Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-09
East ottumwa News.

business Monday and Tuesday
The kindergarten opened last We'd
nesday after having been closed dur
ing ten days vacation.
w. D. Turner is building comfort
able home on Iowa avenue. The
work is being done by D. W. Emery.
DR.. F. w. Hinnitt, president of Par
sons's college at Fairfield, was bust
ness visitor at the packing house last
Tuesday
Miss Nellie Crozier, of Abba, has
returned home after a visit at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Glew, on
Mabel street.
Nels Pierson, one of the transfers
employed by John Morrell & Co., has
been off duty few days this week
on account of illness.
Ed. Jennings has been transferred
from the killing gang to the beef
house to fill the position vacated by
the resignation of Adam Lerche.
Ed. Mosier, member of the killing
gang, went to Liberal, Kansas, on bust
ness last week, and has decided to
make that place his future home.
John Martin, one of the boys form
erly employed in the trimming room
at the packing house, has resigned his
position and returned to his former
home at Keokuk.
Adam Lerche has left the service of
John Morrell & Co., by whom he was
employed in the beef killing depart
ment, and has become a member of the
city's police force.
Zell Zimmerman, night watchman
at the packing house, was off duty a
part of this week owing to the illness
and death of his brother-in-lay, the
late John Strohauer.
Charles Bullock is the proud pos
SCISSOR of pair of beagles recently
sent him from London, Canada, py
relatives. The dogs are fine speci-
mems and are valuable property.
Ray Bently, of st. Joe, Mo-, who
was formerly employed at the pack
ing house as foreman of the heading
gang, and who, left this city about
year ago, was here on business this
week.
Last Monday was April Fools day,
and many were the pranks of the boys
on each other. Mr.. Armour, the COM
pany's electrician, received barrel
supposed to contain electrical goods
from Chicago, and which, when open
ed, proved to be empty save for let
ter, reading april fool"
A. L. Reynolds received letter
from Dr. Harry j. Watson last Tues
day, which had been sixty days in
reaching this country. The doctor is
stationed so far from Manila that
letter is ten days in going from his
post to that city. He is well and
sends best wishes to all his Ottumwa
friends.
S. H. Noel, of Dubuque, was in the
city last Wednesday and had a meet
ing with the stockholders of the Iowa
Mexican Plantation Co. in the even
ing. Mr.. Noel had just returned from
the plantation owned by this COM
pany, and gave good report of the
progress of the property. A number
of the stockholders are East Ottum-
wa people.
John Strohauer, whose death oc-
Cured during the week just past, was
an old employee Of John Morrell & Co.
and was greatly admired by all the
men who knew him. He has been a
severe sufferer for several years, hav-
ing contracted disease of the bones
of the hip some time ago, but always
worked whenever he was able, and
often when not able. During
all this time his faithful wife has
been an aid and comfort to him, cheer
ing him with her presence and help
ing him in every way, and now, in
her dark hour of sorrow, she has the
sincere sympathy of all the old
friends and former fellow employees
of her husband, and of others who
knew him.
There will be no debate at the
meetings of the East Ottumwa society
after next Tuesday evening, for four
weeks, on account of the trial of
Charles McKinnis and Neil Horn;
which will be held before Judge w.
H. Foster in the reading room. The
prisoners will be tried on the charge
of killing rats which did not belong
to them. They will be prosecuted by
Attorney Ramsell and the counsel for
the defense will be Attorney Harry
Foster. The trial will be before a
Jury and much merriment is expected.