145 years ago

OCT. 31, 1879

Old Reliable Livery Stable, so long and so successfully conducted by our friend James Corbett, has been purchased by C.H. Thompson, of Indianola, Iowa.

Thompson, who has taken possession, brings a large number of new buggies and good horses to add to stock already on hand.

David Blake has just finished the nicest stone house for John Siebert west of Marion Centre. Dave is a skilled mason.

“Come out in the moonlight alone, love, and I will tell you a tale,” is a song most popular among young men just now.

Corbett and Bown have just received the largest stock of dry goods, hats and caps, boots and shoes, and clothing ever brought to Marion County. They will sell the items at the very lowest figure. Call at Corbett and Bown’s and see those nobby suits for gentlemen.

August Siebert comes around in a buggy now — the reason, as he says, is that he is worth a thousand dollars more since last Wednesday. It is a boy, of course.

They pretend to be digging for coal in Peabody, but we suspect it’s a hole to hide in after the election.