Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

day School, and if his remarks are
taken practically the attendance of
parents at Sunday school will greatly
increase. Miss Capitola Dukes, of
Charlton, talked on Opportunities
and Responsibilities of Teachers"
Miss Dukes spoke from practical ex-
perience of twelve years as a Sunday
school teacher and her remarks were
full Of good sound sense and profita-.
Bile suggestions of the good results
that may come from proper teaching
of the young people. The evening SER
vices We're opened by a song SER
vice led by the Presbyterian Sunday
school of this place, after which Rev.
A. M. Shea, of Corydon, delivered the
annual sermon. Rev. Shea has been
before a Charlton audience on several
previous occasions and made a good
reputation as fine talker, which rep
utation was fully sustained by his
talk Wednesday evening. Altogether
the meeting was grand success and
today's promises to be even more in
teresting.
i Varion Wells, the little son of Coun-
ty Clerk q. S. Wells, is in very seri-
GUS condition the result of a burn
while playing with fire. His moth
er was sick in bed and the little one
with neighbor children took advantage
of his mothers inability to watch him
and built alarge bonfire of grass
leaves and sticks. Varion took large
piece of paper to put on the fire when
a sudden puff of wind caught the pa
per which was on fire and blew it up
into his face. He was completely COW
cred with the burning paper like a
blanket and his face, hands and up.
per part of his body was very badly
and perhaps seriously burned, though
lit is thought that he is not fatally
burned.
i The congregation of the M. e.
church of this place welcomed their
new minister, Rev. Miller, Wednesday
evening with a very pleasant and en-
joyable surprise party. About seventy
; five of the congregation met and
marched in body to the parsonage
where they surprised the good minis
ter and; his wife in most complete
manner. After the shock of the first
surprise had worn off the minister
and his good wife entered heartily in
to the spirit of the occasion and pro-
ceeded to help the self-invited guests
ito make themselves perfectly at home.
, The evening was spent most pleasant
ly in social conversation, music and in
, talking over plans for the systematic
work of the church during his pastor.
ate. AS greater enjoyment for the
. pastor and his family each member
, of, the congregation had brought with
them some article of provision to re
, plenish their larder At a late hour
: the guests departed all feeling that
, pastor and congregation had come in
to closer relationship by the evenings
) enjoyment.
; Mrs. Jane Braden, one of the Oldest
and most highly respected citizens o.
: Lucas county, died at the home of he,
( daughter in the West part of towr
: Tuesday evening. Mrs Braden was
sixty-nine years of age and in fairly
: good health until week ago, when
: she was taken sick with stomach
! trouble which caused her death. She
] was born in Cadiz, Ohio, and came t.
f Lucas county thirty-five years ago, re
: siding on farm until the death o.
' her husband, VIM. Braden, eight years
: ago, when she came to town to make
. her home with her daughter She was
an earnest, faithful member of the u
P. church and had. been devout wor
shipper for nearly fifty years. She
was one of those church members who
carry out their professions in theil
daily life and many poor soul has
been made better and happier by he
tender Christian solicitude for theil
welfare. Mrs. Braden was a woman
whose death will be more than caus
ually mourned by her large circle O
friends. Rev. M. G. Mum of the UP
church will conduct funeral services
from the residence this morning a
110:30.
Joe Bertrand, of this place, was 9
business visitor in Osceola on Wed
nesday.
A. r. Hosea has returned to hi.
home in Charlton after an extended
visit in Osceola, where he has been
employed for the past few months.
w. l.. Randall, of Ottumwa, who ha!
been calling on the merchants of Char
iton for the past few years, in the in
terests of the Morrell packing com
pany, was around this week biddins
his friends goodbye, as he was making
his last trip over the territory before
leaving for Tennessee, where he eX
poets to make his future home.
Manuel Foster of English township
5 who has been blind for years, went t,
Creston this week to have his eye
: operated upon. He was accompanies
by his son, Douglas Faster, and Dr.
t. P. Stanton, of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Carlson are tn,
proud parents of fine, ten pound BIO.
r that arrived at their home in White
: breast township Tuesday evening
+ DR.. J. A. McElveen, wife and daugh
ter, who have been spending the pas
few months in Europe have returne,
to their home in Charlton. The doc
tor went as representative iron
Iowa to the International convention
> of physicians that met in London il
August.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wilson of Der
ton township, who recently sold thei
farm, have purchased the J. J. Myer