Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-23
OF lumber had been cut for the season.
He said that, barring accidents, the
mill would close down on next satur-

day night, Nov. 25.
MUSCATINE-Las Saturday pub
lie meeting was held in Muscatine and
a granite slab erected to mark where
the first log cabin was built in 1888.
STORM LAKE - The schools at
Storm Lake have been closed for a pc
| Rod of two weeks, pending the recov-
cry of the present cases OF smallpox at
| that place.
SIOUX CITY-The construction force
at the International packing plant has
been increased to something over 200
men and work on all the buildings is
being pushed as rapidly as possible.
Enough material is on hand to keep the
workmen employed until everything is
| finished.
| WATERLOO = Miss Helen Belling
| ham has accepted position as teacher
lin Saluda Seminary, school at Ashe-
vile, N. c., conducted under the direc-
ton of the American missionary COM
mittee of the Presbyterian church. She
/ will go to that place in a few days to
begin her duties.
FORT DODGE-In the district court
Tuesday morning in the case of Mil
Idred Alsever, of Burnside, VS.. the M. q
st. l.. railroad, in a suit for $4,000 dam
lagos for injuries received as result
Iof an engineers carelessness, the jury
drought in verdict for the plaintiff,
awarding her $833.33. The case has been
an exhaustive one. a large number of
witnesses having been examined on
lboth sides.
\ VINTON-Harry Reynolds, who for
some time has been a stenographer for
lCounty Attorney Tobin, has been of
j fered and has accepted similar posi-
ton with Superintendent Goodell, OF
4 the b., C. II. & N. at Cedar Rapids.
Harry is yet under age. but is as atten.
Tive to business az though he were
twice as old His disposition is genial
lity itself and he is courteous to de-
y gree, says the Eagle.
Il KUK-General T. 1. Mckenny
! died Saturday. November IL. at his
1 home in Olympia. Wash, of congestion
of the brain. The news of his death
reached here only Monday in copies OF
the Morning Olympian received by
some of his Keokuk friends. He was
prominent here In the early history OF
keokuk and organized the first com
Ipany in Iowa for the civil war, besides
being very prominent in social and bus
mess circles.
MASON CITY-Times Herald: Jno
d. Wilson is having quite serious
time with his hand. He wanted TO in
terview a pig and said pig didn't want
to be interviewed and with John or
!. his back started on 2:4o gait through
!, the yard. When it came to the fence
D IJohn resigned his seat and ATTEMPTED
: 20 steer his honor by the tail holt Re'
-1suit. John left big patch of cuticle or
: The board and DR.. Osborne is endeavor'
: Ling to prevent case of blood poison.
DAvENPORT-Fl & Johnson O
: this city have received word that thell
t bid for the grading and bridging of s.
miles of new road exclusive of sidlns'
for the C. Nj. q ST. p, west from Tyn
Y dau through theYankton Indian reser
: walton. has been accepted and the con
tract awarded them. This so miles il
: lin addition to "a miles on which tn
Dayenpor, contractors have been a
work for some time. and includes IN
moving of approximately 100000 cubi
yards of earth. 1t will carry the MI
d lwaukee through new fine country.
= BURLINGTON Shoplifting ha
: grown tic be an evil of large proper
g lions in Burlington, and the Hawkey
n says the merchants themselves ar
y largely to blame for it, for the rease
Z that they have Systematically avoide
9 any prosecution of the offenders. eve
: though they caught them red-handee
!. The matter has been studiously hushe
: up and if the incident escaped the ba
y Of secrecy, the names of the guilty par
:. ties were suppressed. However. mum
: Der of women have recently been al
$ rested and arraigned for this petit
: work and large amount of plunde
2 has been recovered.