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There is a great deal of sickness in this vicinity. Donie Birch is visiting Miss Ema Downing. Miss Maud Waters is visiting rela tives at Winfield and Foley. Miss Lizzie Moore was visiting friends at this place last week. Willie Cannon and George Cobb are in Audrajin county this week, Miss Jennie Mitchell, of Sihith’ s Mill, is visiting relatives at this place. Rev. T. A. Abbott filled his regular appointment here Saturday and Sun day last. Several of the young men fro Els berry attended church at this place Sunday evening. Bob Frazier has the mumps, but it don’t seem to hurt him much as he is out in town today. Prof. A. O. Moore’s school closed last Friday. He is in town now, and will probably remain here for some time. Some of our young people alia the exhibition last Friday ‘at No given at the close of Prof. O’ Nal ly’s school, Mrs. Maud ‘Watts, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Lou Pollock nett ed for Burlington, Iowa, last day to visit Mrs. Linna Wisby. $ THERISA. Chain Links. Joe Bastian is in Dardenne at pres ent. C. EK. Benedict lost a valuable colt a few days ago. Antone Hembrook had a couple of calves drowned by the high water. Mesdames Bailey and Downing,who have been the guests of their brother, Judge L. B. Sitton, have returned home. Mrs.Bernard Reller fell a few days ago and sprained her ankle very bad ly. It will incapacitate her from her household duties for some weeks. Rade Sitton went down to St. Louis last week, and while there took a look at the new goose gun. He says it is a beauty, but it takes too pouch “dust” to buy it. Messrs. Rinertt Reller will start their saw-mill to running on J. W. Pollard’s farm, west of here, as soon as the weather will admit of free muscular movements. George S. Pollard’s school closes on Wednesday of next week. He has taught very successfully here for some time past and has had a large attendance all the time. It was reported here some time last week that Henry Bastian was lying at the point of death at his father’s, near here, but we are happy to say that such was not the case. Dr. McElwee lost a large napped yarn glove on the road between Troy and Judge C. W. Martin’s. The finder will confer a favor on him by leaving it at Moscow or at the FREE PREss office. Dr. W. E. Brown, of Gatesville, Tex., is here on a visit. He says that the coldest weather prevailed in that place, on the 8th and 9th of January, that had visited there for twenty-four years. John Rubeck, who has been living on the Widow Seahorn’s place for the past two years, has changed his place of residence to Winfield. Chris Han nebrink will domicile in the vacated house during the coming year. We noticed in the Moscow items last week where the county court vis ited the Moscow bridge. We wonder if the court ever looked on any one piece of its work with as much satis faction as it should have looked upon that? “The Wingshots” met at Old Mon roe on Saturday, in pursuance to call of the president. They admitted Jas. L. Woodson in place of Jas. Hay den, resigned, and perfected the leases. Only seven members remain who haven’t paid up yet. Last Saturday little Henry Elfritz was riding on a load of fodder,which his father was leading, when the mules became frightened at a dog and ran off, throwing the boy to the ground, and the wagon passed over his abdomen and left aim, bruising and spraining the latter very badly. His injuries, though painful and in convenient, are not dangerous. The ice that started out of Caivre didn't get out. It stopped at the Mon roe bridge and melted away—that is, that which wasn’t crowded by the water out into the bottoms. The river boys, or logging crew, instead of los ing $400 in lost logs, saved them all— as they, too, stopped with the drift at the bridge, where they were all pulled out and tied up. They are very jubi lant over their good luck. Mrs. Edward Diekampet,aged about 65 years, died at her home near here on Sunday night, at 12 o’clock, of pneumonia of two days’ duration. Her remains were laid to rest in the churchyard of the Immaculae Con sception, where, let us hope, they will rest in peace until “the coming of the morn.” “Our lives are piveth, ition ie To that unfathomed, boundless eee, he silent grave! hie a —— ea tee owed up, said lost 7 one dark wave.” There is a combination at Old Mon roe, consisting of a Turk with a large family and a grizzly bear, which is attracting a great deal of attention. Bruin is a very fine specimen of his tribe and is educated up to the point of dancing a reel for a bottle of beer, wrestling with his owner for $2.50, “patting juber” for a dime and giving such men as “Grasshopper Jim” and “Sand Piper” a “big skeer” when they visit his majesty after the dusky scep tre of night has been swung thor oughly through the atmosphere. PRESTON. good work mules to James’ Oden for a horse and $160. Esq. John C. Williams, from Corso, was in town last Tuesday flying in a supply of tinware. Mr. Jas. Elder, who has been sick for the past two weeks, is improving now and will soon be up again. Ben Reed bought a fine mare from Lewis Parsons last Saturday for $125. Trade seems to be lively around here. Mr. Jacob Whiteside and Jas. Oden passed through town Friday morn ing with six mules and one horse en route for the St. Louis market. Henry Owings was in town last Monday making arrangements to start his two oldest daughters to school. The number of students is still increasing, Messrs. Smith and Clark, of Bowl ing Green,sold through their agent, B. F. Reed, a piece of land to Mr. Sam, Eames. Th land is a part of the John G. Parson land. ‘We didn’t learn the amount of land sold nor the price paid for it. Died, Feb. 17th, in Olmey, Mrs. Kate Moore, cdl’d., of paralysis. She has been paralized for about two years. She was taken off very suddenly for she had just eaten a hearty dinner and was sitting in her chair talking to a neighbor when she fell from the chair upon the floor and was dead in a minute. She has lived in Olney for a number of years. She leaves a hus band and two children and quite a a number of friends to mourn her loss. Peace to her ashes. ELy. TH Foley Flashes. Miss Alice True took the south bound train from this place Monday afternoon. B. F. Robertson sold to the Broyles brothers last week, the Jackson farm of eighty acres. Mrs. Norris, of Louisiana, will ar rive Saturday afternoon to visit Mr. and Mrs. Meisner. Little Miss Meisner will return to her home in Hannibal this week ac companied by her father. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ki aberle re turned last Wednesday from a visit to his relatives in Ilinois. Robert Rohland, of Piedmont, Mo., was in town last week and expressed himself as well pleased with his new home. Mrs. B. Crawford, of Winfield, and sister, Mrs. Forbes, of Highland, Kan., were visiting Mr. and Mrs. 8. N. Marks. The Burr Oak blacksmith, James Langford, and wife received a pretty valentine Sunday morning in little Miss Langford, the first born. Samuel N. Marks has the contract for furnishing fence posts, bridge ties, piling and railroad ties for the St. L. H. N. W. R’y. He is now making contracts with the farmers’ for get ting out the same. Robertson Marks sold a complete housekeeping outfit including one of those “Early Breakfast” cooking stoves and a full line of furniture to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hilton, who will commence housekeeping in Win field. Foley was the scene of another wedding last Tuesday afternoon, the 16th, when Mrs. Pfordt gave her only daughter, Miss Arta, of fourteen summers, in marriage to Bud Martin. There were a number of guests pre sent and an excellent supper was served after which they danced until midnight. SAPPHIRE. Winfield Waits. Austin Stevens has gone on a’ “visit to relatives and friends in Illinois; he will be gone some time. A little child of Wim. McIntosh, who has been very sick for a few days, we are glad to note, is considerably im proved. Mrs. J. L. Woodson, of near the Chain, has‘been visiting her daughter here for a few days. She has returned to her home. Mrs. Collins, sister to Squire Nel son, has been visiting him for a few days past. She returned home Satur day afternoon. Mrs. Ann Woods and son, Lee, who have been relatives here for a few days, left for their home near Quin cy a day or two ago. Charlie,Reed has purchased a town lot from D. T. Killam and has a@ resi dence nearly.completely Wm. ,Ar nold is doing the work.+. We welcome Mr. Reed to our town. The horses lost by Hi. Mace some time ago have not been, heard of up to the present writing. Anyone hearing anything of thd will confer a favor by writing him. The cry for the big paper still, goes on. You will please send the PREss for one year to Emil Kunde, Bremen, Germany, so he can keep posted on the news of old Lincoln. Baxter Crawford has been engaged the past week in building an inecuba tor, and has it about done. He has already commenced to invite friends in to eat fried chicken. ‘We wish him abundant success. White Duey and wife, who came down from Montgomery to attend the bedside of their sick,brother Hyn son Crenshaw, were suddenly called home on Monday by a telegram an nouncing the death of,a neighbor. The protracted meeting is still go ing on and Elders Reid and Mitchell are doing some good preaching; they are greeted, nightly, with large con gregations and good order. There has only been three additions up to this writing. Henson Crenshaw, who has been sick with pneumonia for some time, died at his residence in Argentville, on Friday last and was buried at the family burying ground on Saturday. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and was buried by them; a large crowd was in attendance. He leaves a wife and several brothers and sisters, besides an ‘aged mother and father to mourn his death. J. H. Davis received a fine Ply mouth Rock cook from Joe Farmer, of Ohio, one day this week.’ The chicken fever is raging in this town, and we venture the assertion t town in the county can down us for fine chickens. W. G. Mershon also received a pair of fine hens from Jamestown, Ohio, on Friday last. We will make the chicken raisers look to their laurels at the Lincoln county fair, this fall. DALLAS.
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Troy Free Press
Troy, Missouri, US
Fri, Feb 26, 1886
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