Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-12
BOY IS SHOT IN Hip
GROVER ATKINS OF SOUTH SIDE
INJURED BY ACCIDENTAL DIS.
CHARGE FROM REVOLVER.
Was Carrying Twenty-Five calibre Re.
voiver in Hip Pocket-StumbIed and
Fell-RevoIver Discharged and Bull.
let Lodges in Hip.-South Side News
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
With a bullet in his hip Grover At
kins, a South Side boy, walked from
his home 800 Ward street, to the office
Of DR.. M. w. Pascoe, distance of
about eight blocks, yesterday evening
about six o'clock. At the Atkins home,
in company with a boy friend, Rural
McMasters, Grover had started from the
house to the barn where they intended
to practice shooting with a small TWEEN
ty-two calibre revolver. Grover car
ried the revolver, the mechanism of
which was not in good order in his hip
pocket. On the way to the barn he
stumbled and fell. The revolver was
discharged and the bullet entered the
feshy part of the hip.
Dr.. Pascoe thought best not to probe
for the bullet last evening and this
morning. aided by DR.. D. G. Brock
man he performed the operation and
the bullet was removed. The wound
is not a dangerous one and no serious
consequences are expected from it.
Thomas Talley, Ill South Willard
street has gone to Centerville, where
he has secured employment.
Sherwin- Williams plains stand all
sorts of weather. For sale by w. A.
McIntire & Co., South Side.
MISS berlHd berry, 'ol OIIildHNiile,
has arrived for a visit at the home of
her cousin, Miss Lizzie Berry, ia
North Davis street.
Mrs. George Thompson, 109 North
Ransom street, has returned home
from Batavia, where she was called by
the illness of a relative.
Mrs. S. M. Brown 100 South Willard
street, has returned home from Lam
caster, Mo-, where she was called by
the illness of her mother
Mr. and Mrs. B. Thompson. of Blak-
esburg, have returned to their home,
after a visit at the home of Mrs.. c. o.
Porter, 113 North Ward street.
Ed Thomas, 10 North Ward street
who has been confined to the house
suffering from an attack of grip, is able
to resume his duties as postmaster
again.
Bert Marion Overturf and Miss Nora
Cozad, We're united in marriage this
morning at II o'clock, at the home OF
the brides father, SIT Wabash avenue
in the presence of few Intimate
friends and relatives. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. John HASTE
pastor of the South Side Baptist
church. After the ceremony a we'd
ding dinner was served. The bride ano
and groom are well known and enjoy
the confidence and friendship of all
who know them. They will reside fol-
the present at the Cozad home, 81
Wabash avenue.
! Harvey Kennedy and Miss Della
Watts were united in marriage las,
evening at o'clock at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs. Margaret Watts
in Eldon. Rev. John HASTE, pastor Of
the South Side Baptist church, of this
CITY, officiating. After the ceremony
congratulations were offered and 9
wedding supper was served. The we'd
ding was very quiet affair, only asfew
of the intimate friends of the contract
ing parties being present. The bride
and groom are well known young PEG
pie of Eldon, and are held in the high
est esteem. They will make their
home at the home Of the brides moth
err.