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

When Il - consd dersd th1t ins g car load
there are about 1000 acr :. ~ hi Eetss
even this year,s crop has been large.
ssN Mayor Jennings has signed the Sfes.a
0lution pared by the council laet Tues
day evening calling special election
Tor Oct. 16. at which time the people Of
this city Will be called to vote on the
question of granting the franchise to the
Blum City Gas and Electric Lsght Cons
spany. This is the company to which
the council has awarded the contract
for the street lighting, providing the
franchise is granted.
Iowa City.
The city council for the past few
months has had under serious consider
alton the purchase of suitable plots Of
ground for the erection and mainte-
nance OF city market. At the meeting
Friday evening q proposition to pur-
chase the Carney property on the corner
OF Gilbert street and Iowa avenue for
market purposes received serious con-
slderation, and was finally referred to q
lcommittee. There Is considerable pub
lie sentiment in favor of estab lisaling q
market.
Waterloo.
Joseph King has just completed har-
yeating eighty bushels of potatoes from
one city lot, about one-fifth Of an acre.
The variety which gives this enormous
yield which is at the rate OF 400 bushels
an acre is known as the mortgage
litter. Mr. King procured single po-
tato two Years ago last spring, and all
he raised this year have been propa-
gated from the product OF the one tu-
Der. The total number of cases that
I will be shown by the bar calendar for
4 the September term of the district court
is 446, which is considerably less than
has burdened the docket for many
terms. Court conyenes on the 18th.
] dubuque.
The citizens must decide whether or
not Dubuque shall have free public
Library. AT Thursday nights session OF
the council communication signed by
\ the members of the board OF the Young
Mems Library Association was read
and referred to the committee OF the
whole. The association declares its
4 Willingness to comply with the terms OF
4 the proposition made by Andrew Carne-
gle and tells the council that it stands
ready to turn over the assets OF the Ii
4 brary, to buy lot for the erection OF
the $4,000 building which Mr. Carnegie
will give to the city, and to surrender
IAN title in the library properly provided
the city SHAH assume control of the Ii
|brary AMI vote a levy for its mainte-
nance. A meeting will be held this week
Ito further consider the matter
Burlington
An exodus of gamblers has just taker
slplace here. Sundays Hawkeye said:
Where bright rays of light have beer
shining thru half closed shutters all
might for years. was last night in alb.
|.solute darkness. At noon yesterday
Mayor Marquardt's ulti1natum to thu
i gamblers went into effect, and there
a was no thought Of anything but a stric,
Il compliance with the order. Yesterday
4 began the exodus of all the gamblers
& and with them went roulette wheels
4 faro tables, poker tables, "chuckluck'
I games, and everything else which goes
i to make up a first class gambling es.
& Establishment. There has been no though,
'iof questioning the Mayors order an6
stho the gamblers are not at all pleased