Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-13
NEWS FROM NEAR BY
Daily Doings of Some Of Ottumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation of
sases, Are chronicled by The cour.
ier's Special Correspondents.

4 the Philosophical Observation of
Sages, Are chronicled by The cour.
ier's Special Correspondents.
Charlton.
81 Charlton, Dec. 1.-THE advent OF
cold weather has apparently started
the "hoboes" out in search of winter
clothing, if the number of thefts of
overcoats is any criterion. DR.. T. A.
Brow had a fine moleskin overcoat
stolen Sunday evening. A fellow Civ.
ing the name of Kelley and claiming
to hail from Cleveland, No. a. is charg-
ed with the crime. He was afterwards
caught with the overcoat and other
articles supposed to have been stolen,
in his possession. He was lodged in
jail to await the action of the grand
jury which meets here tomorrow.
Rev. G.. w. Wilson, the evangelist
of Providence, R. l., who is holding
pfotracted meetings at the Methodist
church, had his overcoat stolen from
the hall of the parsonage while he was
delivering sermon in the church.
The farmers are rejoicing over the
arrival of cold weather once more, as
it enables them to get into their fields
and do their work. Corn gathering has
been practically stopped by the warm
weather and muddy condition of the |
fields, but it has now frozen up sufi-
GENTLY to allow them to proceed,
and they are making good use of the
time. In almost every corn field in
the county two or three men are hard |
at work getting in the large crop that |
is only about half gathered.
Prof. H. Michner, superintendent Of |
the Charlton schools, who was strick-
ne with paralysis Sunday morning,
still lies in an unconscious condition |
and the doctors say it is almost impos-
sible for him to recover. He has
never regained consciousness since
the stroke came upon him at 8 o'clock
Sunday morning.
Mrs. N. N. Brown has returned to
her home in Charlton after a weeks
visit with relatives and friends in Rus
SELL
Mrs. George erosion has returned
to her home in Lucas after few days |
visit with her friend, Mrs. ]. R. Clouse,
of Whitebreast township.
Miss Regina Talbot began her win.
ter term of school at Plimpton school
house in jackson township Monday.
Miss May McMasters, who is teach
ing school near Derby, was an over
Sunday visitor with her mother, Mrs.
Clara McMasters of this place.
Rev. John Gillespy, former Lucas
county boy but recently located in Cal
ifornia. is spending few days renew
ing old acquaintance in Lucas county
and visiting his mother, Mrs. Cynthia
Gillespy. of Benton township.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Moore, who have
been residents of Lucas county during
the past ten years, have departed for
Buffalo, N. Y, where they will make
their future home.
over Sunday visitor with Charlton
friends.
NJ. M. Hinton, of Melrose, was a bus.
mess visitor in Charlton Monday.
Charlton, Dec. Especial Court
! convened again Tuesday after
weeks vacation to allow the attor-
neys to catch up in their business and
get their cases ready for hearing.
They at once took up the considera-
ton of the Chas. /. Essex $25, 900 dam
age suit VS.. the Burlington Railroad
company for false Imprisonment. Ar
guments for chance of venue were
heard and the judge granted the mo-
ton taking the case to AlDia, Monroe
county, where it will be tried at the
January term of court,
After the hearing of the Essex case
the court granted one divorce and then
took up the Geo. Baker personal dam
age case for $4,000 VS.. the Burlington
railroad for injuries sustained while
crossing the track near Lucas last
February. A jury was easily secured
and the opening statements made
when the court granted the request of
the company to take the jury to Lucas
to examine the crossing, provided the
company would furnish the transpor-
tation. They accordingly made up a.
special train and took them down to
view the track and surroundings.
This is also second trial of thf same
case as the plaintiff secured verdict
for $4,000 damages and interest at the
last term of court, but the company
secured new trial and it is now in
progress.
Rev. ]. W. Parker, who has been
spending the past few weeks with his
son, d. s. Parker, Of this place, left
Monday for his old home in Kansas to
look after his farming interests
w. M. Householder, secretary of
the Lucas county joint Stock Agricul-
tural society, left for Des Moines
Tuesday to attend the meeting of the
state society of agriculture.
Ben Mellefont, formerly of this
place, but later of Montezuma, has ar
rived in Charlton and began work for
4 Fred Stanley in the grocery store
Tuesday.
The miners working in the Isaac
Roll coal bank, east of town, have been
compelled to abandon their work on
account of water in the mine. They
have tried to pump the water out, but
It cannot be done and the mine will
be closed for short time. This mine
produced some of the best coal of any
OF the banks around here.