Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-11

cause Of an alleged indecent drawing
in the school room. Heller claims
that Miss Knox punished him with I'M
due severity and broke his collar
bone, while the defense asserts only
moderate punishment was inflicted
and that no bones were broken. The
punishment was inflicted November
IA, 1899, in the Summitville school
| house.
Dubuque.
Two youths of this city, whose
names have been withheld from the
public, drank whisky from barrel in
the cellar of one of the saloons down
town, and came nearly dying from the
effects. Both took long draughts from
the spigot. Twenty minutes after the
youth that took the first
draught had imbibed he was unconcon-
scious and physicians worked with
him twelve hours before they brought
him to. His face turned purple and
his neck became swollen and the veins
distorted. The doctors pronounced
the case one of asphyxiation from the
gas which naturally generates in a
liquor barrel. The boy who drank
first got the most gas. One of the
youths is 10 years of age and the 9TH
er little younger. They had gone to
the cellar to carry wood for the saloon
keeper who employed them to do that
work.
Sioux City.
Charles Thorn, bookkeeper for Rat
lift & Rootland, implement dealers has
mysteriously disappeared, and people
are lead to believe that he has COM
mitted suicide. An examination of his
accounts show that he is several hun
bred dollars short. He is said to have
been gambling to some extent for the
past month or two. He left word to
his employers, stating that he was We
Try sorry for his shortage and that his
going would be best for himself and
his employers and also his family
He stated that his family would be
we'll cared for by his life insurance.
Further than this he said nothing of
his disappearance. Some think that
this pretense of suicide was merely a
bluff and a search has been instituted
for him.
Boone.
By the terms of the will of Ed. Kill
leen, who died recently at the city hos
pital here, the new Eleanor Moore
hospital will receive the entire estate
left by him. 1t consists of so acres Of
valuable land in Colfax township ant
some personal property. The tota
bequest amounts to in the neighbor
hood of $4,000.
Clarinda.
1t took 122 turkeys, or 100 pounds
5 | IN far. CHI "a 10 II criu n kr
the patients and attaches of the insane
asylum at Clarinda. The menu wa.
turkey with gravy, cranberry sauce
peaches, peas, potatoes, pickles, colo
slaw, bread and butter, mince pie, ap
In the hospital are 919 patients ant
125 employees.
Bloomfield.
Carl Guile, who has been located a
Dover, Wyoming for the past few
months is home for visit with Davis
county friends. Mr.. Guile witnessed,
railroad accident in Ottumwa Friday
which resulted in Floyd Horn, tel
year old boy, losing both his lowe
limbs. The lad was riding on switcl
engine in the Milwaukee yards an,
fell off, car passing over his legs
His right limb was cut off just beloy
the knee and the left limb was sever
ed above the knee, which finally re
suited in his death.
. Fairfield.
Fairfield and Jefferson county ar
not going to have saloons. That Seems
to be pretty well settled. The thirt,
days within which petitions of con
sent must be filed expires today, an
a this time the concluding steps il
the work have not been taken. Ii
fact it is announced upon pretty goo,
authority that the Ottumwa liquo
dealer who furnished the funds for tn
canvass and who directed the move
ment has withdrawn all his canvass
ers from the field and abandoned tn
work.
} keosauqua.
Two children of this place found
quarter of a pound of powder thi
| week and attempted to have some flu
with it. AS result Frank Cockeril
nine years of age, and Delbert Umpt
rey, six years of age, are under tn
doctors care. The latter, however
) was but slightly injured, while the fol-
: mer had many pieces of glass reno,
l ed from his right arm. He will re
cover.