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

From Mondays daily.
New line Of bracelet bangles, at
Scott & Co.
The engagement Of Mr.. Charles s..
Slaughter, Of this city, and Miss Clara
z. Vogelsang, of ST. Louis, has been
announced, the marriage to occur some
time in the spring. Mr.. Slaughter is
one Of Ottumwa's best known young
men. He is a travelling representative
of Geo. Haw & Co., and prominent In
society circles. The engagement will
be learned with great interest by his
many Uttumwa friends.
The Ottumwa high school foot ball
team was defeated by the Centerville
high school team in this city Saturday
afternoon by score OF II to II. This
is the second time within the past two
weeks that the visiting team has play
ed in this city, but the game Saturday
was victory No. 1. Two weeks ago last
Saturday the Centerville team was de-
feateds by the team of the East End
Athletic association, the score in that
game being 20 to O. Centerville's VIC
tory yesterday was one of the hardest
fought games ever, witnessed on the
home grounds. The teams were evenly
matched II, weight and in turn set the
spectators wild with their excellent
1ine-bucking and individual long runs.
The attendance was good, being much
LARGER than is usually witnessed at sim
liar events in this city.
From Tuesdays Daily.
- marriage license was issued yes
terday to Z. s. Holland and Miss Dena
3 Ornduf.
A daughter was born yesterday to
! Mr.. and Mrs. Ben p. George, OF East
Court street.
Mrs. N. J. Peck, of Blakesburg re-
turned this morning on the Milwaukee
! after visit with her sister, Mrs. G. w.
Derby, OF 305 Willard street.
'a Mrs. Thomas Murray died at her
home at Bladensburg last evening, at
ter an extended illness. The deceased
was, a daughter of ]. NJ. y. Allen, of
( near Agency. ~ a
a., B. Phelps & Son, Of Hedrick, have
sold to George Triggle, of Kansas City,
head of choice registered Hereford
cattle. 4 bull calves, at $75 each and
two cows with young calves for $425.
This is an excellent price paid for
bhooded cattle.
Joel b., the infant son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Swanson, of SIS West Mill
street, died at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon. The funeral services were held
this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the
residence, and were conducted by Rev.
s. G. Aoungert, pastor of the Swedish
Lutheran church.
The coroner'x jury empanelled yes
terday to inquire into the death OF
Mrs. Delphia Jones, rendered verdict
that she came to her death by heart
failure, or clotted blood in the heart,
on Nov. 1, 1899, between the hour of
a. m. and - p. M, of the same date.
The jury consisted OF Nate Smiley, Jas.
Sample and G. C. Wilkinson.
Mrs. Mary Emerson received let
ter yesterday from her son, John, who
recently returned from Cape Nome,
Alaska, and who is at present in San
Francisco, CAL, saying that he had se-
cured position with the Union Iron
Works of the city and would spend
the winter there. Mr.. Emerson it,
tends to return to Cape Nome in the
spring.
At an adjourned meeting of the city
council last evening an ordinance was
introduced by which the tax OF the
wholesale liquor dealers of the city
will be reduced to 5000 instead of 81, 800
as at present, and at the same time
levying a 5000 tax annually on all
storage houses where beer or liquors
are kept, and limiting the quantity OF
liquor wholesaler shall sell. Here
; tofore the wholesaler has been permit
ted to sell any quantity larger than a
drink, but according to the new ordi-
nance he cannot sell spirituous liquors
in less quantities than one gallon, and
fermented in less quantities than one
quarter of a barrel or two dozen quart
bottles in case or one and one-half
pint bottles in a case at one time. The
Y ordinance was presented by Alderman
Keefe, who merely stated the object OF
1t, without reading it in full, and on
his motion, the ordinance was referred
to the council as a committee Of the
whole.
Alderman Hoglund in referring to
the financial condition of the city, re-
ported that the total indebtedness had
been reduced $26,s75.29 since April /,
and on Motion of Alderman Hoglund
the city auditor was authorized to de-
stroy all cancelled warrants and bonds
of the city from that date.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Mrs. E. Dorthy went to Blakesburg
this morning on the Milwaukee to Wis
1t her daughter, Mrs. N. Commons.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Taylor went to
Charlton yesterday afternoon to visit
at the home of Mrs. Taylor's brother,
j. NJ. Boyles.
Mrs. p. Doty, of Blakesburg, arrived
on the Milwaukee last evening for a
visit at the home Of her son, Chas. G.
Doty, $40 West Second street.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. L. Calhoun, OF Bir-
mingham, were in the city this morn
z ing, and departed on the Milwaukee for
Exoelsior Springs, Mo. for an extend