Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-26
NEWS FROM NEAR BY
Daily Doings of Some Of o ttumwa's
Close Neighbors.
PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to the
Philosophical Observation ofsages,
Are Chronicled by the Courier's
Special Correspondents.

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Special Correspondents.
CHARLTON.
Charlton, Sept. 22.--NIrs. j. j. Myers
and niece, Gladys Miller, have departed
for weeks visit with friends at Web
ster City.
Mrs. w. L. Lewis has returned from
an extended visit with old friends and
relatives at Ottumwa and Blakesburg.
d. Cow has returned home with his
son John, who was recently mustered
, out at Denver, after having served in
the Philippine war. Mr.. Cow had been
to Denver to meet him.
Wednesday was Yeoman day in Char
iton, the Lucas, Russell, Charlton and
Derby Homesteads uniting in a joint
picnic. At 1890 a. m. the lodges,
with gaily decorated floats and horses,
gave a pretty parade around the square
headed by the City Guard band, who
accompanied them as far as the stone
bridge on their way out to Spring
Lake Park where the picnic was held.
On arriving at the picnic grounds the
well filed baskets the members had
brought were enptied on the ground
and an old fashioned picnic was in
idulged in. After dinner, the pinickers
'iwere very delightfully."- entertained by
sweet music from the Ladies' Mandolin
club. Capt. c. 81. Robinson, of Des
Moines, delivered very entertaining
and interesting talk of historical ma
ture. Another address giving a his
tory of the growth and progress of the
lodge, by Supreme Deputy A. L. Morea
was given, when the prize archers' con-
test took place. The first prize, an
archer's full suit, was awarded to Geo.
Desembers, of Derby Homestead; the
second, a large bow and arrow, was
given to Frank Garland, of Derby
Homestead; while Geo. Carpenter, of
Charlton Homestead, captured third
prize, a handsome gold yeoman butt
ton. The prize for the best decorated
and prettiest Yoeman float was award
y ed to Mrs. w. w. Beardsley. the second
prize was given Mrs. Joseph Curtis,
while Mrs. S. Press secured the hand
some gold button given as the third
prize. About two hundred people en-
joyed the picnic and the day will be of
great advantage to the lodge in this
community.
4NlOS. NuOIcS, al 'oiI Ol
H Charlton, burt now of Creston, was call
ing on friends in the city Wednesday,.
4 Mrs. Ira Noble has returned from
an overland trip to her mothers farm
below Russell.
After several days of trouble and
worry, in which Injunction proceedings
were threatened, the Charlton and Ben
ton telephone company has at last sue
ceeded in gaining entrance into the
city by not going through the central
< Office. The Charlton end of the line
is located in the Brewer & Potion
clothing store and has thirteen farmers
on the line. who connect with the Con-
fdence, Newton, Russell, Bethlehem,
Derby and Humeston lines, they Civ
ing telephone connection to every
point, in the county.
Charlton, Sept. 25.-Jesse Taylor has
resigned his position with w. II.
Smythe, of this place. He left Satur-
day for Ottumwa, where he has Sc
cured a position in the Boston store.
Miss Maude Teas left Friday for an
extended visit with her cousin, Miss
Pearl Mcconnell, of Abba.
The members of the Baptist Benevo-
lent association varied their regular
weekly program somewhat Friday by
all loading up in buggies, wagons, car
riages, or any form of locomotion that
came handy and driving down to Lu-
cas- to spend the day with one of their
members who now lives at that place.
Reuben Curtis, one of our popular
colored residents, returned from Abba
Saturday where he had been attending
a convention of the colored Odd Eel
lows lodge.
Quite a little excitement was created
in the neighborhood of the Asher
home Friday afternoon. Carl Asher, it
is said, having loaded up on poor whis-
ky, went home and began to tear up
things in general, smashing all the
dishes and furniture and beating his
wife. The noise attracted the atten-
ton of the officers who went in and
started to arrest him, but his wife
pleaded SO hard they did not take him.
They had hardly got out of sight, how
ever, until he began on her again. She
called them back and he was taken to
jail, but subsequently released under
bonds to appear before Squire Drake
today for his trial.
Miss Maude Malone, teacher in the
public schools at Lucas, came up Fri
day evening to spend Sunday with her
many Charlton friends.
The ladies' aid society of the NJ. e.
church and their friends were very
pleasantly and enjoyably entertained
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