Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-03
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA In BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
Of Your Acquaintance as Chronicled
by courier's Staff CT Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Bloomfield,

Two weeks vacation at the nome Ol HeT
parents Attorney and Mrs. D. H.
Payne.
Miss Ada Hounsom. of Glenwood.
NJ :, visited at the home of Miss Fay
Dunahee on Sunday, departing Mon,
day morning.
c. l.. Pennington spent Sunday with
his family IN this city and left Mon
day for Clarinda.
The basket ball game between the
Fairfield parsons College, team and
the Bloomfield high school, played at
the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium Saturday
evening, resulted in a score OF IL to
l6 in favor of the home boys. Owing
to misunderstanding in the decision
of the empire Fairfield forfeited the
game, which was already won by
Bloomfield.
Easter Sunday was observed by the
different denominations of the city by
special services either in the morning
or evening. The regular quarterly
meeting services were held at the
Methodist church, conducted by the
pastor. Rev. J. w. Potter, assisted by
Rev. H. G. Ertell, the presiding elder,
Rev. Cooper being absent. The song
service supplied by tn choir was sup
plemented by vocal solo, by Miss
McKeehan, of Valparaiso, who recent
ly arrived to take charge of the music
class at the Southern Iowa Normal.
The morning sermon was discarded on
account of the quarterly services and
a short outline of thought or heart to
heart talk was given by the pastor,
followed by the baptismal service of
infants. The little daughter of Attor-
ney and Mrs. j. A. Rominger and the
baby boy and girl of Mr.. and Mrs. S. A.
LOrenZ were carried to the altar by
the parents, Rev. Potter lifting each
little one in his arms while performing
the service. The remainder of the
morning was spent in distributing the
sacrament of the Lords Supper The
quarterly love feast was held in the
afternoon.
An Easter Cantata given at the
Christian church in the evening was
preceded by vocal solo by Miss Nc
Keehan, of Valparaiso, and closed by
q vocal solo by Will Downing.
Mrs. j.. c. Simpson returned Mon
day from Milton, where she enjoyed a
short visit at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Newsom Gurnsey.
AT the Presbyterian church a praise
service was conducted by the mission
airy society and consisted of select
readings, reciIations and music. A
vocal duet was also furnished by lit
tie Myrl Russell and Johnnie Raw
lings. A silver Offering was made for
the cause of missions.
Mrs. w. W. RUSSELL who sustained
a badly broken ankle as the result
of fall this winter, is again able to be
around.
w. A. sturtz spent Sunday in OF,
tumwa
Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Bussey, of Pulaski,
are visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. j. M. Smith, where they arrived
on Saturday.
While a high wind was blowing on
Sunday morning the fire alarm called
the people of the town to the home of
S. S. Carrothers. where smoke was
seen issuing from the kitchen roof
Fortunately the fire was discovered
almost as soon as it started and the
blaze was quickly extinguished and the
damage was slight. 1t seems that the
fire in the furnace had burned out and
the attendant whose duty it was to
sekindle it had placed a large quantity
of newspapers in the furnace and they
were drawn up the big chimney to
fall in sheets of flames on the shingles
below.
Theodore Taylor. who went to Bill
lings, Montana, where he intended buy
ing large stock farm, has returned
with out making the purchase His
first impressions of the country and
climate were f1attering but later the
illusion was dispelled, the scales drop
ped from his eyes and he saw, as he
now states, that Davis county is the
garden spot of the earth"
Misses Lila Hazelwood, May and Ell
la Wallace spent Easter in the country
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wishard.
One of the finest compliments of the
season has just been received by B.
Loeb and consists of an Easter prayer
book presented by Rabbi of the Jew
lsh tabernacle of Jerusalem. The
book is bound in three covers of olive
wood, which is very pretty, and is
printed in Hebrew and English. Like
all Hebrew books, the title page is in
the back, as all Hebrew literature is
read beginning, as English people
would say, at the back and reading
towards the front. The title page
bears the inscription, "Hagadah for
Passover with English translations-
Jerusalem 1862" The date of the pre-
sent day as counted by the Hebrew ma.
ton who date time from the beginning
of the word
The ladies of the Christian church
who conducted the Easter market on
the east side Friday and Saturday are
in receipt of $50 as the result of a well
conducted and successful movement to
increase the sum already raised for
church improvements.
The large and beautiful home OF
Phillip Diefenbach, who lives neal
Stiles, was destroyed by fire on Satur
day. The residence cost about $4,000
but the loss was well covered by in
surance. The fire was caused by a de
fective fiue
Bloomfield, April 2-Harry and Viii
bur Stevens, who were tried in the
January term of court for assault with
intent to commit murder, having at
tackled a man with gas pipe anG
were each found guilty of simple as
sault and fined, the former $50 and the
latter $50, were confined to the coun
ty Jail on Monday to lay out the fine