Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-14

officers who will carry on the work.
w. A. Work presided at the meeting
and John F. Rugg acted as secretary
pro tenn in the absence of Capt. S. B.
Evans, who has filled this office since
the first meeting.
William P. Gilbert, of. this city, has
filed application thru his attorney,
Seneca Cornell, before Referee in
Bankruptcy John w. Lewis, asking
| that he be declared bankrupt. His
| liabilities, which are made up of bills
owed in Mt. Vernon and Lisbon,
amount to $712.22, and his assets are
nothing.
j.. A. Phillips today closed the deal
by which he conveys to j. B. Sax the
building now occupied by the Famous
shoe store, and which as such has
been one of the landmarks in Ottum-
wa commercial circles for several
years. The price is Sill 900, which is
| $1,000 in advance of the price paid by
Mr.. Phillips for the building several
years ago.
Last evening at o'clock at the pa
rochial residence of Rev. Father Kelly
occurred the marriage of Miss Mary
Oman and Chauncey A. Graves, the
ceremony being performed by Father
Kelly. The bride is we'll and favora-
bly, known. and has lived in the city
most all her life. Mr.. Graves is. an ex-
perienced cigar maker, and was for
merly one Of the members of the OF
tumwa fire department. Mr.. and Mrs.
Graves will make their future home
on North Market street.
George Riley, formerly proprietor
and editor of the Ottumwa Daily Press,
| is in the city few days on business.
| Mr.. Riley has accepted the position of
| travelling correspondent and solicitor
for the Engineering and Mining Jour-
| nal of New York. and after ten days
spent in Iowa, he will go to Montana,
Idaho. Washington, Colorado. Utah,
Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and
California. He will devote most of
| his time to working up business in the
mining districts of the west, where a
great deal of heavy mining machinery
| is used. Mr.. Riley has been engaged
| in newspaper work all his life and is
a gifted writer.-Des Moines Leader.
| People having dealings with J. A.
Phillips today could not help but no.
| tice radiant smile which overspreads
his countenance continually. Not that
| it is at all unusual for Mr. Phillips to
smile, Tut because of the extraordina-
Try cheerfulness and congeniality he
displays. The immediate conclusion
is that he has been fortunate, but in
what particular manner is unknown
until the announcement is made that
at the Phillips home yesterday there
arrived a ten pound son, and that this
! is the cause of the added radiance
which characterizes the fathers smile.
Messages of congratulation are the or
der of the day. with Mr.. Phillips.
Sunday at high noon, at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John M. Fry, in West Grove, oc-
Cured the marriage of Miss Bertha
Fry and Mr.. David H. Criley, of this
city. The ceremony was performed
in the presence of large number of
friends and relatives, by Rev. D. w.
| Misener, pastor of the Christian
church. of Ottumwa. After the cere-
mony wedding dinner was served.
| Many beautiful wedding gifts
were received by the young
couple. The bride is popular
and highly esteemed young woman of
West Grove, while Mr.. Criley is a
well known young business man of
i Ottumwa. Mr.. and Mrs. Criley will
make their home in this city, in cot
tage on Willard street, having come to
Ol,umwa last evening.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Miss Regina Mccormick of High.
land Center, was in the city today Wis
iting friends.
Marriage licenses issued today are
as follows: H. S. Whetley and Mrs.
Kate Drake; John Narver and Miss
Daisy Hill.
William Mcdaniel left today for
Colorado Springs, Col, where he has
accepted lucrative position with a
grocery firm.
Miss Ida Bernstedt and Miss Alma
IHagberg went to Munterville this af.
Iternoon to visit until Monday with rel.
iatives and friends.
Mrs. Elmer McKelvey left yester.
day for Seattle, Wash, to join her hus
band, who for the past several months
has been employed in packing house
in that city.
The friends of Shelton Hale, who
has been very i'll for several weeks
will be pleased to hear that he is rap
idly improving in health and will soon
be able to be on the streets again
Albert Brown, an engineer on the
Wabash, who formerly had the loca
freight run between this city ant
Moulton, has been transferred tt
/ Moberly, with a run from that city
to st. Louis. Mr. Brown is a reliable