Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-13

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measured by Orlando Bates and David
Fitz, two as reliable farmers as there
are In Iowa. He did this on a rainy
day, at that. 1t would no doubt have
taken two or three more figures to tell
the story If the weather had been fair.
Charlie Is just as good citizen as he
is a corn huslser He is son OF j. b.
Black.
WATERI4OO--E. S. Geist has re-
signed his position as rural mail car
rier and a dispatch from Washington
announces the appointment of O. A.
Manning to the place. Mr. Manning
Will commence delivering mail over the
Orange township route as soon as his
commission arrives, probably Thursday
or Friday.
VALLEY JUNCTION Work on the
light and wate- system is being hurriedI
Forward to completion. The mains are
laid and the water tank and towerl
nearly ready To be connected The res
ervoir into which the water will be
forced by the air compressor is finished
and the concrete Foundations for the 4
engine. pumps and dynamo, are in.
MASON CITY,. #. Younglove went
to Farley Monday to start a crew on n
1000 bnshel elevator and to look over
the five houses his company Is finish
ing between Fonda and Spencer. They
have bought material for the three
houses OF Milmine & Bodnian on lne
Nlarsiialtown g. Dakota road and ex
pected to have them und this
month.
BOONE-Rev. Joseph A. Anderson,
a. NJ. has accepted a cali to the pastor
ate of the Swedish Lutheran church in
this city. Rev. Anderson has for the
past seven years been pastor of the
Swedish Lutheran church at Creston,
where he has met with great success in
his work. He is a man of superior ed
Hucatonal qualifications and an able
speaker, says the Republican.
CItESTC N--Two cases Of diphtheria
have been reported. one three miles in
the country and the other in this city,
Ethe latter being quarantined
| The revival meeting which has been in
progress at the Christian church for
two weeks shows no sign of aba tement.
In fact. the interest grows as the serv-
/ ices progress and Sunday evening there
had been thirteen additions to the
lschurcfl
CEDAR RAPIDS William Ladd, a
.prominent farmer living near Anamosa,
was here Saturday and Sunday look
ling for his boy Clayton w. I.add VINO.
left home last Friday evening. II Was.
discovered that the boy had been here.
but where lie Went to has not been as
1certained. MIR Ladd knows OF no rea-
X,
l9He is between IA and u years old and
tne parents are very anxious u fms
/ him.
WEBSTER CITY--C. ID. Dooittle has
, been very unfortunate With his horses
4 during the past few months. Last
summer a team valued at $500 was
burned by prairie fire. one of them
4 dying from the burns received. In IL
4 short time he purchased another we'll
matched team. three and four years old
which. although not as good as he old
lone, was highly priced. on Friday eye
ming he older one of this team died Of
| pleurisy.
3 ALBA a section foreman can
vassed the town Two evenings of last
week in quest of men to work on the
railroad at $50 per day, and he
couldn't obtain a man. G. Nj.
4 McFatridge. OF Moravia, has sold his
telephone line to the AIoravia Tele-
phone Company. Incorporated The
lines in Wapeiio. Appanoose and Mon
roe counties and the deeds for tie part
E,ff the line that is in this county were
4 filed Saturday.
BELLE PLAINE-An organized di-
sIrectol.y company has an agent N the
4 city laying the plans for a system of
Numbering the residences and business
places and then issuing a directory.
4 This firm has worked in several of our
Il neishboring towns andAtheir service has
proved satisfactory They ask a fee of
4 so cents for numbering a building and
4 for that price will also furnish a copy
lsof the directory they Will PHI blish They
Twill also furnish the city With sutfi-
q Gent number Of street signs to cover
the town.
DANENPORT-Th The farmers say this
i rain is not a drop toolmuch The earth
was quite dry. The latter part of the
summer was not marked by a surplus
4 of rainfall. - Warned by the fac,
n that smallpox seems likely to become
fairly prevalent all over the country by
the end of the winter. DIR. Preston, a
a member of the board of directors of the
q Davenport school district, as we'll as a
q physician to the board of health of this
= lefty. recommended that the regulation
51of the state board of health regarding
Vaccination be put into effect.
SIOUX Cl'rY-4It is nov expected
that operations will commence by tbs
4 International Packing company next
II Monday morning a force of 30 ,ynr L
men is engaged on the plant and the
heads of the various departments VIII
begin arriving about the middle of tbs
week. The start will be made at ca
pacity of 500 hogs per day and repairs
land engagements OF the plant will be
continued until the capacity has
Preached its maximum of 1000 hogs and
SEP cattle per day. Chief Engineer Al
fred Bennett is already in the city
q CEDAR FALLS While hunting
sunday Guy Gates was accidentally
shot through the right hand by the dis
Il s,t,., IN.