Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-23
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

IOWA NEWS ITEMS 81
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IOWA CITY-"Dewey' and "Samp-
son" are the names of twins who ar
rived at the home of Mrs. Anderson on
South Linn street Sunday.
DENISON-Our implement men are
sending out number OF steam thresh-
ers this season, which is a good sign Of
prosperity, says the Review.
LEMARS-Cnly two-thirds Of the
grain in northwest Iowa and adjacent
sections of Minnesota. the Dakotas and
Nebraska is stacked. Farmers are
threshing from the shock on account of
their inability to get stackers.
OTTUMWA-F'red E. White, demo-
cratic candidate for governor Of Iowa,
and Hon. Cato Sells, of vinton, who re-
fused to accept the nomina ton, spent
Sunday in the city with Charles A.
Walsh, secretary of the national demo-
cratic committee. The three gentlemen
talked over plans for the fall campaign,
which they say will be pushed with
yigor.
OODBINE-Twiner: The contractor
of the grade running through our city
has dispensed with the steel scrapers
and is now using twelve-horse grader
and wagons for that purpose, believing
that time and money will be saved by
their use. 1t is quite novel sight to
watch the grader while in operation and
| 1T is safe to state that most two wagons
can be loaded in a minute.
MAPLETON-Mr. Ludwig, a German
farmer living about ten miles east of
this place, was severely injured by
vicious bull last Friday. The old gem
tleman was walking through the pas
| ture and coming up to the animal gave
it a tap with his cane. The act ehraged
the bull and 1t charged on him and
would no doubt have killed him had not
the hired man interfered He has sew
| eral broken bones, but will recover.
WATERLOO-Abou $50 dead and
wounded sparrows in front of Fred
lRobertson's and DR.. Browns residences
on East Fourth street and about third
of that number in front of G. w. Har-
| bins residence on Mulberry street is a
| sight that was witnessed with wonder
| by many people Sunday morning. The
birds showed no signs of violence, and
1.-THE superstition is that they were
drowned in Saturday nights deluge of
rain.
/ BI1RLINGTON-Th discovery that
some of the milk dealers use preserv-
Iative to keep milk from souring has
aroused considerable Indignation. The
position taken by the health officer rela-
tive to the use of formaldehyde as a
4 milk preventative seems to be sustained
by the unanimous voice of the medical
4 fraternity OF Burlington, so far as the
Hawkeye has been able to obtain the
views of the doctors. who give some
very decided opinions.
ALBIA-Unfon: Frank Mercer lost a
50 William one day the past week. An
other gentleman found the bill and now
Mercer must tell the number of the bill
lin order to get his money back. All
parties who have the long green around
their clothes should look at the num-
bers on each bill and keep it plastered
/ in their minds, for some day they might
lose one or dozen of them and the
finder will demand that the loser give
the number of the bill or bills.
4 MOUNT EASANT-Ap peculiar sort
of legal action was commenced here
in the probate court Saturday. The PEE
4 tition of Mrs. Alwilda Allen was filed
i asking to have an administrator APP
pointed for her husband, whose name is
John Westerley Allen. He and his wife
formerly lived in this city, or county,
but she now lives in New York state.
She alleges in her petition that he went
away about twelve years ago, and since
that time she has been unable to hear
from him or get any trace of his where
abouts, although when he went away
there had been no trouble of any kind
between them, and now she brings this
faction to have the administrator ap-
pointed as if Allen Were dead, as pro-
4 vided by law when parties are unheard
lof for seven years or more. The estate
there consists Of $111.55, which has been
deposited with the county clerk here
from the Allen partition case.