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TWENTYFIVE YEARS AGO Items Taken from the Files of The Reporter Published a Quarter of a Century Ago. Thomas Teale has purchased the residence property of Mrs. H. J. Close, the price being $1,500. H. C. Stanton, who has been running a photograph car at Decatur, has been languishing in jail since last Thursday, when he was arrested by deputy sheriff Sanger on a warrant charging him with the crime of bigamy Last December Stanton married Miss Eva Beck, of Burrell township, and it is claimed he had a wife living at Bethany, Mo., from whom he had never been divorced, and she came here and had a warrant issued for his arrest. His second wife has commenced an action in the district court praying that her marriage to Stanton be annulled on the ground that at the time it was entered into Stanton had another wife. Wife No. one yesterday swore out a warrant charging wife No. two with adultery and she was placed under arrest, and held under bonds to appear at a preliminary examintion before Justice Bullock next Wednesday. Sells Bros. circus exhibited in Leon last Fridav to the greatest circus crowd ever seen in Leon. Saturday morning a few minutes before 9 o'clock a notice was posted on th door of the Farmers & Traders Bank. announcing that on account of being unable to collect outstanding notes, the bank had assigned to T. S. Arnold, with whom all business should be transacted. In a few minutes the startling news spread over town and a large crowd collected around the entrance to the bank, and for a time great excitement prevailed, until it was made known what the assts and bilities were, for no one had dreamed that the bank was pushed. The assets scheduled in the assignment are given at $471,780 22, and the liabilities at $315,914.58, leaving a surplus of $155,865.64. The failure is a great misfortune to the community, involving as it does the banks at Garden Grove and Davis City, and affects business in all branches, although it is thought that with proper management every one will receive all that is due them. A run was started on the Exchange Bank, but all demands were promptly met, and when the depositors found they could get their money a great many of them went away without drawing it Misses Emma and Nora Hamilton returned Monday from St. Johns, Wash where they had been visiting for several months. Dr. H. R. Layton is representing Hesperia Lodge No. 33, K. of P. at the K. of P. grand lodge at Muscatine this week The following marriage licenses were issued the past week: Clarence Brenizer 20 to Lue Evans 19. S. C. Byrum 21 to Carrie Sifer 21. Abraham M. Hammond 34 to Effie McKern 22 E. W. Tift, of Blythedale, Mo., was in this vicinity the past week visiting his old friends and looking after his property. Miss Lelia Osborn returned Thursday from a visit with friends at Council Bluffs. Mrs. Wm. V. Waller died at her home in Palmer, Neb., July 31st. Her remains were brought to her home at Decatur for interment. Mrs. Waller was 40 years old, and is survived by her husband, a son and a daughter.
