Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-12
PRICE DECLINES
Hogs Drop Thirty Gents During
Past Week.
NORRELL & co. KILL 5, 900 POREERS
Marketing Shows Slight Increase Over
Previous Week--Large Killing Ex-
pected With Decline in Prlce-ltems
of Interest to East End Residents.
[From satnrday,s paily. ]

IFrom Saturdays Dailyl
Hogs have declined thirty cents dur
ing the past week and the price is now !
returning to the figures around which
it usually hovers. John Morrell & Co,
packed an even 5000 hogs during the
week as compared with I,l00 last
week A further decline is anticipated
in the market as the benefits OF the
good pastures are beginning to be felt.
With the decline OF the price it is
probable that there will be much
larger marketing Of porlters at the big
plant in East Ottumwa.
East End Items.
J. S. Beatty was business visitor
at the plant Thursday.
r. N. Morrell is making improve
iments on his Hayne street property.
! r. A. Landsberger of Upland, lndi-
Iana, was a business visitor at the plant
4 Saturday
MIS- Arson Peck, is a sufferer from
rheumatism at her home on North
/ Walnut street.
Mrs. ]. Jackson has been very i'll
for the past ten days at her home on
4 East Main street,
George Morley, foreman Of the wash
room is enjoying his annual two
weeks vacation.
Frank Facer of the press roons who
has been sick for several days, return
ed 10 work Monday
4 Mrs. Roy Lowell, who resides on East
j Walnut street, has returned from two
4 weeks visit al Morayia.
William Egan of the carpenter gang
has been in Stockport since Monday,
on company business.
/ Harry Hill of the cutting department.
accidentally cut one OF the fingers of
his left hand Tuesday.
Mrs. H. Glew who resides on Mabel
street. has returned from visit I'M
i Prescott, Creston and Abba.
Mr and Mrs. Charles Boydson and
son Charles OF Galesburg, H., were
visitors at the plant Thursday.
Harry Earl, a student at the Keokuk
Medical college is home to spend his
vacation with his parents on East Main
street
) Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Chess, of Chi
Eeago, who have been visiting at the
home OF Mrs. Gtess' parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Schaub, on East Roemer
straet, returned TO Chicago Wednes-
day
Ed Hall of the cutting department
5 was taken suddenly i'll while at work
Monday morning and was compelled
to quit work.
: Michael Mullins, foreman of the beef
department, was a business visitor IN
! Des AIoines Thursday, He returned
home Friday
: Mr.. and Mrs. f. j. Edwards of Lam
! sing, Mich, are visiting at the home OF
), Mrs. Edwards brother, n. i. Sleight,
a on North Iowa avenue.
i Miss Della Wertz, OF Peabody, Kan
S sas. is IN the city visiting at the
home OF her friend Mrs Dan Duree,
on Walnut avenue.
Ben Bissell OF the cooperage depart
L ment who has been sick with malaria,
S is greatly improved and will soon be
Q able to return TO work
Miss Ruth f. Boyer, OF Chicago, who
!, has been visiting at the home of her
I uncle. Rev w II. HORNED, returned
) TO her home Saturday
John Ketsdeyer OF the killing gang,
left last Monday for st. Joseph, Mo-,
to begin work in one OF the large
IS packing houses there
IS Ed. McGrath, foreman OF the pipe
s fitting department, badly bruised the
d fingers OF his left hand Friday morn
y ing and was compelled to lay Off Tor
7 short time.
{ Mike Ulrich of the killing depart
: ment who was slightly hurt in the
4 head last week by a falling piece OF
! iron, has recovered again and has re-
turned TO work.
There will be no Wednesday even
ing prayer meetings While the meet
8 ings at the tent last, but the Tuesday
ii evening meetings at RiYerYieW WiA
a. be continued as usual
al Miss Fife Condlyn of Darlington n.
Id ID who has been visiting with her par
lei eints, Mr. and Mrs. j Doggelt at the
k, hotel corner Iowa avenue and Hayne
n street, has returned home.
y Mrs. C. r. HORNED and daughter
"a Miss Elizabeth HORNED, OF Austin,
i Mimi, have returned to their homes
- after. 4 visit at the home OF their son
y and brother, Rev. W. II. HORNED. on
North Iowa avenue.
7v Mrs. Doggett who has for some time
,ir been proprietor OF the hotel at the cor.
toll ner OF Iowa avenue and Hayne street
has sold the place Her former board
- ers all unite IN Wishing her success in
: whatever new work she undertakes
I Ernest A1anns, superintendent OF the
u East End Presbyterian church and tbs
4 pastor. Rev W. Fl HORNED. are max
4 ing preparations for the children's