Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-27
Daily Doings of Some of Ottumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation of
Sages, Are chronicIed by The cour.
ier's Special Correspondents
Charlton.

tAsOti, hoSpl. SSp-
[ember "a, will be long remembered |
as one OF the brightest spots in the
lives OF the members of the Zetamo-
lhean History club of this place. On |
That date Mrs. w. P. BEEN gave an
lmpromptu reception to the club, in |
honor OF Mrs. T. NICK. Stuart, for
mer member. The pleasantness of
the occasion was greatly helped by
the presence of Mrs. P. o. Bussele, of
OttumWa, another member, making
the entire class present, the first
time they had all been together in
two years, since the departure of Mrs.
Stuart
Carl Linquist returned to his home
In Des Moines Tuesday, after few
days spent visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Linquist, of this place.
Felix Hanson, who taught two terms
OF the Swedish summer school of this
place, and who has been visiting
friends here for several days, has de-
parted for Rock Island, ILL.,, where he
VIII enter the Augustana college and
finish the theological course.
Lester Hall, OF Lacona, came down
Tuesday to visit friends and attend
the county fair.
Jake Julian, an old pioneer resident
of Lucas county, but lately of Seattle,
Wash, is in Charlton renewing old
acquaintance.
The jury in the famous Downward vs.
Holmes $4,000 SANDER suit have re-
turned verdict in favor of the de-
PENDANT. The judge has sentenced AL
len Brouch, the colored boy who
plead guilty to breaking into the Fair
store, to two and one-half years at Ft.
Madison, and G. Wesley, the man who
swindfed the merchants on war drama
deal, to eighteen months in prison.
Sheriff Eli Manning has departed for
Ft, Madison with the prisoners.
Mrs. w. H. Underhill has returned
from few days visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. c. R. Tower, of ottumwa
The many friends of Rev. P. j. Yoll-
mer, who has filed the pulpit of the
NJ. e church here very acceptably for
the past year, will be pleased to learn
that the last conference has returned
him to the charge here, and he will
remain another year.
Lee |. Culbertson has accepted po-
sition as brakeman on the Charlton
& st. Joseph branch, and entered up
on his duties Monday.
M. Henderson, who resides on the
H. Low farm, northeast of town, has
returned from Melrose where he has
been employed in erecting a residence
building,
Mrs. T. Nick. Stuart. former resi-
dent of this place, stopped over here
from Saturday to Tuesday, while on
her way to Beatrice, Neb., where her
husband, Rev. T.. NICK. Stuart, will
transfarrad frnLn 80 a, NJ a " ab Ua1n
hes Moinas NV +ha ~ $780, .''ui ~
Char;ton Saw o. MS;seas Mda
lanes and Nellia rossar s ara i y, nt
tnmwa tbis wealr IN at4andsnea ~ ~
p 6 q n cnnvan+;on as aa1e q. &c
from tha preshvterian obu S nf 4bis
nlaca ~ MS
Mrs RI n w,lkar of p,,,,;nr+o,
was in Charlton Wadnosdau nis3tina .,
her friend Mrs n y Iaw;s ond ioais'
mo for suitah1e bousa ~ rant -
Otis Fic,sle q far,oar Gharito, how
bnt now Of calasburg M was in The
city renewing old naintances Wed.
ne nos w e w s'e4 us'i- eneos "eu
The nub,ic schools of Charlton will
ba closed TO-DAY ord o,,orror, ~ allow,
tba nnn;ls and snhoiers to o++and III
Lucas county fair ~ " ~
The dav in court "Wednesday wac
taken IN in hearing two hurelarv cas.
as The first was that of William 9
and Myers who We've oharead With
stealing cloth at tba Press tailor shon
Ruffalo Rill dav Mvers Mead onilty
and Williams stood rial hit NV was con.
yicted Of grand Iarneny The
other case was that ~ John
lynch charped with heinz an ac.
comnlice in Tho robbaru ef MccoI.
loueh,s store several months 400 for
which Tohn cIancav 10 now seryin, a
Term in nrison The case Consumed
the entire afternoon and tho i,,rv af.
ta1. about twenty minutes, daliberation
hronpht in q verdict If a,,iltv -
G,ayina Iodpe If Rmsseil is snand.
inc Tho week in the civ with her sis.
toe Ado I-ndge and attending tha
co,,nty fair ' ''e ~
Gao ssdd,er {. forn,er Charlton how
was yisiting old friends in Cbariton
I Tnesdav
Mrs + w. Boylan is reported as
quite dangerously i'll at her home IN
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