Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01


night. 1t was a success in every way.
Prof. S. D. Willets has closed his
school at Chillicothe and returned
home.
Mrs. A. D. Jolley arrived home from
a visit to st. Louis with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Bell.
The graduating exercises were held
here Thursday and Friday nights OF
last week. The following were the
graduates. John Reed, Joe Haney
Trenk Daley, Ralph Campbell and
Misses Gertrude Campbell, Alice AID
ans, Fife Paxton. May Moore, Adah
Picnell, Mary Bell and Nora Nagel.
Fred Ressler, who was hurt in St
Louis, Mo-, a few days ago, has re
turned home. He has improved very
fast and will be able to work soon.
A. G. Roberts of Bonaparte was here
last week to attend the field meet.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. S. Bell were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Dysart
of Fairfield recently.
Belknap.
Belknap. April 30-Mrs. Lucy Har
bour received word last week from
her brother G. A. Davis, of Boulder
Col, stating that an eight-pound
daughter was born to them April Is.
Rev. Eskridge of Bloomfield was a
Belknap visitor Tuesday evening.
Abbie Patterson of near Drakeville
had the misfortune to get the bal
of the middle finger of her right hand
cut out while busting a broken glass
last week. The wound is getting
along as well as could be expected.
G. w. Ware, who has been employed
by the Rock Island Railroad company
at Eldon for some time past, has been
transferred to the position of bill
clerk in the general Office at Santa
Rosa, New Mexico. leaving for that
place Saturday morning, after a two
days visit here with his parents, +
Ware and wife.
The Bellknow Telephone Co. is put
ting up its wires.
Mrs. E. A. Patterson is having hel
yard and orchard enclosed with a
woven wire fence.
j. j. Galloway and wife of Eldon Wis
i tied here Saturday and Sunday with
| their daughter, Mrs. Sherman Dillon
and husband.
A. w. Martin and wife are Ottumws
visitors today.
Mrs. Aaron Gray and daughter
Mamie, from near Drakesville visited
here yesterday with Mrs. Almyra Nor
ris.
The adjustor of the Iowa State In
surance Co. settled Saturday with
George Monroe for the loss of his barn
| by lightning Thursday night. Mr. Mon
roe had $1,000 insurance and received
$1,280 in the settlement, but this will
not cover the loss, as it is said he
had nine head of horses, three COWS
and nearly all his farm implements
burned,
Attorney T. Mcconnell returned this
noon from a visit with friends al
Floris. He reports that he could see
great difference in the oats and 9th
er crops since the rain.
Joe Weiney and wife of Bloomfield
visited here Monday at the Samue
Mcconnell home
William Pickett and family visited
| yesterday with George Livingston an
family, of Sherman SHAPED.
Mrs. I. Ware visited yesterday will
Mrs. Rebecca Rhine, of Sherman
| Chapel.
4 Mrs. Frank Pickett returned home
yesterday from visit with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Willie Wagner, and family
of Ottumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Songer and chill
dren, Ed, Blanche, and Ruth, o
Bloomfield, visited here yesterda,
with ODE Burns and wife.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Songer visited
friends in Ottumwa Sunday.
A most enjoyable time is reported
from the Old Soldiers supper at Hal
vey Swinney's Saturday evening. Thi
was the thirty-seventh anniversary o
the close of the war. Supper
lspeeches, recitations and music occu
pied the evening. The music was ful
nished by the w. NJ. Lockman family
Those present were: Messrs. an
Mesdames jeff Galloway. j. w. Johr
son, Orville Swinney, ]. w. Miller an
ODE Burns and two children; Mes
danes Pottorff and daughter Sylvia
of Eldon. Mary Sharon, Vonie Ebel
line; Misses Laura, Eva, June an
Beryle Lockman, Leila Eberlin,
Emma Swinney, and Lulu Oneal.
Messrs. John Carpenter and Roy Swir
new