Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-18
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BAxTER-Fred Sanderman sold two
hogs Thursday that brought him 1890.
The two weighed $40 pounds. Who says
1t don't pay to raise hogs? asks the
New Era.
DEN1SON-The Lutherans OF Deni-
son have purchased fine new church
bell. 1t weighs 1920 pounds and is said
to be OF fine tone and quality. The
cost of the bell Is $500.
CARROLI-A number OF cattle on
Parsons big ranch west OF town are
affected with pink eye. The trouble, we
are informed. is quite general among
cattle in the locality, though the dis
ease Is not of a violent form.
I COUNCIL BLUFFS-Another link in
the chain Of uncertainty Of the Sunday
closing law was forged Tuesday when
sixteen informations were filed before
Justice Wen against the BARRIERS who
have been keeping open for the past
few weeks.
ALGONA-A young son of Mr. Math-
ews, who lives on the Ingham farm
west of town. was run over by q wagon
loaded with sixty bushels Of oats and it
was feared that the boy was fatally
hurt, but reports yesterday were that
he would recover.
BURLINGTON-The Hawkeye says
the work of preparation for the good
roads convention to be held October 3
Is being vigorously pressed by the COM
mittees in charge. 1t will mark new
era in the history of road making in
southeastern Iowa.
| GRUNDY CENTER-Sheriff Freese
was engaged part OF last week serving
papers on some farmers in the north
part Of the county, condemning their
| Hand for the Northwestern railway. . :
Master James Mitchell fell off his tri-
cycle the latter part Of the week and
broke his arm.
| WASHINGTON fact that new
school buildings are going up leads Mr.
Wallace to say the city schools may
not open till October unless the south
ward building Is ready at an earlier
date. Beamer Is remodellino the heat
ing plant in the Wallace school house
and says he'll warm it or 1t shall not
Icost cent.
NEWTON-A wedding trip after for
i ty-five years Of welded life is novelty,
4 but that is what Mr.. and Mrs A. Nc
Dannel, Of Reasnor, are enjoying at
present. Ever since they We're married
they have worked hard and stuck close
to their homo and have never taken a
single trip. Yesterday they started
away together, to be gone several
weeks.
4 IOWA CITY-Art Schofield. a St
Louis travelling man, was soundly
thrashed and afterwards horsewhipped
Tuesday night in front of the Crescent
pharmacy for his efforts to force his
attentions upon a we'll known young
lady Of Iowa City, whose name for OBJ
|vious reasons the Republican with
holds. Fred Whitaker administered
the punishment.
warm time over the question Of water
supply Tuesday evening when it met t.
receive q proposition for supplying tn,
city with water for twenty-five years
The water company pleaded l. had no
had time to mature plans and on mo
ton September 5. was fixed as the tim
for opening bids from any one VIII
chooses to enter the contest.
DAvENPORT-Th subscriptions o
citizens for the sufferers Of Porto Ric
amounted to $S49.25 on the 18th.
Tuesday was onion day on the Daven
lport market, not having been equale,
! but once before this summer by tn
number Of bushels brought in. and tina
was q month ago. The total number o
bushels sold here at noon to shipper
was 1000. Prices ranged from 43 to 4
lcents per bushel.
SIOUX CITY-A suitable park for tn
Floyd memorial monument is now as
sured. The city council at it's meeting
. Tuesday night voted to grant the finan
cial assistance for which the Floy
Memorial Association petitioned tw
: weeks ago. and $500 will be appropriate
ed to round out the $1,000 necessary t
purchase the twenty-one acre tract @
ground on the Floyd river bluffs, wfer
j. the body of sergt. Floyd lies buried.
!. ROCKFORD-The school board c
. Rockford has let the contract for a nev
school house building to replace the on
lately destroyed by fire. The buildin
/. will be a modern one in all respect.
J. costing $23.500. containing eleven room
q and 1t Is the intention to use only HON
brick In Its construction. 1t will be
!. great improvement over the old builG
:. ing, which was wooden one and cor
I. tanned only eight rooms.
:. BRIGHTON-Two Brighton me
were arrested last week for trappin
= fish. They entered plea Of guilty bs
fore Washington justice and paid
fine of IS for each of the nine fish the
:, had in their possession when surprise
i. by an officer. The parties claim thu
!. they were fishing in the stream at
j. point wholly within their own premise
and that they did not think that COZ
:. stituted violation of law.
i. WATERLOO-Char Miller, of Poy
!. ner township, has the distinction
!. bringing in the first load of new GA
this year. The oats were consigned
the Union Mill Company and the prit
paid was II cents. 1t was nice lookir
grain and weighed thirty-two pount
to the bushel. Mr.. Miller says II
4. yield reached fifty-fve bushels per acr
a.. The delivery OF new oats is more tina
j. two weeks later than it was in 1898.
a. FAIRFIELD-T. NJ Rider & Son,
y. =. Fairfield township, sowed Early Chan
pion oats last spring, two bushels to II
= acre, and secured a crop that average
fifty bushels 10 the acre from IL
thresher, while they think that, becau
of down grain. fully ten bushels mo
, was left in the field. Common oat
a. which were sowed three bushels to Il