Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-15
sigourney.

Sigourney, May 14.-John Davis, a
farmer and esteemed citizen of Van
Buren, township, died Monday of ap-
pendicitis.
Sheriff c. e. Diedrichs, of Iowa coun-
ty, visited Sigourney relatives over
Sunday He is a son-in-law of ]. H.
Hoffman.
G. L. Beall, of Lancaster township,
had the misfortune to experience a col
lision while riding horseback, dislocat-
ing his arm.
Ray G. Brown, a leading What Cheer
attorney, visited at the home of his
father, Hon. G. NJ Brown.
The first number of May festival, a
musicale, was given at the e. church
Monday night. Despite the cloudiness.
the house was filled, many having
come from Lancaster and surrounding
points. Specialties were the whistling
solos by Miss Alice Stire of Seymour,
the piano solos by Mrs. Pearl E.Veitch
of Springfield, Mo-, and the readings
by Mr.. Burroughs of Delta, Messrs
Hoffman, McCreary and Strawbridge,
and Misses Startzman, Lynn, Dobie,
Wendt, Strawbridge and Richardson
of Sigourney, and the Misses White,
of South English, participated.
Rev. Frank l.. Loveland, of Vinton,
: filled the second number of the May
Festival last night with rousing lee.
ture.
Miss Elizabeth Thomas, principal of
the Lancaster schools, spent Sunday at
home
Scott Hines, of North English, was
in Sigourney on Saturday.
F. L. Goeldner transacted legal bust
ness in Fairfield.
Nick Thies lies very sick, at the
point of death.
A number Of What Cheer and also
some Harper boys were down here last
Sunday.
Marriage licenses: Thomas w. Rich
ardson and Hattie Collumber.
O. S. Terrell, of Ollie, present depu.
ty clerk of keokuk county, will be a
candidate for the place as successor to
his principal, Clerk J. G. Barrett, be.
fore the republican county convention.
J. r. McVicker, of Sigourney will
be a candidate for the nomination as
clerk of court before the republican
county convention.
Miss Virginia McEIroy, from Chain
of Rocks, Mo-, is a guest at the Beatty
homes. Miss McTlawy is the daugh-
ter of DR.. McElway, who is in partner.
ship with DR.. j. d. Beatty, in Missouri.
w. H. Needham and John r. Need
ham made rapid drive to Delta and
return Monday afternoon.
A new history of Keokuk county is
being prepared by corps of writer's
who are collecting and editing the ma.
terial in the county at present.
Sigourney. MAY 14.-Orris Childs
recently visited Han. Adna Utterback
at Hedrick.
DIR. L. III. Hinkley and wife have re.
turned from their visit at Lone Tree.
Two DRINKS were run i'm yester-
day. There were two or three little
fracas in the city but all was soon
quieted by Marshal Vollmer.
Several new extensions of side
walks are being completed. The town
is on the boom.
Mrs. Alice Mendenhall of South
English will participate in the COM
mencement exercises of the school of
that place on Friday night
z A general interest was shown in the
county examinations for common
school diplomas last Friday and Sat
urday. Rural graduating exercises
will be held at various points where
the number of graduates will warrant.
County Superintendent Miller is at
tending the graduating exercises at
various points. Friday night of this
week he will be present Mt South Eng