Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
IOWA AT WASHINGTON.
Doinss of Hawkeye Residents at the
Nations Capital.

Doings of Hawkeye Residents at the
Nations Capital.
Washington, Feb. -Postmasters
appointed in Iowa: Big Spring, Wayne
county, III. G. Duncan, vice A. Il. Mas
sey; Klondike, Lyon county, Jacob To-
biason, vice FL. o. Knudson.
A postoffice has been established at
Orsland, Buena Vista county, with Geo.
Brandroid appointed postmaster.
The president has commissioned as
postmaster: VIM. A. Kelly, of Story
City. :
Richard Hatton, son of the late
Frank Hatton, has been promoted to
be full paymaster in the navy.
Iowa PENSIONS: Original-Enoch
Joy, Grinnell, Sc; Addison H. Saunders,
Davenport, $50. Observation-Disclosures
Evershed, Creston, Sc to SIS; Stephen
Cain, Dubuque, Sc to So; julius ri.
Mott. Marion, Sc to SIS; Otis Legge, Re-
publica, So to SIS. Restoration and re-
issue-William L. Stilwell (dead), Des
Moines, SIP. Increase-Charles A. Will
bur, Polk City, Sc to IS; James Griffin,
Parnell, IS to $40; Thomas NORMAN,
Hazelton, So to $40; Horace I. Sheldon,
Humboldt, SO to $40; Austin b. Bam-
ford, Creston, Sc to So; Ezra Bradford,
Glenwood, So to $40; Robert A. Hem
derson, Cleartield, $14 to $17: Richard
Sandsrson, Elmont, So to $40; Asa L.
Plummer, Ivy, SIT to $24. Reissue
Jas. M. Case, Morehead, $40. Original
widows, etc.-Carrie c. Stilwell, Des
Moines. IS; minors of VIM. E. Burgin,
Grinnell, $12.
Washington, Feb. 14.-Iowa post
masters commissioned: Herman
Specht, Cass; Mary Moyle, Hickory;
Geo. Koontz, Volney.
Additional-John HI. Anderson, OF
tumwa, Sc to IS; Cyrus Weaver, Knox
vile, Sc to So. Restoration and in
crease-Henry Aldrich, Wyoming, So
to $40. Increase Silas Whitmarsh,
Sioux Rapids, Sc to SIS; Francis w.
Evans, Des Moines, Sc to SIS; Chris
tan Bormann, Primrose, Sc to SIS; Luz
cius #. Robinson, Des Moines, So to
$40; Samuel B. Pickle, Northwood,, SIS
to $12; Thomas Cloud, Lake City SO
to SIS; John L. Gault, Vinton, Sc to SIS.
Reissue George Foresman, New Hamp-
ton, $50. Original widows, etc.-Rachel
lIokamp, Burlington, IS; Sarah E.
Martyr, Grinnell, IS; Frances Brechon,
Muscatine, So.
Iowa patents: Frank H. Adams,
Wall City, register and advertising
desk; Nicholas Barrie, Jr., three pat
ents. button making machine; Geo.
u. Eason, Des Moines, two horse draft
equalizers; Ida NJ. Fuller, Forest City,
theatre appliance; Everett G. Fread, Des
Moines, road grading machine; Abiiah
Janney, Marshalltown. measuring de-
vice; James McCuslser, Ryan, drier;
Stephen S. Templeton, Dunreath, au-
tomato valve for watering troughs;
Geo. Sears, Onslo, combined punching
shearing and pillow welding machines;
Edward Troy, Lacey, hay rack;
Frank ~. Underwood and L. e. Haw-
kins, both of Oskaloosa, display and
sample case.
Washington, Feb. 15.-The wife and
daughter of Speaker Henderson had
their last public reception of the sea-
son at the Normandie hotel yesterday
afternoon. They were assisted by Mrs.
Julian Richards.
A postoffice has been established
at Ellis, Crawford county, Iowa, and
Benjamin r. Ellis is appointed post
master.
Rural free delivery will be establish
ed on March Is in Iowa as follows:
Clinton, Clinton county, one carrier,
length of route 81 miles, area 80 square
miles, population served COB, carrier
G. W. Meeler; Shenandoah, Page coun-
ty, two carriers, length of route 60A
miles, area covered 81 square miles,
population 1.103, carriers G. NJ. Castle
and H. M. Ingals, daily service.
Iowa PENSIONS: Originate ohm
Schnering, Specht's Ferry, So; Putnam
R. Lawrence, Braddyville, Sc; Nelson
Potter, South Ottumwa, So; John NJ.
Peck, Mascatine, $40; Nicodemus D..
Henry, Lowden, Sc. Increase Thomas
2. Cowman, Percy, Sc to $12; Frederick
Harter, LeMars, Sc to SIP; William
Stewart, Shell Rock, Sc to SIS; Dennis
Whitford Prescott, SIS to $12; George
w. Hanawalt, Colfax, $40 to SIP; John
a. Reamer, Perry, Sc to So; William II.
Cain, Hartford, $14 to $24.