Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26
EDDYvlLLE.

EDDYvILLE.
Eddyville, March 25.-On Wednesday
the large clothing stock of Hawke &,
EVANS, bankrupts, was disposed of to
the highest bidder. o. H. Seifert, who
mas general merchandise store here,
secures the goods, and for time will
| conduct the store in it's present loca-
ton till 1T is reduced sufficiently to
combine 1t with his other store. The
| clothing store will be under his per-
sonal management and his merchan-
disc store will be in charge of Horace
| Burns.
Mrs. Emily Reed has had men at
work shlngling her residence on
Third street.
Born Wednesday, March %, to John
Blackwood, east of town, a son.
Among the recent Ottumwa callers
We're: F. q. Kidd on Tuesday and VIM.
Sumner on Thursday.
| Phil KuSsart and James Smith went
to Abba via Ottumwa Tuesday and
spent the day in Monroe county's me-
tropolis.
Samuel Williams, who was ill week
or two ago, has again been laid up for
the past few days.
| Fred Palmer, of Third street, and j.
| B. Lee, of Gray's Creek, have been
drawn as petit jurors on the Mahaska
( county court. ]. S. Garrett and George
Steele, of Cedar have also been drawn.
| Fred Wilcox moved Thursday from
near the park to the Elder j. H. Paint
err property on Ninth street, which he
has leased
| G. A. Pos has ben moving his family
from the Joe Roberts tenant property
on South Fourth street to the Sipes
property, near the Church of Christ,
Mr.. Pos having purchased the property.
1t is understood that John Haywood,
of Abba, will move to the Roberts prop
| erty.
Mrs. ]. H. Miller has been having the
grip this week.
| In Mrs Gibson's obituary in Mon
days letter, the date of her death,
March IL, and her given name, were
unintentionally omitted.
| The body of John Stout, of Ottumwa,
was brought here on the noon train
| Wednesday and buried in Highland
cemetery by the side of his wife. Rev.
| W. T. Howe. the M. E. pastor here,
conducted services at the grave. The m {,
relatives accompanying the remains
We're: Geo. Kline, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Kline, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Kline, and Mrs.
Eth Less, of Ottumwa. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Miller, Burlington, and Mrs. Lou
Alder, of Peoria, Illinois. Mr.. Stout
was SO years of age, and 40 years of
his life were spent in Eddyville. He
was a native Of Ohio.
H. c. Cook formerly Of Ottumwa,
was in town Wednesday.
The baby of H. c. Albaugh of Gray's
Creek, is importing from an attack of
| tonsilitis.
II. c. Williams, Of Ottumwa, was in
town Tuesday.
Mrs. ]. w. Allen and daughter Flos-
sic, have returned from an extended
visit with relatives at points in Penn
sylvania.
VIM. Barnes, of Gray's Creek, who
has been having badly gathered hand
is slightly improved.
Miss Maggie Johnson will commence
school at Hines in April.
G. C. Johnson. a former EddyVille
citizen, but now of Oskaloosa, was in
town Monday.
Frank Epperson departs Saturday
night for ST. Louis to attend the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce for month,
in order to famliarize himself with the
methods of banking as conducted by
the large city banks.
The little son of Fred Eberline, who
has been visiting at the Walter Hart
man home, on Ninth street, has been
| i'll with congestion Of the lungs.
| ]. Randolph Kussart. who has been
laid up for the past two weeks with an
attack of rheumatism, was not so well
| Thursday.
Miss Lillian Sprague, of Ottumwa,
| has been visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
Henrietta Sprague.
| Mrs. Will Albaugh, across the river,
has been suffering from badly gath
| cred hand.
Elmer Parks of Kirkville, was call
| ing on his brother, Prof. Joe Parks,
Tuesday.
E. Van Saunders, formerly of this
place, but now of Abba, was here on
business Tuesday.
| A son Of William Long, of CoalfieId,
| has been i'll with tonsilitis, but is i'm
| proving. He is a lad of 10 or II years.
A meeting will be held at the city
hall Thursday evening, March 81, by
the baseball enthusiasts of this place,
for the purpose of arranging for a
| team for next summer.
Mrs. c. T. Matthews, of Davenport,
came Wednesday to spend day or two
with her cousin, J. L. Wilson, of First
street
James T. Johnson. of Sand Ridge,
was a sufferer from the grip the fore
part of the week. being the second at
tack he has had recently.
Mrs. Con Sullivan and daughter, Miss
Abbie, and Miss Chloe Cawley were
| Oskaloosa callers Wednesday.
| Mrs. Sherman Hindman, of near
Hayden Chapel. has been ill with stom-
ach trouble.
Charles w. Fisher, who has been at
tending Penn college at Oskaloosa
came down Thursday to visit over
Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Lydia
Fisher, and other relatives and friends
| S. L. Vance went to Ottumwa Tues
day to serve on the grand jury.