Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-23


Saturday evening from their visit in
Hedrick.
Mrs. o. H. Gibbons and children
wentto Oskaloosa Sunday to visit few
days.
c. A. Fellser has gone to Des Aloines
TO visit his wife and daughter there.
Miss Maude Wilson went TO Oslla-
loosa Saturday to visit relatives and
friends.
Martin Reinert is in Muscatine on u
short visit. He will visit Chicago and
New York to buy goods, before return
inc.
Lloyd Page and Myrtle Mccoy
spent .,undav in Oskaloosa.
Harry Meas has Returned home from
Des AIoines. where he had been having
his eyes treated.
Mrs. G. ID. Woodjn went to Oslla-
loosa Saturday evening, being called
there on account of the sickness of
her son GUY.
HedricI, Jan. 19.--NIanager Law, of
the Burlington q Western, has an
nounced that the two new passenger
trains will be put on Monday, Jan. %
The east-bound train will pass thru
here about o'clock in the morning
aud the wess-bound will go thru about
7:30 in the evening". Good connections
will be made at Burlington with Bur-
lington route trains in all directions.
w. p. Robinson. of Oskaloosa, was
in Hedricll yesterday.
An enthusiastic meeting was held at
the normal building last night at
which The subjecs OF the proposed state
normal schools was taken up and it
was decided that Hedrick should at
tempt to secure one. a committee
consisting of Hon. John Morrison, Jas.
Hook. A. NJ. Utterback, j. T. Brooks
and w. ID. Martin was appointed as a
working COMMITTEES. For railroad fla
cilities, healthfulneSs, location, etc
Hedrick is unequaled and it seems as
if the town stood a good show of Sc
curing one of the schools if an APP
preparation is made for them.
Rev. Powers, who has been holding
revival services at the Methodist
church for the past three weeks. viii
go TO Moravia tomorrow, where he will
assist Rev. c. r. Norton in the same
work. The meetings will continue
during next week under the charge of
Rev. 1ngham.
Hedrick, Jan. 22.-The educational
meeting held. at the normal building
Saturday was well attended both by
teachers and patrons of the schools.
These meetings are held several times
a year in different parts of the county,
and are under the direction of County
Superintendent Gemmill Papers are
read and discussed, experiences are
given and new ideas advanced. which
make the meetings very interesting
and of great benefit to the teachers.
The first session of this meeting was
held Friday evening and was taken up
by debate on the question, "Resolved,
That County Uniformity of Textbooks
is desirable" W. C. Pidgeon and Geo.
j.. Matson spoke on the affirmative and
John Merssner and HI. III. Hawkins rep
resented the negative. 1t is said tllat
the affirmative had the best of the de-
bate.
A ''round table" conducted by SUI
perintendent Gemmill, was the feature
of the second session, held Saturday
forenoon The topics of Writing as
an Exercise and History" were talk
en- up and discussed at some length by
the teachers and others interested.
The afternoon session was probably
meeting. The ladies' mandolin club
was present and furnished several Sc
lections, which received the entire ap-
prevail Of the audience. The program
was carried out as published, with the
exception of the paper by j. E. Foster,
of Delta, that gentleman being unable
to be present. Among those attend
ing the meeting from outside the city
We're II. I'll. Hawkins, Lulu Pollock,
Rose Updegraff, Nettie Martin, d. p.
Durfey, Frank Hinton, Emma Love,
Rella Porter, of Martinsburg; w. II.
Gemmill and j. A. Thomas, of Sigour-
ney; Mr.. and Mrs. John Williams and
Estella Woodland, of Fremont; W. C.
Pidgeon, of Richland.
Mr.. and Mrs w. P. Harrison and
children, of Winfield, spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. B.
Cramer.
w. H. Robinson, of Oskaloosa, was
looking after business in this city Sat
urday evening.
Geo. Sylvester was fined SIS and
costs by Justice Kirkpatrick Saturday.
1t is said he was intoxicated and crea-
ted disturbance at the union depot
Friday evening, and an information
was fled against him with the above
result.
Jack Stacy was fined SIS and costs
by Mayor Spicer Friday. He was
charged with drunkenness. Simon
Summers, of Highland Center, spent
Sunday SOLDERING up in the city lock-
up, and will have his hearing today.
Rev. FL. L. Powers went to Moravia,
Saturday morning, where he will as
sist Rev. c. r. Norton in revival meet
ings. Rev. Powers has been holding
revival services at the Methodist
church for the past three weeks and
has done great amount of good in
the community. The services will
contiue for the remainder of the week
under the charge of the pastor, Rev.
L. Ingham.
BLOOMR1ELD.
Bloomfield, Jan.19-J. j. Tutwiler1 has
taken the contract to put in the new
plate glass front in the savings bank,
which was recently established.
Miss Mabel Palmer pleasantly enter
tanned few friends Thursday evening
at the home Of her mother in the