Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-08
IOWA NEWS ITEMS


NEWTON-The Courier OF this city
has absorbed the Lynnville Tribune,
and will fill out the unexpired time of
subscribers.
WOODWARD-Robb Chapel. re-
Gently dedicated by the Methodists,
when stoves and some other necessary
articles are added, will have cost ST.
1S547.
MANNING-W. H. Hart-who sue
ceeded Mr.. Breckenridge as agent at the
Milwaukee station-and family are now
nicely located in the pleasant apart
ments over the depot. They came from
Nicola.
COLFAX-Mr. Jordans new mineral
spring in the rear of his handsome office
is 335 feet deep and flows over on gall
| Ion per minute. The water is similar
in taste, appearance and characteristics
to the other springs in and adjacent to
1.-THE town.
DONELLSON-Abo midnight Fri
| day night the elevator belonging to
John Mattern at Donnellson (IAee coun-
| ty) caught fire from some unknown
source and burned to the ground In a
| few hours. 1t was valued at about
$4,000 and insured for $4,000.
IOWA CITY-Company has received
Its orders for the encampment at Bur
llington, this month. The boys are in
structed to travel in heavy marching
order, wearing Campaign hats, web
belts, and leggins." That's nice cos
tune for August, though not strictly
modest. remarks the Republican.
| JEWELL-A serious accident oc-
/ - !. T.. ~
Thursday. His little child while in the
act of climbing small tree in the yard
accidentally slipped and fell to the
ground. In the descent he struck
against nail that had been driven In
the tree previously by some of the old
er children. intlicting a terrible wound.
/ DUBUQUE-Two men We're enlisted
at the recruiting office Friday-Conrad
Genzler and John Coyne. Several more
have filed applications. but they have
mot passed the surgeons examination.
s's The Times declares that Dubuque
lis the most talked of town in the coun-
TRY, just because we are to have the
Nutwood races here, which will hang up
$4,000 in purses for their fall racing.
SIOUX RAPIDS-A. Mckay, of Ames,
has bought the Sioux Rapids creamery
and six other creameries in this vicinity
Including the Linn Grove and Willow
Greek creameries. creamery south OF
| Peterson and two east of Sioux Rapids.
i OTTUMWA-A divorce petition was
filed in the county clerks office Satur-
day, entitled Ella A. Darrah VS.. Henry
w. Darrah. The petition charges de-
/ sertion and adultery, naming the CO.
/ respondent.
WATERLOO-M. w. Gipe. living, jus,
east of the city reports that chinch
bugs have invaded the corn fields at his
place. and that they are present ir
|countless thousands The bugs were
first noticed about two weeks ago, wher
they attacked the silk on the corn, do.
ing some damage. The work of destruc-
ton was increasing when the rains be-
gan to fall, but since the storms the
bugs have not been able to do much
work. 1t has been a number of years
since chinch bugs have worked in thi:
section. Mr.. Gipe has heard no com
plant from his neighbors, but his OWL
fields, most of it sod, are fairly alive
with the pests.
ARMSTRONG-On a recent Friday
George Davis. Jr., who lives southeas
OF town, went out with MS Shot gun u
shoot a chicken and in some manner TIL,
gun did not seem to work just right
and in attempting to adjust 1t, withou
thinking, placed the muzzle on the tol
of his foot, and continued to work a
the breeech, when suddenly the gul
went off and Mr.. Davis received TIL,
whole charge in his foot and the result
is the loss of two toes and part of thu
ball of the foot. - The b. C. r. 1
N. railway company is sending mel
here by every train to work on the ex
tension and In surfacing on the railroad
east of town. Another gang of forty ar
at work in the yards peeling the bari
from ties.
COUNCIL BLUFFS-The heirs o
John NJ. Enlow, a Nebraska ranchmal
| who died in 1896. have commenced sui
, in the district court in this city agains
II. j. Foley for 100000. Foley and En-
low were partners in business in Cher
Try county, Nebraska, and owned be
tween 1900 and 1900 acres and abou
n 500 head OF cattle and horses. TIL
lplaintins In this suit allege that afte
! EnloW died Foley represented - thea