Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-26
The Ne VS. FROM HOME
What Iowa PeoplesAre Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

formed. - u. w. Hee&, OF LINCOLN
shipped car load Of hogs to
Omaha Wednesday morning from Stem
nett. There were hfty-four hogs and
they averaged $40 pounds. He received
$3.50 hundred. the load netting him,
above expenses. $3.50.
Davenport.
Werner Hayward. who has been III at
his home in this city since about the
middle of October, victim Of the Ames
typhoid fever outbreak, isSup and about
the house and making q good recovery.F
There is proper degree Of gratitude
for all this on the part Of all his many
friends.
Ottumwa.
Officer Lawrence Kent, one Of the desk |
sergeants at police headquarters, acct
Identally shot himself in the right leg
on Wednesday afternoon In attempting
to draw his revolver from his pocket to
shoot dog that had attacked q lady
on the street. He will be laid up for
some time.
Mt. Pleasant.
{ The new type-setting machine for the
Journal Office has arrived. but has as yet
mot been placed in position or operated.
1T is quite different in action from the
Mergenthaler, and there Is good deal
of interest among the local printers to
see 1t in working order. It will be set up
in a short time.
Spencer.
No new cases Of diphtheria have de-
veloped OF late and the only cases now
remaining are in the family Of D. G. Pal
mer in the east part OF the city, where
ia to-. WIT fa}N nod "a
public schools resumed work again last
week, excitement has abated and mat
ters are again moving along ssusual.
Keokuk.
The keokuk "rummage SALE was an
entire success, but the Gate City thinks
1.-The sooner 1t is temporarily forgotten
the better. Especially as winter has set
| In and various heads OF families are be-
ginning to make their annual inquiries
as to the exact whereabouts OF sundry
articles OF wearing apparel Of seasonal
bic utility.
Ida Grove.
The Electric Light and Heating Co.
has had no end OF trouble this fall in.
lgetting material for making the extern
slons to the heating plant. Attic we
have had some pretty snug weather
many Of those who are being connected
| this fall are still without heat on ac-
count of the company's inability to get
radiators earlier.
Upton.
Hon. r. G. Cousins has presented the
public library with a large number of
books from his private collection, in
lcluding a complete get OF the Congress
4 sional Record covering a period OF ten
5lyears. All Of them are valuable as
& works OF reference and some particular
a ly so owing to the fact that the editions
I have been exhausted and can no longer
be obtained.
Ottumwa.
Policeman Phillips. Of Eldon, charged
with murder and found guilty of the
crime, and later sentenced to two yfss
in the penitentiary, has furnished q
peal bond in the sum Of $500. Sir
don persons signed the bond with hf..
! He was Immediately released from the
{ county Jail and he returned home. where
he will remain pending the hearing Of
| the case in supreme court.
) Davenport.
: Nearly seventy names have been Sc.
: cured by ]. NJ. Elbridge for the memo
!, rial tablet for old settlers OF Scott coun-
ty, Iowa, that is to be placed in the hal
OF the court house as soon as 100 name!
/, have been secured for it. TIL,
:. real estate transfers in Davenport IL
October We're $227.70O, which was an In
: crease Of IA per cent over the transfer
OF last year for the same month, tn
exact figures being $l99,5oo.
Centerville.
!, "wednesday night after the regula
! weekly meeting service the congresa
:, ton of the First Presbyterian churci
!. voted upon six candidates for pastor an
out of the number selected Rev. Mott 4
B Sawyers, by a clear majority on the sec
= ond ballot and afterwards by motor
y the call was made unanimous. Rev
i Sawyer was born and reared in Appa
O moose county and has been making thi
:. city his home for the last few years.
Nevada.
e Mr.. Shields, the gentleman VIII
Q brought the twelve children from tn
a New York Juvenile asylum to Nevad
a last Wednesday and found homes 70
them in tbs vicinity went on to Boon
the next day as advertised, and sper
the day. the Standard says. in counsel
q ing with callers to the number Of NOR
r than sixty who desired to adopt chi
ii dren. He promises another consignmer
I, of little people soon after the holiday
q Mt. Pleasant.
/ Sheriff Putnam took the Abba col
ored man to the depot Friday mornin
and delivered him over to the custody {
n Sheriff Doner, Of Abba, who took hit
/ up there for trial. This Is the man VIII
a ASSAULTED woman in Monroe count.
It and who was taken to Fort Madison
y escape mob violence and afterward
t sent here for safe keeping. Sheriff Dr.
ner was met at Ottunwa by stron
guard to prevent violence to his prison
err. st
It Hampton.
al The city council made settlemer
Il with j. p. Miller & Co.. Of Chicago; WI
Il have been putting down the we'll at tt
I water works. The total sum paid We
s4.214. at which the company undoub
eddy lost money, considering the fl
that they had soon after starting an
= the run OF bad luck that has attends
= them. The well is LOS feet and nil
= inches in depth and the water is .
). abundant that they don't know what i
= do with It, The Recorder thinks 1t
~ fortunate that the council made COZ
:. tract with a firm that was financial