Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-06

hard at the finish. According to the
timekeepers the distance was covered
by the winner in ten and one-fifth sec
onds. The heavy wind and the snow
storm did not deter the runners and
about fifty people gathered at the park
at 3 o'clock to see the sport. 1t Is said
that the race was run for a purse of
$40, which went to the winner.
CLARKSvILLE-Th The Presbyterians
of this place held a meeting Saturday
afternoon and voted to extend a call
to Rev Geo. Ainslie, of Blairstown, la,
to act as pastor On Sunday, Unity,
which is the same charge, extended a
similar call. Rev. Ainslie has been no.
titled of the action of the congrega-
lations and will doubtless accept, mas
much as he was candidate for the
| places.
HUDsON--The council contracted
with the Fairbanks Morse Company
for a four horsepower gasoline engine
and a pump with twenty -four-inch
stroke will raise forty-five gallons of
water per minute. at their meeting
Monday night. The whole costs s56l.
Work was begun on the well Tuesday
and by evening it was down about fifty
/ feet. Should no bad snags be struck
T it will be finished this week
DUBUQUE-One hundred and sew
enty-two boys and girls, ranging in age
/ from q tn II and 6 to 10 years. the chill
i dren OF poor parents, or without moth
er or father, or both, sat down to a
| Thanksgiving dinner in Temple Hall.
| Locust and Ninth streets on Thursday.
4 Through the generosity of Mrs. O'IOon-
nell, wife of Judge Fred O'Donnell,
they We're provided with all the edibles
/ a child in Its widest fancy might yearn
4 for.
O1lTUMWA-The death of Raymond
Jordan occurred at the Ottumwa hos
lspital Saturday afternoon from the re-
l4sult of an operation which he UNDER
4 went about a week ago for appended
4 tbs. He had been in critical condition
ever since and his death was not I'M
4 expected. MIR. Jordan has been a resi-
4 dent of Ottumwa for the past two
4 years. during the greater part of which
4 time he was in the employ of George
q Haw & Co. He was 30 years old and
4 single.
SCRANTON-Sc is filled with
railroad men. They are here to en-
gage upon the second track work which
the G.. & n. w. is pushing to compile
ton with all of its vast resources and
: ivigor All of our boarding houses are
filled to Overlooking with railroad men.
many private citizens are accomodat-
ing boarders and camp just west OF
the reservoir. where three temporary
buildings have been erected, furniSE
81 shelter and quarters for the main body
of men and teams.
FORT DODGE --Ceo. Kneper started
Twenty teams at work Monday morn
ing grading side track for the Minera
lefty Plaster Companys new mill. Tbs
men found that there was more fros'
in the ground than they had antici-
pated. Kneper finished contract foi
7 1.-THE Northwestern on last Saturday at
ternoon, near Sioux Rapids. The grad
* ling equipment was loaded and sen
home today. He received by mail today
s check from the Illinois Central com
! pany for 81 / 900 for the grading done a
g Storm Lake.
UTE-Roadmaste Shlnnway of ths
e Northwestern was in town TUESDAY
y and informed an Independent reporte
: that the Boyer and Soldier Vale.
t branches of the G.. & N. w. built thi
o public were being ballasted at the rat
h of 300 cars of gravel daily. and that j
e the Weather continues favorable TIL
. work will be complete yet this year
5 The crews are working from Wall LAX
south and west. securing the grave
/ from near Wall Lake where there ar
immense beds of it.
5 DANENPORT-J Hoyt, presiien
Ia, Nc
|, ISOLATION. came home Sunday, from
Massachusetts visit of several weeks
9 and once more the work Of enistin;
Z NEW members of that association is Z
: be pushed. The list now contains NOR
] than 800 names and the association vii
) go into the year 1900 in good shape
even If it does not enter it With tn
hoped for 400 names on the membership
kloll There is a good field of work 70
the association in the pushing of II
. claims of Davenport as jobblng point
e Used by British soldiers in \ ;rica.
: Capt c. G. Dennison is Well Know
all over Africa as commander of tn
: forces that captured the famous rebe
e lCialishe Under date of November
I. 1897, from Nryb burg. Bechuanaland. h
III Writes. Before starting on the las
: campaign bought quantity o
e Chamberain's Collie. Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy. which l used mysel
(. when troubled with bowel complain,
j, and had given to my men, and in ever
# case it proved most beneficial" Fo
" sale by druggists.
a TOURIST SLEEPING CARS.
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