Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16

years which Mrs. Allen had lived here
she had made a goodly number of
friends, who sympathize with the
family in their great grief. Mr.. Allen
and son, Ralph, will return from
Pennsylvania in a week or two, but
the two daughters will remain several
months.
Chas. Pos, who has been working at
Pella the past month, returned home
Wednesday.
Miss Gertrude Briggs, of Hayden
Chapel, who in company with Miss
Ella Hall, has been visiting relatives
and friends at Hurdland and other
points In Missouri for some time, has
written home that she will be detained
there till about March /, on account
of a badly sprained ankle, caused by
a fall while descending flight of
stairs.
H. r. Fortune, who has been work
ing at Abba, returned to Eddyville
Saturday morning for a few days
stay.
John Derks, of Grays Creek, has
been i'll witt. stomach trouble.
Roy. the youngest child and only
son of Mr. and Mrs, Geo. W.. Barnett,
died at o'clock Friday morning. Feb
ruary 10, at the home of his parents
| north of town. aged one year and
eight days, having passed his first
birthday anniversary on February q
Death followed an illness of a week or
two from lung fever. The funeral
services were conducted at the Chris
tan church by Elder j. HI. Raglan at
IL o'clock Sunday forenoon, and burial
was made in Highland cemetery.
The following have been chosen as
jurors of the Mahaska county court:
Grand jurors, G. w. Workman, of
West Harrison, and Leo DeLong, Of
East Des Moines township; trial jur-
ors, VIM. Love, of West Harrison. Jno.
of East Harrison township, r. w.
Thomas, of East Des Moines and f..
w. England. of West Des Moines.
Miss Lorena Weber has been Ill
with an attack of the grip.
Fred Elliott has zone to Salt Lake
City, Utah, to spend about two months
putting in a large furnace. Mrs.
Elliott has gone east to visit with
relatives in Indiana during his abb
sence.
The little 7-year-old son OF Mr..
Tucker, of Lost Greek, has been on
the sick list.
The women Of the NJ. f. society
perpetrated a. very pleasant Surprise
on Rev. and Mrs. w. s. Right Fl. day
afternoon. Shortly after the noon
hour about eighteen ladies repaired to
the parsonage and took possession in
the absence of the family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Right having been at the C. L..
Phillips home for dinner. They were
called home on the pretense that some
Of their relatives had come from dis
lance and were very much surprised.
Various attempts have been made to
surprise them at other places where
they had resided, but all of these had
been unsuccessful. They had always
learned of the, plans in some way or
other, so they had been imagining
themselves immune against such plots.
When they had recovered from their
surprise they proceeded to entertain
the company in delightful way. The
afternoon was spent in comfort tack
ing till 1t came time to go to church.
On that evening Rev. Right ended his
protracted meeting which had been
going OH for three weeks. The meet
lings attracted much attention and ten
conversions resulted
Frank Kussart, John Haywood, Cal
Chord, Taylor Beatty and James
johnson attended 1.-THE DEVILS Auc-
ton in Oskaloosa Friday night.
| Dan McCoy's baby on Gray's Creek
has been sick,
| Mesdames Bowen and ]. T. Coveny
and Misses Virgie Bowen, Leila Beck
| man and Grace Martin, of Oskaloosa
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We're driven to Coalfield by c.. G
stuble, where they spent the afternoon
with friends.
VIM. Utlev of Nebraska, arrived
Friday night for a stay at his old
/ home here
Miss Rena Ryan visited friends In
Oskaloosa Wednesday.
The literary program given at the
! school house Friday evening by the
| Philomathean Literary society was
quite well attended considering the
/ weather. The debate was, Resolved
| that the time has not como when
protection shold be abolished by the
United States and the decision of tho
Judges stood two for the affirmative
and three for the negative.
Mrs. L. p Breeder and baby re-
turned Thursday night from Cones
vile, where they had been called Il
days previous by the serious illness OF
Mrs. Breeden's grandmother, Mrs
VIM. Harper. Mr.. Breeder met then
at Oskaloosa and accompanied then
home from that place.
Patrick Smith and c.. l.. Funk wers
Ottumwa callers last Friday.
Mrs Emma Bourke, mother in-laW
of Mrs. Avis Bourke, has been sick.
The High School Lecture Course
entertainment given at the opera
house Saturday night was fairly vel
attended, but more people would have
been present had the weather beer
| favorable. The number consisted of {
monologue, "A Singular Life" By
Adrian M. Newens, and was perhaps
one Of the best numbers of the course
| so far given. The next number will
be lecture by F. G. Tyrrell on Marcel
/ 16.
J. r. H. Taylor, of New Sharon, WIN
| recently returned from sojourn II
Colorado, was in town the latter par
of last week.
ers from Eddyville and vicinity or
Friday and Saturday; F. w. Stein.
hoff, ]. B. Wylie, Wilford Odem, VIM
Sharp, Jas. L. Myrick, J. w. McCrea
/ r. Cox, ]. L. Sipes, George Berry
b. B. Beamer, Jacob Hoogendoorn and
| Dick Danninp