Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-05


Mrs. B. F. Badgley who has been Wis
ting in Leslie, Michigan for the past
month returned home yesterday morn
ing.
School began on Monday morning |
with a good attendance.
j. H. Hellwig and wife, Sam Nc
Combs and wife, attended Sunday |
convention last Sunday down at Home |
Prairie.
Bloomfield.
Bloomfield, Sept 5.-Invitations are
out for the marriage of Miss Mary |
Pennington, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. L. Pennington, to Herbert King, |
cashier of the Exchange bank, Tues
day, September 10, at o'clock p. m.
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Penning-
ton.
The Eastern Stars met Tuesday ev-
ening and conferred the degrees of
that order on Miss Joy Fryberger and
w. w. Rawlings.
]. p Toombs, most excellent high
priest of the Royal Arch Masons of
this place, is attending the grand chap
ter which meets this week in Daven-
port.
]. F. Gibson moved his family to
Des Moines on Tuesday and intends
going into the drug business.
Russell Hays, of Marshall, Mo-, re-
turned home Wednesday after two
weeks visit with his nephew l. 7. Rus
sell.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. p Fortune left We'd
nesday for Kirksville Mo-, to take
treatments at the Sull institute for
short time.
f. F. Painter, of Centervillle whose
family have been visiting relatives
here during his absence for the past
month, which time he has been
looking for a location in Oklahoma,
shipped his goods Monday to Annad-
acko where he intends locating and
will open cigar factory.
Mrs. Ed Johnson will return in
few days to her home in Quincy, ILL.,,
after a weeks visit with relatives in
this city,
X. T. Hotchkins left Tuesday on
three weeks business trip to Calves
ton. Texas, and Oklahoma, accompani-
ed by his wife.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A Seaberry and
family accompanied by Mrs. Seaberry's
mother, Mrs. Eda Wray, left Tuesday
for Denver, Colo, where Mr.. and Mrs.
Seaberry intend spending year in the
hope of improving the health of their
daughter, Lulu. Mrs. Wray was driv-
en- to the depot by her daughter, Mrs.
o. d. Wray who while returning home
sustained an accident which fortunate
ly terminated less seriously than might
have been expected. The horse be-
came frightened and ran away turning
the carriage over, throwing the occu-
pant onto the ground. The frightened
animal finally ran against tree and
! fell striking a broken shaft which in
jflicted a deep wound. Although the
carriage was completely demolished
and the horse badly injured Mrs. Wray
escaped with only a few severe bruises.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Morse, of Henry,
! Ill.,, spent Tuesday at this place and
have purchased the farm property be-
| lnogng to Fred Hesse which is about
| five miles south of the city. A son and
daughter of MI. and Mrs. Morse in
tend moving onto the farm in the
spring.
David Borlick ST. of Burlington,
and David Borlick Jr., of Greenwood,
Neb., are spending a short time in
city and country with view to pur-
chasing farm property and locating
here.
A. j. Mcclure has sold the residence
property of County Attorney ]. T.
Dabney to W. R. Hooking, of Batavia,
a retired farmer who will make this
place his future home.
Miss Odo Swift returned Tuesday
1 from Ottumwa where she has bsen Wis
iting at the home of Miss Angie Iris
Ter who accompanied her on her re-
turn and will remain until after the
Davis county fair.
4 Miss Mabel Swift returned Monday
from Milton where she visited at the
home of Dr. Summers, as a guest OF
his daughter, Miss Katie.
The case of the State of Iowa VS.
Glenn Jennings, of Troy, who is being
tried for assault with intent to com,
nit murder was taken up Wednesday
morning Jim Jennings, a brother OF
the defendant, is also charged with
being implicated in the crime but es
capped and has not been captured as
yet. The defendant, who is a young
fellow eighteen years old, plead mot
guilty" There are between 80 and 81
witnesses in the case. The attorneys
are Taylor and Scarborough for the
defense and Payne and Sewers fol-
the state. Last winter the Jennings
brothers had trouble with the plain
tiff, a man named Pickens. who KEEP
a general store at Troy One day as
he was engaged in moving his goods
into another store the boys entered
and it is alleged struck him on the
head with butterlaale. A fight ensu
ed in which Pickens was more or less
seriously injured. 1t was shown il
the testimony that previous to this
trouble Pickels had threatened tt
shoot the Jennings boys 1t is said tina
Pickens was a Quarrelsome man ant
! was getting into trouble with the boys
| of that vicinity. The Jennings boy,
; We're quiet young men Of steady habits
and have never been in any trouble o
this kind before.
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Keb, Sept. 5.-The United Min,
Workers at their meeting on Thursda.
night received four tran for cards AM