Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31

1 the season was the converse tional party
and musical by Mrs. S. Ell. Mallory, Mrs.
d. j. Thayer and Miss Susie Tuell, at
the NoXall club rooms. There were
about 400 invitations issued. The musi-
cal was given in opera hall by Mrs. Car
RE Jacobs Boud, of Chicago, who sang
and played her own musical compost
tions. She was assisted by Thayer's
orchestra of Des Moines. Mrs. Boud is a
talented song writer and musician.Af-
ter thc musical the guests repaired to
The NoSal club rooms, where refresh
ments were served. The hall and club
rooms were beautifully decorated with
evergrens, wins and ported palms.
Messrs. Barney O'Hare and A. j. Shu-
lar, left Thursday for business trip
Through eastern Kansas.
| Charlton, Oct. 3O.-The October term
of district court closed on Saturday.
The docket was not very large and by
judicious arrangement by Judge Sloan
and promptness in carrying out the
calendar, nearly all the cases were dis
Iposed of.
c. Fl. Wheeler and daughter, Mrs.
Ed Walton, returned yesterday from
n months visit in Mrs. Wheeler's old
home ill Kentucky.
Miss Nellie Smith will depart Friday
night for an extended visit with rela-
tiyes and friends in Chicago.
lhe people of Charlton will have the
pleasure of once more listening to
our talented and popular governor,
Leslie NJ. Shaw, at the opera house,
Tuesday Oct. 8, on the political issues
of the day. Theegovernor is univer-
sal favorite with Charlton audiences
and there will no doubt be packed
house to hear him.
The annual meeting of the Lucas
County Teachers association, held at
Derby on Saturday, was Il great sue
cess. The weather was excellent and
quite crowd present. All the papers
and talks We're full of interest. The
address of Supt. c. L. Goltry was es-
lpecially we'll received, and contained a
world of sensible, practical advice and
encouragement to the teachers The
general discussion that followed each
subject brought out many useful and
helpful points on the various topics,
and there is no doubt but that the
schools of Lucas county will be benefit
ed by this meeting. Could they all
realize the good it would do them in
the school room, all teachers in the
county would attend each session. The
program carried out is as follows:
4 Music; devotional exercises; paper,
I"Cultivation of Honesty Among Pu-
pills." Mr.. Bell; discussion, by Truthful
Wing and Lizzie Proctor; general dis
cussion. Dinner. Music: address, by
4 County Superintendent C. +. Goltry;
paper. SIS Child Study Fad?" Cora Il.
1 Coombs; discussion, led by j. +. Bar
ron and Elsie Douglass; general discus
Sion: music; class in reading. Miss Lib
HE Wells; paper, Disorders in the
School Room and How to Meet Them
ElMa Brownlee; discussion, by Prof.
E. S. Wells and Margaret johnson.
Quite little excitement was caused
4 in the city Saturday evening about 6
O'clock by the vigorous changing of the
fire bell. The company Immediately re-
sponded and arrived at w. II. Smythe's
dry goods store, the scene of the fire,
4 with the chemical engine, in time to
extingnish the fire before it got much
Roadway. 1t caught in the show win
dow on the east side, from large
kerosene lamp, and rapidly carried the
fire down through the highly infiam-
mable dry goods. along the east side,
until checked. All the winter cloake,
| hue silks ana 1all mats were IN the
window and We're totally destroyed.
The loss, together with the damage
from smoke and water, will reach close
to $1,000, partly insured.
! f. C. Woods, of Garden Grove, was in
the city last week. Fred is an old resi-
dent of Charlton and says he intends to
move his family back here in short
time and make this his future home, as
4 Charlton is the best place, after all.
u The Charlton Camera club will hold
5 its next regular meeting Tuesday even
ing, Oct. 3, at the home of Mrs. L. r.
Gibbon, on Grand street. Every mem
Der and all those interested in photog-
raphy are earnestly requested to be
present.
i Isam Adcock, of Monroe county, an
4 honored old army veteran of that 10
cality, has removed his family to
! Charlton, where they will make their
future home.
The members Of the NJ. r.. church
choir at Derby gave a profitable and
/ enjoyable oyster supper Saturday ev-
ening. A large crowd was in attend
ance. Besides the supper there was a
fine literary and musical program.