Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-09

crat county officials at the same time.
Mr.. Waynick has retained the present
deputy treasurer, H. G. Curtis. while
Mr. Boss will have /. N. Pullman. as
his deputy. The retiring officers have
all been excellent officers and the in,
coming officers will have hard time to
keep their respective offices up to the
standard but the people who know the
officers are confident that they will do
it.
The Sunday school of the Christian
church of this place is growing in
numbers and interest almost every
Sunday. They are now in a prosper
Gus condition and for the first time in
many years are enabled to pay for
their quarterly supplies in advance.
lhey have just elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Supt. j.
f. Noble; assistant, j. E. Waugh; sec
rotary, Mrs. T. c. Walker; assistant,
Gertrude WEIGH; treasurer, Gertrude
WEIGH; librarian, Zoe Waugh; choris-
ter, VIM. Trautuein. All the officers
are earnest faithful workers and the
Sunday school expects a most profit
able year under their management.
The board of supervisors met in reg
ular session on Monday. There were
many bills and claims allowed and
many miscellaneous petitions were
acted upon. The official bonds of the
new officers, Treasurer f. M. Waynick,
Sheriff Laurel Boss and Supt. Laura
Fitch, We're approved and the new Off
GERS indicted into Office. The resis-
nation of A. c. Curtis as justice of the
peace of Whitebreast township was
accepted. Many bonds of township Of
Ulcers were examined and approved.
An agreement between the three news
papers of Charlton, which has been in
force for the past few years whereby
each was to receive one-third of the
county printing was presented and an
proved. The fourth quarterly report
of County Recorder T. H. Maxwell
was accepted and approved. 1t show
ed total of $277.40 in fees collected
for the past quarter which included
the recording of Psi deeds, ninety-five
real estate mortgages, fifty-six chattel
mortgages, forty-one releases, two ex-
tensions, eleven affidavits, four bills of
sale, seven assignments, one plat,three
contracts. His annual statement
which will be filed today will show a.
slight. balance over the $1,000 allowed
which will be turned over to the coun-
ty.
Mrs. g. F.. Sydebotham has return
ed from a weeks visit with relatives
and friends in Oakley.
Mrs. e. E. Carroll and daughter and
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Carroll were over
Sunday visitors at the home of Alice
Pulley in Benton township, who enter
tanned a few friends at dinner in honor
of her friend, Mrs. H. B. Mellefont of
Montezuma.
Rev. w. ]. Hastie, of the Christian
church preached two very eloquent
and instructive sermons Sunday. Rev.
HASTE is new minister here and the
large crowds he is drawing proves the
popularity and worth of his sermons.
His talks Sunday were in the nature Of
preparatory talks for the revival ser,
vices he expects to begin Thursday ev-
ening, January 8. There were four
additions at the morning services.
The Junior Enleavor society of the
U: P. church will hold a social at the
home of the pastor, Rev. M. G.. Mum.
this evening. An admission fee of
five cents will be charged and the pro.