Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-24

ganized at Christiansburg with P. 4.
Brooks, superintendent; Mrs. f. G.
Fisk, assistant superintendent; Libbie
Fisk, secretary, and Beulah Chisman,
treasurer. The teachers are: Fannie
Nye, Nora Fisk, Eva Garfield, Curtis
Chisman. Sunday school at'2 p. m. ev-
cry Sunday. Ssfalga8 aIftsa
Miss Winnie Groo1ns oentertained :,
number of people wft1f some excellent
music, at her home Sunday evening.
Will Grooms expects to shear sheep
for parties near Munteryille this week,
if the weather is fair.
Miss Eva Lathrop4 went to Ottumwa
one evening last week.-Mrs. 81 IllF
"Sig" Townsend,Df.Ideasa Home,
attended church at Christiansburg
Sunday.
Mrs. Bridget Glentzer, of Hiteman,
accompanied by her grandson, Cecil
Glentzer, is visiting relatives here.
Miss Ella Buchanan spent Sunday at
her home.
Miss Victoria Bowen, of Ottumwa,
spent a part Of last week with her sis
ter, Mrs. Will Grooms.
The cool wet weather of last week,
while it delayed planting will not SER
iously damage the corn crop if the
present week is fair and warm.
Farmers report a fair stand of corn
so far.
LEANDO.
Leando, May 22.-The prospects for
fruit crop is simply immense and the
corn that was planted the first of the
month is looking well and large enough
to work.
W. H. MorrisonIis treating his house
to new coat of paint in spite of high
prices.
Mrs. Vina Brown is still confined to
her bed.
Chas. Rollison's baby was seriously
ill last week.
Nathan Baird, southeast of town,
died Friday and was buried at Pitts
burg Sunday.
w. III. Lining attended the funeral
of Mr.. Baird at Pittsburg today.
Our Sunday school was reorganized
last Sunday and: Rev. Grull was elected
superintendent.
w. H. Morrison was in Ottumwa last
Friday on business.
There will be memorial services in
the Leando NJ. +. church next Sunday,
May 81, at, II o'clock BY order of the
G. A. r. Post of Leando. Rev. Shane
will deliver the address. Music by the
Leando and Douds male quartet. Ey-
erybody is invited to attend.
Leando schools will close next Fri
day with exercises by the schools. The
patrons of the school are cordially in
yited to attend.
STOCKPORT
Stockport, May 22.-Attorney J. j.
Watson arrived Monday on the morn
ing train and his brother John met
him at the depot and they went to
Keosauqua on legal business.
John Crawford took his departure
Tuesday for the northwestern part
OF Nebraska, to visit his brother.
Ray Nixon arrived home Wednesday
from Kansas, where she has been
teaching school the past year,
j. j. Amy and George Anderson werA
at Bonaparte Wednesday evening, fish
ing. They caught large amount of
fish.
Rev. Francis filled the pulpit at the
Christian church Sunday at III a. M.
and again at night.
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lin the city Saturday.
Harrison Blackledge, of Keosauqua,
was in the city Friday night.
his aged mother Saturday night and
Sunday.
LOVILIA.
Lovilia, May 22-J. L. Sullivan and
wife attended the funeral services Of
Mr.. Sullivan's brother, at Melrose, Fri
day.
Miss Jesse White, of Oregon, is visit
ing with DR.. Nye and wife.
Charles Samuelson and Lewis Ed
| wards attended the Fifty-irst Iowa
band concert at Abba Saturday.
Miss Mary Abegglen returned home
last week after an extended visit
with relatives at Peoria, Ill.
Miss Eliza Treasure returned TO her
home in Charlton after an eight
weeks visit here.
Miss Fife Robson returned to her
home near Abba Tuesday, after clos
| ing successful term of school here.
Misses Laura Swan and Bertha Par
sons attended the band concert at AL
bia Saturday.
Our school closed last Friday, May
10. Misses Laura Swan, Jessie john
son, Jennie Miser, Anna Cashier and
Edna Sykes received diplomas.
John Edwards house is completed
and his family moved the latter part
of last week.
| Mrs. Martha Legget, OF Red Oak,
formerly Of Hamilton, is visiting with
her brother, G. H. Clemens.
Lewis Edwards went to Blakesburg
Monday where he will be engaged in
work during the summer.
1 Mrs. S. H. Black expects to start this
week for a visit with her parents in
Missouri.
| BLAKESBURG.
Blakesburg, May 22-Mrs. Emma La
toilette, daughter of S. G. Finney, re-
ceiyed dispatch Sunday that her
| grandmother, Mrs. Neil, living at Let's