Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
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 chronicIed by The cour.
ier's Special Correspondents.
Charlton.


Charlton, Jan 15-Evan Lewis,pub-
Usher of the Charlton Patriot, was
Lucas business visitor Monday.
A. c. Hughes returned Monday from
business trip to Russell.
Harry Dawson and John McBee re-
turned to Alton Monday where they
are engaged in work on the Burling-
ton double track.
Miss India Van Arsdale gave very
pleasant party at her home just east
Of town Friday evening. About
twenty young people were present,
mostly from town, who rode out in
bob-sled. The evening passed very
rapidly in music ana games. During
the course of the evening a dainty
supper was served. All present re-
port it the most enjoyable party OF
the season. A
Sam Mcfarland departed Monday
morning for Enid. Oklahoma, where
he has secured a position.
Mrs. Samuel Darrah, of Leon stop
ped over in Charlton between trains
Monday and visited her brother-in-law,
I j. II. Darrah, while on her way home
from Fairfield
d. M. Davis has sold his farm in
Warren township to ]. W. May, for
$40 an acre, and will look UP another
location probably in Missouri or Ok
lahoma.
Mrs. Myrtle McComas returned to
her home in Traer Monday after an
y extended visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. H. Andrews. She was ac-
companied home by her sister, Miss
Myrtle Andrews.
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the Burlington, has been unable to
attend to his duties for the two last
trips, on account of sickness. This is
the first time in many years that Mr..
Evans has been off duty William
Farmer, of Ottumwa, is taking care
of his run in the meantime.
City Clerk George G. Fancher and
Alderman j. G. Copeland were bust
ness visitors in Lucas Monday.
The beautiful sleighing of the last
week is now almost thing of the
past. Sunday and Monday were both
very bright, warm days, more re-
sembling March than January. and the
heavy. snow has rapidly disappeared
and the roads resemble mud lakes.
G. A. Soloman has sold his show out
fit and will engage in trapping on the
Charlton river the remainder of the
winter.
Justice Long settled a neighborhood
quarrel Saturday by placing one of
the belfigerants under heavy bonds
to keep the peace. John Fruit and S.
b. Merrill. both residents of Brook
dale have been having trouble, it is
said, for several weeks. Saturday
Merrill swore out warrant for
Fruits arrest on the charge of using
abusive language. 1t seems that this
is as far as the case will go as Fruit
: plead guilty to the charge and was
put under bonds to keep the peace
Bert Peterson, of the Fair store
force, is taking vacation of two
weeks which he will spend with his
aunt in Lawrence, Kansas.
Charlton, Jan. 16.-Miss Vernon
Householder, who has been so serious
ly Ill of the grip for the past few days
has so far recovered as to be able to
be around the house
The nominations made by the Off
cial board of the Christian church the
other day and presented to the congre-
CATION on Sunday We're unanimously
adopted. The congregation also lis
tened to a most entertaining and in
teresting sermon by the pastor, Rev.
Q. f. Sanderson. This church is plan
ming for a revival meeting in the near
future.
The township assessors of the coun-
ty held a meeting in the auditors Of
nee the last of the week and transact
ed some important business relat.
ing to their work, chief among which
was to establish a uniform valuation
for taxing live stock turnout the
county.
Roy Meadows was laid off from
work Monday with severe attack of
the grip.
The Rebekah lodge of this place in
stalled its officers on Monday night at
a private installation. There were
some visiting members from the Rus
sell lodge present and they all ex-
pressed themselves in the highest
terms of the neatness and dispatch
with which the Charlton lodge trans
acted its business. After the ceremo-
ny of installation was completed those
present indulged in lunch of sand
witches and coffee.
Will Mcdowell has resumed his du-
ties as salesman for Hollinger and
Lorimer after two weeks vacation
spent with his parents in the country.
Lon Shular was a business visitor
to Lucas on Tuesday.
Mrs. ]. O. Coles has returned from
a few days trip to Osceola.
Evan Lewis was business visitor
in Lucas on Monday.
w. II. Simpson left Tuesday for st.
Paul and other points in Nebraska to
look after his land interests in that
part of the country
Tuesday the Burlington road ran a
homeseekers' excursion from this
place to Oklahoma territory and there
were seven of Lucas county's farmers
who took advantage of the low rates
to go down and look over the country
There was but one of them, however