Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-16

scnuTcn OF lnlS place, preached q very
Instructive and interesting sermon to
q large and appreciative audience at
Farmonv school house Sunday after
noon, at o'clock. The day was very
nice one and several from Charlton
drove out to hear him.
School began Monday morning att
Good school house, No. 5, Lincoln
township, with Miss Rose Wilson, of
Charlton, as teacher. The roll was not
very large for an opening day at this
season OF the year, but nearly all the
laroer boys are at work in the corn
fields and the attendance will be ma
teriallv increased in couple of
weeks. ~
Miss Mae Mason, of treston, was an
over Sunday visitor in the city, the
guest of her FRIEND, Mrs. Mabel Gus
ter.
Mrs. Jessie Thayer and Miss Sue
COPELAND departed Sunday morning for
New York City, where they will Join
party of friends and. go to Cuba,
where they expect to spend this win
ter.
Sunday evening the Epworth League
devoted Its time to the public installa-
ton OF the officers elected Tor the COM
We're interesting and impressive, and a
large crowd was present to witness the
ceremony. The music was exception
ally good, having been prepared espec-
tally fer the occasion. Preceding the
installation Rev. Volmer gave a very
graphic and instructive report of the
doings of the state convention of the
Epworth League, recently held at Cedar
Rapids, and which he attended as a
delegate from this society. All the
officers installed Sunday are earnest,
faithful Christian workers and per
fectly familiar with every detail of
the league work, which together with
the new life Rev. Nollmer's report has
enthused into the league, makes it look
like comparatively smooth sailing for
the nextisiN months.
{; Mrs. j. II. Farber has moved into the
house in The east part of town recent
" vacated by John Thompson, and
known as the Jacobs property, which
he recently purchased.
sam II. Coles, who has been spending
hss vacation with his parents, depart
etfsissonuhy morning for Tuscan, Ariz., !,
where he will resume his former posi-.
zion.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Lovitt, of Russell,
accompanied by Mrs. Lovitt's two sis
tiers from Illinois, We're calling on old
friends in the city Sunday, and at
tending services at the Christian
church.
The streets of Charlton are getting
SO that it is almost unsafe for lady
to be on them, especially on Saturday
and Sunday nights, when large gangs
OF hoodlums congregate at every cor
ner OF the square and swear and make
remarks about every one that passes.
Not content with such work they pro-
coed to tear up property in general,
breaking out window lights and tear
ing up signs. If the officers would
catch several OF these hoodlums and
treat them as the law directs, their
actions would be stopped in a short
time.
Rev. p. H. Greene and wife, of Rus.
sell, were shopping in the city Mon
day.
THE ladies of the N. Z. church will
hold their annual supper and sale on
ehe square on Dec. /, at which time
the book of quotations, which was
prepared last year, will be on sale.
The board of supervisors of Lucas
county met in regular session Monday,
at which time the official canvass of
the votes cast at the general election
was. completed. The results as report
Cd In the Courier were not materially
chDnSsa. the lowest republican maiori-
ty EAang "a on county superintendent
OF schools, the highest being 459 on
eheriff; while Gov. Shaw's majority
was 451. The board will begin TODAY
with its routine business.
Geo. b. Routt, Jr., of Oakley. was
calling on old friends in the city Mon
day.
L. ID. Eastman, of near Jay, spent
Monday in the city visiting his father.
5. Eastman, and other Charlton
friends.
Virgie Gibbons, of Lacona. was in
the city Monday having some dental
work done.
Lucas county seems to be infested
with a gang of chicken thieves. Be
sides the few robberies of hen-roosts
around the city they have reached out
in the country and begun wholesale
business. For the past week reports
have been coming to town of farmers
losing. from one to a dozen chickens,
but the largest haul was made Sunday
night up near Oakley when one far
mer lost five dozen phllets and
one dozen large hen turkeys, and
another farmer in the south part of
the county lost four dozen chickens.
The supposition is that they were stol-
en- by some of the many chicken buy
ers who drive over the county in wag-
ons asst would have required wagon
to carry off the haul Sunday. night.
The Equal Suffrage society held a
very interesting and instructive meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Shular on
Tuesday afternoon
Clifford Reeves, who has been trav-
cling with his theater company on the
road, and his brother, Daily, who is
selling pianos at Des Moines, were
spending few days in the city with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. II.
Reeves.
The many friends of Rev. Palmer, of |
Keota, who recently accepted the call
- the pastorate of the Baptist church, !
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