Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25
LITTLE BITS OF NEWS
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA IN BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your Acquaintances as chronic'ed
by courier's staff CT Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton,

Charlton.
Charlton, March 24.-The M. w. A.
lodge of this place is growing rapidly
and now has nearly 800 members in
good standing. They are taking in new
members at almost every meeting and
are compelled to hold extra meetings
to accommodate the successful candi-
dates who on account of press OF busl-
ness on the regular meeting nights
cannot be accommodated with initia-
ton. Friday evening they held a spe-
cial meeting and took in six new mem
bers and voted on four others. The
resignation of E. E. Lewis as worthy
was. received and accepted and
his successor, will be elected next reg
ular meeting night. After the regular
routine. business the camp adjourned
to meet again April 8.
There is only one week more in
which the first installment of taxes can
be paid before the penalty of one per
cent a@month shall accrue and as is
usual each year about this time the
business in the treasurer's Office is
very brisk and while Treasurer Way
nick and his assistant are having all
they care to do the rush is not nearly
SO great thistyear as formerly on ac-
count of the unusual number of trans
fers March i in which all the taxes
were paid. There is still, however,
about one-eighth of the first Install
ment of taxes yet unpaid and this week
will be the busiest time of the year in
the treasurer's office.
The March term ofacourt convened
here today and the docket is unusually
full, many interesting cases being on
the calendar. The case which will
create the most interest will be the di-
vorce case of Mrs. Henry Schneider VS..
Henry Schneider, on the grounds of
cruel and inhuman treatment. The
personal damage case of Herman
kumm VS.. the c., B. & @. R. r. Co. for
$4,000 for injuries received by parties
throwing apiece of ice from the bag.
gage car and breaking his leg, will also
be closely watched. The trial jury has
not yetSbeen selected but when drawn
they will find plenty of work to do.
Saturday was an ideal spring day
and the farmers were in town in great
numbers laying in, supply of goods
before beginning their spring work. The
merchants were over-run with custo
mers and all reportthe best .trade they
! have had in months The birds were
\ singing in the trees, the SUM- shont
brightly, the ground was inzseXcellen
shape, the small boys with their mar
bles were in evidence and the duck
were travelling northward in grea
droves while the grass underneath
4 your feet was springing up afresh ant
! taking on a bright green color Will
1 farmers were talking of blowing an,
! sowing and town people were gettin;
their gardens in shape. The thel
mometer reached as high as 70 degree
above zero and everything was happ,
and joyous over the prospects of al
early return of spring.
4 The teachers of the Charlton higl
| school, Misses Lulu McMaster, Jessi
4 McKelvene, Daisy Dent and Mrs
Laura Cow, wentAto Indianola Frida
and spent the day visiting the school
thereSand taking notes for the advance
ment of the schools here.
s't;yWordS has been received that Mrs
4 Bown, mother of 4. c. and j. c. Bowr
was found dead in her bed at her HON
in Monmouth, H., Saturday morning
Mrs. T. A. Bown and ]. A., Bown d,
parted Immediately for that city 0
hearing the sad news, Grandm
Down has many friends here who deel
ly mourn her death.
Ernest Householder left Saturda
morning for Billings, Mont, where
expects to take up his work on
) ranch as a cowboy.
E. E. Lewis went to Creston Sunda
: to make final arrangements for takin
charge of the city work on the Gre
E ton Daily Gazette.
Frank Taper was called to Alban,
!. Mo-, Saturday morning by TELEGRAM
announcing the serious illness of h
: daughter, Mrs. John Freed. Z,
Mrs. Hannah Griffin of this place
enjoying, a. very pleasant visit fro
her daughter, Ella, who is a captai
& in the ranks of the Salvation Army.
Col o. A. Bartholomew and daug
ter, Ethel, have returned from an e
4 tended visit in Washington, d. C. M
Bartholomew went on business CO
nected with the army, while his daug
, ter went for visit. They report
most enjoyable and profitable trip.
Saturday, March %, was Henry M
i ler's siXty-fifth birthday anniversa
t and his good wife took occasion to l
mind him of, the fact by inviting
number of relatives and friends
their beautiful country home in Be
ton township to spend the evening. N
Miller was completely surprised, b
! entered heartily into the spirit of Il
Il affair and together the company c
\ joyed most pleasant evening aft
H which they partook of a bounteo
H supper served by Mrs. Miller and {
II parted wishing him many more SUI
pleasant birthdays.
y Mrs. H. d. Royce and daughter
>. Creston, were over-'Sunday visito
i. with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.
q fKurtzspf this place.
Ed. Groves, chief forester of the
/. TVS A lodge of this nlace retIIrn