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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-08
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&c PUBLIC SALE ~

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&c PUBLIC SALE II
Having decided to quit farming. OIL ac-
Z farm and will offer at Public Auction,
at my residence bt5 miles northwest OF !
9 Ottumwa and mile north Of Keb OF,
TUESDAY, MARCH 10. 1900
the following described property, with
& out reserve:
{ Five head of horses, consist
4 ing of ! brood mares two Will. foall and
last spring colt. good family driving
X mich cows, all bred; onoio be, fresh
K soon, 3 yeariing lieifers, fall caves
< 9 head OF hogs, brood sows t,ud
K 6slioats, weight about lbs pounds. Hay,
& ? stacks of tia:otlly and one of straw.
X Corn In crib. Farming Implements.
\ Two farm Wagons, one low
wheeled, l spring wagon. nearly
good as new: ? stirring p1ows, 1 j /.
Case riding plow, good as new; 2 good
e cultiyators. l lever harrow, Deering
mower, good as new; corn planter i
y bob sled, stalk rake, 2 sets farm har-
ness. Early Ohio potatoes and other
articles too numerous to mention,
Sale to begin at 10 O'Clock a. M.
TERMS--A credit of II mouths will be
e given on sums over SIS by purchaser
e giving note with approved security. SIS
aud under, cash in hand. = per cent
discount for, cash OH ali time sales. No
property to be removed until terms OF
: sale are complied with.
GEORGE F. CLAYTON
z Joseph Chandler, Auctioncer: WAC.
2 Brown, Clerk. Free Inch at noon.
a A A A A A A .I.r.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-08

All the new styles in hats and shirts
at The Hub. Also fine line OF neck
wear.
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SOUTH OTTUMwA NEWS.

From Tuesdays Daily.
Miss Cora Judd spent Sunday at
Blakesburg.
Miss Bertha Kibler spent Sunday
with friends in the country.
Henry Fabrity and family, of Eddy
vile, have moved to South Ottumwa.
Miss Isal Pratt, who has been dan.
gerously i'll, is reported to be little
better.
A. G. Kenyon, of Agency, spent
Sunday with South Ottumwa rela-
tiyes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Delton, Of Blak-
esburg, spent Sunday with South Side
relatives and friends.
James Lee has returned to his home
south of town, after visit with his
brother. Robert, at lAinsworth.
Mr.. Akens, who has just closed Il
| successful term of school at Ashland,
spent Sunday with relatives on Wa
bash avenue He left yesterday for a
Visit at Bloomfield.
Mrs. b. c. Minteers and Mrs. W. H.
Richardson, of Sigourney, returned 10
their homes on the Milwaukee last
evening after visiting at the parental
Neitch home on Chester avenue.
Word has been received from Wa
pello bringing the sad news. of the
death of John Jenkins, who died at
that place, February %, OF, pneumonia.
Mr.. Jenkins was a cousin of the late
Aaron AIelick.. ~
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From Wednesdays Daily.
Wood wanted on subscription ac-
count at the Courier Office.
Miss Winnie Fair, of Agency, passed
thru the city yesterday enroute to,
Hetlrick where she will visit friends.
William Mendenhall, of Pleasant
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From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mrs. Jane Trissler is at Flpris, being
called there by the illness of her faith
Ell.
Mrs. William Warren left Tuesday
afternoon for Chillicothe to make a
visit with friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. James .Akerman, Of
Dahlonega, have returned home after
pleasant visit with South Side rela-
tives,
Mrs. c. S. Barnes, OF Blakesburg, has
returned home after pleasant visit
with South Ottumwa relatives and
friends.
Florence, the small daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Randolph Holt, is very i'll at
the home of its parents i'll the Dain
addition.
Mrs. r. i. Coffnan, of 534 Church
street, departed;yesterday morning for
Ainsworth, being called there by the
serious illness of her sisier-in-law, Mrs.
Henry.
j. Warman, of aO1 North Moore
street. received a. telegram late las.
evening, announcing the death of his
brother, leonard Warman, at his home
at Hamburg, this state. Owing to the
illness Of Mrs. j. Warman, Mr.. War
man will not be permitted to attend
| the funeral.
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Read the Courier for news.
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ELECTED OFFICERS.
Regular Meeting of Donaldson Camp
Sous Of Veterans.

From Tuesdays Daily.
At the last regular monthly meeting
Of Donaldson camp, No. 50, Sons OF
Veterans, officers We're elected for the
ensuing year. and it was decided TO
Organize Il ladies aid society. an auNil-
iary to the Sons of Veterans:
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From thursdays Daily.

IAoht +ahAoNtd = t|aiiSs
Mrs. Sam Berry, of Bloomfield, ar
rived today for a yisit at the home of
her sister, Mrs. u, A. Canedy, on Sher-
idan avenue.
Harry c. Lee. OF Fertile, Worth
county, Iowa, is visiting at the home
of his aunt, Mrs. a. Peek, GU
Church street.
Mrs. Deeds, of Brighton, returned
home yesterday afternoon, after a two
weeks visit at the home OF her son,
Chas. Deeds, on South Moore street,
The Courier takes pleasure in call
ing the attention of its readers to the
advertisement of John r. Shepherd in
this issue. Mr.. Shepherd has signed a
contract for a years advertising under
the Courier's new plan, and his adver-
tisement on page 2 in each issue, will
always be found to contain matter of
interest to The farmer. Mr.. Shepherd
lis the proprietor of Shepherds Rancho
an institution which is thirty live
years old and is known to every farm
en- for5miles around Ottumwa. Dur
| ing all these years Mr.. Shepherd has
sold farm machinery, and his reputa-
| ton us IN honorable business man has
| been established rs sound as a rock.
The Courier gladly recommends Mr..
shepherd TO any one needing anything
| in his line.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-04-20
CHASED HIS WIFE.

Chas. Kawell, who has been stopping
at the soldiers home for some time
time back came to the city last Satur-
day night. He has a wife and some
other relatives living near the city, but it
seems is not on very good terms with
the former. Friday afternoon about $3.50
o'clock he was walking down Front
street near the city hall, when his wife
happened to'catch sight of him and turn
ed and run down the street. Kawell
caught sight of her about the same in
slant and having heavy cane in his
hand started after her. She turned up
Main street, where her hus-
band lost sight of her, but sup
posed she had entered Fred Kron's
store he went in, and was here taken in
hand by Officer Bienapf, and locked up
at the city hall.
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"The Truth About Nebraska"

This is the title of 24-page folder,
recently issued by the burlington
route and containing, besides a brief
introduction, nine letters from resi-
dents of the state, setting forth their
experiences since they settled in
Nebraska,
The letters make it clear that the
man who comes to Nebraska with few
hundred dollars, good head and a
stout heart can, in the course of few
years, be independent Of landlords,
rent day, and all the other mlseries
which make life struggle for the ten.
ant of an eastern farm, They demon
strate that the money he pays for the
rent of farm anywhere east of the
Missouri river will buy better farm
west of it, They show that Nebraska
is not simply corn state"-that in
Nebraska, the avenue to wealth is
through cattle, wheat, and fruit as
we'll as through corn.
The folder is we'll printed, on good
paper in peculiarly easy-to-read type.
Half an hour is all you need to read it
from beginning to end. Write for a
copy-free.
J. FRANCIS, Gen'l Pass. Agt.,
Omaha, Neb
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April 20. 1900
April 13 20
ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF w


ORDER FOR HEARING PROOFOF Will.
CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Rlne
- Earth-ss In Probate Court, Special term,
April 4th, 1900.
In the matter of the estate of Lewis
b. Garrett, deceased.
Whereas, An instrument in writing, purport-
ing to be thelast will and testament of Lewis
B.Garrett, deceased Late of said county, has been
delivered to this court
And whereas, Elizabeth E. Garrett has filed
thereWlth her petition, representing, among
other things, that said Lewis b. Garrett died in
SAID county on the 9th day of February, 1900,
testatea and that said petitioner is the executrix
named In SAID last will and testament, and
praying that the said instrument may be admit
ted to probate. and that letters testamentary be
to her issued thereon.
1t is Ordered, That the proofs of said instru-
ment, and the said petition, be heard before
this court, at the Probate Office in said county,
on the 9Th day of May, A. D. 1900, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon when all concerned NAV
appear and contest the probate of said instru-
ment.
And it is Further Ordered, That public no.
tlce of the time and place of said hearing be
given to all persons interested by Publication
OF these orders for three weeks successivelv
previous to said day of hearing, in the Mankato
Free Press, weekly newspaper printed and
published at Mankato, in said county.
Dated at the City of Mankato this 4th day of
April, A. d. 1900.
By the Court,
probate Court Seal] VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
Pfau & Pfau.
Attorneys for Petitioner.
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ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
y Earth-ss. In Probate Court, Special
Term, April 7th, 1900.
In the matter of the estate of Mary FL.
Evans, deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate of
said deceased being this day granted unto
Edward Evans, OF said county.
1t is Ordered, That all claims and demands
of all persons against said estate be presented to
this court for examination and allowance at
the probate Office in the city of Mankato, in
said Blue Earth county, on the following day,
viz Friday the 18th day of July, A. ID.
1900, at ten o'clock in forenoon of said day
tits Further Ordered, That three months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
sent their claims against said estate, at the ex-
piration of which time all claims not presented
to said court, or not proven to its satisfaction,
shall be forever barred unless for cause shown
further time be allowed
Ordered Further, That notice of the time
and place of hearing and examination of
said claims and demands shall be given by pub
LEGATION of this order for three successive weeks
prior to the day appointed for such examina-
ton, in the Mankato Free Press,a weekly news
paper printed and published at Mankato, in
said county.
Dated at the city of Mankato. the 18th day of
April, A. D. 1900.
By the Court,
probate Court Seal.l VIM. f. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate,
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Reward Offered.

The Mcpherson Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Co. will pay reward of $500
to the informant who produces and
brings sufficient proof for the convic-
tion of the person or persons, who on
the 10Th day of. Marth 1910 set fire to
dwelling house owned by Frank Fas-
nacht, town of Jamestown.
The above reward will also be paid
for information by informants, suffi-
Gent for arrest and conviction of par
ties who have started incendiary fires
on property insured and carried in
above named company in the future or
prior to said Fasnacht loss. By order
of Board of Directors.
HUBERT BRUELS, Sec'y.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
VIM. n. Plymat,
Attorney for Petitioner

By virtue of an execution, issued out of and
under the Seal of the District Court, in and for
the County of Blue Earth and State of Mime
sofa, upon Judgment rendered and docketed
in the said Court, on the 9th day of November,
1899, in an action wherein Neil Cook is plaintiff
and Mary E. Soule is defendant, in favor of the
said plaintiff and against the said defendant,
for the sum of SiXty-Three and 16-100 Dollars,
which execution was directed and delivered to
me as sheriff IN and for said County of Blue
Earth,I have this 18th day of January, AID. 1900,
levied upon all the right title and interest of the
said defendant, Mary E. Soule, in and to the fol-
loving described real estate, situate in the
County of Blue Earth and State of Minnesota,
known and described as follows: Lot fourteen
QD in the North Row, Van Brunt's Addition to
the city of Mankato, Blue Earth county, Mime
sofa. according to the plat thereof duly of
record in the office of the Register of Deeds, in
said Blue Earth county, Minnesota.
Notice is hereby given, That l, the under
signed, as sheriff as aforesaid, will sell the
above described real property to the highest
bidder, for cash, at public auction, at the front
or easterly door of the court house in the city
of Mankato. in the county of Blue Earth, and
state of Minnesota, on Saturday, the 10Th day
of May, A. D., 1900, at 10 o'clock a. m. of that
day, to satisfy the said execution, together
with the interest and costs thereon.
Dated March goth, 1900.
FRED GERLICH,
Sheriff of Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
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MANKATO FREE PRESS
Apr 20 81
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.

ORDER To EXAMINE ACCOUNIS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth-SS. In Probate Court, Special term,
April 10th, 1900.
In the matter of the estate of Margaret
Orando deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Louis
Orando administrator of the estate of Margaret
orlando, deceased, representing, among other
things, that he has fully administered said
estate, and pr lying that time and place be
fixed for examining and allowing the final &C.
count of his administration, and for the as.
signment of the residue of said estate to the
parties entitled thereto by law:
1t is ordered that said account be examined,
and petition heard, by this court, on Monday
the 18th day of May. A. ID. 1900, at 10
o'clock a. M, at the Probate Office in
the City of Mankato, in said county.
And it is further ordered, That notice there
of be given to all persons interested by pub
fishing copy of this order once in each week,
for three successive weeks prior to said day of
hearing, in the Mankato Free Press weekly
newspaper printed and published at Mankato,
in said county.
Dated at the city of Mankato, the 10th day
of April, A. d. 1900.
By the Court:
Probate Court Seal. VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate
w. r. Geddes
Attorney for Administrator.
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Tourists Resorts Reached Via The
Iron Mountain Route.

Winter tourist tickets at greatly
reduced rates now on sale to Hot
Springs, Ark, San Antonio, Galveston,
Texas, Mexico, California and princi-
pal resorts in the southwest Also, on
the first and third Tuesday of each
month. we will sell home seekers ex-
cursion tickets to certain points in the
west and southwest at greatly reduced
rates. Tickets good 81 days from date
of sale with stop over privileges. For
rate and other information, address,
BISSELL WILSON,
D. P. A., Ill Adams ST., Chicago.
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Apr u 70
ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.

ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.
cTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
= Earth-ss. In Probate Court,special term
March 18th, 1900.
:, In the matter of the estate of Martin
Nelson, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate of said
deceased being this day granted unto Alfred
j. Nelson, of said county.
1t is ordered, That all claims and demands
of all persons against said estate be presented
to this court, for examination and allowance,
at the probate Office in the city of Mankato, in
said Blue Earth county. on the following day,
viz: On Monday the 1st day of October, A. d.
1900, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day.
1t is further ordered, That six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
sent their claims against said estate, at the ex-
piration of which time all claims not presented
to said court, or not proven to its satisfaction
shall be forever barred unless for cause shown
further time be allowed
Ordered further That notice of the time and
place of the hearing and examination of said
claims and demands shall be given by publica-
ton of this order for three successive weeks
prior to the day appointed for such examina-
tion, in the Mankato Free Press, a weekly
newspaper printed and published at Mankato
in said county.
Dated at the city of Mankato, the 2Sth day of
March, A. D. 1900.
BY the Court:
[sEALJ VIM. f. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
H. L. Schmitt,
Attorney for Executor.
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April 6 ID 20, 1900
ORDER FOR HEARING AND NOTICE OF
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATOR.

ORDER FOR HEARING AND NOTICE OF
ADMINISTRATOR.
CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth, SIS. In Probate Court. Special
term, April, 4, 1900.
In the matter of the estate of William
j. Martin, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of D.
Hummston, of Blue Earth County, Minnesota,
representing among other things, that VIM j.
Martin. late of Blue Earth county, on the 18th
day of November, A. d. 1899, at Mankato,
Minnesota, died intestate, and being a
resident of this county at the time of
his death, leaving goods, chattels and
estate within this county, and that the
said petitioner is a creditor of said deceased,
and praying that administration of said estate
be to him, said J. ID. Hummiston, granted.
1t is ordered, that said petition be heard be-
fore this court on Wednesday, the 18th day of
May, A. ID. 1900, at 10 o'clock a. m, at the
probate Office in the city of Mankato, in said
county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased, and to all persons
interested, by publication of this order once in
each week, for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the Mankato Free
Press weekly newspaper printed and published
at Mankato in said County.
Dated at the City of Mankato, the 4th day
of April, A. d. 1900.
By the Court
probate Court Seall VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate
VIM. N Plymat,
Attorney for Petitioner.
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON FILING PETl-
TION TO MO hTGAGE LAND.
Apr 13 20 27

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
= Earth,-ss. In Probate Court, Special
term, April 10th. 1900
In the matter of the estate Of Elizabeth
Adeline McNulty, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Thomas
Hughes administrator, setting forth the amount
of personal estate that has come into his
hands, the disposition thereof, and how
much remains undisposed of; the
amount of debts outstanding against said de-
ceased, as far as the same can be ascertained
with the charges OF admlnistration; and the
taxes, assessments and other charges which are
an existing lien upon his estate, and the i'm
provements which are necessary tor the preser-
walton OF his Real estate; and description of
the tracts Of land of said deceased which it is
proposed to mortgage; and praying that license
be to him granted to mortgage the tracts of
land so described.
And it appearing by said petition that the
personal estate of said Elizabeth Adeline Nc
Nulty, deceased is insufficient to pay his debts,
with the charges of administration, and to pay
any taxes, assessments, or other charges which
are an existing lieu upon his estate, or to pay
for any improvements which are necessary for
the preservation of his real estate or any part
thereof,
1t is therefore ordered. that all persons in
terested in said estate appear before this Court
on Saturday, the 18th day OF May, A. D..
1900 alto O'Clock IN. at theProbate Officer the
Court House in Mankato in said county, then
and there to show cause iii any there be)
why license should not be granted to said
Thomas Hughes, administrators, to mortgage
the real estate of said deceased for the purpose
of obtaining funds for the payment of such
debts charges, taxes, assessments and liens,
and for the making of such necessary improve
ments,
And it is further ordered that this order
shall pc published once in each week, for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing, in
the MankatO Free Press weekly newspaper
printed ard published at the city of Mankato,
in said county.
Dated at Nankato, the 10th day of April
A D. 1900.
By the Court:
VIM. F. HUGHES,
probate sEAL.] Judge of Probate.
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FOUND STOLEN PROPERTY.

Axel Herman, an employe of the Oma-
ha railway company, Thursday after
noon found the coat and trousers stolen
from Ernest Mahlke's residence hidden
under the railroad carpenter shop. The
thief had evidently carried them that
far and concluded not to take them with
him, but hid them and boarded a train
He probably carried the vest away with
him, as it cannot be found.
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SUMMONS.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth-District Court, Sixth Judicial Dis
trict.
E. F. Nettleton, plaintiff, VS.. George Wallrod
and Wallace Danberry, defendants.
The State of Minnesota to the above named De-
PENDANT:
You, and each of you, are hereby sum
moned and required to answer tn, complaint
of the plaintiff in the above entitled action,
which is on file in the office of the clerk of said
court at the court house in said county, and to
serve a copy of your answer to said COM
plant upon the, subscriber at his office in
the City of Mankato in the County of Blue
Earth in the state aforesaid, within twenty
days after the service of this, summons on
you exclusive of the day of such service, and
if you fail to answer the said complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff will take jqdg,
ment against you for the sum on one hundred
and seventy-fve dollars and interest thereon at
the rate of eight per cent per annum from the
tenth day of December 1897, and costs and dis
bursements herein.
Dated March 9th, "A. d. 1900,
w. E. YOUNG,
Plaintiff s Attorney,
Rooms POI 1. o. o. F. Blk, Mankato, MINI.