Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-21
IOWA NEWS lTEMs

complete list OF the names Of ITS citi- |
Gems who have paid their dog tax.
kEOKuK-At a bazaar for the bene-
fit Of st. Peters school Miss Bonicamp
was voted the most popular young lady, |
she receiving 1923 votes of the $500 |
cast.
& CEDAR FALLS Three citizens re-
turned Saturday from their hunting
trip In Emmett and Kossuth counties.
They report bagging thirty-hve chick
ems, sixty ducks and eight Jack rabbits.
NEVADA-The journal reports that
the city authorities have made ar
arrangements for the making of u new
and complete map of the city showing
every parcel of land or lot within the
city limits and giving the dimensions
of same in figures.
SPIRIT LAKE-The Dickinson coun-
ty board of supervisors has made the
general purposes is reduced about one
sixth as compared with last year, the
1898 levy having been 1877 mills, while
that for 1899 is 1873 mills.
DAvENPORT-Th directors OF the
German Savings Bank declared a per
cent semi-annual dividend. payable Oc-
Trust Company also declared semi
annual 3 per cent dividend payable
October 1. Both of these dividends are
fattering ones.
BOONE-The saloon men of the city
are changing from the old plan of fur
nishing bonds signed by individuals
and are securing bonds from the fidel-
lity insurance companies. The change
l A.. AZ,
last session of the legislature permits
Halter means.
ELDORA-For some time it has been
known that negotiations have been
pending for the sale of the x Y q Tile
works. Saturday the deal was closed
whereby j. w. Peisen, Charles and
Frank Haas transferred the entire
plant to William schmuhl, j. C. Bur-
rows and Herman Peter. of Rockford,
ILL.,. the consideration being $1,000
WEBSTER CITY-Three young men
We're arrested by Marshal Ostrander
Monday evening, complaint having
been made that they were gambling in
i a barn. They We're put in the city
bastile over night and had hearing
before Justice Knowles the next morn
i ing. Having entered a plea of guilty
they were sentenced to fine of S. and
ts-amounting to $7.45 in all-which
each paid.
WASHINGTON-Of the Brighton
editor who is serving prison sentence
for libel the Press says: Default was
, taken on c.. c. Heacock's bondsmen
Mondays 0O-but the county attorney
agreed to remit the judgment If fine
, and costs are paid before court ad-
; ljourns, that is, $3.50 will fill the bill. He
! told the court the money would be
, forthcoming. He returned to jail Mon
5 day afternoon.
: DENISON-When returning from the
: lakes Mrs. w. A. McHenry stopped
:. over night at an Odebolt hotel. Upor
e leaving in the morning she forgot al
0 about her purse which she had placed
: on the dresser and did not think of i
y until day or so later. The purse con
y tanned $3.50 in bills, a beautiful sole
@ gold recognition badge of the w. X. {
: and a number of diamonds. Whel
e Mrs. McHenry discovered her loss sh
: returned to Odebolt, but no trace o
Q the missing valuables could be found.
: LETTS-They are still striking natu
raj gas in large quantities at Let's
Louisa. county. A letter from that plac
Ito the Muscatine Journal says that tn
Representative of a large Indiana fac
: tory has been on the ground. seemed t
: be we'll pleased with what he saw, ant
: lis on his way back home with repor
that is calculated to pull the factory u
= by the roots and move it bodily {
= Let's. Another man, a stranger,
There, and is trying to organize pros
a Ipecting company with capital enoug
- Ito make the business of boring for gas
regular thing, and a big one.
J. SIOUX CITY-County Treasurer Ma
l. Igoun is busy these days collecting tn
id second installment of taxes. This in
s. stallment is due Sept. L. and must b
ID paid before Oct. /, or the taxes becom
ID delinquent So far the people are pay
to ling up very well. and the Indication
pr are that there will not be as large ia
ID list this year as has been the case !
Id years gone by. Nearly all of the prop
st Ierty both in the city and in the count
ellis on a revenue paying basis now, a
l. the scavenger sales in the last two yeai
t cleared up the back payments, and the
lie probably will be kept up now by tf
" men holding the certificates
NINTON-The Eagle reports that ID
~ Frank Broglin, who was arrested Il
nc resisting an officer at Luzerne an
bound over to the grand jury and pt
in iail last week, was dismissed, tn;
body finding no bill. He immediatel
retained Nichols & Nichols and entere
es suit against the mayor and marshal
Luzerne for damages in the sum {
ID 100000 for false imprisonment and il
Id Jury to his reputation. The doctor
u story places him wholly innocent. b.
8 it is likely that the mayor and marsh
70 have an entirely different story. The
Sc have retained NJ. j. Tobin to defer
ee them The case will come up at Il
:, next term of court.
70 ALTON = Tuesday morning thr
:. miles east of Alton two farmers We
. advanced in years had a bloody e.
!" counter. The battle was between Da'
, Moler and c.. w. Woodruff. The IN,
-, ~ quarreled and finally resorted to blow
=. a pitchfork taking an active and pror
- inent part in the ARRAY. Moler can
20, to Alton after the fight and gave hir
- self UP and said that Woodruff w
- badly used up. In the struggle t
:. men wrestled for control of the 70
a. and the fork and handle We're sep
l.e rated in the engagement. Moler shoN
=, ~ effects of the battle, but Woodruff. w
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