Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-18

| Nebraska.
j.. II. Sayles is staying in the postofice
during Mr. Dukes absence
Mrs Saycs, who has been quite i'll. is
much improved.
MISS Maud Easton spent last week in
town, the guests of Miss Mamie Newkirk
EddyviIIe.
Eddyville. Dec. 1.-THE remains of Mrs.
| Marion Turner We're brought here from Os
kalosa for burial in Highland cemetery
Sunday forenoon at 10 o'clock Her mai
den name was Miss Lily May Hogle, and
she resided for several years In and near
| Ediyyille.
| Some OF the musicaly inclined young
men met ut the city hall Sunday and or
| galtiZed an orchestra of eight picres, as
follows Fred Ruggles, first violin: Guy
Nair, second violin: Earl Roberts. viola :;
Charley Rugglcs, clarinet: Clint Roberts,
cornet; Frank Burns, trombone; Frank
Burns. north of town, bass viol S. l.. Lem
mon. drummer The organization will be
known as the Ruggles orchestra.
The case Of ID. III. Hudson. admnistra-
tor, VS.. the c., II. 1. & p, In which Mr.
Hudson sues for $4,000 damages for the
killing of his scn-in-law. Hiram Heki. dur
| ing August 1901, is set for next Tuesday,
December %. and promises to be hard
fought one. The attorneys for the plain
tiff are w. Il. Nelson, of this place. and
b. w. Preston, of Oskaloosa. The defense
has retained Wright g. Wright, of Des
Moines. and Sewers 4 Malcolm, of Oska-
loosa
A. NJ. Lafferty returned Saturday night
from Batavia, where ne had been for a
/ time and his son, Walter Lafferty, went
down Monday by train, driving home the
same evening
C. b. Fisher has sold his 2O4 acre farm
near Iakonta. TO Mr.. Hackett. Of near
elghton, for $3.50 per acre. Mr.. Fisher
will buy property and move to EdJyville,
and Mr.. Iiackett will occupy his place.
The following names were omitted from
the list IF those attending the Sunday
school social at the John Linderman home
Thursday night: Misses Cora. IIcki Cora
and Jennie Pyratt, Irene Hiltabidel, and
Pearl lawson
be held in each room Of the school Friday
afternoon AMI school will close for two
weeks till January 4, 1909.
Mrs. w. NJ. Mintoyne went to Oskaloosa
Saturday.
Miss Carrie Bell. of Keosauqua. is here
on an extended visit with hel. cousin, Miss
i Grace Hartman
Miss Lizzie Reese, of the fifth room of
the school, was taken i'll few days ago
with heart trouble, and went to Des
Moines Monday to spend the holidays.
The quits which were ratified off Satur-
day for the benefit of Mrs Ellen Rose, q
poor widow woman. We're drawn by Mes
| DANES w. w. belong and John Liner-
man, one holding No. and the other No.4
J. p. McCrea, of Oskaloosa, formerly CT
near Lakonta, fell and broke mis- hip in
Oskaloosa Monday evening. Mrs Geo.
Berry. across the river, is Il daughter of
Mr. McCrea and she and her husband
drove to Oskalocsa Tuesday.
| Mrs w. + Gray, after Il five weeks i'll
L mall riu al iSt n 70 I,n
again.
Jas. Burricr, east of Cedar, WILL the
coming year occupy the Lizzie oldham
place. cast of town, on which Harry Old
ham has been living, but soor to be vacat-
ed by BIN as he moves to town.
George Gibson, who recently went to
Kansas mainly for his health. is reported
better and hopes are entertained for his
recovery ly his daughter. Mrs. G.. f. Moss.
1 who writes to her sister, Mrs. l.. e. Dan
forth. Of this Place.
| II. S England of Oska,0osa. Sundayed
with Lis nephew, Will Albaugh, south of
town.
l. G. Turner is somewhat improved from
injuries sustained by a fall on the pave
mcnl on North Second street last week.
Messrs. w. G. Berry and Josh Emanuel
OF town. and Q. Powell. east of twon, each
took a bobsed load of people ont to the
IL. Il. Gibson home. four miles east, Mon
tial church ut o'clock, each person pay
ing % cents for the benefit of the church
They We're entertained at the Gibson home
from till II o'clock. Games and music
were the order of the evening, with re
frcshments of sandwiches and coffee. Some
went in sleighs and about forty We're pre-
sent, as follows: Mr.. and MIS-. G. y. Ste
phenson. Mesdamcs Rose Linderman and
Alice Heki. Misses May Lott of Fremont
Carrie Bell of Keosauqua, Ida Spencer
Saba Spencer, Anna Briggs, Florence Pow
ell, Ida Roberts. Cora Whiteman, Maudc
Dotts, Wida Spencer. Mona Oldham. Hat
tic Berry, Branche McDole, Grace Hart
man, Messrs @. Powell, Jas. POWELL Guy
Nair, Harry Simms, Callie Chord, Clint
Roberts. Dick Barnett, John Denning
Elmer Dennipg. Dick Barnett. Ralph Graf
tan. Elmer Fordyce, Ace Odem. Fred
Shaver, Karl Mayer, VIM. Berry, Jake
Free. Emmett. HILL Oscar Emanuel Quin
, cy Myers, and - Brubaker
Instead of having his leg broken while
coasting as first reported Johnny Page
merely had his ankle badly sprained Fri
day.
White Elm.
White Elm, Dec. 17.--Rev. Boyce gave Q
lecture at the Center school house Satur
day night.
Mr.. Caldwell, of Abingdon, has moved
on the farm he recently purchased of Johr
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