Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-11
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
The VICINITY OF OTTU1lWA IN. BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
of Your acquaintance as chSopic!sd
BY Courier's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Bloomfield.

Bloomfield, Nov. 10.-Mrs A. b. Gil
bert is spending a couple OF weeks at
the home OF her daughter. Mrs. MaDeli
Bell, Of Mt Sterling.
W. j. GCeGKie made business nip
to Chicago on Friday.
Mss Ida Gibson closed the fab terms
OF school at the cross roads school
house on Friday
Rev. and MIS-. Z. 3. Hughes rel
turned on Saturday to Abba. having
spent the greater part Of the week,
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Will Tay-I
Tor. Rev Hughes having formerly occu-.
niad the NJ. Il. pulpit at this place and
it was hoped that he might preach on
Sunday. but failing to fill his pulpit at
Abba he was obliged to return on Sat
,rday, thus forfeiting the pleasure of
meeting and being met by his former
congregation.
Duff 3prchett was the guest of
friends in EIorlton Sunday
Mr. NIillara Saunders, who depart
ed a few weeks ago for San Francisco,
Cal whore SHE intended spending the
winter. IS expected horne the first of
: Tho week, the climate having proved
detrimental TO her health. which it
was hoped would be improved by tho
change
Mrs. ]. w. Young has returned from
Hutohisca, Kan. where sne has been
Spending a couple of weeks with her
daughter Mrs Lillian Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. e. Haney returned
Monday to their home in Milton after
a short visit at the home of Mrs. Ha-
ney's mother, Mrs. G. Lakewood.
Mr.. Brown, of Grinnell, president of
the Mt Pleasant Telephone company.
was recent guest at the Sickle
home.
Will Sturtz has returned from Des
Mcines. having been absent from the
city all summer. He leaves the first of
the week for Kansas City.
Joe Davis returned Saturday from
business trip to Queen City, Mo.
The Rebekah lodge met in regular
sess on on Friday evening and init
ated Mrs. Addie Monroe, Miss Cleo
close OF the business session social
evening was spent. Pumpkin pie and
dcughnuts were served.
Miss May Wallace is in receipt Of a
letter from her brother, Will E. Wal
lace, Of Moscow. Idaho, we'll known to
many in this city and county, in which
he relates a bear story and in which he
experienced a most unpleasant Cir
cumstancey Having some time ago
taken white pine timber claim in
the mountains eighty miles from Mos
cow Mr.. Wallace made visit to that
place, having been preceded a few
days before by three young men who
had taken possession of q little cabin
in which to store provisions sufficient
fer the length of time they We're re.
ouired to spend on the claim. Mr..
Wallace arrived to find his friends
testing the biblical assertion that it
is not good for man to live by bread
alone, bruin having invaded the store.
house and enjoyed square meal con-
sisting of twenty-five pounds of sugar
one ham, one shoulder five pounds OF
lard, quantity of dried fruit an q
can of milk The bear made his en-
trance through the roof, which he sue
ceeded in tearing off. and made his
final exit through the window taking
sash and ALL He carried fifty pound
sack of -four onto the roof and left it
there, taking with him five pounds of
Coffee which was afterward found in
the brush, ruined by lying in the rain
NJ Wallace and his companions re
manned in the cabin three or four days
with nothing to eat but bread, tt
which just at that time little beal
meat would have given a better rel
ish. A storm came up and through
the broken roof and sashless window
the rain and snow pelted the cold ant
hungry men. and altogether the beaI
story was easier told than expert
enced
Charifo,