Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-20
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
3NEIGHBORHCOD NEWS. s
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Charlton,


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Charlton.
Charlton, March 19.-The board OF
directors of the Independent district
of Charlton held a meeting Monday ev-
ening and transacted the regular rou-
tine business and allowed the usual
number of bills. After the regular
meeting they proceeded to swear in
w. E. Lewis, Eli Manning and E. Fl.
Best, the men recently elected as d.
rectors after which they proceeded to
organize the new board by re-electing
the old officers for another term of one
year. These are T. r. Crocker, presl-
dent; w. e. Lewis, vice-president; M.
M. Perry, secretary, and w. 2. BEEN,
treasurer. the latter being elected by
the people at the recent election and
taking the oath of Office at this meet
ing. When the board was thoroughly
organized they took up the question OF
electing a superintendent for the next
year and the present superintendent,
Prof. j. B. Morris, was unanimously re-
elected. They discussed the condition
of the schools and all were loud IN
their praise of the present manage
ment which has made an enviable rep
utation for the public schools of Charl-
ton. At the conclusion of the discus
sion they proceeded to elect the entire.
corps of old teachers for another term
without a dissenting vote. Their action
will be great source of satisfaction
to the patrons of the schools. F,
Herman Kumm has filed papers in
suit for $4,000 damages against the G.,
B. & @. R. R. FOR personal injuries re
ceived by him while working on the
section last November. He was stand
ing by the track waiting for passen-
ger train to go by so he could resume
his work when some one from the bag
gage car threw out a cake of ice weigh
ing about 100 pounds, which struck
him on the leg breaking it in four
places and laying him up for four
months and which the doctors say Will
permanently disable him.
Texas Jack Rhodes is suffering with
a very sore thumb the result of an &C
cident several days ago. He was split
ting kindling with double bitted axe
and was holding the piece of wood in
one hand when in striking the wood
the axe slipped and struck his thumb
near the second joint cutting a cash
about an inch long and clear to the
bone. He is doing nicely however and
aside from causing him much pain no
serious results are expected to follow.
James Brown of English township
shipped his family and household goods
to their new home in kirksville, Mo-,
on Tuesday.
VIM. Hall of Lucas was in Charlton
Monday transacting business and Wis
iting friends.
e. d. Finch of Des Moines. was in
Charlton Monday visiting his wife who
is spending a short time with her
mother, Mrs. G. F. Temple, who is Sc
riously i'll at her home in the west part
of the city.
Capt. Eckers of Ottumwa was trans
acting business in Charlton on Mon
day.
H. B. Horner is in Russell this week
having accepted a position with A. j..
Woodman, the implement man of that
place.
Miss Ethel Ashby of Norwood, form
erly a student of the Charlton high
school, has received the position of
teacher in the Bond school in Otter
Creek township, for the spring and
summer terms.
Joe Kriddlebaugh departed Tuesday
morning for a few days shooting trip
at Davis City.
Prof. C. F. Goltry has returned from
an extended business trip to st. Louis,
Mo-, and southern Iowa.
Clement Edmenson, who has been
visiting his mother, Mrs. M. E. Edmen-
son, of this place for the past few days,
departed Tuesday for an extended Wis
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S. Swartzlander has returned from
Indianola, where he had gone to at
tend the funeral services of his mother
who died there short time ago.
j. d. Wilson, who has been in Chart
ton the past few days with car of
western horses, has disposed OF the en-
tire lot and returned to his ranch at
Reno, New.
Frank Trotter has returned to his
home in Charlton after an over Sun
day visit at the parental home in OF
tumwa.
John Jackson, the colored man who
got in trouble at Creston and it is al
legged that he killed a newsboy while
shooting at another colored man with
whom he was fighting, is well known
in Charlton, where he resided for many
ton of being very bad man and
where he was continually in trouble
and served many terms in the Jail.
Eli Tracey, a resident of White
breast township, is reported as quite
seriously i'll at Derby. He was visit
ing relatives at this place when he was
suddenly taken i'll and has laid in an
unconscious condition ever since and
grave fears are entertained for his re-
coyery.
The weather, which has been very
cold for the past few days, moderated
on Tuesday and the thermometer be-
gun an upward course with view of
dispelling winter and coaXing spring to
appear.
James Gillespy and family of Lin.
coin township have returned to their
home after weeks visit with their
son, DR.. Gillespy, of Coin.
George Johnson has sold all his