Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
The VICINITY OF OTTUMWA In BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your Acquaintance as Chronlcied
by Courier's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton.

Charlton.
Charlton. Feb 12.-The unsteady
inclined people of Charlton are anX-
iously awaiting the arrival of Prof
Tomiins, who will deliver popular lee
ture on music in the high schools
building on Friday, February IA. He
is the man who so successfully con-
Quoted the Apollo club of 5000 voices
and the children's chorus of 600 voices
in Chicago during the Worlds Column
bian exposition in 1898, and who re.
Gently created such flood of favor
able comment by his lecture before
the Music Teachers convention in
Des Moines. He has discarded en-.
tirely the old fashioned plan and leads
solely by gestures facial expression
and a low spoken word of commend
Or encouragement which gets the best
efforts from his classes. He will lee
ture to select audience of invited
guests at the high school Friday aft
ternoon, after which the seventh and
eighth grades and the high school pu-
pills will be given the benefit of his
knowledge and experience in a short
talk and demonstration. In the, ey-
ening he will give one of his popular
lectures on music in the high school
building for which an admission fee
of twenty-five cents will be charged.
S. P. Barr, of Des Moines, was call
ing on old friends and transacting
business in Charlton Tuesday
The local order of Red Men held
very interesting meeting in their hall
on Monday evening. The affair par
took of social gathering as well as
lodge meeting. After the business of
the evening was completed the wives
of the members were invited in and
served a most elaborate and highly
enjoyed lap supper to those present
and the remainder of the evening was
spent in social conversation, games
and music. All present spent most
enjoyable evening. There is now no
ladies auxiliary to the Red Men at
this place and the meeting Monday
evening created a deep and lasting
desire for the organization of such a
help to the lodge and they are now at
work endeavoring to establish lodge
with every chance of success crown
ing their efforts.
The extremely high price of all kinds
Of poultry during this winter has ere.
ated a great lodging in the hearts OF
of chicken yards here, and
three people of Charlton have signified
their intention of entering the poultry
business on large scale during the
coming summer With the advance il
common poultry the price of FLOODED
stock has accordingly advanced, ant
while thoroughbred chickens have
been hard to purchase, owing to the
fact that there is but one yard O.
this kind in Lucas county, those in
terested readily realize the import
ance and profit of good stock and ex
pect to purchase their start from the
best raisers of New York and the
east There will be one yard of Ply
moth Rocks, one of Rhode island
Reds and one of Cochins this year
The condition of Attorney G. G. Nc
Yntire of Ottumwa, who was stricken
with paralysis some months ago while
visiting his sister-in-law, Miss julia
Chickering. remains about the same
The attendants can see but LITTLE
change in his condition, and he Il
slowly growing weaker. His dealt
is now counted only as matter o
time. maybe two days and maybe tw'
months He is now having hemorr
hayes every day or two and each il
more severe than its predecessor. HI
is possessed of wonderful vitality
however. and has rallied from severa
apparently fatal relapses and he ma.
yet be able to recover though n,
hopes are entertained by his phys
clan.
Tuesday mornings session Of tn
district court was consumed in dispos
ing of probate and equity cases. abou
dozen being disposed of. At tn
rate the court is grinding out case
the session will not last the thre
weeks allotted to to it's sitting. TIL
new grand jury was empaneled an
given its Instructions by the jadg'
but it has no business before it unles
it starts something itself. A. n
Wheeler was chosen foreman and Mr.
Birdie Mccormick was appointe
clerk The afternoon session Of til
court resolved itself into a diyorc
mill and they were turned out at
very rapid rate, five divorces bein
disposed of as follows: Lizzie Ferge
on VS.. John Fergeson. granted by d.
fault; Alice Peters VS.. Michael Peter
granted by default; Anna May He
dren VS.. Charles E. Holdren, granite
by default; Edward Sedgwick Vi
Maggie M. Sedgwick was taken undo
advisement by Judge Eichelberge
while the case of VIM Kirkland VS.. r
becca Kirkland was being tried whe
court adjourned. The jury cases wi
begin this afternoon. The Little V
Monroe county case, the only length
one on the docket, is set for tt
second Monday while the case of WI
Winslow VS.. Lucas County, in an e
deavor to compel Lem to return ia
es collected by the ferret is assigne
for the first Fridays
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Cha
Hass is reported as quite seriously
at their home on Court avenue.
Attorney Steele, of Corydon, was
Charlton yesterday attending the Sc
sion of district court.
G. G. Throckmorton departed Mo
day for the state agricultural cole
at Ames, where he goes to resume /
studies in electrical engineering.
will stop few days on the road a
visit friends at Indianola, where
formerly went to school.
W.fD. Simpson has returned from
"a faW5 DAYS visit with relatives a