Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-19
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THE VICINITY OF OTIUNWA IN BRIEF
s'rths, Deaths, marriages, Movements
or Your Acquaintance as chroncled
ny courier's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton.

Charlton, Dec. 1S.-One OF the most
interesting cases of this term of court
was being tried Tuesday by Judge
Roberts. 1t was the case of Frank
Schllilg VS.. Geo. White for $4,000
damages for the alienation of his
wife's affections. The case promises
some spicy and sensational testimony
and as is usual in such cases the court
room was packed with a crowd of in
tereSted gossip mongers, there being a
larger crowd than at any previous
case TINS term, not excepting the Sage
murder trial. The case is compan-
ion to the case of Nellie Schillig VS..
Frank Schiliig for divorce and upon
the decision of this case largely rests
the proceedings in the first case. A
jury was being secured and the open
ing statements of the attorneys made.
At the conclusion OF the statements of
the attorneys the judge ordered all
women and children from the court
room and the taking Of testimony was
begun. The attorney for the plaintiff
insisted upon the rule OF excluding
witnesses from the court room except
when giving evidence and the judge
sustained their request save in the
case of Mrs. Schillig, who was allow
ed to remain during the testimony of
her husband. Mr. Schilig was the
first witness called and he was kept
on the stand for nearly five hours
The case will probably take three or
four days for its completion as about
fifteen witnesses have been subpoen-
aed The progress OF the case shows
that it will be hard fought legal bat
tie and both sides seem to be laying
the grounds for an appeal in case it
is decided against them as the evi.
dence is slow in being completed, be-
irg so frequently interrupted by OBJ
Jections and exceptions to the judges
ruling
The NJ. w. A. lodge, No. 272, held a
very interesting and profitable meet,
ing in their camp room Monday even
ing. Besides the regular routine work
OF the lodge one member was given
the central obligation and will be
shown through the mysteries OF wood
craft at the next meeting, while an
other applicant was favorably voted
upon. DR.. T. H. Boynton was elected
as an additional examining physician
and arrangements We're made for
opening the charter to q deputy for the
purpose OF increasing the membership
of the lodge which now numbers about
275 and is being increased at each
meeting by ore or two members.
The. extremely cold weather and
has greatly stimulated the blacksmith
ing business, everybody wishing to
haf-e their horses shod at the earliest
poa -ible moment. Every blacksmith
in the city has had more work than
n h.
and farmers who come to town early
IN the morning have been compelled to
wait until late at night before they
could get their horses shod. One
blacksmith reports a record of eighty
shoes driven in seven hours and more
than twice tnat many turned away.
Almost everybody is employing extra
help and still it is impossible to get
the horses shod and many are still
driving bare foot or smooth shod
horses until the blaclksmith's can find
time to do the work a few who are
more anxious than their neighbors to
get their horses shod are engaging
their turns one and two days ahead of
time.
Rural mail routes No. and begun
operation in Lucas county Monday
morning or about two weeks earlier
than was expected. W. G. Fuller and
W. e. Badger are the carriers and
both have neat and handy mail wag-
ons nxed for the handling of their
mail Route No. 2 is twenty-siX and a
half miles long and supplies a popula-
ton Of 600 inhabitants. 1t runs south
to Freedom, three miles west, two
miles north, one and one-half miles
west, two miles north, one mile east,
one mile north, quarter of mile
east, two miles north, two miles west
to the old Mormon trace road, thence
to town. This route will carry more
than any other rural route in the state.
Route No. 8 is twenty-four miles long
and supplies a population of $50 and
is the straightest route in the state,
and over some of the best roads in
the county. 1t runs out on the New
York road to quarter of a mile in
side the Wayne county line, thence
west one and a half miles to the air
tight road on which it returns to town
Howard Vickroy. VINO has been laid
off from work for the past few weeks
from sickness has so far recovered as
to be able to be at his work in the
coal house again.