Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31
NEWS FROM NEAR BY
Daily Doings of Some of ottunwas
Close Neighbors.
personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to tho
Philosophical observation ofSages,
Arc Chronfcled by the CourIer's
Special Correspondents
CHARLTON.

CHARLTON.
Charlton, Oct. 27.-'rhe ladies of the
Christian church of this place are pre-
pairing 10 give their annual oyster sup,
per on election night, Nov. 7. For sew,
eral years now they have given an oys-
ter supper that has been great COM
fort to the weary watchers waiting for
election returns.
Company II. Fiftieth regiment, I. n.
G., gave very pleasant and enjoyable
military ball at the armory Wednesday
evening. Owing to the extremely wet
weather there was not SO large Il
crowd present as would otherwise have
been, but all those who were there en-
joyed themselves immensely. The City
Guard orchstra furnished the music.
The dancers left at a late hour, decid-
ing it was one of the most pleasant ev-
enings of the season.
The city authorities have issued a
proclamation TO the people requiring
them 10 pay Il so cent tax on male
dogs and 50 on female dogs, before
Saturday, or the dogs will be killed.
There are about 800 dogs runnig loose
in Charlton, and as yet but ninety
checks have been issued.
Miss Nellie Smith has returned from
u lew NSCNs WISH Al
John Cow, who recently came home
from active service in the Philippines,
and has been visiting his relatives in
Charlton, left Wednesday for For
Worth, Texas, where he expects to re.
main during the winter. VI
Quite few of the Charlton teachers
are preparing to attend the teachers
convention to be held at erosion, Nov.
2. The board has granted them per-
mission to close their schools should
they decide 10 attend.
The jury in the case of Walter A.
Wood Co. VS.. j. Z. Willoby, suit on
note given for q threshing machine ten
years ago in Nebraska, and which the
defendant abandoned, returned vcr-
dict of disagreement, after having
been out twenty-four hours. The day
Wednesday was taken up by the hear
ing of the case OF w. w. Coles vs. the
City of Charlton, for $3.50 damages,
which he claims as damage to his
land in the west part of town, caused
by the city's road cutting off the
ground. The jury was secured and
part of the evidence given, but the
case will not be finished before TO-
day.
The second day of the twenty-eighth
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charlton, Oct: "a. p. Holcomb,
OF the Courier force, was in the city
Friday doing nice business in the
newspaper line. The Charlton people
are qmck TO see good thing and the
tact that the Courier is the best even
ing newspaper in the state makes Mr..
Holcomb,s work comparatively easy in
TINS vicinity.
The county supervisors have taken
( southeast corner OF the court house