Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-26

ne ". II. .. social and dance last
Thursday night was decided success
socially and financially. The net pro-
ceeds amounting to about thirty dol
lars.
Columbia.
Columbia, Feb. 25.-There will be
preaching services here next Sunday
evening
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H Olney and
| daughter, Alma, visited last Sunday at
j. R. Stodghills.
Ed Wilkins is moving to Ottumwa,
where he expects to make his future
home.
Ed Stodghill, who is attending
school at Mt. Pleasant was home last
Sunday.
Mrs. John Swenson of Ottumwa
visited over Sunday with her parents,
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. Cramblet.
Rolla Carman visited Sunday with
Will Stodghill.
Quite a number of Columbia peo--
pie attended the lecture at Chillicothe
! Tuesday evening given by Rev. Howe
of Eddyville.
A. ]. Stodghill and c. w. Olney were
in Ottumwa Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. Sackett, Mrs. J..
w. Gardner and daughter, Carrie, Wis
tied Sunday at Mrs. C. C. Olney's.
Will Gardner was in Ottumwa We'd
nesday on business.
T. G. Carman was in Ottumwa on
business Wednesday.
A. j. Cramblett is preparing to move
to his farm which he recently purchas-
| ed in Van Buren, county
|
kesWick.
Keswick, Feb. 25.-Andrew Brady,
Richard Murphy, John and Jacob AK
NEAR, farmers in the vicinity of Kes-
wick, shipped several carloads of stock
to Chicago last week.
| Eva Fasold and Elmer Cameron
spent Sunday in the country visiting
| friends.
| The fifth and last number of the lee
ture course was given at Covers hall
Thursday evening by Dr. Robert Miles.
The lecture was very interesting and
instructive and much appreciated by
ALL
Shelby Jarvis, Jacob Graham and
Gus Schuchman were What Cheer
callers Saturday.
Miss Vail resumed her work in
primary room on Monday, after an alb
sence of several weeks caused by sick
ness.
George Hall of Nassau was visiting
relatives in this city last Saturday
and Sunday.
The Churchill-Fish case has been
called off, the parties agreeing to ar
bitrate the matter.
| A. A. Hungerford has moved into
| the Chas. Irons property.
| Martinsburg.
Martinsburg, Feb. 25.-Dave Noel
roy died Wednesday of lung fever. He
was buried Friday at the South GENE
terry
Hugh Johnson of Rock Island spent
Sunday with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. e. Marrow of Nugent
spent Sunday at the home of S. Pol
lock.
Word reached here Friday that viii
liam Mowery, formerly of this place
was burned to death in the Clifton no
tel fire at Cedar Rapids. Great sorrow
is felt in general, as he had many
friends and relatives here.
\ Henry Sutton and Allen Hawk at
tended a meeting of the trustees ant
clerks of Keokuk county, which was
held at Sigourney, Tuesday.
Lemuel Ross has purchased farm
close to Little Rock, Mo-. and will make
that place his future home after the
first Of March.
: Mrs. Isaac Britain, who lives neal
Omaha, Neb., is visiting at the home
of her father. w. K. Cathey.
Lawyers Barlow and Wilcosen o
Sigourney were in town on legal bust
ness Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Swope of Ottumwa
are visiting with Mrs Elizabeth Dayton
this week
Oscar Glass played with the Schmitt
orchestra of Oskaloosa, Tuesday ant
!, Wednesday nights.
j. Kupka, of Burlington, has pur
chased half interest in E. Watton's
general store and will move his famil.
, here in the near future.
A. w. Glass was at Sigourney Wed
nesday.
The veterans of the Civil war; in thi!
community gave a supper in the tow
hall Tuesday night
EddyviIIe.