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Calhoun Herald
Feb. 14, 1895

COUNTY NEWS

WEEK’S EVENTS OF INTEREST
Information About What is Going on in Calhoun County.

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES
Matters and Things of Interest Pertaining to the People.

Batchtown

J. F. Tribble and wife visited the county seat Tuesday.
John Springstun left Monday to make his future home in California.
Mrs. Joe Robeen and Miss. Emma Aberton went to Hardin Monday.
Treasurer Lamar and Victor Pregaden, of Hardin were here Monday.
Will Stehle, of St. Louis, came up last Sunday to take his farewell sleigh ride.
Miss. Ida Bach, of St. Louis, is visiting friends and relatives here at present.
John Show and family are occupying the Peter Gill house in the west side of town.
Harry Flamm, our insurance man, and Howard White drove to hard Monday.
Commissioner Byrd and W. T. Bailey , of near Gilead, were here on business Monday.
Mrs. Slade returned to Hardin Saturday after spending a number of days in this vicinity.
It is universally admitted that this is the finest winter we have had for a number of years.
Batchtown was well represented at the revival meeting at Western school house Saturday night.
A pair of number 16 spectacles were found Sunday, which the owner can get by calling Herman Lessig.
The Masons of this place are talking of organizing a lodge at Batchtown. We hope they will succeed.
A large number of our citizens attended the funeral of County Commissioner Haselhorst at Meppen Monday.
A certain girl in town boasted that on her eighteenth birthday she received two proposals of marriage. Guess who.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wood and daughter Miss Anna, returned home last Monday after a week’s visit with friends here.
Large numbers of the farmers are taking advantage of the fine sleighing coming to town and doing their trading.
Will Martin, of Grafton, succeeded in organizing a Good Templers Lodge with about sixty members last Saturday.
The following Masons went to Grafton Saturday, returning Sunday: C. W. Squier, Jas. Earley, C. I. Wood and Jno Earley.
... landed Mr. White in the middle off a barb wire fence. No injuries were sustained other than the Dave’s nerves were badly shocked.
While driving one of the livery teams a few evening ago, Hans Jergerson, Dr. Douglas’ hired man, upset his sleigh and was pitched out so violently when the sleigh turned over, that he was almost killed. The sleigh was a total wreck, and Mr. Jergerson is doing as well as could be expected.

Oasis

The wheat never looked better than it does at present.
Superintendent Allen visited the Franklin school last week.
Mrs. Mike Cushing chaperoned a party of ladies and gentlemen to Batchtown last Friday night.
At present Miss Bertha Mortland has a jaw on her like a labor agitator, because of the mumps.
Mrs. Sallie Marion, who has been boarding with Mrs. L. J. Smith for some time past, returned to Hardin last Saturday.
John Degerlia and wife and Benny Burns were visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ferguson last Saturday.
A sleighing party consisting of Jno. J. Mortland, Miss Belle Mortland and eight vacant seats went to Batchtown last Friday.
Miss. Anna McDonald and the brood of young _deas under her care have great sport consting on the McDonald hill at present.
Dr. George Smith, of Brussels, with part of his flock of little responsibilities, and about $66 worth of sleigh bells passed through Oasis last Monday.
Six young gentlemen, whose religion is not of the freezing or melting kind, braved the blizzard to attend prayer-meeting at Oasis last Wednesday evening.
If John Flemming were living in Honolulu a present with his array of shotguns and ammunition, he would certainly be accused of being a revolutionist.
Sleighs were not a numerous on the Oasis boulevard the past week as they have been previously, which was no doubt caused by the balmy and spring like weather we have been having,
Capt. Wilson, who departed for Florida some time ago with his schooner Fleet Wing, sent a telegram to the Oasis correspondent announcing the safe arrival of himself and the schooner at the foot of Helmbold Island.
Messrs. Wm and Frank Schleeper can take a bar of iron, a spool of barb wire, a monkey wrench and a paper of tacks and a make a greater number of useful farm machines than any other two machinists in Calhoun county.
We regret to state that Luke Pellkaan, who, by his personal magnetism, intrancing conversation, Chesterfieldian manners, has risen to the very front rank among Oasis society leaders, is confined to his home with a severe case of the mumps.

Contributed by Allen L. Austin ChasMike02@yahoo.com

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