Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-29

j. Terry was an Ottumwa visitor
yesterday.
Mrs. H. Cross and son Henry, who
have been visiting relatives at this
place returned to their home at Knox
VILE this morning.
s The Ladies'. Cemetery association
had very large crowd at their shoe
social Thursday evening. Quite a.
large sum was netted for the worthy
cause of repairing and fixing the FL
don cemetery.
Jack Curran of Cook, Neb., is in FL
don visiting friends and relatives.
George w. Crawley has resigned his
position as night baggageman at this
place.
G. w. Ware left last night for Santa
Rosa, New Mexico, where he has &C
cepted position as baggageman.
q. G. Wright left today for Chicago
on business.
Sam Stone and wife returned yester
day from Chicago, where Mr.. Stone
has been in the interests Of the B. of
L. E.
AL Swain shipped a car Of goods
from this place yesterday to Mountain
View, Mo-, where he will make his fu-
ture home.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Phillips and daugh-
ter Maggie are visiting friends in Chi
cago.
Friday night Eldon had the heaviest
rain that has fallen here in two years.
Although it did not last but part of
the night 2.29 inches fell by the gov
eminent measurement.
George Friend left yesterday for a
short visit at Ell Paso, Texas.
Robert Patterson is visiting his pa
rents at Washington.
Ream Baker returned home Friday
from Oklahoma where he has been
visiting his uncle.
Ralph Daugherty, Of Washington,
was in Eldon on business yesterday.
| Eldon now possesses one of the fin.
! est new and up to date cigar stores in
southern Iowa. Mr.. Terry has recent
ly put in elaborate new fixtures and
now occupies the entire building for
merly occupied by the Coolridge jew
elry store. Everything properly be
longing to this business will be kept
in stock including the best brands Of
cigars, tobacco, all magazines, news
papers and periodicals. Mr.. Terry vii
also received subscriptions for the Dali
lily and Semi-Weekly Courier. His ma
my Ottumwa friends when in Eldor
ane cordially invited to call.
OrmanviIle.
ormanville, April 25.-Mrs. F. M
|Overturf is seriously i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Orman are
the proud parents of baby girl. The.
| 81 civ chi1irnn a
of whom are living, but one.
Msr Jessie Spangler and the littl'
Graces, little Misses Golden, Nelli'
and Alma, have returned from Okla
homa where they have been visiting
Saturday night, April 10, LIGHTNING
struck the new barn belonging t.
, Thomas Sample. One of the horse
was Frustrated. since dying. Tw
others are deaf
Nick Shumaker of Ottumwa was il
the city today on business.
Len Bolin has bought the Morgan
farm and added it to his already larg
farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Hamilton wer
, pleasant callers at the East Lynn
) home this week. They were enrout
> home from Belknap, where they hav
, been the guests of their daughter, Mrs
, Libbie Martin.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Klingler went t
Ottumwa recently.
+ Miss Nellie Truitt began schot
). Monday in Davis county, where sh
!. has been a teacher for a number {
/. terms
Mrs. Lavina Wilson and Mrs. ST.
\ sauna Thomas were royalty entertain
ed Wednesday at the Andrew Orma
t home.
!. Mrs. Thenia Helmick visited at tn
6 bedside of her mother, Mrs. f. M. o.
t erturf, yesterday.
p Mr.. and Mrs. John Hamilton wei
/. callers at the News Depot yesterda
g evening. Mr.. Hamilton is victim
il the rheumatism.
| The Ormanville Telephone Co. ha
/. its line completed.
d Mrs j.. A. Coffman has returne
!. from a two weeks visit in OttumN
n with friends.
Ormanville has been blessed wi
[. two very good rains this week.
Lr Elder William Gadd is very poor
a and is sinking rapidly.
School begins at Ormanville the fir
d Monday in May.
t. John Phillips was caller at the
o Houk home today.
J. T. Wood was a caller at the v;
]. Wrinkle home.
j. Mrs. Saphronia Howk was the que
If of her sister, Mrs. Clementine HUI
n today
or ]. H., Adam and George Howk we
in to Bloomfield today to transact bu
at ness.
t. Howard McReynolds had a little b
as kicked by horse Saturday.
n -
Irish Bend.
ip Irish Bend, April 25:-The Farme
Telephone Co. has it's poles set a
Id began stringing up the wire Tuesds
o. Miss Jennie Leach, primary teat
If. er in the Leando schools spent ST
y, bath at home.
It, County Attorney Edgar r. Harl
er- passed through here enroute to LIE;
[r. do Saturday.
en- Francis Harryman was at Tr
Tuesday overseeing the work bel