Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-22
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

The victim is Charles Page and he is
now at the hotel under strict quaran-
tine.
4 NEVADA The presence of the sur
veying corps of the Dies Moines, Iowa
Falls and Northern has excited cpnsid-
cradle interest here lately. They ran a
line through Nevada this week
NEWTO The new passenger train
on the branch of the Iowa Central
from Oskaloosa TO Newton began its
trips last week. and it has been Welt
patronized by the people along the
route.
Is GfatTNDY CENTER - Roadmaster
cleaned sixty eight ears of snow out of
the Burlington yards last Saturday.
The snow was hauled TO the creek west
of the depot.
MASON CITY - According to the
CslobsGiazette, the hotels Of the city
are daing the largest business at this
time of the year in their history. This
us nearly always a. quiet season. but the
growth of this place as Il railroad cen
ter has had its material benefit.
FORT DODGE Mrs. Charles Heath.
Of this city, has the distinction of being
the first lady passenger over the Fort
Dodge 4 Omaha road. having come
from Council Bluffs to this city on the
first train on her return from Salt Lake
City, where she accompanied Mr. Heath
on a business trip.
SIOI5N ScITY-A new and handsome
pipe organ is being installed in the
lChrstian Science church. $50 Ser
r.f No. n
States army recruiting office al Do
Moines, has been in the city gathering
recruits for the Philippines. About a
dozen applications have been filled out,
llof which four or five men will likely
be accepted,
| BELLE PLAINE-The regular VIM
ter lay-off of employees in the shops and
| round houses along the line of the
Northwestern system is now being
made. The forces are reduced To the
smallest number possible with which
| to get through the winter. Quite q
number have been laid off here, and al
Boone mad at clinton~the number OF
men laid off is counted by scores.
DAVENPORT finance commit
tee of the city council has ordered ths
retrement of anothe. block of bonds
amounting to $4,000. Of these 5000
were paving bonds, and the balanc,
sewer bonds. OF the latter class of oh
I LEGATIONS thu city now has only $1,000
outstanding. During the year the re-
itirement of $4,000 of paving bonds anf
4 $4,000 of sewer bonds have been ord
1 cred retired by the committed
oELW Elm The boys in the G. G.. w
u \. 1. l. ~ .t...
4 system down fine. There are 400 key:
Ion th,. board and Friday noon it tool
i them but five minutes TO register an,
pass in line. Sometimes when they arr
extra hungry they make it in fou
lminutesa hundred per minute, BE
i side those who check in and out on tn
A recerder, West Knapp keeps tab on II
Lin about the time the recorder handle
the others.
NEW Forty-one cars o
Hive stock were shipped off the brancl
4 and from New sharon Tuesday. Thi
is certainly a big shipment and
shows the productiveness of the coun
TRY, says the Star. . : The New Sha
ron school board has secured the ser
vices of Miss Pearl Patterson, of Boone
to take the place of Mrs. II. j. Vail i
the primary department. Mrs. Vail hay
Ling resigned her position for the pur
pose of removing to Ottumwa.
NORTHWOOD--A Anchor: Let ii b
proclaimed from the house-tops tina
q there is smallpox in Northwood. Don
let a single person be kept in ignorane
of the fact. Let them know that III
disease is here, that il is under contro
~ Il i,
fight against it until the pest
stamped out. The people will respee
: you for 1T and in the end not a dollar
worth of trade will hs lost. Most pee
pie like to be dealt with in fair an
s. upright manner.
FAIRFlELD-Coun Auditor Hor
has Just completed his tax books fo
llS9g. According 10 his figures the az
. gregate of all taxes in the county fl
1.-THE year is Sl26.32,02, as compare
with 1888 gs2.o2 for 1898. This saving {
s. 664. Is. or nearly 6 per cent in III
. taxes of the county, is one which wi
. be gratefully appreciated. 1t has No
been accomplished through any mig
,ligardliness or parsimony simply for Tn
purpose of playing to the galleries,
but is a simple matter of business say
the Ledger.
BURLINGTON - Property owne,
i are beginning 10 comply with the cit
4 ordinance requiring the building
/ fire escapes on buildings over thre
stories high. IRON fire escapes i1a,
/ been already constructed on sever;
[ buildings. - Miss Gracia Theme
/ of Jefferson street. was shot in II
J palm of the hand by bullet from a
. air rifle a few days ago. the leade
) missile penetrating three-fourths of a
/, inch. L was feared at first that bloc
1 poisoning had set in because of the vi
i usual swelling. but later the bullet vi
: extracted and the patient is doing We
: SHENANDOAH While c. S. KeeI
/ an was arguing a case before the jul
S In court one day last Week a gentlema
t In the clerks office below stopped ar
+ listened and in an interested moo
n That's Keenan, Voice" he sail
that sounds just like my father tall
j, ing. Who is it?' He was told 1t ";
i, Judge Keenan,, of Shenandoah. +
e rushed up into the court room and Ii
n tened to the speech till it's conclusit
o and then introduced himself. His nan
e was Recommendation of the commi
! sion firm of Keenan, & Jackson, Oh
O cago, but they We're strangers. Eat
could trace his ancestry back to Ir
r land. but the only tangible evidence
: kinship was the Keenau voice. It WI
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