Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-10
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA IN BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
Of Your Acquaintance as Chronicled
by Courer's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton.

n. o. Penick Of this place.
Jake Funk departed Saturday for an
extended visit with relatives and
friends in Cleveland, o.
Della Pringle's company of players
begins weeks engagement at the OPP
era house here tonight playing rep
ertoire of popular plays. Della is per-
sonally known in Charlton and her
company has been here on previous oc
casions, which insures her good
houses.
Ed Bergman has secured position
as salesman in Gus Thompson's res
taurant, while Harry Yost is away on
his wedding tour.
Charles Hass departed Saturday for
Mt. Ayr, where he will spend weeks
vacation with his wife, who has been
visiting her parents.
Owing to the presence of an Uncle
Toms Cabin show in town Friday
night the weekly open air concert of
the City Guard band was postponed
and given Saturday evening instead.
There was large crowd in attendance
and all enjoyed the program immense
ly.
Prof L. M. Johnson of Creston spent
ouHudy "Wllu LIS Wllc, WIN hcso DSCi
visiting her sister, Mrs. e. e. Lewis OF
this place. The professor is on his
way to Oskaloosa, where he goes to
give lessons on the violin and open up
piano and organ store.
After making all arrangements and
getting out all advertisements, and
having nearly all the preliminary ar
rangements made for beginning the
Lucas county fair on next Tuesday,
September 10. the board of directors
of the fair held meeting Saturday af-
ternoon and declared the fair off for
this year. They had been working
hard to create an interest in the fair,
but owing to the extremely day, hot
weather and the scarcity of farm pro-
ducts, they could net create enough
interest to warrant them in holding
the fair. Then they did not desire to
conflict with the Des Moines confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal minis
tiers which will be held here from Sep.
TENDER II to A. the same date as the
fair. Bills were struck announcing the
calling off of the fair and much pub
licity given the fact. Immediately af-
ter the word declaring the fair off was
sent out the sky began to cloud up and
it rained Sunday. The directors feel
very bad about the matter now. but it
is to late to undo it and if it rains
sufficient they will hold the fair in
two or three weeks. but more likely
it will not be held this year. This is
the first time in fifteen years Lucas
county has not had fair and maybe
the people will appreciate it and give
it more support next year.
Floyd Holmes of Benton township
left Saturday for an over-Sunday visit
with his brother, Ed. Holmes and fam
lily az Seymour.
ewing to some little difficulty at the
posSer house Saturday night the lights
of she town were ont for nearly an
hotsr causing much Inconvenience to
the Merchants and the band, who de-
pended upon the city Tor lights.
Hon. G. l.. Ashby of Otter Creek
township, formerly a member of the
board of supervisors of Lucas county,
was transacting business in Charlton
on Saturday.
]. H. Sanders, an old resident of
Charlton but now located at Cleveland
No. 4, was renewing old acquaintance
and transacting business on our streets
Saturday.
S. " Breneman, formerly resident
of English township, this county, but
who, for the past few years, has been
resident of Walla Walla, Wash, and
who came here with the body of his
wife for burial few weeks ago, has
returned to his home after visit with
relatives and friends.
Dee and Charles Pettijohn of this
place are spending the week in the
woods on Cedar Creek about ten miles
northeast of Charlton, where they are
keeping bach" and cutting wood.
w. l.. Woodward and family have
shipped their household goods and
departed for Winterset where they will
make their future home.
The price of Lucas county land is
constantly increasing in value. This
fact was demonstrated Saturday when
q. l.. Rumple of Benton township sold
his fine 160-acre farm to party from
Illinois for $50 an acre. Whistlewood
& Culbertson bought the land for him
three years ago at $32 per acre and
sold it Saturday, after gathering three
years crop from it, for an advance Of
S2S per acre MI Rumble is looking
for another farm to purchase, prob
ably in Lucas county.
The residents of the northwest and
west part of town were greatly excit-
cd Friday by the strange actions of
a man who was wandering over town
and stopping at each house, causing
the busy housewives much annoyance,
and at several places he became very
abusive and attempted violence The
officers were notified and Friday even
ing they succeeded in catching him
and locking him up in the county jail,
where he is now awaiting an examina-
ton into his sanity. The people
whom he visited seemed to think he
was crazy, but the officers are inclined
to the idea that he was drunk and
would be all right in a day or two. He
is a stranger and a tramp, but it was
impossible to secure his name, which
was entered as John Doe at the jail.
Rev. Johnson preached very inter.
esting sermon at the Central church in
English township Sunday afternoon
Several from Charlton drove out to
hear him and report most interesting
and instructive service.
After nearly three weeks of dry, hot
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