Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-22

.tricate his hand. He called Tor help, |
but the noise Of the moving train
drowned his voice. Danger OF being
dragged to death stared the man In the
face, and he tore his hand loose, leav-
ing the first joint Of the middle finger
In the box.
ALGONA-The steel rail supply on
the Iowa Central has given out and
work this side Of st. Benedict is at a
standstill for couple OF weeks. The
steel gang We're put to work with
shovels and their wages cut from $175
to $3.50 day and thirty one of them
quit work.
NEVADA -Workmen are busily en-
gagged this week placing the boiler for
the new heating plant of the court
house. The boiler is Of the sectional
type and one of the best improved. The
heating plant when completed promises
to be what the county buildings have
long needed.
CARROLLlThomas Hartung, Of
Washington township was in the city
last Saturday and informed the Herald
that he had sold his farm out there to
Henry Grau for the handsome price of
$50 per acre. He bought 1t but a few
years ago at what was then good
price, 1913 an acre.
FORT MADISON-The Mississippi
river is again reaching an extremely
low stage of water, making 1t very
hazardous for the larger craft to navi-
gate and causing the Diamond 10 boats
| to go out of the through trade. Their
business has been better this season
THAN for a number of years before.
SIOUX CITY-The first killing frost
of the season occurred here Tuesday
night. 1t comes too late to cause any
damage except to late garden truck on
which the loss will be slight There
was frost that night all over this sec
ton, though nowhere so heavy as in
Sioux City and it's immediate vicinity.
DAVENPORT-The Old Settlers held
their reunion on the goth with large
attendance. The reading of the list of
dead showed that sixteen pioneers had
departed during the year. The subject
/ of monument to be erected to the
memory of the Scott county pioneers
came up for discussion again and was
referred to committee consisting of
j. NJ. Eldridge, chairman, and the vice
president of the society.
/ CLINTON-The Herald reports that
workmen are engaged in remodeling
the Baell spring and mattress factory
A drying kiln is being constructed and
a furnace is being built, besides other
improvements. The factory at Eldora
4 will be shut down Saturday and the
work of removing the machinery to
this city will commence at once. 1t is
.|expected. that work will begin here in
about two weeks.
FORT DODGE-It is understood that
4 nothing will be done toward the erec-
ton of the new library building until
j next spring. The reason for this lies
partly in the high prices now being re-
4 ceived for material and labor and also
4 partly for other reasons. Twelve
Il hundred dollars was the sum recently
paid by the Christian Scientists of the
city for the Humphrey property on
4 Twelfth street. The organization pro-
poses to erect an elegant church in the
near future, probably next SUMMER.
GRUMPY CENTER - Republican:
The Grundy people who attended the
Hardin county fair last week We're dis
appointed. They say the exhibition OF
animals and farm products was not
large and the races We're poor. A large
crowd was in attendance. The gate re-
, Iceipts amounted to s5.942.30. Las
, Friday Paul Suttman found a poke,
book containing draft for SLIP. Wher
the little fellow discovered that the
pocket book and contents belonged tc
;, Miss Marble he lost no time in return
ing the property to her.
II WATERLOO-Th B., C. r.. & N. has
effected settlements for nearly all
claims made against the company or
/ account of the terrible wreck which oc-
l Cured near here on the night of May
: IS last. Altogether ninety three claims
r were made against the company, and
j, adjustment has been made satisfac-
: torily in all but six. Three suits are
: pending in court and three other claims
have not been adjusted. Efforts are
being continued in that direction, how
ever. and representatives of the com
lpany in whose hands the business IS
-lplaced say their instructions are to eff
lIfect settlements if possible.
ii OTTUMNA--Josep Dain and Archi
tect D. c. Mitchell are expected in tht
e lefty either the latter part Of this weel
: or the first of next and very soon there
g after the erection of the buildings o.
n the new Dain plant in this city will b,
= begun. The plant at present will con
y sist of five uildings, will occupy al
]. area of over two acres, and have a foo
; space of 10000 square feet. All of tn,
= buildings will be one story high, ex
:, cept the office building. which will b.
. two stories. They will be constructe,
: of brick. One of them will be $50 fee
: long and sixty-eight feet wide, and tn
> office will be fifty feet square.
KEOKUK-Tuesday night about
= O'Clock there landed at the foot of Mali
= street the two finest and best buif
e boats that ever poked their nose
h ashore on the Keokuk levee. They ar
I the Sachem and the Choctaw. built b
n the Iowa Iron Works for the govern
ment to use as tenders on the lowe
river. Each boat is 1876 feet six inche
Hong on the fantails and from the bo,
to the aft of the big wheel bucket
measured 1879 feet and four inches. TIL
beam is thrty-seven feet eight inche:
|. the steel hull is six feet from keel t
: deck Everything except the uppe
# works is steel-frame, plates. decl
+ driving beams, steam stearing gear an
r what not.
OSkALOOSA.-A meeting of citizen
= was called in the court room Tuesda
e evening to consider the proposition {
n having the Acme Manufacturing Con-