Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16
Charlton.

Charlton.
Charlton May 16.-Capt. N. B. Gard
ner, an old resident Of Charlton, but
now located in Monroe, is spending a
few days in the city renewing old &C
quaintances and visiting relatives.
Henry MILAN, "one of the boys" of
Charlton in the early Cos, but who
has been practicing law in Milan, Mo-,
for the past few years, is in the city
for short visit with his sisters, Miss
Josephine and Margaret Milan, and re-
newing old acquaintance.
The stock business on the 60 road
is beginning to liven up little. Tues
day evening there was train load OF
twenty-three cars came up on the
south branch and went east besides
the stock shipped from Charlton and
about twenty cars that went through
here from the west.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
will serve ice cream and cake at the
home of Mrs. G. j. Stewart this even
ing. A charge of Is cents will be
made for refreshments and good pro-
gram will be rendered for which moth
ing will be charged.
Mr.. and Mrs "A. B. Noble, of this
place had been married fifty years on
Tuesday and they decided to celebrate
the event of their golden wedding by
inviting a number of their friends to
spend the evening. Accordingly about
one hundred invited guests assembled
at their home on Armory avenue and
spent the evening most pleasantly in
social conversation and "reminiscences.
Off h re
course of the evenings entertainment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noble are old residents
of Charlton, having settled here when
the city was but village and have seen
the growth and progress of the city
with feeling of satisfaction and
pride. They have always proven
themselves excellent citizens and good
neighbors and they number their
friends by the hundreds. When the
guests departed Tuesday night they
left behind them many beautiful and
costly presents, including $125 in gold
coin as reminder of the high esteem
in which they are held by their neigh
bors and friends.
The warm weather of the past few
days has greatly livened up garden
truck which was somewhat dropping
from Sunday nights frost. 1t has also
put the fields in good working order
and started what corn was planted to
shooting. Those who have not yet
planted are now busily at work and
this week will almost see the corn all
plowed in Lucas county.
F. R. Croker recently foreclosed a
mortgage on the Co. F armory build
ing and negotiations are now in pro-
gress for the purchase of the same by
the K. P. lodge for use as lodge build
ing.
l.. J. Pershin has moved his shooting
gallery that has been stationed under
tent on the Banner lots on the South
Side, for the past two weeks, to Cory
don, where he expects to remain a
week or two.
Word has been received from Cres-
ton announcing the death of A. j. Ma
son, of that place, of consumption. Mr..
Mason was resident of Charlton for
many years where he worked on the
bridge gang of the c., B. & @. railway,
until his transfer to Creston about six
| years ago, where he has resided ever
since. He has been sufferer for sew
eral months and his DEATH though not
surprise, will be greatly felt by a
large number of Charlton friends. He
was an honest, upright, industrious
man, anu numbered his friends only by
the number of his acquaintance. He
leaves wife and two grown children
to mourn his death.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Milford depart
ed Tuesday for an extended visit with
relatives at Indianola, Clarinda and At
lantic.
About twelve of the philosophy class
of the Charlton high school very agree
ably and pleasantly surprised their in
structor, Prof. G. F. Goltry, at his
home Tuesday evening. The affair
was a most pleasant and enjoyable one
made more so by the fact of it's being
such a complete surprise. The pupils
took their own refreshments, consist,
ing of ice cream and cake, with them
which constituted no small amount OF
! the pleasure of the evening. Social
| conversation and music was the order
of the evening. The affair was given
as partial payment of the kindness
of the professor in taking the class
down to the power house some days
ago and allowing them to study the
principles of applied electricity as dem