Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-24

Kansas, this morning for two weeks
visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Hilloard and
children of st. Joseph, Mo-, are visit
ing Thomas Elder and family and 9TH
er relatives and friends.
Mrs. Abe Goodman and sister. Miss
Jennie We'll went to Knoxville this
morning for few days visit
Summer Smith of Melrose is an AL
bia business visitor today.
Sgourney.
Sigourney, July 22.-The democratic
county convention was held at the
court house here on Saturday for the
purpose of selecting delegates to state,
congressional and judicial conven-
tons. d. w. Hamilton was endorsed
as the county's candidate for judicial
honors.
| About Is people attended Ringling's
circus at Oskaloosa yesterday, from
this place.
Mrs. Frank North has returned to
her home in Hoisington, Kansas.
| H. S. McVicker spent Sunday at
home. He is employed on the Oska.
loosa Journal.
| Presiding Elder Lambert of the M
! E. district conference, was here on
Sunday and officiated in the services
Frank Helscher and John Beck of
Harper We're Sunday visitors here.
| Mr.. Hart of What Cheer was down
on Sunday.
A ball game between Sigourney and
What Cheer occurs today in the ball
park.
10 hn1 Ny, NnJr orH wifi q
returned from visit at Washington,
| Iowa.
| Messrs. Mint Cutler and Dick May
| land of Winfield spent Sunday in Sig
Quincy
Will Maryland of Williamsburg waz
at his home in Sigourney over Sunday
Miss Kate Kreise has returned to
her home in Hedrick.
The work on Harry Browns new
residence is steadily progressing.
keosauoua.
Keosauqua, July 22-Mr and Mrs.
Aaron Brown and little daughter Miss
Dot, returned to their home in this
place Saturday from u two weeks trip
/ to Colorado.
| Attorney w. NJ Walker returned to
his home in this place Saturday from
! Silver City, N M, where he had been
to conduct the defense in a suit against
Whining company of that place. The
cor7rarv had been sued on same claim
which they knew was not just and
hence CO. tested the same.
1 Mrs. Johr Taylor of Eldon is visiting
in Keosauqua with her sister, Miss
Belle Jackson.
| A. G. Roberts O. the Bonaparte Rec
ord was in Keosaucf,a yesterday.
William Crawford of Douds Station
was recent visitor in this place.
i Quite a number of people from Mil
ton came to this place Sunday to see
! the high waters of the Des Moines riv-
| err.
Miss Marie Vance Of Ottumwa, who
has been visiting in this place for the
past two weeks returned to her home
this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rice of Milton visited
in Keosauqua Sunday at the w. S.
Bennett home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.. Fellows and chill
dren of Milton visited with relatives
of this place Sunday.
EddyviIie.
Eddyville, July 23.-Wm. Henry, a
young man about 20 years of age, re-
siding up the river six or eight miles,
had his skull fractured by hay stack
er falling upon him. Fears are enter
tanned that the accident may terminate
/ fatally.
! Someone went into the barn of
! Dynes Whitlach, farmer residing
z oil. ;uIt Il
/ poisoned two horses belonging to Mr..
Whitlach and two belonging to p. j.
4 Tharp of the same locality, and one
horse of each team may die. The gull
] ty parties are not known.
Tenie, the little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Roberts of Bridgeport, has
been sick for few days at the home
of her sister, Mrs. R. M. Beamer, on
Fourth street, as also has one of Mr..
and Mrs. Beamer's children.
T. w. Odem, the well known farmer
residing near Lakonta who has been
dangerously Ill for six or eight weeks,
is able to walk about little, and con-
tinues to improve.
Misses Kate Roorda and Dora Blu
wolda of Pella, returned home Satur-
day night after a couple of weeks
visit with c. Van Zante and family on
Gray's Creek.
c. L. Funk, A. A. Seifert and others
attended the democratic convention in
Ottumwa Saturday.
Miss Mamie Burns of Ottumwa is
here for a visit with her grandmother
Mrs. Henry Lammis, on Fourth street
Miss Bessie Vanderzyl of Pella who
is making an extended visit wit her
grandmother, Mrs. Homer, entertained
a few friends Friday evening in honor
of her birthday.
! Howard Hedrick of Des Moines came
!, down Monday morning and accompan.
led his wife home, she having been
here for a more extended visit with
) her mother, Mrs. ]. w. Seifert and fam
, lily.
> Mrs. Rawson, who has been visiting
;, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ HI. Rawson for two OF
three weeks, returned to her home at
Fairbault, Mimi, Wednesday.
Albert Petty of Abba drove over
Monday to visit relatives here and al
Bridgeport.