Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-06
NEWS FROM NEAR BY
Daily Doings Of Some Of o ttumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation Of
Sages, Are chronicled by The cour.
Lars Special Correspondents,
Charlton.

Charlton.
Charlton, June 6.-Mrs. M. r. Allen
returned Tuesday from a ten days
visit with her parents and other rela-
tves in Oskaloosa.
Mrs. ]. w. Lyons, son Claude and
daughter Martha depart Tuesday for
an extended visit with friends in and
around Denver, Col.
w. w. Noble, who has been on the
road with a company of players has
closed the season for the summer and
will spend his vacation with his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Noble of
Charlton.
Wallace Bruce, one of the managers
Of the Metropolitan Stock company,
was business visitor to Creston on
Wednesday in the interests of his
company.
There is another band of gypsies
bothering the people of Charlton this
week. There are thirty wagons of
them or about one hundred people in
the band. They have hitched their
wagons and pitched their tents just
outside the city limits near the fair
grounds to avoid the difficulty encount-
cred by the last band who were order
ed to move on by the authorities. This
band includes several old women who
claim to be fortune tellers and who
swarm over the town bothering people
they meet and calling at the houses.
The women beg and tell fortunes
while the men lie around camp in the
day time and goout and probably steal
at night. This band is said to be the
same one that was ordered out of
Creston and Des Moines and the aul-
thorities of this place would confer a
great favor upon the citizens if they
would run them away from here.
The l. o. o. F. lodge held very in
teresting and profitable meeting Tues
day night. Besides the regular rou-
tine business one candidate was shown
through the mysteries of the initiatory
degree by the most of the degree
team, and the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term of six
months: Thos. Patton, M. G.; G.. W.
A. d. Gray, treasurer. A. d. Gray
was also unanimously elected as rep
resentative to the Grand lodge from
this district.
F. M. Shular and A. J. Shular left
Tuesday for an extended visit through
Canada, where they go to look over
the country. While gone they will go
through the Alberta district and visit
their sons who are located in that part
of the country.
Mrs. Bowen has returned to her
home in Kansas after a weeks visit
with her sister-in-law, Mrs. VIM. Graf
ton, of this place.
James Lynch and family have ship
ped their household goods and depart
ed for Auburn, Neb., where they ex-
pect to spend some time with their
son, G. j. Lynch, before locating per-
manently
The Charlton public will certainly
have chance to be suited this
evening in the way of entertainment.
Besides the regular prayer meetings
the Christian church people are hold
ing a protracted meeting, and those
who are not religiously inclined have
their choice between Horace Huron,
the M. W. A. fun maker, at the opera
house, Hans Albert, the famous violin
list, at the Catholic church, and the
Metropolitan Stock company at their
canvass theater.
The two weeks old baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G. Thorpe, whose serious i'll
ness was noted in the columns of the
Courier some days ago, died Tuesday
evening. The doctor pronounced
whooping cough to be the cause of
death.
7. S. Crozier, member of the Lucas
county board of supervisors, whose
home is in Russell, was Charlton
visitor on business Wednesday,
Mrs. Emmett Enslow, who has been
SO seriously sick for the past few
weeks, has so far recovered as to be
able to be around the street once
more.
One of the heaviest storms of the
season passed over this county Tues
day evening. 1t began to rain about
II p. m. and kept it up all night and
part of the day Wednesday. About
four inches of water fell and it was
accompanied by strong wind, hard
hail, heavy thunder and sharp light
ming. The lightning struck three
houses in town doing considerable
damage. 1t also struck two barns and
completely destroyed one and killed
four head of horses. The rain came
down SO hard that it washed many
fields out, but altogether it did the
country more good in the way OF
rushing crops than all the damage by
lightning, hail and wind will amount
to.
Capt. j. S. Howard of Co. f, SIS
regiment, |. N. G., stationed at this
place has handed in his resignation
to the Adjutant General. Capt. How
ard has been engaged as travelling
salesman for the past few months anG
has been on leave of absence. His
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