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

ALBIA.-Roy Peppers has purchased
two horses that will be used on the
hearse he has recently purchased. The
horses are Jet black and cost Mr.. Pep
pers nearly $500.
AvERY.-Geo. E. Elder last week
sold his $50 acre farm one-half mile
west of Avery, Monroe county, to a
gentleman from Pennsylvania named
Johnson The consideration was $4,000
spot cash.
VINTON-The pumpkin seeds were
counted at Palmer & Sebern's Wednes-
day morning, November L. The num-
Der of seeds in the pumpkin was 1872
the lucky man being L. M. Churchill,
who guessed 1853.
SIOUX CITY-The city meat inspec-
tor reported to the city council recently
the destruction of LAO pounds of dis
eased meat during the past month One
horse suspected of CHAMBERS was exam
ined and favorably passed upon.
MOUNT PLEASANT-Mis Agnes
Minear, one of the dormitory Students
who has been seriously i'll with append
icitis, is able to be up and will soon be
around. Her sister, from kilbourn
came up recently to nurse her during
| ner long illness.
MASON CITY-The Methodists are
making arrangements to hold revival
services 1t is their wish to begin this
month If possible but if an evangelist
can not be secured to assist in the
meeting it may be that the meetings
will be deferred until the latter part of
/ February or March.
TAMA-A 400-horse power Corliss
engine will be put in the paper mill this
winter. Richard Spires shipped
in 500 head of feeders from South Da-
kota. He will fatten 300 and Charles
Sexton $50. BY actual count more than
1 1000 head of cattle will be fed in Sher-
idan township this fall.
SAC CITY.-William Herrold has sold
his farm of 32O acres in sections 2O,2l
4 and 49, Coon Valley township, to j. G.
Saul, of Crawford county, for $1,000
cash On March i, 1900. Mr.. Saul is one
of Crawfords leading citizens and is
/ likely to become resident of Sac
4 county in year or two.
4 SPIRIT LAKE-The fish warden
planted full load of black bass in the
/ West Okoboji last Saturday. The plant
numbered probably above $4,000, and
4 averaged more than six inches in
4 length. This is a valuable deposit for
4 the lakes Mr.. Delavan is doing SPLEEN
did work with his fish car.
Il POCAHONTAS-D has been
raging in Sherman township. The FAM
lily of w. b. Starkey has been sorely
afflicted, five members having had {
tussle with the disease and one little
son dying from it last week The doctor
| ff,f I,n
land on the road to recovery.
TOLEDO-The ladies of the Non
Partisan W. C. T. U. decided at their
last meeting to secure library for the
jail. Those who are so unfortunate as
to be placed there have nothing to do
and experience has shown that they
are very glad and even anxious to
have books and something to read
:. Hay is selling at IS per ton.
vARINA-The Pocahontas Record
reports that the town of Narina is
booming. Masons are on the ground to
begin work on an elevator. A hard
ware store, numerous dwelling houses
and other buildings are in process o.
construction and now the cry is for a
: hotel or restaurant all the farm houses
in that vicinity being filled to their ut
most capacity with boarders.
BELLE PLAINE.-The new North
western double track from the west enc
!, of the new bridge at Cedar Rapids t.
the end of the East Rapids yards was
!, put in operation Wednesday. This plar
: has been delayed because of work or
: the new switch tracks near the Cerea
:, plant. All trains will be run over the
new track in accordance with the rule:
governing double tracks. Operator.
have been placed on the tower at thu
! west end of the bridge and the one a
the East Rapids yards.
TRAER.-A man named Jane!
, Barnes, who has been working on tn,
new railroad in north buckingham, fel
!. onto the ground, Wednesday night
: while unhitching his team, and died al
! most Instantly. He came to the caml
: Sunday night and no one there knew
: him or knew where he came from. III
= :, was about forty years old. His bod.
= was buried at the expense of the count,
: Yesterday afternoon. Rev. Smith OIL
' ciated at the grave. There was nothini
about his person with which to identif.
:. him.
= OTTI-MWA-The smallpox patien
: has served the necessary forty days
!, Isolation to which he has been sub
: jected in tent north of the city an
!, will be released. The disfguring evi
= dences of the disease are apparent o.
= his countenance. Otherwise he has ex
: perienced nothing different from the or
: Urinary patient suffering with smallpox
w. w. Epps. of this city, has re
. signed as manager of the Ottumw
Telephone Company and w. p. Hard
J Iof Cleveland, o., has been appointed I
= fill the vacancy.
:. AUDUBON-T. j. Stafford, of Audi
J bon. and Mrs lola Webster, of east @
. town; were arrested last Thursday at
4 ternoon on a charge of conspiracy !
. the matter of the burning of the Weigh
=, ton barn at this place some weeks agt
u The evidence chiefly consisted of
!. ltypewritten letter sent Mr.. Weighto
4 threatening the burning. and the ev
= dence connected these persons with tn
>. possession of that letter In default c
- bail Mr.. Stafford is in Jail. Mrs. Wei
=. ster is out on an $500 bond. They wi
!, be tried, no doubt, at the next term {
~ court and the trial will be one of If
= terest.
I'd ACnrd of Thanks.
Is II wish to express my thanks to tn