Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-22

time card, arrive here at 6:45 p. m.
This train. will then reach Burlington
at 10 o'clock, making a good connec-
ton with fast train for Chicago,
which leaves Burlington at 1O:45. A
new flag station and passing track is
TO be established at point midway
between Martinsburg and Pekin. The
station will be known as Darden.
John Morrison was in Sigourney
yesterday.
IT. Brooks was in Ottumwa on bus
mess yesterday.
ALBA.
Abba, Feb. Marriage has been
found to be a failure in three Monroe
county homes and petitions for iai-
vorces have been filed in that many
cases. Hattie STAGE is seeking q, divorce
from her husband, Frank STAGE, ana
she cites many things in her petition
as reasons why it should be granted
her. She has been resident of Mon
roe county for the past ten years. She
and Mr.. STAGE We're married in hide
Ipendence on the 4th day of December,
1898, and they have lived together ua-
til about year ago. She states thst
he has contracted the drink habit and
has been cruel and inhuman toward
her. He has choked her and kicked
her from the house, she states, and has
compelled her to seek shelter from the
neighbors. He left some weeks ago
and has not been seen since. John y.
| Clouse also asks for divorce. He and
his wife Luella We're married at Knox
vile on July Is, 1897, and they only
| found happiness under such condi-
rion for one month and few days
when they agreed to disagree and cle
! left his home and has returned no
more. John filed divorce paper some
months ago, but the attorney did not
give it the proper attention and the
matter has been hanging fire until
this time, when John files a new petit
ton, and longs for single blessed
ness. Alice Lewis is the third party:
to make application to the courts to
give her divorce. Her husbands
name is Fred L. Lewis, and he was a
resident of Avery until some time ago,
when he Skipped the country. They
were married at Grant City, Mo-, April
| 13, 1884. In her petition she accuses
the defendant of being an avowed IN
| fidel and says that he mistreated her in
a shameful manner. He was profuse
and hard swearer and he would curse
and abuse the petitioner in every way.
She also accuses him of using violence
and striking her with his fist at MI
merous times. He left her and six chill
dren destitute.
Abba, Feb. 22.-The little coal town
of Hooking, three miles south of Al
bia, was well represented i'll Abba yes
terday and the reason was case in
justice court in which about half the
town are witnesses. A woman by the
of Mrs. j. C. Berkey has been having
some trouble with some of her neigh
bors, and she has made it so hot for
some of them that they issued an in
formation yesterday and had her ar
rested for threatening to commit pub
lie offense. Some weeks ago she'was ar
rested for fighting with neighbor
and she was fined $15 and costs for the
fun she had at that time. She went,
home to get even and when she saw
a Swede gentleman by the name of
Benson passing her house yesterday,
| it is said, she went into the house and
got revolver and came out, and com
menced firing at the man. Benson was
not hit but he was badly scared and
he came Immediately to Abba and had
the information filed. The trial is still
in progress today and the Justices Of
fee is crowded.
Charles Miller, one of the nozzle men
OF the Abba fire department, took part
in eXtinguishing the flames at the Bal
lew fire Monday morning, and became
thoroly drenched with water. He
thought he could drive the cold from
his system by liberal doses Of whisky,
and he tried it. When he went to the
10, For
beside the door, but the booze made
and he hit the farmer beside the head
with his fist and fractured his Jaw
and knocked one of his teeth out. The
farmer had Miller arrested for assault
and battery, and the Justice thought
the blow was worth about 81 and the
trimmings. Following this case Miller
was arrested for being drunk and
| the mayor fined him SIS and costs for
that fun.
Civil Engineer Rice, of the White
breast Fuel company, arrived in Abba
this morning and has gone down to
Hilton, where he will select the loca-
ltions where drillers will go after coal.
The drilling will be done on the lands
the company recently optioned at Hill
ton and west of that point.
BLOOMFIELD.
Bloomfield, Feb. 22.-Mrs. NJ. E.
Cook left Tuesday morning for Rich
Hill, Mo-, for an extended visit at the
home of her son, Horace Cook. Mrs.
Cook was accompanied as far as Moul-
Iton by III. L. Cook of this city.
i Miss Edith Steckel returned Monday
evening from a weeks visit in Des
Moines.
i Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pierson, of OF
tumwa, spent Sunday at the home OF
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Gal
j pin.
The P. r. 0. sisterhood met in regu-
| Lar, L.