Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-13
NEWS FROM NEAR BY
Daily Doings of Some of Q ttumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation Of
Sages, Are chronicIed by The cour.
ier's Special Correspondents.

~.
ier's Special Correspondents.
Charlton.
Charlton, Nov. ~ The republican
county central committee is preparing
to have grand republican rally and
jolliffcation in Charlton Saturday ev-
en1ng. There will be several bands to
furnish music, a grand torch-light pro.
cession with hundreds of rough riders
In line. Speakers from all over the
county, many of them of more than 10.
; cal reputation, will be present and
help express the qualification of the
people of Charlton and Lucas county
over the magnificent victory of sound
money, prosperity and good govern.
ment.
The Lucas county teachers associa-
ton will hold it's next meeting at
Derby, on Saturday, November 10.
These meetings are always interesting
and helpful to teachers. An instruct
i've program has been prepared consist.
Z ing of papers, talks, and discussions OF
some important and troublesome phas.
es of school teaching, by the best edu.
Gators in the county. Every school
tC1CuSl SliUuiu LldhG II d pOluI 10 at
tend and derive the benefits of the
meeting.
Joe R. Lands, of Lucas, for four times
sheriff of Lucas county, was renewing
old acquaintance and transacting bus.
mess in Charlton yesterday.
John w. Mauk, of Whitebreast town.
ship, has departed for two weeks
hunting and fishing trip in Indian ter
ritory. He will join party of former
Charlton residents and other friends
at st. Louis, and the entire party will
spend their vacation on the Indian res
eryations and on a ranch in Indian
Territory, owned by one of the num-
Der.
The revival services at the Metho-
: dist Episcopal church, under the direc-
ton of Rev. Golfer and Singer Young,
still continue with no sign of decreas.
ing interest. The attendance is in
creasing nightly and the afternoon
meetings show a decided increase in
attendance and enthusiasm, Rev.
Brown is a plain, fluent, forcible talker,
Beautiful music, led by Mi. Young,pe
suaded many to see the errors of their
way.
The people of Charlton are always up
to date In everything. The latest evil
dence of that fact is the organization
Of golf club with thirteen charter
members. The membership, in one
i week, has increased to fifty, with the
prospect of doubling that number be.
fore the links are in shape for practice
to begin. The club has secured the use
of ground in Spring Lake addition, and
the members are contemplating remod.
+ cling the old Rogers property and con.
verting it into modern clubhouse.
The promoter of the club, Mrs ri. O.
Penick, is now in Burlington, and will
bring home with her, Mr.. Sherwood,
Of Chicago, a golf expert. He will lay
& out the links and give the members of
the club instructions in the game. 1t
is expected that the club will be in
running order in about two weeks.
Amos Hampshire, an old resident of
Charlton, who has been visiting his son,
George, in this city for the past few
weeks, left Wednesday for Burlington
to spend the winter with his daughter,
Mrs. Warren DUNCAN.
Mrs. j. M. Hanlin departed Wednes.
A day for weeks Yiseit with friends at
Corydon.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Hayes left Wed,
nesday morning for Joplin, Mo-, where
they go with view to improving Mr..
4 Hayes health.
Hon. T. NJ. Stuart has returned from
weeks business visit to Charlton.
Miss Villa Brown has gone to Mt
Pleasant for short visit. She will
also visit for a few days in Stockport
with Mrs. B. F. Shone, who will be re.
membered in Charlton as Miss Gail
Walker.
The waterworks question for Charl-
tny hos foly hn Of
tion by George G. Morgan, of Chicago,
to erect a $4,000 plant provided he
can get franchise from the city coup-
Gil. There is no doubt but that the PEG.
pie of Charlton are in favor of the wat.
! er works.
Charlton, Nov. 10.-Edward S. Steb-
bins of Minneapolis, the architect
who drew the plans for the new high
school, was In the city Thursday look
ing over theb uilding, which is now
in course of construction. He ex-
( pressed himself as being greatly
+ pleased with the progress made thus
{ far In the work, and said that he
thought the building would be com
pleted and ready for occupancy by
January /.
L. N. Edison has moved from the
north side to house next to the
Christian church in order to be near
er his place of business.
Mrs. George Ray has returned from
a few days visit at the home Of Mrs.
,. r. Lorimer, in Creston,
Clifford Reeves, one of the proprie-
tors of the Metropolitan Stock COM
pany, who has been spending few
days with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
n. H. Reeves, of this place, has left
for Omaha where the company is
now rehearsing.
We are pleased to note the good
fortune of a Lucas county physician.
A.E. Murphy, OF Oakley, who has re-