Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-18
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTIUMWA IN BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your Acquaintance as chronicled
by Courier's Staff CT Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton.

his age in the world, it being estimat-
153,300 miles or more than five times
around the world. He is 80 years of
age and lives five miles in the country.
Nearly all his time, however, is spent
in town and he walks back and forth
many times a week. Several times
when the roads have been bad or the
weather cold he has beer known TO
refuse the kindly assistance of neigh
bors in the way of rides, presumably
preferring to walk. Among the young
CT generation he is known as walking
Bill and it is very seldom he has
been known to ride even a part Of the
way.
Cnlcers from Charlton went down to
Cleveland Saturday and searched sew
eral places for liquor which was sup
posed to have been sold contrary to
law. They report that it was no trou-
Bile at all to find the stuff wanted as al
most every house they entered had a
good supply on hands, but the trouble
was to keep ii after they found it. 1t
is said they could not find an officer
in the town to help them and it was
impossible to secure the services of
any VI tIe G0SlGeDlS. VIII were lultllt
upon securing the booze" from the
minions of the law. Several people at
tempted to draw the attention of one
of the officers from the liquor by start
ing small alterations but to no avail.
AS it was the officers secured nearly a
wagon load of contraband liquor in
clu~.pg beer. wine, whisky. and brandy
which they brought to Charlton and
which will be condemned. They say
there was another wagon load which
they left because of lack of help to
bring it away.
The condition of the markets in
Charlton on Saturday was somewhat
better for The farmers. everything hay
ing advanced slightly during the past
week. The local dealers were paying
$3.50 end $500 per hundred weight foi
COWS and heifers, $500 n Sc for
hogs; AZ cents per bushels for oats;
So cents for corn: $3.50 and $40 per
ton fer nay: 81 per bushel for pota-
toes: Is cents and % cents per pound
for fresh butter; IL cents per dozen
for eggs; ~ cents to 912 cents per
pound for chickens; 10 cents per
pound for lard. The retail trade was
good aud everything was commanding
good prices. Eggs We're selling To-
1914 cents per dozen; butter was com
handing a price of % cents per pound
and hard TO get at that price, while
creamery butter was selling from 90
cents to 20 cents pee pound. Seed po-
tatoes arc O tho market in limited
quantities: the merchants claiming
they cannot get enough to supply the
demand. Early Rose potatoes we're
selling at $1.25 per bushel: Eariy
m Ohio al Ell IN ,,-bi1o tnh1o nnE,I~N.
sold for S1.10. Apples are almost ont
of the question and are q slow seller at
$1.25 per bushel. Celery is small and
not very good and is held at 60 cents
per dozen. This is partly compersat.
ed for however. by the appearance of
fresh vegetables. For the first time
on Saturday lettuce and radishes sold
readily at 5 cents per bunch.
One swallow does not make spring
This was forcibly demonstrated to
those people who thought that spring
was here last week and planted their
garden truck after several days of fine
weather and warm rains which took
AL the frost out of the ground it be.
came suddenly cold on Saturday morn
ing continuing to get colder until the
thermometer dropped to several de.
grees below freezing and a cold north
west vino sprang UP bringing with 1t a
regular blizzard of snow. All day Sun
day it continued cold and the GROUND
was again frozen TO about an incr
deep which will kill most Of the scct
that was sown and compel roDlanting
The Royal Neighbors lodge Of this
place have figured up the profits de.
rived from the Harry Hemphill enter
talnment Thursday evening and now
IA about. $50 in their piano fund
Harry Hemphill. known to the amuse.
ment public as Chas. Huntress, the
female impersonator was spending a
short vacation with his mother. Mrs.
W. Fl. Hemphill of this place and con.
scented to give a benefit entertainment
in the l. O. o. f. hall. 1t was largely
attended by the people OF Charlton
who took especial interest in it from
the TACT that Harry was q Charlton
boy. All those present werc more
than pleased with his entertainment,
which was of exceptional merit and
stamped him as an impersonator OF
the highest order. His songs and il
Illustrated dances We're exceptionally
fine. Many of the audience had seer
other i~mpersonators, but do not hest
tate in pronouncing him the best. His
costumes were elaborate and gor
geous and were ali made by himself
even to the lace in which they were
trimmed and each was gotten up par
ticularly for the character in which he
wore them during the performance.
"Where a l find a suitable house
to rent?" is the question that is JUS
now consuming the attention of many
new residents of this city. During the
past week four families have movet
to Charlton to make their future HON
and three others are here looking TO
houses with a view to moving as sool
as they can ecure a place. The rea
estate men say that they never had S,
many calls for good houses to rent AM
that the demand far exceeds the SUP
ply. One man said there were bu
six empty houses in the city and the,
were way out to the edge or i
very undesirable locations. Rent il
accordingly high and it is almost i'm
possible to secure a house, most O
them which will be vacant being rem
ed long before the occupant moves gu
Judge J. c. Mitchell Of ottumwa wa