Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-20
IOWA NEWS ITEMS


ROCKWELL CITY The Photograph
reports that the work of putting down
the city well will now be pushed to
completion.
GRUNDY CENTER Jacob Ney-
meyer, of German township, threshed
800 bushels of wheat from fifteen acres
of land recently, or twenty bushels per
acre.
IOWA CITY Johnson county,
through the board of supervisors, has
decided to pay the bills incurred dur
ing the smallpox siege of last summer.
The total amount is a little over 81, 100.
SIOUX CITY-The annual inventory
of the books in the city library is be-
ing taken under the direction of City
Librarian Oberholtzer. There are now
nearly 10, 900 volumes in the library. An
order for about 100 more has been
placed.
HARTLEY-Robert w. Williams,
formerly In the grocery business at
Primghar and now a resident of Hart
| ley. has filed a petition in voluntary
bankruptcy in Sioux City He sched-
uled liabilities of $S6.569.26 ana says his
assets amount to $1,000.
| DUBUQUE-The firemen, police. la
| borers, city officials and others were
paid off Tuesday. The amount dis
| bursed was about $4,000. The city
1 authorities have decided to make raid
| on the slot machines whose owners
lhave not yet paid $50 each into the city
l treasury.
/ BURLINGTON-Ed Edward Ebert, of
West Hill, has hand with hole in it.
The hole was bored by S2-caliber but
let accidentally discharged from a re-
volver carelessly handled. No bones
lwere involved in the wound and aside
from the laceratton and burning of the
| fish, which occasions pain, the injury is
without serious character.
ALGONA-The big officials of the
Iowa Central are expected in Algona
some day next week. They have been
photographed to learn exactly when they
will come and whether they will attend
| q banquet. The president and most of
the eastern directors will be out AL
COMA should give them AN enthusiastic
PERCEPTION. says the Upper Des Moines.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS afternoon while
| Andrew Hanson, who is a plumber, and
was working on North Fifth street he
had narrow escape from death. He
and one of his employees, owen Quinn
|were a work tapping the main ga pipe
at Fifth and Blondeau streets. to con-
meet it with the gas pipes which ramify
through the new Y. NJ. c: A. building.
Both We're overcome with gas and We're
lrescued just in time to save them from
| death.
i WATERLOO--Broom corn has taken
another jump in cost and in conse-
quence the wholesale price of brooms
/ was advanced 10 cents per dozen, MAX
/ ing them % cents higher in two weeks.
The cause of this is accredited to the
American broom corn trust having
bought up the corn in sight and forcing
the price to double in thirty days. The
Waterloo broom works has quite a
large stock on hand and orders on hand
more than they can fill.
NEWTON-The recent city ordinance
in Newton. compelling people to build
their new sidewalks of material othai
than wood, may not be very acceptable
to some property owners, but it Is
bringing about decided Improvement
in the appearance of the town. In adj
, dition to the new sidewalks, some OF
, those building them have added parking
4 on the outside of the walks, still fur
, ther enhancing the attractiveness ol
, their properties, as stated by the Jour
. nal.
DE.NISON--On Saturday couple 81
1 Denison lads aged II and Is yeaFs re-
!; lspectively, With two large silver dollars
in their pockets. with which % pur-
chase shells. We're taken with the de-
: sire TO go west and do some hunting
I killing Of bear. wildcats, etc. Taking 8
late freight train they proceeded as ia,
west as Council Bluffs and thought Il
rest awhile and take in the sights OF
that city. III the meantime the parents
had began a systematic search fol
$ them and on sunday evening they wer.
t brought home, glad enough 70 aban-
don the bear hunt and get gooG
: nights rest under the parental roof
C)TTUMWA--Two damage suits have
g been filed in the district court, ont
S against the city of ottumwa for 5000
e and the other against X. c. Dimmitt
The former is brought by Jennie Nor
e ton, who alleges that she sustained in
$ juries from fall on account of a de
: fective sidewalk on South Moore street
: July IS, and on account thereof sh'
e asks the city for the above sum. Tn
second case is for malicious prosecu
a ton. The plaintiff is John Cheek. VIII,
) AYERS that the defendant secured
search warrant and in company Will
Q Constable Slaughter ransacked tn
Y plaintiffs home for alleged stolen prop
q erty, and that in View of the fact h
: has been damaged in the sum of $4,000
DAVENPORT-Th banks of thi
y city have made a united effort to &c
something definite and reliable from
: the treasury department in the form o
a ruling on the war stamp regulation
{ to which they are subject. A year ag
Z and therea bouts thu banks got infor
= mation as to the papers that they wer
to stamp and those that they need no
:, stamp. Awhile ago they understood
:, for instance, that in the case of a cou
= pom note the stamping of the note itsel
was all that was required: that II
:. stamps need be attached to the cou
pons. Now, however, it appears tina
&c the coupons must be stamped like tn
body of the note. The demand for tn
attaching of these stamps is made re
troactive clear back TO July /. 1898. Thi
l. means that all these coupons must b
st hunted up and decorated with tn
st stamps demanded by law OF there ma
+ be trouble.
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