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

Local and Personal Mention-Death
of Mrs. Greenleaf.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Oct. &C. l.. Walker went
to Chicago last night to take in the
sights of the festival.
While at he club shoot yesterday at
the fair ground somebody stole blan-
ket from George Houghton's buggy. A
couple of.tramps We're suspected of the
theft and search was made for them
but they had flown. Later in the day
Mr. Waufle found the blanket under
one of the buildings of the fair ground.
Tomorrow-Saturday the political
campaign will begin as far as Powe-
shiek is concerned Hon. John F. La
cey, always popular in Grinnell, will
speak, as will Congressman Perkins
j. c. Hope, of Montezuma, exhibits a
popcorn stalk fourteen feet high, and
with ears nine feet from the ground,
three ears to the. stalk. He found in
husking his field corn ears fifteen inch
es in length. He weighed some after
having dried them in the sun several
hours and found that forty-eight ears
weighed bushel. But that is in Powe-
shiek county land. so that is not very
w
be on land in other counties.
NJ V. Whiteman left this morning for
Auburn and other points in Carroll and
Sac counties. He finds his health fail
ing and goes to recruit and to visit rel
atives.
Mrs. Greenleaf, mother of Mrs. Prof.
Simmons, died yesterday at the home
of her daughter. She had been at Mr..
.t,. Il
@as taken to her home, where she ex-
PRED almost instantly. Heart disease is
supposed to have caused her death.
AT the FEMINIST tournament Saturday
between Grinnell and Western College.
Grinnell succeeded in capturing the
doubles and one match of singles. En-
gelke and Corley represented Grinnell,
and Ward and Stigers. Western Col
legke. In the singles Engelke. 100, won
from Ward in two sets, 6-3 and 60 A.
Corley lost to Stigers in two sets, as
and 3-6. In the doubles, Engelke and
Corley won from Ward and Stigers, 6-S,
6-2 and rs.
The meeting to organize the republic
cans of this locality for the campaign
resulted in forming the Mckinley Re-
publican Club. President, George r.
MoflleF, vice spreSluenIS, w. y. ltayDurn
and DIR. A. ID. Barker; secretary. H. F.
Lamphere;; treasurer. r. Macdonald
The club will cooperate with the coun-
-ty and state central committees in the
work of the state campaign this fall,
which is generally regarded as having
an important bearing on the national
campaign of 1900. The financial com
mttee of the club consists of DIR. r. W.
Clark, II. /. Davis and the club treas
urer. a vigorous campaign is prom
ised in this section.
A rather novel question to the people
of this city presents itself by the re-
moval of Mr.. Baird. one of the mem
beers of the city council. from the Sec
ond ward to the Fourth ward. The code
says members of the council shall be
residents of the wards they represent
during their term of office. and the in
ference is that removal from the ward
creates a vacancy. The matter came
before the council last Monday night
with reference TO filing the vacancy,
whether by special election or at the
next general election in November, and
was laid over TO an adjourned meeting
in two weeks In order to determine the
legal method of proceeding under the
circumstances.