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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-25
FIND DIAMONDS
IN THE ASH PAN

Chart on. May 23.-Diamcnd rings
valued at $500 reported stolen from
the w. B. Penick residence were found
by Deputy Sheriff Ira Boylan. The
rings disappeared and thorough search.
of the premises by different perso
failed to bring them to light UT 1
when Mr.. .Roylan made careful ~
animation of the kitchen range I'd
ash pan below the fire box. Where they,
were found. 1t would seem from the ap
pearance Of the RINGS that some mem
Der of the household had picked up tn,
handkerchief or cloth in which the.
were wrapped and placed it in the fire
box Of the rance. set fire to the debris,
shook the crate and, projected the.
rings into the ashes below: later hot
fire had bc~n kindlod and the ashes
from the latter covered the rings to
depth Of several inches. While tie
settings were much discolored little
real injury resulted I'D TIE GERS ere
as good as ever Cleaning house,
with its resultant dust a"G destruction
of soiled dust cloths and debts was
responsible for the temporary less.
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In Memoriam
John Fisher.


John Fisher, whose death occurred
at 7:45 o'clock on Tuesday morning.
May 2, at his residence, 2113 East
Main street, was born in County
Down, Ireland, November 10, 1880,
making his age at the time of his
death, IS years, months and % days.
In 1858, in ireland, he was united
in marriage to Miss Mary McKilbben
and they went to Kankeshire, Eng
land. where they resided for five years,
from where they moved to Ottumwa
and have resided since.
Mr.. Fisher Is survived by his wife
and seven children, four daughters,
Misses Margaret and Jennie, Mrs. e.
Webb and Mrs. w. d. Sinnamon, all
Of this city, and three sons, Joe Of Of
tumwa, John Of Eldon and Frank of
Newcastle, Wyo. He Is also survived
by ten grandchildren.
Mr. Fisher while young united with
the Presbyterian church in ireland
and was Christian gentleman ant
a great reader of the bible. He wa,
Of quiet disposition and an upright
man. For years he had been living
retired In the home and now has en-
tered the larger home above.-Con
tributed.
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ELDON

Mrs r. r. Potts has returned home
from a visit in Circleville, Kansas.
Mrs. Cecil Lyons and daughter, Bea.
trice, went to Floris for few days
visit.
The piano recital given by Miss Hen
rietta Hastings was quite success
and was thoroughly enjoyed by all pre-
sent as we'll as the vocal solo by MISS
Audrey Friend and reading by Miss
Rilla Kriese There were about two
hundred present and Miss Hastings
demonstrated her ability as music
teacher.
Mrs. Kittie Cummins of Des Moines
Is here visiting relatives.
Louis Roos of Des Moines was here
on business Tuesday.
Miss Mildred Meredith, who has
been teaching school In Moulton IS
visiting her aunt, Mrs. E. f. Hilles on
her way home for her vacation in Keo-
sauqua: .....
Mrs. Helen Wright went to Keokuk
Tuesday to visit her friend, Mrs. Bess,
who is quite ill. :,
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Children's Evening Story

looked all around, to see that there
were no bad foxes in sight and then he
entered the hole
! First he crept along very slowly
and carefully. Oh my, yes, and
banana pceling in addition! and then,
all of sudden, land sakes flopsy dub!
f.! If Buddy didn't slip and fall and
stumble, and roll over and over side.
ways, and head over heels, and he
kept on going down, until he finally
, came to a stop in place that was
, as dark as a pocket in fur overcoat
on a winter day
"Oh, read! Oh, dear!' cried poor
Buddy Pigg. whatever has hap.
pened: and where am II"
He tried to see where he was, but,
my goodness sakes alive. he might
as we'll have tried to look through the
blackboard at school for all he could
see was just nothing.
IL guess I must have fallen all
the way through to China" whis-
pered Buddy, as he lay there in the
darkness, and then he happened to
rememer that if he was in China he
would see some little Chinese boys and
girls and he could not see any, so he
knew he wasn't in China.
"Oh, dear" cried Buddy again.
Where am I, anyhow?'
Then, all of a sudden, out of the
darkness there sounded a voice and
when Buddy heard it he tremled.
WHO are you?" cried the voice,
and what are you doing in here?"
"If you please" answered the little
guinea pig boy. II am Buddy and fell
down this hole. Whose is it,"
1T belongs to u.s." said two voices
at once. I'VE are groundhogs and
you must get right out of here!'
"Groundhogs!" exclaimed Buddy,
had teeter-tautered Brightyes up and
down on the plank bridge and wet
her dress. and he was frightened for
fear they would harm him.
ooh. please, Mr.. Groundhogs!" went
on Buddy, 81 didn't mean to come
here! I fell in when I was looking for
something to eat. Please help me
out. and I'll never come again.
was looking for something to take
home to Brighteyes, my sister,
What. Is Brighteyes Pigg your
sister," cried the two groundhogs,
rustling around in the dark hole, and
when Buddy said she was, they said
they were very sorry for having fright
ened her on the plank. They were
only playing a joke. they said, and
they promised never to bother her
again.
"And besides" went on the larger
grounding. well give you something
to eat, and help you out Of this hole
So they went and got their lantern
which was a bottle filed with fire.
flies. and they showed Buddy where
there was another hole leading up
out of their underground house, and
he crawled out, after they had given
him some clover preserved in mo.
lasses candy, and they promised to
come and play with him and Bright
eyes some day.
Then Buddy was happy again and
almost glad he had fallen down the
big hole, because he had something
good to take home to eat.
Now, in case l have cherry pie for
supper and the juice doesn't get on
my red necktie and turn it green, III
tell you soon about trick the ground.
hogs PLAYED.
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WEST POINT WANTS
WATERWORKS, ETC

West Point, May 2s.---At specia
meeting Of the town council arrange
ments were completed for a prelim,
mary waterworks, sewer and disposal
plant survey. Ira H. Coyne, represent
ing David Fisher and county public
utility engineers of Davenport, wer
in West Point and estimated that the
cost of waterworks would be about
$1,000. the sewer and disposal plant
about $4,000. The engineering firm
was engaged to make the preliminary
survey and will submit report to the
council within thirty days. This firm
in it's report to the council will make
several plats of the town showing in
detail all water pipes. sewer pipes and
other data upon which more accurate
estimate can be made. David Fisher
and the county agree to make this
survey and reports for the sum of $40
and in case the said firm is successful
in securing the contract for the en-
gineering and superintendening the in
stallation of either or both of tho
plants they will return the $40 paid
for the preliminary survey.
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stacked their arms, where Burgoyne
passed the night before the surrender
in revelry with champagne and song,
where Arnold made his charge, where
the British General Fraser fell and
where many other interesting. things
took place. The patriotic citizens of
today have marked all these places
with tablets. The old Freeman farm
on which the carnage was greatest is
now owned by Mr.. Rodgers, former
ly of Wisconsin, who came east to
please his wife, a New England girl
He went down back of the barn among
his dairy cows and pointed out In his
back fields the spot which changed
hands six different times in the day,
where the bodies were strewn thick
on the open ground, where the tide
was turned in favor of the Americans.
Back in the field were monuments
marking the spots that are historic
for all time. Most of the battle field
has been plowed over, except one
field, and when it is finally put under
the plow no doubt many relics of the
battle will be unearthed.
In Old Saratoga.
At Schuylerville. old Saratoga. a
monument 155 feet high has been
built, the finest battle monument in
the world / climbed to the top Of it
and could look over the long battle
field 1t is square and near the base
are the heroic figures of General
Gates facing the north, Generl Schuy.
Ter facing east. General Morgan facing
west and on the south an untitled
niche, which but for his later treach-
cry would have been occupied by the
brave Arnold. would like to have
a compilation Of all the sermons that
will be preached on this vacant niche
by members of the M. E. conference
after they get home. Here stands the
old Schuyler mill near which in the
Indian wars a massacre of the 100
whites of the village occurred. Near
by Is the place where Thomas Love.
lace the Tory spy, was hanged after
conviction by court martial, and but
tied standing. A few years ago his
bones were dug up and the skull can
still be seen at the Schuyler mansion.
His teeth and other bones have been
carried away as relics.
I have been over the whole historic
route from Ft William Henry on Lake
George to FIT. Edward on the Hudson,
down past FIT. Miller to Old Saratoga
and Bemis Heights, and it makes the
blood of an American run a little fast
er as he sees this ground and thinks
of the terrible price our forefathers
paid in defending it. At one spot
passed the grave Of the beautiful Jane
McCrea, murdered and scalped by the
Indians in the employ Of the British
near FIT. Edward. which stirred up the
colonists to such fierce pitch and
probably made it possible for them
to win at Saratoga. A heap of boul-
ders marks the place where she fell
and her grave in the cemetery not
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Where Grant Died.

Another place Of great interest is
the cottage on top of Mt. McGre2or
where General Grant died. July %,
1885. Hundreds go to see it. A tab
let few rods away marks the spot
where he was taken to look at the
beautiful Hudson valley, the Adiron-
dacks to the north and west. the
Green mountains to the northwest,
ground to the southeast. The cottage
is precisely as it was the day he died.
The two big leather chairs facing
each other in which he sat, the paper
pad on which he wrote when his
throat became too bad to speak, the
pencil and pen he used the bed to
which he was carried to die, the very
bedding that was on it, the clock on
the mantel at sos as Fred Grant stop
ped it; these and many other things
attract ones notice. At the head of
his bed is large picture of Lincoln.
Over in corner is one of those old
fashioned scrolls with scripture texts
for each day. open at this verse: "The
Lord will strengthen him upon the
bed Of languishing. thou wilt make his
bed in his sickness" In his sitting
room are some framed messages of
his. one sent to Sherman after Atlanta
fell, another addressed to Sheridan
and others. The bed on which he
died is a common appearing folding
bed in the long front room, with q
capacious fireplace. close by.
These mountains back here are not
much as mountains, I would imagine,
to one who has seen the Rockies, but
they are quite climb. There is a
fine concrete road to the top of Mt.
McGregor. When we started. up there
were about two dozen in the party
Pretty soon they began dropping to
the rear. l, with two other Iowa fell
lows, didn't propose to let any rough
country people Guido us and we kept
in the lead and after a while left the
others we'll behind. We thought we
were to be unvanquished till presently
a blithe young lady came tripping up
the road and astonished us by passing
us. Presently she turned into a by
path and. after bit we heard her
call that II we wanted to follow the
turned in and after steep climb saw
ueI SlLLlHS Oh TUCK dS COOL aS you
please. She was off with perfect ease
again and then she kept us hustling
for fear we would get lost on that old
Indian trail. 1t still showed the blazed
trees made more than 100 years ago
to guide the Indians to the summit as
place OF lookout and protection. We
finally reached the top and though the
young lady beat us We had view that
well paid for the long climb.
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SARATOGA FULL OF
HISTORIC SIGHTS
pLAcE WHERE METHODIST CON.
FERENCE is IN SESSION
IS NOTED.
rBY ]. M. BECK.l

Saratoga Springs, N. Y, May "a
During an intermission of the M.
r.. general conference the writer
had one OF the treats of his
life in making a visit to the his
storic4 Saratoga battle ground. Old
searatoga Is now called schuylerville
and Is on the Hudson about twelve
miles east OF here. 1t was there that
Burgoyne with his splendid British
army established headquarters in Sep
Member, lit, after driving back the
SsAmericans as he came from the St.
Lawrence by way of Lake Champlain
and across to the Hudson with the
Alntention Of forming junction at Al
bany with Howe from New York and
SSt. Leger from the west. This was ex-
Spected to end the American revolution.
hut General Philip Schuyler with his
SContinentals and the famous Green
Mountain boys were cOntest1ng the
advance. Finally the Americans fell
back down the Hudson to Bemis
Heights. about eight or ten miles be-
low Schuylerville. AS Burgoyne ad-
vanced down the river from his base
he ran into the Continentals as he ap-
proached the narrow defile between
I the heights and the river and just
above that point the battle was fought.
This is where Morgan's sharp shoot
sers and Benedict Arnolds famous
charge made everlasting history.
sGates was in command and to him
4 Burgoyne finally surrendered. Greasy
s5says this is one of the fifteen decisive
!: battles of all history, and one histor-
Ian says that had this battle been
sslost the spark of independence would
ahave been extinguished in the col
onies. perhaps forever. If the history
Of any spot on the good green earth
enlist the interest of men who love
sthe grand and full protection of free
dom, 1t will be that Of the hills and
wales where marches and struggles,
triumphs and defeats Of contending
armies settled the destiny Of countless
unborn generations, along the borders
8of the placid Hudson"
Saw Gates Headquarters.
MI saw the spot where Gates had his
headquarters, where Burgoyne sur
rendered his sword, where the British
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CHiLLicOTHE.

Mrs. D. Nj. Sackett Of Abba came
down the first of the week on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Warren left Sat
urday for Keosauqua where they will
visit relatives.
Mrs D. N. Biggs and Mrs. Lou Ven.
ator entertained on Wednesday after
noon at the home of the former, the
Dainty refreshments were served.
A. Conwell of Ottumwa and Mrs. A.
J. Mitchell and daughter Of Des Moines
spent the Ciav here Wednesday with
relatives. a...
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Peterson enter
tanned at O'Clock dinner Thursday,
Miss Dickerson Of Ottumwa. Miss
Crabill of Avery and Miss Streicher OF
Chillicothe, all teachers of the Chilli
cothe school.
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Campbell and
daughter were passengers for Ottumwa
Friday.
Robert Mccartney and daughter Miss
Louise of Huston, Texas We're guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Layne last week.
Mrs. Adam Houke of Ottumwa spent
Thursday at the Layne home.
The Chilicothe school board met on
Thursday and elected the following
teachers: Principal. Mr. Koch Of Mt
Pleasant; primary, Mrs. Shaver of Bur-
lington, Miss Alta Crabill Of Aver,
having been previously reelected fol-
the second room.
Miss Bay Worley Of Frederic visited
relatives here last week.
Word reached here from Mr.. and Mrs
r. /. Blakenship Of the serious Hines.
of their daughter Mildred. Mrs. Blank
enship was formerly Miss Alta Gibbs.
Miss Marion Rambo spent the wee;
end in Ottumwa with her grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. John Miller.
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In MemOriam
C. w. AndeI,

-. w. %HScI.
Carey Wilson Angel was born May 29
1874 near Blakesburg Iowa and died
MAY Is 1916.
He was married to Amanda Willard
and to this union was born two children
Lucille and Meredith. aged and 6
years. He leaves his entire family, also
father, mother. two sisters and three
brothers to mourn his death.
He conducted clothing store in
Blakesburg for a number of years. He
moved his family to a farm in Okla
homa in 1909.
He has suffered with heart trouble
for several years and came to Blakes-
burg several months ago to regain his
health. but continued to fail and died
May IS.
He was a member Of the Odd Fellow
and Masonic fraternal orders at this
place. He was an honest, upright man,
respected by all who knew him.-Con-
tributed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-25
GRAHAM is
GIVEN DISCHARGE

John Graham Of this city, who was
arrested Saturday evening by Deputy
U. S. Marshal N. l.. Arrison on the
charge of using the United States mail
to defraud, was discharged this morn
ing when he had his preliminary hear
ing before u. S. Commissioner A. w.
Enoch at the federal building. Infor-
nation was sworn out against Graham
by Bert Shepherd of Moline, ILL.,, who
claimed that Graham had written him
a threatening letter.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

IN f5f8 BUDDY In "A DEEf f1OlE.
Once upon time it happened that
\ Buddy Pigg was out taking walk
over the fields and through the woods.
He often used to do this, sometimes
taking stroll for pleasure, and again
TO see IL he could find anything to eat.
4 This time he was looking for some
thing to eat, and so he walked very
slowly, looking from side to side, and
shining the air from time to time.
For he said, who knows but what
II may find nice cabbage or turnlp,
or q radish, or a bit of molasses cake,
or ginger snap, or even an ice cream
cone. Any of those things would BE-
very good" thought Buddy to himself,
Especially an ice cream cone on not
day" :,
But though he looked and he looked
and he looked, oh, guess maybe about
dozen times, he couldn't find single
thing that was good to eat. and he was
Beginning to get discouraged.
"Ill 20 little bit farther he
thought. land then If ! don't find any
thing I'll turn around, go back home,
4 and get some bread and butter, for that
10 better than nothing; and l am get
ting hungry"
Is he walked along, he sang this little
song which no one is allowed to sing
anless they are very, very hungry.
So In case it happens that you have
1ust had an ice cream cone, or some
thing good like that, and are not hun
cry, you must not sing this song until
lust before dinner or breakfast or sup
per. Anyhow here's the song and you
u aa{l r1x
starving. This is how 1t goes
Il wish had some candy
Or, a peanut lolly-pop.
I'd eat an ice cream cone so quick
So he walked on little farther, and,
You could not see me stop.
II I had two big apples,
An orange or a peach
II I'd give my little sister
A great big bite from each.
'sBut there is nothing here to eat
Not even cherry pie. r.. \
Though we had one at our house once
And some got In my eye.
q Oh! how I'd like cocoanut!
And watermelon, too.
n I'd eat two slices off the ice
Now, really, wouldn't your"
II No sooner had Buddy finished sing
Ing this song, than he came to place
In the woods, where there was a big
hole going down into the ground. on.
1t was quite large. hole, not quite SO
big as the one going down to China.
but pretty large and it looked just as It
some animal were in the habit OF 60
ing In and out Of it.
h ''Ha, ho!" exclaimed Buddy Pigg.
This looks like something; 1t surely
does,' and, my dear children, the fun.
ny part OF it was that the hole did
look like something. 1.-
II Il guess I'll go down there and see
e there's anything to eat at the bot
TOM went on the little guinea pig boy
s..fors Il certainly am hungry"
. Then he stood and peeped down into
The hole, and though it looked quite
Tar 10 the bottom Of it, and though it
seemed pretty dark, Buddy decided to
Is IN. Now, that was rather foolish of
him. for It's never safe to go In hole
until you know where you're coming
BUT, especially hole in the woods;
but Buddy didn't stop to think. So he
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WINS DITCH CASE.

Bancroft, May 23.-The decision OF
the Iowa supreme court in reversing
the ruling of the Kossuth county dis.
trict court in the case Of D. M. Simp-
son VS.. Kossuth county. sustains the
contention Of Mr.. Simpson that the
country had no right to put in drain
age ditch.
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PLAN HOSPITAL CHANGE.

Knoxville, May 24.-The report is
being circulated around Knoxville that
the inebriate hospital here will be
closed some time in the. next few
months, and that the institution will
be changed into hospital for the in
sane, as the four hospitals in the state
now used for that purpose are very
badly overcrowded.
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RETURN FISH TO RIVER.

Clinton, May 23.-None of the fish
that were distributed over the low
lands along the upper Mississippi val
lev during the recent floods will re-
main in the sloughs formed by the
falling of the water. r.
The Mississippi river fish commits
sion has sent out men with seines to
take out all of the fish. These will
be placed back in the river instead OF
being allowed to die along the shores
when the water In the ponds evapor-
ates.
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THREE ARE ARRESTED
FOR SHOOTING CRAPS

Emery Crickbaum, Noah Brewer and
Will Diamond were arrested this after
noon by Officer Warren Criswell, in a
vacant house on Mill street, while en-
gagged in shooting craps. Charges of
shooting craps and vagrancy were
booked against the trio by Officer
Criswell. They will be tried Thurs
day morning
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CANTRlL.

commencement program Of Cantril
high school was held in the M. E.
church Saturday evening. The program
was carried out at follows: Invocation,
Rev. Couryns: Life of Youth Glee
club: recitation Trina Parks; declama :
Ition, Cleda Welborn; song, grade
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far away is surrounded by an iron
fence. ..E s.
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Lots of cities are KILN stray
dogs-better git your dog inside
your lot and tie it. The order to
"git en- is liable to go out here
any day.
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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-01

Walt Halcomb is holding a
great meeting in the Court Street
Presby terrain Church at Memphis.
Last Sunday afternoon he
preached to men only, with not a
vacant pew. Next Sunday he
has promised to preach on How
a Man Can Live in Memphis and
Not Go to He'll" That certainly
is a reflection on the Bluff City.
Yet it can be easily answered.
A man can escape hell living in
Memphis by living right, as sure
~ as he can from the most hum
BILE howell in the hills. 1t is a far
different question as to the effort
it will take over and above that
of other surroundings. There are
many thousand as good, right
living people in Memphis as in
any city. We infer a city must
be largely wicked because of the
publicity given crime, committed
by the same class of men who
commit crime in a small village.
The proportion may not be great
er than elsewhere. Take the
crime at Adamsville Saturday
night, where three men were
shot down. 1t would take five
hundred murders in Memphis to
equal this, comparing the popu-
lation of the two places.