Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-17
Daily Doings of Some Of Ottumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SosIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to the
Philosophical Observation ofsages,
Are Chronicled by the Courier's
Special Correspondents.
CHARLTON.

oIuleIly Il Clerk III lulS sclly cut uoW
working at Derby, was calling on old
Friends here Monday.
Rev. MathNney, OF Lacona, preached
very interesting and instructive ser
mon at Oxford church, in, Lincoln
township, Sunday morning, and Rev
Vollmer Of the. NJ L. church of this
place. preached at the same place in
the afternoon.
Amel Be:-.man, one of Lucas coun-
tvs boys, has returned from three
mountuins, and will remain with his
fall term of school at Drake university
begins, when he expects to enter and
complete his course.
Rev. II. ID. Terrell, OF Pleasantyille,
came over Sunday to visit his cousin,
Mrs. AIDA Griffis, and while here filled
the hulpit at the Christian church Sum
day evening. Rev. Terrell is thor
ough scholar and pleasing and forci-
BILE speaker. His sermon Sunday even
ing was directed to the young people
and was full of good sensible advice,
and solid bible truths that cannot help
but leave an impression on the minds
Of his hearers.
Mrs. John Morris has returned from
( } two weeks visit with relatives and
friends at Indianola.
Miss Mollie Hall, who has been
leachin" in the Indian school at Fort
Hall, Idaho, gave very entertaining
and instructive lecture on her
work at the Presbyterian church
on Sunday evening. Miss Hall
is logical, easy speaker and
! showed by her talk that she was thor
oughly posted on her subject. There
was large congregation present and
all went away feeling that it had been
good for them to be there.
y viii Allison, of Creston, spent Sun
dav visiting Charlton friends.
* Rev. c. r.. Sanderson, of Keokuk,
filled the pulpit very acceptibly at the
Christian church Sunday morning. His
discourse was scholarly affair, full
of good Bible truths and was well de-
liyered. E
Rev. VIM. Pierce. Of CISCO, ILL.,, an old
Lucas county boy, filled the pulpit at
the Episcopal church on Sunday.
Quite a large crowd of his old friends
and acquaintanccs We're ont to hear
him and expressed themselves as more
than pleased with his learned talk
and manly department in the pull
nit.
Mrs. Geo. w. Garland, who has been
visiting her sister. Mrs. c. P, Connell,
ins this city, Tor the past two weeks,
i hasAreturned to her home in Holyoke,
James Sullivan, brakeman on the
BURLINGTON, fnet with very serious ac-
rident in the Charlton yards Sunday.
He was attempting to couple the cars
when his hand slipped and it was
caught between the bumpers, mashing
it so severely that amputafion will be
necessary.
In the absence of Rev. Mum, who
is spending a three weeks vacation at
his old home in New York, Rev. John
Athism, a first year student at the
Xenia, Ohio. theological seminary,
filed the pulpit at the u. p. church ON
Sunday morning and evening. Both
discourses were we'll delivered and
showed signs of deep thought and
hard study.
Miss Josie Bearman left Monday for
a three weeks visit with relatives and
friends at .KnoNville.
The members of the congregation Of
the Baptist church as well as large
circle of Charlton acquaintance are
very much grieved to hear of the res
ignation of Rev. Geo. Brown, of that
church. Rev. Brown has been afflict-
ed with throat trouble for some time,
making it very difficult and at times
positively impossible for him to talk
and he resigns his charge here with
the intention of going to Kansas in
theh ope that the change may benefit
him. While here he has proved him
self an able, conscientious, hard work
ing pastor, and a pleasant, agreeable
and thorough gentleman. The church
has gained both in attendance and
numbers during his passionate and he
has made true friends of all with
whom he has come in contact.
Mrs. w. Il. Lewis has returned from
a weeks visit with her friend, Mrs. G.
B. Gates at Clarinda. While there she
attended the Chautauqua.
Miss Nettie Poncher departed Mon
day for a two weeks visit with friends
at Des Moines.
Monday afternoon. while Mrs. Peter
Becker was driving totown her horses
We're frightened by some boys in a cart
who tried to pass. In running Mrs.
Becker's horse struck dray wagon,
upsetting and throwing the occupants
g gu Y on Inc SlueWalk. MIS-. Becker {1ell
clasping her little baby to her bosom,
and lighted squarely upon the little
one. She was iunhurt but the baby
was severely bruised and cut up. No
< bones We're broken however, and after
sewing up the cuts it seemed to be
getting along nicely.
Henry Simpson has torn down his
, old house at the corner of Main and
Armory avenue, which has been land
mark in Charlton for SO long, and is
erecting Il fine new house of modern
architecture in its stead
The twenty-fourth annual Lucas
county normal institute opened Mon
day with an enrolment of 100, which
is about equal to that of former years.
The indications point to one of the
most successful institutes ever held in
this county. But little time was spent
in preliminary arrangements, the first
session being devoted to recitations.
~ The G. Il. society of the Christian
church held a very interesting and
profitable business meeting at the
home of the president, Mrs. Margaret
+ L. Lewis on Monday evening. Almost
the full society was present and isteE-