Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-15

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Special sale Of trimmed hats from
$1.00 up, all this week at G. A. Her
rick & Co.'s, lis E. Main street.
l.. Guggerty, well known farmer
residing near Chillicothe, shipped to
Chicago today two cars of cattle and
one car of hogs for all of which he
received seven cents per pound, live
weight. This is an especially good
price for such stock.
The Rater farm of 256 acres located
in the northeast corner of Soap Creek
township was sold last week to John
T .Rater for $40 per acre. Geo. Rater
who has been living on the farm, has
purchased a farm four miles south of
Ottumwa. Davis county loses and
Wapello gains good citizen by his
removal from the old homestead
Bloomfield Democrat.
Paul Mclean, editor of the Creston
Gazette and postmaster at Creston,
and ]. B. Hungerford, editor of the
Carroll Herald and postmaster at Car
roll, were in the city yesterday, the
guests of A. w. Lee. Mr.. Hungerford
lived in Ottumwa when boy, some
thirty years ago and was much inter-
ested in the growth and development
of the city. He found but few of the
old land marks remaining.
IFrom Saturdays Daily.]
]. H. Skinner of Avery, is in town
today on business.
D. f. Whittenmyer of Keb is a Wis
itor in the city today.
]. w. Fansher, of Agency, was a
business visitor in the city today.
A marriage license was issued today
by County Clerk Michael to G. H. Ar
mold and Miss Nellie Wilder.
Beautiful trimmed hats $1OO and up.
Special sale all this week. G. A. Her
rick & Co., lis e. Main street.
Mrs. M. f. Snow, 1895 West street,
has returned home after a weeks Wis
it with relatives in Eddyville.
Miss Clara Carbaugh, who has been
visiting at the home of E. Courtney
on Locust street, departed for her
home in Eldon this morning.
ond street, who is teaching school in
Bidwell, returned to that place this
morning after short visit at her
home.
& Mrs. Mollie Lowenberg, the mother
of Ed. Lowenberg, money order clerk
at the postoffice, has returned from
California, where she has been spend
ing the winter.
Miss Theckla Estergreen of 1926
North Washington street, left on the
Milwaukee this morning for Blakes,
burg, where she has accepted posi-,
ton as teacher in the schools.
Sorrow has entered the home of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. B. McCarroll on West Sec
ond street Last night at II o'clocI
occurred the death Of Frances, theil
daughter, at the age of nine months
Mrs. J. N. Elliott, of Eddyvilie, has
returned home after spending the
week at the home of J. M. Kussart OF
Albany street. Mr.. Kussart, who has
been ill for several months, is report
ed no better.
After this evening the Ottumw;
Democrat will appear as a weekly o
semi-weekly, the daily having beef
suspended owing to the fact that tn,
business would not justify the man
agement in publishing daily paper
The case of the state of Iowa VS.
John Poncy, in which the defendan
was charged with assault with al
tempt to commit great bodily injury
which was called for trial at o'clocl
this morning in Justice ]. A. Ballard
court, was finished late this Afternoon
and the defendant was discharged
The state was represented in the cas-
by Attorney w. w. Rankin while "
2 W. Epps appeared for the defense.
Last evening one of the sons of Mel
Nelson, one of the city policemen, ha
his head badly cut by being struck o
the head with a rock thrown by hi
brother. The little boys were playin
together about the yard when in flu