Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-30
LITTLE BITS OF NEWS
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA IN BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your acquaintances as chTonieled
by!Courier's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.

by Courier's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
EddyviIle.
Eddyville. Oct. 30.-Sunday night a
lap robe and whip were stolen from
Burley Scribner's buggy, hitched near
Smiths saloon. AT the same time a
buggy cushion belonging to Sperry
Jones, Of Bluff Creek, was stolen from
his rig, which was hitched at the same
rack. Soon after, Harry Fitzgerell,
said to be working near KirlSville, was
stopped by Marshal A. e. McGough
Tor fast driving. Night Watch S. P.
Crosson, being on the track of thieves,
came up and seeing the robe and whip
IN his possession proceeded to arrest
him. Walter Steele, who was thought
TO nave the cushion, drove hastily out
OF town, and was followed to his place
OF work east of town aroused from
sleep, arrested about midnight, and
brought back to town. The trial was
held before Esq w. P. Brodrick Mon
day at l O'Clock. They were found
guilty and given a twenty days SEN
tence in the Wapello county Jail. Mar
shals McGough and Crosson accompa
MED them to Ottumwa the same af-
ternoon. The cushion was found
along the road leading to the place
where Steele was arrested
A young man from Albany, Missouri,
who had been working for Arson Ten
mis-, of near Cedar, is accused of steal
Ing a horse and buggy near Wright,
belonging to Will Kenny, of Cedar He
is said to have driven through Eddy
vile and over to a horse buyers near
Frederic, Friday, where he is said to
have offered the horse for sale at
ridiculously low price He was over
taken and captured by the owner of
the horse. Night Watch S. p Cros.
j son, of this place, arrested him, and
he was taken to Oskaloosa and lodged
in jail.
Mrs. Mary Leeper, of Second street,
left Thursday to spend the winter at
Jimulco and Cordova, Mexico, visiting
her son, John Nichols, and her grand
daughter, Mrs. Dennis Hedrick.
l.. @. Horner was in Ottumwa Satur-
day. f.tF
here soon.
]. Mr.. and Mrs. Will White, of Oskaloo-
ga, spent day here recently visiting
Mrs. Whites aunt, Mrs. Lucinda Grill,
on South Fourth street.
Miss Mary Lewis, of Ottumwa, visit
ed L. G. Horner and family from
Thursday till Saturday and attended
the X. p. ball Friday night.
Mesdames J. S. Tucker and Maria
sWykert, of Oskaloosa, have been Wis.,
iting at the Geo. Osborne home, west
of town.
The subject at the M. e. church
Sunday night was "On the Wrong
Train" A good attendance and much
interest is reported, especially at the
Sunday evening meeting.
The residence of Mrs. Naomi Sc
cress, which was removed from First
street to- Second street some time ago,
is being generally oyerhauled.
The remains of Ed. Shea, who was
killed on the Duluth & Iron Range
railway in Minnesota Thursday, were
brought here for burial Saturday night
and the funeral was held Sunday at IL
o'clock from the Catholic church. In
terment was made in Highland GENE
terry. The deceased was the next to
the youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Shea, of Fourth street, who, with the
following brothers and sisters, sur.
vive him: Tade, John, Will, Jerry
James, and Dan, and one sister, Miss
Allie Shea. He was about 20 years
old and leaves wife. He resided al
Two Harbors, Mich.
The funeral of Stephen Ury, who
was killed by falling tree Wednes
day, was held at Hayden Chapel Fri
day afternoon and burial was in the
Hayden Chapel cemetery. 1t was
found impossible to locate his mother
who formerly lived at Des MONIES sc
word could not be gotten to her. Rev
w. f. Stone, the M. 70. pastor here
conducted the services and the funera
was largely attended.
The political issues of the day will
be discussed here at the opera house
this week from both the republican
and democratic standpoints, as Hon
John F. Lacey, republican candidate
for congress, spoke Tuesday evening
and Hon. John P. Reese, democratic
candidate for the same office, will ad
dress the people this evening.
Mrs. Margaret Sterling, of Burling
ton, is spending couple of week.
with her sister, Mrs. Geo. Osborne
west of town.
John jaeger, Sr., was at Batavi;
ThurSday anu FRIDAY visiting ms son
Geo. jaeger.
Mrs. Ed. Boucher and son return tt
their home I~ew Whatcom, Wash
ington, this /leek after a months Wis
it with rel ives here. They will b.
accompanie by John B. Wangaman
who will spend the winter with rela
tives and if the country suits him will
move his family there.
The following Eddyville people lef
today for California: Seifert Warner
and family go to San Jose; G. M Can
field and family and Mrs. Florenc
Dunkle go to Hemmett; and Mr. an
Mrs. Benz. Gordon go to Woodland
The first two families go to live, Mrs
Dunkle goes to spend the winter wit
relatives, and Mr.. and Mrs. Gordo
go to spend the winter with their sor
Bert Gordon, and wife, and perhap
live there.
Mrs. Philip Kontz and two childre