Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15
NEWS FROM NEAR BY
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,

Charlton.
Charlton, Nov. 13.-Miss Bessie Ny
ers, student in the oratorical school
of Drake university, spent Sunday
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. ].
Myers, of this city.
In spite of the stormy weather OF
Sunday, quite number of the young
people of Charlton drove to Derby, to
attend the quarterly meeting of the
NJ. E. church. Presiding Elder w. B.
Thompson, of Charlton, delivered the
sermon, after which the sacrament of
the Lords supper was administered.
Mrs. j. V. Smith and three children
left Sunday for Willsford, Kansas,
where they expect to spend the win
ter with Mrs. Smiths mother, Mrs. j.
I. Monroe.
Rev. Butterfield began a series of
protracted meetings at the Christian
church in Belinda, Sunday.
Mrs. Sutherland, of Burlington, has
returned to her home after a day
spent with her friend, Mrs. J. H. Car
roll. Mrs. Sutherland expects to re-
turn soon to take treatment of Chari-
ton physicians
Werner James. former Charlton
boy, but now of Creston, spent Sunday
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. M.
James, of Whitebreast township.
The revival services at the Mt.
Carmel United Evangelical church, of
Benton township, that have been in
progress for the last week are nightly
growing in attendance and interest.
Sunday afternoon quite large crowd
of interested listeners heard Bishop
Stanford deliver most interesting
and scholarly discourse.
With the advent of cold weather
the merchants are all congratulating
themselves upon the increase of their
business, especially the hardware,
coal dealers and dry goods men. The
hardware men, who keep tin shop in
connection with their business are all
employing extra help, but still the
work piles up on them.
Miss Edith Brant, teacher of music
in our public schools, has been engag-
ed as choir leader for the choir of the
Christian church at this place.
A. L. George, a young man of Der
by. who went to western Kansas early
in the summer, has returned to Derby,
and intends to make Lucas county his
home in the future.
&
few days visit with friends at her
old home at Burlington.
Harley Rhodes and Mrs. Lena Eisen-
heart stole march on their friends
and gave them quite surprise Sun
day morning by driving down to Rus
sell and quietly getting married The
young people are both well known in
Charlton, and have many friends, who,
while feeling slightly hurt by the
shabby treatment" as they term it,
are ready and willing to extend their
hearty congratulations. The young
people will make Charlton their home
TO the present.
Bert Becker has accepted position
with Shuler & Son, on the South Side,
vice Lon Shuler, who has received a
{ position as travelling salesman for a
soap company, with territory in Ne
braska and Missouri.
Charlton, Nov. 14.-Winter seems
to have come to stay. After the cold
snap of Saturday, the air cleared and
1t warmed up considerably only to re
turn again Tuesday with renewed Wig
or. The thermometer dropped two
below the freezing point and cold
northwestern wind blew all day that
made it cold and disagreeable, espec
tally to those who were compelled to
be out greater portion of the time.
There was special meeting of the
W. r. c., of this place at their rooms
on Tuesday afternoon to prepare for
the inspection of the lodge today
Quite goodly number ofthe members
were present and all agree that the
corps here is in good shape as the
visit of the inspector will show.
Col B. F. Clayton, of Indianola
president of the National Farmers
congress, is spending two days in the
city as the guest of his daughter, Mrs
III. B. Stewart
Barney O'Hare and A. J. Shuler
have returned from weeks trip
thru Western Kansas. where they
went in the interests of their cattle
business.
Bert BEEN, bookkeeper of the First
National bank, met with painful &C
cident Monday. He was showing a
visitor thru the bank. which contains
some of the finest fixtures in the west
when he attempted to shut the auto
matte door to the vault and caught mis-
thumb between the heavy door and
the casing. The member was ser
iously injured altho no bones were
broken.
Eugene Mcfarland. an old Charlton
boy who was called to Charlton by
the death of his brother, Mark, has
returned to his home in Kansas City
Mrs. j. M. Rhodes is spending the
week with friends in Oakley, while
her residence here is being remodel
ed.
T. M. Stewart, of this city, is enjoy
ing very pleasant visit from his
niece, Miss Lucille King, of Garder
Grove.
The Charlton fire department is pre-
pairing to celebrate its anniversary or
December 3, by giving banquet AMI