Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-25

secured pledges for keeping an evan
gelist in the field organizing Sunday
schools in Lucas county during the
coming summer and secured nearly.
500 or the amount asked in pledges.
E. P. Brightwell will teach the sum-
mer term of school at Davis school
house in English township this sum-
mer.
Mrs. Joe Morgan is spending the
week with relatives and friends in
New York, Wayne county.
Conductor ]. E. Sullivan has resum-
ed his duties after weeks lay-off
caused from sickness.
Mrs. VIM. Whitlatch of Pleasant
township is enjoying very pleasant
visit from her nephew, Willie Hart. of
Mcpherson, Kan.
James Welch of Belinda is able to
be around once more after protract-
ed illness of several weeks.
Anna Westling, graduate of the
Charlton high school has successfully
passed the examination for teacher
and commenced her first term of
school at the Hayden school near Luz
cas-.
Col. B. F. Clayton of Indianola is
spending a few days in the city the
guest of his daughter, Mrs. H. B.
Stewart.
Ed. Pitman, Jr., foreman of the
Charlton Herald Office, went down to
Leon on Monday to spend a few days
with his wife and relatives. He may
make arrangements to move his fam
ily.to Charlton to reside.
: Grandma Oehlman of Derby has de-
parted for Des Moines, where she will
spend the summer with her daughter
Mrs. Dir. West and family
Mary Zimmers commenced a spring
term Of school at Salem school house
Monday. This is the twelfth consecu-
tive term of school that Miss Zim-
mers has taught at this place, and it
certainly speaks volumes for her pop
ularity and efficiency as a teacher.
The many friends of Mrs. H. H.
Day, one of the Oldest and most high
1y respected citizens of Lucas county,
who has been seriously i'll for the
past few months of kidney trouble
reported as much improved in health
and may recover her complete
health.
The school board of the independent
school district of Charlton will meet
in special session tomorrow (Wednes-
day. evening for the purpose of elect
ing superintendent of the public
schools of Charlton. There are now
about fifteen applications from profess
sors all over the country, each pre-
senting excellent recommendations
and the task of re-electing one from
among the list of so many good men
will not prove an easy one.
Sunday was quarterly meeting night
at the NJ E. church. Rev. A. M. Shea
of Corydon conducted the services
Sunday afternoon which were in the
nature of a jubilee or praise meeting
and proved great success of spirit
ual help to the congregation. In the
evening Rev. Shea preached very
able, interesting and appropriate SER
mon after which the sacrament of holy
communion was administered to quite
a number of the congregation who
were present.
Charlton, April "a. Mrs. Anna
Smith has returned to her home in
Humeston after few days visit with
her sister, Mrs. C. w. Stuart, of this
place.
Prof. Morris, of Correctionville, was
interviewing the members of the Char
iton school board on Monday with a
view to obtain their support for sup
erintendent of the city schools, which
Office will be filed by the board at their
meeting this evening.
Mrs. H. l.. Lewis has returned to
her home in Ottumwa after weeks
visit with relatives and friends in
Charlton.
Vim. Peel and wife, former residents
of Charlton, but now located on farm
near Lacona, was renewing old &C.
quaintances in our city on Monday.
S. M. Green, the new proprietor of
the Charlton Herald, and his wife
were in Charlton Monday, looking up
house. They succeeded in renting
Mrs. Booths home in the northwest
part of town, now occupied by Mrs.
Randsell.
Mrs. N. j. Cook, one of the Oldest
and best known citizens of Lucas
county, died at her home in the west
part of town Monday evening, after a
two weeks illness of lung fever. Mrs.
Cook was about fifty years old and had
been resident Of Charlton for twenty
five years.
P. L. Adams met with very painful
though not serious accident while at
work Monday. He was up on a step
ladder when it slipped out from under
him and he fell to the floor, bruising
his knee in very painful manner,
that will lay him off from work for a
few days.
There has been an unusual number
of tramps invading this city for the
past few days. They get off the box
cars in large numbers and spread out
over the city and bother the busy
housewife with their appeal for aid.
The people of Brookdale and around
the yards are especially bothered and
as the city has not yet established it's
rock pile on which to work the lazy
lot it becomes necessary to employ
extra policemen to warn the Weary
Willies" and run them out of town. w.
c. Fuller has been employed for the
past few days as special policeman
with his beat around the railroad
yards and throughout Brookdale, and
he has been very successful in run
ming large number of them out of the
city, but in spite of his efforts, aided
by the regular police force, there is