Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-06
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

ALTA-The town council has traded
the old fire engine to Minneapolis
firm for 500 feet of new hose.
BELLE PLAINE-The work on the
new telephone exchange has been some
what delayed by lack of men.
CENTERVILLE-Va artists
have been secured in Chicago for free
entertainment of the crowds at the
street fair September $3.50.
MASON CITY-The hot water and
heating plant main which traverses
Michigan street from the Electric Light
Company's plant to Eighth street has
been completed.
DUNLAP-John Shields brought two
Ibis field in district No. 8, Harrison
and contain two fine ears of corn each.
Mr.. Shields says he doesn't think they
can be beaten hereabouts.
IOWA CITY-Dr. and Mrs George E
MacLean have arrived in Iowa City and
the former will be quite ready to as
sumo his new duties as president of the
State University of Iowa before the fall
term of our great institution opens,
Wednesday, September 10.
MUsCATINE-Th Muscatlne Vigil
lance and Protective Association held
its semi-annual meeting at the court
house Saturday afternoon. After hav
I ing met all obligations the treasurer
reported balance on hand Of ST. The
association is two years old and has a
membership of fifty.
BURLINGToN-Mo night the
Burlington recruits for Capt. Longs
company in the Thirty-ninth regiment
of volunteers set ont for the regimental
rendezvous, FIT. Cook, near Omaha.
They were band Of twenty-five men,
first sergeant and Frank L. Kuhlen-
beck as quartermaster sergeant.
| COUNCIL BLUFFS-The war to en-
force the Sunday law among BARRIERS
continues. Seven OF the tonsoral ar
| fists of the city labored on Sunday and
| j. J. Frainey, who has been the power
behind the scenes in the friendly barber
cases, will. 1t is said, file informations
against them. 1t is expected that they
will be arrested and discharged as
heretofore.
| OTTuMWA-In the public schools,
which opened Monday, there is little
change in the teachers since last year.
E. C. Pierce, of Chicago, takes the place
OF Miss sGwen Griffiths as principal of
the high school this year. Miss Gala
Hand, of Omaha, will fill the vacancy of
supply teacher left open by the resig-
nation Of Miss Hinsey at the high
school. All the other teachers OF last
year are here.
| ALBIA-The Union says the canning
factory opened the past week and made
a one days run. There is not as yet a
sufficient quantity OF tomatoes for
steady work, but the factory people ex-
/ pect to have enough brought in to run
almost every day this week. The to-
| matoes of the county are OF an extra
| fine quality this year, and there is every
reason to believe that the factory peo-
pie will do d successful business.
ROCKWELL. CITY-The Rockwell
City lecture course for 1899 and 1900 will
| be the strongest ever presented in the
county 1t will consist of five numbers
and these five cost about 800 more than
has heretofore been paid for six num-
bers in any previous year. The list In
cludes Rev. Thomas Dixon, of New
4 aSIly, Lev l&iIldke, oL 1.UllGt-
delphia. who will lecture on Uses OF
ugliness:" Hoyt l.. Conary impersona-
tor; Professor Thomas Dinsmore. scion
itlst; and closing with musical num-
her. the famous Park Sisters.
| SIOUX CITY-Tramps are commenc-
| ing to come In droves from the north
ern harvest fields. Fred Harvey, of the
police department, early Saturday
morning saw over forty of them alight
from moving Milwaukee train. He
said 1t was amusing to see them get of
from the train. They would jump out OF
inconceivable places and several of
them would tumble out in heap. They
scattered of in different directions after
leaving the cars. The officer said nearly
every man had money on his rerson
and the hrst thing they did was &c
strike out for the nearest store, where
they provided themselves with necessa-
n elothing. g