Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-30
ALBA.

Albia.-Ira Collins Of this city is
spending sleepless nights and en-
deavoring to catch some despicabls
wretch who has been playing nightly
visits to the barn and then cutting the
harness to pieces. The other night
some person entered the barn and
cut a set of harness to ribbons. The
following evening they returned and
again used the knife, this time on a
double set of harness. The following
night Mr.. COLLINS and friend watch
ed the place until near daylight and
they saw no person around. When he
went to harness his team the follow
ing morning the harness was again
found to be useless. Mr.. Collins has
no idea Of who it is that Is doing the
mischief around his place. 1t has
been a short time since his house was
set fire while no one was at home.
Two attempts were made to burn thu
home and evidently not being success
full In that the parties have psed the
system of cutting the harness to
pieces.
The ministers Of Abba have or
ganized and will hold union meetings
during the summer months. The
same plain was followed last year, and
was a great success. Seats are placed
in the yard at the Grant school build
ing and different minister, or one from
each church, fills the platform for
a different evening. The church
choirs of the different churches are
present and the meetings are consider
ed the best that could possibly be had
during the warm weeks.
The new building for use at Chau-
tauaua time and which the city ID
| having erected in the park was PLAN
ned yesterday and the workmen will
now get busy and have the place in
readiness for chatauqua which meets
next month. The program secured for
! the Abba chautauqua surpasses any
| thing that has ever been held in the
past and the association look for a
great year.
/ The fact that the interurban Is
building their line to the Central Wab-
| ash down East Benton street has
caused the owners of property on that
/ thoroughfare to prepare petitions
which they will present to the city
| council at the next meeting asking
/ that the street be ordered paved. The
petition is being generally signed by
! the owners of the property and the
attitude Of the council has always beer
to grant petition of the kind when
| a majority have SIGNED 1t. That street
has long needed paving but the own
ers Of property have been holding Of!
until such time as the railway peo-
pie would come down the street and be
" pay LLclIs SlldIe Ol Liz
| cost of the Improvement.
Harrison Hickenlooper returned last
! evening from Davenport where he haG
been attending reunion of his OLE
army company. He was somewhat
| bruised as the result of an accident
| that happened him in that city. While
/ attempting to get from moving cal
he was thrown to the pavement and
| injured.
Ivan NJ. Kirk of corydon, was III
i Abba today.
Harry Hughes Is the name of q
! young man who has been held by the
1 Abba police the past week He was
1 endeavoring to sell a number OF
small diamonds and the police were
| led to believe that he came by then
i in not thoroughly honest manner
i They have made an investigation il
the surrounding towns but so far hav,
been unable to locate point at wher,
there has been any theft.
w. w. Barnes and Mrs. A. r. Barne.
are in Burlington today They wen
to that place yesterday and will re
main with Mrs. Barnes sister for
few days
An item appeared in the Abba item
recently that Dan White had been helt
l for intoxication. This was not Dan
c. White, of iHteman.