The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-30

services at the residence Tuesday at
IL o'clock.
BERNHARD = SWOPE. = The OF
tumwa Courier of Thursday says:
This afternoon at o'clock the mar,
riage of Miss Harriet Swope to Otto
Bernhard of Omaha took place att he
parsonage of the First Christian
church. Rev. l.. H. Otto officiating. Mr..
and Mrs. Bernhard will leave on No.
10 for short trip in the west, stop,
ping at Omaha, and will then return
to their new home in Oskaloosa where
Mr.. Bernhard is located as agent for
the Cudahy Meat Packing Co. of South
Omaha. The bride has been connect
ed with Phillips Big Store for some
time past and has large number of
friends in the city whose best wishes
follow the couple to their new home"
NICHOLLS-KINGEN.-The Sigour
| ncy correspondent of the Ottumwa
| Courier says: George Nichols, oil
Oskaloosa, came to Sigourney a few
days ago and sought employment. he
| found the paving contractor, who was
| willing to give him work to do on the
is 81 years old and seems to be in
dustrious, but he thought it too ex
| pensiye to pay SO a week for board
and besides remembering the old say
ing that it is not good for man 10 live
alone, he soon made the acquaintance
| of a damsel of Is summers and o.
course, it was love at first sight,
| and although they had an acquaint
ance of only three days, Hazel j. Kin
! gen was willing and this morning ;
marriage license was procured and jus
tice James NJ. Adams pronounced thu
words which made them husband ant
wife and babe them God-speed upol
the matrimonial sea.
PHILLIPS.-Mrs Elizabeth Phillips
widow of the late Rev. Simon Phillips
was born in Cornwall, England, June
| II, 1884 Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips came
to America in 1866 and settled in
illinois. The family came to Beacon
Iowa, in 1872 The deceased has re
sided in Mahaska county thirty-siH
years. She is survived by four sons
and four daughters, Simon Phillips Of
Avery, John II. of Beacon, Emory Of
Port Byron, ILL.,, and Ernest of Oska
loosa; Mrs. George Sowden of Bea
loA,, Lob, \ Drill Of ITpinnuil1a
Mo-, Mrs. E. A. Darnell of Oskaloosa
and Miss Nellie Phillips of Beacon
Mrs. Philips was the grandmother o.
ltwenty-nine and great grandmother o.
three children. The funeral service
which was largely attended, was held
at the Methodist Episcopal church o.
Beacon and interment was made ii
the Beacon cemetery beside the hus
band who died May IL, 1903. The
Iservice was under the direction o.
Rev. William II. Slack, pastor of the
church. Rev. Robert Z. Wilson gave
a biographical sketch of the life Of
the deceased and told of the woman
as he knew her in the church and in
the home. Rev. John c. McClelle
land, of Oskaloosa, district superin
tendent, assisted in the service ant
lspoke with much effect upon the
theme Mother" Appropriate must
cal numbers concluded the church
service.
Mrs. Phillips was a good woman, q
good wife and good Christian. She
lived good life, fought great battle,
and great shall be her reward. She was
connected with the Methodist church
when a small girl and was eyel
steadfast in the foundation principles
lof the faith. She was a kind and
loving mother, a wise and devoted
friend and was generally esteemed
and beloved in the community in
which she worked and lived.
The family wish to thank friends
and neighbors for kindnesses and ex
pressions of sympathy upon the oc
casion of the death, and during the
Illness of the mother.
MATTISON.-The funeral of the lat,