Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-10
LITTLE BITSOF NEWS
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA In BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your Acquaintance as chronlcled
by courier's Staff Of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They speal.

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Abba.
Abba, March 5.-William Castle, who
had a stroke of paralysis in December,
died at the home of his son-in-law, VIM.
Kreiger, last night at II o'clock. He
had been very low ever since he had
the stroke in December. He was sc
years old and was a soldier in the war
OF the rebellion. The funeral services
will be held at the VIM. Kreiger home
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. A. b. Bartlett's funeral will be
held today at noon at the A. M. E.
church. Mrs. Bartlett died of the
burns she received in upsetting a lamp
n burning her clothes last Saturday
evening.
b. F. Rider, a shot firer at Hooking
who was hurt about six weeks ago and
who was thought to be getting along
all right, died night before last. Blood
poison set in, which was the cause of
his death. His funeral will be held
this afternoon and the remains will
be inferred in Oak View cemetery.
The remains of Loren Belger, son
of Steve Belger of Hynes, were inter-
ed in Oak View cemetery yesterday.
v. L. Wilkin returned this morning
from Chicago where he had a load of
fat cattle on the market. He reports
( the cattle market to be in very good
condition.
j. C. McElhaney, and E. H. Smith of
Lamonie, were transacting business in
town yesterday.
]. M. Jordan and e. G. Foster of
Cedar Rapids were in town on business
yesterday.
H. A. Colt of oskaloosa is transact
Ing business in town this morning.
q. o. Giltner of Ottumwa is transact
Ing business in town this morning.
W. A. Starker of Burlington, was an
Abba visitor yesterday.
j. e. Langworthy of Des Moines is
t~ransacting business in town this
morning.
C. j. Spencer Of Lovilia was in town
yesterday on business.
III. e. Voildan returned last evening
from Chicago where he has been on
business for the past week.
e. Freeman of New Virginia, passed
through town yesterday on his way
home from Ottumwa.
J. T. Davis Of Bussey was in town
yesterday on business.
3. w. Anspach of Creston is tran
Sacting business in town today.
The entertainment given by the Har-
mony club in the Harmony hall last
evening was a great success. The pro
gram was enthusiastically received by
~ large and a~ppreciative audience.
T.. L. Hall Of Des Moines is transact
Ing business in town this morning.
Marriage licenses were issued yes
terday by the clerk Of the district court
to jesse M. White, aged 26 and Miss
Cora q. Hawkins, both of Abba; Evan
8. Thomas, aged 81 to Miss Nellie
Jones, aged 10, both of Hiteman; John
w. Hittle aged 80 to Miss Nettie Nc
Coy, aged 81 both of Union township.
f. L. Hall Of Des Moines is transact
ing business in town this morning.
John Baty Of Sigourney was an AL,
bia visitor yesterday.
VIM. J.. Latham who lives near Max
on is tr~ansacting business in town this
morning.
Oscar Tedfo1d who lives about one
mile east of town is in town this morn.
ing on business.
Abba, March 6.-Elias Day, Char
acterlst," entertained a large and APP
preciatiye audience last evening at
the Christian church, he being the last
attraction furnished by the Abba lee
ture course, which has been well at
tended. Over 500 season tickets were
sold. Eight attractions were furnish
ed this season, as follows: October IA,
III Q0C RrnnEc g Nrrhncfro j oN,,oo,t. NJ
vember "a, 1902, Roney boys, concert;
December IL, 1902, John Temple
Graves, THE Reign of the Dema-
gogue"; December rs, 1902, Dunbar
bell ringers and quartet, concert;
January 10, 1903, De Witt Miller, s'The
Use Of Ugliness"; January 80, 1908,
Thomas Dixon, Backbone; Febru-
airy 81, 1908, Thomas McClary, "The
Mission of Mirth'; March 5, 1903, Eli
as Day, "characterist." There will be
a course fully as good the coming sea-
son.
M. c. Shipley of Columbus, Ohio,
is visiting his brother, T. B. Shipley,
and other Abba relatives.
G. c. Dalin departed this morning
for Santa Barbara, Cal.
G. R. Miltenberger spent the fore
part of the week at home, but de-
parts this week for northern Iowa on
business.
Tracy Vanschoiack is expected to ar
rive tomorrow for a short visit with
his father.
The Cemetery association will meet
with Mrs. Moses Edwards this after
noon at 2:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Andrew Kennedy died yester-
day at Cedar Mines of old age. The
funeral services will be held today.
Fol years her husband was postmas-
ter at Cedar Mines.
Mrs. Hayme and daughter, Miss
Edith, of Lincoln visited Annabel Bo.
den this week.
Perry and Guy Fullerton, who live
four miles north of town, were trans
acting business in town yesterday.
John Mcdonald of Hagerty was in
town yesterday on business.
Joseph Judge. who lives near Ty-
rome was an Abba visitor yesterday,
G. w. Rains of Quincy was %transact