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week for oskaloosa, Moulton Cameron,

week for Oskaloosa, Moulton, Cameron,
Missouri and southern Missouri
He is making visit among his people
and does not know sure whether ne
will return here in the spring or not.
Married, at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Roquette
Wednesday, December II, Miss Elpha
Roquette and Andrew Mailman. Rev
Lisk performed the ceremony.
Married, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Reuben Reeves, December II, at II
M, their daughter, Miss Stella. tc
Ralph Lentz, Rev. Moore of Kirkville
officiating. The newly married couple
received number of useful and pref
ty presents.
On Thursday, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Lentz gave dinner to their son, Ralph
and his bride. A bountiful repast wa!
served and pleasant time was enjoy
ed.
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EddyviiIe.

Eddyville, Dec 17.-Among the num-
bers On the program by the high
school literary Friday evening
was a newsy paper by "Lanning, Pow
ell & Co.," which was read by Floyd
tanning. The debate on the question,
Resolved, That Iowa should furnish
text books for the schools, . was sub
mitted to the audience. The affirma-
tive debaters were Miss Pearl Johnson
and Frank Waugaman, and the mega
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evening at Cuba Christian church,
conducted by Rev. B. Petit. 1t will
continue for about three weeks.
ID. H. Hawthorne shipped carload
OF hogs to the Ottumwa market one
day last week
Mr.. Hammond from Hynes was a
visitor at Miller home in Cuba Sun.
day.
A few cases of whooping cough are
reported in the neighborhood.
Miss Jennie Long, a student from
the commercial school at Ottumwa Wis.
tied her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs
d. H. Hawthorn Saturday and Sunday
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tive debaters We're Harry Taylor and
Miss Edith Terrell. Dialog, The Di-
vorce Case" by Miss Grace Hartman,
Wilbur Hall and Carl Powell The
program extended over a period of
about an hour and half, commencing
at o'clock.
Mrs. Frank Burns, who has been
one of the sick ones, is improving.
Q. j. Lind, was married at Keokuk
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Avery.

Avery, Dec. 17.-Quarterly meeting
was held at the M. E. church last Sat
urday and Sunday. Rev. Lambert. the
presiding elder, and Rev Hill were
present to assist Rev. Taylor conduct
the meeting
Rev Taylor is holding revival meet
ings at the M. E. church.
Z w. o Appleman and wife made a
flying trip to Abba Tuesday
Rev. B. w. Petit moved his family
to his new home east of Avery Tues
day.
j. w. Richter transacted business in
Abba one day last week
Rev. l. B. Taylor and wife were Al
bia callers Monhay.
Mrs. Frank Robby of Centerville is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. VIM. AL
len of Chisholm this week.
Mrs. John Moore and son, George,
were Abba callers Monday.
Mrs. John Moore attended the fune-
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DoudS.

Douds, Dec 17.-Mrs. Calvin Man
ming and Miss Ives of Ottumwa visited
with Miss Josie Talbot last Thurs
day.
Mrs. Edwin Manning of Keosauuua
was visitor with friends at this place
from Thursday to Friday.
Gilbert McGill was Keosauqua Wis
itor on Saturday.
Milton Chilfaut, an old and respect.
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MORRIS WILLIAMS, LIST.

Here's some farms never told you about
before: 136 acre prairie farm, six miles
from county seat, land inst little rolling
buildings comparatively new, convenient to
church and school, 10 acres of timber goes
with it. All for $4,000.
Now here is something worth looking az
ter Immediately In the first place it is
priced below its value and in the second
place it is an estate and they tell me it
must go between now and Christmas.
just listed last Saturday an improved
40 acre farm joining railroad town III this
county. Good high school in district This
should suit some of YOU men who have
been writing me for such Il location.
Have an 81 acre farm. tine improvements,
three miles from good town. level road. 90
acres of il level, balance rolling. Has good
spring on it, ] have ten days on this ut
S3t.JD per acre.
In IL very short time now | expect to bel
gin making trips 70 southwest Missouri,
eastern Kansas and Oklahoma. Parties ns
tercsted in any of these localities can get
prices and descriptions by calling at office.
Morris Williams, Baker Bldg. Ottumwa, la.
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Burnhart.

Burnhart Dec. 17-Three inches OF
snow fell here Friday. On Saturday
it was sixteen degrees below zero.
Darsey Philips was Fairfield visi
tor Saturday.
Fred Wedge Of Fairfield spent Fri
day and Saturday at the home of Ellis
worth Martin.
Mr.. Forbes of Illinois is a guest OF
Charley Shipley.
]. w. Shoemaker was in Batavia
Saturday.
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Muntervilie

Munterville
Munterville, Dec. 17-Mr and Mrs.
John M. Nelson entertained Saturday
by serving dinner to a large lumber
of their friends.
House breaking-in this section
seems to be quite common thing.
Last Wednesday as, Arthur Grooms
had business which called him to OF
tumwa he secured his house in the
usual way, and during his absence
someone came and went into the wood
house took the axe and pried open
one of the windows breaking a light
in doing SO as they were nailed down.
They then ransacked the house, but
Mr.. Grooms misses nothing SO far.
The axe was left in the middle of the
floor. There were several articles of
value, and it seems strange nothing
was taken.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. P. Pearson, served
dinner to large number of their
friends Friday. Owing to the bad
stormy weather quite a number who
were expected there could not come
A most excellent dinner was served
and a most enjoyable day was passed
in their cosy home. Those present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. John Pearson
Mr.. and Mrs. Sven Pearson, Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
Kirfman, Mr.. and Mrs. L. l.. Swenson
Mrs. G.. Price, Mrs Jas. Newell, Mrs
Louisa Pearson.
Sven Nelson, who was injured sew
eral weeks ago by being thrown off
from a horse is not improving as fast
as hoped for. He is unable to sit up
yet, and rheumatism is also botherng
his injured hip, which causes him a
great deal of suffering.
Leando.
Leando, Dec. 17.-The cold wave
struck this place Friday, the thermom.
eter registering fourteen degrees be
low zero.
Mrs. Henry Green came home from
Fort Madison last week after a visit
of two weeks
Henry Grubbs was at Keokuk last
. week to see his wife who had an op
GRAFTON performed.
Mrs. Bryon McCollum started fol
the west last week.
Joe Strang of Selma was in town
yesterday
Rosa Green is working in candy
factory IN OCCuLlWd.
w. H. Morrison was in Ottumwa
yesterday.
Fremont.
Fremont, Dec. 17.-George Koontz Of
Alexandria, who was in this commun
ity and who recently purchased the Nc
Birney farm of Mr.. Washington Rus
sell was here this week looking after
his farm. He will possibly move il
the near future.
8. ]. Heath and Charles Davis of Ke
osauqua were in town Tuesday of las
week, the guests of Rev Tenant. The,
brought up a road colt that Mr. Ten
nant had bought while down in Var
Buren, several weeks ago, of Morton &
Mclaughlin.
The following parties attended tn,
funeral of Mrs. Henry Dean in Hedricl
last Tuesday: Mr.. and Mrs. Davit
Goehring. Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. JOSH,
Rankin, Mrs. Harye Hamilton, Mrs
Josie Hibler, Mrs. Maggie Wilson ant
e. H. Jackson. Mrs. David Goehrins
of this place was daughter of Mrs
Dean.
Rev. T. j. Myers OF Mt Pleasan
was in town Thursday evening in thu
interests of the Iowa Wesleyan univer
sity. He reports the school in ;
fourishing condition.
j. L. Alender of Abba, who few
weeks ago lost his wife at that place
came her December and brought hi
children.
w. H. Stoke, who has for the las
two years been engaged in farm worl
for. Moses Sotan, left the first of th
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WANTED-MAN AND WIFE. NO chill
dren to work on farm. Must be experience
ed and furnish good references. Address
X Batavia.
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Seymour,

Seymour, Dec. 17.--Miss Mabel Kin
ney, who has been in Colorado for the
past two months for her health, re-
turned home Sunday morning.
Mrs. Eva Swords and little daugh-
ter, >Theo.. who left this city last fall
for West Virginia, returned home We'd
nesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Scovern returned
home Saturday from Vincnnes, Qa.)
where they have been in attendance at
the wedding of Mr.. Scovern's sister.
Miss Mae Clemens, who has been
very sick with typhoid fever in Ottum-
wa for several weeks is expected to
return home the coming week.
Jeff Gump has accepted a position
with the Johnston Hardware company
Robert Vance of Hunnewell, Kan,
on his way home from Chicago stop
ped in Seymour for a few days visit
with his son, Charles. He was accom-
panied home by two of his grandchil-
dren.
The revival meetings at the Baptist
church still continue. There have been
thirty-one additions to the church. Pas
tor A. E. Clemens is a natural orator
and the way he has of getting hold of
the young men makes the people OF
Seymour feel glad they have such a
citizen.
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Stockport.

Stockport, Dec. 17.-Mr. Poulter has
commenced the erection of his foun-
dry.
Rev. Hancher delivered his famous
TEXTURE here last Monday night, EMIT
led The Real Boy" 1t was greatly
appreciated.
James Beswick and John Bales ship
ped seventeen Galloway bulls to At,
lantic, Mo-, last Tuesday to Claud An
tonbery.
Mrs. Barker returned Thursday
from Iowa City. She reports that Mrs.
Roy Beswick, who was operated on as
getting along nicely and will soon be
able to return home.
The thermometer dropped on last
Friday forty-eight degrees in forty
eight hours and Saturday morning it
was sixteen below zero. Sunday
morning it was twelve below.
George Anderson reports that he
has bored twenty-nine wells in the last
three weeks, and found an abundance
of water in every instance by going
down deep for it.
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LOST.

LoST-RED IRISH SETTER AT BIR-
mingham. Liberal reward paid to the find
err. Address w. A. Van Buskirk, Birming-
ham, Iowa
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raj of her nephew, John Grimes, which
was held in Abba last Friday.
Mrs. VIM. Allen entertained her sis
ter from Chicago last week.
Rev. l. B. Taylor and wife now ac-
cupy the new NJ. E. parsonage, it hav'
ing been completed last week
The new hotel is nearly completion
VIM. Evans was an Ottumwa visitor
part of last week.
Mrs. J. w. Huston was an Abba Wis
itor Wednesday. Miss Flanders of AL
bia accompanied her home.
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days, big bone Poland China Bears at farm
er prices. Call on Charlie August, Ash
grove, Iowa.
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NEleHRoRHooD NEWS.
Continued from Page Two,

family to Oskaloosa at which place he
is foreman of the Updegraff and Bak.
er's machine shop.
The Amateur Shooting club is to
have a shooting match at the fair
grounds December IS and 10.
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AND 100, LEVEL PRAIRIE
land, well improved. good locations, $27.5D
per acre. NJ. Wight, Iantha, Barton Co,
Missouri.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-30
HUNT CLUB MEN
IN THE FIELD
The Season Opens Aospiciously
and High-Class Sport Seems
Assured by San Mateo Hounds

The season of the San Mateo County
Hunt has started auspiciousIy, with prom
Use of a most successful season. There
Wednesday and Saturday. J. J. Moore
acting master of the Hunt, has issued the
following list of fixtures covering the re-
naming meets of this year:
Saturday. November 80. 2 p. m.-Homestead
Common. San Mateo.
Wednesday, December 4, D. m.-Poor Farm
Gate, Spanishtown road.
Saturday, December Z, 10 a. m.-Moormeads,
Fairoaks
Luncheon, by invitation of J. ]. Moore, at
p: m.
Wednesday December II, 2:30 D. m.-Laurel
Creek Beresford.
Saturday. December IA. D. m.-UncIe Toms
Cabin, San Bruno.
Wednesday. December Is. 2 D. m.-Millbrae
(The Dairy).
Saturday. December 81 2s0 D. m-Southern
Pacific station, San Carlos.
Wednesday, December 25. D. m.-Sixteen-
mile House, San Jose road.
Saturday, December 2S 230 D. m.-Howard
Woods, Crystal Springs road.
The fields are exceptionally well mount
ed and much clever horsemanship is
shown. The advice of the best riding
masters has apparently been obtained
Joseph Dyer who served Lord Lonsdale
IN England, has been in demand as an
instructor.
The first note of preparation for the
polo season was sounded on Thursday
when the arrival at Burlingame from
England of Lawrence McCreery was an
VINO were here LAST season, are coming
Menzies will be here and is expected 70
pr1ng MS brother, also noted English
player.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-30
cricketers axe Entertained.

A meeting of the California Cricket As
ISOLATION viii be held on Monday evening,
December 8, to receive the report of the
committee appointed to prepare the bat
ting and bowling averages for the past
season, ana to award the prizes offered
by Captain John Metcalfe,- trst vice pres
ident OF the association. The question of
ground for next season will also be
discussed.
The members of the Alameda Cricket
Club were entertained at dinner last
Tuesday by Edward Brown, president of
the club. The report of Henry Ward.
secretary Of the club, showed that during e
the past season ten matches had been
played for the pennant presented by Pres
ident Brown, OF which the club had won
five, drawn two and lost three, giving a
media Club out a little ahead of the Santa
Cruz Country Club, which has a percent-
age Of 5S.3. The percentage of the Pacific
Cricket Club is 55, and that of the Sac
ramento Club is 1875. President Brown
desired the younger members to sta
definitely whether it is their intention TO
play for the Alameda Club next season.
On their stating that they so intend ne
urged them TO do all in their power 10
preserve harmonious relations with their
fellow cricketers and to promote a gen
uine love of the game. Harold Ward Ir
and II. W. Brown were chosen as dele
gates to the California Cricket Assoeia-
ton for 1902; J. j. MoriaTity, Harold Wa~5
Jr and T. J. Croll were selected as mem
bers of the executive committee. and w
G. Fortmann, B. Bird and A z. Stahl as
members Of the ground committee
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-30
This Meeting Should Provide
One of the Best Encounters
Ever Seen on the Coast
Measurements Of the Men.

Kid Lavigne, ex-nghtweight champion
boxer of the world, and Tim Heagerty,
who comes from Australia with an ex-
ceptionaI1y good record, will meet in a
ffteen-round battle before the Acme
Club, Oakland, on the night of December
12. Both boxers are training faithfully
for the contest. Lavigne is rounding
into condition at his old training quar-
ters, BIanken's Six-mile House, while
Heagerty is doing his preparatory work
near Colma.
After his long Iay-off from the fighting
game Lavigne is showing good form. He
seems as shifty and clever as ever. If
he has lost his Old-time speed, as many
everyday training. Lavigne looks in fine
! fighting trim already. For the last
month he has been putting in five or six
hours of hard training daily, and his
physique is beginning to show the good
| effects of the fiesh-stripping work. The
| boxers will weigh in at Harry COrbett's
at 8 o'clock on the afternoon on the day
Of the fight. Both have agreed to weigh.
| 120 pounds. Lavigne is already to weigR
He manages to shift his weight dailI
| few pounds above or below the limA
This treatment he says will strengthA
him more than taking off four or five
pounds at once and then building up
gradually as most fighters do.
/ Heagerty is being put through his
/ route to physical perfection by Australian
Billy Smith He is in fine shape. Those
who have seen Heagerty box say he is a
clever, shifty fellow. with good. stiff
punch in either hand. In an imprOmptu
bout with Gus Rubin which took place
one day at the Six-mile House while the
| latter was training for Jeffries Heagerty
proved himself to be a star lightweight
He took punch for punch with the big
Akron man and literally had it all over
| Gus. He is a fighter from the ground up
Lavigne rested up in his training IN
Thanksgiving day, but yesterday he made
up for lost time by doing an extra hard
days work. He took a ten-rnile run in
the morning and in the afternoon
punched the bag for fully an hour, with
only brief rest.
The match between the two light
weights Is attracting attention locally and
In the East. 1avigne is possibly the fast
est lightweight that ever stepped into
the ring when he is right. His admirers
are anxious to see whether his
long rest and temperate habits have
brought back his Old-tine speed In
Heagerty Lavigne will find a suitable op-
ponent for this kind of a test I.aviene
ting.
Over at Reliance Athletic Club on Tues
day evening there should be some great
fights between hard-htting yollnsters
Jack Capeless will meet Frank Mcconnell
fifteen rounds, at 122 pounds Spider
Welch fights Tommy Gilfeather ten
rounds at 116 pounds. Bobby johnson
meets Dick Cullen in fOur-round bout
| at 1O9 pounds. They are all clever lively
boxers. and great fights should result
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-30
ADOS IS THE FASTEST HORSE IN THE WORLDJ

course and repeated his previous perform
ance, proving a perfect whirlw1nd In tne
mud Now it is claimed Lucky Bala-
win is taking 1ong-distance peep at tne
American derby Of 1902, which classic
event has seen his colors four times Dorne
past the wire first. Trainer W. j. SplerS,
under whose careful supervision the col1
has been trained, makes no bones OIL lne
fact that his charge would have great
chance in the big Chicago event, especlany
if the track should happen to be muouy-
The picture shows Cruzados on his way 10
the post, with Ransom up. Inc JOCKEY
is wearing his rainy weather clotnlns'
Baldwin just now seems on the edge OF
another great racing career. Some years
since a Chicago paper published an Item
showing that since 1885, IA horses nan l
raced in his colors They started so
times and won 209 races for their OWNER
The value of the purses was $S70,1V4.
d. Cameron, the astute Calgary horse
man and trainer of the fleet mare May
w, thinks Cruzados the fastest piece ol
horsef1esh he has ever seen, not even eN-
cepting Commando. 1t is his opinion tndt
the two-year-old can cover four furlongs
close to 46 seconds.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-30
MAY NOT SHOOT
BY MOONLIGHT
Game Wardens Are Watching
IN the Vicinity of A1varado
for Viofators of the State Law

The game wardens are determined to
put a stop to the shooting of ducks on
the Alvarado marshes after sunset and
before sunrise. Some days since a doc
tor and two of his guests were arrested
for participating in the unlawful sport.
The fine for persons convicted of violat-
ing this section of the game law is s25
AS the game wardens receive half of this
for each conviction their interest is con-
Siderably sharpened. The sportSmen, who
would not think of taking advantage of
the moonlight shooting, naturally object
to men who do take this advantage and
return with big strings of birds. 1t
means a slaughter of ducks, as under
good conditions great many can be
DGgged. The flash of the shotguns has
the tendency to scare away lot of birds
and in the long run makes bad shooting.
The sport last Sunday was of uneven
quality, men shooting from adjoining pre-
serves obtaining widely different results.
bros were seen, but on Sunday they had
disappeared as If by magic.
The northern birds are now making the
Alvarado marsh stopping place in their
flight to the south. The experts are able
to distinguish them from the home birds
by their full plumage and other charac-
teriSticS.
Otto Feudner enjoyed another record
shoot near beaverton last Sunday This
time he secured thirty cans twelve
mallard and eight sprig. The ducks were
SO plSLtIl vi lIldl hail MS IOIal NUMBER or
birds were secured in twenty; minutes
Down at the Spooney Gun Club pre-
serve, near Mount Eden, three members
secured sixty birds. l.. r. Larzalere. Mr.
Guyatt and William Whitehead were the
members out. When the sportsmen were
coming home Sunday afternoon the birds
were arriving In numbers
Mr.. Miller of Alvarado had one of the
best shoots of the day, killing thirty-five
birds.
On the Field and Tule Club preserve
near Suisun eight members had s1,c.
cessful day on Sunday Two hundred
ducks in all were secured. The members
in attendance were j. B. Coleman, H b.
Hosmer, A. NJ. Shields, w. Bay, j. Ho-
mer Fritch, Louis Titus, Colonel D. p.
Miles and A. Warnecke
The gunmen are not sure what sport is
in store for them tomorrow They have
ceased predicting and now go out ready
to accept conditions as they find them
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-30
GUST PROFESSIONALS
FROM COLLEGE ATHI IETICS
Representatives of the intercollegiate
Conference Make an Important
Ruling in Chicago

CHICAGO. Nov. pa long step to-
ward the elimination of professionalism
from college athletics was taken to-day
by the faculty representatives of the
intercollegiate College Conference. who
held an all-day session here. The fol-
lowing rule was passed:
mo student is eligible to compete in a
college team who plays in so-called anna
teur, semi-professional or professional
baseball games where gate-money is
purses are offered" "
Whether the rule is retroactive was not
settled py the committee, and after the
meeting it was announced that this ,be.o
of the matter had not been thought of
or discussed. 1t was voted to discoI,ra %
as far as possible prolonged absencss
from college on tours. The DicvcIe e1-e,,3
was dropped from all the progra mr,os es ells ~
college athletic meets in the f1It11re "a
rule was passed that the limit Of "a "A
years in college athletics, beyond wbicb
a student is not eligible to contest. means
four years In the aggregate, and not En-. e,,,S
years on any one team. AOu1