Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-02
WHAT they ARE DOING.
Affairs Of Iowa People Taking Place In Iowa
Towns.

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are apparently good for many more
years OF service. On account Of exca-
vations subsequently made for water.
steam and gas pipes and street railway
tracks the surface Of the intersection is
OF Irregular contour: the depressions
are noticeable after a shower, which
leaves shallow pools OF water. 1t would
add to the creditable :, appearance of
this pioneer piece Of paving IL the
bricks We're lifted and the bed or the
roadway leveled up.
Clinton.
The case OF the State VS.. DIR. Benja-
min Rea and Bessie Tiffany, who were
charged with improper relations. Mrs.
Elizabeth Rea being the complaining
witness, was practically dismissed
Thursday afternoon and the doctor and
his wife will once more share each 9th
ers SORROWS and joys and Bessie Tif-
fany will be given the privilege of re-
turning to her home at Emmetsburg.
Albia.
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Hooking Coal Company on last Friday
to have deed and an bstract made to
them Of the coal under his eighty-acre
farm, and which the company had op-
toned. Mr.. Rowles receives $50 per
acre 81 400-for the coal under his
land. -Four holes were drilled on the
land and 1t is reported that vein of
six-foot coal was found under all of 1t.
Creston.
Machinist Scott Lichty lost his left
foot. Wednesday morning at Pacific
junction and was otherwise injured
about the head and shoulders by being
thrown under the trucks of the rear
sleeper on Burlington train. He left
lCreston to spend the day with sister
at Omaha, got OF for few moments
at Pacific Junction and in attempting
to Chamber on after the train had start
ed met with the injury.
Boone
The corner stone OF the new Gospel
Tabernacle, church without de-
nominational name. was laid on Deco
ration day, thru the efforts Of Rev j.
&c. Crawford. The new church is to be
of frame, forty-two feet wide by sixty
two long, and is to have a nine-foot
bell tower at the southwest corner. The
edifice will seat 400 and have value OF
about $4,000. The building will be COM
plcted in probably two months.
Marengo.
Mrs. Will Willis, living five miles
southeast OF town. on Saturday night
about.11 o'clock met with quite an ac-
cident that might have proven fatal.
She arose from bed for some reason,
and in the darkness lost her way and
fell backward over a banister down a
flight OF stairs, some ten feet. striking
on her head and making a very bad
scalp wound. She also sustained sew
eral body bruises, but is at present dos
ing nicely.
Waterloo.
g. s. Lane, a young boy. made a dar-
ling climb Wednesday, to place q new
rope in the flag staff over the cupola Of
the city hall. The rope had beer
broken so that the flag could not be
raised and Policeman Klingaman en-
listed the services OF c. S. Lane, Roger
Moore. Archie Herries and Lewis
Schrades to help him fix 1t. The first
l4placed against the cupola and Their
feet above the cupola and ninety-three
feet from the pavement.
Keokuk.
| On Wednesday James Doyle, .
stranger whose home is not known
| died at the Windsor hotel. Death re:
sulted from taking an overdose of NOR.
lphine. He was between sixty anC
seventy years of age and no cause car
| be assigned for the act beyond wha1
appears on the surface. The only thing
found on his person was $3.35 and !;
| plug of tobacco. 1t was very eyiden
4 that he laid plans. and successfully ex
lecuted them, to snuff out his own life
as a bottle marked one ounce of NOR
lphlne was found by the side of his bed
Des Moines.
Judge Spurrier announced Thursda,
4 that the signatures of 200 voters VIII,
isigned the second consent petition hav,
been secured to the withdrawal petition
being circulated by Dr. H. o. Breeder
4 1t is the intention to keep securing tn,
Withdrawal signatures until the super
Wilson's meet next Monday, whenit viii
4 be filed with the county auditor. TIL
temperance people believe that they al
rady have enough withdrawal sigma
lures to bring the total on the consen
petition under the number required, be
ling 80 per cent OF the voters at the las
general election.
Perry.
Considerable anxiety Is expressed
over the Whereabouts OF Free Hold
ridge. He has not been we'll for som
time, and the last seen orFheard OF hin
was last Friday night. On that nigh
he and his wife sat out on the pore
iluntil about II o'clock. Not bein
sleepy he asked his wife to retire
which. she did. About O'clock sh
woke up and not finding him in bee
concluded that he had gone UP stair
SO as not to disturb her. Nothing ha
Z been seen or heard of him since tina
time. No theory is advanced for hi
Fstrange actions, except that he has no
been we'll.
Jefferson.
The school board last Friday evenin
voted unanimously to employ a specis
instructor in music in our city SCHOOL,
in the person OF Mrs. Emma Ankeny, c
Kingsley. Iowa, a lady very highl
I recommends for work OF this charat
ter. Mrs. Ankeny Will spend half {
!, each week here and the other half q
Carroll. where she Is employed on sin
! lilar terms. 80 Mr.. William Johnso
"A sold his fine 160-acre farm in the 1sout /