Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-18

ASklGy.
William Boots sold his 100 acre farm
Hast week to u. Hitch for $4,000. or
$3.50 per acre. Possession given Jan.
| 1, 1901.
Anamosa.
Prof. Calvin, OF the State University.
and Mr.. George Schoonovers are geolo-
giving the county, being now In the
vicinity OF Cascade. '
Toledo.
Miss Nellie Jones has decided to teach
school in lama county instead OF Mar
shall county and has secured the Oak
Grove school in Otter Creek.
Ames
George Kirble, In North Milford. had
the misfortune to lose eleven head OF
good cattle, they having been struck
by lightning Saturday forenoon. They
were insured, however.
Lynnville.
The fierce wind of one Of the storms
early in the week blew down much corn
in Jasper county. Some farmers esti-
mate the damage to their cornfields al
from five to ten bushels per acre.
IdaG Grove.
The Ida Grove Electric Light and
Heating Company is extending its heat
ling system ten blocks. - !. Mr.. and
Mrs. George T. Williams are home
again from Paris after q couple OF
months absence.
Mt. Pleasant.
/ w. K. Le!senring has fine lot Of
| fruit and garden on his place north Of
the college, and the most curious thing
in the lot .s a row OF cotton plants
which are now Of considerable, size and
are in full bloom.
Fort Dodge.
| The new mammoth pump at the wa.
tier works is being placed in position
this week ard Will be ready for bust.
/ ness today. The pump IS one OF the
largest in the state and will have a ca
l5pacity Of 100000 gallons for every
Mason City.
j. E. u. Marley has a new sailboa,
1 on the lake called the Yankee" 1t is
a sloop and was purchased at Montreal
where ii has taken number of prizes
in various races there. Its 20 feet OF
the water ard SO over ali and is yer,
much of a greyhound.
Boone.
Thursday morning the petition o
Iconsent, signed by over LOO voters o
Boone which Is 200 more than the re,
CURED number. was fled with the coun
~ auditor from whose hands it will b,
Submitted 20 the board of supervisor!
Il on the proper and designated Cate.
< 2
i Odebolt.
Fritz Bieser, aged 10. son Of Georg,
e. Bieser. fell from his horse on tn,
street Monday morning. When picked
up he WAS unconscious. and DR.. Town
send found that he had ruptured ;
blood vessel in the brain, causing paral
isis of one side of the body. He did no
Iirscover consciousness and died OF
i ii'yednes day.
/ Crsston.
C. w. Pace has filed damage claim
against Il. j. Mooney for 81, 800 TIL
Iplaintiff claims that the defendant en-
tered into conspiracy with one f. w
/ Pace and u. Dickey to defraud hin
out of $50. The suit grew out of III
ggrrest of Pace as a result of the horsl
ltrading transaction that occurred a
Il Alton ~ few Weeks ago.
/ DUBUQUE.
A Judge O'DDnnells Wednesday granted
4 Dr. N. Bray a new trial In the cas-
4 brought against him by Mrs Bowers
Tin 50 doing he gave the doctor a chanc
Ito win back the $4,000 damages which
1.-THE jury gave the plaintiff. The retria
4 was asked on various grounds. Mrs
4 sISowers claimed damages because, a
she affirmed, her eyesight was total.
4 destroyed by the application Of cleo
tricity to the eyes, and she declared
lit was malpractice.
Perry.
The Chief Reporter says the syndicat,
of eight Perry men formed to run tn,
4 vaudeville show during the camp in ;
big tent. were good big losers. TIL,
] syndicate had ouch good prospects a
first that four of the original promoter!
sold out, and the four that stayed Il
i put up $50 each without hesitating II
i the least. - Constable Elliott made
some futile searches for intoxicating
.Iliquor Saturday on Midway. He fount
Everything empty.
Winterset.
i Threshers report the average yield o
i spring wheat to be about seventeen
bushels to the acre and very good IL
4 quality. The board Of super
visors have about concluded that tn
amount of money allowed by law to ex
|penf without vote of the people vii
not build a Jail with the degree Of ex
5|cellence that should be secured in ;
slpublic building, and have concluded I,
8ldefer the matter and submit the propo
sition to the voters at the Novembe
slelection.
Independence.
The whistle of the canning factor!
was heard Monday for the first tim
4 1.-THE season, calling large force OF PEG
4 pie to their summer employment. Tn
Il corn mas been rolling In since then att,
rapid rate. forty-two tons being unload
4 ed the first day and sixty-tive Tuesday
4 1t is by far the best in quality eve
handled here, the ears being phenome
q naIly large, and filled out to the point
A In spite Of the fact that much Of tn
machinery lie new, 40, 1000 can were pu.
up Tuesday. s
4 Cresco.
q Lightning struck Or. Bucks cottage
4 corner OF second aud Cherry streeti
during Sunday niEtit's storm, and AL
sone queer buaine / III tore q hole 4
1.-THE roof sxle Inch IN size. ret are TOD
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