Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-03

court house, for which he has the
! contract.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Green departed
a few days ago for California. They
expect to be gone until June
C. T.. Mcconnell is still quite ill at
his home in the northwest part of
town
| Marriage licenses were issued by
the clerk of the district court to
Albert Blanquart, aged 81, of Eveland
and Miss Alpha Durham. aged II, OF
Buxton; Ezra Barnes, age DIS. and
Miss Sadie Nodderman, aged IS, both
| of Lovilia; Frank ]. Steele, aged 25,
and Miss Jeneva M. Besco, aged IS,
both of Eddyville; Altis Clemmons
aged %, of What Cheer, and Miss
Laura j. Ross, aged 20, of Buxton
| F. L. Carter of Oskaloosa is trans.
acting business in town today.
George Cosman, who lives near
| Foster was in town yesterday on bust
ness
j. l.. Manning of Burlington is tran
sacting business in town today.
VIM Atchison who lives near Max
on was in town yesterday on business.
| l.. j. Parish of st. Joseph, Mo-, was
| an Aida NlSltOf yesterday.
| Ira Robinson who lives near Selec-
ton is in town on business this morn.
ing.
Abba. Jan. 31-In the district court
the case of j. H. Love VS.. the Wabash
railroad is being tried. The jury was
secured yesterday and quite a little
evidence was heard 1t will probably
take three days next week to finish
the case.
Tom Smith will receive his sentence
next Wednesday instead of Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Strasburger and
| daughter of Columbus Ohio, are here
for few days visit with his mother
and other relatives.
C. M. Forrest of Lovilia was in town
yesterday on business.
| H. S. Berry, who lives east of town,
was in town yesterday on business.
| Mrs. Jessie Thayer of Charlton Wis
tied Mrs. S. w. Pennington and re-
turned home yesterday.
| Mrs. Clara Alderman of Iowa City
came yesterday to visit her sisters
Miss Helen Dinsmore of Abba, and
Miss Henrietta Dinsmore and Mrs.
Phil Waterman of Hiteman.
| S. A. Corey of Hiteman was an Abba
visitor yesterday.
=. H. Clark Of Lovilia was trans
acting business in town Yesterday
H. G. Crane of Lomax, H., is trans,
acting business in town this morning
Mrs. Robert Sloan and daughter of
| keosauqua came to Abba for an over
Sunday visit with her husband, Judge
Sloan, who is holding court here.
| Nm, -
town this morning on business.
John Turner. a young man living in
! North Abba is very sick.
q. A. Giltner of Ottumwa was an AL
bia visitor yesterday
Thomas Dixon, Jr, of New York,
gave the lecture last evening on Back
Bone" at the Christian church. There
was large crowd present.
j. F. Jackson of Osceola, is in town
this morning on business.
| Ed. Hoskinson who lives near Mora
via, was in town yesterday on bust
ness.
! Rev. j. M. Baugh of Oskaloosa is ex-
pected to fill the pulpit at the First
Presbyterian church tomorrow. His
/ morning subject will be, "The Whole
Family" evening subject, THE True
Worshipers."
j. K. Welt is SO much improved as
to be able to walk up town yesterday,
that being the third time this winter.
e. Hamilton c. E. Lofland and B. F.
Remington of Oskaloosa were Abba
visitors yesterday.
5Iakesburg.
| Blakesburg, Jan. 31.-Born, to Mr..
and Mrs. Henry SommerviIle, January
go boy.
| Will LaFollette is at Fort Madison
again, looking after the construction of
his planter.
Prospects are bright now in Blakes-
burg for quite boom during the COM
| ing summer.
Ross Henderson has returned to
his home at Galesburg, Kan.
| Orval Cohagen has returned to his
school at Ames.
Geo. HOFFMAN of Sioux City is spend
ing few days with friends here.
Mrs. G. w. Tinsley has returned
from visit in Oskaloosa
| Mrs. S. Barnes is spending the week
with her daughter, Mrs. Lindsey, in
| Ottumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Neff of Moravia
visited in Blakesburg this week.
Through want ad. in the Courier
the nurserymen have secured the SER
vices of several experienced nursery
| men.
A few more of the Blakesburg peo-
pie have the Missouri fever, not be-
cause they do not like Iowa, but are
in search of cheaper land.
VIM Fritz was called to Earlham
by the death of cousin, DR.. Levi
Fritz.
Frank WAND has been doing Indi-
ana for some days.
Village Creek.
Village Creek, Jan. 30-The farmers
of this vicinity are still busy gather
ing corn.
William Shields went to Amador
today to see his father, who is very
low with paralysis.
Quite number of persons of this
neighborhood are suffering from at.
lacks of tonsilitis.
Mrs. Elizabeth Day of Amador Wis.
tied her daughter, Mrs. S. A. Burton,
Monday night
Miss Liddy Carry, who has been at