Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-24
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munities.
RED OAK DR. j. w. Makers home
is quarantined by the sickness of his
son Merrill with scarlet fever.
STORM LAKE The people of this
place are agitating the question of
building 100000 beet sugar factory.
TDio1IISiI .Ii. ReviNai meetings are
in progress at the NJ. f. church, con-
Quoted by the pastor and members of
the church.
MANsON Sunday. January IA, will
be a red letter day in the memory of
the NJ. la. church of Manson, because
upon that day they paid the debt upon
their new church and dedicated the
building They not only paid the debt
debt by $1,000, an unheard of occur
renee. The debt was $4,000. The hand
some new building cost $1,000
BisOOKI-yN -Ihe efforts which have
been put forth the past few days look
ing toward the organization of a band,
resulted in meeting being held at the
town hall Tuesday evening at which
time an organization was perfected
DIR. Charles ID. Busby was chosen lead
er. and Mr.. Edwin Fl. Talbot business
manager. Several new instruments
have been ordered and as soon as they
I arrive the boys VIII begin practice
work.
acknowledgements the barn on the
farm of William Wegncr. Sir. in Sec
ton s. Sheridan township. was burned
1 10 the ground The place is occupied
/ by Charles Subbert and he lost two
4 horses, seven calves 2.1oO bushels Of
4 oats. GOO bushels of barley and fifty tons
of hay. and we understand had Very
( littie Insurance. The barn was fine
large one and cost about a thousand
\ dollars to build it The Insurance on
\ the barn was only about $500
W.ATERLOO-T The Waterloo Canning
Company. with a paid up capital of
$4,000 WAS organized in this city at n
meeting held Saturday afternoon. All
de;iils of the organization We're COM
pieted and the company is ready TO
s proceed With building operations just
4 as soon as the weather will permit.
4 AIBIA-The Union states that there
lis enough coal stock wasted in the
mines contiguous to Abba to supply
heat TO every business room and resi-
1 dence in the municipality.
DAVENPORT Judge Ballinger has
received letter from Hon. Jonn F.
Dil.on, now of New York, stating that
the portrait requested for the walls 0!
the district court room had been ex-
pressed here, having been painted dur
Ing the last summer by a New York
artist Judge Dillon expresses his re
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himself as he was at IS years of age
when he took his seat here on the loca
bench, but had TO represent him at 6
period 40 years later. He adds many
interesting "reminiscences of early days
in Davenport.
MJIscATINE-It is the general i'm.
preston among the people OF Aluseatint
that the work is practically done on tat
Museatine. Upton & Northern. and al
the company will have to do is 70 tax
possession of the old grade betweer
here aud Upton. The stone work j:
practically done, but that is about all
Messrs Tobie and Weston, promoter:
for the line. have figured that 25.oo
yards Of earth to the mile VIII nave 4
he removed between this place and Tip
ton. which amounts 70 almost as mgei
as would be removed in building tn
MOSCOW canal
BuRLl Nt;ToN The good road
cause ought to be gaining new convert
quite rapidly just NOW. Several team
were mired in different parts Of the cit.
the other day. The country roads ar
generally ina bad condition, but IN
farmers claim thaf the unpavcd CIT.
streets IN the outskirts Of the town ar
much worse than the country roads.
The fire lesson the big wholesale gro
cerv stock of the Biklen Winner CO. ha
l been adjusted. the insurance companie
4 agreeing that the destruction was tpt1
and allowing he full amount of SSa,oo
over and above the salvage
| 6,TTIAiyN Ain the district couf
4 Monday a decree was signed in the di
l vore,, ease of Frank Halter VS.. Mslind
4 Halter granting the plaintiff divorc
| from the bonds OF matrimony that eS
/ listed beteween her and the defendan
/ The divorce case of Mrs. Nellie l
Wickham vs.. Nathaniel Wickham wa
A heard Saturday and a decree orleret
\ The papers could not be found likewis
4 the decree, but inquiry developed II
4 fact that Mrs Wlckham was formeri
J Miss Nellie Castle, of this city. Wnf
= grounds are alleged in the petitio
could not be learned, but glance ;
. the marriage record shows that the
were married in this city last spring,
little less than a year ago
he COUNCIL. BLUFFs-As the result
~ an alleged family quarrel Mrs. Jt
= scott. who with her husband. conduc
,se a small restaurant on South Ma
", Se street near Ninth avenue. announce
nd 10 the members OF the household SUI
lin day afternoon that she had taken
'aass dose of laudanurp to end her earth
nd troubles. A physician was hastily sun
III noned and the contents of the woman
ave stomach were quickly pumped out, %
res. no trace of the poison could be foun
'ss. An empty bottle labeled ''laudanam
ned was found in the house and MS. $
or asserted that she had drank every dr.,
e... of its contents. Monday the WON'T
~ was as well as ever and showed not Z
= slightest symptom Of having taken
deadly poison.
CRESTON--The City Federation
Literary Clubs has given twelve II
pictures, nicely framed. to the Crest
public schools, These picturse g
copies of great paintings from the ma
tiers. and are given with the idea