Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-12
SIGOIfKNEY.


sigourney, Sept. T.R. z. Timmons
has been visiting at home for few
days.
S. W. Brunt and Cicero Dobie at
tended the Ollie fair yesterday.
Dinner White, of near Washington,
has been visiting friends i'll and near
Sigourney since last Thursday.
Nj. and Mrs. Carl IHeitz are the
proud parents of a baby boy born yes
terday morning.
OF. Snyder is running Jim Clubb's
meat market in Delta.
Mrs. Cassens, mother of Henry Cas-
sens, died at Henry Cassens' home,
| three miles southeast of town, yester-
day morning. 1nterment occurred at
the German Lutheran church at 4
o'clock this afternoon.
Calvin Lippard has. purchased q
house and lot in Delta. Mr.. Lippard
lcontemplates moving there.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday to. ID. n. johnson and Mamie
Goeldner. .
Sigourney, Sept. 9.-Marriage licens-
es have been issued to Ernest c. Tip
petit and Victoria Tinsley; Charles w.
L L.
Albert Fl. Cook and Maggie S. Baker;
and Roy Clark and Maggie French.
Guy Davis, Sandy Moody, c. K. Need
ham, L. A. Funk, w. H. Richardson.
Jesse McCreery, F. L. Goeldner, Bill
Stevens. Willis Reinier, Fl. f. Wagner,
w. C. Gambell, Frank Branson. Oscar
Terrill and Ross Wheeler attended the
Ollie races yesterday They found
that they Ollie people are good enter
| tainers.
The board of supervisors adjourned
Wednesday evening to convene again
next Tuesday.
Henry seydel had sale day before
yesterday, and his property sold at
I high figures. Henry was, contemplat-
\ ing going west. but has changed his
! mind and will move to sigeurney.
! Mrs. Allgayer has purchased from
Tom Benton, lots |, 2, : and s, in block
i 4, in Hogin's addition to the town of
i Sigourney. Consideration, $500.
On account of the extremely hot
weather yesterday and day before our
Teachers and board OF directors
thought it advisable to have no school
in the afternoons.
4 subscription was taken yesterday
by our merchants and new sprinkler
will be purchased by tho town for the
purpose OF spnnlsl!ng our streets.
4 w. Z. Sherlock has moved from the
i Club property in the west part of
4 towr, into the new house near the
. south school building, recently built
by VIM. Hazlett.
i Sigourney. Sept. 9.--Miss Julia Trot-
ter is visiting at the home of her
brother, Seth, in Genevcva. Ncb.
Mark Trc.ier is visiting Mt the par
entail home in Siyourney.
1 Georre jackson has left Sigorrney
and opened a barber shop in Kcs@icli
His brother Art takes his place in his
fathers barber shop.
Ed Johnston is taking hunting eN.
petition in northern Minnesota.
Miss Killner ma. purchased the milf
j merry store on the west side of, the
square from Miss Roegc,.
Geo. Rcrssch, OF Oslsaloosa, was shak
, jin.r hands with sigonrney friends yes
: terdav.
/ Cy Newkirk and daughter Cora. o.
Missouri, are visiting their old friend.
: and neishbors in and around Sigour
ney.
A marriage license was issued yes
| terday to David c. Flucky and Miss Ell
fe LAWYER.
Art Smith, Of Ottumwa, is visiting
g in sigourney, the guest OF the Ed Bow
+ er family.
: HEDRIGK.
Hedricls, Sept. 9.--Hedrick is to a
= last have direct telephone connection,
4 with u.tamwa. The Iowa Telephon,
: company is building line from thu
4 city 10 Hedrich and vii! haze II il
;. working shape b. Tuesday. Here:o
; fore it has heen necessary TO tulk hy
:. sigonrney and Oska!oosa 10 reach o..
!. tlmn:a. and it was ysrs inconvenient
,, The Improvement vii! be greatly we!
!. coined by the pgiilic.
q ~ large number from this city hay,
been attending the Ollie fair during
+ the pus' week. A. Duryea's motor ca,
c riage, which WIS brought from Pep.;a
= was The chief attraction.
n Rev. j. Il. Perkins left today TO
Des Moincs. where he Will atten,
Drake University for the coming yea,
Hubert Gt:erback will leave Monda
IS for the same college.
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