Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-14
NEWS FROM NEAR BY
Daily Doinge of Some Of ottumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to rho
Philosophical Observation of ages,
Are Chronicled by the. CourIers
special Correspondents.
CHARl,TOjN.

CHARLTON.
Charlton, Dec. 12.-Chas. Malene,
formerly of this place.. but now a resi-
dent OF Melrose, was an over Sunday
visitor in Charlton.
Miss S. L. Lewis is reported as quite.
dangerously i'll and doubts are enter
tanned for her recovery.
Rev. A. C. Ormand, of the Presbyte-l
rian church, was to have preached Sum
day afternoon at the Whitebreast mis-
sion church and large crowd of Char
siton people, We're planning to accompa
ny him, but owing to the very stormy
weather they did not go.
The many friends of Rev. M. G.
Mum, of the q. p. church, were glad
to again greet him i'll his old pulpit
Sunday morning and evening after an
extended seige of the fever. They
showed their appreciation of his pres
ence by greeting him with a good
and were glad to note he had lost none
{, Of his old time vigor and forcibleness,
as evidenced by his sincere, logical and
, impressive sermons.
The choir and the c. w. B. NJ. of the
!, Christian church gave verv interest
ing and obstructive entertainment at
the church Sunday evening, the occa-
sion being the silver anniversary of
the founding of the society
( g. B. sRoutt, Jr, of Oakley, was an
over Sunday visitor with Charlton
Miss Ardie Edwards has returned
from week S visit with friends at Red
h Oak. a ~ ~ = "a ~ q ~ ~
The Lucas county teachers associa-
ton will hold their next meeting at
$ Lucas, the third Saturday in January
and an interesting program has been
prepared that should interest every
teacher in the county and induce their
attendance.
ss Sunday morning was communion
Sunday at the Swedish Lutheran
Church and though the weather kept
many away there was a fair sized con-
sgregation present, who We're more than
well pleased with the excellent and APP
ypropriate sermon delivered.
Hiss Barber, of Woodburn, is visit
ing few days in the city, the guest of
her brother, John Barber, and her
friend, Miss Newsome.
Charlton, Dec. 13.--Hon. John W..
Lewis, of Ottumwa, was in the city
Monday visiting his sister, Mrs. viii
b. Barger,
Thos. Murray, of Lacona, came down
Monday for a days visit with his son,
Glenn.
a; The many friends of Clyde Slater
will be pleased to learn that he is
much better than he has been for
weeks, having been able to sit up in
bed Monday.
g. w. Hayes, one of our old carpen-
fers,. is reported as quite seriously i'll.
County Clerk j. G. Seward has re-
! turned from Osceola where he had
been as a witness in the famous Cros-
by murder trial. He reports that Mrs.
Crosby has plead guilty of manslaugh-
ster, which plea. was accepted by the
state. and a case of conspiracy begun
against the, father and SON.
Glenn Murray is suffering from a
very sore hand the result of slight
bruise in which he took cold. 1t has
made a very sore hand and causes him
much Inconvenience, though not lay
ing him off from work
a Attorney James a. Penick left Nom
s day for Oseeola where he has been re-
tanned as attorney in the famous Cros-
by murder case.
Miss Myrtle Scott, who has been
trimming for the past three months in
w. H. Smythe's millinery store, depart
ed Monday morning for her home at
Waterloo. She has made many friends
4 here during her short stay.
II. S. Glenn, who received slight
stroke of paralysis last week, still CON
tinues very low al his home on Court
avenue. having had another very bad
spell Tuesday.
8 W.T.. Shaftner, the popular travelling
salesman for the BilSlen Winner Gro
Gerry company, of Burlington, was
again calling on his trade in Charlton
= Monday after few days vacation Wis
Il ting friends at Des Moines.
ALBA.
Abba, Dec. 12.-The Bloomheld Sup
ply company, of this city, is having
some trouble over the collection of a
bill they hold against the contractors
who made the Wabash roadbed south
of Abba. The company furnished the
Z men with eatables and took time
checks in payment therefor, having the
(. word of the contractors that the checks
would be honored and they would not
be the losers on the transaction. Now
the contractors have left and the bill
is still unpaid. The company has TIA
len the matter into court. The eSper-
fence the Abba merchants have had
with railroad contractors in the past
few months is not such that would
cause many people to want to mix
4 into it.
Deputy Treasurer Wallace Taunton
and his estimable wife are happy over
the arrival of a little daughter al, their