Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-21

.WeSh, stIIef a. WISH WITH her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. o. p Wright
Lem Wright returned last Thursday
from his farm in Oklahoma. He owns
farm near Chattanooga and after
making some improvements for the
renter who will occupy it he will move
his family back to Knoxville for the
| winter at least
| Acknowledgment Byers was an
nounced for a lecture on last Sunday
night at the Methodist church entitled
| Law Enforcement" Mr. Byers did
not come and Father L. S. Coffin of
| Fort Dodge filled his place. A large
crowd was out to hear him speak. He
| spoke on the liquor question and told
what it was costine the state in cold
| cash to keep up the institutions which
liquor made necessary.
| Captain L. K. Butterfield has been
confined to the house for the past
week with gallstones. He was con-
siderably better yesterday, but will
probably undergo an operation in the
removal of the gall stones.
| Clyde Miner has purchased the res
| taurant on the north side run by the
Elliott brothers. They will join the
Knoxville colony in New Mexico and
if they like it thew will make 1t their
future home. Mr.. Miner has been
running the store at Donley.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Little returned
from their visit in Illinois on last
Monday evening About IL o'clock
that night crowd of the militia
went down to G. F. Little's residence
and gave the returned clippers a GER
enade and fired several salutes to
| them.
Rev. w. H. Sayer of Des Monies
the Baptist church at Coal Ridge
miles northeast Of Knoxville, was here
Monday to baptize the new converts
They were baptized at the Baptist
church in this city. About twenty
five were baptized.
Mrs. Ella Mason and Mrs. Wright
| Williams took Mrs Emeline Hamil-
stock, ILL.,, last week. She has been In
very poor health for some time.
E. E. Dalbey and his two sons were
all taken sick with pneumonia last
Thursday. The boys have recovered
and Mr.. Daily is getting along nicely
John Brees and son have leased the
old John Bush barn just east of the
Grand opera house.
! George Lam, the mule driver at No
mine, near Everist, was arrested or
Monday on the charge of attempt tc
commit murder. He was brought tt
Knoxville and will have hearing be-
fore Justice Garretson Friday OF this
| week The prosecuting witness is A
A. Jones. who claims that Lam drew
a verolver on him Saturday nights
| Taylor Wordsworth has invented :
machine that will be worth something
4 to the egg merchants of this and Other
cities. 1t is a machine for automat-
| ically registering the number of eggs
as they are put into the case.
The Knoxville Commercial club has
lately taken up the proposition, OF
buying q city park. Two sites have
been offered-the Kline property, five
blocks north of the square, and the
George Simpson place southeast OF
4 for $4,000, and consits of six acres
j. w. Manhardt has been circulating g
petition which was almost unanimous
ly signed.
Ell Gaiser, well-known citizen
passed away at his home in Knoxville
Saturday night, after being sick fol
a day. He had geen in his usua
taken suddenly very Ill. A ply.
1 him no relief. Heart trouble was thu
cause Of his death. He was born IL
1 Greenville, Pa, in 1850. He came tt
4 Knoxville twenty-five years ago ane
! went into the marble business will
Thomas Robinson. At the time of hi
i death he was engaged in the grocer!
business with his son, REQ. He leaves
besides his wife and son, sister, {
half sister, three brothers, half
brother, all Of whom reside in Green
\ Vile, Pa.
The county clerk has issued thu
following marriage licenses:
Lola Carpenter, 28 and Pearl Shell
ter 90; Leonard w. de Penning, %
and Allie Buitewerf, 80; Gradus Weld
huisen, 20, and Bessie van Hsmert
49,: J. x. BEEN, 70, and Mrs. Saral
Manhardt, SO; Thomas Elmer Nichols
1 35, and Becky Ann Kinney, IS.