Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
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
Sagss, Are chronicled by The cour.
ter's Special Correspondents.
Charlton.

Charlton.
Charlton, March 22-Miss Pearl
Lewis, local editor OF the Charlton
Democrat, has been unable to attend
to her duties IT'S week Oh account of a
severe attacl ! the grip. which has
kept her confnea to her bed
Mrs. Anna Cowman and son, Jack,
of English township, have departed for
Colorado, where they go for the bene-
fit of the boys health.
Bert Howard, an old resident of
Charlton, will soon open up a photo.
graph gallery in Derby.
Clark Written, who recently moved
to Charlton from Cedar township is re-
ported as seriously i'll of heart trouble.
Miss Grace Clark is spending the
week with her sister, Mrs. johnson, of
Russell
Justice Long Thursday sentenced
Willie Ashton, sixteen years old, and
Eric Johnson, fifteen years old, to thir-
ty days in Jail for stealing chickens.
Perry Nickery missed 16 of his chick
ems Monday morning and in looking
around found them in the boys pos
session. He went down town to serve
out warrant for the boys when they
returned the chickens to his pen and
made their escape. For four days Con-
stable Adams had been watching for
the boys return to their homes without
result when on Thursday morning he
saw them get off train from the west
and took them to the justice office
where they plead guilty and after Sc
we're reprimand from the justice they
were sentenced to thirty days in Jail.
They effected their entrance to the
chicken house by breaking lock and
had they been so disposed those inter-
ested could have brought more SER
ious charge but owing to the age of
the boys and the fact that it was their
first offense it was made as light as
possible.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hampshire are
rejoicing over the arrival of fine boy
baby at their home on Wednesday.
Mrs. T. G. Walker left Wednesday
for few days visit with friends at
her old home in Burlington.
Miss Gertie WEIGH, teacher of Grove
school, assisted by her pupils will give
a fine literary and musical program
tonight.
Mrs. P. e. Johnson, who has been
| suffering for the past two weeks from
the effects of bursted blood vessel
in her head, has succeeded in stopping
the flow Of blood and is now SO far re-
covered as to be able to be around the
house again.
The funeral services of the six
weeks-old baby of Rev. and Mrs. P. ].
Borg, of the Swedish Lutheran church,
were conducted Wednesday from the
church. The little one had been sick
but a few days. Rev. and Mrs. Borg
| have many friends who sympathize
with them in their loss.
Lucas county is perhaps better sup
piled with telephones than any coun-
ty IN the state. Besides the Charlton
| telephone system which has connec.
lions with almost any part of the state,
there are ten or twelve rural lines that
connects every town in the county
with each other and with Charlton as
well as having the farm houses con-
nected. There are several mutual
lines built by the farmers between diff
ferent houses in each township and
from there they all run into the cen
trail Office at Charlton There are over
100 farm houses in the county that
now have telephones in them, and two
or three more lines thruout the county
are now in process of erection.
j. A. Campbell has moved his family
from the rooms on the square to the
house on Broden avenue and Thir-
teenth street, which he recently pur.
chased of H. L. Dukes.
The pupils of the high school have
made arrangements for issuing a
school paper for the remainder of the
school year. 1t will be charged for at
| the rate Of Is cents for the remainder
of the term and will be bright, newsy
little sheet of character that will
be of much benefit and entertainment
to the students 1t will be issued once
month and be under the direction OF
the officers of the paper elected by
them on Wednesday. They are as fol.
lows: Editor in chief, Tom Throck.
morton; business manager, Guilford
Crocher; sporting editor, A. G. Curtis;
literary editor, Fred Household
er; local editors, Josie Middleton, Lu
ellie Shannon, liver Crowley. They
have not yet chosen the name of the
paper, which will be printed by an ON
aha firm.
Mrs. s. A. Neff is reported as quite
seriously i'll with an attack of the grip
G. B. Van Saun, custodian of the
grand lodge of Iowa A. F. and A. M.
conducted school of instruction al
the hall Thursday afternoon and even
ing. Many Masons attended and were
greatly benefited by the work.
Geo. Foote has engaged to work fol
lP. Williamson on the farm in English
township this summer and will go tc
work next week.
1t is learned from the columns Of
the Courier that there is movement
on foot to start southeastern lowe
shooting association this summer ant
among the prominent wing shots Of
the state who will participate in the
shoots were mentioned the names O.
Storie Bros, of Charlton, Dave and Et
Storie have both made good scores il
shooting tournaments before now ant
should the association be formed viii
no doubt acquit themselves with cred
it in the matches to be shot.
4 The ladies of the Christian churcl
of this place are preparing to give al
open sale in the near future. Eacl
member of the society will make tw'
aprons and present them to the soci
lety for sale.
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