Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
EDDYVILLE.

E!uuyVllle, April 1.-C. l.. Phillips
sold his building. where the postoffice
ana an !, tribune office is located, to N. B.
galloway, manager of the Eddyville
Telephone company. The considera-
ton was $4,000. The upstairs which is
occupied by offices. will be remodeled
and used for the central office of the
telephone company, Mr.. Phillips taking
the old telephone Office building, SO it
is understood, in on the deal. Mr.. Hal
loway will have his shop in the rear of
the ground floor, and the front part of
the building will be for rent. AS stat
ed heretofore. Mr.. belong, the post
master, will soon erect a new post
office building which he will lease to
the government for period of ten
years. 1t is understood that there is
considerable opposition, especially
among the business men, to having the
postoffice located on the lot next to the
city hall. as the location is an out of
the way one to the majority of Eddy
ville's citizens.
e Born, "Wednesday March 80, to Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Casper, of Lost Creek,
son.
Harry. son of Jas. T. Glen, has been
detained at home from school on ac-
count of an attack of rheumatism.
Miss Louise JAEGER went to Batavia
MONDAY morning to visit her brothers,
NSSi sc anu JAEGER, lle latter
having been on the sick list.
Mrs. F. A. Ellis has gone to Oska-
loosa to visit old friends for about ten
days. On her return she and her lit
tie granddaughter, Fanny Bourke, will
go to Harrison, Nebraska, to spend the
summer with Mrs Ellis son and
daughter.
James Penick has leased his hotel to
Lost Creek parties and Mr. and Mrs.
- Nn1,
where their daughters, Misses Neva
and Francis Penick, have positions as
clerks.
Miss Bertha Werner, of Miller's
Creek, has returned from visit with
Oskaloosa relatives.
Milo Rose, of Abba, was a recent
guest of relatives and friends here.
Miss Minnie England of Bluff Creek,
returned Monday from a weeks visit
with relatives in Oskaloosa.
w. F. JAEGER attended Will Shea's
fine stock sale at Blakesburg Wednes-
day.
Mrs. A. Trotter, of Hamilton, has
been visiting here this week.
Chester and Harry Besco, north of
town, were driving to town Wednesday
afternoon with team of two-year- old
colts which they were breaking. When
entering town the team took fright and
Third street they collided with with
telegraph pole. breaking the pole and
also breaking loose from the wagon
The team ran east and up the Rock Is
land track, one of the colts dragging
the double-trees behind him. After a
chase they We're captured about a mile
north of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy M. Carr returned
to Bussey today to live. They have
resided here six months, during which
time Mr. Carr held position as fore
man of the Tribune. Phil Kussart
foreman of the Tribune for many years
but who was succeeded last fall by Mr.
Carr, and who has been night watch
for some time. returns to the Tribune
office. Mr.. Carr was a member of the
Eddyville band while here, and during
their short residence here made many
friends.
Some excitement was caused by a
gasoline lamp exploding in one of the
billiard halls Wednesday evening. For
tunately no one was injured.
Mrs. D. P. Fargerstrom and daugh-
ters, Grace and Fay, returned to their
home at Essex Thursday, after spend
ing few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
Adam Bell.
A. c. Beamer departed Monday night
for points in Arkansas and Texas on a
sightseeing tour. He will be gone in
definitely.
Among the recent Ottumwa business
callers were: r. M. Beamer, J. F. Hall
and w. S. Phillips on Tuesday; J. W.
Berry, Joe Johnson, o. H. Seifert and
c. S. Smith, on Wednesday.
Among those in Oskaloosa on bust
ness recently We're: John w. Odem
and Jas. L. Allbaugh on Wednesday,;
j. w. McCrea. Mr.. and Mrs. F. w.
Steinhoff and Mrs ]. E. Miller on
Thursday; Mrs. Jas. Penick and Miss
Pansy Jamison on Monday.
Phillip Biihler has been entertaining
his grandchildren, Walter and Myrtle
Erbacher. of Ottumwa, during school
vacation week.
Mrs Van Saunders returned to her
home in Abba Monday after a weeks
visit with old friends here. Her
daughter, Miss Maud Saunders, who