Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-03
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
From Tuesdays Daily.

LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
From Tuesdays Daily.
See that your prescription when fill
ed bears Sargent's label.
Miss Bessie Dockery, of Highland
Center, was in the city yesterday shop
ping.
Miss Cyntbis Holmes, of Percy, pass
ed through the city today enroute to
Batavia.
Born, yesterday to Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Seaburg, of FOB North Ash
street, a son.
c. o. Bosworth. of Highland Center,
passed through the city this morning
enroute to Blakesburg.
Geo. Starchovich and wife, of Rath-
bun, were in the city yesterday and
returned home on the Milwaukee this
morning.
j. NJ. Dodd, of Broken Bow, Neb.,
passed through the city last evening
enrpute to Agency, where he will visit
his son, Charles Dodd.
Miss Elizabeth Berry, of Chillico-
the, was in the city shopping this
morning, and returned home on Bur-
lington No. this afternoon.
Miss Eva Jacks died at o'clock yes
terday morning at a house on East
Main street, where she was staying.
She was % years old and her home is
In Mamma, Mo.
J. w. Templeton, manager Of the
iowa Pride ball team, announces that
1t was not the Iowa Pride team that
played with the Humeston aggrega ton
In this city Sunday, but.ewas picked
team. The Iowa Prides do not play
Sunday ball.
Corporal z. R. Thompson, of Troop
Z, First United States cavalry, sta
toned at Fort Niobrara, Neb., who
has been visiting at the home of John
Potter, on North Marion street, de-
parted on Burlington No. 10 today for
his home in Batavia.
Shelf Hale went to Springfield, Mo-,
this morning on the Milwaukee, for
the purposes OF taking leases on some
mineral land. Mr.. Hale anticipates
taking parry Of prospectors into Mis-
souri, within the coming month ana ex-
poets to do some mining.
A verdict of accidental drowning
was rendered by the coroner's jury as
cause OF the death of Lee Young, who
was drowned in Cedar Creek, on Sat
urday afternoon, July 30. The jury
was composed OF /. n. Seybert, e. ii.
Brawley and B. A. harrington.
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Robert L. Sanford died at the home
Of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Con. Fox,
1S1 North Ash street, at $3.50 this NOR
ming. The deceased was 81 years, two
months and 10 days old, and leaves a
wife and u large circle of friends to
mourn his death. Mr.. Sanford was
railroad man, and also member of
the A. O. U. w. lodge
Des Moines News: The Abba cut
of is about ready. When the eleven
miles are completed through trains
twice a day will be run from this city
TO St. Louis. 1t is also stated that
the Burlington will have direct SER
vice from this city to Kansas City over
. new route which will mean saving
OF time. The Burlington is after busi-
mess all the while and improves its
service whenever opposition shows it
self.
1t has been learned by the track Of
ficials of the Ottumwa Bicycle Track
association that the record. made by
r. T. Hopes in the amateur mile han
dicap event on the second day of the
state meet, was worlds record.
Hopes was the scratch man, and his
time was 2:Os les, which lowered the
former worlds record for similar
event held by T. L. Kramer, of New
York, since 1898, three-fifths of a sec
ond. The record will be allowed to
the ottumwa track by the racing
board.
Des Moines Capital: Mrs. Albert w.
Swain will leave Des Moines tomor-
row for New York, from which place
she will sail for Montevideo and ar
rive at the latter point thirty days
later. In going to these South Ameri-
can countries Americans are compelled
to travel on inferior steamers unless
they go by way of London, which
would necessarily increase the expense.
The Swalms and other consuls are an
Siously anticipating the time when
American commerce will be so large
as to require new and first class steam-
ship lines from New York to Uruguay,
Chill and Argentine.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Itpays to trade at Sargent's.
Mrs. L. v. Mccoy, of Brookings, S.
d., was in the city yesterday enroute
to Salem to visit relatives.
Mrs. Jas, Hope, OF Birmingham,
mother OF Mrs. ID. ID, Calhoun, Of 132