Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-29
Eddyyille:

Eddyville, Sept. 26.--W. II. Beatty.
travelling man from ST. Louis, WAS coming
to Eddyville on freight train on the Iowa
Central Wednesday night. and when near
Given he met with an unfortunate and UNI
usual accident. He was sitting in the Gu
pola of the train, when the train gave a
farch. causing him to run his hand through
Il the window. His left arm and hand We're
badly cut by the glass, and his right hand
was also somewhat Injured. There was no
physician at Giyin SO he came on to Eddy
vile and DR.. T.. L. Bay dressed the
wounds, taking several stitches to close up
his cuts. Mr.. Beatty represents the Column
hia Incandescent Lamp company. Of st.
Louis, and he was coming here on business
for his company when the accident hap
pened.
Born. Thursday, September "A, to Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde A. Riggs. of Third street.
laughter.
Miss Maggie johnson, who has been.
leaciing school at Hynes, returned home
Tuesday. suffering from tonsilitis. Miss
Nellie Terrell. of Second street. is teaching
during her Illness
Art Oppenheimer. of Oskaloosa, was in
town Thursday, enroute to Abba.
G.. A. Norwood, across the river, is a suf-
ferer from a threatened attack of pneu-
monia.
Tom Jones, residing with his brother-in-
law. owen Reese. Mt Pekay, has been quite
iii with brain trouble and malarial compile
cations.
George Williams residing at Coalfield,
has been suffering from an attack of acute
rheumatism
Thomas Albers, of Lost Creek, has been
quite sick. suffering with malarial fever.
Mr.. Albers is-an old Civil war veteran.
y On Monday DR.. f. II. Vance was called
ont TO farm house about two miles south
of Hamilton, to consult with DR.. Fred
Barnes. of Bussey. in regard to John Mar.
tin who has been sick for about seven
Keeks. He has had long siege of typhoid
lever and lung complications have lately
set In.
The infant child of John Piros, Of Lost
Creek, has been quite sick.
Mrs. VIM. Wooten, of Coalfeld, has been
III with bronchitis
Ilarue, the 5-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. w. r. lager, has been sick since
Tuesday with malaria.
Phil Kussart and Theo OFT attended
Emancipation exercises at Abba Tuesday
Mrs. Will IIuntley. OF South Fourth
street, is reported to have been taken quite
sick Tuesday night.
the bottom of the pit, and several teams
will be at work and will have the hole
filed In about Two weeks This washoui
was caused by the food of the past sum
mer.
John Werner, of Bridgeport. returned
Wednesday morning from Toledo Ohio
where he spent seven weeks at his ole
home
Wednesday morning the contract for fill
ing the washout at the edge of town wa
let by the city council to j. c. Logue, Wit
lives north of town. The washous is n
the southwest corner of the old Rock Is
land gravel pit where Third street, Name,
street, and the Oskaloosa' road join i
will require about 1876 cubic yards of dir
to fill up the hole, 1902 yards being nsid
the city limits, and STA outside. The worl
is to be done at 20 cents per cubic yard
and will cost the city $20o4o. The part ly
Ing outside the limits will be paid for b,
Mahaska county. and will cost STA sc
making total of 5000 Operations vii
be begun Monday. Dirt will be taken iron
Sol Phillips is a sufferer from an absces
on the right knee.
c.. c. Palmer sold his brick tenant resi-
dence at the corner of Fifth and Hal
streets, occupied by Mrs. Moss, to Simo
Dixon Tuesday Mrs. Moss will soon NOV
into Mr.. Palmer's other residence acros
the street, and Mr.. Dixon will then NOV
TO his new home. He has been residing i
Joe Roberts tenant property, on Secon
street for q week past
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Waugaman, on til
hill, accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. S. A
Waugaman, of Kittaning, Pennsylvania
who have been visiting here for sewers
weeks, were sight seeing in 0ttumwa Wet
uesday.
The subjects for the protracted meetings
which will continue at the Christian churc
for another week will be: Sunday morr
ing, "City of Cod" Sunday evening, Lot
Wife," Monday. Power That Cause
Faith;n Tuesday, Faith" Wednesda.
.Repeniance;' Thursday Believing" Fir
day, "Noah's Ark Saturday, "Naamal
the Leper.'' The meetings draw goo
crowds nightly and although no conversion
have as vet been made the Christian PEE
pie feel that their work will not be In vail
Come OUT and hear Rev. Spencer. He
an interesting taiker
Miss Fanny Baker, of Missouri has bee
visiting her grandfather, WIN. Burns, mort
of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. B. Whitsel, of San
Ridge, have gone for an extended Wis
with Mr.. Whitsel's son, VIM Whitsel, al