Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-11

Or. Nichols. surgeon
Treffry's Ice cream % best.
Or. Mishell. surgeon and physician.
New goods arriving daily at HE'LL
berg's.
spiritualists' camp at s p. m tonight
lecture by. D. p. Dewey, followed by
Mr.. Carpenters descriptive messages.
Suits for pleasure suits for business,
suits in mixtures. dark and light, at
Wall & Rails. Come now and let us
take your measure.
Veteran Pat Davis. of the Soldiers
Home. returned Monday evening from
Hartley, where he went last week to
attend the wedding of his son.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Ladies Guild of st. Paul's parish was
held Monday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. j. c. Speers. and the supper which
followed was unusually well attended.
Mr.. Roy T. WATSON, who recently
took a position in the local freight office
of the Central, has been transferred to
the office of General Roadma sterg NJ. H..
Shelley as assistant to Chief Clerk S.
j. Mclaughlin.
Mrs. H. z. Simkins was called to Lee
Grand this morning by telephone
message announcing change for the
Worse in the condition of her husbands
mother, Mrs. Nathan Simkins, who has
been i'll for some time.
Mrs. Christine Will and daughter.
Miss Florence. left this morning for
Troy. O.. where they will visit for a
month with Mrs. Wills sister, Mrs. Gill
lie Thomas. Mrs. Will is also called to
Troy on account of the illness of her
brother, Mr. Ziegenfelder, who is very
low with consumption.
Supervisor Of Maintenance ii. NJ.
Farquharson, of the Central. accom-
panied by his wife, daughter Helen and
Mrs. Farquharson's mother. Mrs. L..
Shaffer of Scranton, went to Hampton.
Monday evening, where Mr. ana Mrs
Farauharson will reside. Mrs Shaffer
VIII remain in Hampon for few
Weeks visit with her daughter.
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City Passenger Agent j. +. Tallett, of
the Northwestern, is advised that the
special train bearing j. G.. Wooiley and
ttenry b. Metcalf, candidates for presi-
dent and vice president on the prohibi-
ton ticket, Who are to be here on the
list inst, will arrive from the west at
40 p. M, remaining for one or two
hours. On board the train will also be
Oliver w. Stewart, chairman of the ma
tional prohibition committee and Pro-
lessor Dickey, one of the national field
workers.
The first train ever the Central,s
newly-laid steel thru the Eddyville cut
was run Monday. No. L, from the south.
being given orders to use the track.
The right-of-way has been We'll ball
lasted, and no slow orders are necessa-
ny, thus the trains from the south will
be allowed to move along at the usual
speed. Slow orders have been standing
for several weeks for this part of the
sCentrai's line, because the temporary
tracy, built to one side of the cut, was
too soft TO allow fast running.
Last evenings Cedar Rapids Gazette
says: George n. Smith, the court re-
porter, returned Saturday night from
MS trip to Cape Nome. Mr.. Smith is
thoroughly Disguised With the country
and says that of the three kinds Of
liars who flourish there (the liar, the
lid liar and the Yukoner) the latter
l.species is the most common, Mr..
Smith went to Alaska early in the sum
mer in company with several OF the
Marshalltowa colony, nearly all of
whom are expected home soon
Mrs. G. W. koontz, of No. 4o2 South
Second street, is the possessor of quite
a curiosity to this climate. 1t is a bear
Ling fig tree, which is now four years old
land VAS grown by Mrs. Koontz from a
small cutting obtained in Texas The
1 tree is now between four and five feet
lin height and at present contains seven
1tgs. One fig that ripened was recently
Epicked and those who tasted of it pro-
1nounced it similar in flavor to those
grown on trees in tropical countries
4 Mrs. koontz says the tree has not re-
l3auired a great deal of care. In the win
ter she places it in thesce!lar and dur.
ing this time il SHEDS its foliage
4 MarshalltoWn i to soon lose che oi
A her business men in the person of Mr.
A.. a. Cireenbaum, Who will leave mex
week for Paris. Ky, where he has pllr-
i chased a half interest in the dry good!
4 business of-hisi brotiler-in-law Mr. G
4 q. Heyman. MIR. Greenbaum will b,
A accompanied by his Wife and daughte
4 Dorothy arrangements having a,read.
4 been made for the family's home ii
4 Paris. The interest of Mr.. Greeabaun
in the H. Greenbaum & Son store vii
likely be assumed by Mr.. Oscar Green
Il baum, now of Binford, n: D., providing
g Mr.. Greenbaum can dispose If hi
q North Dakota property. In the mean
time Mr.. Leon Greenbaum, of Chicago
81 will remain in the city. Marsha.ltow
I friends will be sorry to lose Mr.. an
Mrs. Greenbaum a S residents, as thei
s friends are legion here
. Professor O. r. Gleason, the hors
|trainer, who recently gave an enter
Itainment in Marshalitown extendln
Z Overcome week, has filed voluntary pc
& tition in bankruptcy in st. Louis. Glea