Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-10

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wood having been sawed yesterday. 1t
was soon eXtinguished, however, and
no serious damage was done.
County Superintendent Gemmill
went to Keota yesterday on official
business.
ALBA.
Abba, Oct. 6.--Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cot
trell, of Bluff Creek, departed on Bur-
lington No. yesterday morning for
Russell county, Kansas, where they
will make their future home. Mr.. Cot
trell owned good ninety acre farm
at Bluff Creek, and he traded it for
Kansas lands. The county regrets to
, lose SO good a family.
Mrs. L. S. Hutchison, of Lake City,
returned to her home yesterday morn
ing afer few days visit at the A. A.
Mason home. Mrs. Hutchinson had a
son in the Fifty-first Iowa, who was
stricken with fever and whose death
occurred. The young man was a chum
of Ralph Mason.
Dell Baltzley, who has been confined
to his home in this city for the past
week, with crushed foot, which he re-
ceived while setting a switch in Oslla-
loosa, has SO far recovered that he was
able to return to Oskaloosa yesterday.
He is employed in the Iowa Central
round house in that city.
Abba friends express great sympa-
thy to Dee w. johnson over: the death
of his father which occurred at Clar-
india yesterday. BY this death Page
county loses much respected citizen.
John McGinnis has only his luck to
thank that he was not killed one day
the past week. He was returning
home from public sale and while de-
scending hill the neck-yoke broke
and the buggy ran against the team.
That scared the animals and they ran
away. The buggy was overturned on a
hill and Mr.. McGinnis was thrown to
the ground and suffered some severe
bruises. The buggy was demolished.
ELDON.
Eldon, Oct. 6.-Mrs. Cross is q
Keokuk visitor this week.
Mrs. X. Savage left yesterday for
Pella to visit.
DR.. D. A. Jay attended the Keokuls
street fair yesterday.
Mrs. George Friend and Miss Mabel
Furtney are visiting friends at Keokuk
and Hamilton, III.
| Mrs. w. Taylor left yesterday for
Omaha to make short visit.
| Mayor Barley and wife were Keokuk
visitors yesterday.
Joe Dunning attended the street fair
at KeOkulS Yesterday
Miss Mayme Dooley is visiting in Des
Moines.
Misses Grace. O'Connell and; Della
Brown are Keokuk Visitors this week
4 Jack Shiliinger and James Hutfsttt.
ter are visiting in Kansas City.
Mrs. Browntield is a little better to.
day. 55.,s s.g s'8a ~. t>..,'i q Z,
| Mrs. Dan O'Connell and son Willie
are visiting friends in Chicago.
Jim Boiling, of Trenton, visited
friends Mt this place the first of the
week.
Mrs. Frank Moore visited in Keolsul,
yesterday.
II. Il. Baker left for Kansas City
last night to buy stock.
Mrs. T. Coughlin is visiting in Keo.
kuk this week.
| ollllhENI lSiui1SS W AASi LAodiS
at Leando yesterday, after a short visi,
with Mrs. Gilbert.
Mrs. j. Bayne was Keokuk visitor
yesterday.
Mrs. L. NJ. shreeves left yesterday
for Humeston to visit her father.
Will Dooley, of Muscatine, visited Ell.
don yesterday, s,.,,.s, ..
ar. Proper, formerly OF this place
passed through, our city yesterday on
| his wav to Kansas. S.,
AIRS. Ed, Crew and CHILDREN returned
| to their home at Fairfield yesterday
after short visit with Miss Jaques.
Emery Lucas, OF this place, rode ii
the Birmingham bicycle races yester
day. aud took first money in the foul
4 races on the card.
Emery Conrad is visiting Davenport
friends.
Misses Carrie Lyod, Alta shunter
man and Monte ,Dooley were Laddsdale
visitors yesterday. 81
Mrs. Nora Hinllle is visiting Keokul
friends this week.
Roy Shunterman has resigned his pc
sition as assistant freight agent.
Car Pierre, OF Los Angeles, Cal, is
visiting his aunt, Mrs. Chas. Flint, a
this place.
Mrs. .Chas. Wise is visiting friends il
Omaha.