Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-25
MAY BE PIckPockETs.

| MAY BE PIckPockETs.
Two Men Suspected of Crime Arrested
BY Abba Officer.
1 Abba, Aug. 21.-City Marshal Lon
Randolph and w. B. Griffin captured
two alleged pickpockets on the Wa
bash train which left Lovilla last
night at 10 o'clock and Randolph
brought them here and pet them in
jail. Several watches and pocketbooks
were found in their possession and w.
B. Griffin positively Identifies one of
them as the one that attempted to
pick his pocket on Wednesday at Lo-
villa.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday by the clerk of the district
court to Ralph w. Duell, aged 81, of
Lovilla, and Miss Marie l.. Biggs, aged
10, Of Oskaloosa.
w. H. Boals of Chicago, spoke on
prohibition on the northwest corner
of the square last night. He is a
very able talker and used some very
forcible language. He declared that
all officers who did not enforce the
laws are anarchists.
The Monroe County Holiness as
Isociation begins a ten days camp meet
ing at the city park in Abba to-
day.
| Mark Sylvester, who has been on
a fishing expedition at Bopaparte and
Bloomfield is home again.
Allen Dicker of Foster, manager of
The company store, is spending q
week with relatives and friends in
Kansas.
i Mrs. A. A. Berry of Clarinda has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. G. V.
Nichol during the past week.
i Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Switzer are en-
joying visit from their cousin, Mrs
Gunsaulis of Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Grace Cleveland is visiting her
aunt. Mrs. c. N. Bloomfield, this
week.
Mrs. Ella Luke of Avery is visiting
friends in Abba this week
j Fay Edwards $4,000 residence in the
northwest part Of town is nearing COM
pletion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burdock have return
ed from visit in Chicago and Mil
waukee.
Misses Georgia Rains and Grace Gill
christ and w, c. McFate and H. H.
Harris, all of Oskaloosa, were Abba
visitors yesterday.
1. B. Haviland and Chas. E. Miller
of Des Moines were transacting bust
ness in Abba yesterday.
I p. J. Fergeson of Marshalltown is
in Abba on business this morn
ing.
/ Ed M. Golden of Keokuk was in Al
bia yesterday.
! j. j. Cadagan Of Melrose, was in AL
bia on business yesterday.
| L. M. Campbell of Ottumwa was an
Abba visitor yesterday.
EddyviIle.
Eddyville, Aug. 21.-Miss Stella
Mintoyne went to Ottumwa Tuesday
to visit.
i Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Emanuel and
children of Cedar, were visiting rela-
tiyes in town Wednesday. Mrs. Eman-
uel has been at the bedside of her
sick sister, who is at the Barnes home
in the country, and reports the suf-
fel err, Mrs. Ollie Emanuel, as being
in very critical stage of consump-
ten
i Mrs. il. Linderman and little son
who have been in Beacon visiting her
aunt, Mrs. G. J. Whitzell, returned
home Wednesday.
i The Hartman residence on South
Mrs. l.. Gibson went to Keb We'd
resday, where she will visit broth
er, Van Doran Nicholson.
II Miss Stella Story went to Chilli
Gothic Tuesday to visit her sister, Mrs.
Nina Schmitz.
j Mr.. and Mrs. Grandall and baby are
at the home Of Rev. w. Il. Howe. Wis
iting. Mr. Crandall and Mrs. Howe are
brother and sister
Il Miss Agnes Barry and her grand
mother, Mrs. John Boulger, who have
been here visiting with Mrs. Catharine
Fox returned to their home in Cleve-
land Wednesday.
| About fifty tickets were sold to
sxcursionists to Marshalltown, Tues
day. A large number of people also
attended the old settlers reunion at
Loyilla, Tuesday
Mrs. Ella Rose, who has been in Os-
kaloosa for the past month, with her
daughter, Mrs. G. w. Anles, returned
home Wednesday. Mr.. and Mrs. Ames
theft Oskaloosa Wednesday for Clear
Lake, where they will take a few days
recreation.
Il The Christian Sunday school is
having a picnic today in Burris' grove
north of town. A large crowd is in
attendance. The Methodist Episcopal
Sunday school will give picnic next
i Thursday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. McAdams
Iof Pekay, Saturday, Aug. l5, 1903, q