Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-23

TIE water in the river remains quite
high. as the result OF late rains north
of this point.
Can deliver promptly Centerville and
Illinois lump or roller screened soft nut
COAL Gregory-Brown Coal Co.
sla4ss
A private sale Of all kinds OF house
hold goods; also a new piano, at No. q
South Third avenue, on Aug. %, from 2
to D. p. m.
General Traffic Manager j. N. Title
more, of the Central, went to Chicago
"Wednesday night for a brief stay on
business.
The town is not quite as quiet today as
on Sundays, but With the groceries and
1.-THE dry goods stores closed and 1900
people at Clear Lake there is not the
usual life on the streets.
| Professor U. S. Beaver, veterinary
dentist. Is with Professor Gleason, the
morse tanner, and gives instruction to
4 all those who desire it each forenoon on
\ the grounds, corner Main and Tenth
IStreets.
"A round trip rate OF one fare plus 50
has been named by the Burlington, Ce-
4 dar Rapids & Northern railway for the
1 biennial conclave, knights OF Pythias,
at Detroit. Mich, August 27to Septem-
Der l. Call on any agent for full infor-
4 nation.
Williams Wasp: Mr.. Schwartz, of
Marshalltown, superintendent of the
carpenter work on the new state bank
land opera house block. arrived last Fri
4 day and imme diately put in force of
Iiocal carpenters to work. He is hust-
ser and genial young gentleman.
/ Farmers who have wheat to exchange
flor flour should bring it 10 Hammond
! Il Benedict and get a sack of the cele-
Ibrated Banner. 1t is made of old wheat
lmakes just as good and as much bread
las any other brand, besides it is manu-
1 factured by horne institution. The
llarge sales of the Banner is evidence
that the people like it. Bring us your
wheat and try a sack. Hammond &
1 Benedict.
4 Miss Clara Boardman left Wednesday
evening for Morris, ILL.,, where she will
teach during the coming school year.
lhaving been elected supervisor of music
of the public schools ana instructor of.
history in the high school. Miss Board
man is d graduate of the Marshalltown
thigh schools class Of '93 and of Cornell
College. IS, after which she took post
Igraduate work in the Colorado College
lat Colorado Springs. Las, year Miss
4 I3oardnlan completed her musical study
under Mime. Johanna Hess-Burns,s al
Chicago.
/ Negotiations are pending, With assur-
ances of being carried to completion,
for the sale of a large amount of the
ssocksof the Odeon theater.. The deal in
cludesg The transfer Of the Kirby and
klbbey interests to Messrs. Binford and
4 Woodbury.. For several years past the
theatcr has been owned Jointly by
4 Woodbury and Or. w. b. kibbey.
AIessrs. Binford and Woodbury., il the
4 deal is concluded Will become the sole
8|owners. There Will be no change in the
management. as Manager 1. G. Speers
3Ihas a lease on the property for the, COM
4 ing year.
4 Another large and we'll pleased audi
sltnce ATTENDED Professor tileason's en-
5ltertainment last night. Mr.. Gleason
had four hard horses to work with. He
s|mastered the first three, but owing to
the lateness OF the hour dill, not finish
1.-THE fourth. The first animal he tanned
during the evening was skittish horse
l|owEed by Nj. Charles Satia. Mr. Claus
litay was again worked With and be-
4 hayed eNceliently. being hit.hed and
driven with a vicious kicker belonging
Ito g. w. Ferguson. The worst behaved
lof the lot was an animal owned by Mr..
4 rimmons and possessed of all the bad
habits known TO the equine species 1t
4 was after II O'clock when he got this
lone partially under control, and the
A professor announced that he would fin
ish the tanning process later.
4 Mr.. Thomas 7. Barry, for many years
4 general passenger agent of the Iowa
i Central, but later of Deg Moines where
he has had charge of the businesssof tbs
4 Iowa Railway Advertising COMPANY.
II has sold his interest 5insthe business TO a
II syndicate composed of passenger men of
4 Iowa railroads. Many of the general
passenger agents themselves are inter-
d tested in the transaction financially and
will in q measure, look after the com
pany's interests. The company's bust
ness is the distribution of railway adj
Il yertising matter and is quite gigantic
Iaffair, owning all of the folder racks ii,
every hotel in Iowa and also In many OF
the depots business Is done for every
railroad in this country, Mexico and
Z Canada. Mr.. Barry has accepted po-
Y sition with a structural steel manufac-
turing company and will travel out o,
a Chicago.
The mystery of a grip stolen abou
six weeks ago from the Iowa Contra
baggage station has at last beer
cleared up, and by mere chance, TOO
Il Miss Sara Nichols, of Minerva, WHIT
5 was returning to her home from a Gil
man visit, checked her grip thru ane
while here over night it disappeared a.
& mysteriously as anything possibl,
= could and left absolutely no trac,
whereby 1t might possibly be found
The railroad company was Informed b,
q the owner of the disappearance ant
" ever since the theft the passenger de
partment has been trying to locate 1t
: however, 70 no avail. "A claim O
3s45 was entered by Miss Nichols agains
the company, but the other day the pas
. senger department was informed b.
j letter that the grip had been returned
somewhat mutilated, but the content
Intact. The story Of the finding is in
teresting in the fact that it was sur
missed that the grip might possibly b.
u long to the dead woman who was founl