Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-06
IOWA NEWS ITEMS


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
RICHLAND-Richlan has curfew
law which requires that children must
be off the street by $3.50 p. m.
FAIRFIELD Treasurer Hopkirk,s
tax collections for September amounted
to $40, 1888, the greatest in the history
of the office with two exceptions.
WEBSTER CITY-The street fair fl
nance committee have not yet CONFLICT
ed their work, but they are near enough
the end to know that they Will come out
about even.
STORY CITY.-Hans husband has
sold his farm to Thomas jacobson near
Gilbert Station. The price was $50 per
acre, which is more evidence that Iowa
real estate is valuable.
UQUE-Citizens under the lead
ership Of Senator Allison and Congress
man Henderson are making arrange
ments for the reception of President
Mckinley, who will visit Dubuque on
Monday, Oct. 10.
MASON CITY.-The state equal suf-
frage association meets here on the 10th.
and continues three days Among the
prominent speakers will be Rev. Anna
III. Shaw, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
and Miss Mary G. Hays
BLOOMFIELD-B has con-
tracted for an artesian we'll TO supply
the town with water. 1t Will cost abous
10000 Bonds have recently been soft
TO complete the water system at that
place. They amounted to $4,000 an6
bear four per cent interest and were
sold at a premium of 1896
IOWA CITY-The Republican re-
ports that Mrs. Philip Eberle had
strange experience Tuesday a woman
canvasser, after being we'll received
was left alone in the formers house
for few minutes, and then vanished
With Miss Eberle's Forget Me Not.
volume. Mrs. Eberle pursued the thief
| overlook her, and made her disgorge
the ill-gotten book.
FIT ,DODGE-Those who have been
Yer the county within the last few
lays say that not for years has every
thing been so dry. The conditions are
| favorable to an old-fashioned prairie
| fire which, if once started, with a high
wind. would do inconceivable damage.
Farmers who are doing their fall plow-
|
some distance down.
| OTTITMWA.-The stone masons who
| went out Tuesday afternoon All the
/ Dam companys new plant on the South
| Side. asking for an increase of wages
4 md shorter hours. resumed work next
| morning, their demand being granted
| They now receive 90 La cents an hour
and work nine hour days. Formerly
the day was ten hours and they re-
eeived 30 cents an. hour.
ALG0NA.--When the Iowa Contra
/ crossed DIR. Savers farm southeast Of
/ town a conditional agreement WAS
made by which they were to pay 81 500
down. If they took the farm a s33 an
| acre by Oct. ! the 81, 500 was to apply
on It, II they did not the doSt tor was
TO keep the $1,000 for the right-of- way,
| Monday the company took the farm
/ The Upper Des Moines understands
4 they have resold 1t at the same price.
/ ScAT1NE-Charley Narvis had a
terrible fall of four stories Wednesday
afternoon down the elevator shaft a,
the store of George W. Dillaway, with
which firm he is connected He mar
4 velously escaped fatal injury. but is
was dislocated in the plunge. His head
was badly cut, his body otherwise bad
ly bruised and he seemed to be suffer
ing considerable pain. 1t is not known
| whether he received internal injuries
4 GRIrNDY CENTER-H. NJ. Haesh
4 contractor on the new road, mas
| brought before Squire Butler MondaN
charged with violating the oleomargar
inc law. He pleaded guilty and wa:
held to the district court, The Repub
lican says. mo doubt MIR. Haush wa.
i ignorant in the matter and did not in
tentionally violate the law. He com
4 Piled with the law Monday by having
cards printed at the Republican office
which will be posted at his boarding.
house" Ira Scoville went to Souti
Dakota recently 10 superintend ship
ping 200 head of cattle to his farm il
Felix township.
NEWTON-It gives the Journa
a pleasure to learn that Messrs A. c
Randolph & Co. the manufacturers o
the Randolph Pneumatic Straw Stack
ar will remain in Newton. The ma
chine seems to be 4 most meritoriou
one, and represen tative of the firm
says that the past season has beel
most encouraging one. and that the,
now have on their books orders for -
machines that they have been unable I
Il fill 1t is the kind of concerns tina
Newton needs to contribute to he
growth and prosperity, as 1t gives en-
y ployment to labor and distributes mon
ey among our business men,.
KEOKUK-A sad and serious acct
dent occurred Tuesday morning, on
and one half miles north of Argyle, lie
county Robert NIarkle. the twelve
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Mark
was accidentally shot at o'clock il
4 the morning. by an elder brother. TIL
brother took the gun out of the hous
to shoot at some quail which he hear
/ a short distance from the house. II
laimed at the birds and pulled the trig
ger and the hammer fell but did no
discharge the powder. He immediatel
Went back to the house to examine tn
gun and see what the matter was. II
held the gun under his arm, muZzl
, foremost, and as he entered the doc
. the charge exploded. Robert wa
!, sitting in the room near tn
door when his brother entere
and when the gun went o
he received the shot in the left sid
penetrating his left arm and enterin
+ his body on direct line with the hear
, The injured boy got up and ran out
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