Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-30
ALBA.

which he paid S. 0 recently, fall in a
we'll and drown yesterday afternoon.
The we'll had platform over it put
the animal broke through.
Ralph Warner who has been very low
with appendicitis is resting easy and
showing improvement in his condition.
c T. McConnell's house caught fire
yesterday about IL o'clock from de-
fective flue. The fire company put 1t
out with little damage except to the
roo: but the water soaked things up
badly.
ped here yesterday at the C. 8. Bar
to Des Moines to attend the grand
opera.
Wilbur Jones of Ottumwa was in 81.
bia yesterday with new automobile.
He visited the parental, w. A. Jones
home
W. H. and C. NJ Potts leave tomor-
row for Cheyenne, Wyo., where they
expect to make their future home
The Comet theater which is cloaal
will open soon as the improvements
ara nearly completed 80
In the district court the case of
Nancy J. Sayler ct al VS.. Robert Nc
Cam ct al was tried yesterday. N. E.
Kendall and J. F. Abegglin were attor-
neys for the plaintiff while Mabry and
Hickenlooper were attorneys for the
defense. The judge has not rendered
his decision yet.
Roy Gholson of Ottumwa spent Sun
day in town at the parental home.
The G. B. & @. set out a fire yester-
day in the pasture of Fred Townsend
that took a dozen men to extinguish.
Ray Hemming of Fairfield spent Sun
day in Abba with relatives and friends.
Today is default day. The case of
the Monarch Coal Co. VS.. the Phillips
Coal Co., on an injunction comes up
tomorrow. The grand jury is in ses-
sion.
Father Guinan of Washington who
was formerly located here was an
Abba visitor yesterday.
James Corbin of Melrose, was at
tending court in Abba yesterday.
Max Berry of Blakesburg visited
at the home of his father, H. 8. Berry
yesterday.
Irwin Claver who recently moved to
Haxton, Colo, brought the remains OF
his son Eugene here for burial.
The case of the Monarch Coal 20.
vs.. the Phillips Coal Co. is being tried
in the district court and will probably
last all week. 1t Is an Injunction and
title case.
The Girls Gee club of the high
school gave concert In the high
school auditorium Thursday evening.
A special train of threshing ma
chimes will be run over the NJ & st. l..
1t will arrive in Abba April az at 8:25
|p. m. and will leave at o'clock the
next morning. The train will run from
Mason City to Kansas City, Mo.
Funeral services of Eugene Glover,
son of e. E. Clover, who recently
moved to Haxton, Colo, was held We'd
nesday at 1880 at the Methodist
church, conducted by Rev. CALDWELL.
Fred L. Mahannah of Des Moines,
who has charge of the state instruc-
ton and normal training work in the
high schools, was here yesterday and
was we'll pleased with the work done
in the Abba high school.
The clerk of the district court issued
the following marriage licenses We'd
nesday: Peter Underation, 81, of
Hooking, and Tiny Telen Trevisol, II,
of Abba; Fred Mincks, 26, and Nettie
Smead, II, both of Hynes.
w. D. Bell of Bluff Creek township
was in Abba on business yesterday.
C. H. Brandingham of Lochman was
in Rlbia on business yesterday.
Mrs. VIM. Ford of Melrose. who has
been seriously i'll, was in Abba yester-
day. Her many friends are rejoicing
over her complete recovery.
J. c., Stevens had his coal keys and
Masonic pin stolen from the hotel
yesterday about II o'clock: Chief OF
Police Mac Coons, James Monroe and
Mr.. Stevens went to Maxon in Mr..
Mowrie's auto and found the goods on
three boys about Is years old. The
goods were recovered and the boys told
to travel.
The carpenter work on the court
theater will be finished this week.
The coal mines around Abba are
working nearly full time now, Hooking
especially.
| Clifford Booth of Moravia was in
Abba on business yesterday
3. P. Cashier of Everett, Wash, who
was called home by the death Of his
father j. NJ. Cashier Of Lovalia was in
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