Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-07
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LEwIs-w. p. willoughby got 225
gallons of sorghum from four acres of
cane.
sTRATFoRD--Fiv citizens are en-
gagged in building new homes in this
town.
WATERLOO-At recent sale the
highest price paid for a COW was s5l
Corn sold for $3.50 per acre in the
field.
TOLEDO-District court will convene
Monday with Judge Caswell on the
bench. The docket this term is large,
a total of 1856 cases.
EAGLE GRONE-The machinery is
| being placed in the new mill and the
connection has been made with the
electric light plant for power Grinding
will begin in about ten days.
OGDEN The Reporter states that
the Nystrom family, living few miles
south of town, is reading family.
They take eight weekly and three daily
papers; four monthlies and quarterly.
| WEBSTER CITY - The "Freeman-
Tribune is to be the name of the con.
solidated dailies. 1t is the intention to
equip it with the modern improve
| ments.
| ALDEN-Times: VERNE Snider has
made n successful experiment in rails
ing peanuts this year and has left sam
| pies with us that compare favorably in
size with any we have seen.
A1ARENGO- NJ onday noon sparks
from passing engine on the Rock Is
Hand set fire to a straw stack on the
/ farm of Jasper Jacob west of town.
4 completely destroying it, besides fif-
teen-acre field of corn and new bind
/ er
TAMA--The Women's Club is en-
] deavoring to secure sufficient guaran-
4 tee for a lecture course. The course will
cost $500 and the tickets are placed at
81 each-certainly very cheap. especial
ly considering the fine character of the
Entertainments to be given.
MONTOUR - The Courier under
stands that Oliver Austin will trade his
Dakota landl for Marshalltown proper
ty. His farm land is all right and the
section of country is all right on the
whole. but other considerations lead
him to make this exchange.
NILLISCA-The Reviewtlearns from
Mr. Hughes, the apple buyer. that the
winds of last week shook off at least a
third of the winter apples in this vicin-
Il lily. The winds were not violent, but
they were of the twisting kind that
tries the strength of twigs and branch
es.
BROokLY Nj. j. Sloan and son b.
w. We're in the western states several
days last week looking into the sheep
business. and in the course of their trip
they purchased about 1000 head. one
half of which We're Wyomings. They
. had 700 head on hand so they now have
j in the neighborhood of 1000 sheep on
), the place.
u MASON CITY-The Young Mems
$ Christian Association board have sue
ceeded in securing a gentleman for sec
5 rotary who has had experience in tbs
: work and whom they believe Will con-
y tinue to build up this popular organi-
/ cation. His name is f. III. Chaplin, oil
Sioux City. and he comes with the besi
). of recommendations.
MT NT-Addlson j. Throor
G was operated upon Thursday afternoon
and an obstruction of about two inches
. in length was removed from his intes
. tines. He was not suffering from APP
/ pendicitis, but the trouble was in tn.
: same region about. He stood the oper
. alton pretty Well and the physician:
. have hopes that he will pull through al
3 right.
. BELLE PLANE Roadmaste
d Flynn reports the wreckage at Tog;
I entirely cleared away. The wreckins
$ crew and wrecker reached here abou
dp;r dov 10Th nd no
e would know that anything had eve
: happened at that point. Out of tn
y twelve cars six We're burned up entire
e ly The engines and other cars wer,
: loaded on flat cars except a few which
j. were put on trucks. There was jus
e one set of trucks out of the whole TWEEN
e -four that could be used. so fearfu
i. was the momentum of these trains tina
q everything was fairly ground to pieces
n RURLINGTON-In response to tn
8 circular letter issued to the banks o
q the state by Governor Shaw askin
d that they advance the money to brin
d the Fifty-first Iowa home from Sal
g Francisco, the bankers of this city hay
n agreed to send their share of the sur
J. asked for, which means about $400 70
: the banks of the county. The plan is t
e divide this sum equally among the fly
n banks of this city. the two banks a
g Mediapolis and the one at Yarmouth
d This will mean about $50 for each banl
The banks outside of Burlington hav
n been asked to contribute their share. 1
Re case. however. they should refuse to d
d so. the five banks in this city will max
81 up the entire sum, or about $50 for eac
Vi bank
8 PERRY Work on the Elks buildin
Z has commenced and will be hurrie
If along The work will not be done b
contract, but will be under the super
le vision of a building committee. TIL
~ structure will be modern one, thre
Sc stories high. With red pressed brick an
A. red stone trimmings. Last yea
ID State Fish Commissioner Deleva
l. promised car load of fish for Coo
ri river at this point. but on account
nc high water was unable to get then
is However, he has kept his promise ar
I'd last Saturday the fish car arrived
y, Perry on No. 3 with near $4,000 fis
r. The car was taken to the railroa
is bridge and from that point they we
IN taken in buckets and placed in the ri'
ed er. Most OF them were black bass, vii
ed silver bass, pike, pickerel and croppie
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