Davenport Times Davenport, Scott, Iowa Sep 5, 1900 NEWS OF VICINITY ELDRIDGE Eldridge, Sept. 3-C.F. Clapp, of Davenport, was here last week...Fred Walker of Summit was renewing old acquaintances here Thursday...Quite a number of people from here attended the funeral of Mrs. Ruch at Summit cemetery last Thursday afternoon...Henry Frank and J.C. Ruch and Mrs. McKee, of Cass county, came back to attend their mother's funeral last week...Charles Kroeger has rented Dr. Kemmerer's place, north of town...Henry Hahn has purchased the new store building recently erected by Dr. Kemmerer and will conduct a saloon and cigar factory in it. This will make four saloons in our little town...Eldridge was well represented at Buffalo Bill's show Monday. DIXON Dixon, Ia., Sept 3- Local stormes are welcome...Alvin Greve is home from the west for the fall...Rudolph Snyder has left for his studies at school at Ames college...School commences this morning. J.Q. Zuck, principal; Miss Mary E. Fitzgibbons, primary teacher. The term is 10 months...Frank Blackman and family of Big Rock, Ia. were on our streets Sunday...Miss Winifred Binford has gone to Cedar Falls, Ia. to resume her studies at the State Normal school...Mrs. Liddie Kendard, of Sabula, Ia., is here visiting with her mother, Mrs. Edith Hickson, one mile west of town...Sam Raboss, of DeWitt, Ia. was at the home of his sister, Miss Liddie Raboss, Sunday. BIG ROCK Big Rock, Sept 3- A birthday was held the other night at M.F. Blackman's. Every thing passed off quietly, a number of Big Rock people being present...H.B. Earling passed through our city last week in a special car...We hear from Grand Mound, Ia. that they have a case of smallpox. We hope, however, that they will succeed in controlling the disease...H.M. Moore shopped hogs to Davenport last week...G.B. Tolman is shipping ice to Toronto having sold his supply there...J. Hickson returned from Chicago all right, where he had been attending the G.A.R. encampment. He says he stood the long march all right. FRUITLAND [Muscatine Co.] Fruitland, Ia., Sept. 5- Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Webster spent Sunday at Letts visiting their son, L.L. Webster and family...Misses Eusler came from Muscatine Sunday evening for a visit with Ida and Flossie Mile...Miss True Carr has been employed to teach the fall term of school at Olive Branch which begins Monday, Sept. 10...C.S. Bird returned Friday from his trip to the Encampment at Chicago...Miss Jennie Fitzsimmons returned Saturday night from Brooklyn, Ia. where she had been visiting her brother, W.J. Fitzsimmons and family...Mrs. Eli Summers spent last week in Illinois, visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs Shetler...Mr. and Mrs. Will Butcher attended the funeral of Mr. Butcher's little 2-year-old nephew in Musserville, Saturday...Mrs. Lulu Webster and children spent last week with her parents, Mr and Mrs Thomas Fitzsimmons...Mrs. Edith Roberts, of Belmont, Mo. who has been visiting with her sister, Mrs. Elias Wolf for some time, returned to her home Thursday...Jake Hartman has the new house belonging to Jeff Chambers almost completed. They expect to occupy it in a few days...D.R. Parmalee arrived Saturday from Whitney, Ind. for a visit with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Parmalee. He is in the employ of the Standard Oil Co. of Whitney...Mesdames Henry Leonard and Louis Brel, of Sweetland Center, were visiting friends near Fruitland last week. TIPTON [Cedar Co.] Tipton, Ia., Sept 4-The B.C.R & N. sold 240 tickets yesterday from here to Davenport and return to people desiring to attend Buffalo Bill's show. The crowd of people who went from all points near Davenport was so great that many had to return without seeing the show except the street parade...Mr. Rochlk, of the McBirney dry goods house was married last week Thursday at Bennett to Miss Anna Russer. They have gone to housekeeping at once...Mr. and Mrs. Cawthron, the B.C.R. & N. station agent, are moving into the Frank W. Adams house. Mr. Adams moved to Mt. Vernon yesterday...Leitzinger, the noted Tipton photographer, went to take a view of Wild Buffalo Bill yesterday. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm