Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-13

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Rockwell.
The completion OF the school census
reveals 26s persons Of school age In the
independent district OF Rockwell. an in
crease OF 10 over last year. l,2a
Iowa City.
President and Mrs. George r. Mac
Lean arrived in the city Monday night.
alter summers outing In the Berk-
saire hills in Massachusetts,.
G:nwood.
The Glenwood Canning company has
completed its pack Of sweet corn, max
ing total OF about US 900 cans. The
company has thug far put up over i. O0O,.
600 cans OF corn, tomatoes and beets.
Muscatine.
Tuesday morning while on the streets
near HE home the ten-year-oid son OF
Geo: Thomas. In South Muscatine. war
run over by q wagon loaded with slabs
The wagon passed over both arms and
the child's back 1t is thought he viii
recover, tho he is very seriously injured
one or two ribs being broken.
Washington.
a San Francisco dispatch says Mrs
Nettie r. Craven Is in private insane
asylum. her mind affected by illness
The Judge had ordered her into cour,
last Friday, and sent NJ. DIS to exam.
inc her. One was non-committal, bu,
the other was unugracious enough Ia
say she was shamming. Her daughte,
has gone to her.
Webster City.
The storm Tuesday afternoon played
sad havoc with the Martin telephone
lines. and it Will take several days to
put things in shape again. - The
fall term OF the district court COM
mences in this city next Monday, the
18th, with Judge Weaver on the bench
a big docket promises to occupy the
full time allotted for the term.
Creston.
Robert Burnett recently received 4
telegram from Tyler. Texas, bringing Il
him the sad news OF the death OF his
step brother, Frank Emerson, an en-.
gineer on the Cotton Belt road, who
was killed in a wreck. Deceased was
member of the d. L. OF E. and his re.
mains will be brought to Red Oak fol
burial the latter part OF the week.
Charlton.
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six years in the peritentiary at Fit
Madison, for the attempted murder Of
Miss Anna Hemning. has been pardon
ed out on parole and is now at his home
in this city. $50 w. L. Douglass. OF
lWhitebreast township. has just com.
Ipleted a new barn. Sc by 60 feet. provid.
ing shelter fer thirty head OF stock. also
Storage for 5000 bushels Of grain, 5:
tons of hay and all farm utensils.
Tabor.
There was remarkable family re.
union of the Villains family at thu
family homestead northwest of thi.
place in Mills county last week In 1856
Amos and Cadence Williams removed
to this locality from Missouri Sixteer
children We're born to them, and four
teen OF them are still living. Ninety
one direct descendants of them were
present as follows: Ten children. thirty
six grandchildren. forty-three grea
grandchildren and two great grand
children.
Ottumwe.
The Courier says the city is not col,
lectlng the tax usually imposed on dogs
this year. The reason given is that {
few owners Of dogs pay the tax Will
many more do not, hence it was though
to be but just that no tax of this kind b
collected. 1. - Judgment was rendered
Monday against the Ottumwa Oper,
House company for over see, 900 in favo
l.of ]. w, Garner. trustee. This gross
amount represents the amounts due tn
persons who are interested in the mort
gage that was given to secure the pay
ment OF money loaned In 1889.
LeMars.
William Huebner. OF Westfield town
ship, was adjudged insane on Thursda,
and taken to Clarinda on Saturday. III
10 violently insane. being afflicted Wit
religious mania and has been terroriz
in the habit Of calling them to praye,
Il
and was continually out at night look
ling for the devil with lantern. MI
Huebner is about fifty years of age AM
has large family. - = The Plymouth
county fair'wan a success. The attend
ance war good during the four days an,
Thursdays crowd vas a hummer-be
tween 1000 and 5000,
Cedar Rapids.
4 Numbers OF people stopped on til
streets Tuesday shortly after noon /,
watch the steeple on the second Pres
byterian church, swaylng to the wind
land which promised to come crashing
to the ground at any minute, Their
was q very strong wind about 2 oclocl
which came in gusts and with q teliin
effect on the church steeple. Thi
steeple was greatly weakened q coupl
Iof years ago in a severe windktorm
4 which blew off the top and left the res
LOT it in q dangerous condition. It ha
Ibeen strengthened considerably. but
was evident Tuesday that 1t was stil
in dangerous condition.
Cedar Falls.
The Gazette says Cedar Falls 10 pro
igressin:s,, thanks TO the untirlng effort
of some OF her loyal citlzens. who ar
bound to carry thru those Improve
rlnents which count for mort IN builtin
iiiup our little city, with the new pub
1 " euiidinss Which 10 under way TIL