Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-21
Daily Doings of Some of o ttumwa's
Close Neighbors.
Personal, SOCIAL and POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation Of
Sages, Are ,chronicIed by The cour.
ier's Special Correspondents.
Charlton.


illness of pneumonia.
j. I. Treasure, of Whitebreast town
ship, has sold his farm and will move
to town to live about the first of the
month.
Miss Carrie Duckworth has returned
to her home in Charlton after weeks
visit with friends in the county near
Russell.
Vim. Mullen, Jr., one of the boys
convicted of highway robbery and SEN
fenced to five years in the states pris-
on, has succeeded in securing appeal
bonds and did not go with the other
two boys whom Sheriff Manning took
to FIT. Madison Monday evening to
serve their sentence
Miss Lilly Kurtz is spending the
week with her sister, MrsH. D. Boyce,.
of Creston.
Miss May Reynolds, of Belinda, has
departed for Kansas City where she
will enter the Eclectic school of medi-
cine to. prepare herself for the duties
lof a physician.
| Sylvia Douglass has returned from
a weeks visit with ner sister, Lille,
who is teaching in the Russell public
schools.
j. H. Carson closed very success
full term of school at Pleasant Hill
school house on Friday night with
box supper and social. There was
quite a large crowd present and all re-
port a most enjoyable time. The
school realized about SIS from the even
| ing's entertainment which will be used
for the school library.
| Mrs. S. A. Neff is reported as quite
/ seriouSly ill of the grip and pneumo-
MIA.
| The collection of the Presbyterian
church on Sunday was given to the
board of aid of the colleges of that de-
nomination. 1t amounted to some
thing like Sc.
Flora Watson, Nora Grail, Ave Jack
son and Harry Michelen composed a
crowd of jolly young people from
1 Ottumwa who spent Sunday with their
| friend, Miss Eva Stone, of this place.
| Mr.aand Mrs. Clarence Avitt and
daughter. of Charlton, have returned
! from weeks visit with Mr. Avitt's
father, Thos. Avitt: of English town
1 ship.
| Charlton, Feb. 90 Miss frankie
Kriddlebaugh is visiting in Ottumwa
this week, the guest of her friend, Miss
Grace Sage. 4i
4 VIC. Gooken, an old Lucas county
boy, but now located at Kansas City,
Mo-, is spending, few days visiting
his friends in Benton township.
Anna Addison returned Monday
/ from few days visit with her sister,
Mrs. H. P. Clark, of. Ottumwa.
! Lloyd Courier returned Tuesday
! from Orient (Ia,) where he attended
the wedding or his cousin
Engineer. w. H. Grafton has return
ed to his, home in Charlton after an
over Sunday visit with friends in OF
4 tumwa. "a ga;
Miss Ella Stanley left Monday for
Des MONIES where she will enter
Drake University and study music for
the coming term under the direction
of Prof. Nagle Her mother, Mrs. Mil
lie Stanley: has closed their house
here and will accompany her to Des
Moines where they will do light house
keeping atothe home of her brother on
Walnut street. Their stay will only
be temporary unless they like the city.
In that case they may decide to make
lit their future home
! The district court. which convened
here for a five weeks session with
Judge Eichelberger on the bench, ad-
]journed Monday evening after but a
two weeks session. The business of
this session was rushed thru at sur
prising rate of speed and many cases
We're settled, dismissed or continued,
completely cleaning up the calendar
and running out the business before
the session should have closed. There
were but few cases of general interest
and but one criminal case was tried,
the others being dismissed or the de-
PENDANTS pleading guilty The last
days session was taken up in probat-
ing the wills of ]. C. Baker, of Lucas,
and Ira B. Willetts, of Russell In
neither case was there any contest
John e. Waugh and family have
moved to the c. E. Penick property,
which they recently purchased near
the old high school building, and are
now nicely located and are at home to-
their friends.
Hon. J. A. Penick, one of the lead
ing lights of the Lucas county bar,
was visitor in Osceola on Monday
where he went on professional bust
ness.
Gus Mcfarland has sold his south
side billiard hall. bowling alley and
lunch counter to Albert Peterson.
| The new high school building has
been completed and has been accept
ed by the school board 1t is one of
the handsomest school houses in the
state, being built of pressed brick and
stone, containing ten rooms, high
school auditorium with an elevated
stage for school entertainments and
public exhibitions, gymnasium room
and two music rooms. 1t was built
entirely by home contractors and has
been six months in process of cree
ton. 1t cost about $4,000 and is an
ornament and credit to the progress
iveness of our people. School was be-
gun in the new building on Monday,
with the high school grades and the
eight lower grades which had been
located on the square and in the base
ments of the churches around town.
All the teachers and pupils are well
pleased with the new building and
glad to be at home again. The old
high school building will be occupied
by the lower grades in the future.
The many Lucas county friends of
Isaac Young will be pleased to learn
of his good fortune in securing an adj
dition of SIS to his pension. Mr.Young
l iS one Of thn ci,l,ctautia1 fary,,apc of