Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-09
Daily Doings of Some Of Ottumwa's
Close Neighbors.
PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Everything From Joyous Births to
the Philosophical Observation of
sases, Are chronicled by The cour.
ier's Special Correspondents.
Charlton.

lass, of Cleveland No. T. was a buSl-
ness visitor in Charlton Wednesday.
At the public sale of town lots on
Wednesday there was but little inter
est manifested, and tho they sold very
cheap, there were no buyers for them.
G. j. Stewart bought four of the lots
for $125 each, and one was sold at pri-
vate sale earlier in the day. This
leaves seven lots yet for sale. They
are pretty lots, and but for the fact
that the oil tanks are so close to them
would make desirable building loca
tions.
Capt L. w. Johnson, who has been
in Charlton for the past few days in
the interest of the Doran Light COM
pany, returned to his home in Creston
on Wednesday.
NJ. NJ Hinton, of Melrose was a bus
mess. caller in Charlton on Wednes-
day.
The board of supervisors are in
session this week and Sheriff Eli
Manning has submitted his quarterly
report and expense account for the
care, keeping and maintenance of
prisoners for the county since the
first Of the year. IL amounts to 1923,
and the itemized statement covers ten
feet of closely written legal cap pa
per. 1t represents the expenses for
keeping and tending three hun
dred and twenty-six prisoners,
three of whom were for highway rob-
berry, three for larceny, twenty DRINKS
and disorderly people, the remaining
three hundred being tramps. This
makes a total of one hundred tramps
each month that have lodged in the
county Jail. The city council has re-
Gently passed resolution establish
ing rock pile to work the tramps on
that stop in the city, and it is hoped
that this may considerably diminish
their number These figures, howev-
er, will furnish the taxpayers of the
county who have been wondering
what becomes of the money collected,
some faint idea of how it is expend-
ed, as this represents but one of the
many expenses of the county.
O.. S. Hatcher, ASSISTANT freight
agent of the c., B. & @. railway, at
this place, who has been attending
court at Fairfield came UP Thursday
on No. 3 and spent few hours in the
city with his wife and transacting
business. He returned to Fairfield
the same evening to be present as a
witness. se7e.
Frank Brown,bof English township,
has returned from a visit with his
brother-in-law, John White, of Indian
ola.
VIM. Marshall, an old resident of
| this place, but who has been spending
the past few months in Burlington and
Chicago, returned to his home in Char
| iton on Wednesday.
| G. M. Prather, of Lincoln township,
| has departed for Ames where he ex-
poets to take a course in electrical en-
cheering at the agricultural college.
He expects to move his family there
as soon as the roads become passable
SO he can get his household goods to
the depot.
George w. James is remodeling and
4 repairing the old postoffice building
on the south side of the square, and fix
i ing it preparatory to opening up a
! candy kitchen in the near future. He
. will put in soda fountain and also
carry line of fancy stationery.
/ Fred Wyatt has moved his family
here from Leon and is now nicely To-
Gated in Orchart addition
! A careful examination of the amount
of sickness in Lucas county for the
Month of March, 1901, with that of the
same in 1900, shows some surprising
facts. While the number of cases OF
all kinds of sickness this year was
greatly in excess of those of last year
vet the fatalities are somewhat small
err. The physicians of Lucas county
4 report the month Of March, 1901, the
busiest month ever recorded. Grip
and pneumonia were the prevailing
i diseases. but they were much more
/ successful this year in their treatment
| than last year. In 1900, with but two
4 thirds the number Of cases, there were
twenty-eight deaths in the county
while in the same month this year
with about one-third more practice fol
4 the physicians, there were but twenty
{ three deaths. Whether the diseases
were in milder form this year OIL
whether the physicians have advanced
in their profession is question Of
doubt. Reports from other sections o.
the state however, show a great in
crease in the number of deaths
Miss Ethel Black, of this place, is
spending few days with her friend
Miss Bertram, of Abba.
Miss Janette Throckmorton, Miss
May Lorimer and Arthur Curtis, al
students of Simpson college, at Indian
ola, who have been spending theil
spring vacation with their parents II
this city, have returned to their stud
, les.
, Charlton, April 6-vernie McRea, o
Humeston, stopped over in Charlton
, on Thursday evening and visited
friends while on his way to lndianola
Amos Hampshire, an old resident o
Charlton, but who has been spending
the past few months with his daugh
, ter in Burlington, is in the city for
short visit with his son, George Hamp
+ shire, and family.
, The old frame building on the nortl
, side of the square that has been occu
: pied for many years by G. w. Blake
the hardware man, has been torn dow
!, and the Blake heirs will begin tn
, erection of double brick building o.
5 the lot, and the one east OF 1T, as 500
, as the weather will permit.
William Hedelston, who has bee
: working for Hazelston & James, tn
} new lumber men, has moved his fan
/ lily from Missouri to Charlton and vii
/ make their future home in the hous
! recently purchased of Frank Malone
L IN tho aact ~ Town