Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-26
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

placed In the water works tower last
week.
ALBIA-The blacksmiths of Abba
have met and raised the price of horse
shoeing up to the old price-4O cents a
pair for old shoes and 70 cents pair
| for new shoes.
NENADA--Capron & Dakin, OF State
Center, were in the city Friday and.
bought forty heady of cattle Of Grant
Ulum and thirty-three head OF Clar-
ence MARYLAND.
LENIARS-Miss Grace Treat has re-
signed her position as teacher in the
city public schools and the place va
Gated by her has been secured by Miss
Gertrude Bagley, of Charles City.
FORT DODGE-The ground was
broken Tuesday morning for the new
addition to the NJ s. st. L. round
house. A large force of men will be
put at the work and the building
rushed along as fast as possible.
COUNCIL BLUFFS John Seeland.
of Coley, Shelby county, Monday filed
| in the federal court In this city petit
tion in voluntary bankruptcy. He gives
his liabilities as $S66.22 in unsecured
claims, and his assets as $40 worth of
wearing apparel, claimed as exempt.
4 OTTUAIWA-The finance committee
Iof the city council completed the work
of auditing the books of City Treasurer
l.. l.. Stevens Monday, and some time
next week will cancel and destroy
about $4,000 worth of bonds Of the city
which have been paid off since the
| April report.
DAyIINPORT-The Davenport Busi-
ness Mems Association held an inter-
testing meeting Monday evening, of
which the principal result was a deci-
sion that a beet sugar factory would be
/ a good thing. but that 1t was not adj
visable to plunge into the attempted
I manufacture of sugar here without
due preparation.
/ STORY sCITY-Messenger Our town
lis now quite little city,and it will take
only a united and even pull to land her
as one of the largest towns in the coun-
ty. About 500 people have been added
to her population during the last five
years, and with our present population
/ we should add another 100 when the
lnext state census Is taken.
MUSCATINE-Th Leo H. Hirsch
1 button factory, situated in the Barry
building, corner of Third and Mulberry
I SlTtelS, Is aaEI tHSlbS w put III tSH iieN
button-cutting machines during the
coming week. This will make the fac
|tory's equipment sixty-eight machines.
and when it has all the new machines
4 working, as is hoped to be done at once
4 lit will have a pay roll with that many
4 names thereon.
4ATLANTIC-John Briscoe. of Cum
/ bertrand came to Atlantic Monday and
turned himself over TO the sheriff and
was lodged in Jail to serve sentence
of ninety days for bootlegging. He was
sentenced some time ago to pay fine
of $500, the equivalent of ninety days,
land has since been at liberty trying To
raise the money. Not succeeding in this
endeavor, he did the next best thing
6 and went to Jail.
sISEOK UN--At q meeting of the NJ
brary trustees Monday the report o!
1.-THE librarian for the third quarter OF
the year of 1899 was presented ane
showed that in the hot months keokul
reads fiction nearly altogether, with NJ
second, but history coming ahead o.
! the other departments, and literature
sociology, science and religion follow
ing in the order named, the fine art
and scattering coming next.
CLINTON Through their attorne.
suit was fled in the district cour
Tuesday by the Holden brothers, of th'
Holden Comedy Company. agains
! iConstable j p. Cahill. of Lyons. ant
Z his bondsmen. Attorney Frank Holler
Ian and Attorney w. S. Scott, for dam
!, ages to the amount of s1,400. The sui
is the outcome of the attachment pro
: ceedings which took place at the Eco
nomic Theater Saturday night.
: CHARLES CITY-Quite party o
Young men from this city, visited tn
caves located five miles northwest Q
4 Floyd, Sunday. One of their part
: lelaims that they penetrated the bowel
d OF the earth the length of ball o
Z wrapping twine. a chilly dampnes
5 prevailed the whole course, a fl abod
n for snakes, bats and wild cats. Fear
: Ling the few candles they had wit
n them would burn out, the party gladl
y retraced their steps to the light c
d day.
IS BOONE-The Republican report
il that "a man of venerable years an
y thigh church standing has for month
IL been taking improper liberties wit
d little children, with little girls who b
h wiles and decoy he induced to fraterr
ii lie with him" That paper states tina
.e ii the parents of the little girls, {
" which there are half dozen at leas
If who have been so mistreated, will &c
II operate with 1t. they can make sue
m an example of this moral leper as wi
:. protect the children OF the city for
x, long time to come.
r DUBUQUE notwithstanding the
IS had been warned several times in tn
l. newspapers, the persons delinquent G
Eslot machines paid no attention to II
warning and Tuesday Marshal Morga
is made raid on four places where ms
y chimes We're kept and on which the n
J. Iquired $50 had not been paid. He toe
70 AN express wagon with him and ha
ne the machines and all the money the
as contained dumped into them and the
4 took them TO the police headquarter
e where they will be kept until the $40
H. planked down in each case. The m;
as chimes are of the owl make.
~ MASON cTTY--Lee Carpenter. 81
y of Mr. Symous Carpenter living fl
W miles south of Clear Lake, met wi
- very sad accident Monday. He WI
husking corn in the field when q
ne team became frightened. Young Ca
:. penter managed to get hold on Il
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