Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-01
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

NENADA-The Northwestern is ex-
tending its woven Wire fence on the
north side the fun length of its track
through our city.
IOWA CITY.-Architect Rush. on
Wednesday, estimated the work on the
completed foundation of the court
contractor.
WASHINGToN-Nri Mabel Dewey
goes TO Ottumwa to teach singing in
the conservatory of music, and the
Congregational church gives her So
Sunday for solos.
FAIRFIELD - During August 144
persons took examinations for teachers
certificates before County Superintend-
ent Laura b. Swan, and 122 of them
We're successful.
DUBUQUE.-Great crowds attended
the races this week. The Times says:
More than 10000 visitors were in Du-
buque Tuesday 1t is the largest crowd
ever assembled in the city.
RICHLAND-Frank Dovenspike, a
Richland lad, had two or three of his
toes torn off and foot otherwise man
gled by a moving train at Richland re-
Gently. With other boys he was jump
ing on and off the cars at the Iowa Gem
trial station in that place.
| IOWA FALLS.-There are several
cases of typhoid fever over on the east
side - From September lst to De-
lcember 1st all the business houses in
1.-THE city, except the drug stores and
restaurants will close at eight o'clock
! in the evening on all but Saturday
nights.
GRUMPY CENTER - The North
western branch contractors are Offering
work to all who wish to labor. Several
Icept places. -. Ira Kempkes has
secured a position on the Northwestern
road as night operator. He will be STA
toned at a little town near Belle PLANE
4 FIT. DODGE.-So far as heard from
by the county auditor, S74.54 was taken
up by the churches of the city last Sun
day for the aid of the Porto Ricans
=. = Sheriff Dowd. on Monday, was il
the vicinity of Gowrie, where he served
condemnation notices for the right-of-
way for the Gowrie 81 Northwestern
The road runs through four farms il
4 Webster county.
Il KEOkU k-Gate City: The will OF
the late Adaline Newman. of Croton
Iowa. was opened, publicly read ant
A filed in the district court yesterday
She bequeaths to each of her children
Noah Smith, Charity Jones. Rache
Rogers. Simon Smith and Daniel Smith
8 the sum of $40 and all her remaining
property to her son, James Newman
who is made executor without bond.
NEWTON--NIiss Spice Wyatt, just i
years old. was taken before the insan
commission last Saturday and adjudge,
TO be of unsound mind She was there
fore taken to Mount Pleasant for treat
ment Her trouble is some form o
lepilepsy Her case calls for sympathy
Her father, three uncles and grand
mother have been in the insane asylum
and her father is there now and ha
been pronounced incurable.
BELLE PLAINE-Jack Elliott. su
perintendent of the county poor farm
says he is going to have some e&cellen
crops this year. He has tifty-five acre
of corn which will average seventy-tiv
!, bushels to the acre, and half of it is GU
of the way of frost now. He also ha
twenty acres in oats and five in barle.
which show up we'll. From four acre
i lof potatoes he expects to gather in
thousand bushels of tubers and fror
one acre of onions 400 bushels of tina
wholesome vegetable.
,ALGONA-A doctor took thirty-tw
! bullet from the hand of 12-year-o oil
, johnson boy from northeast of Algon
: Sunday. 1t was an accidental sho
Perry Burlingame has rente
! Ibis big farm IN Irvington to NJ. B. shiI