Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-03
IN BLOOMFIELD MANY YEARS.

mule FELLOW is much improved
IN BLOOMFIELD MANY YEARS.
Judge carruthers Has Been Resident
for Fifty five Years.
Bloomfield, Aug Monday was a
| notable date in the life story of Judge
5. s. Carruthers, being the fifty-first
anniversary of his residency in this
| city Looking back over more than
NAN century's progress many inter-
estlng "reminiscences connected with
the condition of the town at that time
are recalled and the process of evo-
luton by which the open prairie be-
came gradually transformed with our
present thriving little city of more
| than 1000 inhabitants has been inter-
esting to witness. At the time of his
arrival in 1854 there was nothing in the
public square, but the native prairie.
few hitching racks, and q good sized
pond just northwest of the present site
OF the court house. The population
was between five and six hundred and
| there was not to exceed % feet Of side.
walk in the town. The only building
now on the square that was here at
that time is the one occupied by Stew
| ems shoe shop headquarters of the
| lime kiln club) and it stood sideways
to the square but has since been
changed SO that the end faces the
street. There is now only one married
| couple (Mr. and Mrs Schuyler Hulett)
here who were married prior to his ar
rival and there are two or three wild
oWs still in the city who We're wives
when he came. Judge Carruthers has
occupied the same office rooms for
thirty years and the family residence
| which is one of the finest and most
beautiful in the city has been his home
for 3S years.
Holloway VS.. cronk.
Inc case OF G. N. Holloway vs. Dr.
c. H. Cronk, for debt of s72.s3 for
work performed on defendants farm
at LeGrand, Tama county, in 1901. was
opened in H. G. Days court Saturday,
July 29. motion was filed by the
plaintiffs attorney, T. A. Goodson to
suppress the dispositions. The motion
was overruled by court and the de-
positions were admitted. The first ac-
ton In the case was taken May 2, 1905.
when the case was continued for depo-
s1t1ons in Tana and Marshall coun-
ties. On Monday the defendants at
torney filed a motion to have deposit
tons returned to notary in Marshall
county for correction. The motion was
overruled by court. A motion was
then filed for change Of venue to Jus
tice Kelseys court. The change was
granted and the hearing was held Mon
day afternoon at 1880 o'clock A mum
Der of witnesses have been subpoenaed
and the case will probably be determ-
ined today.
The Lecture Course.
At a meeting of the lecture course
numbers for the winters entertain
ment were selected as follows:
Concert-Katherine Ridgeway Co.
Lecture-Frank Dixcn.
Lecture-Rabbi Harrison.
Lecture-Thos. McClary
Entertainment-Ralp Bingham.
Personal and Otherwise.
Miss Mabel Swift, of Ottumwa, spent
Sunday with her parents
Ed Cox returned Monday from ST
Louis, where he has been spending Il
few days on business.
S. F. Darniell, of Chicago, spent
Sunday with friends in this city.
Miss Mary Hinkle has been elected
teacher of the fall and winter school
in the Barnett district
Mrs. George Gwinn and daughter, of
Moulton, spent Sunday with the fam
lilies of James Swift and S. S. Stan
ley.
Mrs. Jennie Spencer, accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. Gaines, of Park City.
Mont, left Saturday for Davenport, to
spend several days with their sister,
Mrs. Cook.
On the second Sunday in August.
Elder James A. Shepherd and Nose
Downing will hold a basket meeting
at the Washington church in Fabins
township.
Bloomfield, July a1.-Mrs. Kate
Hickey left Saturday for Milton to
spend a few days with her mother,
Mrs. J. A. Deal and visit her sister,
Mrs F. E. Frunz, of Hoopeston, Ill.
Calvin Bennett. of Udell made
business trip to this place Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wilson, who
Wilson's sister, Mrs. ]. r. Wallace, left
Saturday for their home in Greenwood,
Miss.
The Keokuk district conference will
be held in this city on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week and at least
forty delegates are expected. The OPP
ening services will be held at the
Methodist Episcopal church Monday
evening. The song service will be
Tille and the sermon will be delivered
by Rev. H. F. Gilbert, Of Cantril On
Tuesday the sermon of the morning
will be preached by Rev. l.. Ingham.
OF Keokuk, and in the evening the pull
pit will be occupied by Rev. Thomas
Osborn, Of Fairfield. A very interest
ing program has been prepared and
profitable session is expected.
Mrs. w. T. Dupree Is spending a
week in Pulaski with her sister, Mrs.
w. H. Shelton.
Miss Stella Devault has returned
from Central Park, Idaho, where she
has been teaching school for a year
or more and will spend the summer
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
DEFAULT.
Prof. A. T. Downey, of Des Moiwnes.
spent Saturday with relatives in the
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