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

with a good attendance.
j. H. Hellwig and wife, Sam. Nc
Combs and wife, attended a Sunday
convention last Sunday down at Home
Prairie.
Bloomfield.
Bloomfield, Sept. LIMITATIONS 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 2 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. T. Rus
sell.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. p Fortune left We'd
nesday for Kirksville, Mo-, to take
treatments at the Sull institute for a
short time.
F. T. 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 a
few days to her home in Quincy, ILL.,,
after a weeks visit with relatives in
this city.
K. T. Hotchkins left Tuesday on a
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
| flicted deep wound. Although the
carriage was completely demolished
and the horse badly injured Mrs. Wray
ESCAPED with only few severe bruises
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. Morse, of Henry
! H., 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
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 il
city and country with view to pur
chasing farm property and locating
here
A. j. Mcclure has sold the residence
property of County Attorney j. T
Dabney to w. R. Hooking, of Batavia
a retired farmer who will make this
place his future home.
Miss Odo Swift returned Tuesda,
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 tn,
Davis county fair.
Miss Mabel Swift returned Monda.
from Milton where she visited at thu
home of DR.. Summers, as a guest o
his daughter, Miss Katie.
The case of the State of Iowa VI
Glenn Jennings. of Troy. who is beinl
tried for assault with intent to com
nit murder was taken up Wednesda.
morning. Jim Jennings, brother 0
the defendant is also charged witt
being implicated in the crime but es
capped and has not been captured a
yet The defendant, who is youn
fellow eighteen years old, plead mo
guilty" There are between 80 and 3
witnesses in the case. The attorney
are Taylor and Scarborough for tn
defense and Payne and Sewers TO
the state. Last winter the Jenning
DIOblSlS udu llOuDIG WIFI luG pldii
tiff, a man named Pickens. who KEEP
a general store at Troy. One day a
he was engaged in moving his good
; into another store the boys entere
and it is alleged struck him on tn
head with hutterlaule. A fight ensl
ed in which Pickens was more or les
seriously injured. 1t was shown i
the testimony that previous to thi
trouble Pickels had threatened t
shoot the Jennings boys. 1t is said tina
IPickens was a quarrelsome man an
, was getting into trouble with the boy
| of that vicinity. The Jennings boy
: We're quiet young men of steady habit
and have never been in any trouble {
this kind before.
5 keb.
Keb Sept 5.-The United Min
: Workers at their meeting on ThurSda