Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-29
IOWA NEWS ITEMS


year on his Hornick farm.
WINTERSET-Miss Bessie Murray
will soon start on dramatic tour to
the south. She will go on the Pittsburg
& Gulf route to Port Arthur, expecting
to be away about two months.
DENISoN-Some twenty people of
Denison have contributed toward buy
ing gavel for Speaker Henderson,
which will be presented to him at the
opening of congress by Governor Shaw.
MASON CITY-George Konvalinka,
Charles Long and Charles vernal
brought back from their recent trip to
Rice Lake $50 muskrats, twenty minks
and coon. They will probably net $50
from the furs of the animals.
MljSCATINE-Th new brick struc-
ture of the German Baptist church was
dedicated Sunday AS a result of the
work beforehand and of Sundays coll
lections and subscriptions the splendid
new church costing nearly $1,000 is now
fully paid for. with the exception of the
trifling sum Of $221.95.
KANAWHA-Record The subject of
town Incorporation occupies the atten-
ton of our citizens at present. The
matter has resolved itself into the ques-
ton of whether we commence proceed
ings at once to incorporate or walt I'M
til next spring, all apparently conced-
ing that it should be DONE but differing
only in the time to act.
COLFAX-The Clipper asserts that
roses, raspberry bushes, strawberry
vines and pansies have been blooming
quite luxuriantly in different parts of
Jasper county for some time past. This
has been the warmest late fall Iowa
has had for many years, and the incest
by far for corn-picking that we can re-
member in twenty years past.
DUNI.AP-Henry Jennings was I'M
pleasantly surprised one night last
week when aroused from his peaceful
| slumbers by polecat which came In
contact with rat trap in the cellar.
The strong scented animal made its
escape, but left more than some hair in
the trap to inform the occupants of the
| house that it had narrowly escaped be-
| ing captured.
| WAUKON-Up in this northwestern
corner of the state Waukon claims a
| promising iron mine. Over 300 acres
have been leased two miles north of the
4 town and works are being erected The
/ output is said to be exceptionally
4 heavy. Fifty tons daily of ore are sent
4 to Milwaukee, where smelling works
| turn out the iron. The ore is said to be
of high grade.
Upton - Contractor Edgar COM
1 pleted his work of sewer building for
Upton last week and the city now has
a system of drainage which is believed
l f0 No ,.I1 arfn cf1 lie
within the limits of the amount ex-
pended Three sections We're built. The
total length of the lines built is nearly
one and one-fourth miles and the cost
Is close to $4,000.
SIOUX CITY-John M. Starbuck, 9
contractor and manufacturer of Chero-
kee. has filed petition in voluntary
bankruptcy in the federal court here
He lists assets amounting to $1,000 ant
liabilities of $37, 960.773. sOf the $1,000
of water warrants recently called in BY
the water works trustees all but s20t
have been presented and paid. The bal
ance will likely be taken up within tn,
next few days.
DUBUQUE A petition was FLIED
Monday by William Duggan, through
4 his attorneys, for $1,000 damages
which amount Mr.. Duggan asks tn,
city to pay him for injuries which h
claims he received in the street acct
dent which occurred the first of tn
month on Bluff street, where Mr.. Dug
gan drove into a gas ditch which wa
being dug at that time The hors
went to the bottom of the ditch ant
Mr. Duggan sustained severe injuries.
JEFFERSON-A real estate firm ha
. recently made sales Of the followin,
Greene county farms: One hundre,
and sixty acres in Bristol, belonging t
G. F. Hastings. to F. w. Virgins. o
Franklin township. at s41.75 per acre
100 acres of e. NJ. Hickman, in Bristc
township, to Frank J. Forbes. of Jack
son township, at s35 per acre: eight
acres of Noah Schnepp. in Frankli
township, to Edward Sneller. of Hi
, nois. at s35 per acre.
/, MT. PLEAsANT-The Journal be
lieves it can not be said that the Herr
t county poor farm and infirmary is
dead expense to the county. There ar
: two sides to the account book. For in
t stance within the last few days Over
: seer Sensibaugh has disposed of severe
hundred dollars worth of live stock an
e turned the proceeds into the count
treasury A few days ago he sold fly
! steers, delivered at New London, whic
5 brought the county s211. This week h
: disposed of bunch of hogs and turne
: over s244 to the county. treasury
: ROONE-The death of Vice Presider
y Hobart has caused a sadness through
j out the country. but has more nearl
e affected Hobart Earle Martin and hi
: sister, Mrs. r. A. Stewart. than an
e one else in our community Mr.. He
!, bart's father and Mrs. Stewards an
u Mr.. Martins maternal grandmothe
a were brother and sister. The famille
:. were on intimate terms, as is shown b
I the fact that small chair used b
: these children of a former generatio
n and which was used by Vice Presider
II lin his childhood was sent to Mr.. MAJ
: tin and Mrs. Stewart when they wei
II babies and is now used by Mrs. Stew
arts baby daughter.
BELLE PLAINE-The Union notice
IS that two fine modern residences ha,
It been erected in Bruce township tn
u year. belonging to D. e. Kelley and
n H. Anderson. They are close neighbo
> and well to do farmers and stock raj
e ers. The houses are built from Il
same plan and are Identical in constru
i tion. varying only in point Of colo
It They are two story and attic, well ligh
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