Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-04

MARCH q. 1909.
Tuesday on business.
j. R. zones made a business trip to
ottumwa yesterday. w /
Mrs. CA Meyer and daughter and
Mrs. J. Meyer and sonsleft yesterday |
for Oklah6ma to reside there.
J. II. Tanner was down from Delta
Tuesday on business visit.
5ls Abba. Fl
lHssAlbia Feb 2S.-Porter Glenn is one
of the five men to occupy bunk in
the county Jail. Wednesday night
PORTER was at the Burlington depot. 1t
Isl charged that he stole an overcoat
FROM an 0sceola man who had laid the
garment on the seat. The police were
notified and they found eileen asleep,
wrapped in the coat at MaXon, two
miles east of here. He was given
trial before Squire Wright yesterday
morning and the squire fined him $50
and costs. The other parties in the
Jail are laying out fines for the illegal
sale Of intoxicating liquors.
For the first time in many years AL
bia is dry town." All the tonic
\ joints are closed. They have been
running pretty wide open, but the
! mulct tax was assessed against doz-
zen pieces of property and that caused
II the property owners to get the liquor
n men out of their various buildings.
/. VIM. Bernard of Melrose, was in AL
\ bia yesterday, and had the papers re-
corded in a deal in which he disposed
+<>f 1T 1,1 To- hi f1p
A to Mr.. Donohue. Mr.. Bernard has
flIrose and as soon as he returns from
! California trip will become a perma-
nent resident of Melrose.
John Moore, of this city, who owns a
good farm in Mahaska county and
which lies along the proposed route of
the Tama-Buxton inter-urban route,
has received notice that the amount he
subscribed toward the project, is now
! due and payable at the First National
!, bank in Oskaloosa.
The women of Friends in Council in
. vited their husbands to their session
+ last night, meeting at the home of j.
: w. Holt. Refreshments were served
c and delightful time had.
i Eddyvile.
Eddyville. March 1.-"Uncle" Joe
;. Roberts is still very poorly at his
i home, corner of Berdan and First
streets, his heart trouble having turn
> ed to dropsy.
s. Mr.. and Mrs A. B. Shank, of Grays
> Creek, departed Wednesday night fol
. Kirksville, Mo-. where Mrs. Shank
will take treatment atSthe osteopathit
:. infifmary.
i The baby of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Lin
y derman has been one of the sick.
- Mrs. Maggie Watkins returned
y Tuesday night from Battle Creek
s. Mich She had been at that place thu
+ past seven weeks taking course il
! nursing at the S. D. A. sanitarium, bu
Il owing to that institution being de
stroyed by fire she returned home
y Miss Laura Beamer, of Bluff Greek
e who accompanied Mrs. Watkins t.
u Battle Creek, is reported as undecided
l. as to whether to return home or re
IS main there for awhile longer, but he
y friends expect her home before yer
II long.
R. NJ. Beamer vacates the old TON
= my" Newell farm on Fudge Creek, an
II moves to town Monday. Carl McGa1
d. ferry will then move to this place.
to Keb Wednesday, Mr.. Walker ha'
IL ing position there.
II, Miss Jennie Rooyaart who ha
spent the past three months on Blu
le Creek, departs tonight for her HON
at at Leighton, having completed he
le term of school.
"a Any friend of the Courier KNOWN
10 anything of interest for publicatio
as will confer favor by making sal
~ facts known to John R. Sipes, tn
Is Courier's regular correspondent {
ne this place All items will be Thankful
us ly received We endeavor to be O
W. the streets each Tuesday, Thursda
Ia and Saturday afternoons, and whe
" not on the streets we can be reache
lie by calling on s of the Eddyyille Tel
d, phone exchange.
DIS Frank Kussart of Kussart's cat
went to Ottumwa on business la
IS night.
on Harry Whitlach, of near Lakont
le was in town recently.
VI One or two cases of peoples house
W. being entered at night are reporte
but nothing of value seems to hay
~ been taken
Sc The Grays Creek school, west
!, Oh town, closes today under the efficiel
y. management of Miss Lottie Totman.
ut Bunch.
on Bunch. Feb. 2S-Married, Feb.
ISL Miss Addie Hudgons, living north
ca here and Joseph Schoech, of Blake
~ ~ burg The ceremony was solemniZe
", by Nose Downing in Bloomfield.
la Married, Feb. 26, at the home of M
III and Mrs. VIM. Leonard, their daug
es ter Olive, to David Ward, Rev. Barr
10 officiating. Quite large number
ne friends and relatives were present.
en- Thomas Williams, who has been vi
lai iting friends and relatives here f
oil some days, returned to his home
:, Missouri, Feb. 81.
7u Pierce Chambers, of Knoxville, "
" tied with his sister, Mrs. Eliza Hoove
,as last Sunday and Monday.
~ David Glassburner has moved fro
~ his farm to DrakesvilIe.
55,ns Word has been received in this