Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-22
NEWS FROM NEAR BY
Daily Doings of Some or ottumwas
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.

Charlton.
Charlton, Nov. 20.-Miss Minta Rich
was an over-Sunday visitor at Humis.
ton.
Lester Windland, of Humeston, has
returned to his home after few days
visit with his sister, Mrs. G. A. Abra-
hanson.
Alb. MCGEE made business trip to
Ottumwa on Monday.
j. G. Peacock, former resident of
Charlton but now employed in the pen
sion department at Washington, D. c.,
who has been renewing old acquaint-
ances in Charlton after an absence of
thirteen years, has returned to his
duties at the national capital.
Walter H. Dewey, editor of the Char
1ton Democrat, has returned from
business trip to Lincoln, Neb., where
he enjoyed very pleasant visit with
William j. Bryan, the late democratic
candidate for president.
The sermon to the old folks, that was
to have been preached Sunday by Rev.
Mills, of the Baptist church, was post.
poned owing to the wet weather, which
prevented the old folks from attending
in very large numbers.
w. G. Butcher and family, formerly
residents OF Cedar township, are NOV
ing into their house in the Orchard adj
dition. Mr.. and Mrs. Butcher have
been among the best farmers of Lucas
county and We gladly welcome them
as citizens and neighbors.
Charles Anderson, the 16-year-old
son of Mel Anderson, one of the stur-
dy farmers of Benton township, met
with q very serious accident on Sun.
day while at home. he had an empty
shot gun shell in his hand with the cap
lndented in such manner as to re-
semble having been discharged. He
was attempting to take the cap out to
put in a new one, when it exploded,
throwing the cap into his eye, cutting
thru the eyelid and splitting the eye.
ball in two. The doctor sewed it up
but on closer examination it was de-
cided that the sight was lost and that
the other eye would become affected.
AS matter of safety, therefore, he
submitted to an operation Monday,
taking out his entire eyeball, and he
Is now doing as well as could be ex-
pected.
Able Savage, one of the Oldest and
most highly respected residents of Lu.
cas- county, died at his home in the
east part of town on Monday, after a
protracted spell of paralysis. He was
% years old and had been a resident
OF Lucas county for forty-five years, re.
siding on farm northwest of town un.
I'll about. year ago, when he purchas.
ed property and moved to town. He
had large number of Charlton
friends who greatly regret his death.
Mrs G. Ahro ha M, con onI dor<rl,
ter, Hazel, have returned to their home
In Charlton after an extended visit
with her parents at Humeston.
]. Russell, wife and daughter, of Rus.
sell, were over-Surday visitors in
Charlton with relatives.
Mrs. M. A. Phillips has returned
home from weeks visit with friends
at Humeston.
Lawrence Hasselquist visited in OF
tumwa over Sunday.
Owing to the rainy weather several
young people of Charlton were COM
PEELED to give up trip they had plan
ned to the country to hear Rev. Joseph
Brown preach at the Presbyterian
church in English township.
The Charlton school board has pass
ed resolution adopting the Thompson
system of drawing for the public
schools. This is the most accurate
and up-to-date system and has been in
operation here about two weeks.
Charlton, Nov. Civ. E. Lewis is
spending few days this week in Des
Moines on business.
Mrs. j. B. Carpenter has moved her
household goods to Cleveland No. a,
and will make that place her home in
the future. Mrs. Carpenter has been
resident of Charlton for years, her
husband being killed in the mines here
last summer. She has host of friends
who greatly regret her departure, but
wish her success in her new home.
The funeral services of H. 7. Butch
er We're conducted from the family res.
ldence in the northwest part of town
Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Butcher was
about 3S years old, and had resided in
Lucas county all his life, first on a
farm and later in town with his par
ents, and was well known. He had
been sufferer for some time from
Cancer, which finally caused his death.
Quite a goodly number of friends fol.
lowed the remains to their last resting
place in the Charlton cemetery, in
spite Of the extremely bad weather.
Rev, Mills, of the Baptist church of
this place. left Monday for Russell,
where he will hold revival meetings
every evening for two weeks.
Mrs. j. j. Myers has returned from
a few days visit with her sister, Mrs
Murray, of Tacoma.
Miss Iva Baldwin began her winter
term of school Monday at Stanley
school house north of town.
Mrs. j. M. Rhodes has returned from
q weeks visit with friends at Ashley.
There has been talk of light, open
winter, but the cold of the past day or
two has given this prophecy backset
Miss Laura Copeland has returned
from weeks visit with her brother,
w. D. Copeland, in Lincoln township
r. w. Bruce, editor of,the Charlton
Herald, left Wednesday morning for
Des Moines to attend the twentieth
annual conclave of the Des Moines con.
sistory of the A.A. S. r., that conyenes
there this week.
Bloomfield.
Bloomfield, Nov. 2O.-E. B. johnson
has been ill from the effects of bad
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