Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-16
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KILL is LARGE.
Large Number of Hogs Slaughtered at
the Packing House Last Week.


Twenty thousand hogs were slaugh-
tered last week at the John Morrell
& Co. Ltd, packing house.
Visitors at Plant.
The following is the list of those
who were at the packing house on bus
mess or for the purpose of sight seeing
last week: G. A. Wigdey, Chicago; L..
S. Sweeney, Rockford, ILL.,; Miss Kate
Bissell, city; F. w. Eckers, city;
James Green. Agency; Charles Owens,
formerly night Waterman at the plant;
Fred Graham, Creston; F. L. Healy,
Des Moines; John Copeland; Batavia,
and A. Burt. Cedar Rapids.
The Sick List.
The following residents of the East
End and EMPLOYEES :. OF the packing
house are. reported as being on the
sick list this week: Louis Vinegar of
the green meat cellar; Thomas Fitz-
patrick Of the packing room, Aleck
Seaburger of the coopers' shop; NJ
Irving of the packing room; Joe Hour
ihahn of the killing department; Will
liam Kidd of the trimming rooms, and
Superintendent F. j. Bullock
Miss Winnie Osler. East Main street,
who was knocked senseless last Mon
day night while coasting down Second
street, is reported to be much better.
The communion of the Lords
Supper" will be observed tomorrow
morning at II o'clock at the East End
Presbyterian church. DR. j. M. Nc
Elroy will assist Evangelist j. w.
Foote in the absence of Rev. Horned,
VIII 10 MINI NV
the death of his nephew.
Ralph Hendershott, we'll known
stock man Of Upton, sent forty loads
of hogs here this week, besides a
train load of cattle to Chicago, which
represented an outlay of something
like $4,000.
w. H. Moss, of the tierce gang, was
subpoenaed to attend court last We'd
nesday morning.
Jake Amenheuser and Frank
Briggs we're the visiting committee for
the P. H. NJ A. A. this week
Charles Huddleston, Of the green
meat cellar, was called home Saturday
by sickness in his family
Larry Glenn, Of the lard refinery who
who has been on the sick list for three
or four days, is much better.
Miss Ruth Traul who resides on
Roemer street, was in Agency last
Monday.
Night Waterman Zell Zimmerman
was called home Saturday night by the
illness of his mother.
A small blaze occurred in one of the
coal houses belonging to the company
cottages, on the night of January Z
which was quickly extinguished by
the fire department.
James H. Jones of the roustabout
gang, was called home to Upton, by
the death of relative last Saturday.
Mrs. H. D. Robinson, who has been
sick at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. Chodat, on Morrell street
returned to her home in Riverview last
Saturday.
William Kline, of the cutting gang
who has been visiting his son, Bid
Kline, in st. Joseph, Mo-, returned last
Friday
] G. Leonard, Of Creston, arrived here
ness of his brother-in-law, Geo. A. Ma
son.
! DR.. J. Miller, of the United States
inspection service mere, was IN Ames
attending the veterinary convention
last Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. Winnie Harlan, of Croton, is ii
the city, called here by the dangerous
illness of her sister, Mrs. Dan Finley
of South Ottumwa
William Hammitt, of Marshalltown
is in the city, c--lled here by the dan
gerous illness of his sister, Mrs. Eliza,
beth Zimmerman, who resides on East
Main street
Will Gregson, of Liverpool, Engl
is here on visit at the home of T. II
Foster. I
Charles Golf entered the service d