Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-29
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church Of this city will be dedicated
Sunday, Jan. I.
CHARLES CITY Charles city peo-
pie are negotiating for a $4,000 shirt
and overall factory.
MASON C1TY-The First National
Bank employees each received as usual
this year their Christmas present of
$50 gold piece.
NEWTON-Mr Jake Trotter last
Week sold forty acres of section 81 for
500 per acre to E. r. Goodhue. This
forty lies south of the eighty acres al
ready owned by Mir. Goodhue.
ROCkWE,LI- David Clarke who
was assisting in roofing j. r.. Jenkin-
sons new building. fell from the roof
to the ground recently and sustained a
fracture of the ankle bones of one leg
| IOWA FALLS The outlook for
building in lowe. Falls next spring is
more promising than it was at this
time last year. AT least half dozen
good residences are already planned Tor
erection as soon as spring opens.
RICH14.tND - The Allen Stalker
farm, which was attached by creditors
of the defunct Charlton & Stalker
Bank of Richland. was sold at public
sale a few days ago. 1t was purchased
by Charles Johnson. of Oskaloosa, for
| sl7,960.
BOONE--Partes have been trying
flor some time to contract With the
board Of supervisors to catch the tax
| dodgers for 30 per cent of the collec-
3tions. The Republican states that the
board intends to take the matter ur
thcms selves at an early date and gave
the 80 per cent to the county
! IOWA CI'ry--Rev. George L. Cady
will be here this week to look after the
refurnishing of the Congregational
| parsonage. He will then return to
Genesso, ILL.,. deliver his farewell SER
mon there and come to Iowa City to
take up his permanent residence, as the
| new pastor of the Congregational
church.
| ALGONA-S. p. Peterson last week
sold his place Just beyond August
4 Zahlten's to Mr.. Dickinson. of Dan
bury Woodbury. county, father of Law
/ yer Dickinson. of Alsona. getting $40
per acre for the 252 acres. Mr. Dickin-
son and his eldest son will move here in
March and the latter will make his
residence on the farm.
made arrangements for opening the
i new Third ward school house. Miss
4 Lewis and Miss Beatty will be trans
ferred to the new building, Miss Beat
ity teaching the first and second grades
{! and Miss Lewis the third and fourth
1 grades In the main school house Miss
NcNichols will9teach the first and sec
4 ond grades and Miss Daugherty the
- ~, ti,t,
i ment two OF the basement rooms in the
main building will be vacated.
I CLARTNDA--A. r. Hiatt 81 member
Iof the Fifty-tirst Regiment band. had
4 his $40 musical instrument stolen at the
Lindsrman Hotel Sunday night. 1t
seems that MIR. Hiatt left the instru-
ment hanging on the hat rack in the
4 hotel and forgot it when he went to
bed; and when he got up Monday
morning it was missing The proprie-
tor refuses to make the loss good for
4 the reason that he says the instrument
was not left in his custody. Mr.. Hiatt
lis the same fellow who had a hand u
q hand conflict with a Filipino in Luzon
4 COLA N--Earl Rush recently met
4 with an accident while coastints by
4 coming IN contact With a sharp limb
i of a tree, striking him just above The
i eye and cutting a cash Which required
several stitches. He had a narrow es-
Ecape from losing the eye. BY
another accident 4 young son of Mr.. /
w. Black, Two and a half miles north
4 of Colfax, sustained a compound frac-
ture of his left leg above the knee, ant
would haze burned to death but fol
the presence of mind of a brother. who
rolled him in the snow. A forge hac
been tipped over on him.
DUBUQUE Mrs. Shimmel brought
to the city isall Wednesday a twenty,
live pound sack of flour which sh'
Eclaimed TO have purchased at one of tht
fClay street grocery stores. The sacl
s and its contents We're given to Market
master Otto Rath, who upon examina
ton found the flour to contain larg'
litter of mice which had been grouEt
Iup. 1t Was about the worst sight tina
has ever been brought to the notice o
Mr. Rath There seems to be SOM
doubt as to where the mixture cam
from and ii would take some furthe
81 evidence before the marketmaste
would investigate the case.
DENISON-She Bell took hi
& Christmas dinner in Dow City an,
Thereby hangs tale. Some of III
boys say it was the plum pudding
I.served with wine sauce. others sa,
Hank WAS thinking too hard about hi
official duties. bur at any rate when h
# went to the depot to take the train TO
Denison he stepped into the waitini
room, set his grip down and begal
.ss....ss:rsss 70 friend When the trail
came in he was still busy talking. an
he reached behind him. grabbed tn
"trip and boarded the cars. When tn
conductor came through the train ha'
. 10 be backed up. for our iliustriou
sheriff had carefully carried the com
| pany's half-filled ccal scuttle to tn
train and left his grip In the waitint
room, so the Review says.
sHEN 1.-The singing evan
!. gelist took leave of Shenandoah Mon
= day night and the demonstration a
: the depot was evidence of the high re
gard, the warm and loving place thi
! happy. gifted Christian man had wa
: in the hearts of the religious people q
this city. They followed him to tn
Burlington depot some 300 or more q
his personal friends; they raised
purse OF S25 for him in few minutes
they shook his hands, they begged hir
to come back, they sang the familia
chorus he taught them and as he stoo