Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

setting few that were here before the
war.
There were 265 car loads of stock
passed through Ottumwa over the Bur-
lington Saturday night and Sunday, en-
route to the eastern markets.
w. S. Coen, referee in bankruptcy,
for this district, has resigned, and
John w. Lewis has been appointed in
his place. Judge o. P. Shiras signed
the order yesterday accepting Mr..
Coen's resignation and appointing Mr..
Lewis, who has filed his bond and ta-
ken the oath required by law.
At 1880 o'clock Sunday morning the
fire department was called to the pla-
!. ming mill operated by w. H. Shook &
Son, in Central Addition, at the foot
of Wapello street, by a blaze in the
roof of the engine room. ABOUT half
of the building was destroyed and a
horse stabbed in the basement of the
structure was suffocated. One thou
sand feet of hose was laid but the part
of the building burned had been de-
stroyed before the arrival of the de-
partment. The loss is abut ST 200 with
practically no insurance. The building
: was insured in a Des Moines company
which, it is understood, is defunct.
AT the home of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
Strobel, no East Second street, at s.
o'clock last evening, occurred the mar
riage of Miss Gwendolyn Martin to
their son, George H. Strobel Rev. Fred
Tucker, pastor of the Main street Meth
odist notwithstanding the ceremony.
Relatives and few intimate friends
were present. A wedding dinner fol-
lowed the ceremony. Both are excel
lentyoun people well known in our
city. and are blessed with numerous
friends. Mr.. Strobel is bookkeeper for
JOHN Morrell & Co. Ltd, and a true,
etrusty and steady young man. Miss
Maud Strobel, sister of the groom
came home from Mt. Vernon where
y abe attending Cornell colleges to wit
!. ness the ceremon.,.
& Train No. is, the Burlington west
bound fast mail, due in this city at 2:5?
.. M, was five hours late Sunday morn
inging, owing to wreck at Bureau
Creek bridge, two and one-half miles
east of Wyanet, III. The wreck occur
red on the main line fifty miles east Of
Galesbnrg, and although the engine
and four OF the mail cars were derail-
h ed, no one was injured. The train
was running about sixty miles an hour
X when part of the engine dropped onto
the track, throwing a spring switch
which the train was passing at the
time. The acciaent occurred at the
west end OF tie bridge. which was for
tunate for .all-concerned The double
track there. merges into q single track
at the bridge, tlie same as it formerly
did at the Burlington bridge across the
Des Moines river, four miles west Of st
tumwa. The train was, nst leaving the
bridge and thesengine was passing the
switch at the point where the double
track merges into the single track,
when the break on the engine occurred.
The engine was in charge of j. L. KEEL
1y, of Burlington, and Fireman Hugh
Kelly, also of burlington, and both SLY
that the bridge tender gave the
proper signals and that no one was to
blame for the wreck. The engine, No.
Z 1890, was disabled, hut the coaches
were not damaged and We're able to
proceed on the run after being placed
on the track by the wrecler from
Galesburg.
g. ,
From Tuesdays Daily.
Miss Altheia Traister, of Mystic, is
visiting friends in the city.
Miss Mary johnson, of Eddyyille, re-
turned home today, after visit at the
home of Thomas Reimer, north of the
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Good, Of South
English, were in the city last evening
enroute home from visit with friends
at Bladensburg.
Mrs. g. D. Woodford and daughter,
Miss Mamie, of Agency, were in the
city this morning enrouse to Blakes-
burg to visit friends.
Miss Sadie Pollard, of Morayia, who
has been visiting at the home of Mrs
E. Wilkinson, 41s South Jay street, re-
turned home this morning.
William Reece departedilast night 10,
Washington, ID. c., where he will take
up his duties as. secretary OF the com
mittee on public lands in the house o.
representatives.
A marriage license was issued toda,
to Oman O'Harran and Miss Eliza Ed
wards. A license was also issued yes
terday to William H. Stewart and Mis-.
Minnie e. Deuser.
The death of w. NJ. Lindsay occur
5 red Sunday evening at Z o'clock at his
home, ten miles west. of Munterville
aged rs years. The funeral, was held
Monday afternoon from the residence,
Interment was made in the Christians
burg cemetery.
The city yesterday sold lot of OLE
. wornout fire hose aggregating 235t
pounds to junk men who bought ii fol
its rubber lining. The lot which mus
have cost hundreds of dollars wheI
new, brought about $40, NIL it, wort1
in its present condition. The best hos,
q short lived. being subjected as it il