Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-30
Eddyville,

EudyVllle.
Eddyville, Jan. 2S.-Some excite.
ment prevails here over mad dogs.
Mayor Funk has issued proclama.
ton requiring all dogs to be muzzled
for sixty days.
| Mr. and Mrs. H. ]. Wing, who have
| been residing at Ottumwa for several
years, will again become citizens of
this place next week, when they will
ship their household goods to this
place.
Grant Cowley, who already owns
considerable property here, has pur-
chased property near Schafer & Stein
hoff's, and will construct fine brick
building thereon next spring.
| Since the terrible mine explosion
which occurred at Lost Creek, only
three miles distant, Friday noon, great
excitement has reigned here, it being
at its height Friday afternoon, as par
Iticulars were hard to obtain. Quite
number of citizens, including the
physicians, at once drove out to the
scene of the disaster-Shaft No. 2.
Those who remained here listened
with great anxiety to all particulars
| that come to this place by phone. Still
others drove up Saturday to witness
the terrible sight. Those from this
place who were working in the mines
were: Frank Secress, Ed Swanson
and D. Mater. Mr. Secress had his
arm and elbow badly mashed. Mr..
Swanson had his back injured. Mr..
Mater is said to have escaped unin
jured. This was the most terrible
accident ever occurring in the vicinity
of Eddyville.
DR.. Kussart was called out near La
konta Friday night to attend young
man, Charley Morrow, whom he found
suffering with appendicitis.
Mrs. Harley Allison, of South OF
tumwa, but formerly of this place
who had been spending few days at
the parental VIM. Allison home, de-
parted Thursday to spend day with
her brother, Chef Johnson and wife at
Hilton, before returning home.
The little daughters of w. F. jaeger
and j. w McCrea, northwest of town,
have been on the sick list. suffering
with the grip.
Prof. A. B. Bush, of Second street,
returned Friday from Knoxville, where
he had been since Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. T. Johnson. of
Sand Ridge were calling on relatives
and attending to business in Oskaloo-
sa Thursday
Rev. w. R. Yard, formerly pastor of
a Baptist church in Ottumwa, but now
of Pella, filed the Baptist pulpit at
) this place Sunday forenoon, at II
| o'clock and again in the evening.
5 Ed Kussart attended an oyster sup
per at the ], B. Lee home, on Gray's
Creek. Friday night. 1t was given by
the Epworth League of the Gray's
Creek church, and about forty were
present.
F. D. Coryell and D. C. England
We're recent callers in Oskaloosa.
, w. G. Anderson and family, of neal
Bluff Creek P. o., were in town on
business Saturday.
J. A. Collins, of the west side. has
tbeen spending a few days in Oska
loosa visiting relatives and attending
to business matters.
w. Epps has returned from few
weeks stay in Nebraska.
! Carl McCaffery will soon move tc
, the T. J. Newell farm below town.
There was a piano recital at the
= Congreg ational church Friday even
, ing.
The pupils of the high school are
!. thinking of giving an entertainment al
/. the opera house Washington's birth
day.
Eddyville, Jan. 3O.-Simon Dixon
a one of our well known citizens, receiv
/ ed word Monday that his sister, Mrs
s Asbury Collins, had died at her home
: in Des Moines. Mr.. Dixon at once
went to that place, returning Tuesday
n with the remains, which were buried
n here yesterday afternoon The de