Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
Daily Doings of Some of o ttumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation of
sases, Are chronicled by The cour
ier's Special Correspondents.
Charlton,

Charlton, Sept. 21-Mrs. A. w.
Mauk, of Whitebreast township, has
returned to her home after few days
visit with relatives and friends in st.
Louis.
The absence of a rough riders club
or any campaign organization among
the republicans of Lucas county will
be badly felt today during the progress
of the meeting by Hepburn and Stew
ems. While large crowd is expected
and preparations are going forward
for a good meeting, yet the impress
iveness and influence of the opening
speeches could have been greatly add
ed to had the organization of some
sort of a marching club in Charlton
have been completed in time to take
part therein.
Bert Platts, Of Russell, was in town
Thursday attending court and listen
ing to the prohibition speeches.
The meeting advertised by the pro-
hibition committee to be held in the
court house park Thursday morning
came off on schedule time. The train
carrying many notable men of the
party arrived at the depot and the
men were escorted to the court house
park where seats had been prepared.
Chairman o. d. Elliott introduced Rev.
j. B. Hughes, of Chicago, candidate for
governor of Illinois, who delivered a
few minutes address that was well
received. Henry Metcalf, candidate
for vice president, then talked for sew
eral minutes and his talk created quite
an impression on the minds OF his
hearers. Hon. John G. Wooley candi-
date for president, then gave the prin-
cipal address which, however, proved
somewhat of disappointment to the
hearers who had been expecting some
thing grand and were given but an
ordinary speech, hardly up to the stan
dard of that made by the candidate for
vice president. The speech that was
of more Importance and interest to
Charlton people was the last delivered
by Oliver w. Stuart, chairman of the
executive committee, who is a former
resident of Lucas county. Owing to
the earliness of the hour of arrival,
$3.50 a. M, there was not a very large
crowd present.
Charlton, Sept. 22.-Hon. JIG. Mitch
ell, of Ottumwa, was in Charlton Fri
day on legal business.
J. d. Beaman, formerly of Charlton,
but now OF Lucas, was in town Friday
visiting friends and listening to the
speeches.
The day in court Friday was taken
up mostly in the hearing of the $4,000
SANDER case of Downward vs. Holmes.
The evidence is not all in yet but will
probably be completed today. Allen
Branch, the colored boy who was
caught at Burlington for breaking into
the Fair store here street fair week,
confessed and. implicated Jim Wilson.
He was arraigned and plead guilty but
Wilson will stand trial. The motion
for a change of venue in which Eli
Manning, who has been three times
elected sheriff of the county, made af-
fidavit that he could not obtain justice
in the suit for damages which Chas.
I. Essex has brought against him, was
argued and the court took it under adj
visement. There is much important
work yet to be done this term of court
and Judge Fee is hurrying it thru.
Hon. H l.. Byers, of Lucas, was in
town Friday attending the Hepburn
meeting.
The Lucas county fair will open here
Tuesday, Sept. 25, for four days ex-
Z hibition and the management assure
the people an extraordinarily good fair
this year. if each person will do his
or her part by taking something for
exhibition.
Tom Waterhouse has returned from
few days visit at Ottumwa where he
has been taking in the sights of the
street fair.
Mrs. John johnson has returned
from few weeks visit with her
friend, Mrs. John M. Slater, of Sheri-
dan, Mo.
Amos Hampshire, an old resident of
this place, who has been spending the
summer with his daughter, of Bur-