Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-01
IOWA NEWS ITEMS


CLARINDA-The annual tournament
OF the Southwestern Iowa Fireman AS
ISOLATION Will be held in Ciarinda on
Sept. 5.
OTTUMWA-Ottumwa is arranging
for a big street AIR event this fall. The
promulgators hope to secure Col. w. j.
Bryan. as one OF the drawing cards, ac-
cording to the Democrat.
BUFFALO CENTER - 1t will no
doubt be a surprise to many to learn
that over 10000 bushels Of corn have
been shelled In the past few days by
our grain dealers. e. r. Anderson
shelled 1900 bushels, the Dysart Grain
company 10000, Livermore Bros. II. 900
and John Green 5000.
VALLEY JUNCTION-The surveyors
for the Charles Councilman Company,
which has decided to place a large ele-
vator plant in Valley Junction, one of
the largest In the state. were here on
Wednesday and staked out the plan of
the buildings. The plant will consist
of W large buildings, practically two
elevators operated by one power plant.
KEOKuK-An electric trolley line
from keokuk to Peoria, H.. is the lat
est scheme devised. In case it is built
five trains per day each way will be
run, and stops will be made at all
points. The line proposed would be
thirty miles In length, and cost, APP
proximately, $1,000 a mile, exclusive of
the rolling stock. stations, power
houses, etc.
SWALEDALE-The Record reports
la two-legged pig near that place. Raw
son & Peters, well-known farmers liv-
ing about three and one-half miles
south of Swaledale, have a genuine
specimen of the deformed animal. The
little fellow. who is now several weeks
old, is perfectly healthy. and can get
over the ground almost as fast as his
four-legged brothers and sisters, of
which there are 200 or more on the
farm.
Observation-Disclosures thousand dol
lars worth of 4 per cent school funding
bonds issued by the independent dis
trict of East Waterloo have been sold
to N. w. Harris & Co. for a premium Of
s2T1. The high premium paid for these
bonds reduces the interest to 3 and IS
100 per cent, which the various men
present when the bids We're opened yes
terday declare is the lowest interest
ever procured by any school district in
Iowa.
WEBSTER cITY-The Freeman re-
ceived a line from Ralph w. Wells. OF
Des Moines, conveying the sad and I'M
expected news Of the death OF his ia
ther, Rev. j. d. Wells. who died of CON
sumption at La Junta, Col. Thursday
7 July 81. Mr.. Wells was pastor of the
Congregational church in this city eigh,
or ten years ago. H. had been d sNf
ferer from throat and pulmonary trou-
: bles for many years, and for this reason
z had given up the ministry.
JEFFERSON-There has been 6
. somewhat prevalent rumor afioat the
: past fortnight concerning a new depoI
to be built by the Milwaukee in thi:
: city. Nothing definite was known, how.
ever. until Thursday when the master
! mechanic for the road was in the cit,
making contracts with w. Il. Staring
= and others for moving the old depot AM
: other changes which are to be made a
! once, with the prospects that work will
u be started on the new depot within
month.
observation-disclosures and Penn Ban
], ton, the Waterloo men who went to tfn
: Klondike two years ago, arrived in Du
buque at noon Saturday. They are 4
: good health and none the worse fol
their experience in the frozen north
These men were "grub-staked" by three
D%ubuquers and the venture prove
profitable for all parties concerned. 4
short time ago their parents received {
bag of nuggets valued at $500 and die
!. not hear from them again until they
!. arrived home, causing a very pleasan'
!. surprise.
FORT DODGE-The new steel cell:
: for the city Jail We're erected on tbs
:. rear end of the first floor of the fire de,
partment building Saturday. They ar,
four in number and are sever fee
! long, seven feet high and o fee
wide, being only intended for the tran
: sient of DRINKS. They ar
tloored. rooted and walled with steel
! and narrow steel cots are provided TO
: nocturnal dodgers. While not exactl.
: the most comfortable tenement for thei
prospective dodgers. they Will be quit
= convenience to the city, and will b
> a marked Improvement over the cell
under the court house.
CLINTON-On Saturday, while in tn
, act of lighting a gasoline stove, som
of the liquid ran out of the pan an,
saturated Mrs. Dierk Haun's dress un
known to her. She struck n match t
start the fire, when her cIorning ignite,
? and enveloped her in flames. She wa
badly frightened and ran into the yard
= but swooned. Henry Penn was passin'
the house and hurried to- Mrs. Haun'
assistance and covered her with a piec
= of carpet, smothering the flames. Sh
was then removed to the house and
physician was summoned. Her bod,
was burned in numerous places from
her neck to her feet and 1t is feared tn
i results will be fatal, although the ex
! tent of the injuries could not be full,
!, learned so soon after the accident.
. IOWA CITY-Rey. II. H. Abrams ha
Instituted the suit against the board o
n supervisors that we predicted recently
s The board is accused of going outsid
its jurisdiction in o. king the peti
|tions of county saloonkeepers withou
due announcement. Mr.. Abrams want
the action nullitied. The coun
Gil has taken decisive action on tn
swimming park. Trustee Slavat
= urged Friday night that the summe
i was fast flying. and to get any reall
good use of the innovation prompt wor
h was necessary. Whereupon immediat
Legislation followed. A resolution wa
Iadonted ~nroyiding for the anpronriafin