Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-12
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Arthur Parker of Agency was in the
city on business yesterday.
Born last night to Mr.. and Mrs. f. A.
Thompson, GOA West Second street, an
eight pound boy.
Mrs. Ola Philips of Lovilia who has
been visiting in Eddyvme, returned to-
her home this morning.
Mrs. Maria Harter, who resides on
Keith avenue, left this morning for a
short visit at Blakesburg.
Miss .Hilda Edmans of Keb passed
through the city this afternoon, en-
route for Hiteman for a visit with her
friends and relatives
Mrs Edna Gardner of Eddyville
passed through the city last evening
enroute to Eldon for a short visit with
friends and relatives.
Miss Lettie Downing, who has been
teaching at kirkville, passed through
the city this morning enroute to her
home at Bentonsport.
Mrs. ]. w. Sampson of Grand juno
ton, Col, who has been visiting friends
and relatives at Fairfield, passed
through the city this morning enroute
home.
Lightning struck the home on the
corner of Wilson and Green streets
owned by George Haller and occupied
by w. Fl. Tyler this afternoon and
damaged the property to the extent
of about SIS. Mrs. Tyler and her lit.
tie child We're alone at the time but
were not injured,
Alderman j. e. Hall received word
yesterday from his wife. who is in
Kansas City, Mo-, to the effect that her
daughter-in-law, Mrs, Matte q. Hall,
the wife of Clyde Hall, had died in
Kansas City on Friday. Mr. Hall
leaves tonight for Kansas City to att
! tend the funeral services which will
be held there tomorrow morning.
Conductor c.. w. Copeland has been
chosen as delegate from the Ne Plus
! Ultra lodge, No. u, Brotherhood or
| Railway Trainmen, to the annual con-
lvention of the railroad mems organiza-
| tions to be held in Denver, Colo, May
rs Mr.. Copeland. accompanied by his
wife, will leave Thursday night for
Chicago, where they will join the spe-
! cial train of delegates to the conven-
ton.
While on ladder painting his resi-
dence at 216 Sheridan avenue Satur-
day at 10 o'clock a. M, Clarence
Hills fell twelve feet to the ground and
severely injured his left hip. The lad
der slipped from the brick walk on
which it was resting and Mr.. Hills fell
ito the pavement, alighting on his hip,
He was quite badly shaken up by the
fall and will doubles be incapacitated
for work for some time.
/ Eight-tenths of an inch of water fell
! Saturday in about thirty minutes
at Ottumwa. Fully two-thirds of this
amount must have fallen in less than
Fifteen minutes. There were two eX-
ltremely heavy showers of but a few
minutes duration each from 1856 to
I1:05 and from 1920 to 1:35, During the
second shower considerable guam
Itity of hail fell but there have been no
reports so far of any damage done.
(. While assisting in moving a large
tool chest at the Milwaukee junction
at 72S West Mill street, sustained a
Il
! will be unable to work for several
! days. When he was lifting the chest
4 from the depot platform to a fiat car
!, the load slipped and caught Mn. Skin
ners right hand between the plat
form and the chest, MASKING all the
fingers. The injury is quite painful
but will not be serious.
i At last evenings meeting of the city
council the new waterworks ordinance
was passed by vote of to B. the
three democratic members OF the
body voting against the measure to
i give Ottumwa a water supply. The
ordinance is in effect the same as
when first written and published in
the Courier, few amendments, how
/ ever, having been made which make
it better for the city than when first
drawn. Among other changes is that