Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-02

night enroute to Eft. Madison with two
prisoners, and to Mt. Pleasant with
one patient. One of the prisoners was
man picked up in this city during the
carnival last fall by Chief Gray, on
suspicion of being pickpocket
Misses Kitty Murphy and Maggie
Jones, two accomplished young ladies
who for the past year have been at
tending st. Joseph's convent of Ottum.
wa, returned home Thursday evening
to spend their summer vacation with
relatives and friends. They like the
school work at that place very much
and speak highly of the school-Iowa
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Before a number of visitors from
Mt Pleasant, Mystic and Centerville
Malta Commandery, No. 81, Knight
Templar worked candidate through
the Red Cross and K. L. degrees at
it's hall on East Main street last night.
Eminent Commander H. e. Valentine
of Centerville took the station of Emf
nent Commander Mollison, of this city
and conducted the work Refresh.
ments were served all during the even.
ing, and royal good time is reported.
G. L. Waite of Mystic was the recip.
lent OF the degree work last night.
From Mondays Daily.
Miss Cora Augustine, of Agency,
was in the city Saturday evening WIS.,
iting friends.
Miss Emma Lane, of Bloomfield,
spent Sunday with Misses Sallie and
May Baum, south of the city.
| A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. E. o. Hedrick, 400 West Fifth
street, at o'clock Sunday evening.
Marriage licenses have been issued
as follows William O.Donaldson and
Miss Anna Apologize; James McMoni-
| Traverse and Miss Halle Hotchkiss;
B. E. Anderson and Miss Ethel LaRue.
| A. H. Helper and Miss Georgia Van
Cleave, Seattle, Washington, who have
been in the city the past few days, the
guest of T. Turpin, on North Willard
street, and at the home of Phillip Ross,
204 North Davis street. left this morn
ing for Blallesburg where they will
visit relatives and friends.
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Lambert, of Ag-
ency, were in the city today enroute
home from Martinsburg, where they
attended a camp meeting which is in
progress at the Methodist church at
that place The meeting has been a
great success and is in charge of the
pastor, Rev. l. B. Taylor, assisted by
the Monkman Brothers, two well
known evengelists.
The Fairfield and Ottumwa railroad
company has filed a deed with County
Recorder Gilmer transferring its
property in Jefferson county to the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
company. TheeFairfield and Ottumwa
railroad consists of the new double
track which has been built in this
county west of this city. The makers
e. Jarvis, respectively president and
secretary of the F. & o. R. R.-Fair.
| field Journal.
The Chicago, FIT. Madison and Des
Moines railroad company through its
president, j. w. Blythe, and secretary
H. E. Jarvis, filed deed with county
recorder Gilmer, conveying portion
of their right of way in Jefferson coun
Ity to Harry c. Mutt, of Burlington
4 The portion of right of way which
comes under this deed is the part Of
the old right of way which was aban
doned when they ran their trains OF
the Burlington tracks to Ottumwa
The c., F. M. & d. M. railroad com
pany also filed deed conveying theil
right of way which they are now us
4 ing to run their trains over to the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail
road company. So that now the G. F
M. & D. NJ, company does not own
any more land in this county.
field Journal.