Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02
LITTLE BITS OF NEWS
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know
THE VICINITY OF 0TTUMWA in BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your acquaintances as chronicled
by Courier's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Abba.


rs years, died at his home, corner
( West Jefferson and North Harrison
streets, Saturday, August 80, at 1:20 p.
M, after an illness OF a few weeks
duration. Flux was the Immediate
cause Of his death. He had been in
feeble health for more than a year, al,
though able to attend to business un.
TIL about a month ago. Mr.. Pheney
was born in the County Meyo, Ireland,
and at the age of Is years, removed
from there to Montreal, Canada. He
spent several years of his early life
there and in New Yory state, and
came to Iowa in 1885, settling in Mon
roe county In 1859 he moved to AL
bia and has ever since made his home
here. He was engaged in the grocery
business here continuously for 43
years. from 1859 until few weeks
ago, being at the time he retired the
oldest business man here, both in ref
erence to age and length of service
He retired from active business July
25 last, his death occurring five weeks
Ito a Gay--from the day on which he
retired In all his business and social
relations he has had the highest
and best reputation, and was a man of
strietest integrity and honesty. He
was deyout and consistent member
of the Catholic church. He leaves a
wife, nine children-all grown, and
several grandchildren. The funeral
services were held at st. Mary's
Catholic church in Abba at 9 O'Clock
this morning, conducted by Rev. Faith
er Guinan, and the remains We're taken
to Georgetown Catholic cemetery, nine
miles west of here, and laid to rest.
The corner stone of the new court
house was laid Saturday. without pub
lie ceremony, the condition of the sur
rounding grounds and lack of time for
bidding further demonstration. Sew
eral of the large steel Orders and sup
ports were also placed in position Sat
urday. Work on the building will
now progress at rapid rate, as much
of the stone has been cut and made
ready for the walls during the rainy
weather of the past several weeks.
Frank Houston and B. A. Tharpe of
Des Moines were in Abba several days
last week.
Fred Mahin, who has been attend.
ing business college in Des Moines
for the past two years, arrived in AL
bia Saturday evening for an extended
visit with relatives and friends.
Miss Dora Farrar returned home
Saturday evening from a six weeks
visit with relatives at Bellville, Kan
Sas.
Mrs. Maurice c. Atchison has re
turned home from a several weeks
visit with relatives at Lincoln, Neb
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Noah and daugh
ter of OttumWa are visiting friends in
Abba.
Miss Nellie and Master Arthur Gro
sier were Des Moines visitors Satur
day.
Mrs. Charles D. Hays and child re
turned home Saturday evening from a
visit with friends at Emerson.
Van Saunders of Eddyville is visit
ing his mother, Mrs. Henry Saunders
and other relatives here.
DR.. and Mrs. S. M. King returned
home yesterday from two weeks
visit in Colorado.
Horace L. Barnes of the Des Moines
Register and Leader is visiting rela
tiyes in Abba.
Rev. George NJ Fourtellot of Win
terset, former pastor of the Abba res
byterian church, is visiting friends
here.
DR.. and Mrs. Carl Koontz Of Boards
town, ILL.,, are visiting relatives in Al
bia.
The Fiftieth regimental band of OF
tumwa, passing through Abba enroutt
to Centerville to furnish music for tn,
Labor Day celebration there today
treated Abba citizens to some delight
full music yesterday afternoon and ev
ening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Ryan and chill
dren of Ottumwa; MI and Mrs. Ben
iamin Morgan and children of Coving
ton. Ky; and Allie Ramsay of Denver
Colo. who have been in Abba the pas
few days attending the last sad rite
of Mrs. Ryan Mrs. Morgan and MI
Ramsay's father went to Ottumwa yes
terday evening.
George Watts of Davenport spen
Sunday in Abba, the guest of hi
wife's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. r
Kelsey.
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