Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-03

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BELLE PLAINE-Enough beans and
corn were thrown during halloween to
keep several families in baked beans
all winter and provide feed for their
poultry.
LEDYARD-George E. Roberts. di-
irector of the mint, was in Ledyard
Monday looking after his lands He
owns about 1000 acres near Ledyard
Kossuth county
SIOUX CI.rY-The new $4,000 build
| ing at Morningside college will be en-
closed by December Is, said President
Lewis yesterday. The exterior brick
work was finished Tuesday.
| THORNTON-Accor to the En-
terprise Thornton has a young man so
anxious to get married that he has
employed every man and woman for
miles around to intercede in his be-
half
| BOONE-Mayor Skidmore took ex-
of there being any serious mischief
done by parties who celebrated Hol-
| lowe'en, and therefore little damage
resulted.
SHENANDOAH Jemima Null
lison, who was divorced from her hus-
band last week-it was joint divorce
| the judge giving his decision in favor of
neither and dividing the chidren-was
at once united in marriage with Fred
Ayres. of this place.
FIT. DODGE-The workmen on the
/ Midland theater are now engaged in
raising the rafters. preparatory to put.
ting the roof on the new building. The
4 brick work Is now practically COM
pleted, and the largest share of the
work now remaining will be done on
the inside Of the building.
FIT. MADISON-Only few months
5Iago petition for divorce was granted
Mrs. William Knickerbocker. the wife
of Engineer Knickerbocker of the Santa
Fee, the grounds for which is not now
a matter of public concern, from the
1 fact that they are again united as man
and wife and are as happy as two chill
dren at play
DYERSV1LLE Martin Jaeger's
cooper shop. about a half mile from
4 Dyersvlle. was destroyed by fire at an
Iearly hour Tuesday morning. Mr..
Jaeger did not carry cent of insur-
lance. The cooper shop had steam
slpower and the machinery was valuable.
The fire was not discovered until the
building was almost heap of ashes.
KEOKUK-John E. Craig went to
4 Fort Madison Tuesday to inspect the
new 31a per cent bonds which the pros
a perity of a republican administration
j allowed the county to put out instead
lof the Az per cent bonds which have
been running for years. The saving to
the Lee county treasury by Mckinley
election Is about $500 in this item
alone. says the Gate City.
i WATERLOO-A spring pullet be-
longing to w. S. Stokes came off her
nest Tuesday with nine little chickens.
Il The remarkable features of the case
81 are that the mother hen was Matched
4 after the middle of April this year, and
was less than 6-months-old when she
4 began her setting. The clutch of eggs
i upon which she set was entirely of her
Town laying. Hen experts consider it an
unprecedented case of pullet precocity.
DAVENPORT-Ther is new cheap
i telephone candidate in the field of the
A tri-citles. This is C. v. kathrens, of
Y Kansas City. representing Kansas
City syndicate. He wants to build a
cutrate telephone exchange in Rock
Island, and others In Moline and
Davenport. He proposes 5000 sub
scribers for the three towns and an
4 out-of-sight service at rates of only a
hpv hoo
lpaid.
i OTTUMWA-Ground has been brok-
en- at the corner of Second and Wash
4 ton streets for what promises to be-
come one of the citys leading business
establishments. On this spacious
ground will be built, as fast as work
4 man can do it, large brick carriage
house, residence and horse barn by Ed
and residence will be 52x9S, two stories
high, and built of brick. The second
floor OF the carriage house will be used
4 as a residence by Mr.. Daggett and his
sons. The horse barn will be 34x132 a
story and half in height and will ad-
join the carriage house.
CARROLL-A.J. Bibbs is in the city
engaged in working an enterprise OF
tHG UullQlIlSS anu TGSlUenCeS
in the city. He has just finished a
similar work in Ames. and prior to
that numbered several other cities He
has the consent of the mayor and So
licits among the citizens. -. The
matter of employing a teacher OF
music in the public schools has not
been acted upon. The Herald under
stands that some of the directors are
in favor of employing teacher or two
from Denison who shall give day q
week to the work in Carroll. but many
object to this division of interest and
work.
II ALGONA--Myron Hill. ]. L. Moores
step-son, took an old gun Monday and
went to the river below the mill to
shoot. He had in only small charge
of powder. hut it blew the gun barrel
tout. AT first Myron did not notice that
he was hurt, but began to pick up the
pieces Of the gun. Then his right hand
: began to sting and he looked ct It and