The Winterset Madisonian
May 11, 1876

The Marshall, with good judgement is putting a stop to fast driving around the public square.

Mr. Hart's little boy, who was mentioned in this column a week or so ago as being ill, died on Friday last.

John E. Garlinger's wife died last Sunday. The people ae indignant at the cruel treatment she received at his hands.

Mr. J. W. Bartlett of Des Moines, buried his youngest child last week. Tuesday morning, his eldest died. At this writing, the remaining one (child) is not expected to live. The disease is diptheria. Mr. & Mrs. Bartlett have the sympathy of all our people in these afflictions.

St. Charles is now an incorporated town.

Grandmother Chambers, mother-in-law of James Hornbeck, died in this city last Friday. She came near celebrating her Centennial birthday, being 97 years old. (at the time of her death)

Mrs. Allen conclude she was not happy & packed her duds, bade her husband and the family good-bye and left the other day, no more to return, she said. Their marriage was reported in these colums a few weeks ago.

Judging from the number of prairie schooners that pass through here every day, there must be a large emigration to the West this spring.

City Marshall Underwood has declared war on all deliquent dogs, and last Saturday, opened fire and killed four of them. There are about seventeen hundred, more or less, worthless curs in Winterset that can as well be spared as not. It was hard to tell which made the most noise, the women fold or the dogs.

Marriage: In Webster Township, by Reverand Henry Zearing on Sunday, May 14th, George W. Sweet and Miss Ruth Pope, all of Madison County.

Mr. John W. Payton and Mrs. Annie Tidrick were married last Saturday evening at the risidence of the latter.

Dr. Likes, of Winterset and Miss Nettie Robinson, of Polk City married Thursday last.