Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-20
Daily Doings Of Some OF Ottumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation Of
sages, Are chronIcled by The cour.
ier's Special Correspondents.
Charlton.

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cal reporter for the Semi-weekly Chart.
ton Herald and entered upon her du.
ties this week.
3 William Ayerill, who has been spend
ing the summer in Madison county has
returned to Charlton to make his fu-
ture home and will engage in buying
furs during the winter months.
Grant Shelton, former Charlton
boy, but now of Alton, is in the city
for a few days visiting friends and
transacting business.
John Lynch, q farmer living south OF
town, Is laid up with a badly bruised
ankle, the result of an accident while
oriflg to push his wagon into the shed
slipped out of his hands and throwing
him down caught him in such man
ner as to badly wrench his ankle, re.
him UP for aycouple of weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Houston, of
Russell, were Charlton visitors on Fri
day.
J. A. Brown was business visitor at
tMelrose Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Killeon, Of Melrose,
.
acted business in Charlton Thursday.
Mrs. Kate Kneeland left Friday for
her home in Atlantic after few days
visit with her son in this city.
Hon. and Mrs. B. F. Clayton, of Indi.
anola, have returned to their home af,
ter few days visit with their daugh.
ter, Mrs. H. B. Stewart, of this place.
Mrs. L. F. Maple is enjoying a very
pleasant visit with her mother, Mrs. E.
y B. Vogle, of Ottumwa, who arrived
Friday on No. 8.
Miss Laura C. Gibbon and A. G.. AL.
derman, both, of Barlow, Florida, were
quietly married at the brides home in
Barlow last Friday. The wedding is
of much interest to Charlton people
from the fact that Miss Gibbon is an
old resident of Charlton and has a host
of friends who extend their hearty
congratulations and wish her long
and happy life.
i L. s. Clothier, of Humeston, who has
purchased the old Fair farm in Otter
Creek township, was a Charlton bust.
ness visitor Thursday. He will re-
move his family to the farm early in
the spring and will be valuable add.
ton to the citizens of Lucas county.
# Charlton. Nov. 19.-One of the most
Interesting and holly contested foot
ball games of the season was played
here Saturday afternoon between two
local teams, the north and south end
boys. The teams averaged 1870
pounds and both were equally well
trained. Besides being clean and
well-played game of football, it also
settled the question of who should
be known as the second team of Char
iton The South End team won by
score of 16 to II being due in great
measure to good team work, all play
ing together none being singled out
as making especially brilliant plays.
The members of the local camp of
the Rebeccas went down to Russell
Friday night and assisted the camp
there in their work. All present re-
port a most pleasant time and inter-
esting work and speak in the highest
terms of the sociability of the Russell
lodge.
w. A. Morford and family, old resi-
dents of Charlton, but now OF Melrose,
were renewing old acquaintance and
transacting business in our city Satur-
day.
The town of Derby, 18 miles south
west of here has voted to incorporate
into city, and are now making ar
rangements to elect city officers, build
sidewalks, erect lamp posts and per-
form all the necessary adjuncts to
city government.
IN Mrs. J. D. Elliott has returned to
her home in Charlton, after an extend
ed visit In, Corydon and Wayne
county.
! Mrs. Mile Stanley and daughter
Miss Ella, have returned from a
weeks visit at Leon.
q. HI. Best who has been in the car
penter business at Derby for the past
week, came up and spent Sunday
with his family in Charlton.
j. II. Rhodes has added greatly to
the appearance and comfort of his
house in the East End by some addi-
tions during the past month.
Mrs Lizzie Eikenberry has return
ed from a few days visit with her,
daughter, Mrs. Carl Sigler, of Indian
ola.
Mrs. G. e. Fluks has returned from
weeks visit with her parents in
Pleasant township.
home in Wayne, Nebraska, after Wis
" Will iOi o1oICi, Vnl5. "A. w. IoGTS6T,
Of Charlton.
Mrs. Lucy Ravens has departed for
a two weeks visit with friends III
{ Atchison, Kansas.
AS a direct result of the Titus
s amendment muddle, at least two, and
perhaps, more of our county officers
who failed Of denomination and eiec-
ton this fall, 1t Is said, will endeavor
to hold their places until 1902. One
Of them, the county clerk, has filed a
protest against the board Of supervis-
ors issuing the certificate of election
to his successor, in order to get the
matter quickly before the. courts and
secure d ruling. The county attor
ney says he has not yet fully decided
what he will do. III the matter, but
that his successor will have to prove
his absolute right. to the office before
he turns it over to him. One officer
was elected to. succeed himself and
another has made arrangements to
leave the county, settling the trouble
SO far as these two are concerned
One township officer says the courts
will have to remove him.
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