The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-01-10
PERSONALS.
Tuesday.

Miss Annie Lovelace, who has been
in the city visiting for a number of
weeks with relatives and friends, de-
parted this morning for her home in
Des Moines
j. E. Flewwelling has resigned his
position as circulator of the Boone
Republican and has returned to this
city. He will be associated with the
Journal during the Farmers Institute.
Lewis Landmesser, of Jasper u
ty, and Geo. Landmesser, of Powe-
shiek county, are in the city visiting
at the homo of their brother, Daniel
Landmesser, of North G street.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. T. Dutton received
a telegram from Hastings, Nebraska,
yesterday notifying them of the ar
rival Of a granddaughter at the ] W.
Pickens home. Mother and babe do
ing nicely.
Col and Mrs. j. W. Hammond de-
parted last evening for San Antonio,
Texas, to be away six or eight weeks.
They will stop en- route for q visit
with relatives and friends in Kansas
City, Cherokee and ~Pleasanton Kas.,
and Stonewall, La.
Miss Sadie Tennent, who has been
an efficient and trusted employe in
the offices OF the American Coal Com
pany in this city for the past two
years, has gone to Muchakinock to
accept a position as st~enograpber in
superintendent B. @. Buxton's office.
Her old position here will be filed by
by Miss Rose Newbrand, who has
been employed as cashier in the store
at Evans for some time.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Ketner re-
turned from Colorado they had a copy
ofthe New Years edition of the Rocky
Mountain News shipped home by
freight. 1t arrived yesterday and Mr..
Ketner hired a dray and brought it
around to this Office for inspection.
1t is a wonderful newspaper produc-
ton, and the greatest wonder is how
such a thriving institution can advo-
cate populistic and calamity senti-
ments.
E. A. We'll, manager of Robert
Downing, was in town yesterday. He
promises to give us an attraction su,
perior to any in the line of legitimate
amusements. "Mr. Downing" h.
says, sis having the most successful
season of his extended career and is
packing houses wherever he and his
5 rong company appears. He is sup
port-d this season by Miss Alberta
Converse and an organization which
is said to eclipse in strength and fin
ish any company gotten together by
him for many years and well deserves
all the praise accorded him by the
press throughout the country Thu
histrionic tragedy, "Ingomar," will
be presented here,
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Hunt have re-
turned from New Providence where
they were called by the illness and
death of Mr. Hunt grandfather Sen
eca Wildman. Mr. Wildman was
nearlS 80 years old and was well known
by many OskalOosa people. He was
a minister in the Friends church and
until recent years was a regular at
tender Of Iowa Yearly Meeting. de
was a pioneer in Hardin county NOV
ing to the state when Iowa City was
the western railroad terminus. Uncle
Seneca, as all his acquaintances have
known him for mary years, has had
good health this winter. Only a week
before his death, which was the six
ty-seventh anniversary of his mar
riage, he wrote a letter to David
Thatcher, of this city, Mr.. Thatcher
being the only other living witness to
the marriage. Mr.. Thatcher replied
at once, but in the meantime Mr..
WiIdman had been taken with pneu-
and was too low to hear it.
The funeral occurred Sunday and the
body was laid to rest by the side of
his wife who died fourteen years ago.
Wednesday.
James r. Stein departed yesterday
for Des Moines to take up professional
duties at Drake university.
Lester Thomas, of Des Moines ,is in
The city visiting with friends and rel
itives for a few days 8.
John Green, of Abba, was in town
yesterday visiting at the homes of
relatives and friends.
Jay Cruzen and JEFF Harold are
quite i'll with the influenza. Mr.. Cru
is confined to his bone.
Mrs. Frank Stone is confined to her
lome by illness, a complication of
roubles caused by la grippe.
E. G. Blaisdell, of Des Moines, was
n town to-day calling among friends
md looking after business matters.
r. W. Thomas, of ottumwa, was in
he city this morning looking after
BUSINESS affairs and visiting friends.
Hiss Emma Fletcher, vino mas been
n the city for the past too weeks
listing at the home OF Mrs.Alice Ben
lett, departed yesterday for her