Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-10
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA IN BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your Acquaintance as chronicled
by couricr's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton.

Charlton. Sept. 6-Mrs. Harry 10
dan formerly of this place, but now
located in Ottumwa was in attendance
MT the Yost-Glenn wedding On Wea-
nesday and visited with her friend,
Mrs. o. E. Wilson.
Carmi Mckinley, who recently re-
signed his position with n. S. Melville
of this place, has departed for Alba
where he has secured similar posi-
tion with Tom Zook of that place.
Miss Nellie Barley of st. Joseph,
Mo. stopped over in Charlton We'd
nesday and visited her friend, Miss
IJpdike. while on her way home from
a visit in Ottumwa.
Mrs. T. c. Walker returned Thurs
dav from days visit at the old home
in Burlington.
Tom Dawson, an old pioneer OF Lu-
cas- county, but who for the past few
wears has been located in Missouri, is
renewing old acquaintance ana VISIT
ing his son, VIM. Dawson.
Little Miss Helen McCaughn has de-
parted for a few days visit with
friends in Leon.
The omen season for prairie chick
ems commenced Sunday and one can
now lawfully kill that bird. AS con-
sequence there has been much actlV-
ity among the hunters OF this place.
nearly every day seeing from one 10
FIVE parties with guns and dogs, %ena-
ing their way toward the flelds where
the chickens can generally be founa.
Although the game is very scarce III
this section, yet the spirit OF huntlng
has lost none of its popularity anu
the dealers in firearms and ammunl-
ton report a decided increase IN thelr
trade this week. The shortness OF the
stubble in the cut fields and the dry
weather which has killed out the po-
tatoes affords but little protection 1of
the birds which now take to corn
fields for shelter. and makes hunting
very difficult. However some hunters
are successful and few bring in a
chicken or two as result OF day
tramp through the fields.
Harvey Drown departed wednesday
for Mt Pleasant, where he has secur-
ed a position in the composing room
of the Free Press office.
Mrs. B. F. Beckham was visitor
with old friends and relatives in OF
tumwa on Wednesday. She was Tor
merly resident of that place.
Dan WILDLY of English township
who has been SO seriously i'll for the
past few weeks of stomach trouble,
has so far recovered as to be able 10
be around once more though not yet
able to do much work.
With the advent of the month con-
tanning the letter "r' the festive oys-
ter has made it's appearance, and sew
eral restaurants now have them on
the bill-of-fare. The extremely warm
weather and the high prices asked,
however, make it somewhat of lux
ury which cannot be enjoyed by the
average citizen and the sale Is very
light.
At last victory mas perched upon the
banner of the Charitan ball team
They played match game OF bal!
Thursday with some farm boys west OF
town and the game, though marked
with much disputing, was very inter
esting, and resulted in victory FOL
Charlton by a score of % to 16.
Hon. ]. C. Mitchell, a former resi-
dent of this place, but now located il
Ottumwa, was transacting business II
Charlton Thursday.
Charlton is to have two more rura
free delivery routes in short time
One has been in operation for the pas
year and the success of this has IN
duced other citizens in different parts
of the county to petition for routes
Rural route No. 2, running through
Warren and Whitebreast townships
has been petitioned for many months
but the condition of the roads Woul'
not allow of an inspector going owe
the route until Wednesday, when al
inspector from Washington came GU
and went over the two routes in on
day. The third route will run out OF
the New York road, and crossing ovel
from Benton township west comes il
over the alright line. The length o.
the second route is twenty-siX and 6
half miles and that of route No. 8 is
twenty-three and half miles. Route
No. 2 serves a population of 679 and
route No. 3 gerves population of 5S2
The inspector after going over botE
routes will recommend them for ap
pointment and as soon as it can &c
through the routine of government
business, the routes will probably be
established and carriers appointed.
Miss Margaret Brown, assistant
travelling state librarian, of Des
Moines is spending few days il
Charlton visiting her parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. ]. A. Brown
Mrs. A. R. Becker has returned from
a few days visit with her parents il
Humeston.
Rev. ]. H. Moore, the Christian
church evangelist from Oregon, who
is preaching in the court house parl
each evening, has proven himself al
interesting and instructive talker ant
a deep student of the bible. His reun
ion Wednesday evening, though no
well attended on account of other at
fractions was on Instrumental Musi,
In Churches" from the Old Testament