Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-01

Affairs Of Iowa People Taking Place In Iowa
II Towns.

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rounded by his entire family except his'
had been a sufferer for several months
from heart trouble, which war the cause
OF death. He had been prominent as q
merchant. and as city alderman. HE
age was SO years.
Poeahontas.
Parties were in town the first Of the
week making arrangements to put in a
stock OF general hardware. They were
negotiating for temporary quarters and
we understand will have a brick build
ing ready for their use by the first Of
November.
Independence.
Company r OF independence had a
meeting at the armory and the ques-
ton was squarely put before the boys
by Capt. Herrick as to how many would
volunteer in CAGE their country needs
their services in China. Every member
gave his consent.
Gladbfook.
Mrs Griffith Gold 500 quarts OF rasp-
berries, receiving 12h cents per quart
for them. - The Northern says: IA
number Of the city guys spent last
Sunday evening [22dl in the city park,
yelling, singing and using profane Lam
guage. The next offense means arrest. .
Dubuque.
The East Dubuque elevator is ship
ping oats to China. The Dubuque Her
aid says: The Illinois Central is bring
ing in from ten to fifteen carloads daily
from Iowa cities. They are put into
sacks at the elevator for shipment
abroad. The contract is for several hum
dred carloads
Newton.
Z Courier: While driving team att
ltached to a wagon load OF dirt last week
James Lister fell under the wheel,
which passed over his head. breaking
his jaw and terribly bruis.ng his head.
The roads being very muddy, allowing
the head to be buried in the mud, was
the only thing that prevented the acci-
dent from being fatal. ALI sympathize
with the old gentleman in this sad acci-
dent.
Alba.
A piece OF wood about 3 feet long and
about inches in circumference was
found at a depth of about 60 feet in the
air>shaft being dug for the Hooking
Coal Company on the Charles Hicken-
Hooper farm. John Mock. of this city.
helped to dig the shaft and he has a
part of the wood. : !. . There are over
fifty teams employed in hauling materi-
al out to the new Northwestern mines
from Lovilia.
Des Moines.
c. F. Gardner OF Usage, president Of
the State horticultural Society, has is-
sued a call for a special meeting of the
society in Des Moines, Aug. 80 and 81.
The meeting is to be an experiment, Its
object being to give the members OF the
society q chance to study horticulture
| in connection with the state fair. Ses-
sions Will proba bly, be held at the state
house morning and evening OF the two
days the society is in session; the after
moons Will be spent in observation at the
fair grounds.
Mapleton.
Arrangements are about completed
for the extension of the cement side
walk on Main street from the Monona
hotel to the Northwestern depot. The
walk will be laid in the near future and
when completed will give the town in
the neighborhood of $500 lineal feet of
excellent cement sidewalks along the
principal thoroughfares, with subatan-
ltial stone crossing at the main intersec-
ton OF streets. Where is the town the
size of Mapleton that can make a bet
ter showing? asks the Press.
| Oskaloosa.
Sunday morning the body of mid
die aged man was found on the road
near Belle Fountain in Jefferson town
ltship. His neck was broken and there
were bruises and cuts on the head The
llrnmains were identified as those of a
man named Stewart who lived on a
farm belonging to II. McBoyer5of Scott
Township. The unfortunate man had
started out Saturday night with horse
and cart, and from all the evidence OBJ
itainable it seems that the animal had
run away and that the driver was
thrown out and Instantly killed.
Davenport.
< AAS AeAA iiSi tlOHS Which
rural mail delivery is to be established
are beginning to get aroused to the fact
that they must have boxes ready for
| the carrier, or they will get no mail.
ifThey are focking into the postotfice
here now in blocks of Ave, and asking
how they can get the boxes that the
government has recommended, and
what they must do about 1t. Only few
| days ago they took II for granted, in
dozens, that effort to get them to
put up boxes was a thinly yeneered
effort TO separate them from their mon
ey by means of some new swindle with
which they We're not familiar, but they
have changed their minds.
Council Bluffs.
According to reports Mary Thompson
has crossed the city and is again near
lher old temporary residence in Fair
mount park. This is the woman who
lived in the park for two weeks and
then, after being taken to the w. c. "A.
hospital, managed to escape, and who
for the past week has kept the police
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