Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-16
IOWA NEWS ITEMS


= IOWA NEWS ITEMS
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ODEBOLT-With the exception of
40 acres, all of the 1000 acres of corn
on the Adams farm had been gathered
before the last snow fell
IDA GaOVE-The Home Telephone
Company is now ready for business.
Sixty phones are now wired and forty
more will be put in as soon as they arr
rive. A good many are taking out the
old phone.
WATERLOO Frank Campbell
Thursday launched an ice boat on the
Cedar The boat is sixteen feet long,
and carries heavy spread of canvas.
Its trial trip showed some exciting
bursts of speed.
HARILEY-Herald Rev. Bryan and
Andrews have been holding an old
fashioned revival meeting northwest of
town with Il harvest of % souls. The
meetings will be continued, but will
ssoonsbe held in the Page school house
/ DANEN POIiT-A carload of machn-
cry for the new factory Of the Daver-
| port Canning Manufacturing company
arrived on the 18th. The concern is go-
| ing into business on a large scale. and
/ 10000 tin cans per day will be the out
\ put on the start.
MARENGO-Mi Knox. of Victor a
K young man twenty years OF age
\ was before the commissioners of in
sanity Friday and adjudged insane. He
I was taken to Mt. Pleasant the same
4 Mr.. kaox's father.
L Il, Il, 4, t-r y,
skunks is quite a profitable Industry in
dtfe timbered portions of jefferson
county. Nuby +. Smith. of Cedar town
ship, captured thirty-sevcn cats In a
week's work recently. Their pelts bring.
good price in the market.
TAMAA special train of twenty
I Headed cars and fifty empties pulled I'M
Ito town on the c. & n. w. from Gin
ton Thursday The train was $40 rods
i (about two-fifths of a mile) in length
4 and indicates how much the North
western has improved its road bed and
4 Increased the power of its locomotives
says the Herald.
4 H4AN1PTON--It is said that j. p.
i sPearce has 5000 sheep on his Franklin
4 county farm and expects To clip 10000
pounds of Wool from them next spring.
A. +. Wingert's poultry ware
! house on Fourth street has been VERY
4 table beehive of industry for months
4 During the past four weeks this es-
Establishment has given steady employ
4 ment 70 fifty people and shipped over
$50 900 worth oil poultry.
8 JEFFERSON-M Crockerill. of the
& Jefferson Telephone Company, has just
3 Improved the local exchange service by
an investment Of $500 In a new SWITCH
board at central, which has u much
: larger capacity than the old one, be-
sides being of a much improved de-
q sign which makes the falling Of the
drops a matter OF scientific certainty.
The exchange now has nearly 100 pa
irons aud the new board VAS a neces-
!: sity on account of the increased bust
ness.
oF.LWE.IN A number of our citi-
zsfis met at the Presbyterian church
I Monday evening. President j II. Be-
vis, af the Northwestern Astronomical
lSocety, of Chicago i'll a short address
explaining what the society purposes to
n do, which in briaf is toestablish an as
sftronomieal observatory and a high
grade school and college in connection
1.-The college 10 fiji Students for the sen
a Tor year III the leading Eastern coll
lleges. All he asks is that the citizens
81 furnish up suitable building With
school furniture and guarantee fifty
students to attend the school A conn
Imittee was appointed 10 see how many
students could be secured.
CARROIIr-In the district court las,
week Katie Lampmann brought action
iagainst Anton Bruning for seduction
The ease was submitted to the jury
without incident. further than the sick
: lness of Juror Kelly which delayed the
jury for several hours. But he finally
recovered sufficiently To sretire with his
.Ecolieagues to the jury room. There the,
\ defiberated till about 10 O'Clock Thurs
day night. at which time verdict was
reached. The Judgment is for sec0e
: The amount sued for was $1,000. Tales
mon We're then summoned from various
parts OF the county, and about moor
Friday jury was chosen in the cas-,
of the State vs.. Anton Rruning. tn.
facts in the case being the same as il
the civil action above referred u Thi:
criminal action. however. was de
& INJURED out,
MT. PTE.AsANT- will of the lat,
/. w. q. saunders. president OF ne FRS
+ National Bank, and very wealth,
man. was filed With County Clerk A
. W. Miller recently. 1t is Impossible
!. from the document to form an accurate
estimate of the estate. but il is sup
: posed to be considerably over 100000
Large numbers of friends and relative
are given sums of $500 and $1,000 II
left $1,000 TO the city. the interest o
. which is for the Improvement of tn
cemetery: $4,000 to the Christian
. church. $1,000 to the Christian Scien
lists and his niece. Barbara Fouche
who has kept house for him, is give
the dwelling where he lived, togethe
with all the household goods Anothe
property in the city is given to her. Sh
also receives his stock in the First Ma
tiopal bank, amounting To III shares.
EMPLOYING HOME TALENT.
s [T'airfield Ledger.l
y A course of six lectures under tn
s management Of the Library Association
z has been announced, the proceeds o
~ which will be used in the purchase O
4 magazines for the reading room. Mos