Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-14
LITTLE BITSOF NEWS
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA IN BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your Acquaintance as chronicled
by courier's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton

Charlton
Charlton, Nov. 14.-The third days
session of the board of supervisors |
was devoted mostly to allowing bills I
and hearing miscellaneous petitions.
Several bridge petitions and petitions
for the establishment of highways We're !
referred to various committees. The
official bond of w. H. Nichols of Lucas
for the position of justice of the peace
in Jackson township was presented and
approved. The quarterly statement |
from the auditor of state setting forth
the amount due the state from the care
of insane patents of Lucas county in
the state asylum was received and
showed a total expense for the past
three months for keeping twenty-four
patients in the asylum to be SSS5.60.
This is somewhat smaller than usual
and as soon as they can reach it in
their business it will be ordered paid.
After the morning session they adj
journed and drove out to the county
farm, conducted by F. d. Nisenender
and made careful examination OF
the affairs of the county farm and
found them in a most excellent and
satisfactory shape. Among the list of
claims allowed was total of S770.35
for the care of the paupers of the
county which includes all the expenses
contracted in the care of the poor OF
the county save the salaries of the
keeper of the county farm and the ov-
erseer of the poor.
Earl Lane, the little son of M. Lane
of this place, met with a very serious
accident while at play Tuesday that
will cost him the use of one of his eyes.
He was out in the yard and was trying
to lift long board when it broke and
Siivered, a small piece of it running
into his eye. He was taken to the Of
fee of DR.. Moffett, who says that the
sight of the eye cannot be saved as
the silver pierced the pupil, completely
destroying the sight He thinks, how
ever, that with reasonable care he may
be able to save the eyeball, but even
this is a difficult proposition. The lit
tie boy is doing as nicely as could be
expected under the circumstances.
DR.. Brown will soon have one of the
handsomest stuffed specimens of the
golden eagle in this part of the state.
1t was shot some weeks ago by Roy
Meadows and Ed. Bailey, while out
hunting in Benton township. 1t had
been seen in the neighborhood for
some time before they killed it, but was
supposed to be large hawk. The
bird measured feet inches from tip
to tip of its outstretched wings and
weighed fourteen pounds. The men
!, who shot it brought it town and gave
it to DR.. Brown, who has sent it off
to be stuffed and mounted. The pecul-
lar value of the bird will be in the fact
that it is the last eagle killed in the
county.
Tuesday was the fifteenth anniver-
sary of the organization of the Clio
club of this place and the women very
fittingly observed the occasion with a
reception and banquet at the home of
Mrs. w. w. Whitfield to which the
husbands of the members and few
other guests were invited. The even
ing was spent very pleasantly in music
and social conversation and carnations,
the club flower, We're given out as IA
vors. The home was very beautifully
and tastefully decorated in green and
white, the club colors, and bounteous
and highly enjoyable supper of five
courses was served at the conclusion
of the evenings entertainment. 1t is
not necessary to state that the thirty
men present all report very pleas
Hill GNtuiLS, WuSIl IL Is h1lOWu Iudl MIS-.
Whitfield acted as hostess.
The w. C. T. u of this place, an or
ganization that flourished and did
much good toard teaching and enforc-
ing temperance during prohibition
days, but which has been sadly ne
elected and run down for some years,
having almost abandoned their organ
ization, after having split up into two
different portions one doing active pc.
litical work while the other advocated
moral suasion, has been revived again
and begun an active campaign to Sc.
cure the better observance of temper
ance. The reorganized society held
very interesting and profitable meet
ing in the assembly room of the court
house on Tuesday and while the at
tendance was not large it was an ear
nest consecrated band of women and
they expect to soon increase the inter
est and attendance until they viii
again become an important factor in
temperance work.
Rev. Written, for ten years rec
tor of the st. Andrews Episcopal
church of this place handed his resig
nation as pastor to the official board O
the church at it's last meeting to take
effect about January 1, Rev. Whittier
is the Oldest minister in point of con
tinuous service in Charlton and it is
with deep regret that his many friend!
here learn of his decision to remove
from our midst. He expects to remain
in Charlton until spring when he will
take up new location. 1t is largely
due to his efforts that the congrega
ton here now has one Of the fines
church buildings in the state and the
final hour of parting will be deepl,
felt by his parishioners who wish hin
success wherever he goes.
Joe Morgan and family who hav,
made Charlton their home for the pas
year, have moved to Bethlehem
Wayne county, where they will reside
with his mother for the winter.
R. A. Hemphill, who drove out t.
Cedar township about ten days ago
and whose horse was missing when h
started home, had almost made up hi
mind that it had been stolen and tina
he would never hear of it again. H