Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-25

quantity of clothing. canned goods. fruit,
| etc, We're stolen. Mr.. Thompson Is em
/ ployed as teamster for the Western Supply
! company's store at Pekay, and on his re-
| turu home his suspicion rested upon a
colored woman named White living on
portion of the Hobe Armstrong farm near
| by. Securing a search warrant, the house
was searched and much of the stolen
! goods was said to have been found. togeth-
| er with articles which had been missed by
the other neighbors. The woman was
placed under arrest and was to have been
given hearing Monday before the JUS
| tice of the peace at Nfuchakinock. 1t Is
thought tht this will put an end to series
of petty thleving which has been on in
that locality.
Mrs. Krfman, an old lady over so years
| of age. fell out of door at the home of
her son, ]. c. Klrfman, across the river,
Sunday night and was considerably shaken
and bruised up.
| Mr.. and Mrs +. NJ Epperson and son
Arthur departed Sunday evening for Gull
| yer. Indiana. where Arthur will enter the
| Culver military acadamey. Mr.. and Mrs
Eppcrson viii stop off Mt Chicago enroute
home and buy some furniture for the flood
sufferers They are expected back Thurs
day or Friday.
4 Next Sunday, June os. the Baptist peo-
| pie Will hold services in the Congrega-
| tional church at II a. M and p. IN. Rev.
w. r. Yard. of Pella, will fill the pulpit
| Rev w. T. Howe returned Saturday
| from Winfield where he had been putting
on merchants carnival. He reports
good success there. On Sunday he filled
| the pulpit of the Methodist Episcopal
church for the first time since the flood.
owing to the church not being in condition
for services before. On Tuesday after
noon he went to Ottumwa to attend a con-
vention of the Y. Il. s. C.. f..
| Sunday bpinp an uufayOra blp uay for the
I'M w A. memorial services. n committee
was sent to the cemetery to decorate the
graves.
Master Poulton Morris, of Oskaloosa, re-
/ turned home Saturday morning, having
terminated a short visit with his aunt,
Mrs. W. II. Allison. G
/ Miss Nina Allbaugh of Grays Greek. was
a passenger to Ottumwa on business Fri
4 day.
Cooper Fisher. of First street, had bust
ness in Oskaloosa Saturday.
John Smith was among the passengers
to Ottumwn Friday.
Miss Mary Wells was an over Sunday Wis
itor with friends in Oskaloosay
l. The children of the Christian church had
few exercises Sunday forenoon instead of
Sunday school. The exercises We're to
take the place of Children's day which had
4 been planned for the first Sunday in June
if the flood had not interfered.
i The Laconia band boys met Tuesday
4 night at Lakonta and decided to come to
Eddyville the Fourth and assist the Eddy
4 vile band
Theodore Inskeep of Ottumwa, was a
Sunday guest ut the II. G. True home, on
Fifth street.
James Ward. formerly of this place. but
now of West Virginia. being general SUI
perintendent of coal mine there. arrived
Monday for a visit with his brother, NJ. j.
Ward, west of town.
! Mr.. ana Mrs. James l.. Wilson, corner of
Fourth and Mil streets, returned Tuesday
afternoon from Newton and Reasoner,
where the had been visiting relatives for
about two weeks Mr.. Wilson first went
up to see his mother who was sick, was
taken sick himself and Mrs Wilson went
to his bedside day or two later, so they
returned home together.
Sherman Rector. a former Eddyville boy,
but now employed on the Burlington rail
mother. Mrs. Frank Rector corner of
Sixth and Walnut streets.
4 Jay u. Cassatt formerly of this place,
but now of Chicago. was here from Satur.
day till Tuesday visiting his mother, Mrs
81 Fanny Cnssatt. at the home of his grand
mother, Mrs. Mary Homer, on Min street
On Tuesday afternoon the three left fol
Pela to visit relatives there Jay now
holds good position us cartoonist on the
Chicago Daily News.
Joseph McCombs moved from Mine No
9, east of town, to mine No. 10, near Bux
Ton, Monday.
A. w. Riggs and j. S. Dunkle were in
Ottumwa Monday on business.
Frank Berry went to Chillicothc Monday
morning to work there.