Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14

electlOn. Inc registration boards OF
the various wards will be in session
at the customary voting places of
such wards to receive the names of
those entitled to register and vote on
Thursday and Friday, March IA and
10. All who wish to vote at the com
ing city election, March %, must reg
lister their names ON one of these two
days or be deprived of their vote on
election day. This is the first time
since the repeal of the registration
law in cities of less than $500 that
the citizens of Charlton have been re-
quired to register and there will prob
ably be many lose their votes for
want of registration.
J. w. Corey of Columbia has moved
his family to the old Maneley Smith
farm which he expects to cultivate
this season.
The floral culture society held
very interesting and profitable meet
ing at the home of Mrs. e. Copeland
on Monday afternoon. There was a
very good attendance of the. members
of the society and plans were made
for the work this season. The society
has done much toward the beautifying
OF the city and much interest is taken
in their work by the citizens.
Dr. l.. O. Reinard departed Tuesday
for California for few weeks visit
with friends and with the object of
looking over the country with a view
to locating there permanently.
A. G. Johnson, formerly of this place
but now located at Derby was renew
ing Old acGuaintances and transacting
business in Charlton
T. D. Mckinley, an old resident of
Lucas county residing near Russell in
Washington township, was calling on
Charlton friends Monday
There is good prospect of securing
a novel attraction sometime this sea
son in the shape of the New England
Bloomer Girls baseball club. The
manager of the club has written let
ter to Charlton parties to secure
date for his attraction between April
and June and some of the local base
bal sports are contemplating the
formation of a baseball club to play
the girls on their arrival
Will Beck and family, who have
been living with his mother, have
moved some two or three blocks fur
Their north and are now nicely located
in their new home.
A serious shooting ARRAY occurred
at Cleveland No. on Monday. 1t
seems that a foreign miner and a col
ored man had some little difference
of opinion Sunday night when both
men became angry. In the morning
as they were coming out of the Roch-
ton coored boarding house the colored
man, Henry Miller. begun to shoot and
| I'D ,,.l- FD,
Mackey, in the leg and another in the
arm. Mackey came to Charlton and
| had the bullet extracted and the Off
GERS went down to Cleveland to get
the man, Miller. The reports of the
shooting are somewhat conflicting,
many ella ming that Mackey also did
some shooting, others declare that he
| had nothing to shoot with. The affair
will be investigated by the officers
and the truth of the affair will come
out in due time in the court.
Mrs Mabel Best of Russell spent
the day Tuesday visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs D. S. Myers, OF this
i place.
1, Grover. Taylor has sold his farm in
4 Whitebreast township to Mrs. ]. A
VENT and will have a public sale OF
! all his farming implements on
4 March 20.
Justice Longs court was occupied
Monday by the hearing of very in
1 teresting case. that Of Noah Moore VS.
Ed. Badger for $50 interest money
claimed to be due him The case was
tried before a jury and after all the
evidence was in and the attorneys
had made their pleas the jury retired
After several hours spent in delibera
ton it brought in verdict in favor
of the defendant.
4 Monday was SCHOOL, election
day and what at first prom
ised to be a, quite uninterestins
election turned out to be a very eXcit
ing, hard-fought battle OF ballots. l
was at first thought that the present in
cumbenI, H. H. Larimer would have
no opposition but just before time TO
!, the polls to open the friends OF G. w
Ensley brought out his name ant
worked so hard for him that they sue
ceeded in landing him winner b,
only fourteen votes out of nearly fou
hundred cast. The personal work in
dulged in brought out the large vot'
which for school election is unprece
: denied being almost full vote on gen
eral elections.
Virgil Forte and. family of Belinda
, have moved onto the Harvey Savag'
farm in English township, which the.
recently rented for this season.
S. N. Dale and family, OF Leon, hav
moved to Charlton and will make thi
place their future home. The famil,
comes highly recommended as goo
citizens and are gladly welcomed t
: Charlton.
Fred Stevison has returned to hi
home in Newbern after weeks visi
with his parents, MI. and Mrs. w. i
Stevison. OF this place.
S. S. WILDLY has resigned his pos
ton as janitor in the new high schoc
building and r, r, Richmond, the co
ored inventor, has secured the positio
and began work on Monday.
Charles Williams and George Coz
ner, of Derby, have moved their fan
lilies to Polk county, Missouri, wher
they will make their future home
both gentlemen having rented farm
in that county.
C. G Extrand and family, of Bloom
ington, H., have moved to Luca
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