Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-08
!" JACK, The HUGGER
Charlton Man Catches Women in
Dark Places and Squeezes Them.
ONE FIGHTS HIM WITH HER FISTS.
Three Others Either Arouse the Neigh.
bors With Screams or outrun Their
y Observation-Disclosures Given by
4 Each Tallies in the Main.

Charlton, Jan. 4 (Special.)-It has
just leaked out that this place has a
Jack the Hugger." Four young
ladies of this city have been compar-
ing notes, and have found that all
of them have been caught in dark
places on the streets and have been
squeezed by the same individual.
Two of them after having been caught
raised an cutlery and the hugger re-
leased them. One fought him with
her fists and succeeded in beating
him off, while fourth got away. The
description of the hugger given by
the young women is the same in the
main. What his object is no one can
tell. He seldom speaks and after sat
iating his hugging propensities, re-
leases his victims.
Dot Jackson has resumed his du-
ties as night clerk at the Bates house
after weeks vacation.
Sophia Swanson, who has been
spending the past week with friends
in this city.
The city council will meet in regu-
lar session Monday evening, at which
time it is expected that the water
works question will be settled as far
as the council is concerned.
The Ladies Mandolin club held a
very profitable and instructive meeting
at the home of their president, Mrs.
Margaret L. Lewis, on Thursday even
ms The club is preparing special
music which it intends to render for
one of the social clubs of this place.
j. M. Hancox, managing editor of
the InGianola Record, stopped off in
Charlton between trains Wednesday.
d. J. Stone, Jr., who has been spend
ing the holidays in Charlton, return
ca TO his studies in Rush Medical col
lege Thursday evening.
The Gethamotheon History club re-
sumed its meetings Wednesday af-
ternoon, after a vacation of nearly
four weeks. The meeting was held
at the home of Mrs. j. A. Brown and
proved very probable. The club has
decided on its regular course of
study this year and is taking up the
latest popular books and current
events and discussing them.
J. II. Collins departed Thursday for
Minneapolis to visit his brother,
Charles Collins. He was accompan-
led by his father, Dr. Collins, who has
been yisiting him for a few days.
Mrs. George Zaun and son, of Alton,
arrived in town Thursday and will
make this place their future home
with Mr.. Zaun, who has opened UP a
meat market on the east side.
The clear, cold weather of the past
few days has caused the ice to form
very fast and the ice men are about
ready to begin harvesting the crop.
In the meantime, the clear moonlight
evening is affording the young peo-
pie excellent opportunity for good
skating. The ice is five inches in
thickness and clear and smooth.
Every pond or body of water near the
city is nightly crowded with groups
of merry youngsters.
Charlton, Jan. 5.-F. e. Cakes, the
fur and hide dealer, has returned from
a few days business trip to Missouri.
w. F. Graham returned Friday from
a two days business and pleasure trip
to Des Moines.
Thursday was the first day that the
citizens of Lucas county could pay
their taxes for 1901, the books not be-
ing in shape before that time. Only a
few iquidated and all that did made
some remark about the raise in the
levy. The city of Charlton was raised
from 50 mills to N mills, owing to the
erection of the new school house, and
the rest of the county was increased
in the same proportion.
v %. /. Stone. Jr., returned to his
studies at Rush Medical college Friday
after spending the holiday vacation
with his parents in Charlton.
The officers and members of COM
pany H" Fiftieth regiment, l. N. g.,
are working diligently to be selected
as the company to escort Gov. Shaw
to Washington. The boys are doing
extra drill service and are preparing
to make a showing that will COMPEL
attention. They now have an excel
lent reputation in the ranks of the
Guard, standing near the head of the
list of companies at last inspection
and have made rapid advancement
since then, until now there is no bet
ter qualified company that could be Sc
iecaed for that purpose. Several of
the prominent men of the city and
county are interested and the pros
poets for company "H" to be selected
IL everybody will pull together, are
very bright.
D. G. Bosseman, of Lucas, was tran
sacting business in Charlton Friday.
Chas. !. Essex and his attorney, J.
"A. Campbell, will leave Monday for
Abba where his $4,000 damage suit
for false Imprisonment VS. the sheriff
of Lucas county and the c., B. & @. R.
r. will be tried at the January term of
court.
Z Mr.. and Mrs. Renben Houston, of
Russell, were visiting friends in Char
Lfton Friday.
County Attorney elect e. w. Drake,
moved his library, and office fixtures
into the room provided in the court
house for the county attorney, and
will be ready to take charge of the
affairs of the Office in case the present
attorney decides to step down and out
and not take advantage of the Titus
amendment middle.
Mrs. Alice Broderick left Friday
morning for Boone where she is en-
gagged in teaching school.
Miss Florence Maple and Fred
Lorimer, both employees in the post
office, were laid off from work Friday
and as that is one of the heaviest mai
days in the week, the Office force had