Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13

with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Mank, of Whitebreast township, and
visiting old friends His wife, who
has been visiting here for the past
few days, will accompany him home.
Mrs. Frank Ross and Mr.. Jacobson, |
both of English township, are report
ed as quite seriously ill.
Miss Emily Rogers, formerly of this
place. but now of Lucas. was united in
marriage to G. A. Williams of that
place on Tuesday. Her many Charlton
friends extend congratulations.
The public sale by Harry J. Holmes
for the John Holmes estate, including
125 head of cattle, was held at the
stock yards and was well attended on
Tuesday afternoon, and considering
the extremely high price of feed all
the stuff brought excellent prices.
P. e. Johnson departed Monday ev-
ening for Wakefield, Nebraska. called
there to attend the funeral of his sis
ten, Mrs. j. A. Warner, formerly of
this place
Master Delbert West, who has been
seriously i'll for the past week, threat.
ened with pneumonia, is reported as
rapidly convalescing,
David Fluke is barely able to get
around now and walks with a decided
limp, the result of very heavy fall
on the slippery walks. He was going
to church, when on the west side of
Stanleys store his feet slipped and
| he fell to the ground. He is a large
man and the fall was very painful.
/ Though no bones were broken, he was
badly bruised and will be sore for sew
eral days.
! The M. w. A. lodge, 272. of this
place, held a special meeting Monday
fevening. The object was to vote upon
| five applications for membership in
the order, that they might be able to
get in on the grand log rolling here on
4 February 20, when some of the state
officers will be present and assist in
putting through 81 members. The
days pleasure will be closed by a
banquet at the armory by the ladies
of the R. N. A.
| Lester Smyth, who is studying at the
Still School of Osteopathy, at Kinks
vile, Mo-, is spending few days WIS.,
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. j..
Smythe, of this place.
Clyde Best, son of Mr.. and Mrs E.
| H. Best, is reported as quite seriously
ill at his home in the east part of
town. The physicians say he is threat
ened with fever.
Charlton, Feb. 11-Changes in real
estate in Lucas county this spring will
far exceed the record OF any former
year. The high price OF land which is
now ranging from $50 to $125 per acre
is proving too much of temptation to
many of our farmers, who are selling
their farms mostly to people from the
eastern states who come here to make
it their future home. Many of the
farmers who sell are endeavoring to
purchase other lands in Lucas county
While great number are going to
other parts of the country, many to
Canada where they expect to take adj
vantage of the liberal homestead laws
, of that country while some are going
!, to Missouri, Oklahoma and Colorado
;. The aggregate amount of money in
, yolved in the transactions as gathered
:, from the contracts now lying in the
= banks and other places of deposit is
: lin excess of half a million dollars
: Most of the changes will be made
: March / and the county recorder il
: making preparations for the rush o
: business which is sure to come abou
that time. He is endeavoring tt
: clear up the business now on hands
in order to begin at once on the Marcel
= rush. Last year he recorded twenty
: five instruments the first day and thir
:, ty-five the second day and this yea
u there are more than double that mum
!. Der to be recorded. He will have t,
:. have extra help in the Office for weel
=, = or two
a Lucas county farmers are as wei
, prepared to keep in touch with tn
q markets of the world as any other cit
6 in the state. BY the rural mail route
h they are enabled to secure daily pc
f pers each day and the rural telephone
q allow direct communication with a
;. most every county seat in the stat
9 where telephones reach There ar
q now in operation three rural ma
!, routes from Charlton with two NOR
i favorably reported on, three from Rus
v sell ordered established and two fror
n Lucas which will be in operation soor
i. There are now fourteen rural tel,
phone lines running into Charlton, tw
,e to Russell, three to Oakley and seve
9. to Russell with over 100 miles of wiz
It and almost every farm house in tn
le county connected.
IS Inc FEBRUARY term OF tne u1Stfl(
&c. court convened here Monday wit
lie Judge Eichelberger on the bench an
i'd A. Sanders of Ottumwa as reporte
e, There is a very light docket this teri
IS only ninety eight cases altogether an
N. many of those will not come to tria
s. Monday was consumed in preliminar
I'd work and the assignment of cases Th
lie grand jury which was originally draw
&c proved to be illegal as to the locatio
a of the men, there being four fro
lg Charlton township and two from JAG
s. son on it when the law provides fl
e. but one from each township. Juds
s. Eichelberger accordingly dissolved tt
d. old grand jury and ordered new or
I'd drawn to report today at 1:30 p. I
$. The new grand jury is: F. H. Tinke
er Cedar; VIM. Lyons, Whitebreast; ].
,r, Knots. Jackson; N. G. ELutz, Englisl
e. D. N. Hickok Union; G. w. Thompsol
en- Union; U. G. Penick, Warren; Jof
i'll Pierce, Washington; A. e. Dent, Char
IS. ton; A. S. Beals, Benton; Sherma
by Shore, Pleasant; A. M. Wheeler, Lii
he coin. There will be but little bushes