Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-28


Ramsey at Des Moines.
w. ]. Smiley was an Ottumwa WIS.,
itor yesterday.
Sigourney.
Sigourney, Aug. 26.-H. D. Todd of
Guthrie, Oklahoma. is visiting rela-
tives and friends here.
D. HeEke went to Ottumwa this
morning on business trip.
Harry Meas and Margaret Stanton
left this morning for few days visit
at Oskaloosa.
Miss Tillie Leinen of Keota was in
Sigourney Saturday on her way to OF
tumwa to visit at the James McMullin
home.
j. S. Books and o. S. Books of Kan
sas City are visiting at the home of
their father, DR.. S. c. Books.
Mrs ]. A. Books of Pennsylvania is
visiting at the home of her son, s. C.
Books.
Roy Brown of What Cheer and An.
ma Eagle of Knoxville spent Sunday
at the c. M. Brown home.
Editor w. e. Sherlock of the He'd
rick Herald was in Sigourney over
Sunday.
Mrs. L. e. Evans of Morrison, Col,
arrived last evening for months Wis
it with her niece, Mrs. ]. w. Lesan,
and other relatives.
S. H. McVicker spent Sunday visit
ing friends at Nassau
Mrs. Park Terrell and Mrs. Sanford
Fair went to North English Satur-
day.
w. H. Needham and son, Willie,
went to North English Saturday toll
celebrate.
Miss Mary F. Kelly went to North
English this morning on a business
trip. Miss Kelly will teach the gram
mar room there inc coming year. She
is highly successful teacher.
Ward James and Will Stockman
spent Sunday in Richland.
keosauqua.
Keosauqua. Aug. 26.-George R.
Harrison and sister, Mrs. Hattie Smith,
the former a travelling salesman, and
the latter of Peoria, ILL.,, are in this
place visiting relatives.
Mrs. Sherman Irish, who has been
visiting in Keosauqua for the past six
ty days, with relatives, has returned
to her home in Des Moines.
Wallace Ferris of Douds station,
who for the past year has been at
tending college and working in Des
Moines, is visiting for a few days at
his old home and is spending today
with relatives in Keosauqua.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Holbert depart
ed today for Kirksville, Mo-. where
Mr. Holbert will attend the Still col
lege.
The grand jury has about completed
its work for the present term of court
and will finish today. There was an
unusual amount of work for the grand
Jury this term The case of Jacob
Section VS.. w. M. Tharp and John
Harness is on trial before jury in
district court. This is civil suit in
which the amount involved is small.
The case of the state VS.. Bert Dill of
Stockport, charged with assault with
intent to murder, is assigned for hear
ing tomorrow.
Miss Anna Craig departed for Des
Moines yesterday, where she will work
in an orphans home.
D. G.. Pettitt and daughter, Miss
Iva Petit, are wishing in Birmingham.
Stockport.
Stockport. Aug. 26.-Thrashing will
be resumed this morning after
weeks delay caused by the excessive
rainfall.
H. F. Renfrew, of Ft. Madison, was
in the city Friday night.
Married, on last Thursday, Ora Phil
lips and Miss Harlan, of near Wilson
vile.
Mr.. Peabody of FIT. Madison, is here
painting and fixing up the scenery for
the opera house.
Fifty-two of Stockport's people went
to the West Point fair last Thursday.
A. J. Douglas, S. A. Harlan and Lee
roy Fickel took their departure last
Tuesday for Dakota to look at the
country with view of buying land if
suited.
Irish Bend.
Irish Bend, Aug. 26.-John Hen
bricks of Douds was here recently.
James Denning was a Milton visi-
tor last week.
Miss Bertha Miller of near Bloom
field is visiting relatives here for a
few days.
Samuel Adams visited with rela
tives near Bloomfield Friday, return
ing home Saturday.
Many persons from here were at
4 tending camp meeting at Birmingham
Sunday.
Fred Ream and family of Peoria
H., arrived last week for a two
months visit with relatives here. Also
Mrs. Pearl Ream Daugherty of Flor
ence, Col, is visiting at the parenta
Ream home.
> Traffic on the bottom roads has
!; been on a standstill for few days OF
| account of the high water, the rivel
backing out all over the road, in man.
places making it exceedingly danger
Gus to travel that way.
Frank Horn had the misfortune tt
lose one of his match carriage horses
!. by it being struck by lightning. Thu
2 animal vas insured in the Farmers
t Mutual, which promptly paid the loss
Several teachers have gone to wy
I oming to teach school the coming ia
l and winter.
4 Barney Keegan is putting up new
: lawn fence.
James Craig was up near Eldol
4 buying cattle last week.