Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-25
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

SCRANTON-The corn harvesters
are gathering the crop very rapidly.
The crop is good.
BOONE-Citizens have thus far sub
scribed $67 to pay off the Salvation
Army Indebtedness
KANAWHA-Th Iowa Central car
penters have been ordered to Kanawha
to continue work on the depot building.
DUBUQUE-Judg Matthews is dis
posing of the twenty-six divorce cases
before him at the average rate of one
day
KEOkuK-The women of Keokuk
have prepared and have circulated for
signatures petition protesting against
the seating of Congressman-elect Rob
erts of Utah.
WEBSTER cITY-The number of
pupils enrolled in the schools is 964,
about thirty less than at this time last
year. In the high school there are ITO
girls and but sixty boys.
DENISON-The foundation for the
hotel being erected by Mrs Dawes is
now being laid. 1t is of stone. The
building will be a thirty room structure,
two stories high. 1t will be ready for
occupancy about Jan. 1, 1900
DAVENPORT-It is not positively
stated. but it is understood that the
Union Electric Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, by the Representatives
it has had here at work, is making some
progress with the organization of a
mutual telephone exchange here.
FIT. DODGE-Ft. Dodge is to have a
beet sugar meeting Secretary William
Il. Chantland, of the TT. Dodge Beet
Sugar Company, announces that the I'D
day of November has been fixed as the
date of the meeting, and that some of
the most prominent authorities have
been engaged to be present.
OTTUAiWA-Car Harlan was seri-
ously injured by the accidental dis
charge of a shotgun while rabbit hunt
ing Sunday. The load took effect in the
right thigh and but for the fact that the
shot was very small the young man
would have received an injury that
might have required amputation.
| SIOUX CITY-Local railroad men do
not think construction work will be
commenced this fall on the proposed
Sioux City Omaha line on the Nebraska
side of the Missouri. Their information
| leads them to believe that the few re-
naming strips of right-of-way viii be
secured and other arrangements made
| for a start early in the spring.
WATERLOO-Some miscreant Sun
day night played havoc with three big
windows in the Beck Nauman block, by
drawing diamond across them. The
| windows are valued at $3.50 and they are
| practically ruined. for slight blow will
/ break them along the line of the cut A
number of windows in town have been
| treated in similar manner. and it will
be a sad day for the parties who did it
| If they are ever caught, says the Cour-
| Ter.
BELLE PLAINE-Residen Engineer
| H. H. Trippe and his assistants, Cor
don, Sample and Hamrick, completed
| the surveying for the new c. 6; n. w.
branch line material yard on the II. b.
Edwards place and returned to Elberon.
\ The yard is 800 feet wide by 1900 feet
Hong and will hold considerably more
| than 1000 car loads of material. The
4 tracks will be laid here Very shortly
and it will not be a great while before
rails, ties, fence posts, wire, piling anG
bridge timber will be piled up here in
1 young mountains. The work on the
north end is getting along finely. The
/ grading at this end is being rapidly
pushed. We may see rails laid out OF
! Belle PLANE sooner than expected, says
the Union.