Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-22

out a most complete surprise on her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elder went early Sunday
morning to visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Long, and when they were sent
for and returned home they found a
large crowd of people and their table
loaded to its utmost capacity with ev-
erything good to eat and "a most sump-
tuous dinner. Those present were
about as follows: Mr.. and Mrs. A. ].
Elder, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Morrison
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ.
Names and child, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Collins and child, Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam Long and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Myers. Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Scott
and baby, Mr.. and Mrs. James Ed
wards and children. Mr.. and Mrs.
Friend Duke and child, MIR. and Mrs.
Charles Allen and two children, Mr..
and Mrs. John Morrison, Mrs. Bryan,
Mrs Rankin, Mrs. Parse, Mrs. VALID
en-, and Miss Emma Walden. The af-
ternoon was spent in social converse
ton. all returning home late in the
evening.
Mrs. Eliza Hoover, Mrs. Larye Scott
and son, Russell, took the ~ o'clock
train at this place for Mountain Park
| Oklahoma, Tuesday. Jan. 20, where
they will make their future home.
| Pierce Chambers, of Knoxville, WIS.,
| tied with his sister, Mrs. Hoover, of
this place, last Saturday and Sunday.
Will Morrison escaped from what
might have been serious accident
q few nights ago. While coming home
from church his horse started to run
away, catching a hind wheel and tear
ing it off of Emmett Smiths buggy
and throwing Emmett out on the
ground, bruising him up some, and
then broke both hind wheels off OF
Mr.. Morrison's buggy. The horse was
stopped with no further injuries.
Hubert Kiusinger and niece, Fife
Kinsinger, visited with the Mr.. Kinsin-
gers sister, Mrs. Charley Hamilton,
near Amador last Sunday.
Robert Cavins was in Bunch on bust
ness last Tuesday.
Oliver Garner was in Bloomfield on
business Wednesday.
Clyde Adams has sold his farm and
will go to Kansas in the near future
| to make his home
| --ls-
Foster.
Foster, Jan. 22.T-France Jones OF
| Moberly, Mo-, was here last week
looking after business and visiting
friends and relatives.
Mrs. Maud Kinder of Centerville is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Anie Jones
Mrs. Kinder will visit relatives in Al
bia before returning home.
They are loading coal into the cars
now at the Sheppard mines and com
menced sinking the air shaft Tuesday
morning.
Mrs John Terry is a severe sufferer
from the grip. DR.. Cross is the attend
ing physician.
Miss Carrie Miller has been off duty
for several days on account of illness
caused by an aching tooth.
Rev. w. II. Sayers closed very
successful series of meetings at the
Baptist church last Sunday evening
There was quite an interest shown
but no conversions.
Mrs Charles Ferley, VINO has beer
sick for several weeks, is able to be
up most of the time
Reece Thomas of Morgan Valley has
secured employment here in the Phil
lips mines and will move his family
here in the near future.
John Richardson and son Viii
moved their families from Hilton here
last week and will work in the Phillips
mines.
Mrs. Perry Jones of Southeast Ur
bana was calling on her many friend:
here Tuesday.
There are five members of the Jules
Lambine family sick with the grip.
| A. Mccoy has a force of men put
ting up 200 tons of ice. Rector &
Peterson are filing their ice house
also.
Miss Myrtle Jones and brother Ra.
are visiting relatives in the countr!
south of Blakesburg.
Ben Fritzle was calling on Mis-
Goldie Haddock last Sunday evening