Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-05
MAKES A new MOVE
Woodbury. County is Nothing if
Not Thrifty.
STEPS TAKEN TO COLLECT LARGE SUN

Has Discovered That There is $4,000
Due From Relatives Insane Per-
sons for Caring for the Unfortu-
nates-other State News.
Sioux City.
About $4,000 in old accounts due
the county is involved in contract
that has just been signed up between
l.. b.. Jenness, of Danbury, Go) and
the board of supervisors. For years
that sum has been accommodating on the
county books, resisting all ordinary
methods of collection. Mr.. Jenness
has now been employed to make an
extraordinary effort to gather in this
money, and comfortable addition to
the revenues of the county is antici-
pated as a result.
By far the greater part of this $751;
600 is due the county for money paid
out for the maintenance of insane
persons in state and private institu-
tons. Another large part is due for
the care of persons at such institu-
tons as the home for the blind, the
asylum for the deaf and dumb, and
the home for feeble minded children.
The remainder, amounting to consid-
erably less, is due on district court
COSTS
Des Moines.
The department of agriculture, ac-
cording to an opinion handed down
yesterday has no. authority to appro-
pirate any of the money in it's treas
ury for the maintenance of an Iowa ex-
h1bit at. the Pan-American exposition
in Buffalo. A representative or ad-
vance agent of the exposition appear
ed before the annual meeting of the
society held in January and asked an
appropriation of funds for the main
tenance of an Iowa exhibit at the ex-
position. A similar request was made
of the State horticultural society,
then in session, and a sum was voted
by the horticultural society condition
al upon a similar sum being voted by
the agricultural society, now known
under the new law as the department
of agriculture.
Davenport.
The local lumbermen, the q. N. Rob-
Sash and door company, are making
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tertainment Of the Retail Lumber Deal
ers' association of Southeastern Iowa.
Their will be about 100 visitors there
on Feb. Z. The morning will be de-
voted to business, the afternoon to
the annual banquet, which will be held
at the Kimball house, and in the
evening the lumbermen will see Otis
Skinner at the Burtis.
Fairfield. III
A very enthusiastic meeting of citi-
zens was held att the library last even
ing to discuss omeasures relating to
the establishingoof= a hospital in Fair
field. The number present was graft
flying indeed to, the projectors and the
fact that Fairfield can and will sup
port and sustain we'll regulated hos
pital was fully demonstrated.
Burlington.
The trial of George Anderson, charg-
ed with the murder of w. H. Inter
of Cedar Rapids, has been set for Fri
day, Feb. 8. He is charged both
with murder and attempted murder,
the latter charge being preferred by
the wife of the murdered man, who
was also shot. Anderson spends his
time brooding over his trouble and
has made repeated attempts to get
hold of an axe or Ratchet He is
watched day and night for fear he
will commit suicide,
Hampton.
During the past few weeks Senator
w. 2. Hartman, of this city, has
been receiving letters from leading
republicans all over the state asking
him to be candidate for governor
in case the Titus amendment is de-
clared void by the supreme court.
Senator Hartman is one of Iowa's
best citizens and he is well known
and popular thruout the state, and
should he consent to. be candidate
no better executive could be secured.
Mt. Ayr.
The business men of Mt. Ayr offer
a reward of $740 for information
leading to the arrest and conviction
of the party who attempted to burn
John Horne's drug store one night
last week. In addition to the above
amount the Property. Owners Fire as
ISOLATION offers a reward of 5000 in
conjunction with the reward offered
by the business men, making total
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raise 81 900. AS yet there is no clue
to the guilty person or persons.
Davenport.
The interest in the bowling contest
which will commence at the Daven-
port Outing club house February IL,
has caused some of the expert bowlers
of the city to do excellent work at the
regular meetings of the bowling
clubs and the result is that last
night the staterecord of 258 was smash.
ea. The new score set for the in
dustrious bowlers is 264, and the hon.
or falls to Robert Allison. The rec
ord was made at the Outing club nj
leys last evening. The score was a
strike, a spare and strikes for the re-
mainder of the game, total of nine
strikes.
DanviIle.
Wednesday at noon the force of fif'
teen men that are stringing the new
telephone line from Burlington to OF
tumwa, reached this place. They are
making rapid progress and will have
the wire strung to Mt. Pleasant by to
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