Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-09

w. w. Cummings has purchased
the building formerly used by the Lin
seed Oil company, and will install a
modern ice and cold storage plant.
This will be the first ice plant in OF
tumwa and ice for drinking and cult
nary purposes will be made from dis
titled water.
Leo H. Stevens, cashier of the OF,
tumwa National bank, was painfully
burned Sunday night by a small explo-
sion of the furnace at his residence on
East Court street. Mr.. Stevens hands
and face We're painfully scorched, but
he will be able TO resume his duties
soon.
Articles of incorporation of the l..
T. Crisman Co. were filed in the coun-
ty recorders office today. The capital
stock of the company is $4,000 and it
proposes to do a general contracting
and building business. l.. T. Girls
man is president, ]. e. Langford is
vice-president, r. McMaster is secre-
tary and w. E. Cook treasurer.
A stranger giving his name as John
Jones was bound over to the grand
jury this afternoon by Judge Moon,
charged with larceny from the person.
The alleged crime was committed
about IL o'clock this morning, and be-
fore o'clock the alleged criminal was
bound over to the grand jury. Jones
is charged with holding UP and rob-
bling Green township farmer named
| 1. J. PARCEL in the rear room of Peter
Maloney's saloon on South Market
street. 1t is alleged that Jones secur-
ed purse containing $5.05 from Par
cell. The money and purse were Ia
ter secured by the police under boz
car near the place where the robbery
occurred, it having been thrown there
| by Jones, so it was alleged.
[From Wednesdays Daily.J
| A marriage license was issued today
to Thomas Lancey and Miss Lizzie E.
Fuhs.
1t will surprise you-the results you
| get from a want ad in the Semi
| Weekly.
Simon Beardsley, publisher of the
Danville News, was business caller
in this city yesterday.
Mrs. Will Raglan, Of Williamsburg,
returned home last evening after
short visit at the st. Joseph's convent
The want column of the Semi-Week-
ly will save you time, money and
trouble. 1t only costs half cent a
word.
Miss Jennie Seybert and E. D.
Stutz have returned from Kahoka,
Mo-, where they made holiday visit
with Mr.. Stutz's parents.
R. l.. Taylor, who has been at work
at the court house looking up the back
taxes of this county for the past few
weeks, left today for Winterset.
In Overseer Hyatt's quarterly report
published elsewhere, it should include
four months instead of three, and in
the item of expenditures, which said
$53.50 had been spent in conveyance
to the county farm, the item should
have read for funerals" The mistake
occurred in making UP the report
R. S. Thomas of Ottumwa, who has
been factor in the grain trade here
for some time, has sold his interests
here, at Martinsburg and at Nugent,
to Mrs. G.. H. Crawford. Mr.. Thomas
sold an interest in the Iowa Central
elevator here, his cribs and grain here,
his cribs and grain at Martinsburg, and
the elevator and cribs at Nugent Mrs.
| Crawford, who has been pointly in
terested with Mr. Thomas in the past,
will continue business as usual with
her brother, Wilson Thomas.-Hedrick
Journal.
j. e. Houghland, secretary of the
proposed Eldon and st. Louis railroad,
has announced that general offices will
be opened in Ottumwt in week or so,
and that work will be commenced for
the construction Of the northern end OF
the line. 1t will run from St. Louis
to Mexico and thence in northerly
direction to Eldon, la. 1t is said that
the road may also continue to Ottum,
wa. The company, it is said, will use
the Colorado line from st. Louis to I'm
ion as the st. Louis inlet.-St. Louis
Globe-Demcirat.
1.-THE Moark Mining Co.," of Ottum
wa filed articles of incorporation with
the secretary of state today, showing
capital of $4,000. The company
will not confine it's interests to any
particular field, but will prospect fol
lead, zinc ore, gold, silver and other
valuable minerals. J. E. Hull is pres
ident of the new company, C. w
Sullivan is vice-president; E. H. Thorn
as, secretary; Otto Armstrong, treas
urer; and G.. w. White, attorney. The
directors include the president, secre
tary and treasurer, and Philip Snyder
and E. A. Ellis.-Des Moines Capital
[From Thursdays Daily.]
A marriage license has been issued
to Axel nilsson and Cora Z. Smith.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. George H
Smith, 225 North Marion street this
morning, nine-pound daughter.
II A decree Of divorce was granted t,