Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07

opened Kings new opera house clos
ed their engagement last evening in
the opera "Olivette."
Marriage license was issued by
| the clerk of the district court Mon
day to Leander Johnson aged 35, OF
| Bluff Creek township to Miss Anna
| May Henderson, aged Is of Union
township.
! Mrs. James Barnard of Lovilia and
her visiting sister, Mrs. Walter Bart
| lett of Beaumont, Tex, were in Abba
for the opening of the new opera
house.
a. C. Pabst is transacting business
in Centerville today.
C. R. Tower and G.. W. Larson OF
Ottumwa were transacting business in
town yesterday.
U. M. Downing and f. l.. Eason OF
Keokuk were Abba visitors yester
day.
! j. HI. Brennan Of Clinton is transact.
| ing business in town this morning.
e. B. Kearns of Burlington, was in
| town yesterday on business.
! C. NJ. Archibald Of Brazil was tran.
sacting business in town yesterday
| l.. E. Harbade of Des Moines is tran.
| sacting business in town this morn
| ing.
T. M. Averill of Oskaloosa is tran
sacting business in town this morn
! ing
| Abba, May miss Carrie Anderson
went to Chicago yesterday for a two
weeks visit.
| The board of supervisors were in
session yesterday and awarded the
contract for the court house furniture
to a Minneapolis firm.
The city council held meeting last
evening, it being an adjourned session
! from Monday evening, as most of the
council attended the opening of King S
opera house.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday by the clerk of the district court
Ito VIM. w. Perry, aged 43 and Mrs. Eff
fie ]. Pharis, aged q, both of Des
Moines.
Rev. A. H. Kaylor who is holding
meetings at the First Presbyterian
Ichurch, preached to crowded house
last night His subject was Gods
}Call to Man" After the services VIM
NV. Perry and Mrs. Fife J. Pharis Of
lDes Moines were united in marriage
.lby Rev. Winthrop Allison, pastor o
1.-THE church.
I. s. A. Newell is transacting bushes
in 0ttumwa today.
S 2. Marks, r. r. Marsh and j. F
Moody of Des Moines, We're transactin.
business in town yesterday
i H. H. Briggs and VIM. Simeal o
burlington were Abba visitors yester
day
4 G. A. Israel of Cleveland was trans
lacting business in town yesterday
4 j. q. Lloyd of st. Joseph was il
Abba this morning ON business.
4 Z. W. Phillips of Oskaloosa wa
Itransacting business in town yester
5lday.
G. L. Crafts of Des Moines was ];
business visitor in Abba this morning
Frank Rowley of Charlton was trans
acting business in Abba this morning
w. B. Ford of Ottumwa was trans
Iacting business in Abba this morning
]. M. Tedford of MaXon was in Albi
this morning on business.
EddyviIle.
: Eddyville, May 6.-Miss Lol
! Phipps of near Hiteman arrived MOI
day for weeks visit with Eddyvill
: relatives.
! The Eddyville Telephone compan
: is working up a party line to Frede
ic Among those on the line will b
( Chris Johnson, who already has hi
phone installed, Charles I. Norman
: George Myers, J. P. Shaffer, Pete
J Miller and S. A. Worley.
r Mrs. ]. j. JAEGER and children of nea
| Bridgeport have returned from Sigou
ney, where they had been over Sunda
! at the bedside of Mrs Jagers mothe
i who has been i'll.
i Frank Rice, national organizer c
/ the U. NJ w. of A., who moved her
from Hynes short time ago, departe
Friday for West Virginia, where wi
spend the summer in the interests {
the order.
Rev. c. w. Powelson of Burlingto
delivered an address in the M. /
church Sunday forenoon at II o'clocl
in the interests of the Iowa Wesleya
s university at Mt. Pleasant. DR.. Bree
of Grinnell filed the pulpit of the Coz
gregational church few evenings ag
Miss Susie Darland of Oskaloos
was an over Sunday guest of he
brother-in-law, S. G. Kussart, on Fourt
street.
}. A reception will be given Saturda
evening in the K. P. hall by the e.
S. A. A.
!. Attorney w. R. Nelson and famil