Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

IOWA FALLS-The work on the new
opera house has been delayed some by
a strike in the quarries and conse-
quently non arrival of stone.
BEAMAN-Bee: b. B. Thomas says
he can contract twenty loads Of apples
in Marshalltown and thinks of going to
Connecticut to see IL he can find mar
ket for them.
TOLEDO-George E. Smith the
thresher, reports that barley is averag-
ing about 81 bushels, oats 35 and wheat
10 per acre this year through the terri
tory that he covers.
OCHEYEDAN-Car are in
great demand In Ocheyedan and wages
are good. Hardly day passes but
some one is inquiring for a carpenter
and cannot secure one.
IOWA CITY-Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hedges are the parents of three sons,
triplets, born to them Friday morning.
They weigh respectively five and a
half, six and seven pounds.
OELWEIN-The Oelwein Telephone
Company has completed it's lines to
Fayette, Randalia and West Union.
This company is extending its lines
an extensive business.
ELDORA-Matters have been rounded
up so that it appears that the balance
in the treasury of the fair association,
after paying all expenses, is about $500.
This with the 5000 from the state will
leave a margin of $1,000 to work on.
WA-Thomas NJ. Hall, of near
Libertyville, experienced his first ride
on the steam cars Thursday and en-i
joyed the street fair. Mr.. Hall is GA
years old and has lived within sight of a
railroad most of his life, but never rode
on train before.
AUBURN ~ Recorder: One of our
subscribers tells of method employed
for the past few winters in his family
to keep eggs fresh the entire winter
They simply wrap each egg with paper
and pack them away, taking care to
place each egg small end down.
| AUDUBON-Among the cases coming
before the next term of the district
court will be one by the town of Au-
ldubon against the county for expenses
lin quarantine cases last winter for
5000 and another for the expense of
building the pest house south of town.
/ CLINTON-The school enumeration
| for the Clinton school district has been
completed. 1t shows that there are
| 2761 boys and 2.795 girls of school age,
for the Lyons district showed 1850 pu-
pills. making total of 1906 persons of
school age in the city.
HUBBARD.-The Monitor states tina
/ Postmaster Boylan, who has been ar
Irainged for a deficit in his accounts by
the q. s. Court and is out on bonds,
is yet in possession of the Office and will
be until the gentlemen who went his
bonds at the time OF his appointment
see fit to remove him according to law.
! FAIRFIELD-The census of the in
dependent school district of the city of
Fairfield has been completed by w. G..
Ross, secretary He finds 1,165 persons
OF school age. between and 81 years,
5S1 females and 5s4 males. $50 Grain
shipments on this division of the c., b.
& @. railroad are averaging 325 cars per
day
LINGTON-Indignant protests
against Midway nastiness" at the fall
| festival or street fair are made by the
| Hawkeye and citizen contributor. A
| vigorous war is being made on the pit
liable shambles of the so called Midway,
where womanly modesty is slaughtered
i for pence" AS result 1t has been sup
pressed.
4. AAlES-According to the Intelligencel
Ben Nogt. who resides in Grant town
ship thinks he holds the sorghum
record for. yield. From measured
quarter of an acre he obtained 1872 gal
Ions of syrup of excellent quality. Most
people who know anything about sor-
ghum will admit that this is record
| breaker.
I. DAVENPORT - If good weather
should continue President Shuler of the
Terminal Company is confident that the
ID, C. & Z. would be in shape for run
ming trains by December 1. Reports
from along the line of the road between
LeClaire and Clinton are to the effect
that the work of making the roadbed
lis proceeding at a remarkable rate.
STATE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Aug
lThake Was very sick man Sunday ane
Ibis life hung in balance, as it does yel
for that matter. He suffers from APP
pendicitis. An operation was fore
stalled by the breaking of the vermi-
form appendage in the bowels. In some
leases this is as good as a cure, but the
i chances for the patients recovery are
decidedly uncertain.
4 ROCKWELL CITY-It is with greal
lregret that the Advocate announces the
prospective removal to Fort Dodge OF
one Of Rockwell City's most promi.
Inent citizens. Charles D. Case, the pres
lent cashier of the First National Bank
Of this place. About November 1 Mr.
'tCase will become cashier of the new
savings bank just organized by TIL,
+ stockholders of the other three For
Dodge banks.
Engineer Fred Selee has be
come the owner of the Croft block. tn,
8 deal having been completed and papers
and money exchanged this week. Thu
consideration was $500, and is consid
cred bargain. The schoo
!. teachers have organized basket bal
team, and some of them are becoming
experts They have been accepting TIL
invitations of Miss ella Thornburg t.
play practice games at her home JUS
south cf fha city
BOONE-The Ideal Skirt Compan,
Il has decided to move its plant from
| Boone to Des Moines. For some tim
negotiations have been on foot looking
Ito the formation OF q stock company
with capitalization of ~. 900. bat u