Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-14
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WRECK ON CENTRAL.
Accident Near EddyviIie Causes Pas.
senser Train Delay.
Abba, July 1S.- Especially - On
sunday morning the tender on the
Iowa Central train which leaves AL
bia for st, Paul at o'clock left the
track between Eddyville andGiven at
low place in the track, and the &C,
cident caused a delay of an hour and
half
No one was injured and the repairs
were made with little loss except that
OF time.
Other Abba News.
Mrs. Anna l.. Jones left Saturday
for Denver, Colo, for a three weeks
visit with relatives and friends.
Sam Pill, who has been working at
Quincy, ILL.,, returned Saturday and ex-
poets to make this his home.
Harry Noble who has peen working
in Foster spent Sunday in town at
home.
A. G. Parry and wife spent Sunday
with relatives and friends in Given.
/. L. Morris was an Oskaloosa visit,
or yesterday.
G. II. Saunders spent Sunday with
relatives and friends in Eddyville.
Miss Eta Henry spent Sunday with
relatives and friends in Given.
Mrs. II. G. Dashieil, who has been
4 very sick for the past month, is re-
ported as much better this morn
ing.
0lval Boals, who is working in Fos-
ter spent Sunday with his family in
town.
H. G. Pine OF Des Moines, spent Sun
day in town.
B. @. Eyerson and L. j. LOOMS of
Cincinnati, were Abba visitors yester.
day.
R. B. McClain Of Lancaster Mo-.
Sunday In Abba.
r. w. Keefe of Albert Lea, MINI,
was an Abba visitor Yesterday
ID. G. Lofiand of Oskaloosa, spent
Sunday in Abba
y H. Parnham Of Corydon was an
Albia visitor yesterday
M. D. Smith of Eddyville was an
Abba visitor yesterday.
j. |. Adcock of Ottumwa, is trans
acting business in Abba this morn
ms.
Y Fl. F. Blackman Of oskaloosa, is
transacting business in town this morn.
ing. :,
Attorney Fred d. Mason leaves this
evening for Lincoln, Neb., where he
1 expects to locate. 9a
b. 4. Wright returned last evening
from a pleasure trip through Oklaho-
ma and the Indian Territory.
EddyviiIe.
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Eddyville, July 13.--The engine on
the northbonnd morning passenger
train, No. l, on the Iowa Central, due
I here at $50, left the track about two
miles north of town Sunday morning,
and ran perhaps 200 feet before it
could be stopped, breaking about 100
ties. It was soon gotten back onto
the track and proceeded on it's way with
no other injury than that above noted.
Born, Friday, July 10, to Mr.. and
Mrs Asa F, Odem, corner of South
Fifth and Market streets, nine-pounc
daughter.
s3 Mrs. Nichols, mother of James Mich
( DIS OF Coalfield came near breaking her
left arm Wednesday, by fell,
Mrs. A. B. Besco of Lost Creek has
been III, threatened with pneumonia.
MIS-. s. 9. Crosson, corner of Fourth
and Elm streets, has been i'll with a
bilious attack.
Mrs lehman of Lost Creek, is i'm
proving from an attack of congestion
OF the lungs
Win Jager's children have been on
the sick list.
4. L.. Carson, the dairyman. On
Thursday purchased the property on
Fourth street of f. NJ Epperson, for
meriy owned and occupied by C. D..
Schmidt. The lot and barn lying lust
& north and also belonging to Mr.. Epper
son, is included in the deal. and tile
consideration was s1,500. Mr.. Carson
is making arrangements to move his
family to his new property at once.
Ihe property he vacates, adjoining the
4 Church of Christ. will be leased.
Grant Dye of Second street and Geo.
and Fred Osborne, across the river.
have treated their homes to fresh
paint
n. b. Holloway, manager of the tel
ephone company. has been putting in
much stronger line across the bottom
land to Bridgeport The poles will be
longer and heavier than those ordi.
narily used, and will be set ten feet
deep SO they will not be washed out by
the nigh waters. The Eddyville and
Buxton lines will use the same poles
through the bottoms.
The r, n. A. social held at the home
: OF Mrs. Ed Shields on Fifth street Fri,
day night, was not very largely attend
ed, owing to the weather being rainy.
Ice cream and cake We're served, and
It is said that $3.50 was taken in. of
which something like $500 was clear
, ed.
Owing to Prof. c. w. Wilson being
out OF town, the band concert SATURDAY.
night was somewhat reduced In length
The attendance was good.
Rev. A. r. Sanderson, former Chris
tian pastor here, preached at the Chris
tian church Sunday morning and even
ing, but not having been very widely
announced. the attendance was not