Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01
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.

lion papers Pan-Amerlcan Young COLI
test closes tomorrow and much inter-
est in manifested in the final outcome.
Miss Maude Mcfarland, of Charlton,
is still in the lead with Miss Maude
Williams, of Lucas, a close second.
Owing to the absence of Rev. Sand
erson, the regular minister Of the Chris
tian church, Attorney G. e. Conner,
who is also an ordained minister con-
Quoted services in the morning Sun
day. There were no services Sunday
evening.
Arthur Hunter, of Charlton, is as
sisting Joseph Gillespy, of Lincoln
township, in his harvest field.
VIM. Selby and family, old residents
of Lucas county, but now located at
Boulder, Colo, are spending a couple
of weeks with old friends and rela-
tives in Pleasant township.
James Baker, of Liberty township,
has returned from the western states
where he went in search of health. but
his friends are sorry to note that he is
no better, being nearly gone with con.
SUMPTION
Mrs. J. H. Mcfarland is reported as
quite seriously i'll of stomach trouble.
Miss Marie Bernard has returned to
her home in Charlton after an extend
ed visit with her brother in Arizona.
Mrs. D. A. Kelsy and daughter, of
Washington township have returned
from few days visit with relatives
and friends in Lucas.
Rev. c. F. Sanderson has returned
from LenoX where he preached a trial
sermon Sunday morning and evening.
Mrs. Dan Barnes, who was so SER
iously i'll last week and whose life was
despaired of has so far recovered as
to be able to be around.
The preliminary hearing of Charles
Holdren, charged with highway rob-
berry from the person of A. w. Mitch
am, the driver of the Standard Oil
Company's wagon, last week, was held
on Monday. He waived examination
and was held to the grand jury in $500
bonds which he was unable to furnish
and was remanded to jail. Constable
Waynick is authority for the state
ment that the money, $50 in all, has
been recovered from hole where it
had been buried. The information
was given through the people who
room in the same house with Holdren
who. it is alleged, heard him talking
to his wife about where he had placed
the money:
4 Fred C. Woods is enjoying very
pheasant visit from his mother of Ben
ton township this week.
Thos. H. Irwin, of Union township
one of the Oldest and most highly re
Sspected citizens of Lucas county, has
just traded his handsome $40 acre
farm, valued at $4,000, for town prop
erty in Des Moines and expects to
move his family to the Capital City tc
live about September /.
Charlton, July 31--Mrs. Guy Gil
crest, of Centerville, has returned tc
her home after an extended visit witt
her father, L. Baker, of this place,
Mrs. Josephine Powell, for year:
resident of this place, bu
now located at Hamburg (Ia), stop
ped over in Charlton Monday while
enroute for visit with her parents 81
Melrose and spent the day with he
friend, Mrs. Lizzie Eichenburg.
Floyd Parker, who has been work. n;
in Charlton, left Tuesday to join hi
mother, Mrs. E. D. Burchly, at lois
kan.,she having preceded him severa
months.
Chas. Hass has returned from tn
gene to take part in the government
drawing of lands.
Chas. Lewis, who is employed i
Palmer's department store, is takin
weeks vacation which he is spent
ing in Ottumwa and Lovilia, visitin
Jess Taylor and his brother, Natha
Lewis.
Hon. j. A. Penick, has returned froI
H. 30 ~
yestigate the mysterious drowning {
his brother, C. E. Penick. He report
the body not yet found and no new d,
velopments or evidence in regard
the accident.
Mr.and Mrs.A. z. Kirby and daughte
and Mrs. F. M. Kilburn, of Humestol
came up Tuesday and spent the da
with Mrs. Kirby's daughter, Mrs. A.
Recher, of this place.
Another fine rain visited this sectio
Tuesday morning. While the wind d
no damage in our immediate vicinit
a heavy and very destructive win
storm is reported about ten mill
northeast of here. Hay shocks WEI
torn to pieces, fences blown down, al
out buildings destroyed and some stoi
is,reported to have been killed. The
was about one inch of rainfall
Charlton and the lawns are now b
ginning to take on greener appea
ance. The rains Of the past few da
have put the ground in excellent shal
for working, and all over the city II
people are re-planting their garden
There was more seed sold this wei
than during time of similar length tn
year. Many are now planting poi