Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11

idly as his family and friends desire
that he should.
The Bloomfield camp of Modern
Woodmen, No. 400, has commenced
the new year with new life and energy
and is making wonderful progress
At the weekly meetings held every
Wednesday evening from one to three
adoptions are made at each meeting
George A. Norris is doing deputy work
and the camp membership is rapidly
increasing in young members, law
yers, clerks and business men. 1t is
believed that it would be policy to OPP
en- all charters in camps in and around |
Bloomfield as camp No. 499 can testify
to the virtue of deputy as there is
more life in the camp at present than |
ever before.
Twenty members of the order of the |
Eastern Stars filled two bobsleds on
Thursday evening and drove to the
county farm where they enjoyed a
mid-winter picnic and spent happy
social evening. The party took with
them a fine supply of fresh oysters
and to this repast Mr.. and Mrs
Alb Downing. who are managing the
| farm, added a supper that was deli
cious and appetizing. consisting of sub
stantials and delicacies arranged in
the most tempting manner imaginable.
At eleven o'clock p. m. the party de-
parted on their return trip to the city
and when at a short distance from
the farm one of the sleds suffered a
was deepest the driver drove the team
so close to a deep ditch that the hors
es turned and drew back, tipping the
sled over and depositing the inmates
at the bottom of the ditch, a distance
of twenty feet. Had the Eastern
Stars founded hospital Friday morn
ing for its bruised and battered men,
bership, the institution would have
been filled to the brim by evening had
all those who limped and groaned that
day taken advantage of its open doors.
No one, however, was seriously injur-
ed, although few escaped without a
scratch or bruise of some kind. The
bob and it's new thoroughly sobered
crew pulled into the city about one
o'clock a. m. and said very little about
it the next day.
Miss Minnie Loeb returned Thurs
day from Quincy, ILL.,, where she has
been spending the past two weeks at
the home of her cousin, Mrs. Lee
Stein. Miss Minnie returned in re
SPONGE to a telegram from her father
stating that her mother was very sick.
Mrs. Loeb is unable to rise from her
bed, having a sudden and severe at
tack of rheumatism.
Walter Adams, farmer living near
Ottumwa made trip to this place on
Thursday and was treated to kick
in the month by one of the citizens
and was obliged to visit physicians
. oFE ,uhn n
inflicted by the teeth, was given med
ical treatment He had ample food
for thought while jogging on his home
ward way.
A serious accident occurred at the
Y NJ c. A. gymnasium on Thursday
evening. Ed Songer was thrown up
in blanket almost to the ceiling and
allowed to fall to the floor the young
man who attempted to catch him not
being strong enough to hold him. He
sustained broken foot and ankle and
will be laid up for long time.
Ira Prevo has gone to Memphis, Mo-,
to attend horse sale for a few days.
Abba.
Abba. Feb. s.-George Coombs and
sons, who operate coal mine about
, six miles south of Abba, had a misfor-
!, tune befall them last week when their
mine caught fire. The fire originated
from slack pile and spread to the
cage. burning it and the blaze descend
ing down the shaft into the mine, de-
!. stroying much curbing and tools and
clothes that were near the bottom of
| the shaft The blaze on top spread to
} shanty and destroyed it. The loss
, will run up to about 5000 outside OF
delay.
The business mems meeting Thurs
day evening was a good one. Old Off
GERS were reelected namely: TIL Zook,
| president; C {. w. Smallwood, secre.
, tary; G. H. Hobson, treasurer. A fin
ance committee of Frank Morse, Max
, Loeb and Joe Strasburger, was elect
ed. A. r. Barnes was continued indefi-
nitely at the head of the Abba Buxton
t electric railway project. Mr.. Barnes
3 reported that he had partially cover
: ed the field in soliciting to run pre-
liminary survey and had raised about
t $500. He thought the amount would
} be raised to several hundred more and
} the work would be taken up the first
| thing in the spring. The association
will have a banquet some time this
/ month and a committee was appoint
: ed to push the thing along.
4 The discussion of the trading stamp
!, question caused the association to go
on record as very much against such
a system.
Sigourney.
Sigourney, Feb. "Wednesday was
E default day in court. There were
. neither any defaults nor divorces
q however, to come up. The day was
! spent in minor probate business.
9 Marriage licenses were issued tt
= Walter Webb "a, and Valetta Stock
: berger "a; Joseph L. Page 81, and An
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