Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-12

work in Des Moines, returned Satur-
day to their homes in this city.
Edwin Sincox, the good old repub
lican of Foster, was in Abba Satur
day on business.
Nathan Huston, one OF the editors
of the Mt. Pleasant Daily and Weekly
journal. was looking over newspaper
offices in this city the last of the
week
L. NJ. Burlingame and Lee Forsythe
have returned from I4oveland, Colo
RADIO, and will spend the winter with
their parents in this county.
Frank Bracelet, 81 of Abba, and
were united in marriage at Squire
Wright's Office on Saturday afternoon.
The annual senior entertainment
part of next week.
The Abba party that witnessed the
fat stock show in Chicago consisted
of A. c. Watson, Al. Hilton, j. w. John
son, T. S. Patton and w. S. Fall.
r. ], Baker, of Osisaloosa. purchas-
ed a carload of horses in Abba Sat
urday and shipped them east.
Ed. M. Noble had the misfortune to
have an ankle sprained the past week
and is now going around on crutches
He went to step into buggy and
when the weight of his body was on
one foot the bottom of the buggy gave
way and he fell through, spraining the
ankle and bruising his limb in a bad
manner.
The married people had a dance in
Harmony hall on Friday night and en-
joyed themselves.
| A. l.. Sebille, at one time editor of
the Republican at this place and who
later received an appointment to the
census department at Washington, D..
c., has resigned the position and will
edit a daily paper at Bedford
| A small wreck occurred in Abba
Saturday afternoon on the Abba and
Centerville road. A heavy freight
was coming in and just as it arrived
in town a part of the train was cut
loose, as usual, from the rest, to run
into the main tracks. 1t was on
ly short time until the Wabash was
due and in order to do the switching
and get out of it's way the freight
crew was compelled to hurry. The
section started back and the part
that was left Kept coming on in and
the two parts came together near the
bridge that crosses the south track OF
the c.. B. & @. Three cars were de-
molished and the track torn UP con
siderably, but no one was hurt with
the exception of brakeman, who had
: his arm broken. A force of men
worked Sunday and it was but a few
hours until the track was cleared fol
: travel.
: Miss Brown departed Monday
for her home in st. Louis. She will
return to Abba in the spring.
John Ralston, who resides on farm
a short distance from Hooking, brought
load of oats to the Abba market last
Saturday and as he was unloading
them at Clark Bros feed store, south
of the First National bank, he fell
stricken with apopleXy. He regained
consciousness, but fell again later, and
was taken to the Office of the Drs
Powell, where ne kept growing worse
He was then taken to the home of his
daughter, Mrs. j. P. White, in the first
ward, where he died at o'clock Sun
day morning. Mr.. Ralston was an
aged man, being eighty years old, and
a much respected pioneer of this
county. The funeral was held yester
day and the remains We're inferred il
; a cemetery near his old home.
Two fires occurred Sunday, the frs
being the meat market owned by Mar
tin Bros. and located in a building OF
the northeast corner of the square
The damage to the fixtures was GOV
cred by insurance. The Voilant
studio occupied the rooms above, ant
while the stock was damaged some i
: : is covered by insurance and Mr.. Vol
and went to Des Moines yesterday
:. where he purchased new camera ant
new fixtures. The second fire wa
that of the Abba steam laundry, own
;, ed by M. G. Worth, and he had $50
!, insurance and figures his loss a
= $1,000. The building was owned b.
- w. A. Gray and he likewise had 500
insurance on $1,000 loss.