Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-02

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and has thirty-four peaches John
Kinds has one the same age with sew
enteen peaches and nine feet high. John
Patton planted g pit In his garden
three years ago End now comes to the /
front with tree twelve feet high,
eight feet across and among the
leaves are forty-five fine peaches.
Council Bluffs
Creditors OF Estelle M. Williams of
Coon Rapids have commenced proceed
ings In the federal court to have her de-
clared bankrupt, claiming that she
committed an act OF bankruptcy last
April by giving to her father, j. s. Fin
ley, q mortgage on her stock Of furni-
ture for about 81 200 to protect his claim
against her.
Spirit Lake.
The cottages along the south shore
OF Spirit Lake are about all occupied
and this colony Of summer visitors
appears to be getting heap OF COM
fort out OF life generally. The
Beacon prints a pretty half-tone view
OF class OF nine graduates OF the pub
1 lis schools. = : The Crandall House is
/ to be lighted by electricity from base
ment to fourth floor.
Hubbard. s.sap ~ 3ilEWHvEl -
The rain and hail storm early
Wednesday morning was no doubt the
worst we have had this season, causing
the destruction OF considerable garden
truck, the breaking of windows, trees
4 fences, etc. The prints OF the hail stones
could plainly be seen on the north sides
of buildings. The corn in the fields has
been flattened to the ground, which will
retard its growth considerably.
Greenfield
One night recently about II o'clock
some person fixed a giant firecracker
under Harry Sexsmith's buggy, causing
the horse to break away from the chain
where 1t was tied. The horse. of course,
was badly frightened and did not stop
running until 1t had reached home. a
mile and half north of town. The
horse was hitched to new buggy. but
by some unaccountable good luck Moth
ing was broken. except one Of the lines.
4 Lynnville.
Ledger: Linzy White completed the
census OF this township Wednesday.
The total population Of the township
willlnot be far from 1900. In his rounds
he found one woman who has been
married twenty-five years and is the
mother of sixteen children during that
4 time, none Of them twins, and thirteen
4 of whom are living, and are all at home.
She had born to her two children in one
year. one in January and. one in Decem-
A Der.
a Conrad.
Record: "A. r. Nordquist, of Felix
d Center, made the best record farming
eighty acres OF land in 1899 of any one
4 we have heard Of up to date. He raised
on his eighty acres during the year $3.50
E bushels of corn, 264 bushels of wheat
81 and S23 bushels Of barley. He got 81
U cents for corn; 62 cents for wheat; sO5ss
I cents for barley. The combined crop
n brought $1,052.67, not including the
trough feed. Mr.. Nordquist's style of
farming is the kind that pays.
Ila.lan.
a The county temperance organization
y held meeting in the Baptist church
q in this city recently A more perfect
Il Organization was formed and an APP
I peal from the recent finding of the
5 board OF supervisors as to the saloon
4 petition was directed. Funds to pros
ecute the case were raised the appeal
4
u organization were directed to perfect
& an appeal and to begin injunction pro-
4 ceeedings should any saloon be opened.
q. 'Traer.
u Seventy-five men We're brought here
on Wednesday by the Northwestern to
n work on the new road. A soon as they
were landed sixty-one of them walked
. away and refused to work. They are
probably being fed by a kind and gen
erous public, says the Star-Clipper. : :
n Robert Powell, who resides three
miles east of town, had FIVE head Of
steers killed in the electrical storm on
E, Tuesday night. John Kober. who lives
! three miles notheast. had eleven head
killed in the same storm.
J, Colfax.
w. T. Irwin was out in Poweshiek
). township recently buying butchers
stock and during one of his stops
s hitched his horse in front of the old
Z Ely place farm house. When he re-
turned to mount 1t the animal was COW
cred with colony Of bees which had
4 sswarmed and settled upon it and were
Presenting its opposition to their occu-
patton by singing 1t all over. Before
/ 1.-THE bees could be removed the horse
! was so badly stung that death soor
ended its sufrerings. The Clipper
says Colfax hotels are pretty well filled
|sup with guests seeking cures or rest.
:. Clarksville.
|, a disease, supposed to be cholera, Is
again among the herds of hogs east ana
north Of town. "A great many hogs have
died and farmers are rushing every
thing to market that they possibly can
i One of the heaviest losers is Reuber
!, Ray, who has lost all but two of his
l lherd of eighty-two. So. Master Louie
; Friedman was severely burned abou
the face recently. He and some other
boys were building bonfire and usec
!, gasoline TO hurry matters. When the
match was applied Louie was too clos,
. and the flames flashed into his face. HI
has been great sufferer ever since ane
is liable to be permanently disfgured.
Spencer.
Arrangements have been made fol
] laying the corner stone of the new
opera house July 4, at 2 p, m. The
!, exercises will be in charge of The
: Masons. The News says Mr.. Copper i.
making the finest Improvement of thai
character In all this part OF Iowa, anc
1t Is fitting that the corner stone cere.
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