Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-13

and visit to Yellowstone Park made
while enroute home
Mrs. Callie kinery of Greeley, Col.
orado, left Thursday after a few days
visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. B.
Burchett.
i Misses Elsie Darnell and Jessie Ev,
ane OF Troy are visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. j. c. Leach.
i Sigourney.
/ Sigourney, Aug. 1O.-Christophel
Cummins died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. j. L. Cochran, on
Thursday, August 8, at the age of IS
years Mr. Cummins had been an in.
valid for so years. Just one week be.
fore his death he got up in his deliri
UNI and falling, broke his hip. From this
he suffered greatly. The remains were
Inferred yesterday in the Sigourney
cemetery after due funeral ceremonies.
Mr.. Cummins leaves two daughters liv-
ing in Sigourney, one son at Chicago,
and one at Waterloo. His wife died
just three months ago at the age of
81 years.
| On Thursday A. j. Bensmiller sold
his 40-acre farm southwest of town
to John Adrian for $4,000 Mr.. Bens.
miller recently purchased this land fol-
$1,000.
Miss Ella Mclaughlin of Riverside,
who Is attending normal here, spent
Sunday with her brother, DR.. w. H.
Mclaughlin, at Webster.
| Mrs. Ed. Follin, former Sigourney
woman, was in town Friday. She trav-
els in the interests of the Unique Iron
company of Cedar Rapids
Mrs. H. c. Hadley and daughter
Helen returned to their home at Chi.
cago last night, after visit of sever
al days at the parental G. D. Woodin
home. Miss Emma Warrington accom-
panied them and will make her home
with them
Prof. Farmer went to Keota last ey.
ening to visit at home.
Miss Grace Lyle, Pearl Richie and
Miss Vandewater, who are attending
normal here, went to Keota last night,
to visit over Sunday at home.
Miss Maggie Striegel of Harper went
home last night
| Mis-. lie Mars returned to her home
at Dcs MCines last evening after visit
ing relatives here
Mrs. Martin Young returned last ev-
ening from 2 visit with relatives at
Rose Hill.
Mrs. Alice Utterback. daughter Ma
bel and son Ira went to Delta list night
/ to visit relatives.
| Mrs. Cora kindall of near Delta is
visiting this week at the parental J. l..
| Cochran home.
Earl Wallace left Thursday for At
Gibson, Kansas, to fire railroad en-
CINE on the Central branch.
Charles White and wife went to
What Cheer yesterday to visit Mrs.
Whites friends and relatives.
| keosauqua.
keosauqua. Aug. 1O.-Maj. Hugh
Brown, who has for the past three
months been enjoying trip through
the eastern states, has returned TO
keosauqua.
Mrs. Fannie Gleason, of Perry, this
state, and Mrs. Maggie Purnell, of
Kansas City, Mo-, were called to this
place by the sudden death of their
father, Judge Joshua S. Sloan.
Mrs. Jno. w. Rowley and daughter.
in-law, Mrs. Frank Rowley, of this
place. recently visited with relatives
at Stockport
| Mrs. G. r. Whitney and little daugh-
ter OF this place, are visiting in Keo-
kuk with relatives of Mr.. Whitney.
Attorney E. l.. McCoid and wife, of
keosauqIa, recently visited with Mr..
McCold's parents at Fairfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Daughrity,
wife and little child, of this place, re-
Gently visited in Cantrll at the home
OF Mrs. Daughritys parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. DR.. Cassidy.
| H. A. Butcher and wife. of Coal
Creek. Colorado, and Miss Emily Ball.
of Portsmouth, Ohio,recently visited in
this place with relatives. Mr.. Butcher is
principal of the schools at that place
and Miss Ball is also principal of the
high schools in her town.
MISS Lizzie Martin, of this place,
who has been visiting for several
months with relatives at Charlton has
returned to her home here and re-
ports very enjoyable vacation.
The first week of the county normal
has closed with an enrolment of 145.
l25 women and 20 men, Splendid
work is being done. There is one
more week of the session. The daily
program is divided as follows between
the instructors: ]. H. Landes, hand
book. arithmetic and history; David
Williams. grammar. reading and ply
sizes; A. 7. S. Coen. geography, histo-
~, civics and economics; D. 7. Solen-
barger, didactics. physiology and al
zebra; j. e. Moore, vocal music.
Cards are out for the marriage of
Miss Flora E., daughter of Nh. and
Mrs George Long, of this place, to
Samuel Brownlee, residing near this
place, at the residence of the brides
parents, on Aug. IA.
Mrs. Minnie Ream (nee Hartson) of
Peoria, ILL.,, is visiting in this place
with relatives.
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Eddyville
Eddyville, August 9--James N Ben.
nett, 3 prominent farmer residing five
miles northwest of Eddyvllle Is dead
Death was due to an attack of rheuma.
tism Of the heart. The funeral pro
oession was one of the largest seen
here for many a day The procession.
consisting of about s.xty-fve carriages,
extended over half mile in length