work of an Will of visited at G Beechers Misses Emma Jones and Leva Shaffer and Shaffer and Wood all of visited Miss Edith Sunday Miss Retta of Xew Provi d will addess the Sunday school when some one saw the and turned in POINT Henry Smuck and wife spent at Iowa of visited at Saturday and Seeley and of visited at Boylan and Blair and of were guests of Irving Blairs Elmer Frank Leslie Patterson shipped six carloads of fat stock to Wednesday of last returning day will be observed at kl at June Several people from here of Rough Wood hari at Fred of is visiting her Starn and The W Omans Foreign Missionary society meets with Kauffman left Tuesday for her to visit Ed The Plain Aid society will meet Thursday of this week with David The Felix Sunday school convention held at Sun was well attended and by all The second quarterly meeting of the Whitten charge will be the Felix church Saturday and Sun May 22 and May porte has replied officially to the note of the powers and to agree to an ar until the following conditions are accepted The annexation of Thes on indemnity of Turk ish and the abolition of the capitula The porte proposes that plenipo of the powers should meet at to discuss the terms of and declares that if these conditions are declined the Turkish army will continue to The demand for the annexation of Thessaly is based upon the fact that the province was originally ceded to Greece on the advice of the with the object of ending brigandage and Greek incursions into Ottoman the porte believing at that time that the cession would obtain these but the recent incursions of Greek bands ana the events immediately preceding the war have proven to the contrary This is the substance of the The ambassadors met today to con sider the portes which is re garded as raising an extremely grave issue It is believed that representa tions will be made to the sultan person ally to induce a modification of these but it is foreseen that this will be owing to the attitude of the powerful old Turk war It is regarded as quite certain that the powers will not consent to a retraces siou to Turkey of Even Ger many is believed to be resolute on this point because it would involve a viola tion of the Berlin treaty and imperil the peace of the Altogether the reply of the has caused the greatest It appears that during the discussion of the notes from the powers before the council of the sultans ministers news reached at son and Charles Monaghan near Eldo rado and Ellis two prominent ladies of stole of their fathers money and have been placed under arrest James Reed and Newton two prominent farmers of De Mo en gaged in a fight with and seriously but will Pacific express train three men at Keed was The Southern was held up by a and the safe of the express car blown The robbers escaped with A letter has been prepared asking the president to commute the death sentence hanging over Charles Johnson of to a sentence of tor a term of George lute postmaster at pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzling postal funds and was sentenced to one year and eight mouths imprisonment in the penitentiary The dead body of Clark of Grand known as the bark of Michigan a member of the Michigan Bark aud Lumber coma was found Simon Weaver of Terre Haute dreamed that her husband miles was and getting out of secured a conveyance ml tened to her whom Fire caught in and ma few minutes the upper stor were all in flames Th and dome n ames Th courthouse was completely burned and h ne an nothing remained but the Harts beautiful an bought by women for was destroyed The weapon usa Tas a butchers had been struck m the right temple and the P across her W At WIB powers Detore the council of Al TJ roaa leading from the sultans ministers news done t The typing Palona and were marching to Janina j wre with the intention of cooperating with seph Kelly at Jeff Uy of A f A i AVI HI a v es from Arta This created a a j bad impression among the A third near IFa i m o p K General adaptability Simple and effective evener device Perfect awing Per feet balance Super ior quality Locking device for hard Adjust able rig Hammock seat Excellent work manship Splendid working These features Make our Cultivators tHe i i a Best balanced ana Most durable in the market RIDING Make a specialty of farm machinery ai challenge the Finest of and pocket cutlery in the Have the material and workmen for roof aud eave Come and see We can save for we have no heavy rents or city jl expenses to We Make Prices Satisfac tory the Trade HA in the wholesale poisoning of the Kelly The latest victim is Jim alias a discharged negro who is thought to have instigated the poisoning by the Cornell won by two lengths in the gs in e hoat race naval cadets at An Typhoon II won the 2Srd Kentucky derby at with Ornament sec ond and Catlett The Yale team won the intercollegiate team golf championship cup at the Ard sly golt Score Yale Hor Harvard defeated University of Penn sylvania at after a close and in the house by a vote of 00 to 7 which is designed to do away with the 0day bicycle Humphrey extending fran all street railways in lnT Mug CUe of and in commissioners instead of the 7arious the Illinois nf of passed of the Ores once turn over the and the v Of thn PS league of Mens nave tor t establishment of five large cotton i at A project is foot to convey natu gas by pipe to Fort fn a small town 40 miles Alaskas yield of gold this yeat at which is more than the big territory awj the United f Superintendent McNall of Kansas ball ordered the Phoenix ot Hartford to tornado business In Kansas under peil alty of license The strawboard makers of the held a secret meeting at the HdM louden according torn formed a trust to control the net of the Judge Gibbons rendered a declaring the American Tobacco pany an illegal corporation and ing Us agents from carrying on its bus1 mess within the confines of trade review says off in the request for staple I goods within a month is a result period of comparative calm at a time when a general revival in demand liai f been looked Wholesalers that of business consists ol tilling even Chicago not ing to have more than held its own in volume of goods Interior merchants continue to bny for wants and in many direction farmers are too busy with field work to 1 supply their wants nt the country Grocers report an unusually Jorge distribution of canned goods Capital Internal Revenue Hough J of Ohio has The senate confirmed the nomination vi of Brigadier General Forsythe to 1 be major The supreme council of the Protective in session at elected officers for the enamel John of was elected The The And The She was a good He loved She was his The made it he ate pie disagreed and he disagreed with Now he takes a pill after nnd is So is his wife The pill he takes is Avoid dyspepsia by using l Ayers Cathartic
