The Journal Leon, Iowa August 16,1883 Seventy-four tickets were sold at this station for the Davis City picnic. Mr. RICE, of Humeston, has been taking stereoscopic views of places in town for the purpose of selling the pictures to our citizens. Mr. WOOD, who has been on JOHN VAIL's farm, has moved to town again. EVERT RUFFCORN, who has been at Marshalltown since spring returned last week on a short visit. JIM LILLARD made his first appearance in town (since his marriage) on Saturday and the way the boys made him "set 'em up" was a caution. F.E. STEARNS has moved his grain house at the depot and has set it up on his lot south of the store. We learn he is paying 18 cents per bushel for good oats. Tuesday night last week F.A. BROCK, having indulged too much in benzine, was feeling extra lonely and to liven things up he got out an old shot gun he had in the barn and went to blazing away at his family, who were at the back door. The report of the shot induced his wife and little ones to seek safety at their neighbors, and but for the timely arrival of some men who took the shooting iron from him and deposited it with the Marshall there is no telling what the result might have been. So far as we can learn no arrest has been made. S.B. KING, son of C.W. KING, of this place, returned from Valparaiso, Ind., on Saturday last, where has has just graduated a the State Normal. GEO. BAKER and Col. HEPBURN will speak in the Opera Hall Thursday and Friday evenings respectively. At the primary on Saturday the following gentlemen were chosen delegates to the county convention at Leon on Saturday, August 18th; D.C. ROSS, G.W. SHAW A.B. STEARNS, S.H. AMOS. B.E. STEARNS, BRYSON BRUCE, C.D. MALLETTE, M.V. STEWART and SYLVANUS CULVER. A melancholy and fatal accident occurred on Saturday last just north of town whereby ASA GARDNER, of Smyrna, lost his life. Mr. GARDNER had been in town making some purchases and had started for home, and when driving down the hill south of the bridge which crosses the branch of the Weldon his team, by some means started to run and it is supposed struck a stump, throwing him out of the buggy, and alighting on his head broke his neck. The team, which had got loose from the buggy was met by F.W. Briggs at the Ienson farm, who with several others, repaired to the place and found Mr. GARDNER breathing his last. Medical aid was summoned and it was found one of his arms was broken and a big gash on his head, besides the fracture of his neck. He was conveyed to his home, where he was buried on Sunday. He belonged to the Society of Friends and was highly respected by all who knew him. He was 68 years old. ------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert January 3, 2010 [email protected]