Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-19
Daily Doings of Some of ottumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation of
Sages, Are chronicIed by The cour.
ter's Special Correspondents.
Charlton.

. charlton, March 15.-T. o. Hughes,
who has been SO dangerously ill with
pneumonia for the past six weeks, is
reported as much improved, but far
from complete recovery yet.
j. N. Cowles, recently elected to the
office OF second lieutenant of Company
II. Fiftieth regiment, l. N. G., of this
place, and who went to Des Moines
recently to take the examination re-
CURED of all commissioned officers,
has returned home and reports that he
was successful in passing good ex-
animation and will receive his com.
mission in few days.
Mrs. T. G. Walker was in Creston
Wednesday called there by the serious
illness of her mother, Mrs. Holiday.
r. M. Smith, one of the old residents
OF Lucas county, but who has been To-
Gated in Kansas for the past eighteen
years was renewing old acquaintance
on our streets Thursday
Ray Whitcomb, living in the east
part of town in mourning the loss of a
valuable work horse that died Wednes-
day, and he has another one that is
expected to die at any minute. What
the cause of the sickness is is not
known.
The school entertainment that was
to have been given by the pupils of
Grove school in District No. 4 tonight
hsaS been postponed on account of the
extreme bad condition of the roads and
the teacher, Miss Gertrude WEIGH,
hopes to be able to give it March %.
Cora V. Smith, the violin teacher
from Humeston, has organized class
in Charlton and came up Thursday to
take charge of the pupils. She spends
half her time here and half in Humes-
ton. teaching violin music.
j.. G. Hanna, travelling salesman for
the Warfield-P Pratt Howell Grocery
company who resides in Charlton, is
confined to his bed by a very serious
attack of the grip.
Mrs. L. N. Brownlee departed We'd
nesday for few weeks visit with rela-
tfyes in Nebraska, after which she ex-
poets to join her husband in Colorado,
who has preceded her about week,
and where they expect to make their
future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henshaw are enjoying
"a very pleasant visit from his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Haley and daughter, of Fair
field.
j. Lynch is spending this week on a
business trip. to the old home in Cen
teryille.
Thursday was the first day for regis
tration in Charlton and as it was the
first time the citizens had been COM
PEELED to register for the past few
years, the voters were slow about COM
ing in and giving their names to the
registration board. 1t became gen
orally known, however, that in order
to vote at the city election they would
have to register and in the afternoon
the board was kept quite busy. There
have been about $50 register in the
three wards and as thu heaviest vote
for the city on a general election is
about 900 it means that about one
half the voting population must regis
ter today of lose their votes.
f. L. Throckmorton, of Derby, was
a Charlton visitor on Wednesday.
The military company recently or
ganized at Abba was mustered into
the state service Thursday evening
and a number of the Charlton com
pany went down to witness the cere-
mony, returning on an early morning
train today.
E. @. Stuart has returned from few
days visit with his sister, Mrs. King,
of Garden Grove
The X. P. lodge of this place held a
very interesting and profitable meet
ing Wednesday evening. Two candi.
dates were given the initiatory de.
gree and three were shown thru the
mysteries of the second degree. This
lodge is one of the strongest in the
county now, numbering nearly 25C
members, most of whom are young and
active men and the work of the lodge
which has been taking in from one to
five members each meeting night
) shows how much interest they take
in lodge work.
Lee Culberson and family have
moved to the rooms on the square
above Crozier's store and are now
nicely located and ready to receive
their friends.
Thursday was another miserable day.