Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-13
Daily Doings of Some of Ottumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation of
Sases, Are chronicIed by The cour.
ier's Special Correspondents.
Charlton.

gregation of the Christian church, and
at the close of the morning services a
business meeting of the church was
held at which time it was voted with
but two dissenting voices, to accept
Rev. g. F. Sandersons proposition to
remain with them another year. Rev.
Sanderson has been very faithful
worker among the little flock and the
church is in so much better shape
than when he begun the work that the
congregation feel very kindly toward
him and under his leadership and
guidance during the coming year are
expecting successful work.
After long and tedious search and
the postponiEg of their nominating
convention once for lack of
candidates to fill the offices,
the leaders of the popocrat
party of Charlton, have finally sue
ceeded in holding nominating con-
vention for township officers, and
nominated S. Bailey and G. w. Hayes
for justices of the peace and w. H.
Snyder and D. S. Myers for constables.
John Book and family have moved
from their former residence in the
west part of town, to the J. M. Knee
land property near the square on
Court avenue.
4 a very quiet wedding was solemn
lied Sunday, at the home of the
groom's parents when Rev. Vollmer,
of the M. e. church, pronounced the
words that united the lives of John
Blouse and Daisy Hoagland. Miss
Daisy is 10 years old and has been
raised in Charlton, while John was
raised on farm near here and is but
16 years old. Both young people have
large circle of friends who wish
them happiness and joy. They ex-
pect to live on farm southwest of
town.
The board of supervisors adjourned
Saturday after completing the bust
ness before them for the September
session. After auditing the books and
allowing the usual number of bills
they proceeded to fix the tax levy for
the next year. 1t is as follows:
School tax, 46 mills; city tax, IA
mills; state and county tax combined,
II mills, making total of II mills,
or Is mills more than last year. They
also divided Jackson township into
two voting precincts, one at Lucas
and one at Cleveland No. 4. They al
so appointed the judges and clerks of
election for November. Those in Char
iton are as follows: First ward,
Judges s. Baily, c. E. Fluke, C. E.
Stewart: clerks, I. N Funk, Bob Ad-
ans. Second ward, judges J. H. Stan
ton, j. G. Copeland, Fred Schotter;
clerks, r. G. Lorimer, G. G. Foucher.
Third ward, judges. A. j. Newman, f.
f. Ward, @. H. Palmer; clerks, P. P.
Shellar, /. N. Funk.
Charlton, Sept. 12.-W. L. Wilson
has returned from Audubon, Neb.,
where he had been called by the
death of his only sister.
The Charlton public schools opened
Monday for the fall term with larg-
er enrolment than for many years
previous. The number of out of town
students is greater than ever before.
The school children are scattered ov-
er town, some in the Copeland build
ing, some in the Hickman building,
some in the Baptist church and some
In the Christian church, but all will be
looked after to the best advantage by
our able superintendent, Prof. Mich
ner.
Squire w. H. Nickle, of Lucas, can
didate for member of the board on the
democratic ticket, was in town Mon
day calling on old friends.
Mrs. Hunter and daughter Ida, who
have been residents of our city for
several years, have left for Moulton,
where they expect to make their flu
ture home. Mrs. Hunter and daugh-
ter have made many true friends who
sincerely regret their departure but
wish them much prosperity in their
new home.
There was dance in the Noxall
club rooms Monday evening, given in
honor of Miss Della Runnells, of Red
Oak, who is spending few days in
the city, the guest of Miss Ola Colds
berry. The city guard orchestra fur
nished the music and all present re-
port most enjoyable evening.
j. d. Sullivan depated Monday for
his home in Leroy, called there by
telegram announcing the serious i'll
ness of his mother.
Mrs. Bowman left Tuesday for few
days visit with friends at Creston be-
fore her return to Chicago. She has
been visiting with the family of A. H.
Latta, of this city, for the past few
weeks.
Tuesday, Sept. IL, was the day of
Lie ScCOuu dluudl plCulC VI Cue M. w.
"A. and fine time was had by the
members of the order in connection
with the R. N. A. lodge. Invitations
had been sent out to all the lodges in
the county and quite goodly number
of visiting Woodmen, including four
Foresters teams were in the city. In
the morning procession headed by
the City Guard band marched to the
fair grounds where the days exercises
were conducted. The program con-
sisted of races, log rolling contests,
drills of the Forester teams, speeches
and music.
The tail end of the Galveston storm
seems to have struck Charlton and vi
cinity Monday evening and Tuesday
morning. The wind accompanied by
little rain blew hurricane all night
and until Tuesday noon, and as con-
sequence several buildings are minus
chimneys, two sets of bill boards We're
blown down, one church steeple torn
off, two awnings ruined, several out
buildings scattered over the country.
The thermometer dropped forty de-
grees in twenty-four hours.