Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-22
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

IFronl Fridays Daily.l
For harness go to Boston d Ford's.
Best line in the city.
Mrs. j. D. Busseau, of Dudley, was in
the city yesterday visiting relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Beyan, of Hedrick,
were business visitors in the city yes
terday.
Mrs. L. Hughey, of Hedrick, was in
the city today enroute to Batavia
to visit relatives.
Mrs. Harry Fox, of Fargo, S. D., is
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
I. r. Keefe, on East Main street.
Mrs. Il. C. Dain, of Hedrick, was in
the city today enroute to Athena, Ore,
for an extended visit with relatives.
Mrs. L. f. Green, of Leando, arrived
today for visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Day, south of the city.
Sargent, the true druggist, now has
the entire prescription file of the Gep-
hart drug store, consisting of $1,000
prescriptions.
Seneca Cornell, attorney for 7. j.
Harris, filed a petition in the clerks
office yesterday, asking Judgment
against Thomas d. McGlothlen and
Martha McGlothlen in the sum of
$2,7S0.37, on u promissory note and the
foreclosure of certain mortgage on
220 acres of land given to secure pay
ment OF the note.
Ibbie. the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Shelly, died at the home of her
parents, near Carbon, May IL, and the
remains were inferred in the Dunville
cemetery, Sunday, the services being
conducted from the Dunville church,
near Belknap, by Rev. j.. G. Heckart.
The deceased was 16 years, 5 months
and Is days old. Her death is mourn-
ed by large circle of relatives and
friends.
William Winders, of Burlington, and
George Rouse, of this city, were
coming down the Fairfield hill on the
Burlington yesterday. The hand car
ran over Winders, altho he escaped
niraculously with a few bruises.
Rouse sustained slight injury to
his hand. The latter was saved from
death perhaps by Winders, owing to
the peculiar condition in which the
men fell. Winders taking the brunt of
the injury and at the same time being
in position TO escape fatal results.
The men are employed under Buckley,
and the crew was running from a piece
of work near Fairfield. There We're
Ave hand ears in the string, the one
from which the men fell being the
second from the head car Someone
in the crew hallooed to someone else,
and one of the men on the second car
mistook it for warning. He caught
hold of the brake and stopped the
car almost instantly, the shock throw
ing the men to the track with the
above results.
A very pretty but quietSyedding 90
CURED last evening at the home of the
BRIDES parents, Mrs. and Mrs. M. II.
Mckee, on West Mill street, when their
daughter, Miss Laura Mckee, was mar
ried to Mr.. Herbert Emery. The cere-
nony was performed at $3.50 o'clock
by DR.. +. 2. Brush, pastor of the First
Methodist church, in the presence of a
few relatives of the bride and
groom. The house was decorated with
carnations and smilax. The bride
wore a gown of white cloth, trimmed
with taffeta ribbon and was unattend-
ed. After the ceremony light refresh
ments were served by Misses Clara
Emery and Edith Weldon. The
bride has lived in the city for
the past eight years and is a member
of the First Methodist Episcopal
church, and is prominent in circles of
the church work. Mr.. Emery is en-
ployed as travelling salesman for the
firm OF Z. ii. Emery & Co., and is one