Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-21

structed Monday. There are several
criminal complaints for them to inves-
tigate and they will be busy all this
week and part OF next week. The
trial jury is summoned to appear at
1:30 this afternoon. The case OF the
State VS.. Bert Dill, of Stockport
charged with assault with intent to
murder Ben Dorothy of the same place
has been assigned for trial on We'd
nesday of next week. This case has
been continued for several terms and
all parties are anxious for trial. Sew
eral law cases have been assigned for
trial the last Of this week and during
next week. This is a four weeks
term and the indications are now that
it will take all that time to dispose OF
the business ready for trial.
ExSupervisor w. II. Roberts and
family will move this week
to Cooperstown, North Dakota,
where Mr.. Roberts recently traded for
half section Of land, having traded
his 200 acre farm near this place to
Mr.. Cooper Mr.. Roberts and family
are good people and it is greatly re-
GREETED by their many friends that
they have concluded to move away.
Mrs. Robert Sloan has been confined
to her room for several days with Sc.
we're sickness, but is now some better
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt F. Hamilton are
the proud parents of a son, their first
born.
Mrs. Jessie Snaveley and little chill
dren of Ironwood, Mimi, are visiting
/ in South Keosauqua with Mrs. Shave
| ley's parents, Mr., and Mrs. l.. G.
LOOMS.
Mrs. Mamie Pickens and children
will move this week to Ottum
wa where they expect to make
4 their future home. They are goot
people and their many friends regre
to have them move away.
4 w. A. Work and j. c. Mitchell, botl
of Ottumwa, are in this place attend
4 ing court.
Dr. ]. NJ Randall Of Birmingham
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs: Geo. Morrow recent,
returned to their home in this place
from an extended trip to Colorado.
Mrs. Belle Morse. of Birmingham. Il
assisting in caring for her sister. Mrs
J. W. HARDWOOD, who has been critica,
ly i'll for several weeks. Mrs. Hal
wood is now some better and will re
cover
Mrs. John Taylor of Eldon, is il
this place visiting with her sister, Mis-
Belle Jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ream who hav
been making their home in Peoria. III
for the East two years. are here visit
ing with relatives in Keosauqua an
vicinity.
Belknap.
Belknap, Aug. 19.-Mrs. John Rifle
and children, of Moulton, returne
home Friday morning from visi
with friends at this place and Bloom
field
Miss Myrtle Peden, of Floris, is Wis
iting here with her grandparents, San
uel Mcconnell and wife.
Miss Eva Thompson and ALE
Thompson, of Ottumwa, spent Sunda
here with ]. c. Thompson and famil!
!, ]. B. Lafferty came up from Milto
Saturday evening to spend Sunda
; here with his wife and daughter, Mrs
E. A. Patterson and children.
. Elliott Bachman, of Sherman CHI
: pei, Cdlleu Oh MI. anu Nlls. "A. w. MD
: tin, Sunday
Misses Sadie Wells and Ethel Tie
ney, of Ottumwa, are visiting her
!, with Miss Ola Wells,
Frank Pickett, who is i'll with t.
phoid fever, is improving in health.
The infant child of Henry Morgan
i of Cincinnati, who is being kept at tn
]. w. Johnson home still lies in yer
critical condition, some days wors
: and some days better. 1t is though
: that the child is better than when
was first brought there. Mrs. job
! son. who was quite i'll. is some bette
i The NJ w. A. lodge had b
meeting Friday night. A number fro
y the camp in Bloomfield came out wit
e a. four horse team and several can
a up on hand car from Floris. 1t WE
expected there woald b an initiate
!, service but the gentleman failed
e come.
Lem Warthen, Of West Grove,
. having a carload of timothy sec
4 CARED here today.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Guile and lit
e son, Kenneth, visited Sunday at Il
: Aaron Gray home near Drakesvillt
Miss Dill Rough of Macksburg, was
guest there also.
George Williams and Clyde Spol
p left this morning for Gilman.
$ The most severe electrical storm
this season passed over this commu
: ity Sunday So far no damage W
J. done here by the lightning, but
g struck twice near the Aaron Or;
II place shocking the family and CUES
e some.
+ Mrs. Fred Bachman and sou, Harr
l. of Sherman Chapel, were Belknap v
!, itors Saturday.
George and John Lester left Satl
3 day morning for near Kirksville, M
g where they expect to be joined tod
e. by their mother, Mrs Amanda Lest'
who left for that place yesterday me-
o ming and where they expect to dispo
'e of their farm
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Eberline a
u daughter, leila, visited at Eldon Satl
day night and Sunday.
Monday evening at $3.50 o'clock {
'r Cured the death of D. Thomas p
n man, an old resident Of this place. n
Putnam was we'll liked and respect
is by all. He leaves a wife, five SO
+, and daughter to mourn his loss, t'
LS sons Miles and John having pass