Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-06


will spend the summer. She has work
ed up a good class in music in that
neighborhood and will continue to
teach through the summer.
The long drought in this county was
broken with vengeance on Sunday
and Sunday night. While the rain
was very light in and around Charlton
heavy downpour passed over the
northeast part of the county that was
mixed with a good sized hail storm.
The hail did much damage to fruit and
small grain but the farmers claim
that the rain was one of the best they
have had since spring and that the
value to corn and pastures will more
than counterbalance the damage done
by the hail and they are accordingly
happy. The thermometer, which has
been standing very low for the past
few weeks during the dry spell, began
to climb toward the top after the rain
and Monday it ran up higher than it
has been this season, reaching at one
time as high as 90 degrees above zero,
which is of much value to the corn.
The mayor has issued proclama-
ton commanding all property owners
to cut the weeds and grass to the mid
die of the streets and alleys before
June 10. or the city will do it and
charge it up against the property; also
requesting all people to trim the trees
that hang over the sidewalks. If this
is as generally observed by our citi-
zens as was his cleanup day procla-
nation there will be but few proper
ties that the city will have to tend to-.
Victor Iindquist, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Lindquist, is laid up with a
very sore knee the result of an acct
ldent Saturday. He has some pet rab-
bits and one of them got loose. In go
| ing under shed after the rabbit he
struck his knee on piece of an old
bottle with such force as to cut long
| cash in the knee clear to the bone
| The doctor was called and after dig
ging out the small pieces of glass, he
| took four stitches in the wound and
unless the warm weather induces
blood poisoning he will be able to be
around again in short time.
| Sunday was observed as commun-
| ion day at the M. E. church of this
place. 1t was not the regular quar-
/ erly meeting time. but was observed
as special communion day for the &C
commodation Of a few of the older
members, who were unable to be pres
ent at the regular meetings. Rev.
| Vollmer preached very scholarly and
Appropriate sermon that was greatly en-.
joyed by those resent after which the
sacrament of the Lords supper was
administered.
Miss Alice Kelly, who has been stay.
| ing at the home of Mrs. w. E. Lewis,
of this place, has returned to her home
in Melrose.
/ The first wedding in the new Epis-
copal church at this place will be sol
emnized Wednesday evening, when
| Miles S. Johnson and Sarah G. Sweat
will be made man and wife. Miss
/ Sweat was former resident of this
place but now resides in Des Moines.
/ The officers Of Charlton certainly
seem to be in earnest in their efforts
to make life so miserable Cor the pro
| prietors of the joints on the "levee,
that they will have to shut up shop
and quit business. They made anoth-
er raid there Sunday afternoon and Sc.
cured about seventy-two bottles of beer
and small quantity of whisky. Again
Monday they made another haul and
cleaned up about forty-five bottles OF
beer and small keg of whiskey and
some wine. The liquor is stored in
the back room of Squire Longs office
4 which now resembles wholesale Ii
quor house.
/ Bruce's Metropolitan Stock company
opened weeks engagement here
4 Monday night under their large can
vass theatre at the corner of Eight
and Lincoln avenues. This is the
home town of the managers OF the
4 troupe and they showed their appre
4 citation of the efforts of the boys tc
please the amusement public by turn
| ing out in large numbers and almost
4 filling the tent The play was the rol
4 licking farce, my Uncle From Japan
and is breezy piece from start to fin
1 ish. The boys were certainly lucky ii
their employment of talent for every
member of the cast proved themselves
to be artists in the play Monday night
and the audience was highly pleased
with the production of he play. Dur
ing the course ofthe piecemany funn,
and pleasing specialies were inroduc
ed that avoided the tediousness of the
long wait usually experienced in play!
of this character. Mrs. Doroth.
Reeves illustrated songs were mos
| pleasing and interesting. Mrs. Reeve!
has beautiful soprano voice unde
good control and even without the all
. Of the pictures would have been yer.
pleasing. The buck and wing dancing
sketches, and especially the illustrated
: serpentine dances between acts wer,
! we'll received and were alone wei
worth the price of admission. Alto
gether the company proved itself t
!, be one of the best repertoire com
panies ever playing to Charlton audi
ence and the entire city felt proud .
4 the success their fellow townspeopl,