Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
Charlton.

of the disease.
Charlton.
Charlton. April 30-The choir of
the Presbyterian church of this city in
their music at the morning services
Sunday rendered song that was ar
ranged by one of our own townsmen.
1t was an arrangement of the old famil.
lar hymn Rock of Ages" for two
voices. The song as sung by Rev. Or
mand and Mr. Hultz was pretty in the
extreme and the arrangement was a
piece of musical work E. j. Bechtal
was the gentleman who arranged the
piece and he has many more songs
and instrumental pieces both of his
own composition and arrangement.
Attorney G. e. Conner drove down
to New York Saturday evening and
preached two interesting and instruct
i've sermons to the congregation of
the Christian church at that place. Mr.
Conner, besides being practicing at
torney, is also graduate of the theo-
logical department of Drake university
and regularly ordained minister
e. o. Tullis, of Leon, is spending a
few days in the city visiting friends
and relatives.
Perry Pearcy, a former resident of
this place, but now located near Wood
burn, was an over-Sunday visitor with
old Charlton friends.
Mr.. Watson, one of the prosperous
grocers of Grant City, Mo-, is spend
ing few days in the city, the guest of
his friend, S. w. Maupin and family.
George Williams, colored man, is
reported as quite seriously i'll of stom-
ach trouble.
Floyd T. Matthews, of Derby, has
matriculated in the Charlton public
schools and will finish the spring term
as a student in the high school,
Mrs. Ella Gillespy, of Dumperlaine,
ILL.,, is spending few days with rsla-
| tives and friends in and around Char
| iton.
Sunday evening closed a six months
contract for Miss Edith Brant as choir
! leader for the Christian church choir,
and they will be without leader for
the present. The music Sunday morn
! ing was exceptionally fine, and of a
4 special character. Those of the con-
gregation who have been regular at
4 PENDANTS at the meetings cannot help
I but notice the improvement in the mu-
sic of the choir. Miss Brant is the mu-
sic teacher in the Charlton public
schools, and one of the best choir lead
ers in the state. Her engagement with
! the church at this place has been one
of long and constant labor. While she
has labored hard and earnestly. she
cannot help but be pleased with the
/ result of her labors, and it is with feel
ings of deep regret that the choir is
compelled to dispense with her ser
vices.
The new time card on the Burling
ton went into effect Sunday. There
. We're but few changes that affected the
travelling public of Charlton. Way
freight No. 81, which formerly left
4 here at 5 o'clock a. M, now leaves
about noon and runs clear through tc
the end Of the division, while Nos.
and 10, passenger trains, are discon
tlnued on Sundays. A few who were
not familiar with the change, and hat
, made arrangements to travel on thu
discontinued trains, were left, bu
. aside from that but few noticed tn,
change
Mrs. Florence Stuart, who was calle'
!; here last week by the death of he
mother, Mrs. w. A. Cook, has returne
to her home in Washington, Iowa.
l.. G. Peake has returned from
, weeks visit with his parents in De
: catur, Illinois.
: James Treasure, superintendent o
| the Hiteman public schools, was o.
oyer-Sunday visitor with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Treasure, o
/ Charlton.
]. w. tastes and wife, formerly resi-
| dents of Cedar township, this county
/ but who recently sold their farm AM
have been spending the past few week
Y visiting relatives at the old home il
l the east, are spending a few days il
Lucas county before moving to In
Y dianola, where they will make thei
: permanent home, having purchase
: property near there.
Y Charlton, May is. M. Greene o
2 Clarinda, the new proprietor and edi
tor of the Charlton Herald, came t,
/ town Monday and took possession o
here to live in few days.
h John Phillips of Russell was visit
e ing relatives and friends in Charitol
]. on Monday.
l. Mrs. j. A. Brown has departed TO
II CouHcll 6luHS, Wnefe Sne goes TO al
tend the meeting of the Women's club
e Of the state of Iowa as delegate fror
t. the Zetamathean history club of thi
t place.
d DR.. T. P. Stanton was a visitor i
e Ottumwa Tuesday.
j. B. Tacker has returned from
K few days visit with his son, Lee Tacl
r er, and family of Abba.
r Mrs. Dollie Chestnut and son, job
D | Dewey, of Oakland, Cal, are spendin