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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-30
>. 1tful sojourn near

home from delig. ltlul soJourn heai
Red Oak.
Isaac Needham dc parted Thursday
for the Sunfower st, ate on MS third
land viewing expedite On.
The following person IS ate dinner al
the David Grooms home; John
Grooms and family, Sell aon Lewis ana
wife, Alex Cundiff and ia nlly, OF South
Ottumwa; Mrs. B. B. ;ottrldge ano
daughter Eta, of Sout ottumWa'
Mrs. Kate Baldridge, of Mi ssourl, MIS-
Liza Rorrows. of Fitch Poir Vt, and Mrs
Mary Chambers, of Missoul /
Mrs. Catharine Lewis gG We an ele
eant Christmas dinner to =, number Of
her Ridwell relatives and frie nds.
Those highly entertained at Ber'
Ross Christmas day, were L . lie Gos
ney and family, Mr.. and Mr. s. Scot,
Johnston, Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Ros 8, O
Blakesburg; John Bachman and SIS
tiers, Bertha and Grace of Amadc u.
Alfred Perry conducted a DIG
shooting match in Bidwell Satul DAY
Miss Winnie Grooms has retu nee
from a pleasant and extended Isl
with her sister, Mrs. Ed. Hall, of ph
lahoma. :,
The Christmas tree and enterta. IN
ment Wednesday evening at Chri $
tiansburg, given under the auspices
the Ladies Aid society, was a sue
cess both socially and financially.
Those noticed in the large audience i
from a distance were: Alex Cundiff I
and family of South Ottumwa, Miss
Nellie Angel, of Blakesburg, Geo. Can
field, of Kansas, and Curtis Johnston,
of Chillicothe.
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Bunch.

Bunch, Dec. 29.-Charley Paris and
family, accompanied by Daniel Paris,
who went to Arizona, some months
ago for the formers health, returned
to this place December 25. Charley
who has not been out OF bed for sever
al weeks before they started back was
very much better, when he met all
his relatives once more, but change
Of temperature was too great, and at
O'Clock on the morning of December
26, he passed away. The funeral was
held ON December 81, at l o'clock p.
m. and interment was made in the
Paris cemetery. Mr.. Paris was a
highly esteemed citizen of this place
and had wide circle of friends and
relatives, who have the deepest
sympathy for the bereaved family.
Mrs. Mary Williamson and grandson
Forest Hibbs. of Dallas county, ar
rived on December %, to attend the
funeral of her father, Mr.. Adams.
Fred and Frank Snider, from the
northwest part of the state are visit
ing with relatives in this locality.
Mrs. Priest and daughter Betty, of
Bloomfield, spent Christmas with their
son and brother, George Prest, of this
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stronk, of OF
tumwa, arrived here on December "a,
to spend a week with relatives.
Samuel Kinsinger and daughter
Nella, spent Christmas at this place
with P. J. Kinsinger.
]. T. Morrison was in Bunch on
business Friday.
E. Hoover went to Udell on business
Thursday.
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Washington Mans Wife Gets
100000.
TESTATOR VAS But "a YEARS OLD
Descended to Him from His Father,
T;I,o Was Killed by the Cars Ten
Years Aso-The Will May Be Con.
tested.

Washington, Dec. s9.-(SpecialD-
The will of the late William H. Ora
ham is being probated in district court
here The deceased leaves 1000 acres
of Iowa real estate and other property,
valued at 100000. This was all willed
to his wife. She Is made executrix
in the will. When Mr.. Graham died
he was only twenty-four years old. He
was left the vast estate by the tragic
death of his father, who was killed by
the. cars about ten years ago. AT the
death of the testator his race. was ex-
tine The testator is known to have
made Jther wills during his lifetime.
1t is rumored that before the expira-
ton of another year there will be a
contest, though none of the lawyers
here have yet manifested that they
will take up the case. An uncle, whose
possessions are small. resides here.
An aunt, advanced in years, resides in
Pennsylvania. The young widow who
is to possess the large estate is about
the same age as her late husband.
There are no children.
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Laddsdaie.,

Laddsdale, Dec 29.-Mr. and Mrs
Bob Clark of Smoky Holler are here
at the parental Post home.
Miss Maggie Williams and Henry
Z !hristie spent a part of Christmas
4, W with Miss Orpha Fouts.
The Christmas exercises and tree
wa re a grand success at this place,
civ en- by the Sunday school, and after
ell vas over a nice box of fine candies
was given to each child as gift from
w L J. Davis, manager of the Ladds-
dale Supply Co. store.
w Z. Davis left for Ottumwa We'd.
nesdav evening and Joined his chill.
dren r oward and Gertrude, and they
denarte ! for Oskaloosa, where they
spent G j ristmas with Mr.. Davis faith
lame. +, 'uton went to ottumwa Fri
" IL Win ANS went to Council
Bluffs ana VIII III : Christmas day with
his damsbter rpen a., s Maude, who is
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Urbana.

Urbana, Dec. 29.-E. G. Moon, the
Vinton furniture man, was in town on
business last Monday.
J. w. Wescott, Geo. Moore and F.
w. Burrell were Cedar Rapids visit
ors Monday.
John Miller and Mr.. Cue, prominent
farmers of near Shellsburg, We're in
this city on business Tuesday.
Attorney Matt Gaash of Vinton was
in the city short time Sunday.
Dr. Whitney was seen on the streets
Saturday.
d. A. Moore, who is attending school
at Sioux City, arrived home one day
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weeks. They visited Enid, Perry,
Ponca City, and several other points.
George speaks in the highest terms of
the Oklahoma country.
David Gilchrist, who lives two miles
west Of Troy, was transacting bust
ness in this city Saturday.
Jas. N. Huff and c. w. Huff, father
and son, of Ashgrove, were in Bloom.
field Saturday on business.
John w. Curl, who resides near
Bunch, attended the annual meeting
of the Davis county Agricultural So
ciety Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hooker
smith, of Ottumwa, formerly of this
place, spent Sunday here with rela
tives.
The Davis County Agricultural soci-
ETY. held its annual meeting at the
court house Saturday at o'clock p.
m. The meeting was called to order
by w. w. Power, president of the as
ISOLATION during the year 1902. Re
ports Of Secretary ]. G. Brouherd and
Treasurer j. R. Sheaffer were read
and placed on file and showed that
the affairs of the society had been
looked after in an intelligent and bust
ness-like manner The fair of 1902
was the best ever held in the history
of the agricultural society. The sum
of $94SO, not including races, was re-
ceived from entrance fees. The total
premiums paid amounted to $4,000,
Total receipts from sale of tickets
amounted to $3,366.S5 as against S2.-
793.45. A committee of three per
sons was appointed by the president
to examine the secretary's and treas
| urer's reports. -.e committee con-
sisted of H. G. Leach, o. D. Wray and
| t. d. Doke. An interesting discussion
| then followed in regard to making a
| charge for the use of the fair grounds
| from persons desiring to use the
| grounds for ball games, cts. The mo
ticn, however, to make such charge
| was finally laid on the table.
Following this discussion occurred
the election of officers. w. w. Pow
er was nominated by C. F. Davis tt
succeed himself. l.. T. Barton placed in
nomination Harvey Wray. A ballot
being taken the vote stood Wray, 81
Power, %. Mr.. Wray was duly de
4 clared elected. j. d. Augspurger o.
4 Pulaski, was then nominated ant
elected by reclamation as vice presi
4 dent. ]. c. Brouherd was elected sec
rotary to succeed himself, by accla
i nation. j. R. Sheaffer's name wa!
then presented for the office of treas
i urer, but Mr.. Sheaffer declined to al
low the use of his name, stating tina
he had acted as treasurer of the asso
citation since 1888 and did not wish t,
serve longer. e. K Herr was thel
nominated and elected by acclama
ton. The association then tendere,
Mr.. Sheaffer a vote of thanks for hi
long and efficient services.
A roll call of the townships wa
then had, and the following person
We're named as directors of the asso
citation:
i Bloomfeld-O. D. Wray.
Cleveland-F. f. Warner.
, Drakeville-W. f. Slagle.
Fabins-O w. Wisdom
Fox Riyer-John H. Curl.
Grove-D. w. Hartzler.
Lick Creek-G. w. Monroe.
) Marion-M. L. Wheeler.
Perry NJ Lain.
Prairie-W w. Power.
Roscoe-James Burns.
Salt Creek-I N. Davis.
Soap Creek-John Mcconnell.
Union-Will Shreeve
West Grove-D. o. Harris.
Wyaconah-D. A. Trickler.
: Mrs w w Russell and Mrs Flor
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last week and will spend his vacation
in this city.
Joe Bigley of Shellsburg was a bus
ness caller in this city Tuesday.
c. j. Fisher and family of Vinton
are the guests of relatives in town
this week
Frank Coleman, who has been work
ing for James Culver, departed for his
home in Missouri Monday
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Bethel.

Bethel, Dec. 29-Miss Matte Parry
the teacher at the Chichester school
house. gave Christmas tree and en-.
tertainment at the school house for
her scholars Wednesday evening.
Miss Retta Chisman, who is attend
ing school in Abba, came home
Wednesday evening to spend Christ
mas with her parents.
Miss Libbie Berry, who has beer
visiting in Nebraska the past two
months, came home last week.
Miss Elsie Neil entertained mum
Der of her friends at dinner Christmas
w. P. Chisman called at S. K CHS
mans Christmas evening.
w. E. Chisman spent Christmas il
Abba.
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McAchran were elected directors at

McAchran were elected directors at
large.
Major T. d. Doke received a well
earned recognition in being elected
marshal for the year 1908, by acclama-
ton.
A committee of five was appointed
by the president /, consisting of o. d.
Wray, E. Cleveland. Geo. Good, Jas.
A. Dunn, and j. H. Ford, to revise the
premium list.
j. G. Frazier was then named as a
delegate to the state convention in
case of a failure of the president to
attend.
The fourth Saturday in January was
named as the date of the meeting OF
the committee to revise the premium
list and after a vote of thanks to the
outgoing president, the meeting ad--
journed.
Great interest and good deal of
enthusiasm were displayed during the
progress of the meeting and the new
administration begins under auspi--
cious circumstances.
Harvey Wray, the newly elected
president, is successful farmer and
business man, and is member of the
board of supervisors. He recently re-
moved to Bloomfield.
Mr.. Augspurger, the vice president,
although a very young man, is never
theless an intelligent and prosperous
farmer and in every way worthy of
the position to which he was elected.
Mr.. Brouherd, secretary and Mr..
Herr, treasurer, are both quite we'll
known to the citizens of Bloomfield
and Davis county, the former being a
prosperous farmer, the latter Bloom
field merchant who is highly esteem
ed.
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BidWell.

Bidwell, Dec. 29.-H. T. Lathrop de-
livered a fine load of six months old
hogs to Sam Burton, of Pleasant Home
Tuesday, that averaged over 200
pounds each, receiving therefor $3.50
per hundred weight
MIR. and Mrs. Luther Lathrop, of
South Ottumwa, are visiting relatives
here for few days, while enroute
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Bilious collie Preuented.

Take double dose of Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea RemedJ
as soon as the first indication of tM
disease appears and threatened ait
tack may be warded off. Hundreds b
people who are subject to attacks H.
bilious collie use the remedy in til,
way with perfect success. For 90
by all druggists.
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Bloomfield.

Bloomfield, Dec. 29.-Misses Edith
and Lura Dunn very pleasantly enter
tanned the following friends at cards
Friday evening in honor of Miss Ber-
tina Smith, of Des Moines, who is a
guest at the Dunn home: Misses Oda
and Mabel Swift; Messrs. Max Kauf-
mann and Milton Guthmann Mr.. and
Mrs. TT. Bryant. Refreshments were
served
Geo. O'Bryan, who formerly resided
near Stiles, but who now lives in
northern Missouri, was transacting
business at the county treasurer's of.
flee Saturday
K. T. Hotchkiss made a business
:, trip to Pulaski Saturday.
Miss Winnie Dunshee of Oskaloosa
lis guest of Clemmer Deupree at the
Deupree home in this city.
A. L. Lane, is visiting his parents
Mr.. and Mrs Carl Lane.
Minnie Shaw, daughter of w. o.
Shaw, is visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Downing, east of town
w. E. Galpin returned Friday even
ing from the home of William Wilson,
who resides west of Ottumwa, where
+ he and Mrs. Galpin spent Christmas
Mrs. Galpin remained for more ex
tended visit. Mrs. Lowenberg of Des
Moines, daughter of Mrs. Galpin, and
Miss Halle Wilson, also of Des
Moines, granddaughter of Mrs. Gal
pin, also spent Christmas at the Will
son home.
Charles c. Jones of Perry township
was in Bloomfield on business Satur
day.
George A. Morris and wife returned
Saturday evening from Oklahoma
where they have been for three
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EIdon.

Eldon, Dec. 29.-W. H. Crow made
business trip to Unionville and Cen.
terville today.
Miss Bonnie Miller is quite sick this
week with typhoid fever.
Mrs. Frank Weber was visiting rel
atives in Abba yesterday.
Mr.. and Mr.. F. G. Isbell and family
left today for visit with friends in
Kansas City and Atchison.
l.. Freeman, a fireman on the east
end division, was terribly burned yes
terday while fixing the exhaust pipe
to the headlight on the engines. The
pipe slipped, striking him under the
left eye, and burning his face severe
ly.
Mrs. H. r. Baker and son, Ream
left yesterday for visit with friends
in Chicago.
Mrs. G. H. Gable and daughter
Flossie, and Mr.. and Mrs. E. Keller
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weeks. They visited Enid, Perry,
Ponca City, and several other points.
George speaks in the highest terms of
the Oklahoma country
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Ladies' half loose Jackets, 81 in. long, 81
$3.50 and SIS, this week only. .....s.....
Amador ledger., 1902-04-04
Do W. no-r Your Letters,

Any man who can read would prob
ably resent such an imputaton of ig-
norance as this question conveys. "Do
you know your lettersF is what is
asked the little tot when he or she first
sets foot in school. But grownup men
and women may be pardoned for be-
lieving they are speaking the truth
when they answer "yes" to the ques-
ton. The chances are, however, that
they don't know their letters. Why
has "a" its present shape? Stumped
the first time! Every American ought
to know that. A takes its shape from a
picture of an eagle. B was once the
picture of an Egyptian bird. D repre-
sented mans hand. F was the horned
viper. The two upper strokes are the
remains of the horns and the perpen-
dicular line the upright body Of the
viper. II was once the semblance of q
sieve.
We got our letters from the Ph9ni-
clan alphabet, which in turn came
from the hieroglyphic picture writing
of Egypt. So don't be so sure Of your
knowledge next time you are asked a
simple question.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-04
A, Apcient Bi1liara Table.

There is a billiard table in London
that can boast of lifetime Of two GEN.
turies and long acquaintance with
men who have made history. 1t be-
longed originally to Louis XIV, passed
into the possession of Napoleon 1. and
now IN its old age is on exhibition in
Soho square. This celebrated table is
smaller than an English table. The
body of the table Is block of oak
weighing ten hundredweight, covered
with cloth of electric blue. The frame
of the table is of rosewood, and the six
pockets-perhaps the most striking fea-
ture of the table-are reproductions in
bronze of queer. hideous old gargoyles.
When the ball falls into the pocket,
the lower jaw of the gargoyle drops,
and the ball is found in its mouth. It
is q clever piece of old mechanism
Liverpool Post.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-04
REVISING A PRovERB.
Whom the Gods Love Die Not Young,
but In Old Age.

WHOM tnc GOuB Love lie NOT 1Oun8e
but In Old Age.
Wisdom aspires to age, while the
shallow dread its finger marks, half
conscious that their weak minds would
sink into senility beneath the burden Of
years. P@ans of praise are paid to
youth IN forgetfulness of the fact that
only the aged can contrast the varying
phases of consciousness during the Off
ferent decades Of a century of life.
Verify it was wise poet who sang:
"Whom the gods love die young7" Nay;
rather say,
With bated breath, Whom the gods
love die DID,
Shall the morn pale ere It hath coined
its gold,
The sun go down while yet It is full day,
The statue sleep unmolded in the clay,
The parchment crumble- ere 1t Is un-
rolled.
The story end with halls the tale untold,
The song drop mute and breathless by the
way?
Nay, nay, nay. Broken lives are sure.
ly not the perfected human product Of
Gods great plan. The prophets of the
remotest recorded time, the grandeur
Of whose thought has been the theme
Of preachers and writer's for thou.
sands Of years, lived to ages which
seem miraculous to moderns. The mar
who grows old grandly, with grace and
good nature, really retains his youth
Troy Press.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-04
A Kittens Intelligence.

A hungry kitten was put into cage,
the door of which would fall open
when loop of wire that hung in front
Of the cage was pulled down an inch.
The kitten tried to squeeze between
the bars. clawed and bit at them,
thrust its paws out between the bars
and clawed at various loose objects In
the cage. 1t clawed the loop several
times, but not with enough force to
pull it down. After 100 seconds Of such
activity, 1t happened to claw the loop
hard enough, and so escaped.
After 1t had eaten the food outside,
it was put into the box again. There
was repetition Of the same activities,
but the successful movement came this
time after thirty seconds. On the next
trial. general activity for ninety Sec
onds was required before. the kitten es-
capped. With repeated trials the asso-
citation between the interior Of the box
and the act of clawing at the loop be-
came fixed. so that finally the kitten
would do 1t in few seconds-that Is,
as soon as put into the box.
This progress is shown in the times
taken in the different trials. They were
16O. 80, 80. GO. 10. %, 20. 80, %, II, 16,
20, IL, 10. IA. 10, 8. 8, 8, 10, s, 6, and 2
seconds.-Professor e. L. Thorndike in
International Monthly.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-04
Manhattan Full of Holes.

Manhattan Island is like an enor-
nous coal mine, with intricate CALLER
les and apartments underground. A
large group of curious subterranean
rooms and passages is to be found at
the foot of Broadway, extending out
laterally to the east and west. An al
most continuous line of them follows
Broadway. Several of the banks and
trust companies have offices fitted up
below the crowded sidewalks, where
rows Of clerks work silently, unmind-
full of the rush and turmoil above their
heads. In the safe deposit vaults built
below the pavements of Broadway,
Wall, Nassau and Broad streets are
stored millions of dollars worth of Sc
curities, over which the crowds hurry
all day heedlessly.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-04
An Indignant Poet.

Beranger. the famous French poet,
whose greatest gift lay in writing little
poems which he called songs, was par
ticularly dependent upon the chance
visits of the muse.
He was once visited by the author
and academician Viennet, who said to
him:
"You must have written several
songs since I saw you last"
IT have only begun one" answered
Beranger.
"Only one! I am ,astonishedP' e1-
claimed Viennet.
Beranger became indignant.
"Humph!' he shouted. do you think
one can turn off song as one turns off
a tragedyT
Amador ledger., 1902-04-04
Thunderstorms at Sen.

An electric storm at sea is one of the
alarming experiences to which mari
ner is exposed, but as a matter Of rec
ord it is one that is least fruitful in dis
astrous results. AS a rule few precau-
tons are taken to guard against a
stroke Of lightning, especially in the
merchant service. Ships of war are
usually fitted with lightning conduct
ors. precaution made necessary by
the explosives stored away in their
magazines. But these safeguards are
seldom seen on merchant vessel, and,
Judging by the extreme rarity Of the
cases where they have been struck,
Jacks claim that he is safer on the
ocean than on shore during an electric
al disturbance must be admitted.
1t is well established theory that
one caught in q thunderstorm should
not take shelter under tall tree, espe-
cially if 1t stands in a clearing. Why
lightning should strike an isolated
piece of timber on shore and spare it
after it has been converted into a ves-
sells mast is yet to be satisfactorily ex-
planned.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-04
A Scotch AntiroIf Law,

Scotland. as everybody knows, is the
land where golf originated and the land
where it most fourishes. But If the
law were strictly enforced north Of the
Tweed it would go hard with the play
ers of the royal game in Bonnie Scot
land" Golf players there may not
know 1t, but they are liable to SEN
tence of death for their indulgence In
their favorite sport. Technically, this
is literally fact. In ancient times,
when Scotland always had work for
her soldiers to do. oil young men were
required to perfect themselves in arch
cry. They preferred to play golf, and
so serious a rival did the game become
that it was for time suppressed and
made q capital offense. That curious
law never has been repealed and may
still be found on the statute book.
There seems to be no record, however,
of the law ever having been enforced.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-04
KILLING A LION.
a Shot at Short Range Upon Which
Much Depended.

Much Depended.
An Englishman who lived many
years In Africa relates thrilling expe-
rience which befell his family there.
His home. at the time was In the edge
of the Transvaal wilderness, and It
was there that the event occurred.
One evening about dusk my wife and
child were sitting on the veranda of
the bungalow. l was engaged a few
rods away putting the finishing touches
to bit Of wagon repairing. The serv-
ants were at the rear Of the house. 1t
was one of those peculiarly quiet even
ings when nothing seems to break the
stiffness.
Suddenly l felt, rather than saw,
something moving near the veranda.
looked more closely and to my horror
perceived an enormous lion stealing
along the ground in the direction Of my
wife and child. My wife saw the crea-
ture at the same instant and, despite
her terror, fortunately remained per-
fectly Eotionless and silent.
Scarcely knowing what to do, has
tily crept toward the side of the bun
galow to the open window of my room,
where I knew loaded rifle was lean-
ing against the wall. I climbed in at
the window, seized the rifle and leaped
by another window upon the veranda.
There was no time to think. The
lion was within few feet Of my dear
ones and crouching for a spring. I
called softly to my wife not to move
and then fired.
The ball passed directly over my
boys head and lodged in the forehead
of the lion Immediately above the eyes
and stretched him on the ground.
There was an instant of fearful sus-
pense. Then fired again, but the Sec
ond bullet was not necessary, for the
lion had been killed at the first shot.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-04
Browning's Care For Health.

Browning never passed day without
taking one or more long walks. Indeed,
his panacea for most ills was exercise,
and the exercise he chiefly advocated
was walking. He wrote:
81 get as nearly angry as tits in me
to become with people love when they
trife with their health-that is, with
their life-like children playing with
jewels over bridge side, jewels which
once in the water how can we, the
poor lockers on, hope to recover? You
don't know how absolutely well am
after my walking, not on the noun
tains merely, but on the beloved Lido.
Go there, if only to stand and be blown
about by the sea wind.1Century Mag
azine.