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

Charlton, February 1.-THE 18th
of February was Lincoln's birthday.
The 22d of this month is Washington's
and Lowell's birthday, and the 9th
is Longfellow's birthday. There is no
public observance of any OF
the days in Charlton, but
Miss Stella Cook, the assistant IL
brarian of the free public library, has
prepared and placed in the childrens
department of the library rooms a
bulletin containing pictures from the
lives of all these famous men and a
short sketch of their lives. The pic
lures are a great help in impressing
the happenings On the minds of the
young and these pictures will be a
great addition to the work of the Ii
brary
A. L. Failyer. of Wapello, Iowa, is
spending a few days in the county, the
guest or the Harding family in White
breast township.
Clark Huntley has returned from
Chicago, where he went last week
with his fathers cattle. Mr.. Hunt
ley's stock was of the best and had
received the best of care, so he receiv-
ed good price for them. They We're
on Mondays market and he realized
s5.40 for them.
VIM. Williams, an old resident of
Lucas county, but now located near
Jay, Clark county, was transacting
business and renewing old acquaint-
ances in Charlton on Tuesday.
John S. Noble, who has been work
ing for Biddison in the harness shop
at Leon, has returned to Charlton and
begun work for j. NJ Kneeland again.
G. w. Pickerell and daughter, OF
Confidence, were in Charlton Wednes-
day transacting some business and
visiting his son, Albert Pickerell.
The members of the choir of the
Swedish Lutheran church to the num-
Der of a dozen had very enjoyable
time and a delightful sleigh ride on
Tuesday evening, when they loaded
mo bab-sled and drove to the home
OF a member of the church at Amity
and proceeded to have a good time.
The sleighing was fine and the wealth
er mild and all present were out for a
good time, which they had.
The funeral services of Mrs. Jane,
Written, of Cedar township, who died
suddenly at her home on Sunday. ar-
ter returning from visit at the neigh
bors, were conducted Tuesday after
noon from the family residence. Mrs.
Written was born in Ohio IS years
ago and married r. L. Written when
about thirty years old They moved
to Iowa in few years and settled on
the farm where she died, and where
where they have resided ever since.
Her death was due to heart trouble
from which she had been a sufferer for
years. She was we'll known and low
ed by a large circle Of Lucas county
friends for her many womanly traits
and little acts of kindness which she
had been constantly bestowing upon
her neighbors and friends.
The recent SHOWS have proven quite
boon to the hardware dealers of this
city in the way of stimulating the
trade in snow shovels. With the ad-
vent of thawing weather some of the
citizens went to buy snow shovels,
and the merchants We're unable to sup
pie the demand owing to the recent
heavy SHOWS. They also declare they
had a good stock of shovels on hand
at the beginning Of the snow.
The famous highway robbery case
that has been attracting much atten-
ton in this term of court has been
completed at last and given to the
jury, who is still out considering it,
The case is the State Of Iowa VS.. Dave