Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-20

Kitchen to his residence property.
MRS Mary Smith is also improving her
home and had added a nice porch to
the building.
Gus Riniker has just completed his
fine residence.
STRAIGHTFORWARD and Miss Cora B.
Stansberry were married Wednesday
evening, Nov.r12, at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs. Ella Stansberry,
Rev. c. Springer officiated. Only rel.
atlVes were present. This young
couple We're born and raised in Liber-
ty township and have large circle of
acquaintances.
John CARRIER, station agent at West
Point, has been ENJOYING a vacation
several days, but returned home Fri
day morning.
Henry Hawkins, of Liberty town.
ship, had large public sale Wednes-
day, Nov. u. He disposed of his
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs and also
his farming utensils and expects in a
few days to become citizen of this
village:
Mrs! Rebecca Gilman, of Linden, Neb.,
who has spent some time visiting old
friends, left for home Friday evening.
Mrs. H. H. Rodibaugh's guest, Miss
| Wycoff, returned to her Benton coun.
ty home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. Warner and
daughter, Nellie, drove to Richland
Tuesday and visited with the family
of Rol1a Warner.
| G. w. Leppo left for Seymour Sat
urday morning to be absent several
days. Il
Geo. w. Cornell visited over Sab.
bath at the home of his son-in-law and
daughter near Clarinda
Mr.. Pruett, of Fairfield, made bust.
ness call Saturday.
Some time since Governor CUM
Minis appointed commission, styled
the Lookout Mountain and Missionary
idge'omonument commission. Ten
| persons were appointed. Capt. S. H.
Watkins, of Libertyville, is member
of that commission and from him the
| following facts were obtained:
The members of this commission
met at Chicago and took train for
Chattanooga, arriving there the morn.
| ing of Nov. 6. They proceeded at
onceato Lookout Mountain and after
carefully examining the ground decid,
ed to locate one of the three monu.
ments at a point where the Iowa
troops were engaged in that memora
BILE battle which occurred No. "a, 1868
The next day they proceeded to the
north end of Missionary Ridge and
after due consideration decided to 10
cate the second monument at point
where four Iowa regiments fought
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terrible conflict and the losses were
very heavy indeed. The commission
\ found it more difficult to locate the
monument on the south end of Mis-
sionary Ridge. The ground where this
engagement occurred is now owned by
private parties and cannot be purchas
ed, for love or money. They examined
what seemed to them to be the three
most eligible sites and finally selected
one situated at Rossville, on the road
leading to Chickamaugua and also on
the street car line running from Chat
tanooga to Chickamaugua. The com
mission was unanimous in the selec.
ton of the first two sites and nine
voted for the third and one against it
There is, however, a possibility that
the location on the south end of the
Ridge may be changed as the land
there does not belong to the govern
ment but the resident engineer thought
there was no reasonable doubt that
the land could be obtained on reason
able terms. 1t was decided to erect
three monuments at a cost not to ex
coed $4,000 each and plans have been
ordered for the consideration OF the
commission.