Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-29

Packing House and East End Items.
A son was born Thursday to Mr.and
Mrs. Fred Kripesbender.
George List, of Indianapolis, Ind, is
visiting friends in the city.
L. A. Reynolds is erecting a new
barn on his Main street property.
William Cline was summoned to Lin
coin, ILL.,, Monday by the death of his
sister.
Misses Sallie Walker and Blanche
Ramsell and Will Ramsell were in Ag-
ency Thursday.
Mrs. Charles Ga'hegan and children
are visiting relatives and friends at
Burlington.
Prof. David, of Marshalltown, is Wis
it1ng in the city, a guest of his sister,
Mrs. John Wishart.
The ladies' aid society of the East
End Presbyterian church met at the
home of Mrs. A. Lewis, last Friday af-
ternoon.
Sam. Nash, of Cleveland, Ohio, was a
guest of Will Foster, yesterday. Sam
was in the employ of John Morrell g.
Co. before the fire.
Paymaster c. Bennett was on the
sick list three or four days this week,
during which time his place was filled
temporarily by Mr.. Bash.
George Bliss, Of the government in
spection force is having sorry time
of it at present keeping bachelors hall
while his wife is away visiting in Ne
braska. She is expected home soon,
however, and all will be we'll.
Work has been begun on the dining
room at the packing house of John
Morrell & Co., which will be enlarged
and remodeled. AS has been previous
ly stated in the Courier, the building
will be made two stories high, and be-
sides being used for dining room
will also contain quarters for the meat
market at present located on South
Iowa avenue, and also for a packing
house fire department.
A little 6-year-old grandson of Mai.
T. P. Spilman, from Canton, Miss, is
visiting in Ottumwa, and spends con-
siderable time with his grandfather at
the scale office. The other day the lit
tie fellow wanted to go home and ask
ed the Major to go with him. 1t was
busy time of the day and the boy
was told that grandpa could not leave.
The grandson insisted and closed his
argument by remarking: ''You might
as we'll go, you don't do anything here
anyhow"
The East End reading room which is
proving such valuable and enter
tanning headquarters, for the young
men of East Ottumwa, will soon be
equipped with free baths, as result
of the generosity of L. d. Foster. The
baths will be free to members of the
Association, and will be very valua-
BILE addition to the institution. The
management of the reading room is
under obligations to Miss Margaret
Spilman and Il. o. Watts for literature
and Rev. d. A. Murray for stationery,
pens and ink for the writing table.
They say James Trenneman came
from England and never saw pole
cat until the other day when he chanc-
ed to run amuck of one which made it.
self so familiar that Jim will never
care to see another except when view
ed from safe distance. He had
trouble with his family when he went
home and was not admitted into the
house until he went out in the wood
shed, changed his clothing, and buried
The old ones deep in the ground where
they will be permitted to remain thir-
teen days. Jim is foreman of the
"roustabouts" at the packing house,
and he and his men were engaged in
handling some eight-inch iron pipe.
The pole-cat ran out of one of the
pipes and made an extra effort to es-
cape, but some one told the foreman
that it was rare specimen of some
kind of supposed extinct animal, and
suggested that he capture it. He took
after it aud got close enough to kick