Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-13
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Bloomfield, Oct 12.-The Davis
county prohibitionists held a conven-
ton at the court house Saturday af-
ternoon and nominated the following
ticket:
Clerk of Court-Silas Ballard, Wya-
condah township.
Recorder--Mrs. Eliza Owsley, Bloom
field.
8 Auditor-L. e. Goode, Bloomfield.
Supervisor-Henry Hancock, Bloom
field
The convention was called to order
by County Chairman L. E. Goode. Ira
D. Kellogg, of Oskaloosa, prohibition
candidate for congress from the sixth
district, was I'M attendance and made
q brief address Mr.. Kellogg visited
the public schools Tuesday morning
and addressed the high school students
after which he visited each room in
the building, presented the temper
ance pledge to the pupils and received
400 signers.
{. Jonathan Aechlinn, of Schuyler
county, Missouri, drove into the city
with wagon load of pears for sale.
The abundance of the crop this year
has made the fruit almost drug on
the market.
IS. S. Stanley returned Tuesday from
Chicago, where he shipped six car
loads of cattle of his own fattening.
Miss Martha Wray returned Tues
day from Hedrick. where she has been
spending the past three weeks with
relatives.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. W. Young, OF West
Grove, while driving to this city Tues
day were thrown from their carriage
but escaped serious injuries. The
wagon, SHE'D from the road and tipped
the carriage into a ditch. DR.. and Mrs.
Young fell into the top of the carriage
and We're dragged for a distance along
the road Finally the top broke and
the curtain becoming disentangled they
fell through into the road and thus es-
capped. The buggy was demolished.
The Bloomfield Business association
met in regular session Monday even
ing and after discussing the sidewalk
question for some time decided to ad-
wise the city council to pass an ordi-
nance demanding that all new side
walks shall be made permanent walks
and be of cement or brick
Judge S. S. Carruthers and Mildred
Saunders, whose residence property
Joins, are improving the same by re-
I:1o5sssg the plank sidewalks and re-
placing them with cement walks. DR.
II. c. Young has removed the plank
walk on the south side of his residence
property and has replaced the same
with a brick walk.
sOn Tuesday Elder M Downing, who
is filing the Office of County Clerk ].
G.Leach, who is absent from the city,
issued marriage license to Henry
Mason and Miss Minnie Z. Foster, OF
Belknap, and Immediately completed
the transaction by pronouncing then,
husband and wife. Mr.. and Mrs
Mason will make their home on farm
near Belknap.
Mrs. d. P. Palmer returned Tuesda.
from Cleveland. Ohio, and Kokomo
Ind, where she has been spending thu
past two weeks with her sons. Sh
leaves next week for Colorado and Ari
iona, where she will spend the white
with her children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk England an
daughter, Mrs. Bessie Offerlee lief
Tuesday for Tennessee, where MI
England has purchased farm property
Mr.. Offerlee preceded them to the neJ
home few weeks ago.
The Davis County Sunday schoc
convention opened at the Presbyteria:
church Tuesday morning and will con
tis:ue until Wednesday evening. TIL
rfcrning service was introduced by
song and prayer service, conducted b
VIM. Anderson The convention ad
dress was made by DR.. c. L. Stafford