Burlington
Hawk-Eye
Des Moines co. Iowa Territory
February 8, 1844
That Keg of Apples.
On our return from Iowa City we found a keg of fine
Jenitan apples,
that had been forwarded to us by that fast friend to
the whig cause,
L.B. Fleak, Esq., of Keokuk. We thank him most
cordially, and sincerely
hope that he may find a ready sale for the remaining
seventy barrels of
the same article, which he now has on hand.
Burlington Hawk Eye
Burlington, Des Moines co. Iowa
July 5, 1849
Keokuk -- The Cholera is very bad in Keokuk. It is
reported that ten
persons died there on Sunday last. This must be a
mistake. We have a
letter from there dated Monday. It says that there
were eight cases on
the day previous, and that by using the sulphur remedy
only two of
these died, and they under Thompsonian treatment. The
sulphur, the
letter states, was first used on a Mr. Jones, who was
in a collapsed
state. By giving him a pill of 4 grains sulphur and
one of Charcoal
every 15 minutes for two hours, he recovered.
The Keokuk Daily Wigg
Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa USA
September 25, 1854 Monday
Vol. 1 No. 177
Public Sale
Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of October,
1854, commencing
at 9 o'clock a.m., the undersigned Executors of the
estate of George
Smout, deceased, in Des Moines township, Lee County,
Iowa, the
following personal property of said deceased.--
Consisting of part of Horses, Hogs, Cows, and Oxen,
Plows, Harrows, and
other farming utensils; also a large lot of Corn, Oats
and Wheat. Terms
made known on the day of sale.
Burlington Hawk Eye
Burlington, Des Moines co. Iowa
DIED -May 18th, 1857, at her residence in Denmark, Lee
county, Iowa, of
hemorrage from the nose and mouth, Mrs. Maria
Vanderpool Edwards,
consort of the Rev. Morgan Edwards of the above place.
Burlington Hawk-Eeye
Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa
Wednesday, July 8, 1857
Sarah, wife of John Moran, was stabbed Tuesday morning
at Keokuk by her
husband's brother, Patrick Moran, and died in about
three huours. She
left a child four months old.
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Burlington Des Moines co. Iowa
October 19, 1858
H.G. Stuart, of Lee County, also exhibited ten head of
short horns,
thorough bred. Mr. S. is one of the most enterprising
and public
spirited
farmers in the State. He is always on hand at Fairs,
and never fails to
carry away a full proportion of premiums.
Weekly Times
Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa
Thursday, May 24, 1860
LEE COUNTY - Arresting Fugitives - The Keokuk Gate
City states that a
man of the name of Grab, and some accomplices recently
spent a good
portion of the Sabbath in storing their minds and
filling their hearts
with the teachings of the Doctor of the South American
Tract Society
and the Democratic party, and sallied forth with their
rifles in the
after part of the holy day to put their principles
into practice by the
arrest of four men who were seeking to regain their
freedom. The
Grubbers received a reward of five hundred dollars for
the Sunday job.
LEE COUNTY - Awful Death- The Keokuk Gate City learns
that a little
daughter of a Mr. Fox of that city, four or five years
of age, fell
into the vault of a privy on the 13th inst., and was
suffocated before
she could be taken out.
Weekly Times
Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa
December 5, 1861
ROBERT FINARTY, of Company C, of the Iowa 7th, who was
mentioned in
yesterday's paper, died at the Hospital on Thursday
night. His remains
will be sent home to his parents in Marion
county.--[Keokuk Gate City.
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa
March 4, 1865
OUR STATE
Dr. J. Tarbell a well known resident of Keokuk
recently died in Nevada
Territory.
Two young men whose names are Deacon and Ralph, were
arrested at
Bentonsport on Friday, upon the charge of committing a
robbery at
Keosauqua.
They confess, the Gate City says, to having committed
the deed.
R. Buckingham's residence, at Keokuk, was entered
Saturday and property
carried off to the value of $300. So says the Gate
City.
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa
March 11, 1865
OUR STATE
Christian Bauscher, postmaster at Franklin, Lee
county, died on the
20th ult, from the effects of arsenic administered to
him on the
supposition that it was cream of tartar. The poison
was taken from
Mr. Bauscher's own store by a member of his
family who attempted
to follow the prescription of a physician.
Daily Gazette
Davenport, Scott co. Iowa
April 10, 1873
Iowa Condensed.
In the city election at Keokuk last Monday D.F.
Miller, Democrat, was
elected Mayor.
Mr. T.N. Pond, who was killed during the tornado at
Burlington, was
properly a resident of Keokuk and was buried with
Masonic honors at the
latter city on Monday.
Besides Mr. Pond, Mrs. Steiger, and the latter's two
children, there
were killed in the fall of Pond's warehouse at
Burlington on Saturday
Joseph Trainer, who leaves a wife and four little
children in destitute
circumstances; J.P. Pendergrast, lately married and a
resident of
Keokuk; and Israel Neff, also married, whose family is
left without
means of support. A dozen other persons were more or
less injured by
the accident, two of whom, Mr. Benj. Swigert and a
babe named Burkman,
died, making nine deaths in all.
Daily Gazette
Davenport, Scott co. Iowa
Saturday morning, April 12, 1873
Iowa Condensed.
John Orm, while crossing the river at Fort Madison, on
Wednesday, was
drowned by the upsetting of his boat, which got into a
swell caused by
a passing steamboat. He leaves a wife and two
children.
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Burlington, Des Moines co. Iowa
February 19, 1874
Mr. J.P. Yates, a well-known citizen has been arrested
and confined in
the jail at Keokuk for having one wife in that city
and another in
Illinois.
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa
Jan 11, 1877
The first fatal railroad accident in Denmark occurred
on Wednesday.
Nine persons were killed and thirty injured.
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa
Thursday, Jan 25, 1877
Eight prisoners walked out of the Lee county jail on
Wednesday evening,
among them, Mike Flynn, confined for murder.
Monday, Jan. 22
Thomas Fagan, Frank Martin, and James Keller, three of
the recently
escaped prisoners from the Lee county jail, were
arrested at West
Point, Illinois, on Saturday.
CAUGHT
Burlington Police Nab the King of the Crowd Who Broke
Out of the Lee
County Jail.
Yesterday morning the dispatches in THE HAWK-EYE
announced that a jail
delivery had occurred at Keokuk, whereby eight
prisoners were set at
liberty, and among them Mike Flynn, and old offender
and desperate
character, who had served one term in the penitentiary
for murder and
was in jail under indictment for another. While THE
HAWK-EYE readers
were perusing their favorite paper over their
breakfast coffee the
sequel was transpiring at the union depot in this
city.
Conductor Dave Blackburn, of the Keokuk branch of the
C.B. & Q.
recognized Mike Flynn among his passengers on the up
train yesterday
morning and telegraphed to John Rider, the depot
policeman, to look out
for him. John called to his aid the faithful Mike
Lavelle the two cops
prepared for business. So confident was Flynn that he
would reach
Burlington unnoticed that he remained in the car
through the yards and
the officers had a fine opportunity to take him, which
they did not
hesitate to improve. His arrest was a decided surprise
to himself and
gives the sheriff of Lee county considerable occasion
to rejoice.
Charles Cullaton, another of the jail birds, was on
the train also, and
Rider and Lavelle gathered him in too, and together
they will go back
this morning in charge of Sheriff Higgins, of Lee
county, and will, let
us believe, be kept in a safe place.
Davenport Gazette
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
March 31, 1877
IOWA CONDENSED
Keokuk is honored. Longfellow has written to a
Mrs. Winslow,
speaking in terms of praise of the poems of her son
Herbert. He regards
them as "remarkable productions for one so young."
ACKWORTH, Iowa, Jan 24, 1879.
I have been personally acquainted with Dr. Wiggins and
his practice as
a physician in Lee and Henry Counties and consider him
pre-eminently
successful. His skill in the management of difficult
chronic cases,
would have given him a state reputation had he been
identified with the
so-called regular practice. As an act of kindness to
suffering humanity
I take pleasure in recommending him to the confidence
of all requiring
the attention of an intelligent and skillful
physician.
E.W. BEARD, Prin. Ackworth Institute.
We concur in the testimonial of Prof. Beard:
Elisha McMillan, Pilot Grove, Lee county.
H.L. Hicks, Pilot Grove, Lee county.
T.J. Osborn, Pilot Grove, Lee county.
J.L. Lessenger, Pilot Grove, Lee county.
Henderson Hampton, Pilot Grove, Lee Co.
Jonathan Phelps, Pilot Grove, Lee county.
J.A. Frazier, Salem, Henry county.
Elizabeth Hampton, Salem, Henry county.
M.F. Clauson, Salem, Henry county.
Nathan Bond, Salem, Henry county.
WEST POINT, Lee Co., Iowa, Feb. 1, '79.
I hereby certify that my wife had been afflicted with
piles, growing
worse for twenty years. Employing a number of
physicians and using
various patent medicines until nine years ago, she
then being reduced
almost to a skeleton and had to take to her bed as we
supposed for the
last time, we almost gave up in despair; when through
the advice of
friends we were persuaded to send for Dr. Wiggins with
the following
result: In one week she was able to sit up a part of
the time, and in
two weeks she could do light work.- Advice for
treatment was kept up
from that time to time for four years. Since that time
she has been
very well. Respectfully.
GEO. S. BOUGHTON
My treatment of all cases is strictly hygenic. No
charge for
consultation. Circulars and terms for treatment will
be sent to any
person on applying.
Respectfully, W.C. WIGGINS, M.D.
The Free Press
Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa
May 8, 1879
Mark Gray, a young man about 23 years of age, who with
the exception of
a slight interval has been for the past five years an
employee of
Younkers Bros, Keokuk, on Wednesday night last at
McVicker's Theater,
Chicago, attempted to assassinate Edwin Booth. He
fired two shots from
a revolver, neither of which were successful. He was
then arrested and
is now held under $20,000 bail to answer the charge.
He is undoubtedly
insane.
Mark Gray, a young man about 23 years of age, who with
the exception of
a slight interval has been for the past five years an
employee of
Younkers Bros, Keokuk, on Wednesday night last at
McVicker's Theater,
Chicago, attempted to assassinate Edwin Booth. He
fired two shots from
a revolver, neither of which were successful. He was
then arrested and
is now held under $20,000 bail to answer the charge.
He is undoubtedly
insane.
The Free Press
Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa
May 15, 1879
TESTIMONIALS
To the Citizens of Mt. Pleasant and surrounding
country, I offer the
following testimonials:
Medical College Hall, Iowa University,
Keokuk, Iowa, Feb. 11, 1864.
This will certify that the bearer W.C. Wiggins, M.D.,
attended two full
courses of lectures in this institution and graduated
creditably and
honorably.
He is a gentleman of excellent moral character and of
good talents,
which with application will yet place him prominently
in the profession.
Let me bespeak for him that confidence in him as a man
and physician
which he so richly deserves and which he will repay.
Very truly yours,
D.L. McGUGIN, M.D.
President of the Faculty.
The Free Press
Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa
May 22, 1879
A SAD ACCIDENT
Death of Eli McMillan
Caused by a Kick from a Horse
On last Saturday, May 17th, Elisha McMillan, of Pilot
Grove, came up to
Salem and after stopping awhile in town, drove to his
brother Eli's,
where his horse, a very good natured, gentle animal,
was stabled and
fed. Shortly after 1 o'clock on stepping into the
porch they noticed
two of their horses out of the stable; whereupon they
went out and each
caught his own horse and was leading them to there
places in the barn,
engaged the while in pleasant conversation. The first
stall being
occupied, Elisha led his animal into the second; but
just as he was
going to tie it, it gave a high, hard kick with both
feet, speaking to
the animal he led it forward and tied it before
knowing that his
brother, who was passing into the next stall, was
struck and was lying
unconscious in the passage way. So sure had been the
blow that no sound
was made. After trying in vain to rouse him, he
dragged him from the
stable, then found that the wound was on the left side
of the head just
above the ear, and was bleeding freely. Fortunately a
neighbor was
passing on horseback and speedily went for relatives
and medical aid.
Upon examination Dr. Pharr found that the skull was
broken and Dr.
Siviter was sent for to assist in dressing the wound.
The readjusting
of the fractured part failing to give relief, he
remained unconscious
until a few minutes before 10 o'clock and quietly
passed away.
The funeral services, held at the house, on Monday
19th, was largely
attended. After prayer by Mrs. Hart, of Mt. Pleasant,
Rev. Jonathan
Ozbun addressed the audience from the text, "They that
trust in the
Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed
but abideth
forever-" Psalms cxxv:1, after which James Maddock
engaged in prayer.
Then after leave taking the large procession moved to
the Cemetery
south of the Friends church, where the remains were
interred in the
family lot.
Mr. McMillan was born Feb. 19th, 1799, in York county,
Penn., where he
resided until 1829 when he moved to the Wabash Valley
Ind. and engaged
in merchandising and grazing for five years, then he
moved near
Primrose, Lee Co., Iowa, and engaged in farming and
stock raising,
which he continued with good success until 1866 when
he moved to Mt.
Pleasant Iowa and lived a retired life until the
spring of 1874, when
he removed to his late residence one mile south of
Salem. In
anti-slavery times he was an active worker in the
cause often having
many fugitives concealed on his premises at the same
time.
In 1839 he married Caroline Vale of York Co Penn. who
survives him.
They had two children, one of whom is now living, Mrs.
Emily D. Bell
widow of the late John M. Bell, who died last August,
and two
grand-children also four brothers and one sister, Mrs.
Edward
Wichersham of Summitville Lee Co., all of whom by
their silvery hair
show that they have stood the frost of many winters.
He was a member of the Society of Friends and in his
own quiet,
unpretentious way, did his alms, not to be seen of
men, but we trust,
recognized by God to whom he often said he felt nearer
when alone among
the trees of his orchard, than in the crowded church.
Lee county papers
please copy.
The Free Press
Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa
June 5, 1879
Obituary.
KETCHUM- may 21st 1879, of consumption, Edward
Ketchum, in the 52nd
year of his age.
Mr. Ketchum began suffering about nine months since,
with that
insidious disease consumption. During the last month
of his life he was
unable to quit his bed, suffering severely at times.
About a month
previous to his death, he professed faith in Christ,
accepting him as
his Savior, uniting with the M.E. church, the Rev. Dr.
L.J. Rogers
coming to his house and administering the rite of
baptism.
The funeral discourse was delivered by Dr. L.J. Rogers
from Psa., 34:6
to a large concourse of friends. The remains were then
taken to Pilot
grove, Lee county Iowa and interred, followed by a
number of friends
from this community, and was met by a number of
sympathising friends of
Pilot grove, who united in paying the last tribute of
respect to our
deceased friend and neighbor. Deceased leaves a wife
and four children
t o mourn the loss of a husband and father.
Iowa State Register
Des Moines, Polk co. Iowa
October 10, 1885
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION
Keokuk, Oct. 9. -- Special to the State Register. -- A
flue in one of
the six boilers of the Anderson, Felt & White saw
mill, Montrose,
gave way this afternoon and steam and water were
carried 200 feet by
the force of the explosion. The brick wall of the
boiler room was
thrown down and John Baten, of Nauvoo, was scalded so
badly that he
will die. Another man was also injured.
The New Era
Humeston, Wayne co. Iowa
February 18, 1886
The First and Last Criminal at Ft. Madison The
prisoner longest in
service is No. 730, Samuel Trogden, sent June 29,
1867, from Wapello
county for life, for murder. He has been a good
soldier, and had served
a term in this prison before the war for horse
stealing. The next
'veteran' is No. 823, J.B. Mathews, committed May
1868, from Washington
county for murder. Both were well behaved and Mathews
is too old to
work. The youngest recruit came to-day, bears the name
of Johnson, and
gets the number 4,277, which represents the total
number of men who
have been confined here since the prison passed under
state control in
1849. The first prisoner, or No. 1, was Isaac Grimes,
of Cedar county,
committed September 22, 1849, under a sentence for
sixty days for
"assault with intent to commit great bodily injury."
Grimes was a
native of Indiana, 32 years old, and some man had
probably called him a
liar, which no Indiana man would take. He was pardoned
after
languishing eight days. This prison was began under
federal auspices in
1839, but there is no record beyond "No. 1" as aboveR
The New Era
Humeston, Wayne co. Iowa
February 25, 1886
David W. Blackburn died at Keokuk last week. He was a
conductor on the
first road built north of Keokuk, now owned by the
Burlington route,
from 1858 to 1881. At the latter date he was elected
County Treasurer,
and at the end of his second term an examination ofhis
books showed
that he was short about $15,000. A suit, pending ever
since, has been
continued on account of Blackburn's bad health, the
last continuance
being last week.
-F.P. Moore went to Keokuk this week to visit and
attend the conductors
ball. -Mr. and Mrs. Homer Bean, Elmer and Miss Clara
Markley attended
the conductors ball at Keokuk, this week.
DeWitt Observer
DeWitt, Clinton, Iowa
Friday, May 13, 1887
- The oldest Federal Judge, in point of service, in
this country is
J.M. Love, of Keokuk, who was appointed by President
Pierce in 1856.
LeMars Sentinel
August 28, 1893
OBITUARY:
Frank C. Brown, whose sad death was mentioned in this
paper, was born
in DuPage county, Illinois, September 23, 1848, moved
to Lee county,
same sate,
where he lived on a farm with his parents, Daniel and
Adelaide J.
Brown, until February, 1865, when he enlisted in the
43rd Illinois
Cavalry, remaining to the end of the war, after which
he accompanied
his regiment to the far west, engaged in Indian
warfare. He was
mustered out of service at Springfield, Illinois,
November 1865;
returning home, he soon after married Miss Jennie
Hathaway. After
residing in Illinois three or four years, he moved to
Ellsworth county,
Kansas, and took up a homestead, where he resided
until he came to Seney, Plymouth county, in 1889.
CARD OF THANKS.
Mrs. Frank C. Brown and family desire to return their
sincere thanks to
the members of the Grand Army and to other friends who
aided them
during their last sad bereavement, and for the many
attentions shown to
Mr. Brown during his last days of life.
Sioux Valley News
Correctionville, Woodbury, Iowa
January 13, 1898
Mr. Ed Calloway has been arrested at Keokuk on the
charge of passing
counterfeit money.
Fredericksburg News
Fredericksburg, Chickasaw co. Iowa
February 3, 1898
The News in Iowa
Double Iowa Murder
Burlington, Jan. 31 - The dead bodies of Mrs. Fanny
Rathburn and her
12-year-old daughter Mary were found frozen stiff in
pools of blood at
their home just west of the city. The woman had been
struck in the head
with an ax, which was found leaning against a near-by
wall. Her head
was split open. The body of the child was found in a
bedroom with her
throat cut from ear to ear. Proof of a terrible
struggle for life was
visible on all sides. It is thought the crime was
committed nearly a
week ago, as the woman had not been seen since that
time, the neighbors
thinking they had gone to the country. Four men have
been arrested,
being men who had visited her from the neighborhood of
Greenbay
township. (Lee County)
Unknown newspaper published in Lee County
Sept. 21, 1898
A SOLDIER'S FUNERAL
Fort
Madison Turns Out En Masse to the Obsequies Over
Herbert Forney. The
funeral of Herbert Forney of Company G. Fiftieth Iowa,
who died at
Jacksonville, occurred at Fort Madison Sunday
afternoon, and the whole
city seemed to be attending the obsequies. The
services were held in
the
Santa Fe Avenue Methodist church. Interment being in
the Atlee
Cemetery. Long before the hour announced for the
services, the church
was
completely filled, and when 2 O'clock arrived, the
crowd surrounded the
church in
a dense mass, the building being merely an island in
an ocean of
people. After
the services, the procession to the cemetery was
formed with the Grand
Army
post and the soldiers of the present war who happen to
be at the home
in
front, followed by the city officials, the police
department, the
employees of
the Santa Fe road, and the fire department of the
city, in the order
named. Forney was a very popular young man who was
hearty and a fireman
when
he went to the front. He died of fever in a hospital
in Jacksonville,
and his
father brought his body home for burial.
Unknown Paper
Jan 7 1899
Officers Hanson and Broadus of the Keokuk police
force, who were
suspended for fifteen days for drunkenness have been
requested by the
mayor to resign.
Unknown newspaper published in Lee County
March 16, 1899
Peter Coleman, an aged colored man died at the county
house Sunday
night. He was about 75 years old and was born and
reared in Virginia.
He came to this city at the close of the rebellion
from Helena, Ark.,
with a number of freedmen brought north by General
Curtis. He lived for
a time at Eddyville and Knoxville. For thirty years he
was employed in
the family of Samuel Klein. He was faithful and
industrious and had
many friends. On account of the infirmities of old age
which rendered
him almost helpless, he was taken to the county house.
Keokuk Daily Gate City
August 12, 1899
(Terry Altheide)
A colored man by the name of Goins came to the police
station yesterday
afternoon and made the force a present of a large
human skull which he had dug up in a barn at 1519
Franklin Street. The article is in excellant condition
and after it has been polished will make a
pretty piece or ornamentation for the desk in the
office at the station.
The New Era
Humeston, Wayne, Iowa
March 22, 1899
THE NEWS IN IOWA
One Man's Sad Ending.
KEOKUK, March 17 - Henry J. Luder, once a prosperous
shoe manufacturer
of Keokuk, died in the city jail. He had been taken
there in the patrol
wagon early in the morning and was placed in a cell
until he could be
sent to the county poor farm, but death claimed him
before the
superintendent arrived. He was once possessed of
considerable means,
but he died friendless and alone, after subsisting on
charity for a
long time. His wife is now an inmate of the insane
ward at the county
house.
Submitted by S. Ferrall, transcribed by S.
Ferrall and other volunteers from
Iowa Old
Press.
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