Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-25
FAMILY IN SAME FIX
Davis County and Vicinity Have
Many Broken Hearts.
ALL SUE FOR BREACH OF PROMISE
Relatives of Girl Who Sought Arm of
Law to Redress Wrongs Follow in
Her Footsteps-Last One Wants Ten
Thousand Dollars.

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Thousand Dollars.
Bloomfield, Feb. 2O.-(Special Cor
ence)-Residents of the south
ern part of Davis county, passing to
and from this city on frequent bust
ness trips are responsible for the re-
| port Of another heart cracked. There
was great stir in that vicinity when
! the news came out that Mrs. lizzie
| Mozengo of Waneta had filed suit IN
the Scotland county court at Memphis,
Mo. to recover damages for breach or
promise against Henry Tucker ST., of
Hit, Mo-, in the sum OF $4,000.
Uncle Henry" Tucker has been a
successful feeder and shipper in
northern Missouri for forty years. His
wealth is estimated to be from S75,-
600 to 100000. He is eighty years
old and lives with his son. The COM
| plainant is handsome widow of forty,
spirited and vivacious to marked de-
gree. She is a cousin to the broken
hearted girl whom the Courier men
toned last week, as Miss Ada Miller,
the music teacher, who sued Chas. Diff
fenbaugh, both of Germany, Davis
county.
Establishments from the sterner sex
are not to be thrown around these
! lassies carelessly, with the hope of go
! ing unpublished. Some years ago one
OF Bloomfieds prominent business
men thought to glide away in Cupid's
4 fascinated canoe with still another
fair cousin of the same family, but
IoJo of h N G
brought to an abrupt end. The craft
was allowed to drift against the reefs,
and the to-be-benedict was confronted
with a demand for cash. III fated
j winds have blown messages of love
awry for these maidens SO long that
they have been forced to apply to the
strong arm of the law for redress.
These two cases will be watched with
much interest.
Agtating Telephones.
meeting of the city council was
held on Tuesday evening to confer up.
on the establishing of the proposed
mutual telephone lines which Davis
county farmers are working to secure
The council decided by a vote of to
6 that the matter be put to vote at
the next general election in March
The farmers are hoping at that time
to secure franchise and bring their
. lines into the city allowing Bloomfield
citizens to connect if they desire to dc
!, SO. Eight or nine lines have been es
tablished in the county and are in
toperation. The farmers believe thai
the line can be put in and kept UP al
: about half the outlay expended on {
rented phone. The, question will be
l a hard one to be decided by the citi
zens as the interests of the farmers
upon whom the welfare of the citi
' zens depend in great measure, are tt
be considered. The farmers are the
: main support of the merchants anC
grocers, who do not desire their pat
ronage turned aside to other towns
The question to be voted upon vii
be the granting of franchise for the
term OF fifteen years to the farmers.
Personals.
, Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Johnson left Wed
nesday for Marshalltown to attend the
> annual meeting of the Patriarchs Mil
: liant, |. 0. o. f. Mr.. Johnson holds
: the Office of judge advocate genera
2 with the rank of lieutenant colonel q
Patriarchs Militant and will, together
5 with Mrs. Johnson, who was recon
mended by the Rebekahs to the cantor
4 of Patriarchs Militant OF Ottumwa, re
a ceive the comforting of the degree o
!. chivalry. The object of the meeting
e now in session in Marshalltown is t.
: prepare for grand lodge to be held il
Des Moines in September.
i Nh. and Mrs. j. w. Swift. after visit
S ing with relatives in this city for /
0 few days. departed Wednesday for th'
t parental home OF j. ID. Swift, where
T. they will remian until Saturday, whel
j they will go to Centerville to visit rel
a atives.
S. T. Hotchkiss has purchased thu
property known as the Kelso farm
near the K. c. junction. The farm
amounts to III acres and sold TO
$1,000.
Mrs. Anna L. Townsend has receiv
, ed letter from her brother. JOIN
, Guthrie, who recently moved to Ho
bart, Okla, stating that he is yer.
sick. Mr.. Guthrie's family is still liv
: ing here and the sick man is quite
= alone, but as he was a resident of thi
! city for long number of years an,
: was well known to the little colony o
: Davis county settlers, now numbered
!, with the population OF Hobart, Their
, is little need to fear that he will b.
!. permitted to suffer for lack OF atten
! ton such as friends can give.
: Invitations are out for the marriag
of Miss Flora Messer to George Roke
Wednesday, February g. at the HON
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Messer.
The Royal Neighbors gave success
full entertainment at the opera hous
Tuesday night to large house.
e There will be basketball game a
j. the Y Al @ Saturday aueninp he