Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-05
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA In BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
of Your Acquaintance as Chronicled
by courier's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton.


5ives in Des Moines where they also
attended the state fair.
Miss Josie Bearman has departed
for an extended visit with relatives in
Abba.
j. j. Myers has moved his family
and household goods from his resi-
dence in the east end of town to the
rooms over Woodlands store recently
vacated by N. Wexford and family.
Mr.. Myers is now nicely located and
the family are at home to friends. The
change was made in order that Mr..
Myers might be nearer his work doing
the winter months.
G. F. Brightwell has secured posi-
ton as driver at Holverton and James
lumber yard and moved his family to
town to live.
The sailed peanut penny-in-the-slot
machines have made their appearance
in Charlton, there being two in opera
ton. They have proven great money
mostly to the disadvantage of the
chewing gum machines.
After three months of happy vaca-
ton time the school children of Char
iton went trooping back to school to
the sound of the old bell on Monday.
There are nearly 1000 school children
in Charlton and nearly the entire lot
were in ineir places and ready to be-
gin the years work. The fall term
will continue until Christmas and the
indications now point to a most sue
cessful year. The new superintend
ent, Prof. j. B. Morris, has made some
slight changes in the routine of the
schools which will prove very benefi
cial to both teachers and pupils. EX-
aminations were held Saturday and
Monday for nonresident pupils. About
fifteen stood the test and were admit
ted to the tenth grade The erection of
the new school building gives more
room for the pupils and necessitates
some little change in the assignment
of pupils. The first day was taken up
in classification of pupils and assign
ment of grades, but all the teachers
report the pupils taking hold of the
school work with more vim and enthu-
siasm than has been seen on the first
day of school for many years. The
teachers are working in harmony with
the plans of the new superintendent
and everything points to the most in
teresting and profitable terms of school
ever held in Charlton.
Geo. Williamson. of Webster City,
spent Sunday with his wife who is Wis.
iting his mother, Mrs. Howard of this
place. He also drove out and visited
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. William
son, of English township.
The funeral services of Seth Lewis,
one of the old settlers of Lucas coun-
ty, were conducted Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Lewis was IS years of age and
had been a resident of Charlton for
fifty years until short time ago, when
his health failed and he went to live
with his son Nathan, near Confidence
He was quite well known in Charlton
where he had held many positions OF
trusts and responsibility, being fol-
years overseer of the poor. A host OF
friends mourn his death
j. Lamb and son. Charles, Of Judso
MIA, Ark, are spending few weeks in
Charlton visiting their son and broth
er, o. r. Lamb, whom they had not
seen for fifteen years. It is needless
to say the visit will be most enjoyable
to all parties concerned.
Mrs. G. W.Wilson has returned from
a weeks visit with his son, Horace, o.
Lacona.
Dr. A. L. Yocom is $3.50 poorer to
day than he was Saturday night, ant
he did not spend the money either
He went to bed Saturday night will
the money in his pocketbook on tn,
inside Of his vest, but during the nigh
some time stranger entered his room
and carried off his clothes. They tool
them down stairs and went through
them at their leisure. None of the
family heard the intruder and in tn;
morning when DR.. Yocum got up the
clothing was found down stairs. The
robbers had taken the money from the
pocketbook, replaced all the papers il
it and put it back in his pocket. They
were evidently after nothing but mo
ney as nothing in the house was dis
turbed. His valuable watch in the
same vest was left behind.
S. P. Wigiren has sold his stree
sprinkler to A. Fl. Mccullough, who
will look after the comfort of the mer
chants in the way of sprinkling thu
streets in the future
Ada Baugh, of Otter Creek town
ship, begun the fall term of school a
district No. A.
w. p. BEEN has returned from ca
lumbus, Ohio, where he has been at
tending a reunion of the BEEN famil.
for the past week.
Mrs. o. A. Bartholomew has return
ed from her summer home in Eureka
Mimi, and is now at home to friend
at her home at the foot of Gran,
street.
Monday was Labor Day but the pee
pie of Charlton would not have know
it if they had not seen the accounts @
the celebrations in the papers, a
there was no public observance of tn
day in Charlton A few, however
went to Abba and Cleveland wher
the g. NJ. w. associations observed tn
day as a legal holiday. When tn
new mine gets started north of tow
Charlton will probably celebrate tn
day as other mining and manufactu
ing towns do now.
Charlton, Sept. 4.-Rev. ]. T
Moore, of Oregon preached the first {
series of sermons in the court hous
porch on Monday evening. Rev. Moor
Is a Christian church missionary an
a nephew of H. Moore, of this plac