Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-10

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miles. In time these tracks will be
connected and used as a double track
from Fort Dodge to Omaha.
SIOUX CITY-Fire Chief Kellogg
filed his report Wednesday, showing
seventeen alarms, twelve hours and five
minutes spent at fires, 102 miles and
five blocks Travelled, $410 losses and 5000
insurance collected during the past
month.
DUBUQUE-The Iowa Iron Works
will make an effort to get the three
boats nearly completed out of the har-
bor and in the southern waters by the
time the freeze-up comes. Present in
dications are that the boats will be
finished by Nov. Is.
WASHINGTON = Mel Armstrong,
while here, got dispatch saying that
the Seattle Observation-Disclosures, of which
he was a one-tenth owner, was sold for
$3.50, 600 spot cash. That meant $4,000
for Mel. He owns In Spokane a 100000
block that makes him a rich rental.
NEVADA-John Mead, the oil man,
while making his trip through Warren
township the first of the week accident
ally started grass fire with match
he had just lighted his pipe with which
did quite a little damage before he and
others could put 1t out. A small barn,
a corn crib and straw stack were con-
sumed.
ATLANTIC-Someth rather out of
the ordinary occurred at the polling
lnace in Grove township Tuesday. -Four
octogenarian voted. They are Joseph
Northgraves aged 81, Perry Disbrow
G Ion don her.
Ss and b. Briscoe aged "a. 1t is said
that two of them voted the republican
ticket and two the Democratic
NEWTON-M Morgan & Hunter are
selling their stock of wool this week to
SHERMAN Bros, of Chicago. 1t
amounts to 375,0O0 pounds and Will
| make a train load. According to
the Journal. the free mail delivery sys-
tenn is assured for the near future. The
has been here, the routes
| have been made and the box positions
| chosen.
MASON CITY-The recent suit that
/ H. III. kdhlsaat has instigated against
| the managing editor of the Inter Ocean
/ has brought a former Mason City boy
| to the front. Frank H. McCulloch,
/ former resident, has been retained as
counsel to prosecute the case. He is
recognized as one of the brightest
| young attorneys in Chicago, says the
1 Globe Gazette.
IOWA FALLS--Among recent impor-
4 tant real estate deals in this vicinity
! was the sale of the r. f. Stewart farm
three miles south of town. The pur-
4 chaser is a gentleman named Charles
Smith, of Freeport, H., and the price
4 paid for the 30 acres was $4,000, or sol
/ per acre The decorators arrived
Ton Saturday and have been at work
upon the interior of the auditorium OF
the opera house this week.
4 NEW SHARON - A free reading
room and gymnasium for New Sharon
rs a project now under way which the
4 Star hopes will be carried into success
Iful execution. The object is to provide
la place for the boys and young men, ar
4 attractive place free from all ailur-
4 ments of vice, where they can go ant
lspend the evenings in reading and civil
4 physical amusement to the advantage
OF themselves and the community. (.
FAIRFIELD - Treasurer Hopkirl
has issued a call for six court hous'
and two poor house bonds. which con
lsutute the only lhuspteunsss " 1870
son county, each of the denomination
of $500. There We're 1874 court nous
bonds issued originally, with a value
ss7 900. and los of them have now beer
called in. This leaves the indebtedness
on the court house only $4,000 with al
annual interest charge of $3.50. WIFI
the present levy tits probable that TN
Indebtedness will be wholly wiped on
y the coming year Treasure
q Hopkirl's tax collections for octobe
!, amounted to s6,59i.02 Spence
& Du Bots have just finished gathering
nearly 1000 bushels of corn on thel
farm three miles northeast of the city
/, One hundred acres yielded fifty bush
els to the acre and forty acres fort
bushels. This corn was planted in Ma
and was cribbed in fine condition.