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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-09
BENTONsPORT.

Bentonsport, Nov. 9.-Election day
passed quietly.
II. A. Shepherd and family returned
to Bentonsport, Saturday and will re-
side in the Stevens property.
Mrs. S. McElhinney, of Fairfield, and
daughter, Marion, Joined her husband
here on Saturday to remain during the
protracted meetings. Evangelist Nc
Casland, of Cedar, Rapids, is conduct
ing the service this week.
George Mckinney and Gideon Bailey
came from Gowrie to cast their vote.
I. Mrs. E. G. Rice returned Tuesday
from an extended visit at ST. Louis.
The mill resumed operations Tues.
day after a period of idleness. James
MCGOWAN is in charge and will no
doubt prove a successful manager. S
/ The little home owned by Ben Mitch
ell, situated two miles east of town,
was consumed by fire! Tuesday even
ing. This is a serious loss to a most
estimable family.
Joe Holden has force of men re-
pairing fences along the railroad.
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COmPETINE.

Competine, Nov. o.-Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Mcmillan expect their daugh
ter, Mrs. Jennie. Turner, of Oregon
home for a visit, the latter part of the
week.
Miss Della Denser returned home
this, week from, a visit in Kansas.
Mrs. Sarah Phillips brought suit
against ]. P. Hawthorne before j.. w
Huff and Judgment Of $s5 was rem
dered Mrs. Phillips.
N. q. Herman, wife and son were in
Hedrick trading Monday. p
Rev. Miller delivered his farewell ser
mon Sunday night.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Dickey
Sunday, Nov. S, a girl, - 81 f. =
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COLLRTT.

Collett, Nov. 9.-Rev. Tague is still
holding meeting at Hebron with sue
cess. Ats
H. w. Albright will go to Burling-
ton this week TO look for work. Il
Corn shucking is well under way. A
few more nice days will see the most
of the corn in crib.
{, Postmaster w. E. Thompson visited
near County Line Sunday.
I Election passed off very quietly.
2. A. Laughlin is:shipping coal from
this place.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-09
ELDON.
AGENCY.

Agency, Nov. Con Wednesday ev-
ching, Nov. 1, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. G. Hankins, near Agency, oc-
Cured the marriage Of their daughter,
Nellie, to Chas. P. Newell, Rev. ". S:
Moore, Officiating. None but the im-
mediate friends and relatives were
present. After the beautiful and i'm
pressiye ceremony was performed, an
elegant repast was served and the ev-
ening was spent in social enjoyment.
The contracting parties are well and
fayorably known here, and have com
menced housekeeping at the home OF
the groom, two miles east of Agency.
The happy couple were the recipients
of a large number OF appropriate gifts.
Among the guests resent were Misses
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-09

You never miss the water till the well
runs dry. Buy your clothing at the
Palace G. II. sale. 219 z. Main.
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muNTRRYIr;LR.

MunterVille, NOV. 9@Daniel Oberg
went TO Oftumwa on! business Mon
day. 49, -,'l@s aiiiIlf% A{q,':+.f y
Mr.. Huffman and brother were VIII
lard visitors last Sunday AFTERNOON.
Nels SwensonF had quite a number
Of teams hauling lumber for his lew
house, yesterday.9 SS s. & 7'-,'.at'5''
Charley Johnson had very bad lack
last week. He went to Avery after u
load of windows and sash doors for
Mr.. Ek's new house. After having ev-
erything loaded and ready to start,
the team became frightened and ran
off, upsetting the wagon and break:
ing most of the windows and doors.
Nobody was hurt, as Mr.. johnson was
not on the wagon at the time.
Rev. Mcneil, our pastor, delivered
three sermons last Sunday morning
and evening at Munterville, and during
the afternoon he preached in Smoky
Hollow.
Munterville school, has had some re-
pairing done during vacation. 1t was
very badly needed.
iHGuy Hall called on L. L. Swenson
yesterday evening. nH'esh 10 ~ Is
C.eF. Swanson finished up his car:
penter work in Willard yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs! c. E. Johnson, from near
Ottumwa, were Sunday visitors with
relatives near Munterville.. ''A's., ''.'a
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Lewis were OF
tumwa visitors yesterday.
Sven Anderson, foreman at the
Burlington shops in Ottumwa, and p.
Anderson were callers in Munterville
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WHITE ELM.

White Elm, Nov. s.-Afr. and Mrs. G.
w. Hollen spent Sunday with friends in
Ottumwa. t- i.
Miss Mary Fellows closed a very sue
cessful term of school at Olive Branch,
Friday.
Miss Bertha McCloskey returned
Wednesday from few weeks visit
at her home near Fort Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Fl. Harryman
visited with Rule Schlotter and family
last Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. Smith, OF White Elm, has
moved back to her home in Bloom
field.
Jacob Schlotter and family spent
Sunday at the home of Will Schlotter,
near Hall Town.
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HIGHLAND CENTER.

Highland Center, Nov. .s.-The Wom-
ems Foreign Missionary society of the
NJ. E. church, will meet next Thursday
with Mrs. S. A. Buckner. .s,l
w. F. Thrasher of New London, was
a caller here Wednesday. Is So j
Mrs. Ollie Wise and children, of Os-
kaloosa, are visiting Mrs., Wise's moth
er, Mrs. d.. B. Knight.
Mrs. Sara Arnold, of Ottumwa, came
Saturday night to spend few days at
the home of j. NJ. Elder.%.@ L.
Z. A. Kennel, of Keota; was a bust
ness caller here Thursday.
BENZ. Parker, of Fremont, was a
Sunday visitor at this place. q, a2i
Rev. L.. Ingham did not fill his APP
pointment at this place Sunday, but
sent Mr.. Sperry in his stead. Mr..
Sperry is the editor of. the Hedrick
Herald and delivered fine sermon.
The republicans held rousing po-
litical meeting here Saturday might.
The speakers were Capt. S. H. Harper,
Judge Tsdale and A. w. Buchanan. ).
The Nicola Elevator company is bull
ding corn cribs at this place prepare
tory to receiving the new corn crop.
The democrats held meeting at the
school house Friday night. The speak
er was A. c.. Steck. s.
w. t. Mollison and family of Ottum-
wa visited William Packwood's deer
park Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Woolems, of Pack
wood, spent Sunday with Mrs. d. b.
knight.
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yVILLARD.

Willard, Nov. SANDER Pierson and
wife and baby visited relatives south
of here Sunday. ~ 'it -;
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Swehson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Burgason and Willard Upb
visited at Nels Halls Sunday.
There was a full attendance at the
political meeting at Willard last Tues
day night.
Miss Mabel Upp was seen on our
streets, Monday.
G. +. Hall, of Des Moines, arrived
home Saturday morning for a brief
visit with his parents. He will return
Wednesday evening. .3-. t-.s
Hickory school is now having a two
weeks vacation.
Frank Lindsay, of near Abba, visited
at the home of his father last week.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-03-31
Relative Strength of Man and Woman.
According to the last report of the

According to the last report of the
doings of the anthropoiogical labora-
tory, London, the following interest
irg data were established concerning
t. relative strength and length of the
limbs II man and woman, viz: In
i-.a1.. in 800 cases out of 100 the right
arr. was stronger than the left; in 1874
cases tic arCls were each of equal
streE.sta; finally, in 1877 cases out of 100
the LETT arm was the stronger. Thus it
seems, contrary to the general under
standing on this subject, that out of
every ten men there are more than
three whose right arm is not so strong
as tie left. The data show, however,
that the proportion is better distrib-
uted in women-that is, out of 100 only
46.9 possessed more strength in the
right arm, and 24.5 or near one-fourth,
have more strength IN the left. Dyna-
nometric experiments have likewise
proved that in women the upper limbs
possess the same strength much often
CT than in men, since out of 100 there
were ESQ that gave the same results in
the two arms. AS regards the respect
i've length of the limbs, it seems that in
most cases the right arm and the left
leg are the longer, the following pro-
portions being noted at the laboratory
Ill measuring SO skeletons of adults,
men and women; in % cases the left
leg and the right arm were the longer.
IN eases it was, on the contrary, the
right leg and the left arm, and in four
cases only the limbs of the right side
were longer than those of the left.-N.
Y Sun
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-03-31
THE COMING OF VAL.


Walls coming. Sing, birds in the naples
sing sweet!
Rain, blossoms in storms ct his beautiful
feet!
o winds! toss the violets over his way.
And God guard the night, and give light
to the day!
The blossoms are blowing-the brown bees
are humning,
And voice in my soul echoes still: ''He
is coming!'
He's coming! A little well fellow, whose
eyes
Are the blue and the dew and the dawn
in life's skies;
Too sweet for a sorrow-too bright LOT
His arms are the loveliest necklace I
woari
The blossoms are blowing-the brown bees
are hunming,
And song in my soul echoes still: lie
is coming
He is coming, with kisses, far sweeter Tor
this:
I have missed through long winters his
clasp and his kiss;
And have heard not in any glad song OF
the birds
A music as sweet as his innocent words!
The lilies arc bending-the brown bees are
humming,
And a thousand sweet voices still sing:
HE is comirg!"
He is coming! CWhat joy doth the mes
sage impartD
Like a rose toss him here to my heart-to
my heart,
Soft winds OF the southland! From over
the sea
Kiss the sails of the sweet ship that bears
him 10 mel
The daisies are blooming-the wild bees
are humning,
And thank God for the music: Hes COM
INCHES coming!'
Frank l.. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-03-31
why the Train Slows in Leaving.

He vas al observing man, and was
rot in ~ habit of allowing the slight
est ceta ): anything or any event to
escape his sye. He stood en- he depot
platform d; watched the heavy over
land trains pulling out for the west.
Each che of them seemed 10 come
nearly 70 4 stop just after pulling out
of the s'cPot. stopping to let some
one cff!,' he asked of a railroad man
sta1,c t. TT him. sNo. Looks as if
the $50. .locsn't It? Wei, that fools
los Gle" said the railroad man.
'Sorc &c think they stop to let
OF go Q ? who stayed ON too long.
arG gone thi-k they stop to put off
a ramp. Neither OF these reasons is
right. t.. Engineers bring their trains
10 stop, = nearly SO, after pulling out
Of a terlc.r-l station in order to test
the air brakes and see that they are in
working order. Most engineers try
the air brakes just after pulling out of
4 station, E,-i on most roads the rule is
that they try the brakes within two
miles of the station. Topeka State
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-03-31
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Some of the western farmers use
rotted sawdust. as a fertilizer.
-One pound of cork is sufficient to
support a man of ordinary size in the
water.
An applicant for license to act as
cab driver in London is compelled to I'M
dergo civil service examination. He is
taken to a yard where there are several
posts driven in the ground, and through
and around these he must cleverly drive
and turn before the license is granted.
"A hash supper was provided at a
church entertainment in Binghampton,
n. Y, to raise money to buy furniture.
Over 400 people partook of the hash,
and about one-qnarter of this number
had to receive medical attendance.
Hereafter they will avoid church hash.
Rats annoyed the family of Johann
Welreck, at Indian Valley, Idaho. He
laid poison in places near their haunts,
and in few days his wife and three
children became dangerously i'll. The
rats, after eating the poison, had gone
to the family we'll for water, and died
in it.
Some one informed Robert j. f.
Copeland, of this city, that holding a
small quantity of carbolic acid in the
mouth was remedy for the toothache.
He tried it, and the acid so panied him
that. while gasping for breath, he swal-
lowed it. In less than an hour he was
dead.
Mice are fond of music. This fact
suggested to an ingenious mechanic the
utility of mouse trap with music box
attached. He has constructed one
which plays for an hour. The mice, to
get close to the strains of harmony,
wander into the trap, and are easily
caught.
London has a woman's rights ora
tor who recently denied, in a public
speech, that women's attention to pub
lie business made them neglect home
duties. She then requested any man in
the audience who had'suffered from this
cause, to stand up. One meek individual
arose; it was her husband.
An clipping couple arrived at hotel
in FL Reno, o. T., and registered as man
and wife. In week the husband and
wife of the fugitives came in pursuit of
the clippers. from Kentucky, met in FL
Reno, became interested in each other
and they eloped, leaving their former
spouses undisturbed.
There are only eight surviving sol
diers of the war of 1912 on the pension
rolls. and three of them have passed the
century mark. These are Hosea Brown
of Grants Pass, Ore, aged 1O5 years;
Elijah Glenn, of Newark, N. j., and
Eleazor Smith, of Danbury, N. H., each
of whom is 101 years old.
-Four monkeys in Haraki, Japan
grown desperate by hunger, attacked a
! traveller on the highway, and would
have injured him severely if he had not
promptly used his revolver. He shot
three of them and the fourth hurriedly
climbed a tree, and stood chattering
with terror among the branches.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-03-31
A Canine Peenliaritv

Everyone has noticed the peculiar
habit OF all dogs in turning round sew
eral times before lying down. This
idlosynerasy is believed to be due to the
habits of the wild animal, which found
1t necessary to turn round in weeds or
grass several times in order to break
them down for bed Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-03-31
-Marylanders are s'Craw-thumpers,'
slang name Tor the lobster.
thousands arc Trying II.

thousands arc Trying It.
In order to prove the great merit Of
Eiy's Cream Balm, the most effective cure
for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have pre-
pared generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get 1t OF your druggist or send 10 cents to
ELY BROS, Sc Warren ST., N. Y. CITY.
Isufered from catarrh of the worst kind
ever since boy, and I never hoped for
cure, but Ely's Cream Balm seems to do
even that. May acquaintance have used
It with excellent results. Oscar Ostrnp,
% Warren Ave-, Chicago. Ill. -
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknovledoea
cure Tor catarrh ard contains no cocaine
mercury nor any II srious drug. Price.
5O cents. At druggists or by mail.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-03-31
Facts About Mason Co. Washington,

The editor receives many inquiries
from people III all sections Of the I'm
ION, as to industries, wages, lands, etc.,
and to obviate the necessity of writ
ing letters, the following general re-
plies have been prepared. The Editor
will add further information, but en-
quirers should always send stamps.
WAGES.
Logging camp wages range from So
$3.50 per day, and the employees are
charged board.
Carpenters So to So per day.
Ordinary labor $3.50 to So;
Woodworkers $1.50 to So;
Farm labor 500. to $25. per month
The nature of work, the skill oil
workman, and condition of the mark
ct makes difference in wages.
RENTS.
A house in Shelton rents from So
to $40; some poorer buildings are
cheaper, but good comfortable d vel
ling brings So to $40. Houses are
scarce here.
There are some farms and ranches
which can be rented cheap, and one
or two places, which can be had for a
year or two for keeping them up.
Wood is burned almost entirely.
Fir wood sell at 80 cents to 81. per
rick (half cord) delivered. Hard wood
alder and maple will cost little more.
On the ranches and away from town
wood costs the cutting.
LIVING.
The cost of living in section is very
moderate, very few things being much
higher than in the East, and many
much lower.
Best -four is 80 cents to 81. per sack.
Butter, Is to 80 cents, according to
season.
Eggs, Is to 80 cents according to
season.
Potatoes and other vegetables, % to
80 cents per bushel.
Fruits and vegetables are becoming
very plentiful, producing heavily, and
are within the reach of all.
| LAND PRICES.
Practically no good vacant land
convenient to settlement, is available
| for homesteaders. The Northern Pa
cific and the Mill companies own large
bodies OF logged-of lands, some o.
which are we'll situated for agricultur
al purposes, which are offered for sale
at prices ranging from 81 to S. pei
acre on the 5 and 10 year contract
plan, which is very reasonable.
We advise homeseekers that the
best and cheapest plan for them is tc
find partly improved ranch and buy
it, where they will find everytbin
ready to begin making living. This
is good section for workers, and idlers
and people who are not willing te
work are not wanted. There are good
openings for milling, or other business
or intelligent farming IN Mason Co.
but no one should come without suffi
| cient means to secure a start.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-12
The Bounty Industry

The constantly increasing demand for
bounty appropriations and tax leyies for
bounty fund demonstrates conclusivaly
that there is something radically wrong
with the business, otherwise the stock
destroying animals would be getting
scarcer each year, instead of becom-
ing more numerous, says the Bozeman
AVant Courier. 1t is quite evident that
they breed faster in North Dakota,
Wyoming, Idaho and the Northwestern
Territory of British America than we
can destroy them, notwithstanding the
big bounties we are paying. They seem
to be good deal like flies, in one re-
spect, at least: If you kill one a doz en-
or more will come across the state
boundary to its funeral, because they
are not sufficiently well educated to re-
spect imaginary lines. The wolves in
deed, seem to stand in with the wolf
ers, and the wolfers stand in" with the
wolves. 1t is costing the state upwards
of one hundred thousand dollars year,
ostensibly for the purpose of extermi-
mating the big wolves and the small
coyotes, and yet both are constantly en-
the increase--that is the testimony not
only of Stockmen, but of the bounty
certificates which are being issued from
day to day and from year to year and
for which the state has become respon-
sible. And now this last break of the
iate iaHehteu legislature, making pro-
visions for tax levy of mills on each
dollars assessment on all live stock,
including cattle, sheep, horses, mules
and asses in the state (not including the
legislative variety, of course,) to pro-
vide funds for the payment of wolf and
coyote bounties, is 1.-The last straw that
breaks the camePs back" 1t is esti-
mated that this will produce a revenue
of $150,000 the present year, all of which
will be required, it is claimed, to pay
bounties on the scalps of stock destroy
ing animals The law itself is of very
questionable constitutionality, but ev-
erything seems to go that is demanded
by the cow counties" It's a pity the
law could not be made to apply to min
ing stocks, then, perhaps, we should
hear no more about bounty laws after
the meeting of the next legislative as
sembly.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-12

when obliged to admit that he has
never entered its marvellous portals and
enjoyed the gifts nature has so lavish
ly bestowed for the benefit of his Won
derment and admiration. The park is.
provided with, as fine system of roads
as will be found in this country. The
road work continues, though congress is
slow to provide the means to carry it
on as such a wide area demands The
work so far done seems to be con-
scientiously and well done. Substantial
bridges span the streams and an auto
mobile could be run wherever the roads
lead. The farmer and others Indifferent
to the benefits of good roads, ought to
find in the park an object lesson that
will awaken the interest they lack The
hotels in the park are first-class in
every respect and the charges not at all
exorbitant to those for whom they are
maintained. A hotel at the Geyser basin
is an absolute necessity and that people
will allow themselves to be hauled over
a stretch of 10 miles in order to accom-
modate the hotel syndicate only goes 10
show that they are easily pleased The
transportation company apparently
manages its business to the satisfaction
of those able to patronize it, but it
would be an everlasting reflection upon
the monopolistic tendency of the pre-
vailing party to permit it to occupy the
field alone.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-12
SAvAGERY IN KENTUCKY
Feud Between Griff1ns and Phil
pots Is On Again.
BATTLE IN CLAY COUNTY
Four Men Killed and Several Wounde
A Brutal Attack Upon the
Widow of One OF the
Grftius.

London, Ky, Sept. 1.-THE opening of
war between the Griffin and Philpot
factions in Clay county began last
night The house of Widow Caldwell,
wife of Evan Caldwell brother OF
Deputy Sheriff Dave Caldwell, the
leader of the Griffin faction, was fired
into from all sides. She escaped by
throwing herself on the floor All the
cattle, hogs and dogs We're killed and
notice was posted on her door, giving
her "a hours TO leave or be killed 1t
was done by body of horsemen whom
the Griflins say were the Philpots. The
Jail here. which has two Griffins in it,
is heavily guarded by men with Win
chesters.
A rumor is also current here that a
battle was fought yesterday in Clay
county, killing four men and wounding
seven. The rumor locates the battle
on Red Bird creek Is miles from Man
chester. There have been several kill
ings there of late and the battle may
have been either between the Markums
and Roberts or the Sizemores and ASH
ers, which factions are at war with
each other.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-12
The Flathead Lands.

A treaty has been recently concluded
with the Crow Indians by which they
cede something more than a million
acres of their reservation to the United
States, says the Kalispell Inter Lake
1t would be much more to the point, and
much more to the advantage of Mon
tana, if the commissioners would make
a treaty with the Flatheads Tor the ces-
sion of a large proportion of their res
ervation. There is no other equally
large and equally good body of land
tied up uselessly in a reservation in
Montana, and probably not in the whole
country as the unused lands of the
Flathead reservation. There is no bet
ter land anywhere in the state, and
fruit men who are acquainted with the
conditions say that much of the land on
the reservation would undoubtedly
prove to be the best fruit land in the
state. Buying mineral and grazing
lands from the Indians is all right, but
in Montana what is much more needed
is getting possession of the good agri-
cultural lands and throwing them open
to settlement.