Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
MI N TIRE BETTER
.Ottumwa Attorney, Ill in Charlton
May get Well.
HOPE VAS At ONE TINE GIVEN UP
Charlton Man Leaves Today to Inves.
teate Fortune Said to Have Been
Left Him-Other Charlton and Luz
cas- County News.

Charlton, Feb. 6.-Attorney C. c. Nc
Intire, the Ottumwa attorney, who
was stricken with paralysis some
months ago while visiting his sister
in-law, Miss Julia Chickering, of this
place, and whose life has several
times been despaired of, has shown
2 wonderful powers of reeuperation and
after sinking spell last week in
which it was thought his life was at
an end, has taken decided turn for
the better and is now much improved
both mentally and physically. While
not holding out any hope for his ultl-
mate recovery the physicians now
claim that his chances of recovery are
much better than at any previous time
during his sickness.
Goes to Investigate Fortune.
T. r. Percefield leaves today for
Carthage, Mo-, where he goes to inves-
tigate the story OF fortune which is
claimed has been left to him and two
! other heirs. Mr.. Percefeld is dray-
man here who has been known as
Young from the fact of his mothers
second marriage. He has one brother
and an aunt whom it is claimed will
share with him the division of fortune
of $4,000 left by his grandfather
Pefcefeld some thirty years ago. Mr..
Percef1eld was not aware of the exist
ence of any estate until few days
ago when he began correspondence
with his aunt and brother and arrang-
ed for a meeting in Carthage to-
day to prove their identity and
secure their interest in the estate if
possible. The whole history of the
case is not now obtainable and he will
not know until his arrival at Carthage
just how much it is or whether there
are any other heirs besides the three
mentioned.
Peculiar Accident.
Miss Myrtle Cottingham is laid up
with very sore arm the result of a
peculiar accident on Tuesday evening.
Miss Cottingham had her trunk all
packed and was at the depot ready to
start for Chicago. She met one of her
young men friends, who was smoking
pipe. In a spirit of fun she reached
for the pipe to take it from his mouth
and he caught her hand when she felt
sharp pain in her forearm and on in
vestigation it was found that large
milliner's needle which had become
fastened in her coat in some manner
had pierced her arm and broken off
The needle took an upward course and
she could plainly feel it CRATE against
the bone i'll her arm. She went to the
Office of DR.. Yocum where 1t was 10
Gated by means of an X-ray, but wher
they went to probe for it the muscular
action had carried it further up the
arm. 1t was very difficult to locate
but after several attempts the needle
was finally extracted. Miss Getting
ham, however, is inNa serious condition
and unable to be removed from the Of
flee.
Fell on Slippery Sidewalk.
w. NJ Householder is carrying his
right hand in bandage the result Of
an accident on Tuesday. He was
walking on the slippery sidewalk wher
his feet went from under him and he
fell heavily to the ground. In an eff
fort to stop his fall he threw out his
hand and nearly the entire weight o.
his body fell on the hand. 1t was al
first thought he had broken a bone o.
the hand but On examination with the
X-ray showed it have been only a seri
GUS sprain of the ligament which runs
completely around the wrist. The in
jury, though not serious, is very pain
full, and will cause him to lay off from
work for a week or two.
Records Show Interesting Figures.
A glance over the records for til,
months of January, 1901, and the SAM
months in 1900, shows some very inter
esting figures for the purpose Of com
parison. During the year 1901 Their
was only four deaths in Charlton il
the month of January and this, yea
there was two more or total of six