Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-22
Daily Doings Of some Of Ottumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to the
philosophical Observation ofSages.
Are Chronicled by the CourIer's
Special Correspondents.
CHARLTON.
Charlton, Feb. s2&Laura and

Charlton, Feb 22.-Laura and Elmer
Knowles, of Melrose, drove up to
Charlton Tuesday to visit a few friends
and do some shopping.
Mrs. G. III. Simmons. and two chill
dren, of Chicago, are visiting with
Mrs. 10. j. Simmons, of this place, for
a few days. Mrs. Simmons is an old
resident of Charlton and has many
friends who will be pleased to see her
once more.
The dance given at the Armory on
Wednesday evening was not very well
attended, owing to the extremely bad
weather, but all those present report
a most enjoyable time.
Mrs. G. w. Rose has sold her resi-.
dence property on North Grand stree,
to Mrs. Mary Glenny, who will take
possession about the first of April.
Mrs. ID. Fergeson died at her home
in Charlton Tuesday evening about
7:30 O'clock, of heart disease. She
has been a sufferer for years but her
sudden death will come as a shock to
her many friends in the community.
Lyman Hand, of Corydon, was in
Charlton Tuesday as a witness in the
Kirk permit case that was being tried.
Geo. Farlin is reported as quite seri-
the grip.
Tuesday was pay day on the Bur
1ington and tho the month was very
Light in railroad circles and the checks
were not as large as usual, yet the
boys were accordingly happy.
Mrs. Amy Trusdale, of Des Afoines,
came down Tuesday evening for few
days visit at the home of Mrs. Il. j.
Simmons.
Tuesday was a bright warm day
with the thermometer several degrees
above freezing. But about night il
got a little colder and in the night ii
began to snow and kept it up all night
and nearly all day Wednesday. 1t
was a damp, heavy snow, falling to
the depth of four inches and under a
heavy north wind it drifted to depth
of three and four feet. The thermom-
eter dropped Wednesday evening to
nearly zero.
There was no court Wednesday NOR
ming. The afternoon was taken up
in the hearing of the Swartzlander VS..
I Hickman case in which it is charged
that Hickman sold Swartzlander a
team of horses, taking a mortgage on
them to secure the payment, and af-
forwards took the horses before the
note was due. The evidence was all in
yesterday and the arguments given this
morning. The arguments on the mo,
ton for new trial in the Essex case
were postponed till today for the pur.
pose Of allowing the state to secure
some affidavits.
James Shannon, a blacksmith, living
in Charlton, has been on protracted
spree and was locked up Saturday
night. Sunday he set the floor of the
room in which he was confined on fire
and burned one of his pants legs off
He beat his head against the side Of
the walls and in other ways gave evi
dence of being crazed by liquor. Tues
Y day evening he was taken before tht
insane commissioners and after an eX
animation was declared to be crazet
q by drink. In place of sending him a
once to the hospital they concluded Il
keep him in Jail till he had served hi
sentence of twenty days and if thel
not recovered to send him. The mos
pitiful part of the affair is that hi
wife and five small children are leftil
very destitute circumstances witt
nothing to eat and scarcely enough
clothes to keep them warm. When
charitably inclined groceryman of tn
city sent them down a load Of groce
ries Wednesday the driver discovers
3 the children eagerly devouring hard
dry bread crust and drinking waite
and that was all thatfwas in the hous
to eat.
HEDRICK.
Hedrick, Feb. NV. H. Young ha
gone to Eldora, where he will visit hi
daughter, Mrs. L. G. Clark.
q. u. Scott is in Des Aoines, wher,
he will spend few days looking aftel
business matters.
Barney Marlsle is at Sigourney dom:
jury duty.
j. M. Hedrick post, No. 424, Crane
Army OF the Republic, will give a so
cial at the hall this evening. An inter