Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-06

Carpets and rugs, a large assortment
from which to make your selections, at
ID. G. Wilbur's, Bee Hive department
store.
All election returns will be received
at Van Derveer & La Shelle's tomor-
row evening, both by telegraph and
telephone. Everybody invited. Free.
Work is about completed on the
Northwestern's new drain pipe laid
from the new standpipes at the head of
Second avenue to the sewer of Third
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Rogers enter
tanned informally on Saturday evening
Messrs. and Mesdames II. McNeely
Frank Croker, James Cammack and
George Kennedy and Mrs. w. Z. Burk-
art of Tacoma, Wash.
The Araheim, Cal. Gazette of Oct. &c
contains letter from Tifiis, Trans
Gaucasia. written by Jack Rogers, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. l.. Rogers, formerly
prominent residents of Marshalltown.
The junior Mr.. Rogers is sojourning in
that far-off country and in his letter
| tells of a visit to Mt. Ararat.
=
! Miss Emma Redel began this morn
ing her duties as stenographer to Chief
CLERK Harry r. Cammack. of the Gem
lirai superintendent Office. The busi-
| ness of the Office has become such re-
lcently as to necessitate another steno-
grapher. the one to Superintendent
| Huntington having more than enough
| TO do to take care Of that officials own
| work.
p f. Marcy, the grocer has moved
| from his old location half block north
plying a large double room, which will
enable him 10 display his goods and
wait on customers to better advantage
While not entirely Strengthened around,
he is ready for business and has a
large and fresh stock of groceries TO
select from.
4 Rev o. H. Il. Mason and sons. Verne
and Bruce. Of Green Mountain. We're in
The city this mor.ing, leaving for OF
ltumwa, where they will visit at the
Ehone Of Mrs. Masons mother, Mrs. T..
lsReno. Where Mrs. Mason has been for
4 a few days. Rev. Mason will be at
/ home Tuesday TO vote. but will return
4 to Ottunwa and remain until Friday.
! when he VIII go to LeGrand to lecture.
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i A number of the friends of Miss Stel-
Tia King Of Des Mones, have received
Invitations for her wedding on Tuesday
4 evening Nov. IA. to Mr.. Charles G. HUI
sizer. The brides parents, Mr. and
4 Mrs. C. w. King issue the invitations
Land the ceremony will be performed at
their homo. 1923 Mulberry street. Miss
4 King has visited in the city a number
lof times, the guest of Miss Christine
Peterson. The young couple Will re-
side in Cameron, Mo.
Mr. j. H. Bvrnes, formerly of tbs
Frudden Lumber Companyis office in
this city but more recently of King
Icity. No, spent Sunday in the city witt
his wife, who is at present domicilec
at the parental Edward Kelly home
Mr. and Mrs. Byrnes viii again make
Marshalltown their home, although a:
IL vet they have not determined upon ;
residence Mr.. Byrnes has accepted {
lposition with the Tabor Lumber Com
) lpany, of Keolsuk, and has southern
: Iowa and northern Missouri for his ter
rItory.
.. Residents of the eastern part of tn.
city on rising this morning cautiousi.
examined their hen houses and WOO,
piles The cause for so doing was a Yer.
Z strong fetid aroma, usually caused by ;
, little animal Of the feline family. A tn
same time William Riley, of los Soutl
Seventh avenue, was having SOME ex
4 perience as a trapper, he being annoye'
for some time with what he suppose
was rats in his cellar Last night he Sc
= a trap and early this morning he ha'
e to test his ability as a marksman I
5 gain admittance to his cellar
A general alarm of fire, turned il
from box 426, Alert hose house, Sun
day afternoon. called out the depart
: nlent in full force to the extreme south
e east part of the city. supposedly 10 tn
: buildings owned by the Standard O
!. Company. The companys property wa
= not in flames, however, and instead
:, number of telegraph poles. the prop
n erty of the Iowa Central, which ha
5. been stored on small tract of Ian
north of the glucose works. a passn
lswitch engine had set fire to the dr.
= grass around the ties, and they 500
II caught. The oil company's building an
= tanks might have been in danger lla
9 there been a wind but the flames wei
y confined to the pile of poles. No wate
> water was thrown.
i. The funeral services of the la,
Charles r. Swearingen, of LaPori
City, We're conducted Sunday afternoo
= from the Methodist church by Revs.
y b. Albrook and j. G.. Van Ness, an
We're largely attended. A number
~ the members of Cosmopolitan Lodg
y, *. of P, of this city, attended in
y body, as did also delegation from tt
y LaPorte City lodge. The floral offe
y ings were very pretty, and many. tt
u personnel of the LaPorte gentleme
was George Bangor. Jr., c. +. Hole
10 DR.. j. F. Mahon. j. Z. Brown, c.
Mt Woodley, c. T.. Wazar, e. r. Ashley,
lg N. Hileman, Bruce Kluer, r. N. Mye
Of William Feyler and II. G. Conger. D
i'd Mahon was unable to be present at tt
Mt funeral, however, owing to illness,
ne being taken sick Sunday forenoon. +
n, was able to return home at 10:40 SUI
lie day night, in company with his frient
from LaPorte.